MIDI Controller/Sequencer I Designed

MIDI Controller/Sequencer I Designed from Lennon Luks on Vimeo.

"This is me showing some of the capabilities of the MIDI controller that I designed for my senior project. It uses an ATMEGA644 microcontroller. 3000ish lines of C code. I'm much more of an engineer than an electronic musician, clearly. More information about this device can be found on my website at lennonluks.atspace.com/projects/senior_project/senior_project.html"

Squarepushin on the Akai APC40 - Ableton

YouTube via mrbeefwellington

Akai APC40 Customization

YouTube via Stray411
"Quick vid that covers some of the possible ways the APC can be customized. In the 2nd part of the vid, I'm using Bome's MIDI Translator Pro to add the additional functions."

Instrumental Oddities T-Shirt

Theremin and Stylophone on the "synth" front.

You can find the T at Scatterbrain Tees.

Ultra RARE NOS MemoryMoog MIDI Sequencer kit

via this auction. Sold for GBP 495. That's about 805 USD.

click the image for the full size shot.

"This kit includes everything you need to turn a standard MemoryMoog into the very latest Plus version + the final Autotune and PSU upgrades, all hardware, all stickers, nameplates, Latest Roms, original large Moog schematics, instructions, the lot. That means you will have full MIDI, the Sequencer and everything else. It also incudes the PSU upgrades and the full Autotune upgrade which will make your synth tune much more reliably. It is pretty comprehensive! The kenton MIDI kit cost £400 alone, so i think this is fairly priced considering the rarity and the fact your MM will still be original after fitting, not forgetting this will make your MM more valuable."

Access Virus TI Desktop

via these auctions

Access Virus TI2 Desktop

via these auction

Trent Reznor at the Bonnaroo Festival

Trent Reznor of NIN with Jazz Mutant Lemur and Akai MPD32 via this NY Times article on the Bonnarroo Festival in Tennessee.

via vgermuse

Marshall Allen and the Steiner EVI Update

I updated this post with a link the the article in the NY Times. Note Marshall Allen played with Sun Ra in the Sun Ra Arkestra.

"Mr. Allen, who turned 85 last month, has been a member of the Arkestra for more than 50 years: he joined the ensemble almost at its origins, spearheading its reed section and faithfully minding the various edicts of its namesake leader. When he took the helm himself in the mid-1990s, after the deaths of Sun Ra and the tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, Mr. Allen set his sights on continuity. He has kept the band together and working, with one eye trained on the legacy of an expressly future-oriented music."

Elan's SDIY Modular Synth

click here for Elan's SDIY Modular Synth blog. You'll find interesting tips like color coating washers for your jacks vs. color coating the nuts which can peel and chip over time.