via John Levin "I took a vacation from pastoral Vermont to go to NYC last weekend. While hanging out in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, I walked into one hipster shop and saw a new Gakken theremin! I've seen it online for as low as 155 bucks."
I did a quick search and found it on Theremin World. It's the Theremin Premium. I also found some listed on Ebay. Gakken is a Japanese magazine that usually includes a DIY kit in every issue. You might remember the older Gakken Theremin from these posts. Gakken also makes the SX-150.
YouTube via bajistarojo. follow-up to this post. NOTE the image actually is not the Ondes Martenot, you can click on the label below for prior posts including videos and images.
Video description: "Written for the early electronic instrument, the Ondes Martenot (above), Olivier Messiaen's "Oriason" is a beautifully mellow and plaintive piece of music. The Ondes Martenot is a close relation of the theremin, and like the theremin was frequently used (and abused) on sci-fi film and tv soundtracks throughout the 40's, 50's and 60's, but also gained a foothold in many "serious" orchestras. I first heard "Oriason" on the box set "Ohm;The Early Gurus of Electronic Music", as recorded by Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal. (From "Thespoiledmetropolis.blogspot.com")."
via Richard Lainhart on AH regarding the Ondes Martenot: "The whole instrument is monophonic, with one sound engine for both controllers (in other words, you can't play both at once.) The Ondes was the first electronic instrument with a direct vibrato keyboard that I know of - as you can see in the video, the whole keybed shifts laterally slightly when he vibrates his hand.
Messiaen is one of my favorite composers, and he wrote a lot of music for the Ondes. There are a series of "Feuillet Inedit" works for Ondes and piano, of which the video is one, that are quite lovely, and he also wrote a suite of pieces for 6 Ondes Martenot called "Fete des Belle Eaux" that is just stunning. One of the works from that suite, "Oraison", is not only possibly the first piece of purely electronic music intended for performance, but also (IMO) one of the most beautiful pieces of electronic music ever. (I'm working on a transcription of that piece for Continuum and Buchla.)
The instrument shown in the image isn't an Ondes, though."
http://www.myspace.com/recorder
Note the Open Labs Neko. There's a KORG Radias in the live video further below as well.
via GoodVillian in the comments of this post.
You might also remember RECORDER from this post.
YouTube via OllieStench. Crumar DS-1, the bass is a KORG Poly800. Be sure to see the Trapezoids other video: "Yellow Meat"
"New video for a new recording by Minneapolis band The Trapezoids. Produced and edited by Brad Beving, audio mixed by Billy T. Jack. More info and songs www.myspace.com/yellowmeat"
YouTube via DeathByDinSync "Analog monster, Roland SH-7 sequenced by an SH-101 that's synced/triggered by Ableton Live using a Kenton Pro Solo gate out. The SH-7 is the only synth heard in this video... Ableton only provides the timing and looped drum beats.
"Vintage titan, the Roland SH-7 controlled by the SH-101 via cv/gate. The 101's audio is also heard through the SH-7 Ext input. Expect more SH-7 videos in a couple days..."
YouTube via loatrommler. Clavia Nord Lead. Roland drum pad. "LOA GROOVES combine traditional drum styles from all over the world with a unique modern element. The outcome is a new pure sound that transcends drum music. Drummed melodies and energetic rhythms fuse with electronic beats to keep people dancing. These three drummers defy categorization and are the new sound of our times."
YouTube via massonix. note the ribbon controller at the end. "vintage keyboard collection from S.M.M.O.K.T-home of the SISTERS OF TRANSISTORS.the uk s premier ladies organ quartet."
YouTube via dkimcg "Literally just picked this up tonight, it was a little late, but I had to make a quick patch to test it out. So, back to my crappy cel phone camera for this quick test of a new module, that doubles as a teaser for a real Model 38 video.
Don't call in to place your orders quite yet, but very soon....very soon. Thanks Peter!"
YouTube via radial77 "Added MIDI for triggering and synchronization from sequencers, drum machines, DAW's, etc.. Triggered in the clip via Ableton Live and other gear. Mad props to the guys over at Ableton for outstanding work on the upcoming release of Ableton Live 8. Be sure to check it out. Props also to Highly Liquid for the components and support that make this possible." Update: up for auction here.
via John Levin
