The 10 Greatest Sounds from Star Wars

YouTube via digitaldave1234. via FakeBook.
We know R2D2 was made with an ARP 2600.
I'm curious what other synths, software or hardware were used in some of these.
"Roger Ebert has said that for some people, movie history begins with Star Wars. George Lucas has said that sound is "half of the picture". The sounds from the Star Wars series sit between those two quotes. Ben Burtt became the world's most influential sound designer by creating the sounds for the Star Wars series.

This list was created by factoring how famous or influential a given sound is, and also considering the sound from a sound designer's point of view. For example, the Darth Vader sounds are simple to create, yet the voice from James Earl Jones became one of the most influential sounds of the series. Compare that to the voice of Poggle the Lesser, which is not as famous, but a masterpiece of cutting and pasting phonetic sounds together."

BTW, be sure to see this post for more synths in film.

Update: One sound that stood out for me in the first of the new films and not on this list is the sound of the engines in the canyon race. The Star Wars films really did have some great audio effects. Sound makes a movie.

Charles Cohen Vs. Chrome Genie - 1/3/09 - Philadelphia

YouTube via caloriewarp
"Charles Cohen and his Buchla Music Easel vs. Chrome Genie NoBuchla Lung Sucker and his vibra-troupe... Cohen KO's Genie in 1st round. live improv at the Cohen residency in Philadelphia: 1/3/09"

New Serge M-odule EQShifter m-odule

"a new Serge M-odule has been released: the EQShifter m-odule.

it includes a Resonant EQ module, a Dual Phase Shifter module, a Dual Audio Mixer module, and an XFAD module.

the Price is 1700 USD."

via Bakis

Kawai Dual K5000S/W

"Special Model: two Kawai synthesizers build into one organ case.

After my K5000S went down to the floor, a part of the plastic case has broken into 1000 pieces. I had to learn, that Kawai service does not have any replacement parts for this synthesizer any more.

I have had several other synthesizers and something what I always was unhappy about, is the bad ergonomics: if you want to play with two of them. A double keyboard stand is ugly and the keyboards are too separate. I think, two stacked keyboards like an organ is quite the best, like the Prophet 10. After some planning, I bought a second used K5000 with the same excellent keyboard action and made a new case for both of them, even a 13-note Midi pedal is now attached."

via Robert's Organ Studio HX1 were samples will follow. Sent my way via brian c.

Update: also see the The Yamaha E-75

Les filtres d'Andromède...

flickr by making_sound
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Sequential Circuits Prophet VS "Vector Synthesizer"

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

some typical self-made and factory sounds from the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer;"

Korg nanoKEY Review

YouTube via sonicstate. Also see the nanoPAD review by Sonic State here.
"Sonicstate.com takes a look at the mini USB keyboard from Korg. More reviews on the site. Check out our upcoming NAMM show coverage"

Gleetchlab 3 (work in progress preview)

YouTube via toborexperiment
"Sneak preview of the forthcoming v3.
Sound is live output from the footage.
Samples used are 3 acoustic pianos loop passed trough gleetchlab 3 processors.
No post editing.

More infos at:
http://www.gleetchplug.com"

Tenori-on Deep House Session TOBOR EXPERIMENT

YouTube via toborexperiment
"Deep House session with the mighty Tenori-on
Everything is coming from it.
Some samples were made with Gleetchlab 2.3 and uploaded on the tenori via SD card.

www.gleetchplug.com"

TENORI-ON LIVE TOBOR EXPERIMENT

"AUDIOVISIVA FESTIVAL IN MILAN JUNE 2008"

light-to-sound

YouTube via iam5volt
"This is the light to sound converter I designed and built quickly. A few light variable souces are played in front of the light sensor (circuit in the center of the picture) and converted to sound. A cheap and simple circuit easy to build, good for schools. Details at http://www.5volt.eu
The image is dim because the use of regular AC light (it is evening now) would result in a background hum.
The light sources in the short video include remote controls, a DIY crack mini lamp based on a stepper motor and a bare stepper motor+LED. The colour-changing light is a remote controlled RGB mood lamp I designed and published on Instructables ( http://www.instructables.com/id/A-rem... ) and a cig lighter.
Have fun. Alex."