Keyboard Magazine Patch Pages

via Petri

"I'm looking for Keyboard Magazine Patch Pages, which they published in the late 80's and early 90's in their magazine monthly, a series of cryptic charts containing parameters and numbers for certain synths, i.e. D-50, DX-7, SQ80... you name it, they had it.

There were lots of unusual and great sounds (I remember trying them out on my D50 back then) and lots of shitty sounds. However, what I'm after are the Oberheim Xpander patches published in 1987 (86-88), especially a sound called "BONONG", which was a great analog FM approximation of a large Gamelan bell. To my ears back then it sounded really great."

If anyone knows where to find them or can translate the patch for Petri, please comment or contact me directly. My contact info is on the bottom of the right section of the site.

Update: click here for scans from the Roland Users Group sent my way via Brandon.

Update: BONONG params via Jared:
VCO1: FREQ 12, DETUNE 0, PW 31, VOL 63.
PAGE 2: KEYBD, LEV1, VIB, TRI, PULSE, FREQ MOD: ENV 4 +63
VCO2: FREQ 10, DETUNE 0, VOL 0 PAGE 2: KEYB, LEV1, VIB, FREQ MOD: ENV5 -63.
FM/LAG: AMP 0, DEST VCO1, LAG RATE 0.
AMP MOD: ENV3 +63.
TRACK1: INPUT KEYBD. 10,0,0,0,0.
VCF/VCA: FREQ 0, RES 15, MODE 4 POLE LOW, VCA1 63, VCA2 0. FREQ MOD: ENV1 +63, TRK1 +63. VCA2 MOD: ENV2 +63.
ENV1: 0,0,21,045,9. PAGE 2: SINGLE. AMP MOD: VEL +53.
ENV2: 0,0,49,0,25,63. PAGE 2: SINGLE. DECAY MOD: ENV2 -27, 63. PAGE 2: SINGLE. DECY MOD: ENV2 -27. RELEASE MOD: ENV2 -52.
ENV3: 0,0,35,027,63. PAGE 2: SINGLE.
ENV4: 0,0,13,0,6,0. PAGE 2: SINGLE. AMP MOD: VEL +16.
ENV5: 0,0,0,0,0 63. PAGE 2: SINGLE.

Reactable Aailabe to Play at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago

via Zero:
"I'm not sure if this is the case with other places, but you may want you to let your readers know that there is a fully working ReacTable that anyone can play with at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Anyone can play it, so you may want to pick early morning or just before they close (when all the kids are gone). It's in the Fast Forward exhibit."

Click the Reactable label below for more posts including video and similar devices.

Update via Toleamon in the comments: "Theres also one in Barcelona's Science Museum."

Mike Oldfield's signature instruments (in Lego)

flickr by Ochre Jelly

"As immortalized by Mike Oldfield, Art of Noise, Jean Michel Jarre, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, and many other great electronic artists from the 80's.
Fairlight CMI IIx sampler, Fender Stratocaster, and... tubular bells!"

click on the Legos label below.

don't follow the roads

flickr by davitr0n

"digital and analog sounds.

take a listen.

visit at myspace."

Alesis Micron, "Thunder Machine", and Teac tape machine

binder synth

flickr by davitr0n

"i think it needs more lights. i'll post a better video of this when i am awake again.
here's a bad audio example with bad tweaking to a bad sequence.... hope you like square waves
listen here"

Beem - The Future - Miniature Lego Synths

flickr set by Beem Music
(click for more)

"Lego synth models, inspired by danmcp's paper models.
Artwork to the album - Beem "The Future" at www.beem.se"

Pictured:
"Linn 9000 Drum Machine patched into a Revox B77 next to a Roland SH1000."

"Inspired by the Memotron."

click on the Legos label below

El Sonidito en iPod

YouTube via P4KOTV. via Palm Sounds. Anyone know what app this is?
"El Sonidito de Hechizeros Band
Visítame: http://www.myspace.com/p4ko"

Update via D 0 7 N 0 1 R: the synth is nlog
Here's the free lite version:


Here's the full version:

Bluemole.com SDIY UK 2008 Site

Note this post is on the prior year's SDIY UK meeting in 2008, not 2009. Click here for pics and more. You'll see some gear that made it back to the 2009 event.

via Michael

Serge controlled by Bleep Labs Thingamakit and Delfy Creations SS-1

Serge controlled by Bleep Labs Thingamakit

YouTube via JargMarbin
"Demonstration of Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by 4-ledicle Bleep Labs Thingamakit. The video looks terrible because the light was so low. At least all the blinking lights show up."
"The audio from the Thingamakit's audio out jack ( mine is 1/8" ) was piped into into the Serge's Preamp Detector section, which supplies two outputs - one jack provides amplified audio and the other a DC voltage correlated to the power of the sound wave. The audio part was split to a comparator and an EQ followed by 3 filters that fedback into each other in a complicated way. I tappled one audio signal from the EQ and 4 from the filter network. The DC voltage from the envelope detector of the Preamp Detector section went through the same comparator as the audio signal, and this comparison provided triggers powering pulse division and activating sample-and-holds and envelopes which modulated the filters and VCA's. This patch was origionally made to control the Serge using my Delfy Creations Super SS-1 but the battery died, so I made the vid using my regular SS-1 instead. I was going to build a seperate patch for the Thingamakit but I liked what I heard when I tried the same one so I posted the video! I'll still probably made a new patch for the Thingamakit because it is visually impressive and the pulsating rhythmics it creates are very useful for controlling the Serge. I'll let you know when I do. I hope that explanation was what you were looking for, let me know if you have any questions. Also please add me to your mailing list so I can be notified of any new creations you have for sale, and check out my website http://jargmarbin.com."

Serge controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1

YouTube via JargMarbin
"Another addition to my experimental Serge series. Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1."

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