Analogue Systems power supply & Eurorack Modular Synth Case

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is a video showing features of the Analogue Systems eurorack power supply which is found in all current Analogue Systems cases.

Eurorack modules from a variety of manufacturers can be used in Analogue Systems cases as they come standard with both Analogue Systems sockets and Doepfer-style sockets. Analogue Systems power supplies are set up for both 115 volts and 230 volts (international power supply.

http://www.bigcitymusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/bigcitymusicdo...
http://www.bigcitymusicblog.blogspot.com"

Zoom Sampletrak ST-224 - ZMF Producer

via Plutonik9:
"Hi, I'm not sure if this is useful for your blog, but I found (very randomly) something that Zoom Sampletrak ST-224 owners may find quite useful & fascinating. Put simply, it's an unreleased (lost) piece of software called 'ZMF Producer' (I've never seen it mentioned anywhere ever) from Zoom corp. which allows (though a GUI) creation/editing of .zmf banks via computer! It's hard to understate the importance of this piece of software because it allows ST-224 users to do things that have NEVER (ever) been possible;

-Create custom .zmf banks though software (win95/98/2000/xp) GUI. Allows importing of AIFF & Wave Files and drag & drop assignment to 24 pads.
-Graphical control of start/stop & offset points of samples via a waveform display window
-Exporting (extracting) of wave files from .zmf bank files (Previously impossible without re-recording the analogue outputs).
-(Almost) full control over sample parameters in software (tune, trigger mode, panning, reverse & effect on/off & start/end/offset sample position markers). *Only lacking midi note number assignment to the pads, this'll still need to be done from the unit itself.
-Importing/Exporting .smf song files (not editing unfortunately).

Up until this piece of software was discovered, all these things had tobe manually (and tediously) set from the ST-224 front panel. Wave &Aiff import was possible, but required so much work that it wasn'treally practical. The only additional piece of hardware required for it's use is a smartmedia reader (I've got a SanDisk USB one) to dump the .zmf files from your computer for loading into the unit.

The version number of the software says 'Version 0.0.13.4' copyright 1999 (sounds extremely beta). No reference to this software is on Zoom/Samson's site or in the manual & a Google search for "ZMF Producer" yields no result.

Anyways the Sampletrak has been discontinued for probably 10 years, what a surprise to stumble across this randomly all these years later. Makes you wonder what sought of attention this 'poor man's MPC' would have gotten had this been made available to the public?
Truly a mystery for the ages!

I've started a Yahoogroup for Sampletrak users and added this program (plus some shareable .zmf banks) to the files section @ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Sampletrak/"

"It occurred to me that this was perhaps what Zoom used internally (by development team) to create the demo bank (Jungle Man?) that is hard coded into the ROM (can be retrieved with factory reset). Hence, why it was created....and perhaps why it never was taken any further or released to the public?"

Trash_Audio: Modules with Dieter Doepfer

Trash_Audio: Modules with Dieter Doepfer from surachai on Vimeo.
"trashaudio.blogspot.com
Dieter Doepfer kindly showed us some of his modules at NAMM. They're new, old and often related to each other. His English is, not surprisingly, better than mine."

Synthorama - Moog Modular, Voyetra and Oberheim Room

images here

Some notes on the room:
Upon entering the area, on the left is a massive Moog vocoder and the Moog modulars. Yes, plural. In the far left corner is a Buchla Music Easel. From what I could tell it was not hooked up or working. To the right of the Buchla along the back wall of the room is a Steiner-Parker modular (hooked up and working) and to the right of that were two Voyetra 8s with keyboard controller, also working. On top of the Voyetra 8s was a Gleeman Pentaphonic not hooked up or working as far as I could tell. To my surprise the Gleeman's knobs felt rather light and cheap. For some reason I expected them to have a bit more weight to them. On the right wall of the room, opposite the Moog modulars, were the rest of the Octave Plateau synths followed by the Oberheims. See the images for the specifics.

Remember to click on the "All Sizes" link for each shot you'd like to see full size in the set. Click on the synthorama label below for the full set of posts on my visit to the Synthorama synthesizer museum. Note all images are going up including the "bad" ones.

Update: some notes on the Gleeman and Buchla via Martin: "The Gleeman Pentaphonic Clear also works properly. I have it not connected because I am still searching a better place than it has now. This synth earns a better place !!

Also the Music Easel is working fine. Actually it is not connected, I know. In the whole museum there are not a lot synths which do not work. Some of them have bad keyboard contacts or noisy potmeters or sliders but they are working."

Synthorama - Moog Keyboard Room

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Note the first shot in the set is the stairway down to the bottom floor of the museum.

Again, be sure to click on the synthorama label below for all posts of the visit. I don't really need to say this, but be sure to check out the full sets as there are some real rarities at the Synthorama synthesizer museum.

Next up, the Moog Modular room and more.

Four Analog Delays

Four Analog Delays from surachai on Vimeo.
"I received my Electro-Harmonix Deluxe memory man today (July 3rd 2008) and thought I would get it used to the walls of sound it'll be a part of. I just send a single signal from the cwejman and tested feedback on all the units.
The signal flow is as follows: Cwejman VM-1 (source) into Doepfer A-188-2 Tapped BBD Module into Ibanez AD9 into Moog MF104z into Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man"

ThingmamaKIT Assembly

ThingmamaKIT Assembly from surachai on Vimeo.
"Photos at: trashaudio.blogspot.com. Audio is the box running through my modular system. The things are too friendly by default so I decided to evil it up and make it uniform to the music I make. Thanks go to Justin, Byonic and Dr. Bleep!"

Body Music

Body Music from Rory Harnden on Vimeo.
"A video made for a presentation of a synthesizer made for an ergonomics class. The synth made music according to skin contact between wearers of wrist-bands.
Music composed one day, video made the next."

Noise Swells and other fun behavior TSP Teaspoon gets choked

YouTube via thetonewrecker
"Cutting the current all the way out and bringing it back up while the button is held down makes all sorts of glorious noise swells and squeaks and other tones.
Note that I have a toggle switch which simply duplicates the button being pressed. Came in handy so I could hold the camera to show this feature.
More info on both wild machines.
http://www.myspace.com/dwarfcraftdevices
http://www.thesquarewaveparade.com"

elektron monomachine + jomox 888 + futureretro revolution

YouTube via radambe
"10:30am jam - first experience with monomachine acid courtesy of the revolution of course"