MATRIXSYNTH

Nuclear Diode Robot Band

YouTube via BullyOhio.

follow-up to this post.
via nick. I hear a synth but don't see it.

"Reporter Fred Thomas of WRC (Washington DC) in the early 80's filed this story. Found it on an old video tape. What a hoot"

EDP GNAT and Spider

GNAT via this auction

Spider via this auction

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elektron MD sps1-UW + simmons SDE + planet of the apes figure

flickr by Tom Knapp IV

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Tesla Arc Attack

This one has been making the rounds, so why not. Some Tesla Coil JMJ and Popcorn.
Details and one more video here.
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YMO in London

via ryk
"Here are a couple of very blurred pictures form last nights YMO gig
at the RFH in London. Sakamoto, Takahashi & Hosono, plus three backup members playing lapsteel guitar, flugal horn, guitar and macintosh laptops. Takahashi was playing very tight drums with a tiny MIDI controller with nice pink xylophone type sticks, and later very tight real drums. Hosono played mostly electric bass guitar, and some singing - nice voice ! Sakamoto played keyboards, a lot of Fender Rhodes type stuff, with distortions and delay.

The highlights were some of the classics such as "ongaku" & "sportsman" although they played a lot of Human Audio Spounge tracks, which were pretty good. They played a new arrangement of Rydeen, with syncopated drumming, and a messy version of Riot in Lagos, plus some urprisingly groovy jazz-funk numbers. Unfortunately no Firecracker, or Cosmic Surfin' Sound mix was a bit harsh, piercing mid-range, but solid bass, maybe too much laptop audio!"
That a Prophet-5 in the top shot? YMO on MATRIXSYNTH

Frostwave Blue Ringer Ring Modulation Pedal

via this auction
"The Original FROSTWAVE Blue Ringer guitar pedal!

This is the prototype that Paul Perry made back in the early days before the production model you see today in their & other stores. All Frostwave production has halted for a while so get this while you can.

This pedal has controls for:
* gain on the main input (top left)
* gain on the main output (top right)
* wet/dry mix (top middle)
* frequency (big centre radio knob)
* an extremely sturdy on/off stomp switch

Inputs:
* Main
* Secondary / B input (for ring modulating one audio signal with any other of your choosing)
* Control Voltage (CV)

Output:
* Main

Case:
* Bulletproof (well bloody strong anyway) steel casing.

About the Blue Ringer
Bands such as Radiohead and countless others are putting ring modulation
into their recordings. Ring Modulation is a distinct incredibly versaltile effect that can be used creatively on almost any instrument.

One of the most classic examples is it's use as a vocoder like effect on voice.
The ring modulator was used as the voice of 'The Daleks' on the cult Sci-fi British TV show Dr Who.

The ring modulator uses an internal oscillator and balanced mixer to generate new harmonics that correspond to the sum and differences of the frequencies of the input signal and the local oscillator.

For example, if the input signal from a guitar or keyboard is 800 cps and the local oscillator is at 600 cps then the output will be two frequencies of 200 and 1400 cps. The level of the output signal tracks the level of the input, so the original signal is transformed into new frequencies.

The Blue Ringer has a balance control which allows the ratio of original signal and new harmonics to be varied. Thus, it is possible to have totally new harmonics or just to have a small amount of eg add a percussive edge to a keyboard sound.

By changing the local frequency - as the unit is operating - it is possible to change the generated frequencies in a unique way. This can be particularly effective with the lower notes of a drum machine.

Generate super intense tremolo! The Blue Ringer can be used as a high quality tremolo unit. In this mode, the balance control acts as a depth control and the frequency control adjusts tremolo speed.

Differences between this and the Blue RInger V2 from Frostwave:
No gain control for the second input and no MIC input. This pedal works either with an OSC or B input for modulation. It produces killer sound whether using it as a straight up ring mod or modding 2 of your own signals togther. The best example I herd using this was a bowed double bass ring modded with a sweet female vocal. Very cool & eerie audio result!"
via brian c.

Axel Electronics 771 Telephone Line Simulator

images via this auction

"Axel Electronics Telephone Line Simulator Model 771
'The 770A Telephone Line Simulator can simulate the worst case amplitude and envelope delay characteristics of transmission lines and can generate a number of random transmission line effects which are especially important to digital date transmission. These are Pulse Jitter, Phase Hit, Amplitude Drop-Out, Amplitude Hit, Frequency Shift, Nonlinear Distortion, Random Noise and Impact Noise. The amplitude, frequency and timing of these impairments can be introduced and controlled by an operator individually or in any combination.'"

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MOOG OS Drums via Stefan Trippler

MoogOsDrums.mp3

"Sunday morning I comitted the ultimate sacrileg, I programmed some Moog OS percussive sounds and loaded them into the softsampler ;)"

http://www.trippler.net/

"Better Patterns through Better Bussing" (Patching Demo)

YouTube via morbius001
"This is more of a patching-demo than a music video. This demonstrates a patching method I have developed (Well- I've never, EVER heard anyone talk about this patch, nor have I ever heard it played, in the 35+ years I've worked with modular synthesizers). Anyway- put simply, A/B switchable busses control the sequencer's patterns and reset-points."