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Saturday, June 14, 2008

A Synthesist's Guide to Acoustic Instruments

via Loscha

Side1.mp3
Side2.mp3

Update via Loscha:
"I've re-uploaded the mp3s. The disc is in Mono, so, I've made the mono, and trimmed the tops and tails.

Written my Howard Massey, Alex Noyes and Daniel Shklair. Published in 1987, the book gives it's reader a good insight into how sounds are made up, attacks, spectral components and such. These patch examples in the book are for CZ-101, Dx7, and generic subractive systems. They are presented on the Flexi as, well, realistic. But,
only realistic in terms of that these are the sounds that you, the end user, would end up with if you were to follow their book! The book presents typical ranges, polyphony in use, if the note can slide or trill, etc. A sort of how to guide for people without access to these instruments. It's not just about synthesis, it's about
playing technique, and how that translates into realistically recreating the style of the instrument in Synthr format.

The LP features an Acoustic sound, followed by the result from following the patches and techniques in the book.

The introduction from Dr John Chowning:
One of the most exciting experiences for musicians is in learning about the medium beyond "Playing the notes in a musical way." This book, designed for those who play and program synthesizers, is insightfully written. Here, the nature of the micro-structure of sound is clearly revealed and with it much of the magic of music. - Dr John Chowning, CCRMA, Stanford University."

"one hand" box

via Califaudio where you can find a video and the story behind this shot.
via manuel:

"I'm doing a set again on stickam tonight, with machinedrum only (wanted to play with a few synths but then noticed I'd have to prepare more). It's gonna be live at 12:00 pm GMT+1, so it should be 6 pm EST. The URL is http://bl0rg.net/~manuel/live.html."

This is on now.

Update via wesen in the comments: "
hey everybody, the show is finished, but there is a video of it here (the last 40 minutes). I'll put the mp3s online tomorrow. thx to everybody who showed up, nice seeing you :)"

Homemade Sixtrak Wood Sides

you can find more here.

via djthomaswhite

"Home made wood sides for my Sequential Circuits Sixtrak synthesizer. A bit thicker than the original but I like how they look. Maple with a wipe-on poly stain/varnish coat."

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and Poly Sequencer

images via this auction via AH:
"This Prophet 5, ser.#5049, was purchased directly from Sequential Circuits and has lived its whole life in a non-smoking professional recording studio environment in the SF bay area, under the protection of the original owner. Save for one or two nicks in the wood paneling, this instrument is in perfect condition. The MIDI option was installed by a Sequential design engineer. The original protective plastic facing is still intact. The hardshell case was custom built for it at the time of purchase. It too is in new condition. The rare, companion Sequential Poly-Sequencer works only with the P-5, and only when MIDI is disabled (via a switch on the back panel). Original manuals for both P5 and Poly-Sequencer are included, both in pristine condition. hear it here: http://www.tapewarm.com/Litwin_att94C.mp3 all done only with the P5 and poly-sequencer!! pretty cool, huh!!"

Some spontaneous sounds

Stefan Trippler on the MOOG Voyager:

http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/os1a.mp3

"I have a Voyager OS here since a few days, unfortunately only temporarily. Impressive machine, sounds, looks and feels great. I suppose though that I need to practice a little until I'm timingwise completely ready for the OS philosophy ;) Drums from Spectrasonix Stylus"

Stefan definitely has his own style. I was curious to hear what this one would sound like. Great as usual.

Sampling the sampler

More Fairlight CMI on dvdborn.

Roger Powell Clinic


flickr by E-sus
(click for more)

full size

"Roger Powell conducting Moog synthesizer clinic April 1975."

Rendering of the MOTM-730 VC pulse divider

via My Synthesis Technology MOTM Analog Modular Synth

"The STEPPED output is an 8-level rising sawtooth (starting at 0V and going positive). The 4/O/5 switch is the step size. It is not calibrated, but "close enough for rock". The 2 prototypes were within 4mv of 'correct'. You can always use a FM attenuator to 'dial in' if you want.

Production/delivery in late August. Just doing all the CAD work now and handed off, still concentrating on getting the backlog shipped. I made quite a dent this week, shipped 17 orders and finished the MOTM-420 kits. Next up: MOTM-190s."

moog 960 sequencer (www.synthorama.com)


YouTube via emssynthi100

"moog sequencer cabin with two 960,961 and one 962 modules. the cabinet used to belong to tangerine dream modified by project elektronik. i just got them and dont know much about the mods"
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