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PPG WAVE 2.2

images at this auction

"Serial # 01433 Actual Dimensions 38" x 22"x 6 1/2" Weight 38 lbs."

Roland System 100 Modular and More

via Q960 on the sequencer.de forum

I saw this one on sequencer.de with no decription. Anyone know what it is?

Update: samples, images and more info here.

"Created by Joseph Casbarian, the Sequential Resonation Machine routes any amplified sound source through a twelve position switch located on the top of the unit.

This switch is controlled by a variable speed DC motor. The signal path is accessed from the patch panel via switch jacks in the center of the panel (2 jack groups).

Next, the user can patch the switched signals into any one of the pipe jack multiples (4 jack groups).

From these outer jacks, the signal is sent to separate speakers underneath each of the twelve pipes spanning an octave C# 4 up to C5 (4’ pipe).

The result is a very simple sequencer, using pipe resonance to produce pitch. "

Update: also see the Odd Music Galary.

x0xb0x 909

The 9th run is on and someone will be lucky 909.

via ladyada's ranting

diy* Festival 2008 - Zurich Switzerland

"Friday 5th until Sunday 7th December 2008, Zurich

* do it together, the culture of collaborative art-making

Exhibition, concerts, talks, workshops and a juried prize: the festival of Making Art is being held for the 4th time and is once again conceived as a transdisciplinary platform for those who aren’t satisfied with commercial products and artwork, as well as people who prefer to tailor their tools by themselves to fit their own wishes.

The venue is Dynamo and its open workshops in the center of the city of Zurich. The festival is being organized by the Swiss Mechatronic Art Society, SGMK, in partnership with the Cycle Opérant art collective."

more info here

THREE KINGS

Be sure to click on the image for the full size shot. The mosaic is made with transistors, chips and other parts. Absolutely amazing.

You can find more info on it at Mitch Wells Art.

"Three Kings is a triptych that celebrates the work of three electronic instrument designers: Tadao Kikumoto, Robert Moog, and Roger Linn." via Mitch Wells

Update: it looks like Blogger shrunk the image. You can find a larger version here.

The Birth of a CS80 Replica Controller

This one is via Anders who brought us the recent Arturia Origin videos. He is building himself a custom hardware controller based on the CS80. It will consist of the following:

Ensoniq TS-10 for poly aftertouch
2*Doepfer USB-64 cards merged to convert sliders to midi cc.
a Doepfer RM2 ribbon controller

Andrew is still looking for CS80 colored sliders. If anyone has any leads, please let me know either via the comments or my contact info on the bottom right of the site.

First modular film

YouTube via RothHandle

Modular seq vs the utopia synth

The q960 vs the teaspoon

Reactable (used by Bjork) - Soundtrack Music Demo

YouTube via OfficialDeathCubeK
"Reactable (used by Bjork) - Soundtrack Demo

http://www.VOLUMEN11.com - ONE LOUDER!

Reactable is a collaborative electronic musical instrument with a tangible interface based on a table, and inspired by modular synthesizers of the sixties. It was developed by the Music Technology Group at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.

Multiple simultaneous users share total control over the instrument by moving and rotating physical objects on the surface of a bright circular table. Manipulating these objects, representatives of the classical components of a modular synthesizer, users can create complex and dynamic sound typologies, generators, filters and modulators, in a kind of tangible modular synthesizer. There are only 5 reacTable, which included it was sold to Icelandic singer Bjork."