INFLATABLE YAMAHA QY70!

via this auction

another synth pillow

"have you ever been relaxing at the beach, looking out at the pounding surf and thought to yourself..."i wish i could combine my love of relaxing water sports with my love of esoteric electronic instruments!"

well if you have, GET READY! because here is what you've been waiting for!! while your friends play ancient crap games like "marco polo" and swim laps like SUCKERS you will be chillin' in the corner by yourself pretending to program "phat beats" on your own INFLATABLE DRUM MACHINE! It looks like it has all the great features of a Yamaha QY70, but it is full of air...which means...ummm...that it floats!

can an akai MPC do that? not without voiding the hell out of its warranty buddy!

just think of the possibilities! would a REAL hipster play dodge ball with one of those boring old red balls that every one else has? NO WAY! he would play "Dodge Sequencer"! would a real new waver parade around town with an ordinary inflatable balloon? NO WAY! he would fill this bitch up with helium and be the toast of the town. would the ultimate synth nerd rest his head on an ordinary pillow filled with obsolete objects like FEATHERS?? NO WAY DUDE! he would rest his head on an inflatable QY70 (or possibly a stuffed Morton Subotnik) and dream sweet dreams of hanging out with Wendy Carlos.

now what you see is what you get, i have no inflatable midi cables and i'm pretty sure they don't exist, so don't call me when you can't get the inflatable QY70 to sync up to your inflatable TR808. IT AINT GONNA HAPPEN. ANYWAY you'd need a inflatable SYNC24 to inflatable MIDI converter box and the only people who made that was Buchla to go with his inflatable touch panels.

anyway, somebody's GOT to have a use for this. I'M LOOKIN AT YOU FREEZEPOP!" see this vid
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MPC The Kit Part 1

YouTube via danceofthedruids.

Funny how the pads for the cymbols look like tiny cymbols.

"MPC The Kit ... made in the UK and distributed in the US by MXR. Rare Ebay find but unfortunately some major issues. My first video for Youtube ... (I appologize for the Sony cam focus)."

MPC The Kit Part 2


"MPC The Kit made in the UK and distributed by MXR in the US. Part 1 explored more of the hi-hat patterns. Part 2 looks at the direct out capabilities. (Part 1, by the way, I meant volume control ... not tone control.)"

MPC The Kit Part 3


"More video on the problems with these drum machines - false triggering of the snare, intermittent output jacks, loose pads."

Inside an ARP Pro-Soloist

flickr by transanalog
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MPC Electronics DSM1 & DSM2 Drums

YouTube via zibbybone

"Short demo of MPC Electronics Drum Synthesizer Modules being triggered by Roland TR-606 drum machine."

Roland RS-505 Paraphonic Keyboard Synthesizer Demo

YouTube via zibbybone. Be sure to see prior videos by zibbybone posted here.
"Quick demo of this keyboard's strings, "synthesizer" and bass selections with and without the 3 selectable ensemble effects (except strings always through ensemble)."

Morning

flickr by Soyuz7
(click for a nice close-up of the panel)

Dave Smith Mopho

YouTube via KotroLaszloLehel
"Dave Smith Mopho My Favorite Sounds
Free Mopho Editor http://lady.rdsor.ro/~kotro..."

Photon's Klee - Random, 8X2, Gate Bus 1 Load , Invert B Kwik-Vid

YouTube via ScottStites
"This is an extra Klee I have on loan from electro-music's Photon. It's a really nicely built and arranged Klee. I've got the hood popped so I can look at the guts (really nice wiring in this). This is a quick video of it controlling two VCOs with the A output while the filter is controlled from the A+B output. It's in 8X2 mode, random mode, with my Blacet Dark Star noise output driving the random input. I flip between Invert B On and Off, and Gate Bus 1 load on and off to vary things around."

Keith Moon - Drum Programming Secrets

YouTube via KeyfaxNewMedia. Yamaha Motif XS6
"Watch a scene from our new "Drum Programming Secrets" DVD. (Watch in HD) Dave Polich shows you how to play convincing drum beats on your keyboard, emulating the great Keith Moon! You have to watch this to believe it!

If you've ever said, "I suck at programming drums," this DVD is for you!

Drum Programming Secrets gives you the inside track on programming drums: how to set up your drum sounds on a keyboard, how to input the basic material, how to use both simple and advanced editing techniques, plus finger-by-finger instruction and insights into a whole range of different drum styles from rock, to world, dance, funk, and much more.

For more information, visit http://www.motifator.com/mart/mainfra...

Brought to you by Keyfax NewMedia."

PlanB Model 32 Vector Plotter

YouTube via dkimcg
"Demonstration of the PlanB Model 32 Vector Plotter (joystick) used to control oscillator and filter frequency. Also shown is the external signal mixing capabilities of the Model 32."