picsynth attempts basshunter

YouTube via picsynth
"The homemade PICSynth attempts basshunter "Now you're gone". I used the PICSynth's arpeggiator."

Pehr, live on VombatRadio.com, Part 1 - 7

YouTube via Pehr81 MFOS DIY modular.
"live set on march 1st 2009
high quality podcast here: http://vombatradio.com/arti..."

electro-music.com Super Klee Sequencer - JAM

YouTube via Pehr81
"This is the Klee driving two VCO-VCF-VCA patches and one without the filter. All modules used are MFOS-DIY (www.musicfromouterspace.com).

Pardon the sound quality and the light, it is filmed with a small digital camera."

Eduard Artemyev, Coil, and the ANS Synthesizer

Mr. Array wrote in after coming across this gem. "I think the original score was written in the 70's, so the photos of the Emulator and such are a bit anachronistic. Cool track. This theme was later remixed in 2001 by the group PPK"

Eduard Artemyev - Siberiade theme

YouTube via gobodrodiont

"Эдуард Артемьев - музыка к фильму Сибириада"
"Eduard Artemiev - music for the film Sibiriada"

After a little digging Mr. Array found an interesting bit of history regarding Eduard Artemyev. He was one of the few composers that used the ANS Synthesizer.

Regarding the ANS via Wikipedia [per GNU Free Documentation License]: "The ANS synthesizer is a photoelectronic musical instrument created by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 to 1957. The technological basis of his invention was the method of photo-optic sound recording used in cinematography (developed in Russia concurrently with America), which made it possible to obtain a visible image of a sound wave, as well as to realize the opposite goal - synthesizing a sound from an artificially drawn sound wave.

In this case the sine waves generated by the ANS are printed onto five glass discs using a process which Murzin (an optical engineer) had to develop himself. Each disc has 144 individual tracks printed onto it, producing a total of 720 microtones (discrete pitches) available to the user. These are arranged vertically from low frequencies at the bottom to high frequencies at the top. The convolved light is then projected onto the back of the synthesizer's interface.

This consists of a glass plate covered in opaque black "mastic" which constitutes a drawing surface upon which the user makes marks by scratching through the mastic, and therefore allowing light to pass through at that point. In front of the glass plate sits a vertical bank of photocells which send signals to band-pass amplifiers, each with dB trim switches.

The glass plate can then be scanned left or right in front of the photocell bank in order to transcribe the drawing directly into pitches. In other words, it plays what you draw. This process can be aided with a step geared motor drive (strangely similar to an engineering lathe) or can be performed manually. The speed at which the score scans has no relation to pitch, but serves only as a means of controlling duration. The ANS is completely polyphonic and will generate up to all 720 of its pitches simultaneously if required.

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Trent Reznor's Studio

flickr by maubrowncow

full size

via http://twitter.com/guilty_

Smoov-E's Synthwood Pro-One

more images on synthwood.com

# Pacific Northwest Walnut
# RGB LED backlit wheels (set to Aqua)
# Synhouse midijack
# Lighted power switch

smoovbasket




YouTube via smoovbasket. The Pro-One before synthwood. Also a VL-tone.

"Clips from Smoov-E's live album "Simply Suggestive". Go to www.longduck.com for more information."

Musikmesse: Moog - Frankfurt Musikmesse 2008 & 2009 - Adam Holzman

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Project) demonstrates the Minimoog Voyager - Select Series, Old School and Little Phatty in the Moog booth at the 2008 & 2009 Frankfurt Musikmesse"

Jupiter-4 Memory Expansion

via Lyndon on AH
"Throwing this out there - does anyone have the notes on the JP-4 64 User Preset memory expansion upgrade [big knob]? Roland provided a drawing and parts. Would be nice to find this info somewhere. Here is a pic of one with the mod"

If anyone knows feel free to comment or contact me directly. My contact info is on the bottom right of the site.

Sequential Circuits 610 Six-Trak Synth/Sequencer

via this auction

"49 full keys,5 c notes(4 octives?).Has 99 presets.Can record 6 different tracks over eachother. Comes with full owners manuel and a quick reference 4 page laminated booklet."

close-up of the editable parameters

KORG 770 Univox Analog Synthesizer

via this auction
"There are lots of unique and useful features to be found, like a "chorus" waveform setting for OSC 1, "pitched noise" on OSC 2, two LFOs--one of which only applies to the pitch of OSC 1, and the other only effects the filter and speed of the chorus waveform. Intrigued? Well how about autobend on OSC 1, with extensive control (speed, delay, bend up/down), or two ring modulator settings on OSC 2? The filter is magical, with Korg's first version of the resonant highpass/lowpass combination. Another amazing feature is the ability to run external audio through the filter and/or the ring modulator, which is one of the best 70's ring mod sounds ever. Truly a stunning synthesizer, the 770 rivals its more famous Korg siblings in sound, design, and features."

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