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An Ichabod Halloween

Just had to post this shot one more time. Click the image for the full size glory.
Click here for a spooky track featuring Ichabod by Red Martian.
http://mattsonminimodular.com

YouTube via simonsound1
"Just got this synth (on loan) yesterday and I've spent the day exploring its functions. So far I'm loving the built in spring reverb (watch/listen to what happens when I shake it!) and the voltage controlled panning. Here is a very short clip of some spooky halloween sounds. Looking forward to using this in some tracks and for some FX in the upcoming Simonsound podcast mix.

Don't forget, The Simonsound cover of Tour de Mars is out on the 2nd of November!!!!"

Moog Halloween Theremin Videos

You might remember Moog's Halloween Theremin Video Contest. The following are the entries. Enjoy.

Dyster Allhelgona - Happy Halloween

YouTube via simonthejedi

"A quite swedish halloween movie, made with the latest in swedish film technology. Guitar and Theremin soundtrack. Enjoy! Lagom seriös Halloweenfilm för Moogtävling... Av Simon och Filip" Pure analog sound on the night of halloween.

Update: Unfortunately some of the videos below have been pulled from YouTube. I'll keep the descriptions here for synth history.

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11hz Robot - Unlucky Monkeys - Halloween

11hz Robot - Unlucky Monkeys from 11hzRobot on Vimeo.

"More fun with a synth and public domain films. A Halloween session."
More Alesis Micron from 11hz Robot.

A100 Doepfer Modular self-running patch / a

YouTube via beckhusen
"This patch is absolute self-running and includes the Z5000 effect filter from TipTop Audio.
The noise is routed through the Sherman Filterbank. FM and ADSR of the Filterbank are connected.
For more of my music follow my blog at http://innovativesounds.blogspot.com"

A100 Doepfer Modular self-running patch / b

orb

YouTube via RothMobot
"A circuit bent "relaxation" device. It has a classic clock bend, with floating voltage, three clock electrodes, and a volume knob on the front. The 1/4" output on the back cuts off the speaker when a cable is plugged into it."
Only relaxing on Halloween...

The Halloween Scream Machine Tutorial

YouTube via bulbstudios
"Download the Halloween Scream Machine on the iTunes Store from 29th October 2009... Frightening fun for all the family.

Click to goto the store:"

OB 4Voice side

flickr by willgregori
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Oberheim Four Voice in custom panel case.

via Gregor on the Analog Heaven list:
"This unit was originally modified by Sebastian Niessen, a technician who did a lot of modification stuff for Kraftwerk. It includes a Keyboard-MIDI which emulates the original Keyboard action via MIDI and allows velocity-sensitive Filter modulation separately for each SEM (see the 4 pots below). The four jacks on the bottom are for the external inputs of the SEMs. If no Jack is inserted, an internal noise generator is routed to the EXT input."

vtol Synthophones

"interactive sound installation

4 circuit-bent telephones connected to one synth-network through Nord Modular synthesizer

installation was created special for Art-Zavod festival (Ekaterinburg, 27-30.08.2009)"

on vtol

When you get there scroll. Right under the first image is a link to audio.

Teenage Engineering OP-1 to Have Built In Radio

"So. This is what this day's massive blog contribution actually is about. The first preview of Op-1's built in FM Radio! What you hear in this demo are some simple effects added and some channel selection in the end. There's also a sequenced beat playing parallel. Remember that this is a very early experiment. We still have some home work to do to fully explore the full potential of having a synthesizer with built-in FM radio (!)"

Listen to it here. Click here for more samples of the OP-1 that just went up.