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Friday, November 13, 2009

The Bravery: Slow Poison

The Bravery: Slow Poison from James White on Vimeo.

"What happens when the Universe is revealed to you in a single moment, filling you with love, desire, hope, fear, despair, longing, and complete joy? When the full range of human emotion is suddenly conveyed, then gone just as quickly…

With a four week production schedule and a love song of sorts, Buck travelled back in time to the late seventies and joined a cult of psychonauts to make a video about alien panther love, ontology, and inter-dimensional space travel.

Video by Buck. Check out the video on their website. Also check out The Bravery."

Spot the synths. I spy an orange and black ARP 2600 and Access Virus Polar to start.

ABLETON LIVE + XBOX 360 CONTROLLER

YouTube via ebraimpsy. via Resonant Filter
"depois de 15 horas mais ou menos tentando mapear o controle, ta aki uma amostra de como será as próximas festas tocados por um ''video-game'' hahahhaa"
Googlish:
"after 15 hours or so trying to map the control, ta aki a sample of how the next party will be touched by a''video game''hahahhaa"

Livid Button Pad

YouTube via StarfireMX. "Livid Button Pad"

Bugbrand Baby Bug "Bit" Crusher or Sample Rate Reducer

YouTube via djthomaswhite
"Okay, forgive me. I had the classic "thought I hit stop on the camera, but didn't, and when I started to record I actually stopped filming" while I did my 5 minute demo of this pedal. The footage here is the remaining footage I actually did capture and I will try to do another video of this pedal soon. Lovely on drum machines, robotic on vocals and an all around good time. Hard to find, but I got lucky as one does once in a great while on the bay."

MXR Phase 90 Phase Shifter Clone Tonepad

YouTube via djthomaswhite
"Here is my build of the MXR Phase 90 Clone available at www.tonepad.com. My enclosure was made by www.pedalpartsplus.com and the label is a water slide decal made in PowerPoint on a PC. The build I opted for includes matched transistors which give it a really nice tone. Enjoy the video! Thanks for stopping by, Thomas"

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Bob Moog Foundation RSS Feeds

Main feed: http://www.moogfoundation.org/feed/
Comments: http://www.moogfoundation.org/comments/feed/

Point your readers to the feed and enjoy.

The Bob Moog Foundation

Announcing the 2010 Bob Moog Foundation Calendar

via The Bob Moog Foundation.

This would make a great stocking stuffer.

"The Bob Moog Foundation has created a calendar celebrating the rich history of the Moog Legacy through vintage photos, memorabilia, quotes and information taken directly from Bob’s archive. The photos trace pivotal moments in Bob’s early career and highlight many musicians and pioneers who inspired his work. Throughout the calendar, which is laden with images of early Moog instruments, Bob’s thoughts and philosophies about his work are shared in an effort to give greater understanding to his history and path; his was one of collaboration, listening and absolute dedication to musician’s needs.

The calendar is comprised of five photos of Moog himself, taken from 1958-1974. The remaining photos are of:
* Leon Theremin
* Vladimir Ussachevsky
* Herb Deutsch
* Keith Emerson
* Paul Beaver and Bernie Krause
* Isao Tomita
* Joel Chadabe
* Roger Powell

The calendar was designed by graphics artist Rose Hecht in collaboration with the Bob Moog Foundaton. Through her designs, Rose pays hommage to the original Moog modular synthesizer as the instrument that spawned an industry and radically changed the face of popular music. The background of every page touts panels of knobs and patchbays — images taken from photos of an early modular that was used in Moog’s shop in the 60s. That instrument is one of the many priceless items in Moog’s archives.

The calendar is available for purchase on our online store. All proceeds go to fund our ongoing projects, including the preservation of the archives."

"What a beautiful, informative, and intricately detailed document the 2010 Bob Moog Foundation Calendar is! The rarely — if ever before — seen photos are outstanding, so much so that in 2011 I may extract and frame many of them for my studio walls. On second thought, the calendar as a whole will end up in my archives; I promise no scissors will ever touch it. Also extremely cool and drool-worthy are the Moog Modular images in the background. Well done! I can hardly wait for the 2011 edition." -- Mark Vail

Update: In case you attempted to purchase a 2010 Bob Moog Foundation Calendar and were unable to, the calendar is now available for purchase on the Bob Moog Foundation online store.