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【DEMO】KORG MicroKORG XL

YouTube via musictrackjp
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Maplin Function Generator (Oscillator)

YouTube via isotopeofme
"I bought and assembled this Maplin function generator, which is a 4 waveform DCO with basic pitch control. The kit comes with buttons to control the pitch, but I wanted to see if I could apply constant rather than stepped control to the pitch of the output. As you can see in the video, by bridging the pins that I put in rather than the buttons, you can effect a smooth change across the oscillator's range in both directions.

More at www.isotopeofme.com

These kits are amazing for beginning circuit bending. The sounds that you can eek out of this aren't that exciting in and of themselves, but combined with the "voice changer" (an LFO/pitch shifter/tremolo kit), and the crazy music generator (a primitive Theremin type kit) and a little ingenuity you can come up with some great circuit bending toys.

I plan to wire switches up to the pitch controls, on this one as well as a brush assembly to swipe across the IC pins to effect random change. Housed in a project box with the voice changer and a little bit of CV, I could have a useful effect box."

Computer Music Journals + Electronic & Computer Music

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"Computer Music Journal. Starting with Volume II, Number 2 (1978) and ending with Volume 8, Number 2 (1984). Also in the lot is a copy of Peter Manning's Electronic & Computer Music, 2nd Edition (1993). (There is No Reserve for this auction)

Here is what is included:

1. Electronic & Computer Music 2nd Edition, Peter Manning. The first edition was published in 1985 and was written as a history of electronic music. It is still a good read for anyone interested in where this music came from. The condition of the book is good. The front cover is slightly bent up on one corner and my sister (original owner) wrote her name on the inside cover... Other than that it is perfectly fine and readable and the picture inserts are all in great condition. It is a paperback and the chapter titles are:

* The Background to 1945
* Developments from 1945 to 1960
* Paris and Musique Concrèt
* Cologne and Elektronische Musik
* Milan and Elsewhere in Europe
* America
* New Horizons in Electronic Design
* The Voltage-Controlled Synthesizer
* The Electronic Repertory from 1960
* Works for Tape
* Live Electronic Music
* Rock and Pop Electronic Music
* The Digital Revolution
* The Birth of Computer Music
* New Horizons in Digital Technology
* The MIDI Synthesizer
* From Microcomputer to Music Supercomputer
* Conclusion

2. Early issues of the magazine Computer Music Journal. I bought these a few years back. For the most part they are very technically based and may be a hard read for some, although each issue does include record reviews and product reviews of hardware and software which are fun to read now. Besides some bumped corners and some wear marks all of the magazines are in good condition, with one exception, the cover of Volume 8, Number 1 is a little torn at the top and the corner is folded back, but everything on the inside is perfect! The issues included are:

Volume II, Number 2 Summer 1978:
Abbott: Machine Tongues 2Moorer,
Grey: Lexicon of Analyzed Tones 3
Moore: Mathematics of DSP 2
Roads: Automated Granular Synthesis

Volume II, Number 3 Fall 1978:
Abbott: Machine Tongues 3
Roads: Interview with Gottfried Michael Koeni Fedorkow, Buxton,
K.C.Smith: Computer-Controlled Sound Distribution System for Performance

Volume II, Number 4 Winter 1978:
Buxton et al.: Use of Hierarchy and Instance in Computer Music Data Structure
Buxton et al.:Introduction to the SSSP Synthesizer
Laske: Consider Human Memory in Designing User Interfaces for Computer Music

Volume III, Number 1 Spring 1979:
Roads: Machine Tongues 4
Allouis: Use of High-Speed Microprocessors for Digital Synthesis
Berg: PILE-A Language for Sound Synthesis
Rozenberg: Sound Processing Using Walsh Functions
Roads: Grammars are Representations for Music

Volume 3, Number 3 Fall 1979:
Cann: Analysis/Synthesis Tutorial 1
Myhill: Controlled Indeterminancy
Piszczalski: Spectral Surfaces from Performed Music

Volume 4, Number 1 Spring 1980:
Buxton et al.: Microprocessor-based Conducting System
Sasaki, Smith: Data Reduction for Additive Synthesis
Cann: Analysis/Synthesis Tutorial 3

Volume 4, Number 2 Summer 1980:
Kornfeld: Machine Tongues 7 (LISP)
Roads: AI and Music
Alphonce: Music Analysis by Computer
Smoliar: Computer Aid for Schenkerian Analysis
Laske: Explicit Cognitive Theory of Musical Listening

Volume 4, Number 3 Fall 1980:
Roads: Interview with Marvin Minsky
Gruessay: Music Software Description and Abstractions
Fry: Computer Improvisation

Volume 5, Number 1 Spring 1981:
Moorer: Synthesizers I Have Known and Loved
Abbott: 4CED Program
Holtzmann: Generative Grammers for Music Composition

Volume 5, Number 3 Fall 1981:
Minsky: Music, Mind, and Meaning
Lansky, Steiglitz: Synthesis of Timbral Families by Warped Linear Prediction
Buxton et al.: Scope in Interactive Score Editors

Volume 7, Number 2 Summer 1983:
Roads: Musical Grammars and Computer Analysis
Karplus, Strong: Plucked-String and Drum Timbres
Jaffe, Smith: Extensions of Karplus-Strong Algorithm

Volume 8, Number 1 Spring 1984:
Levitt: Machine Tongues 10
Chadabe: Interactive Composing
Schindler: Dynamic Timbre Control for Real-Time Digital Synthesis

Volume 8, Number 2 Summer 1984:
Barbeau, Corinthios: High-Quality Audio Conversion System Tutorial
Vaggione: The Making of Octuor

For a full description of each issue go to http://204.151.38.11/cmj/ and click on "Index of Old Issues". There you can find each one and view the contents."

Tenori On sequencing Access Virus TI Snow 01a

YouTube via polishbroadcast
"Trying to expand the internal sounds and get beyond that recognizable Tenori On sound and timing. I thought the 4 parts of the TI Snow would be limiting but the sounds can be so big it is a challenge to try and be simple. The Tenori On is in "Advanced" mode so i wasn't locked into score mode for the first 4 layers which was useful on my Nord Modular G2 (which i am also uploading).

Excuse the quality. This was recorded with my Macbook Pro's iSight and audio input so the video quality is bad and there is a buzz in the audio. Beyond the buzz, the audio sounds pretty ok."

Sequential Circuits Multi-iTrak Sequencer Demo

YouTube via menticideebay. via this auction.
The Six-Trak does have unison.

YAMAHA CS50

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"The CS-50 was released just one year before its famous big brothers, the CS-60 and CS-80. The CS-50 looks like a scaled-down version of the monstrous CS-80, and it is! This will benefit those who crave the famous classic Yamaha synth sound without the struggle of lugging around the 215 pound CS-80! The CS-50 weighs in at about 100 pounds. The CS-50 is also just 4-voice polyphonic, and lacks the quality weighted 61-note keyboard of the CS-80. The CS-50 has just a 49-note standard keyboard. It does feature pressure (aftertouch) sensitivity route-able to several destinations, however.The CS-50's sound is unmistakably related to other classic CS-series synthesizers. "From 1975, it's the little brother of the Yamaha CS80 (the famous "Blade Runner" Synth). This board was amazingly ahead of it's time in it's polyphonic implementation. If you recall, the majority of the big names at that time were strictly monophonic. This guy came out and featured 4 key polyphony and an early form of aftertouch that can affect the filter, VCO or LFO. There is also a auxillary input to run sounds through the side panel which I have used on a couple of tracks.Small or not, this still weighs close to 100 lbs and is the size of a small organ. There is a really great sounding ring modulator for crazy sci fi sound, 13 presets and a full synthesizer section including both HP and LP resonant filters. Specifications Polyphony - 4 voices, monotimbral Oscillators - Four (1 VCO per voice) LFO - One Filter - 12 dB/oct lowpass and highpass filtering Effects - None Keyboard - 49 keys (pressure sensitive, route to various destinations) Memory - 13 preset, 1on panel Control - CV/Gate Date Produced - 1976"

MMM MATTSON MINI MODULAR AMPLITUDE FOLLOWER TEST

YouTube via redmartian http://mattsonminimodular.com/
"I'm using a new prototype Amplitude Follower module with the source being a Gibson Les Paul. The AF triggers a gate based on a threshold level. There is also a secondary gate which can be delayed by several seconds.

The patch is very simple: Two VCFs swept by two ADSRs on the two gates (one slightly delayed) from the AF. One VCF is LP and the other is HP and panned stereo."