MATRIXSYNTH

Hatsune Miku - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) [初音ミク] [CG Voice]

YouTube via SomethingUnreal

"Please read this before commenting! --
The Japanese computer-generated voice Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) from Vocaloid2 singing "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", originally by 'The Proclaimers'. Hatsune Miku is the first voice in a series of 'character voices' produced for Vocaloid2.

The video was not originally intended to be the main point.
I just synchronized some animations with the song because I wanted to put it up here.
EDIT: And damn, it really suffered from the YouTube compression. For the first time, it also seems to have de-sync'ed the video and audio too. Anyway...

Because the voice is intended for Japanese lyrics, the voice doesn't sound 'fluent' in English, but that doesn't stop the cuteness. :P
(In fact, it kind of adds to it...)

There is a lesser-known CG voice doing the backing singing (on the right speaker - there's a stereo version available, check the bottom of this description). It's a voice I made using Virtual Singer on Melody Assistant. If the second Vocaloid2 voice in the character series had been released yet, I would have used it, but unfortunately that will not be released until the end of December 2007.

I know I got lazy with the video editing near the end, that's what happens when you've spent 11 days working on it. <_<

I did not make any of the illustrations used in this video! I just synchronised them to the lyrics or beat.
If you want to know anything about what's in the video, please CHECK THE CREDITS at the end! ^^

ENJOY~! =D"

Mr clacks Synthesizer extravaganza

via Mr Clack on this electro-music.com thread where you'll find pdfs of the screen prints for the panels and cases as well as some follow-up comments.

"Baby baby ive been busy,

Here is 3 synthesizers I Finally got round to putting together in the last 3 months. I put them in my fine art degree show so I got to get some good snaps of them.

left to right [top down]

Dual MFOS Soundlab and Keyboard
with S+H and Drum trigger
the mixers can take all 4 of the available oscillators

ASM-2 semi-modular
without patching the left side is 2 saws to state variable then vca
right 2 squares to LP moog then VCA

CLONE MODULAR
Built to act like a traditional subtractive modular. stupidly dense ( it needs to be due to lack of bedroom space ) trying to fit a sort of bank of well know filters thats , polivoks, steiner, arp, moog, korg ms20, korg resonator, ems, wasp etc - 6 YU vco's and some unusual modules like fritz chaos , tube vca, S+H/T+H, attenuverter, Noise cornicopia . with a little vca bank, it should be possible to get about 5 voices going at once. the mixers are not yet on it ( they go in the 1 u strips ) . 2xfritz AR 2xMFOS AR 1xYUADSR 1xMFOS ADSR - the mfos AR has repeat so it should double up as a sort of trapezoid LFO. It should be possible when its complete to do some FM experiments too"

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Carousel Recording Studio, Brooklyn, NY

flickr set by JoeMcGinty
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There's quite a bit of interesting vintage gear in the set.

Below:
"Wurlitzer Sideman, Mass-Rowe Vibrachime"

"Some photos from Carousel Recording, a vintage keyboard studio in Brooklyn, NY. For more information, go to www.carouselrecording.com"

The Sound of the Roland Jupiter-4

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Roland Jupiter-4 Analog Synthesizer (1978);
For me the Jupiter synth with the most interesting sound. Four voices. These are nearly always „out of tune , them are never correct. But makes for one possible so outstanding musical sound."

VMI

YouTube via mopipi2

Soundlab Analog Synthesizer Modular

via this auction

You can find more info including videos and samples on electric joyland

"This is the Electric Joyland analog mini synth by Health Club Music. It includes the mini synthesizer and a joystick controller.

About the synth:
2 VCOs (1 ramp, 1 ramp/rectangle, syncable)
1 LFO (triangle/ramp/saw/square)
1 Noise Generator (white noise)
1 VCF (lowpass/bandpass)
1 VCA
1 Envelope Generator (Attack, Release, gate/trigger or loop like an LFO)
1 Ring Modulator / VCA with alternate "Brown Output"
1 Super Amp (ultra amplification)
12V AC Power Adapter
1/8" jacks for gate in, VCO1 CV in, VCO2 CV in, VCO1+2 CV in, RingMod Audio in, VCF Audio in, VCA Audio in.
1/4" jack for Main Output
Patchable with Banana cables, multi-colored jacks for banana cables.
A few low-quality banana cables are included to get you started.
We can include high-quality Pomona Brand Banana Cables for $10 each, but it will take 2 weeks extra for delivery.

About the Joystick Module:
X-axis (left, right)
Y-axis (up,down)
Trigger A
Trigger B (These are the arcade pushbuttons)
There are also jacks for:
+Volts, -Volts, and Ground on the Joystick Module and the Main Synth, so you don't need to use batteries.
Batteries in the photos are not included.
The Green and Blue Jacks on the Side are +V and -V."

The Synth design is based on Ray Wilson's SoundLab: www.musicfromouterspace.com
The Faceplate design is from Damion Romero. It can be found on Ray Wilson's site.

Notes on the Plan B Case

See the comments of this post.

Tweak Live at the Tinderbox's Last Night

Tweak Live at the Tinderbox's Last Night from John L on Vimeo.
"Tweak (the one based in Brattleboro, Vermont USA) plays a set of electronic music at the Tinderbox on December 27, 2008. This night was the last show at the Tinderbox, a collective studio and performance space.

Tweak is me (John Levin) and Charlie Schneeweis. On this night there were a lot of bands in the lineup, so we had a short set. We wanted to make it portable, so we both brought our Gakken SX-150's and delay pedals. That was pretty much it, except for a Cracklebox and a tube amp.

This was shot on a little Canon Elph by the light of one 60 watt bulb in a dark and funky space, while a lot of the audience was talking (it was a punk rock scene, after all). So the quality is not exactly the best. But it's a document of a moment in time, not to mention my first foray into documenting my work visually. Enjoy!"