Optigan Demo - Swing It!

YouTube via peahix

"OK, this is especially for all the folks out there who refuse to believe that the music in the car commercial was, in fact, made using either an Optigan or samples of an Optigan. In this video I use a not-very-well-working and very dusty Optigan (I buy authentic 70s-era dust on eBay to sprinkle on all my Optigans) to show how this music was created. Whoever put together the music for the commercial almost certainly used samples of the Optigan (a comprehensive set of which is available from my website: http://www.optigan.com), but the result is more or less the same as if they'd played it on a real Optigan drenched in reverb.

Incidentally, you can hear Optigan sounds in LOTS of TV commercials- it's just that they're usually mixed in with other instruments as a texture, rather than played solo as is the case here. There were 40 different musical style discs made for the Optigan, so it doesn't just sound like a big band. Most of the folks who've bought my sample set are commercial and/or pop music producers, and I've stopped keeping track of all the commercials and songs that feature Optigan sounds.

Oh, and back in the year 2000, my band Optiganally Yours used the "Swing It" disc to record a song called "Walk & Chew Gum" for the Powerpuff Girls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc-jxj...



To sum up: the music in the commercial is not a "song" from ANY old record. It is a series of one-bar big band riffs (arranged by Art DePew in the style of Tommy Dorsey) strung together either manually on an Optigan, or by assembling a set of Optigan loops on a computer.

My blog post here has further info and sound examples:

http://www.optigan.com/content/2010/0..."

And the Chrysler commercial

Moogerfooger self-generating patch

YouTube via soundxplorer
"They're talking to each other. MF-102, MF-103, MF-107 and CP-251."

bleep bloop

YouTube via ergonueve
"launchpad-nonome-polygome wankery"

MFOS Oscillator Calibration Part I

YouTube via theraywilsonshow
"This series of three videos shows you that after you hand match your transistors they can give you totally acceptable performance. I demonstrate the use a of a hand matched NPN pair in one my MFOS oscillators. This is Part I of the MFOS Oscillator Calibration video series. There are also a Part II and a Part III video."

Oscillator Calibration Part II.mpg


Oscillator Calibration Part III.mpg

Wave mix arduino synth osc + MIDI + ADSR

YouTube via neutron7
"Arduino wavetable synth oscillator 0.4
just a quick demo switching through the wavetables, mixing wavetables and unison
later (when it is adapted to encoders) it will be able to modulate the wavetable mix through envelope and LFO. and output control signal for VCF "

NiftySystems - NiftySynth demonstration

NiftySystems - NiftySynth demonstration from Peter Peerdeman on Vimeo.

"This video is a demonstration of the NiftySynth multitouch synthesizer application by Peter Peerdeman and Timen Olthof recorded at the Intertainlab at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. For more information see niftysystems.nl/audio"

NiftySystems - Multitouch Audio Project introduction

NiftySystems - Multitouch Audio Project introduction from Peter Peerdeman on Vimeo.

"This video is an introduction to the Multitouch Audio Project by Peter Peerdeman and Timen Olthof recorded at the Intertainlab at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. For more information see niftysystems.nl/audio"

Analogue Solutions Europa

"hardware MIDI step sequencer and drum computer
*Intuitive and simple programming procedure
*No sub-menus or shift keys - one function per key
*Simple to use - TR808/606 style programming.
*Analogue features - analogue tempo clock, 7 analogue trigger outs, analogue sync signals
*Live editing features
*Transpose, Octave shift, Mute
*Rugged steel construction."

Manual at Analogue Solutions

Secret Wars

flickr by Syrkus

"Drawing with Rekor at Secret Wars Qualifier"

Night fall. By TSF, MsM6

YouTube via TheSynthFreq via Mini of http://www.tonetweakers.com aka 123Synthland on Ebay
"This is a new 80s composition from TSF and MsM6. My sister is joining me in my part of the studio as she is using my Casio CZ-5000 to control the Motif 6. The Motif 6 has a faulty pitch bend so, the CZ-5000 is a controller for that issue. I am playing the bass line on the Alpha Juno-1, and the chords on the Roland D-50. My sister is playing the lead. This song is a lot of fun and we are just improving it as we go. Long live the 80s synth sound!"

"Sines of life" (better audio)

"Hi!This is video 2 of "Sines of life". It was re-recorded for better audio quality in the bass sound. This song was written by Danielle.
Synths used: Roland D-50 (strings) Roland JV-880 (Jupiter strings) Motif 6- (electric bass) Korg EMX-1 (original beat sequence) Alpha Juno-1 (lead E-guitar)"

more vids here

In-Depth Review of Percussa AudioCubes in Use with Ableton Live

Review on Modulate This!

via Dennis Alexander


YouTube via newechoproductions
Mark Mosher-"Enumerating" from the "ONE PATCH PERFORMANCE" Series
"'Enumerating' is song and video from the "ONE PATCH PERFORMANCE" series by Electronic Music Artist Mark Mosher of www.MarkMosherMusic.com and www.ModulateThis.com. The video is intended to show what's possible when you go constrain your tool set and inspire others to extend their craft by "going deep" and transcending technology.

In the video I'm using Percussa AudioCubes to modulate 4 parameters at the same time."