Raymond Scott: The First 100 Years on BoingBoing

Cool to see something from our neck of the woods on Boing Boing. The following is just an excerpt. Be sure to check out the full post on Boing Boing for more.

"Since Scott couldn't hire the perfect musicians, he built them. From the 1940s thru the 1970s, Scott, whose recording studios doubled as science labs, worked increasingly with home-built techno sound generators. He's one of the great overlooked pioneers of electronica, with US patents to prove it. His 1963 Soothing Sounds for Baby series of repetitive, high-tech nap-inducers set the template for ambient music. In 1970, Motown founder Berry Gordy was so impressed with Scott's Electronium, an analog console that composed by artificial intelligence, that he commissioned a unit. Two years later, Gordy hired Scott at Motown-L.A., where the mad scientist toiled until 1977."

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"When I was a child I loved music and wanted to play the piano. However, my family had no money to buy such an expensive instrument. As my father was an electronic hobbist, he started to build this electronic organ from scratch. It started with a simple one-transistor oscilator that produces a sawtooth like waveform, and just replicated such oscilator as many times as the keys he wanted. So this beauty has full polyphony, and each note has to be independently tuned by turning small trimpots. My grandfather also worked on the instrument shaping the keys and building the case, which are made of wood." You can find the rest of the story including images on Marcelo Johann's This is my Father's Synth!. via vito mf

Pimp My Korg - Electribe - by Queaver and Versis

YouTube via kwiwer. via synthtopia
"How to pimp a Korg Electribe ES1 + the new Acidlab Bassline 2"

How Not to Blow Up Your Modular

YouTube via stretta
"A tutorial on how to connect Analogue Systems modules safely to a Doepfer cabinet"

長身系ＡＶメーカーのためのシンセサイザー組曲

YouTube via medapai. "KORG DS-10" May not be the safest thing for work.
"KORG DS-10 一台で完結している楽曲です。普段、仕事ではacid music studioというソフトをサンプラー的に使ったり、同ソフトでmidiデータを作成したりするのですが、今回はそうしたソフトで作りこみは行わず、一発録りしてゆきました。但し、録音時にARIONのSAD-3というパチもんディレイをミキサーに咬ませ、センド・アンド・リターンさせています。結果、チープな音に近付いていると思います 。
さて、final heightとは私が個人で運営している長身系の女子を取り扱うインディ系アダルト・ メーカーになります。
http://www.medapai.com/
18歳以下は入っちゃダメよ"
"KORG DS-10-shot one of the songs. Usually work in the software sampler acid music studio to use them and the software to create and midi data, but this is such a dent in the software without making the first attempt to録りYUKIMASHITA . However, when the recording ARION SAD-3 of the delay in a blender and spit-bite from them anymore, and send them to return. The sound of approaching the cheap.
Now, final height and I was running the self-tall adult female system to deal with Indiana manufacturers.
http://www.medapai.com/
Do not enter the age of 18 years."

Tyme Sefari as a bit reduced CV recorder

YouTube via dkimcg
"I tried using the Harvestman Tyme Sefari as a CV recording module a little more seriously last night. I was able to get it to record some LFOs that sounded rhythmic and have the frequency CV of the Tyme Sefari control the playback rate of the recorded gesture. Too bad I didn't record it, because it sounded better than what you're watching. This video is purely technical experimentation, it kind of annoys me actually, which might be good. I have the TS record the Dalek Modulator which is being modulated by the Dual Cyclotron. The CV if the ringmod out of the Dalek is recorded by the Tyme Sefari, and the DLY out send it off to the PlanB Model 15's FM input, fully cranked most the time. The CV's also sent to the Polivoks filter's frequency CV input and attenuated. That goes through the M13 and is controlled by the M10 which is triggered by the M24 Heisenberg. The M10 also triggers the playback of the Tyme Sefari at points in the video too. The Heisenberg is also sending the stepped output into the Tyme Sefari. Finally, the LFO is turning on and off the recording and panning (which you probably don't hear). That's about it for the patch. You don't actually "hear" the Tyme Sefari. It's basically FMing the M15 and the Polivoks VCF."

Audio Damage Automaton Overview Pt. 2 - Effects...

YouTube via AudioDamage001. See the write up on Analog Industries.
"This is a run-through of the four different effects in Automaton. We had to edit the length a bit to get it to fit on YouTube; if you want to see the whole 11 minute version, hit the Vimeo version: http://vimeo.com/1702046" If the video isn't up, check back later.

WIARD ANALOG MODULAR SYNTHESIZER

images via this auction
"This system consists of a Woggle Bug Module, a Classic VCO Module, a Borg Filter Module and a Dual Envelator Module housed in a portable & storable wooden enclosure that has two power supplies which fit neatly into a door in the rear of the case (each power supply has a 6.5 foot cord). The front cover of the case was designed with extra space to store patch cords in, and for transporting the system with the synthesizer patched. The wooden enclosure and power supplies are unique & custom built by Grant Richter. This one-of-a-kind system was designed by Grant Richter to specifically supply a lifetime of endless sonic exploration in a self contained unit with a small footprint. The entire modular with cover attached measures a mere 12" x 13" x 14". The unfathomably deep architecture of the modules in this system, coupled with the very portable build of the system, place it in the ranks of legendary portable systems like the EMS Sythi and the Buchla Music box. This is the very unit displayed on the front page of the Wiard synthesizer website (it's the one in the wooden box, Grant added the handle on top after taking the picture). Richter had this to say about this system 'This is a custom system and I won't be making any more of them'.

*PLEASE NOTE* This system may consist of four modules, but the WIARD Synthesizer is NOT a "normal" modular synthesizer. It is much more powerful. The Woggle Bug module alone has the equivalent functionality of 18 electrical modules! Each Wiard module has the functionality of numerous modules, it would take a very large modular system to do what this very compact system is capable of and even then it probably wouldn't have the audiophile-type sound quality that these WIARD modules produce!

On top of all that, the WIARD system is a work of visual art. In an effort to encourage experimentation and exploration of this instrument, the visual elements of the WIARD synthesizer were created by a design team of professional artists and students who researched a visual appearance that is equally welcoming to all genders and ages. This is a highly uncommon musical instrument."
You can find more info on the individual modules on the Wiard website.

ARP 2600p v2 Analog Synthesizer

via lfl on the forum.

ARP 2600 with rare 4013 filter

Be sure to click on the image for the full size shot.

Modified omnichord OM-84 by Folktek

YouTube via benpumpkin