electronic music

electronic music from Eric Archer on Vimeo.

"I'd like to make music free of the cliched compositional motifs I've picked up from years of listening to pop tunes in America. Still, I grew up in the 1980s, and the sonic qualities of electro/new wave/industrial are dear to me. The system in this video was built between 2007-09, using 1970's and 80's technology. Its analog sounds are controlled by digital algorithms that generate rhythm and melody. When playing it, my role is to set the tuning, sculpt the tones, and create flow by switching elements in and out of the mix."

Buchla

flickr by fastheadache
(click for more)

The Sonic Manipulator inventions - The Radiolian

YouTube via sonicmanipulator
"8 Radio's in a box, all tuned to different stations and activated by 8 buttons for random sampling of the airwaves"

The Sonic Manipulator

"The Martians are Coming - full version www.sonicmanipulator.com
This is a busk I did in Melbourne. It's the title track from my CD and it features many of my musical inventions, including: The Claudatron (the thing that sounds like a Theremin - although it can do much more), The Rap Rod and The Orbatron."

more vids on the sonicmanipulator YouTube channel

Memory Moog Plus

YouTube via AnalogSweden
"A quick demo of the Memory Moog Plus after intensive reapirs"

Klaus Schulze talks about, and demonstrates, his first synth an EMS Synthi A

YouTube via synthasy2000

The Virus

flicrk by David7Skies
"The last gear I bought for my studio Access Virus Ti Snow, small and powerful"

What's SIGG BOTTLES?

Roland Keyboards / Synthesizers Catalog 1978

PDFs here
(click for a ton more)

via Mr. Array

Update: more brochures/catalogs here.

Note some of these have the prices in Yen - see the yellow highlight below. It's interesting comparing the prices then to prices now.

Me messing around with my Roland TB-303 and Sherman Filterbank... also a BOSS MT-2 Distortion

YouTube via wrothermel

::vtol:: Circuit bent Moog Mf-103 Moogerfooger

more shots at vtol

flight of harmony V'Amp

via Muff's

"A morphing VCA. It morphs smoothly from AM>Ring Mod>Phase inversion.

The stick:
Voltage control only available for the AM. The morphing circuit is eluding all attempts at adding VC so far.

Mod1 controls the morphing - the balanced modulation.
Mod2 controls the VCA - the AM gain cell.

The jacks are wired as multiples, like on the Plague Bearer. The teeth show which ones are connected.

More details later..."

flight of harmony