Soulwax - live setup / technical info by David Dewaele

YouTube via soulwaxdotinfo
"David Dewaele from Soulwax explains the live setup of the band to FutureMusic magazine.

For those of you who are into Ableton, MIDI, Moogs, vocoders, synths etc."
via seppe. "you can find higher quality versions on the net (e.g. http://ulteriormusic.blogspot.com/2008/11/soulwax-interview-in-future-music.html)."

Rozzbox v2

flickr by clocktrick
(click for more)

full size top
full size bottom

DIY Modular by Sebo

via this electro-music.com thread
(see the thread for more)
1 x MIDIbox CV
3 x Yusynth VCO
1 x Quantix-8
3 x Yusynth ADSR (plus one more not installed in the cabinet yet)
1 x Yusynth Minimoog VCF
2 x Yusynth VCA (plus two more not installed in the cabinet yet)
1 x Yusynth LFO
1 x Bergfotron PSU (Formant Synth Based)
1 x 5V PSU (For the MIDIbox CV Core)

Moog Voyager on South Park

From last night's episode of South Park, "Fishsticks."

Paul Shaffer on Letterman with a mutated Moog Voyager and a "Gerg."

The episode is available via South Park Studios online. Direct link here. The scene comes in at 3:21. via Mr. Array.

Note the South Park label below. Click on it. Someone at South Park knows their synths. :)

How to Make Simple Progressive House Lead

YouTube via VstCafe
"This tutorial shows how to create (with Synapse Toxic II 2.5 vst plugin - btw. it's a killer synth for such low price) a simple, progressive house lead similar to those well known kaskade, dmau leads. As you can see, I didn't use internal delay / reverb unit. I used external - Ableton effects such as reverb, ping pong delay, EQ and compressor (sidechaining) - really nothing special. Probably I'll upload a screenshot somewhere.

If you're interested about music producing, vst instruments, presets - don't forget to check my blog http://vst-cafe.blogspot.com"

The Electronic Peasant Banjo Processor

"The Peasant is a banjo player, and so thought that it would be very interesting to use a banjo to control the analogue synthesizer. A number of years ago a pitch-to-voltage convertor circuit board, designed for guitar use, was purchased from fellow DIY enthusiast Harry Bissell. This pcb only used the bottom three guitar strings to extract the CV output, and so it was decided to expand the board to work with all five strings on the banjo."

You can find more info at The Electronic Peasant. Be sure to see the rest of the site for more.
via Deviant Synth.

Handmade Music Night Recap and Call for More on CDM

It looks like it will be a monthly event in Brooklyn. You can find images and more info at this CDM post.

wire shelves, modified

flickr by futilityengineer

If I had my own space capsule this is what I'd want in it.

Anyone know what that is under the Rolands on the right?

Update: answer in the comments. Also.. Note the two CSQ-600 sequencers on the top right and the CSQ-100 top left. What's directly above the SEMS? Update: PAiA 4700

Foreground: Moog Micromoog, Roland VP-330, Yamaha CS-5.

CEM3394 DIY SYNTH MFOS 16 STEP SEQUENCER

YouTube via nicotinetech
"This video is to desmonstrate the possibility of the Curtis cem3394 ( video games board recycled chip)."

arp solus

YouTube via nicotinetech. "DAF ???"