Interview With Jordan Rudess About the Korg Oasys

YouTube via Unholybarrelmaker
"The Oasys is probably the pinnacle of synthesizer technology. Basically take all the features from every Korg and Roland workstation and combine them into one sexy keyboard, and there's the Oasys."

What does it mean

YouTube via RothHandle
"It will all make sense very very soon.
Be patient."

SIEL PX Jr

via this auction
Check out the BIN on this one.

This is a preset PX. Compare it to the PX here. This is a preset PX.

Details from the auction:
"ALL THE PRESETS WORK, PIANO 1, PIANO 2, EP, HARPSI CORD, HONKEY TONK. BACK PANAL CONNECTIONS ; HEAD PHONE, EXT AMP, SUSTAIN PEDAL. ONE BOTTOM SPEAKER, ONE CRACK IN ONE B KEY, 2 CHIPED KEYS D & F THE BODY HAS SOME RUST SHOWN IN THE PICTURES. THIS IS COLLECTIBLE Conversation Piece MADE IN ITALY." Inside a Siel PX jr.

Sold For: 0 bids

max4live.info: Tutorial M4L Lemur and OSC

max4live.info: Tutorial M4L Lemur and OSC from max4live on Vimeo.

"This tutorial illustrates how to create a simple hardware controller for Live while utilizing Max For Live and Open sound Control. You will learn about the M4L API, OSC, and the Lemur."

Max4live.info: Tutorial OSC Part 2 from max4live on Vimeo.

"This is the second part in a series about Open Sound Control. This tutorial illustrates the techniques used in order to use OSC."

Video: Beloved Drum Machines Hit the Road (extract)

YouTube via FLstudioMexico
"Would You Like to Tap My Box? from kamoni on Vimeo.

Drum machine lovers, you now have the beat gear equivalent of Matt Harding and Where the Hell is Matt?. Kamoni, aka sonic creator, composer, and experimenter Micah Frank, takes his favorite devices out on the road, piecing them together into an epic YouTubular jam.

Doepfer and Korg, Elektron and Akai, plus a lot of other devices make their way around New York and Brooklyn and other parts of the world. Ableton I think figured into editing the video clips in time — thank you, Live, for video. I could point out individual devices, but then Id ruin your fun, wouldnt I?

Of course, this could be both emulated and expanded. We could perform a single rhythm, played by MPC and Machinedrum owners around the planet. (You could even get that laptop running on battery.)

I can see it now. Internets, go!

And yes, this does demonstrate where puremagnetik gets all those beats for their line of sampled things. Micah gets his hands on a lot of gear."

Roland SH-1000

via this auction

Blue Roland SH-101 Vintage Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

Health Club Microgame

via this auction

"The MicroGame features:
2 Voltage controlled oscillators (VCO), scaled to 1v/Octave
1 Voltage-controlled filter (self-oscillating and 1v/Octave too)
1 Attack-Release envelope generator (loopable) *The synth you will receive will have a RED BUTTON for manually triggering the envelope, instead of Yellow.
1 Low-frequency oscillator (LFO)
1 Voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA)
1 Audio Input
1 MIXER
1 White Noise generator"

PNW Synthesizer Meeting Reminder

The next Annual PNW Synthesizer Meeting:

Saturday, October 31st
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM, doors open at 9:00 AM

Renton Technical College
Building C, Room 110
3000 NE 4th St
Renton, WA 98056

Theme this year: Halloween Sounds/Music

click on the PNW Synth Gathering label below for images and video from prior years' events.

Von Bingen Live Sept 27 2009 at the Anza Club

YouTube via magneticring
"Live Sept 27 2009 at the Anza Club
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
Record Release Show opening for Wooden Shjips.
Lp Available on Amen Absen Records.
Daniel Presnell - Guitar, Syntorchestra, Maestro USS-1
Jenny Pace Presnell - Flute, Maestro Soundsystem for Woodwinds, Tape Echo
Joshua Stevenson - EMS Synthi AKS, EMS Pitch to CV with Bass, Drumfire"