MATRIXSYNTH

Hohner String Performer

via this auction
"Extremely rare vintage keyboard, made in the early 80s! This is the keyboard Moby used for his string sounds on almost all of his albums. It will give you that huge fat sustained string sound, like at the beginning of The Killers' "Read My Mind", or a composition by Vangelis.

Sounds include Piano, Bass, Clavichord, Cello, Viola, Violin, Brass, String, Clarinet, Planet, and Octave setting. The Piano, Bass, Clavichord, Cello, Viola, and Violin have individual level faders for upper and lower registers, as well as a sustain fader. The Brass, String, Clarinet, and Planet sounds have a solo volume fader."

Anyone confirm the first paragraph?

SIGGRAPH 2009

"The SIGGRAPH 2009 Music & Audio programming will include a Keynote presentation by the pioneer of sound and two-time Academy Award® winning Sound Designer, Randy Thom, as well as a series of panels discussions, featuring musicians and composers from around the globe. In addition to music performances, courses on topics such as “Creating New Interfaces for Musical Expression”, and “Interactive Sound Rendering” will also take place."

"SIGGRAPH 2009 includes a variety of Courses, Panels, and Talks related to music and audio, see the list below. Also, the Computer Animation Festival has special screenings of Visual Music. In cooperation with the New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME) symposium, The Studio includes technology, software, and expert help for creating new musical interfaces. And we have daily Music Performances that combine music with imagery or demonstrate novel interactive techniques.

Musical Interface Workshop in The Studio
Participants learn how to apply sensor technology to develop their own concepts of electronic media control for research, teaching, tinkering, or art, without needing to become a hardware engineer. Special attention is focused on capturing human movements and using the data to control sound and music media using I-CubeX products." Sigraph website.
via Mark

BugBrand CTL1 - Touch Panel v2

YouTube via BugBrand. audio comes in at :31
"Here's an overview of the newly updated CTL1 Touch Panel - one of the most unique and fun parts of the BugBrand Modular system.

The initial idea came from an article published in Synapse Magazine in the 70s, but that is now a distant relative of this module. The 1st version was fun - with two 'Preset' rows, 'Pressure' CV outputs etc - but before production I wanted to update things a bit. The little update turned into a full rebuild!

It is now based on a kind of Sequencing core (uses the 4516 chip - tech geeks) - the Touch & Preset part still behaves the same (though has different circuitry) but this now has the great addition of four step sequencing - play it forwards or backwards, at seq. rates or at audio rates. This thing is versatile and FUN.

For further information check the BugBrand Modular site (www.bugbrand.co.uk/modular) and the BugBrand Blog (www.bugbrand.blogspot.com)."

Update: see the post on the BugBrand blog for images and more.

Ellen Godena at Studio Series (w Max's Buchla Electric Music Box at Studio 34 Philadelpia)

flickr by egodena

"Improvised Butoh Performance with max lord on Buchla Electric Music box (in foreground). part of Nicole Bindler's Studio Series in at Studio 34 Philadelphia. July 25, 2009."

Update via Max Lord in the comments:

Ellen Godena duo with Max Lord (on Buchla Electric Music Box)

YouTube via egodena. follow-up to this post.
"Ellen Godena (butoh movement) with Max Lord (on Buchla electric music box and Eowave Persephone) at the Studio Series at Studio 34 in Philadelphia. July 25, 2009."

New Dual Ribbon Controller

flickr by asobernewt

Tenori On

flick by mushboy
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Crumar Bit One

via this auction

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Another DE auction. I will keep DE and UK auction posts limited to the most interesting. If you are in the UK or DE / Europe be sure to see the links in the More Stuff section on the right.

Oberheim MC 1000

via this auction. note this one is in Germany. I added a Synths on Ebay DE link under More Stuff on the right as well.

"The MC 1000 /88 Master Keyboard is equipped with 88 Hammer action weighted keys, and the MC 1000/76 with 76 weighted keys - with identical technical specifications. These are the idea[ instruments for all musicians requiring a compact Master Keyboard which incorporate user friendliness, practicality and simplistic use, easily transportable and powerful in their performance. The MC 1000 transmits all MIDI message (including bank select), has 8 dynamic curves, independent analogue volume control, 32 external + 16 internal MIDI Out channels, and assignable aftertouch to each of the two zones of split/layer, An intuitive edit section allows even an inexperienced user to set up all parameters of the 128 programs.

Thanks to the incorporated wave-blaster® connector, the MC1000 can be fitted with an optional sound card. Each slider can be assigned to any function of the installed Sound Card. Oberheim Master Keyboards have always been the most complete and flexible instruments on the market."