MemoryMoog Rev 1 Non Plus

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Transanalog - Moog Opus 3

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"Www.Transanalog.Com
What the hell is this, anyway? Synthesizer? Organ? Stringer? Sort of. The Opus 3 was Moog's late entry into the string synthesizer market. I guess it's not bad but I can't say it does anything uniquely well. All Opus 3's (and Rogues and MG-1s and Taurus II's, etc...) had that miserable foam which melted into the panel circuit board which makes them a real pain in the ass to work on. For some reason I got two in at the same time so I couldn't resist grabbing mine and snapping some photos of 'em all. One is an early version around S/N 1000 and it has a slightly different panel material than the other two (S/N in the 5000's). One thing surprising: they all have all their knobs and sliders."
Inside a Moog Opus 3

BTW, do check out Www.Transanalog.Com. They do synth repair, have service manuals / docs, and they have a few items for sale including a MIDI kit for the Casio SK-1. theremins and more. Casio SK-1 kit previously posted here. They are also listed on Ebay here.

Thingamagoop Out in Nature

via Aliens Project where you'll find more. The description is in German. You can find a Googlish version here.

SCUBA Diving with a Plan B Modular

see Califaudio

now we know where this was headed.

BRIZBOMB Gear Timeline

click here to see what led to this stack. The bottom is one of the before shots.
KAPS Ragini-II
ROLAND RE-301
BOSS DB-66
ARIS 614
BEHRINGER ULTRAPATCH
ALESIS 12R
Doepfer & MFB eurorack modular units
SHERMAN FB-1
FURMAN PL-PLUS
MU-TRON DIGITAL DELAY
IBANEZ DM1000
BOSS DE-200
M-AUDIO Microtrack II
Mytek Stereo96 ADC
AUTO-ORCHESTRA 16R
FURMAN PL-8
ADA S1000
YAMAHA E1010
MAM RS3
MAM RS3
BEHRINGER ULTRAPATCH
BOSS RSD-10 / BOSS RSD-10
YAMAHA R100 / ROCKTRON chrous
ELECTRIX MO-FX
ELECTRIX FILTER FACTORY
AUTO-ORCHESTRA controller / BOSS PC-2
TSP bleak mult
mounted in back: IBANEZ CP-835, PEAVEY KOSMOS, DBX compressors

recordings: SMR009 on Soundo Maso Records

synsonics synced with juno-60 + more

synsonics synced with juno-60 + more from Alex Inglizian on Vimeo.
"tests with syncing the juno-60 arpeggiator to the synsonics drum machine. (w/ omnichord, cs-5, & diy synth)
cliplead.com/"

Charles Cohen and Christian Mirande - Buchla Live

"Lopass Mates @ Rotunda Wed ...all Buchla, all the time Wednesday, March 4, 2009 The Rotunda 4014 Walnut St. Philadelphia 8 PM

Lopass Mates:
Charles Cohen, Buchla Music Easel
Christian Mirande, Buchla 200 Modular Analog Synthesizer

The Buchla 200 is the Mother Ship of the Music Easel. It only appears around here once a decade.
For this improvisational performance it will be piloted by Mr Mirande, an aficionado of Sharks, Coral, Century Series Fighter Planes, and Electro-Acoustic Music.

presented by Bowerbird.org

MORE INFORMATION

also playing:
THE INTERNATIONAL NOTHING (Berlin)
Kai Fagaschinski - clarinet, composition
Michael Thieke - clarinet, composition

KO KOED
Alban Bailly - accordion
Dustin Hurt - accordion"

Update: according to Christian in the comments, this show is free.

Here's a video of Charles Cohen previously posted here. Be sure to see these posts as well.


CHARLES COHEN AT THE BUCHLA MUSIC EASEL from Alex on Vimeo.
"/ / / / / Viewing with headphones or a stereo source is highly recommended / / / / /

This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising on a 1970's Buchla Music Easel. This extremely rare instrument is one of Don Buchla's 200 series. Buchla (a pioneer of audio synthesis) only manufactured 14 of these units. The entire film was edited from an hour-long set of free improvisation, with audio was taken directly from Charles' mixing board.

All of the photography and editing was produced by Alex Tyson, a sound and video artist from Pennsylvania. The film was shot in 16:9 720p High Definition format, using a 35mm LensBaby 3GPL.

This film is free to distribute, share, blog, vlog, etc. When re-posting, please copy and paste this text to inform anyone about the film.

At this time the film is only available online. While you can stream it in HD, it is best viewed on DVD.
Please contact the filmmaker for hard copies if interested.

Charles can be reached at ccohen (at) voicenet.com.

Thanks to LensBabies for making this awesome lens!"

Cakewalk Releases Free Updates for SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 Customers

"— Updates add Classic Sounds, New Features, and Improved Performance —

Boston, MA (March 3rd, 2009) — Cakewalk, the world's leading developer of powerful and easy to use products for music creation and recording, today announces availability of free updates for SONAR 8 Producer, SONAR 8 Studio, and SONAR V-Studio 700. The updates are now available as free downloads for registered SONAR 8 and SONAR V-Studio 700 customers at www.cakewalk.com/SONAR83 and www.cakewalk.com/VS700_11, respectively.

The SONAR 8.3 update adds classic Roland sample content for Dimension Pro and Dimension LE, drum kits for Session Drummer 2, along with new usability enhancements and engine optimizations. The SONAR 8.3 update also addresses performance issues reported by customers after the initial release of SONAR 8. Additionally, since the initial Winter NAMM update announcement, numerous enhancements are now included in a version 1.1 software update for SONAR V-Studio 700 and a firmware update for its onboard Fantom VS hardware synthesizer."

Introducing the Yamaha SY 1

YouTube via RothHandle
"This last Friday I picked up a Yamaha SY-1 , apparently Yamahas first synth from 1974. I am currently working together with Matti Bye with music for a norwegian film.

This little mobile film was shot at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

Stereopsis - No Pressure

YouTube via krazydrumr47
"This is the second song I wrote. Using MicroKorg, KP3, and Roland Handsonic 10. I sampled all of my beats onto KP3, and added twists of my own, Enjoy. Let's try the sun, for solar energy. Let's breakdown greenhouse gases, and pollution. There is 'No Pressure; No Fresh Water'."