Update: image of the four Novachords."This is Hammond Novachord #1431, one of the last of the instruments made, most likely built in 1940 some time. It was originally purchased by CBS Studios in New York City. In the early Seventies, a retiring CBS engineer acquired the instrument and kept it at his home for the next few decades. I acquired it through an estate buyer about three years ago. It has not been powered on since I got it and I do not intend to do so until the internal restoration is complete, but over the last few days I cleaned it up for a photo shoot and figured you might like to see the results. Phil Cirocco documented the restoration of his instrument on his website and it is a truly painstaking process which I will be getting entirely too familiar with over the next few years. You see, I have three more of them..." Photograph by John Phelps, www.johnphelpsphotography.com. You can read about the Novachord Restoration Project here. Be sure to click on the Novachord label below for prior posts.
I have a pretty hard rule on synth only posts, however, I thought this one would be of use to many out there. Sequence 15 has a great post up on patchbays.
If you ever wondered how they work or if your synth collection has grown to the point it is no longer flexible, this might be worth a look.
"So what does a patch bay do? It gives you a place to bring all of your signal sources and destinations together, so that you can connect things in any arbitrary order using short patch cords. In that respect, it's no different from a modular synthesizer. However, a well laid out patch bay can also make your life easier by having pre-made 'default' connections that correspond to the way you normally connect things in the studio, but can be easily overriden when desired. And, by making it more convenient to change connections, it can enable the use of things that might otherwise be too much trouble to cable up -- like auxiliary outputs from synths."
"The revised Plague Bearer boards are in and they are great! They have been redesigned for the coming modules; smaller, more compact, and multiple power connector options. The boards have holes for either a 4-pin 0.156” Amp header (Blacet) or a 5-pin 0.100” AMP SIP header (one side of the Doepfer 10-pin power connector). The lesson on this one is: Any automated process will malfunction occasionally, so pay the extra bit for electrical testing when you order a run of PCBs.
Now available: Plague Bearer Barebones pack. There were a few requests for this and it sounds good to me: A fully-assembled single-channel board plus knobs, jacks, and connectors. $35.00 USD each plus S&H.
Coming soon: Plague Bearer modules. Parts and boards are in stock, just waiting on the panels. They will be 0.090”/2.2mm photo-anodized aluminum Eurorack format (but you can pick your preferred power connector as mentioned above). There will be two models: PB-1E (single) and PB-2E (double)."
YouTube via PeffTV "Another demo of OSCemote controlling Reason 4.0. A FM tone generator is triggered using the multi-touch control. This one is a bit long and gets redundant after awhile...." You can get OSCemote here:
YouTube via PeffTV "Demonstration of patching a Buchla 200 Modular Synthesizer. This is a video for my lecture at the Producers Conference in Atlanta this weekend."
via Pink Floyd.com "Richard Wright 15 Sep 2008 The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer.
The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time.
via BBC News "Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died aged 65 from cancer.
Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.
Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards.
Gilmour said: 'He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him.'"
Two video documentaries to remember his impact by:
The Making Of The Dark Side Of The Moon Part 1 - 6
YouTube via foresthillier
Pink Floyd - Behind the Wall 1-7
YouTube via sabeltann "This documentary looks at the conception, design and live shows of The Wall performed by Pink Floyd in 1980 and 1981. It features in-depth 1980s era interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason and shows footage of The Wall performed at Earl's Court in 1980. It also features archival footage of the Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and discusses how David Gilmour was brought into the band to initially augment their live shows when Syd became unreliable due to his drug problem and how Gilmour ultimately replaced him. A short retrospective of Pink Floyd post-Syd in included. The documentary also discusses is how Roger Waters' concept of The Wall came about and how Pink Floyd, the band, were on the verge of breaking up while performing The Wall concerts. Included are interviews with Mark Fisher (stage designer), Jonathan Park (stage designer), Gerald Scarfe (animation designer and director) and Bob Geldof and Alan Parker in relation to the making of The Wall Movie."
This post will remain on top out of respect and memory of Richard Wright. See below for new posts throughout the day. Originally postedd 9/15/08 11:15 AM at 11:50 AM.
Update: image of the four Novachords."This is Hammond Novachord #1431, one of the last of the instruments made, most likely built in 1940 some time. It was originally purchased by CBS Studios in New York City. In the early Seventies, a retiring CBS engineer acquired the instrument and kept it at his home for the next few decades. I acquired it through an estate buyer about three years ago. It has not been powered on since I got it and I do not intend to do so until the internal restoration is complete, but over the last few days I cleaned it up for a photo shoot and figured you might like to see the results. Phil Cirocco documented the restoration of his instrument on his website and it is a truly painstaking process which I will be getting entirely too familiar with over the next few years. You see, I have three more of them..." Photograph by John Phelps, www.johnphelpsphotography.com. You can read about the Novachord Restoration Project here. Be sure to click on the Novachord label below for prior posts.
