CHRONIC ELECTRONIC by Stomachlining

YouTube via stomachlining
"EMS synthi AKS sequence with synthi A joystick noodling, featuring no effects; just a little MAM VF11"

Monorocket Has Arrived

My two custom Monorocket Mission6 cases have arrived. They look gorgeous and they feel super solid. I can't wait to put these to use. I had the power plugs placed on opposite ends so I can stack them side by side in the studio. The snakeskin turned out very nice with the silver and black accents.

Thanks to Monorocket and Analogue Haven for a great experience in picking these up. Both are professional and top notch in my book.

Synth Kids label for my daughter's hand in the bottom picture. She enjoyed jumping on all the bubble wrap.

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Korg SQ10 first attempt at programming - Happy Birthday - well why not?

YouTube via noddyspuncture
"My very first attempt at programming my newly accquired Korg SQ10 sequencer which in turn is playing my Korg MonoPoly"

ZOOZbeat: Jammin' Robot ZOOZin' with Street Lotto

YouTube via zoozmobile. ZOOZbeat on iTunes: Richard Devine ZOOZbeat sound set below.
"Autonomous Robotic Marimba Playing 'Shimon' ZOOZin' It Up with Atlanta Hip-Hop Artist Street Lotto.

[ZOOZbeat Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg jammed live from SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 emerging technologies conference in Yokohama, Japan December 16-19, 2009 with Shimon.

Dr. Weinberg developed 'Shimon' at Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. (He is also the Founder and Director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology).

More on the first Intercontinental musical jam session between humans in Japan and the Robot in the United States:
http://www.zoozmobile.com/blog/?p=295

ZOOZbeat:
http://www.ZOOZbeat.com
http://www.twitter.com/ZOOZbeat

Shimon:
http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/

Street Lotto:
http://www.zoozmobile.com/blog/?p=266"

How To ZOOZ Video featuring MAKE IT LOOK GOOD beats from ZOOZbeat Artist STREET LOTTO - Video 6


How To ZOOZ Shake, Tilt, Invert and Tap featuring GET GETTIN' IT beats from ZOOZbeat Artist Cato


How To ZOOZ Video featuring ELECTRO BUMPER beats from ZOOZbeat Artist Richard Devine - Video 5


more vids here ZOOZbeat on iTunes:

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"Christmas present to myself"

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Synth Noise: March of the Toys

YouTube via paul46038
"Here's an over-the-top celebration of things that go bloop."

The Putney VCS3 EMS - Butch Cassidy Sound System

YouTube via lostinthetimes. via Resonant Filter
"My video for 'The Putney' by Butch Cassidy Sound System. www.myspace.com/butchcassidysoundsystem from the album 'Butches Brew'. Cool track that uses the VCS3 keyboard made by EMS. All rights in the music is by the band. This is just a fan making a video. www.butchcassidysoundsystem.com

Thanks for watching :)"

Kegel - Hive Telepathine

YouTube via arthurpainter
genoQs Nemo, Clavia Nord Lead, EH memoryman.

Monorocket on Twitter

http://twitter.com/monorocket

Impulse Response

YouTube via pixelform. Not a synth, but some DIY correlations.
"Suspended in a 4 story stairwell, a vine of incandescent bulbs pulses and ripples with light in response to changes in ambient sounds. Loud, low rumbling from the street traffic outside causes light to shoot up through the thick rope of lights, growing brighter as the rumbling grows louder. When all is silent, the vine is dark and cold, illuminating only briefly at short but noticeable sounds: a closing door, the settling of the building, a car horn. The activities of people using the stairwell cause the lights to come alive, inviting a vocal interaction and play.

16 incandescent lights were spaces at half a meter, their power chords braided and bound together to form a gradually tapering cord of wire and lights. The rope of lights was then suspended from the 4th floor down to the top of the 1st. At the top, a nest of cables, wires, and control boxes formed an electronic spinal chord. The brain of the electronics consisted of custom digital electronics made sound reactive by a tiny microphone. As sound triggered the electronics, the lamps were turned on and off in such a way as to create the illusion of light rapidly ascending the rope, creating a brilliant column of flowing and pulsing energy.

The circuit at the heart of the installation consists of an electret condenser microphone, amplifier, comparator, two dual 4-stage shift registers, and 16 solid-state relays. The electret condenser microphone picks up ambient sounds, which are amplified and passed on to the comparator. The comparator compares two voltage levels and outputs a positive or negative voltage depending on the relationship between the voltages at its inputs. A fixed reference voltage is applied to its negative input while the signal from the amplifier is applied to the positive pin. What follows it that for every time the sound level produces a voltage above the reference, the comparator outputs a positive signal. This positive signal is then passed to the CD4027 CMOS shift registers. Linked together, the shift registers provide 16 outputs along which a signal present at the input may be clocked through. The effect is the same as a ticker tape, except that you are viewing one row of lights instead of the usual 8-10 rows that are needed to reproduce text. The signals that are passed from output to output along the shift registers are used to turn on the lamps via solid-state relays."