Circuit Bent Open Mic, Lizard's Liquid Lounge, Chicago, 9/26/09, 1 of 3

YouTube via CremeDeMentia. "Steve and Tomer."

Circuit Bent Open Mic, Lizard's Liquid Lounge, Chicago 9/26/09 2 of 3

"Austin and Sam
Creme DeMentia + Factory Smoke = Factory DeMentia"

Circuit Bent Open Mic, Lizard's Liquid Lounge, Chicago 9/26/09 3 of 3

"Mike Una and Buck"

Moog Taurus Bass Synthesizer Foot Pedals Demo

YouTube via zibbybone
"Quick run through of the synth's preset sounds and the variable "user" section."

Grendel: Drone Commanders in red

flickr by Analogue Haven

"We received another batch of the Grendel Drone Commander. This time they are available in red. Here is a photo of part of our shipment lined up. Most of these have already sold but we will initiate another run shortly. LINK."

sammichSID by Wilba

"sammichSID was designed to be the “no excuses” MIDIbox SID synthesizer kit - i.e. for all those people who want a MIDIbox SID but consider building it with modules too time-consuming, too newbie-unfriendly and/or too hard to design and construct a control surface, and where MB-6582 is too expensive, too daunting and/or too hard to source all the parts.

sammichSID therefore has the following design constraints/ features, which support each other:
*cheap
*small
*DIY newbie friendly
*minimal control surface
*single “walwart”/AC adapter supply, no C64 PSU brick!
*stereo SID, optimized for 8580/6582A, 6581 optionally supported
*“sandwich-style” stacked PCB design, no wires!
*laser-cut 3mm acrylic case by Ponoko, customization possible
*industry standard 2×20 character LCD with low-power LED backlight, customization possible
*common control surface parts used, customization possible
*To be available as a complete kit, including PCBs, components, case, hardware and (optionally) two 6582A SIDs!

MIDIbox SID Synthesizer V2 features
*One Core module and one stereo SID module, fully integrated on one PCB with power supply.
*Five “BankStick” slots, so you can store 4 banks of 128 patches, plus 128 “Ensembles” (engine and patch configurations)
*Jumpers to configure the power supply, allowing a regulated 12V input to power 6581, or unregulated AC/DC input to power 8580/6582A.
*Minimal control surface with three user-customizable buttons and LED matrix for maximum bling.
*2×20 character LCD with support for low-power (25mA) or high-power (250mA) LED backlight.
*Potential for future upgrade to MIDIbox SID Synthesizer V3 using add-on board"

More info including how to order a kit here. via MIDIbox.org

Signal Art Tetra MAPS Sequencer in Eurorack Format

YouTube via bigcitymusic http://bigcitymusic.com
"The MAPS sequencer, short for MIDI Analog Performance Sequencer, is now in Eurorack modular synth format! The Tetra MAPS is an incredibly versatile sequencer, capable of producing beautifully complex multi-channel sequences or your simple everyday sequences. The MAPS has four(!) MIDI-CV converters as well as up to 32 midi channel outputs. This short demo shows multiple sequences "chasing" each other. You can set the gate time per step, which can give you some wonderful rhythmic variation as well as some nice random melodies. By pushing the corresponding encoder, you start a particular sequence. You can start and retrigger all of the sequences multiple times too. Awesome!

We're sending our control voltages to three Analogue Systems voices, each patched a bit differently. All are using the rs95 oscillator with fine tuner. One has an rs100 Low Pass filter, one a Comb Filter, and all three mixed are running into the amazing Reverb/Chorus module."

A TRIBUTE TO BEBE BARRON by JP

YouTube via stockhausen
"My homage to one of the great 'electronic music' pioneers as in the mid-fifties she and her husband composed and realized the first All-Electronic musical score for the film 'Forbidden Planet'.
Performed by myself on the Arturia Arp 2600v synthesizer.

BEBE BARRON 1925-2008 'there will always be a piece of you within me'-JPVIDEO"

Körsbärsträdet Matti recording Vocoder plus VP 330+

YouTube via RothHandle. click here for more.
"Today was a great day in the sessions for our music for Bröderna Lejonhjärta. Why was it so great...well we had only goal which we actually achieved...we have this weird tendency to glide and start recording new pieces. So the goal was to record and do a rough mix of a son called körsbärsträdet, the cherry tree.

This is a film showing Matti recording the roland vocoder plus vp-330+

This film was shot at my studio, Roth Händle. It is located in Sundbyberg just outside of Stockholm. If you want to know more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu It hasnt been updated for quite some time but its there anyway.

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

Körsbärsträdet Matti trying out the Chamberlin solo female voice

A borrowed theme

YouTube via attorks
"ouTube user Justwaving made a video in februari 2009 with a theme and sound I like very much. Last night I was looking in my YouTube favourites and played the video again. I decided to program the theme into my sequencer and play around with it but I did not try to reproduce the sounds. Also altered the main sequence a little bit to match the chords. And this is what has become of it. The handcam actions are not to steady but I thought I show you around to see what is happening.
The sequencer clock is from the Waldorf Q keyboard which drives the Doepfer MAQ16/3. The Doepfer has 2 sequences; a 32 step sequence on the first 2 rows with the main theme on the Creamware MiniMax ASB and an 16 step sequence on the 3rd row driving the Synthesizers.com. The 8 step sequence on the Waldorf Q Keyboard does the string sound on the Q with the chords C, Em, F and Am. The solo is performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1. The choir sound, which is a little bit loud at the beginning, is from the Roland XP-80."

Oberheim OB-Mx extender card

flickr by abovenyquist
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Silkscreen side

via Aaron on AH
"This lets you get to the voice card while the machine is on. In case anyone wonders what it looks like, here you go"

Retro Synth Ads on Cat Synths

Retro Synth Ads has a post up on synths and animals, mainly cats. They contacted me about the subject considering how often images with cats and other animals appear on this site. You can read about it there.

Pictured: Octave Electronics CAT Ad from 1977