Algorithm plus Algorithm

YouTube via EA78751
"Two algorithmic synthesizers performing musical duty at high speed. On the right is the 4ms Pedals Autonomous Bassline Generator. On the left is something new.

They're synchronized with IR Sync. IR sync is just a 940nm LED flashing 16th notes, and a phototransistor/opamp receiver. Feel free to use it, the schematic is here:
http://ericarcher.net/devices/ir-net"

RIP Maryanne Amacher

via Wikipedia
"She worked extensively with the physiological (not psychoacoustic) phenomenon called otoacoustic emission, in which the ears themselves act as sound generating devices. Amacher composed several "ear dances" designed to stimulate clear "third" tones coming from the listener's ears. The subtitle of her first Tzadik Records album Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) references these "ear tones".

'When played at the right sound level, which is quite high and exciting, the tones in this music will cause your ears to act as neurophonic instruments that emit sounds that will seem to be issuing directly from your head ... (my audiences) discover they are producing a tonal dimension of the music which interacts melodically, rhythmically, and spatially with the tones in the room. Tones 'dance' in the immediate space of their body, around them like a sonic wrap, cascade inside ears, and out to space in front of their eyes ... Do not be alarmed! Your ears are not behaving strange or being damaged! ... these virtual tones are a natural and very real physical aspect of auditory perception, similar to the fusing of two images resulting in a third three dimensional image in binocular perception ... I want to release this music which is produced by the listener ...'"

Amacher & Moore 1/2

YouTube via castelolx. "clip from 'daytrip maryanne'"

The following is an excerpt from this obit by Alvin Curran:
"Maybe it was at the N.Y.U. electronic music studio in an old movie house on Fourth Street in the late 1960s. Mort Subotnick invited her; she slept in a kind of mop closet with her precious tapes, magnetic, bubbly, bizarre, but hard-wired to things I was just beginning to intuit.

Or was it 1970, when she piled into Frederic Rzewski’s mother’s car, all bundled up, aviator cap and all, along with Serge Tcherepnin and Anthony Braxton to whiz off from the Upper West Side on a brief Musica Elettronica Viva early spring tour of Midwestern colleges? These were long hauls on Interstate 80, wet roads, stoned passengers, utopian destinations, laughing singing rapping hyping. Nothing mattered it seemed, except that the youthful skins we were all wrapped in should bestow us eternal life and that the world out there should be waiting for the revolution we were about to deliver from the contents of the trunk of this vintage car."

Maryanne Amacher


Maryanne Amacher on Wikipedia
http://www.maryanneamacher.org
This one in via Brian Comnes.

Update via Michael Trigilio in the comments:
"Truly an inspiration - - I worked briefly with her while a graduate student. My collaborative radio project, Neighborhood Public Radio, is doing a piece in homage to Maryanne called HOLD YOUR PHONE UP for a show at the contemporary museum in Baltimore - - - anyone can call 1-888-361-4NPR and we'll process the sounds we hear (in honor of her seminal City Links projects)."

orange sunshine tribute by properboy

YouTube via theproperboy
"this is the first in a series of tribute pedals based on circuits that i dig. these are not clones but "remixes" of the original design with a leaning towards noise and sonic destruction. each pedal will have point to point wiring and one-off graphic and true bypass. just like the original orange sunshine there are no knobs, your instruments controls effect how much fuzz/oscillation is present."

Pink Floyd's Zoo Story Poster

Floyd 77

MOOG Minimoog (2)
SOLINA String Ensemble (ARP)
FARFISA Compact Duo
HAMMOND B3
HOHNER Clavinet D6
Wurlitzer 200

From the Animals Tour (Europe 77)

via Brian Kehew

Update via Micke in the comments: "I'm suspecting this photo was taken during the Wish You Were Here Tour in '75, because I'm pretty sure Rick Wright didn't use the Wurly nor the Farfisa compact duo on the '77 "Animals" tour."

MOOG - A Quilt by Jan Myers

"Myers-Newbury herself revealed that the origin of the name is from the Moog synthesizer, an electronic keyboard instrument invented by Dr. Robert Moog in the 1960s. She says, "I recall that Moog synthesizers had vertical bands of colored lights (white and red, mostly) that run up and down as the music changed. Maybe I am imagining this.... but that's what I remember."

more details here. via Brian Kehew

Thingamagoop ver 2 + Moog voyager RME

YouTube via rhythminmind
"Demo Video showcasing the Thingamagoop ver 2 controlling a MOOG Voyager RME via CV i/o."

Oxygene part IV

YouTube via Yorkshirelad69
"My take on on Jarre' s seminal Oxygene part IV using just a Nord Wave, Novation Supernova II and Stereo Small Stone Phaser.

It could have been better, there's too much bass, no mini pops and it sounds a bit thin. I'll remake this when I get my Andromeda A6 with a bit of analog warmth and mixer a with more than 5 inputs :)"

Yamaha TG300 TG 300 MIDI synthesizer module

via this auction
"Here's an article/review of the TG300

Voices
Voices consist of one or two sound elements, and extensive editing with independent envelope and scaling control for pitch, filter, and level allows for original sound creation.

Multi Modes
For MIDI sequencing, Multi modes with 16-part multitimbrality and 32-note polyphony allow you to play 16 different instruments simultaneously. Parts and voices are fully editable and parameters include: filter cutoff and resonance, level envelope generator, portamento, MIDI Control Change assign, and MIDI Bank Select support.

Single Mode
Single Mode is especially designed for live performance, having 128 editable internal voices with assignable effects, ideal for use with MIDI keyboards and synthesizers. Note and velocity range parameters allow for split, layer, and velocity crossover type voices.

Effects
A Yamaha custom DSP (Digital Signal Processor) provides professional quality reverb, chorus, and variation effects simultaneously. A whole host of effect algorithms, including reverb, chorus, flanger, EQ, rotary speaker, and Aural Exciter* to name just a few, makes it possible to add spaciousness, stereo depth, and sparkle to your sounds. (*Aural Exciter is a registered trademark and is manufactured under license from Aphex Systems, Ltd.)

MIDI
General MIDI compatibility allows playback of third-party MIDI songs and song data exchange with other musicians. As well as standard MIDI jacks, a built-in MIDI interface allows direct connection to Mac and PC-compatible computers, eliminating the hassles of external MIDI boxes and interface cards.


Specifications
Preset (ROM) Voices 456 & 9 drum kits
Internal (RAM) Voices 128 user voices
Polyphony 32-note (1 Element voice), 16-note (2-Element voice)
Multitimbral 16 parts
Sound Sampling AWM2 16-bit PCM sound elements, digital filters
Effect Types Distortion, EQ, Chorus, Flanger, Delay, Echo, Cross Delay, Symphonic, Rotary Speaker, Tremolo, Auto Pan, Phaser, Pitch Change, Auto Wah, Exciter, Compressor, Reverb (Hall, Room1, Room2, Room3, Stage 1, State 2, Plate, WH Room, Tunnel, Canyon, Basement), Early Reflections (ER1, ER2), Gate Reverb
Sound Module Modes Single, General MIDI Level 1
Display Backlit 21-character 8-line graphic LCD
Audio Connections R, L/MONO LINE OUT - 1/4 inch phone jack x2; AUDIO IN - RCA phono jack x 2; PHONES - 1/4 inch stereo phone jack x1
MIDI Connections IN, OUT, THRU - 5-pin DIN
To Host Connection 8-pin mini DIN
Dimensions (W x D x H) 220 x 257.2 x 91.6 mm (8 5/8'' x 10 1/9" x 3 5/8")
Weight 1.9 kg. (4 lbs 3 oz)
Power Supply Voltage 12 V, 700 mA, Yamaha PA1207 AC adaptor"

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Inside a PAIA 2720 8B keyboard synthesizer

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Hollow Sun Novachord Sample Set Update

New image and update from the Hollow Sun blog:

"Nice, quiet Christmas here - just us with no invasion of in-laws, parents and relatives with all the stress that creates .... bliss!

Gave me some time to do more work on the Novachord - I've edited, looped and optimised a whole pile of new samples, many of them quintessentially 'Novachord' in nature ... and Dan's been busy too, not least of which giving it a good polish so that we have a new picture of 'the beast'... "