MATRIXSYNTH

Third Coast Festival Awards Prototype - Post Office Box Synth

YouTube via RothMobot
"We were hired to create the electronics for the Third Coast Festival's 2009 Awards. Each award will play a two minute segment of the winning documentary and will have a "normal" mode, a "bent" mode, and a "synth" mode. Each award will be housed in a custom made replica of a vintage radio.

The basic architecture is a circuit bent sampling mother board with a 555 timer chip oscillator daughter board. This particular example is playing a segment of a documentary about toy hacking produced by Delaney Hall, and contains an interview with Tommy and myself.

This "cardboard" prototype is an intermediate stage to check the functionality of the components and to debug the internal wiring scheme."

Max/MSP Merzbow Style

YouTube via akihikotube
http://homepage.mac.com/sinx_music/maxmsp/merzbow.html

folktek = midi chord controlled by "Scape Sequencer"

YouTube via benpumpkin. Folktek on Ebay
"The modified midi chord by Ben Houston being controlled by the "Scape Sequencer" by Arius Blaze -= second video. This one displays the patches being activated in sequence with the scape sequencer while playing one simple chord on the omnichord bringing it an entirely new life"

folktek bug and "Scape Sequencer" video 2

"The Folktek works - the "bug" by Ben Houston being controlled by the "Scape Sequencer" created by Arius Blaze = video 2"

folktek = bug by Ben Houston - solo video

"folktek Bug created by Ben Houston - displaying a bit of its possibility"

Doepfer-Plan-B-Cwejman-MFB-Livewire-Gates Doepfer MAQ 16/3

YouTube via DavideModu

Automatic Drone Machine

YouTube via boobtube356
"Eurorack modular synthesizer generating a random selection of drones. The main sound is a Cwejman VCO-2RM sine ring modded with a Blacet Miniwave. The "percussion" part is the same audio further ring modded with a PlanB M15 sine wave, or a Cwejman VCO-6 ring modded with a Doepfer A-117 (selected by a Doepfer A-134-2 crossfader at random) then passing through the Makenoise QMMG low pass gate. The pitch control of all the VCOs is shared and selected via Doepfer A-148 sample and hold."

Update:

Automatic Drone Machine (long version) from dougcl on Vimeo.

Kraftwerk - The Robots (Club Lido, Venice October 1978)

YouTube via rmfigue
"Broadcasted recently by Nostalgia TV Show
Originally Broadcasted by USSR TV at 1980"

Kraftwerk - Das Model - German tv

YouTube via goodtolove235abc

ARP 2600 Papercraft

click here for the pdf [mirror]

In the Pocket (Rhodes and Moog Light Paint)

In the Pocket (Rhodes and Moog Light Paint) from Ethan Goldhammer on Vimeo.

"Extreme LFO sightings in Rhodes Island.

Original music by Ethan Goldhammer and S. Burke.
Time Lapse footage shot in August 2009 on Block Island, RI.
Stop motion and light paint September 2009 in Cambridge, MA.

Further questions? Call me. Email me. However you want to spin it.

Also viewable @ youtube.com/watch?v=qZZZ_SG-boE"

cebec - trunks

via cebec: "I just wanted to announce the release of my first album, 'trunks', on Hidden Records. I'm overjoyed by and very proud of the results of this collaboration with Hidden -- it's a handmade, limited edition CD release with a unique design and artwork derived from one of my personal photos. All of the music was written and performed in 2008 on my STS Serge Modular (with occasional Max/MSP interference).

Artwork, track listing, and a few excerpts here.

Direct link to purchase from the distributor.

As always, new music and updates are posted on my Virb page.

Special thanks to Dennis (aka 'Mono-Poly'), Peter, Reinier, and Rex."

Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog Exibition Updates

"Exhibition features Keith Emerson's Legendary “Monster Moog” Modular Synthesizer through October 18th, 2009

CARSLBAD, CA/ASHEVILLE, NC – The Museum of Making Music (Carlsbad, CA), in partnership with the Bob Moog Foundation, has opened Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog exhibition, to run through April 30, 2010. The exhibit is the first of its kind, marking the first public display of the artifacts from Bob Moog’s archives and an examination of the impact of his work on the world of music.

MONSTER MOOG INSTALLATION
On August 30th, Keith Emerson's (Emerson, Lake and Palmer, The Nice) mammoth “Monster Moog” modular synthesizer was added to the exhibit after it was featured the previous evening in a musical celebration of the exhibit opening by Emerson and Erik Norlander. Emerson used this remarkable instrument on numerous recordings over the past 40 years, including his solo in “Lucky Man” (1969), possibly the most popular synth solo in history. He also used the synthesizer on countless world tours and is generally credited with pioneering the use of the Moog modular as a touring musician.

The “Monster Moog” began as a modest system, but grew over time as Emerson
requested that Moog create custom additions for his touring instrument, including extra modules, custom sample-and-hold, and several pre-sets, an innovative addition for that time. The synthesizer grew into a massive cabinet of five sections and over 75 modules. It stands more than four feet above its special base – almost 8 feet high. Its sound is noticeably clearer and stronger than any other keyboard Emerson plays – it is an instrument of significance and legend, and arguably the most famous synthesizer of all time.

Bob Moog and Keith Emerson enjoyed a special relationship of toolmaker and musician that grew in to a lifelong friendship. Moog is noted for listening to musician's needs and technical specifications which he then used to improve his instruments: This dynamic is explored throughout the Waves exhibit.