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Tim Conrardy RIP

Rod wrote in to let me know Tim Conrardy has passed away. Some of his work included

Tim's Atari MIDI World
Camel Audio
AlgoMusic

He was active on the KVR forum. You can find a thread on his passing here. Condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed. Our community is better because of him.

Sounds of the Clavia Nord Lead 1

YouTube via realsakul. Sounds come in at :45
"To all you Sound-Nerds out there!
I was bored, so I thought I'd share some Sounds of my Nord Lead with you... Enjoy! :)"

Bug Killer - Synth Demo - Update

Much better quality video posted here. Don't miss it.

Oberheim Matrix-12 and Xpander Dark Walnut Sides

via synthwood

Matrix-12
XPander

Baltimore Electronic Music Fest 2009

"Hello to all. This Electronic Music/Experimental Music/Electro-Acoustic Music event, herein known as the BALTIMORE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FEST 2009, is being sponsored by members of The Baltimore SDIY Group & will be a really nice musical endeavor, so we are really looking forward to this day. Please come out & join us for a really fantastic day of knob twisting, pitch bending, wiring mazes, sound shaping & visual explosions that will coincide with an absolutely awesome musical voyage into another galaxy of sound alterations. Happy Bleeps & Bloops and we hope to see you there."

More info at the BalitmoreSDIYGroup website.

Moogerfooger Detail

flickr by brotherloco
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flickr by Stefan Beckhusen

"Vimeo Music Video: HOLY, 20 min meditative ambient india style.

This is the 3rd project which i made with my new Roland MC-909 Groovebox. This time i combined it with the Korg Kaoss Pad and routed 2 sample patches from the MC-909 to the Kaoss Pad.
The style may be unusually for a Groovebox, i'm still exploring the possibilities and don't want to join only the bum-bum section.

The image shows the surface illumination of the Korg Kaoss Pad 3. In the video you'll see it working."

The video link above appears to be the Vimeo version of the YouTube vid just posted here. The Vimeo version is much better as far as quality goes.

Through the Gate

Isotope of Me has a track featuring the KORG EX-800 routed though a DSI Evolver in order to gate a pad with the Evolver's internal sequencer. The track also features the Tip Top Audio Z3000. You can find it here.

mini controller working.mov

YouTube via ChromeTuna. MFOS Mini-Controller.
"I finally got my 1v/oct mini controller working.....like so many things, the problem that had me stumped turned out to be pretty simple.
I still don't know exactly what it was. Maybe a battery clip was faulty somehow? I don't know.

But I un-soldered the batteries, made a new battery harness out of new clips, put it together the EXACT same way I had before and soldered it on....and woohoo, it works."
via this electro-music.com thread where you'll find some discussion.