M-Audio AXiom Pro vs Novation SL MK2

YouTube via sonicstate
"Expert Rob Jones take a look at the two newest MIDI controllers from M-Audio and Novation and compares."

5 Module Lunetta

YouTube via wonkythomas

"Only 2 spaces left in my mini-CMOS synth.

Now contains 5 Modules, 6 Chips, 7 differant functions & 14 seperate sound generators / processors.

The Lunetta philosophy has been somewhat of a revelation for me & I have learnt a huge amount about synth ccts. building these.

I am amazed at what these little chips can do!"

Museum of Techno - Sherry Sessions - Man Scratching

YouTube via museumoftechno. some random synth spotting.
"In which we continue our consideration of the evolution of theistic beliefs and creation myths, and Mr Cornwell recounts a disturbing culinary episode which occurred at the Blue Whale pub in Woolwich."

Experimentalists Anonymous

Just in case you were wondering what happened to Experimentalists Anonymous, they are back up. They also added a new "hosted sites" section: "I've decided to really try to put the "s" in experimentalist"s" anonymous, and start hosting sites having do with DIY stompboxes, synths, circuit bending, and audio in general. Be sure to check out the newly added Archaic Equipment Orchard by forumite Crochambeau. If you need a place to post pretty much anything related to the topics listed above, please let me know! I would really like to make this section grow as much as possible... the more the merrier." Click here and scroll for some prior posts featuring Experimentalists Anonymous.

The best of times improvisation

YouTube via audiophile1980. sent my way via doktorfuture. KORG OASYS improv.
"Just playing around in the "homestudio". I'ts all one take improvisation!"

Korg DVR 1000 12bit digital reverb

YouTube via abertronic. via this auction.

The Fun Tuner by Mr.Ugly

flickr by theorderofstamina
(click for more)

"The Fun Tuner by Mr.Ugly.2009.

2 Oscillators + NANDS=BBBBBRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBBRRRRRB! Beep!

mruglysinstruments.blogspot.com"

KORG DELTA Advert

flickr by Neil Vance
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uk ad 1981

Oraison

YouTube via rlainhart
"Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1937 for six Ondes Martenot, transcribed for Buchla 200e synthesizer and Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller and performed by Richard Lainhart in 2009.

From the time I first touched the Haken Continuum, I'd wanted to use it to play a composition by Olivier Messiaen called "Oraison". I first heard "Oraison" years ago as a student of electronic music, and had fallen in love with its simple, beautiful harmonies and profound sense of mystery.

"Oraison" is not only a lovely piece of music, but has historical interest too - it may be the first piece of purely electronic music written expressly for live performance. Also of note is that Messiaen re-arranged "Oraison" for cello and piano and used it for the fifth movement of "Quartet for the End of Time", which he composed in a German prisoner-of-war camp in 1941; the "Quartet" is one of the great classics of 20th-century music.

"Oraison" ("prayer") is from a suite of pieces for six Ondes Martenot called "Fete des Belles Eaux" ("Celebration of the Beautiful Waters"), composed for the Paris International Exposition in 1937. The Ondes Martenot was among the first electronic instruments, and is still among the most expressive. The Continuum's own expressive qualities seemed at least the equal of the Ondes Martenot's, while allowing for polyphony and the possibility of performance of the work by a single player. I transcribed "Oraison" for my Buchla 200e/Continuum system, programmed the modern system in homage to the sound of the Ondes Martenot, and now offer this performance to you."

Richard Lainhart
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Wiard Malekko Pogs - Wooden Nickels

via navs.modular.lab where you'll find images and samples featuring Wiard, Makenoise, Plan B and more.

pogs, chips - for searching later...

thx goes to twitter.com/ThomasGHenry for answering my call on what these are called. I was drawing a blank and it was driving me nuts...

Update: according to those in the comments, these are wooden nickels, not pogs. I was thinking pogs when I saw them, but now we know.