Kanchi - impro session apc40 #2 - Wheels on step "dubstep"

YouTube via batabitbol. follow-up to this post. http://www.myspace.com/k4n

Moog Minimoog

flickr by tubmyk2
(click for more)

inside a Minimoog

Bottom: "Screw and wood block to secure keyboard back into cabinett"

Z3ta Reese Bass Tutorial

YouTube via TheIllSkills
"Making a reese bass using z3ta by rgc audio and flstudio.
Reese bass is used in dnb, dubstep, garage, breaks, electro etc."

Z3ta Dubstep Wobble Bass Tutorial

"Make a dubstep bass using the RCG:audio plugin z3ta and FLStudio."

Demonstrating Interval v0.1

YouTube via 0illuminatedsounds0
"Here's a quick demonstration of my Nonation Launchpad app Intervals, find out more at www.illuminatedsounds.com"

Admin: Auction Posts Update

I'm killing the BIN:s for auction posts mentioned in this prior post. Instead I will have a Sold For: added to the bottom each auction post description as I have time. That's more of an if I have time. I just went through all auction posts back to September 26. Auctions before then appear to be gone from Ebay. You will see the following at the end of each auction description in posts moving forward:

Sold For: the price an item sold for
Sold For: 0 bids
Sold For: check back

Check back is a note for myself. It means the auction hadn't ended when I checked, and it makes it easier for me to find them later. You can always check the auction link for the current bid.

It's kind of fun looking back at what some items went for:
The Mint ARP 2500
The Moog Sonic V Serial #74
The NIN Auction Items - scroll past the first one. I should have bid on the Electrix boxes!

Have fun...

MIDI Controller?

via Bodypainting Art Gallery by Mark Greenwalt - non synth and definitely NSFW pics on the other side.

SNAZZY FX WOW AND FLUTTER 1.mov

YouTube via snazelle.

Synth connection: this one came in via the synth diy list and had some help from Mark Verbos. Also click here and scroll for prior snazelle videos posted here on MATRIXSYNTH. The SNAZZY FX Wow and Flutter is one of the first three products coming from the newly formed SNAZZY FX and is thus a little bit of synth history.

Video description:
"here is a quick demo of the Snazzy FX wow and flutter. This is one of the three products I am releasing at NAMM in 2 weeks. it is a pretty full featured box, with super heavy duty steel box, with beautiful graphics, and an extremely versatily set of controls. I like this box a lot because you can sit around with it for hours and keep getting intersting sounds. from sort of chorus/or comb filtering stuff to delay, to weird messed up tape effects (which are a lot easier to hear on a mix then they are on a guitar) to pitch shifting.

this box can take line or guitar level and can go from clean to slightly overdriven.

retail price will be announced at Namm.

for pre-orders contact

overlord snazzyfx.com"

via dan snazelle on the sdiy list:

"As some of you may have noticed lately i have been a bit absent from the list. this is mainly due to how damn busy i have been trying to get my three products ready for NAMM, with my new company, SNAZZY FX.

mark verbos has been a super big help throughout the development of these products (all the circuit boards were designed by him)

i wont get into too much detail at the moment about the three products and i must apologize about the poor audio quality of this video, but i will be posting a few more links in the next week or so, and giving more information on the three products.

the wow and flutter is at this moment the least knob laden of the three boxes. the tracer city has over 20 controls. the mini-ark (based on the tracking section from the audio ark) has about 10 controls, but one of these is a "magical selector" 1-8 preset rotary switch.

as you can probably imagine, things are crazy for me right now, assembling boxes, getting orders of parts in, and picking up boxes from the silkscreen shop. these are are what i will be taking to NAMM but i might make a few changes such as paint type,etc when i go into production (i think the final boxes will be powder coated)

by the way, the two more complex boxes both run off of TRUE 12 or 15 +/- rails with a 9v (though not recommended on the tracer city do to current drain) batt or 9v dc adapter (boss adapter recommended)

anyway...just thought id let you all know that I will have three products out in Jan 2010.

i will be posting some more stuff soon

thanks!"

Allen Strange's Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls

via this auction

"Allen Strange's Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and Controls IS the bible of modular synthesis. This is the full , vastly expaned, SECOND Edition with 274 pages. Uses Buchla, Moog E-mu and other modulars as examples that can be applied most synthesis applications. This is the one essential book on modular synths."

Sold For: $182.50

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Buchla Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager

via this auction
"The Buchla Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager is four lowpass gates with individual outputs and one summed output. The 292e respondes to voltage control, A/D or ADSR envelopes, and even aftertouch via the 225e midi interface. The module is in excellent shape and is both physically and electronically sound. Included is the firmware memory card. Other features include:

* 292e sports four independent voltage controlled amplifiers. Each has a signal input and output, a control voltage input that varies the unit's gain from -120 to +3db, an offset adjustment, and a velocity input. The latter adds further control to the gain when employed and becomes transparent when unconnected.
* A switch selects one of three operating modes: straight gate (VCA), lowpass filter (VCF), or a combination of the two, in which the spectral response varies as the gain is changed.
* Frequency domain gating imparts a dynamic tonal variation that gives the listener a sense of absolute loudness. This quality is characteristic of all acoustic instruments (the harder you strike, pluck, or blow, the richer the overtone structure).
* A mix of the four output signals is also provided. Aided by the model 225e or the 206e preset manager, the settings of the 292e can be stored and retrieved."

Sold For: $635.00

Buchla Model 281e Quad Function Generator

via this auction
"The Buchla Model 281e Quad Function Generator is four seperate Attack/Decay envelopes. The duration of both Attack and Decay can be modified by control voltage. Sections 1 & 2, and section 3 & 4 can be placed in quadrature mode to create the familiar ADSR envelope. The module is in excellent shape and is both physically and electronically sound. Included is the firmware memory card. Other features include:

* A momentary switch selects one of three modes: transient, sustained, and cyclic. An illuminated LED indicates the selected mode.
* On receipt of a pulse, the output voltage ramps up to 10 volts at a rate determined by the sum of an applied control voltage and the setting of the attack time knob. If in the sustained mode, the voltage will stay high as long as the input pulse is maintained. If not in the sustained mode, or when the input pulse terminates, the output ramps down to zero at a rate determined by the sum of the decay voltage and the setting of the decay knob.
* At the end of the decay, a transient pulse appears at the pulse output. If in the cyclic mode, the cycle now repeats.
* The time range for both attack and decay is from .001 to 10 seconds.
* In the quadrature mode, generators A and B (or C and D) operate in tandem to provide functions shifted by ninety degrees. The mode is selected with a switch and indicated with LEDs. An OR function can be invoked to generate more complex envelopes (ADSR).
* The model 225e or the 206e preset manager can issue commands to store and recall the 281e's settings.
* The 281e can respond directly to MIDI signals received by the model 225e MIDI interface."

Sold For: $735.00