Korg KPR-77 How To Initialize and Record a Pattern

YouTube via 123synthland. 123synthland on Ebay
"As professional vintage synth dealers, we buy and sell KPR-77 drum machines from time to time. It's a fun little machine. The pattern write procedure isn't immediately obvious to those who are unfamiliar, so we thought it would be nice to post a video showing how to initialize and write a pattern.
Chris Wareham's posted more complete instructions for pattern and song writing here: http://www.chriswareham.demon.co.uk/k... Enjoy! Mini. http://www.tonetweakers.com"

Mike Walters' Teenage Minimoog!

YouTube via tarabusch
"http://www.analogsuicide.com
http://www.mysterycircuits.com
http://www.tarabusch.com
Filmed by Maf Lewis during the making of Tara Busch's debut album, "Pilfershire Lane" here's Mike Walters giving us some "parenting tips" with his Minimoog. Kids are great, arent they?"

Odd side note: Literally right before I saw this post on Analog Suicide and decided to post this video, I was cleaning out my wallet. I decided to gather all my synth related business cards to display them in the studio. Well... I remembered I might have some in a dresser drawer. I went through the drawer and sure enough found this business card from Mike Walter's Mystery Circuits from years ago! I sat down in front of my laptop, stacked my cards with this one on top, and decided to check my blog feed. Sitting right there is Tara's post with the Mike Walters video!!! Small world...

Simples Accords

YouTube via MIxbern. via perystone3000

Museum of Making Music

flickr set by waltermonkey
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"Carlsbad, CA. In the NAMM (National Association of Music Manufacturers) building. Current exhibit was about Moog synthesizers."

Left: Kieth Emerson's Moog Modular
Middle: prototype work
Bottom: Country Moog album

http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org
http://bobmoogfoundation.com

Darry Booper - Life is the friend of Death (Full Korg DS 10)

YouTube via darrybooper
"Hi ! This is my latest music & vid :

Life is the friend of the death

Music done with Korg DS 10 synth only, hope you enjoy the crazy false solo :)
Vid & track dedicaced to my father who died in october 2009...

Don't forget to contact me :

booperdarry[that thing]myspace.com
http://www.myspace.com/booperdarry
[Bio: http://www.clubbinghouse.com/artiste-1004-darry_booper.html]

See my youtube channel for more vids and crazy Korg DS 10 tunes !"

ALTAIR 231 SOVIET SYNTH

via this auction

"I SELL SUPER LEGENDARY AND VERY RARE SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER, MADE IN CCCP BY "ESTRADIN" MILITARY PLANT AT 1985 YEAR - CALLED
ALTAIR-231

You can NOT find this synthesizer even in Russia now! It is a "Russian Minimoog", no comments! However this synth is better than classical Minimoog or Oberheim, it has a more aggressived Russian devil filters!!! Plus the additional unique synthesis architecture include the best of USSR synth's era quality military engineering! Throw out yours Polivoks or any famous keys and enjoy this mega synth!

ALTAIR-231 is a monophonic 3'osc synth, it has 4-oct keyboard (F-C) with velocity sensitivity assign to vibrato effect. Sound control is performed with round knobs and switchers. For live performance there is a wheel which provides pitch shift (called glissando).

Synthesizer is based on 3 VCO (any can work as the modulator), 1 VCF (lowpass 24dB/oct) with ADSR, 1 VCA, 3 LFO, noise generator (white/pink), portamento. Consist of 5 main sections - MODULATION, OSC'S, MIXER, FILTER and AMP (called Contour).

MOD section:
- portamento on/off, rate;
- mod mixer knob: balance between modulated by OSC3 and noise, depth amount;
- vibrato on/off, octave shift to 1/2
- pitch wheel (glissando)

OSCILLATORS section:
- osc 1,2,3 registers - 2", 4", 8", 16", 32", LF
- osc 1,2,3 waveshape select - triangle, saw, square, pulse, sine
- osc frequency - freq 1..3, freq 2, freq 3 -linked to keyboard pitch on/off
- modulation on/off switch

MIXER:
- osc 1,2,3 on/off, level
- ext input level, on/off
- noise generator level, on/off
- noise mode switch: white/pink

FILTER:
- mod on/off
- cutoff, resonance, brightness
- attack, decay, sustain
- keytrack on/off

AMPLIFIER:
- attack, decay, sustain
- key hold memory on/off

Next - global section: main volume, phones volume, phones out (5din), A-440Hz tone on/off, power.

Connection 1/4 jacks: input, output, pedal input (5din), ground.
Power supply: 220V/50Hz, fuze 0,125A"

You can find audio demos on Ruskeys.

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Ableton Turns 10 - Discounts and Max for Live Beta and Release Date

http://www.ableton.com/
"10 years of Ableton is something to celebrate, so join the party. We've got something for everyone: free Live Packs, special discounts, free upgrades for Live Lite and LE users, and new products: Live Intro is out now and Max for Live arrives on November 23rd.

Check out the offers above for the one that's right for you. Now raise a glass: here's to ten more years of ideas, innovation, hard work, discussion and staggering, beautiful music."

Live Intro is $99 for the download, $139 for the box. You can find the comparison chart between Ableton Live Intro and Live 8 here.

Ableton Live 8 and Live Suite get %20 discounts.

Change Player Size Watch this video in a new window Korg Kaossilator + Loop Station + Micro Cube

YouTube via MikeTheTeacher
"Loop and Lead improvisation: Korg Kaossilator + Boss RC-2 Loop Station + Roland Micro Cube. Sadly, I didn't record the loop construction. 04 November 2009 by Mike Black"

EARS FU2 Filter Unit 2

http://earsnyc.com
"The EARS FU2 is a 2U rackmount analog stereo audio processor comprised of two dual-mode filters in a single enclosure. Both filter channels are totally independent, and can be extensively modulated by either of two Mod generators, using a variety of selectable sources. Each channel also contains its own VCA section, which is similarly modulatable. Further, a distortion circuit can be switched into either or both channels for gritty, harmonically-dense overdrive effects.

The FU2 far surpasses competitive analog filter units, both sonically and in terms of its flexibility. Based on the same powerful filter chip used in the renowned Voyetra Eight and PPG Wave synthesizers, the unit features a huge, powerful sound with extraordinarily smooth response, from deep lows to brilliant highs. The inherent power of its modulation scheme (two independently-selectable and adjustable mod sources per filter) allows an unprecedented range of effects, from classic lowpass stereo panning filter sweeps to rich phase shifting, stereo tremolo, envelope- or manually-triggered sweeps (via either of the front panel AR Trigger buttons), vocal formant effects, complex non-periodic sweeps and unheard-of sound effects. A cross-modulation circuit allows the rate of LFO1 to be modulated by Mod 2, for "acceleration/deceleration" sounds, and both the VCF and VCA pairs can each be linked together in sync or inverted for effortless, dramatic stereo effects."


Preliminary Specifications
-10 (unbalanced) to +4 (balanced) input range with front-panel level control - XLR and 1/4" jacks provided. Selectable true stereo or mono-in, stereo-out operation
Two 4-pole, 24db/Octave Voltage-controlled filters (selectable LP or HP)
Two fully-modulatable VCAs with switchable overdrive
Two wide-range (.01Hz-1Khz) LFOs with four waveshapes (Sine, Saw, Square and Sample&Hold) each
Two AR generators, triggerable via front panel buttons, rear-panel inputs or main audio input.
Two Envelope followers, triggerable via main audio inputs or sidechain input
Two seperate Mod generators with six possible sources each, including LFO's 1 and 2. LFO waveshapes include Triangle, Square and Sawtooth. In addition, a Sample and Hold (Mod 1 only), and an eight-step "counter" mini-sequencer (Mod 2 only), AR generator and Envelope Follower are also available.
Link/Invert switches for VCFs
Linked or independent modulation control over VCAs Brilliant blue stereo 8-LED input level meter
Rear-panel MIDI input for controlling Cutoff and Resonance for both filter channels, triggering the AR generator and controlling LFO1 Rate.
Front-panel MIDI receive indicator
Extensive CV inputs and outputs on rear panel for connection with external analog modules or synthesizers.

The following connections are provided: Filter 1&2 Cutoff and Resonance inputs, Envelope 1&2 Trigger inputs, Envelope Sidechain Trigger inputs, Envelope 1&2 CV and Trig outputs, LFO1&2 CV inputs and outputs, VCA 1&2 CV inputs.

more details here - be sure to see the rest of the site for more. They also offer repair work.

ARP Odyssey + SCI Prophet VS + TR-808

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

pad, choir and fx sounds: SCI Prophet VS
sync-bassline: ARP Odyssey III, sequenced by the SCI Pro-One internal step sequencer and triggered by the TR-808 drums: Roland TR-808"