Smule's Songbook Featuring Folk Sounds from Around the World

"On Monday, Smule, creator of the popular iPhone Ocarina application, will release its Ocarina songbook featuring Folk Songs from around the World, written by Debbie Cavalier, the Dean of Continuing Education at Berklee College of Music and award-winning children’s musician with “Debbie and Friends”.

The Ocarina is one of the oldest instruments known to man, dating back 12,000 years. Ocarinas have been made of different materials over the years including wood, clay, bones, metal, plastic, and well, yes….iPhones! Perfect for children or adults with little or no musical background, Smule’s songbook will teach you to play eight different folk songs like Kumbayah or Amazing Grace in no time. You can quickly become an Ocarina master and begin to develop a solid foundation in basic music theory along the way.

The Ocarina literally transforms the iPhone into a real instrument where sound is generated by the notes, gestures and nuance of the individual performer. It allows users to hear live performances from around the world, see exactly where they come from. Because of this, over a million users of all ages, ability and musical background, have practiced and performed their Ocarinas, shared their melodies and been brought one step closer to each other with this worldwide musical network.

On Monday, you can download a free version of the songbook on Smule’s website at www.smule.com"

iPhone App by Smule: Ocarina [Zeldarian]

YouTube via smuleage

You can find Ocarina on iTunes here:

Buchla & Associates

flickr set by Yotsuba&!
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Top: Buchla 227e back panel module for 200e
"boat power."

Middle: Buchla 200e Vactrols
"non-isolated vactrols, a couple of many used in the 227e System Interface module."

Bottom: Buchla 200e with new modules freshly installed
"july 2009"

Lemur running Monemur V2 controlling MLRV!

Lemur running Monemur V2 controlling MLRV! from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"My first little messy beat jam with the Monemur Patch for the Lemur controlling MLRV"
via twitter.com/RichardDevine

Cave

YouTube via amphonic
"Music created using a Synthesizers.com modular and a Music From Outer Space Weird Sound Generator. Most of the images of the modular were taken while I was recording the audio."

Activate

YouTube via thedeepelement
"Powering off and on the system creates some strange warm up sounds that I can't seem to achieve otherwise."

Box set instructions part1

YouTube via tarabusch. follow-up to this post. http://www.analogsuicide.com

Box set instructions part2


Box set instructions part3

ORGON SYSTEMS ENIGISER

via this auction

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Roland Jupiter-8

via this auction

"Roland Jupiter 8 analog 8-voice, 16 oscillator polyphonic synthesizer. Back in the early 80s this was the flagship synth for Roland and considered by most one of the last and best poly analogs manufactured..."

Korg MS-10

via this auction

The Tubbiedrone - Circuit Bent Contraption

YouTube via carpeteria
"And yet another Teletubbie is subjected to the horrors of circuit bending. This poor fellow has been gutted and halved, and his skull has been de-fluffed so that his electronic guts could be relocated behind his face (a major improvement, I dare say). He is now rebuilt and can happily jabber on, speaking the eloquent language of circuit bent toys, like a power tool being tossed about in a blender that is tumbling down several flights of metal stairs. Poetry. Enjoy!"