MESSE08: VST and VSTi Without A Computer

See the write-up on Sonic State.

Nord Lead Anniversary Model presentation

YouTube via gearjunkies
"The moment Clavia unveiled the Limited Edition of their Nord Lead at this years MusikMesse. More at Gearjunkies.com."

And an image and some info via the Clavia Website:

"Nord Lead Anniversary Model Ltd. EditionClavia was founded 25 years ago by Hans Nordelius. The very first products from us involved digital audio and samples, technologies that were well and truly in its infancy back in 1983. 13 years ago Clavia launched the original Nord Lead, which made a huge impact on the synthesizer community and the MI business. The Nord Lead was Clavia's first keyboard instrument and was to lead the way, not only for the MI business but also for the direction of Clavia as a company. In order to commemorate this first 25th anniversary for Clavia, we have created the Nord Lead Anniversary Model Limited Edition. This collectible synthesizer will be made in a limited production run that will consist of only 299 units. The Nord Lead Anniversary Model Ltd. Edition shares the specifications with the Nord Lead 2x and will be easily recognizable with a custom printed front panel and the inverted color scheme on the keyboard. The individually numbered units will be delivered with a certificate of authenticity, signed by Mr Nordelius."

Update on the Acxel Resynthesizer

I just made a major update to this Acxel Resynthesizer post. You will find details on the use of this unique synthesizer as well as comparisons to the Kyma system. At the very end of the post you will find some links to more info as well as a soundtrack done mostly with the Acxel.

Micro Performance Poly-MIDI.1 Update

via Florian:

"I am the one who bought the Poly-MIDI from Bernd. It took me some time to understand how it works, but in fact it works fine - though I did not get everything. There are five sequences, which must be recorded from an external MIDI-keyboard in realtime. I did not find any relation between the keyboard like coloured buttons and the input modes. There is no mode, where you could use the buttons as a keyboard.

For playback there is a non-quantized mode and several quantized modes from 16th to quarter notes and several triplet modes.

Very nice feature is a chord trigger mode: it records a chord from MIDI and in playmode this chord will be transposed by the incoming MIDI notes.

There is also a step input mode, but each step it seems to be related to an step of the clock. The internal clock is 192 ppm - so this step mode is not very useful - at least until I understand it better. ;-)

Regarding clock: It reads and provides MIDI Clock, DIN-Sync and a TTL-clock (which is identically with the clock signal from the DIN-Sync), and finally it outputs a 16th trigger. Unfortunately it does not sync to an external 16th trigger. Syncing as slave works only for MIDI and DIN-Sync, the external Clock in seems to require TTL-level and so it is very "timid" (sorry, funny word, but describes it the best).

Finally I am still seeking for more information. There is no brand description neither at the outside nor inside the case. This one has the serial number "00387", but I cannot tell whether there really were that much of these sequencers. My suspicion is, it means: third made in 1987...

Anyone who has more info please get in touch with me via http://fa.utfs.org/contact, or of course, post it at matrixsynth.

All the best, Florian Anwander"

Baldwin Microcomputer Orchestra (Organ)

via this cl post.

"1970's Baldwin Organ from smoke free house. Includes over 30 music books as well as the original owner's guide."

Anyone know what this is capable of? Any synth inside?

via David.

no. 15: equivalent dosage (500 Röntgens)

YouTube via youshriek
"the caesium fallout series: 2 of 3
symptoms indicate acute radiation poisoning.
convalescence period: january - november, 1995"

devi ever : fx - BIT MANGLER, SPECTACULAR AENIMA, noise jam

YouTube via wwwEFFECTOR13com. http://www.deviever.com/fx/

Yamaha MM6 Synthesizer Music

YouTube via synthplay
"This music was produced on a Yamaha MM6 Synthesizer. The video is audio only, with a few graphics and title overlays. I've had the Synth about 6 months. And enjoy using the inbuilt patterns and sequencer. Yamaha are also due to release the new MM8 - which looks even better!"

PINK FLOYD "One of These Days" Cover

YouTube via gattobus
"I'm a big fan of David Gilmour but I can't play the guitar very well so... I did it with my Moog! I know, It's not like the original but... what the helll... It was fun! "

Akai at Messe 2008: Mike Hosker on MPC5000

YouTube via AkaiProVideo
"Mike Hosker performs on the new MPC5000 at Music Messe in Frankfurt Germany."