DIY SERGE STYLE MODULAR

via kroffe in the comments of this post. See that post for video and more.

"DIY SERGE STYLE MODULAR / BUILT DURING LATE 2008 AND 2009
CONTAINS: TOP 281 FG, CGS64, CGS38, CGS39, CGS36, CGS59, CGS09, CGS31"

contact: www.thehumancomparator.net

SUNN 0))) at Domino Festival 2006

YouTube via eyewashed. via fabio via ideologic
"Report about Sunn 0))) performing a Moog Ceremony...with Julian Cope...impressive."

SOMMEIL: A CONCERT FOR SLEEP

"Sommeil: A Concert for Sleep will be Menard’s reinterpretation of the sleep concert experiment, first created by Robert Rich in 1982 and will be presented at the Antenna Gallery 3161 Burgundy St New Orleans, LA 70117 in the heart of the St Claude Arts District. The concert will be realized with Rich’s permission and guidance. Sleep concerts are all-night events in which the audience is asked to attend the concert with a sleeping bag and pillow and to fall asleep while a slowly unfolding sonic texture evolves over the course of the night and into the morning. People attending the event are asked to be willing to sleep during the event or at least to remain silent during the course of the nine hour experience. Not merely a recreation of Rich’s original idea, Sommeil is a conceptual, global remix of a performance type that addresses one of the most basic functionalities of ambient and environmental sound; music by which to sleep."

You can find more info on the event at tanner menard.

Note I have a pretty hard line rule on only putting up posts that showcase specific synths, but I thought this one warranted an exception. You can find more info on Robert Rich here. He's primarily been given a bit of coverage here for his use of the MOTM modular. Note this event will not feature Robert Rich, but a link to his site is of course relevant for background on the music.

LOOSE WOMEN - JEAN MICHEL JARRE INTERVIEW 31/03/09

YouTube via amigaone. via fischek. can't wait!
"Jean Michel Jarre talks to the Loose Women about his forthcoming world tour."
Update: dates on site: http://www.jeanmicheljarre.com/ No US shows listed yet. :(

the oscillator VIII

YouTube via zebranalogiczetangas
"This is the new creation of zebranalogic, this module come with the next implementation: midi input with dips switch to select transpose, range, channel. This unit have also others implementations like: vcf light, vcf , vca, 4 vco, distortion and more. For more information you can go to the web site of zebranalogic...... www.zebranalogic.com .......and keep in touch."


click on the Zebranalogic label link below for more.

The X-Fringe

YouTube via cmatsuoka. follow-up to this post.
"A silly outtake from the previous video: the Fringe theme played as if it were the X-Files theme."

unboxing Sequential Circuits TOM

YouTube via f...ingharpsichord
"I had to unbox it ! The TOM was screaming for me !
The song you hear is Raymond Scott's 'Lightworks', the instrumental versian."

Moog Pedal with Spinal Tap modification

flickr by peff

this knob goes to 11

full size

Percussa Cubes basics

Percussa Cubes basics from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.
"Impressions and demonstration of using the Percussa Audio cubes with the tutorial Ableton Live set. The center cube detects the faces of the other cubes to send MIDI notes to Live to change loops. This video was originally made for an article for createdigitalmusic"


Percussa Cubes with Resonant Synth from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.
"Using the distance sensors on the audio cubes, I'm controlling synth parameters with one cube to "shape" the sound with my hands, then using another as an "exciter" to make the sound happen by waving my hands in front. Much as a violin needs a bow to excite the string to vibrate, and a flute needs air to make its sound, this synth I programmed in Cycling '74's Max/MSP (based on CNMAT's "resonators" object), relies on a virtual breeze from my hands to make sound."


Scratching with Percussa Cubes from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.
"I set up four loops in an audio looper program I've been working on for future release by Livid Instruments. I'm using the speed of my hand gestures as detected by the four distance sensors on the audio cube to change the playback speed and direction of the loops, similar to scratching a record."

Teenage Engineering OP-1

Teenage Engineering
"OP-1 stands for Operator 1.
The OP-1 is a pocket size controller for your favorite software sequencer. Connect it to your laptop and it lets you control your sequencers transport with the common play, stop, rec, forward and rewind. Use it to control your software synthesizers with the 4 rotary encoders and 16 dedicated quick keys for fast selections.

When you disconnect the OP-1 from your computer you suddenly have a stand-alone portable wonder-machine with 8 synthesizer models, 8 samplers and effects like Delay, Flutter, Filters and EQ all built in. Use all that synthesizer power to record your work with the truly unique (at present time, secret) sequencer. We promise you a really cool and creative way to record your sounds and tweak them in a completely new way.

Use the magic step sequencer/arpegiator to get the notes right. If that is not enough use the built in motionsensor that sense every shake or move you make and turn it into really cool sounds.
Then relax and sample a beat from the built-in FM radio or memorize a tune by whistle it into the built-in microphone. Play your piece to your friends through the built-in speaker. Or...convert it right away to mp3 and mail it to them."

More info on site.

OP-1 Display test

YouTube via teenageengineering
'This is how the display will look like on the OP. It's got extremely high PPI, the contrast is crazy, and according to myself, the gfx is bananas!"