Shruti-1 demo

YouTube via mutableinstruments. via Palm Sounds
"Playing with the Shruti-1 proto and a fat oscillator stack (osc1: pwm ; osc2: saw, slightly detuned ; square sub-oscillator mixed at 50%). Later, the volume of osc2 and the sub-oscillator is set to 0, and I scan through the waveform shapes (note that there's a fair amount of PWM routed to osc1)"

NOT NAMM: A Collection of Logic Modules via Ruin & Wesen

"There has been a lot of ideas being stewed around here at Ruin & Wesen. Some of these ideas come from the act of using digital logic as a sort of analog synth, patching between modules to create flexible signal flow. A lot of these modules have coalesced into what I've called the 'Cashbox', read more about it later. Technically it's not an analog synth but the way you work with it is sort of, well, analogous to... analog. This synth was inspired by what is known as a Lunetta synthesizer."
Full details at Ruin & Wesen

Sequential Drumtraks Vintage Drum Machine

YouTube via jpeg80. via this auction

Circuit bent Bliptronic 5000

Circuit bent Bliptronic 5000 from Michael Una on Vimeo.

"A modified Bliptronic 5000. I used a Getlofi Precision timer kit to replace the internal crystal clock, which results in some nice pitch bends- the sounds are samples played off a digital ROM chip.

I also found a nice bend point on the audio IC that results in a harmonic drone.

Also, I'm using a HighlyLiquid MD24 kit to send sync pulses to the Bliptronic from Ableton Live, which keeps it in lockstep with some programmed drums."

NAMM: More Details on the Teenage Engineering OP-1

Create Digital Music has a great article up on the Teenage Engineering OP-1. Definitely check it out.

"Teenage Engineering’s OP-1 is something unique in music hardware. It’s got a form factor inspired by the Casio VL-Tone series – you know, those cute little 80s-vintage synths. It’s a sampler. It’s a synth. It has an FM radio. It will have a variety of sequencers. It has, we’ve just learned, a multi-track tape mode that lets you do beat-synced virtual splicing as a performance technique. It is expected to integrate and interoperate with a design lifestyle including, if you like, a luxury-priced, meticulously-machined desk lamp, and according to one rumor I heard, perhaps even a specially-designed electric bicycle. (Seriously.)"

Return of the Birotron

"David Biro developed the BiroTron in the 70's as a musical instrument that could emulate other instruments and be played like a keyboard. This is one of the origional BiroTrons at Biro's home in Youngstown, Fla. (MARI DARR~WELCH / AP / November 28, 2009)

Paul McCartney wanted one, the story goes; so did Led Zeppelin. Promoted in the 1970s as the "orchestra at your fingertips," it was an unlikely combination of a piano keyboard and a series of 8-track tape players cobbled together in a Wallingford garage by an unemployed musician with no mechanical experience."

Read the full article on courant.com. This one in via Dave.

Moog Modular 907 fixed filter bank faceplate

via this auction

"The faceplate comes from an original Moog IIIC modular system from 1971.

It was modified with a little switch (refer to picture) to allow bypassing the corresponding filter module effect."

Update via 3P in the comments: "The Series III packaged systems used the 914 Extended FFB, not the 907, so it's doubtful this came from a IIIc. Sounds impressive, tho."

ARP 2600 Keyboard 3604P

via this auction

"The Keyboard was manufactured around 1974 and has Serial number 361148"

NAMM: Make Noise NAMM 2010

YouTube via thedeepelement http://makenoisemusic.com/
"Make Noise's Anthony Rolando shows Pressure Points and René at NAMM 2010."

SequencomatV2.3 jamming and OSCconnection

YouTube via tonvibration
"I show the song construction with this touchscreen sequencer. More music here, less talking... but I describe the main functions again, tell about my meeting with Robert Henke and show the OSC-setting at the end of the video."

It will be interesting to see what sort of software comes out for the upcoming Apple "iSlate" and what sort of interfacing will be capable with the device. I'm hoping JazzMutant ports their software.