Midi Atari 2600 playing intervals

YouTube via stikkasoundsystem
"Ableton Live sending random notes to Atari 2600 with SynthCart and Highly Liquid MIDI interface, patched through analogue filters"

KORG DS-10 - The Gremlin Rag

YouTube via starerik
"This was my first complete song using KORG DS-10. The software is pretty limited. You can only use 2 synths at a time, so it sounds very "empty". But still. I hope you like it. :)

It's "The Gremlin Rag" from the movie classic "Gremlins". Music composed by Jerry Goldsmith."

Heavens Basoon

YouTube via SynthFrode
"Heavens Basoon is one of my first melodies made with the Roland Juno 106 Synthesizer. I bought it in 1985 and it is still working and makes great sounds. The only additional "instrument" in this melody is the drum-machine from Korg "Super Drums DDM-110". This melody is made late in the year 2006."

Roland TR-707: Going Back In Time With Bill Holland

YouTube via gearwire
"Digging up a relic of yester-score, Bill Holland takes a look at the Roland TR-707, which is finally stepping out of the shadow of the Roland TR-909 for throwback eight and six bit drum samples, which are all the rage these days.

See the TR-707 at its campiest, complete with more cowbell and even more tambo. It'll be like that time Ben Stiller seized all my candy when I was a kid.

See more on Gearwire.com."

Alesis Andromeda A6 Demo

YouTube via noyzmakr
"Reinklang - Circulator. I believe the drums are from the D4...IIRC. The A6 is shipping again as of 10/2008, yay! Hands down the best polysynth ever. If you don't have one or sold one or several (like me) do yourself a favor and get it. It does creamy smooth analog really really good."

Oberheim OB-Xa Demo

YouTube via noyzmakr. remember, search on noyzmakr on the top left of the site for more.
"A real short example of the mighty OB-Xa with a bit of verb."

Beatbox Live for iPhone

YouTube via hit9ent
"Make awesome beats with the iPhone with Beatbox Live. The app comes with 6 wicked drum kits and 12 melodies to jam too."
You can get Beatbox here:

CME in Pink

"The CME U-Key Mobiletone keyboard, which is already available in White and Blue, it has ultra-slim, full-action semi-weighted keys with a built-in, 64-polyphony high-quality sound module, and an internal high-fidelity speaker driven by a digital amplifier. The CME U-Key comes with more than 20 user-defined controllers, including a joystick, trigger pads, an encoder for data entry, and pedals. All controllers are fully-programmable and each function can be easily set up and saved for later loading by pressing certain keys. USB powered and compatible with both Windows XP/Vista and Mac OSX, it's a great solution for composing on laptops." You can find more info on CME.

VST TAL-Vocoder

"TAL-Vocoder is a vintage vocoder emulation with 11 bands that emulates the sound of vocoders from the early 80’s. It includes analog modeled components in combination with digital algorithms such as the SFFT (Short-Time Fast Fourier Transform).
This vocoder does not make a direct convolution of the carrier and modulation signal as other digital vocoders maybe do. It includes an envelope follower for every of the eleven bands. This vocoder is optimized for voice processing and includes some algorithms for consonants to make the voice more intelligible.
The carrier signal is a VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) with a Pulse, Saw, Noise and SubOsc. But it’s also possible to use the left stereo input as carrier. This way every sound source can be used as carrier signal. This plug-in supports every sample rate."

You can listen to a sample and download it for free on the TAL site. You might remember TAL from these prior posts on their Juno-60 and SH-101 emulations.

MIDI Optigan & Reaktigan Emulation Software Demo

YouTube via peahix. via optigan.com. video description:
"This is a demo of a project that's actually been kicking around for a few years, but is currently on the back-burner. But I figured it at least deserves a demo video. This is an Optigan (actually the first one I ever owned) that's been converted to a MIDI controller (aka the Midigan) for the purpose of controlling Optigan emulation software developed in Reaktor (aka the Reaktigan). Braden Diotte did the Optigan midi mod for me (using guts from an M-audio midi controller keyboard) and Patrick Keller wrote the Reaktor Optigan emulation.

Essentially, for live shows, I needed something more reliable and flexible than a real Optigan, but didn't want to give up the unique interface, so that's why this exists. The software is still a work in progress. You can load any sounds you want into it, as demonstrated in the video. Sorry for the audio quality- I tried to sync up a direct recording of the audio with the audio from the video camera, but it didn't really work out, so I just stuck with the audio from the video camera. I could have just re-shot the whole video but I was lazy so there ya go.

At some point we plan to make this software available (probably converted to a stand-alone app) as well as basic instructions for making a midi controller out of an Optigan (hopefully a dead one!). Stay tuned..."