Podcast: Sonic TALK130 - Eurovision Radiophonic and EMS

You can find the Sonic State podcast here.

"We then discuss the excellent documentary/interview with Peter Zinovieff of EMS"

Dave Smith Instruments Pot Edition?

According to Gearjunkies, a version of the Prophet '08 with pots instead of endless knobs is now available. Anyone out there confirm?

"Since the release of the Prophet ’08 in August 2007, Dave Smith has received numerous requests for a version with more vintage-style controls. The standard Prophet ’08 primarily uses rotary encoders for its front panel controls, but some customers prefer potentiometers (AKA pots) like those used on the vintage Prophets, particularly for the more performance-oriented parameters like filter cutoff and resonance. The new Prophet ’08 Pot Edition offers an alternative with 38 of the 52 front panel parameters controlled by pots; rotary encoders are still used for the remainder of the controls.

So, what’s the difference? The features and functionality of the non-pot and pot versions are exactly the same. The difference is strictly in the controls themselves. Encoders are “endless”—they have no minimum or maximum limit. The advantage to that is that when you edit a preset parameter, the change begins at the preset value and increases or decreases, depending upon the direction turned. Pots typically have about 270° of travel and have definite limits. The advantage to that is that you know, by feel, where the minimum and maximum limits are and you can sweep through the entire value range in less than one full turn.

The Prophet ’08 PE features three edit modes for the pots: Relative, Passthru, and Jump. In Relative mode, the value change is relative to the preset value. In Passthru mode, turning the pot has no effect until after the edited value equals the preset value (that is, until the edited value “passes through” the stored value). Jump mode uses an absolute value based upon the position of the pot when edited; turn a pot and the value jumps immediately from the stored value to the edited value.

The Prophet ’08 PE melds the best of the “old school” with the modern features and affordability of a new generation.

The MSRP of the Prophet ’08 Pot Edition is $2,309.00 and it is available now. Photos and more information will be available very soon.

Dave Smith"

Update: here it is on the DSI site. via jmelnyk in the comments.

Pulsar V0.9.5 Sound Sample

YouTube via StarfireMX
"9 Min sample of the new version with improved code and better PCB layout.
Please leave comments!"

DIRT-BOX MK-II by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. S-CAT/spacecataudiotechnologies on Ebay
"CIRCUIT BENT WITH 4 MODIFICATIONS. LO-FI BIT CRUSHER DISTORTION UNIT"

Tristan Perich: One Bit Music

via John Levin:

"I'm in Copenhagen for a few days where I'm playing in a music festival. Anyway, last night I saw this guy named play at the festival named Tristan Perich.
Here's some photos: link
Here's one of Tristan's sites for more info: link

Basically, he's made this circuit that does one-bit music. In the performance shots, he'd controlling one through what looks like a home-made Korg MIDI interface."

You can find prior posts on Tristan Perich and his One Bit Music project including video here.

Showroom Dummy - Khoral Cafe 80 Studio

more pics and details here.

http://khoral.blogspot.com

Also be sure to these posts for previous contributions from Khoral.

Children Robert Miles

YouTube via ouletente. via fischek "Style KORG PA50 www.olavier.com"

Additional Info on the TF50 DIY Modular

See the update in this post.

giannini 80s keyboard

flickr by msxgalaga

"giannini GK 6110 keyboard - 80s magazine (Bizz) "

anyone know more about Giannini?

Update via SynBlog in the comments: "Gianinni is an old brazilian manufacturer of musical instruments.
They built guitars , acoustic guitars ( very good ones), amplifiers ( Fender copies) , p.a. equipment , etc.
Their keyboard line was built under license of Siel ( synths) , Crumar ( pianos & strings) and maybe Seiko ( home keyboards)."

and via williampaiva: "I had one of these. By that time I was 11 and used to take Organ lessons. Once I saw my music teacher with a brand new Yamaha PSR-6300 and asked my father for a keyboard like that. And he gave me a Gianinni GK-6110. Even a 11 years old kid would get bored with this Gianinni after a few months. It was built in a cheap plastic, the keys used to get stuck and the pontentiometers were really crappy. After a year of use, the volume potentiometer got worn out, so I had to play at the maximum level. Playing at a loud level used to make the cheap plastic case and the entire body of the instrument shake like an earthquake. The crazy thing came when the BPM potentiometer got worn out too, because playing at loud volume caused subtle tempo changes. The Gianinni GK-6110 had only 12 popular rhythms with automatic chords and basslines (only half were really usable) and when the fill-in button got stuck, the instrument started to generate drum fills randomly."

Audiotouch - Multitouch Table @ UCSD Music Center

YouTube via cerupcat. Music application comes in at 1:00.
"A preview of Audiotouch @ UCSD's Music Center Opening House on May 9th.

For more information see: sethsandler.com

Thanks to all that made it out for the event!"