Modular Christmas

flickr by fruxxo-san

"A Dotcom entry level system that Santa brought."

synths and christmas tree

flickr by Andreas Wetterberg

"my lovely ETI 4600... with a bunch of other stuff ;)"

korg polysix plays Tchaikovsky's - The nutcracker - "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"

YouTube via GeeDeLCydelix. The video features images of some custom Polysixes.
"This Great masterpiece is perfomed only with hardware Korg Polysix Synthesizer since 1981. No compression, no Eq, just reverb and full magic from Polysix. All sounds created by me trying to emulate some basic instruments of symphonic orchestra...Not bad for its age and technology..."

The Tone Generation Programme 17: EMS

Episode 17 of The Tone Generation featuring EMS is up. It features: "Music by: Tristram Cary, Pink Floyd, Andrzej Dobrowolski, White Noise, Harrison Birtwistle and Priscilla McLean."

Click here and be sure to see the other shows listed as well. Pictured is a chart on the history of Electronic Music also from the site.

Merry Synthmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! As far as "Synthmas" gifts go, under my tree is a MOTU UltraLite mk3 and MOTU's Volta, purchased from Novamusik, as well as a signed Bob Moog Foundation calendar. Coming in the mail are two Monoroket Mission6's. Thank you to Novamusik for the extra T-Shirt and Coffee Cup (to the right of the Volta box)! :) I wasn't expecting either.

Hmm... Something else synth related is coming from my wife that I had no idea about until composing this post... I wonder what it is... Apparently it is under the tree. I'll post back when I find out.

Update: It's a Zoundz!!!!


YouTube via matrixsynth

Gristleism + FM3 ?? Mashup

YouTube via exhadley
"I thought it would sound interesting. What happen if i mix them together...? :)"

korg sd-400 delay & roland jupiter4

YouTube via mopipi2

Intense X-mas Radio 2009 - Muzik 4 Machines - 1 hour live old school techno

YouTube via muzik4machines
"MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/q439ba
mery christmas/hanuka/whatever and a great 2010 to all of you
DOWNLOAD: http://www.youtube.com/get_video?fmt=... Warning 890MB file!
iTunes store: http://itunes.com/muzik4machines
Twitter: http://twitter.com/muzik4machines
Podcast: http://muzik4machines.com/2ztc7w

gear used

Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums

Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)

Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)

Clavia Nord Micro Modular: Synth, bass, arpegios, pads, chords

Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping

Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay

Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter

Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)

Korg ER1: Distorted Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Dimebag Wha-Mixer)

DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)

Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)

Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess

DBX MC 6: Output Compressor"

Star Wars Episode III Soundtrack - Anakin's Betrayal - KURZWEIL Pc3x Orchestral Demo by VESDRAJO!

YouTube via Space4Keys
"Star Wars Episode III Soundtrack - Anakin's Betrayal - KURZWEIL Pc3x Orchestral Demo by VESDRAJO!"

Merry Christmas to all! video by angelometz

YouTube via angelometz
"Synthsizers.com and ARP 2600 play Jingle Bells!"