Roland D-50.Part 1

YouTube via fystasjoppheng
"This is first part(2) of my Roland D-50 synthesizer demo. Kjell Gierstae"

Update:

Roland D-50. Part 2.

Xsample Chamber Ensemble played by Sibelius

YouTube via bestservicegmbh. First half is setup. Audio comes in at 1:58 or so.
"This tutorial/demo shows how easy to use Sibelius Scoring tools with the Xsample Chamber Ensemble from Best Service. More info at www.bestservice.de or immediate live test at www.try-sound.com"

Waldorf Largo: evolving sound

YouTube via omowaremas
"This is wavetable synthesis with Waldorf Largo."

Traktor Kontrol X1 FX Tutorials and Press Release

Traktor Kontrol X1 FX Tutorials Part 1/4: Beat Masher

YouTube via NativeInstruments
"Controllerism guru Ean Golden of http://www.djtechtools.com reveals a few advanced performance tricks for getting the most out of the Traktor Kontrol X1, controlling Traktor Pro's effects suite.

In part 1 of 4 in this series, Ean combines the Beatmasher 2 and auto LFO filter for high quality studio style build ups. The build up is a staple go-to trick for dance producers and DJs can re-create it by dropping loops. Traktor DJs can create high quality on the fly build ups by combining a few choice effects on the X1.

For more information on Traktor and the Traktor Kontrol X1 controller, visit http://www.native-instruments.com/x1"

Traktor Kontrol X1 FX Tutorials Part 2/4: Freeze Effect


Maschine 1.1 Part 3/3: Import & Export


Traktor Kontrol X1 FX Tutorials Part 4/4: Juggle Sample


Update: the official press release:

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 now available in stores worldwide!

Berlin, February 1st, 2010 - Native Instruments today announced that TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is now available in stores worldwide.

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is a highly functional performance controller that gives DJs immediate hands-on control over vital aspects of their performance. Designed by the team behind the groundbreaking TRAKTOR DJ platform, the compact KONTROL X1 offers an unprecedented level of integration with the latest TRAKTOR generation, and can also efficiently control any other MIDI-compatible DJ software on the market. TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 provides DJs of all styles and genres with a highly intuitive way to control loop, cue, effect, track selection and transport functions of their setup.

TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is available for a suggested price of $229 / 199 EUR from authorized dealers. In the NI Online Shop, the KONTROL X1 is currently sold out due to high demand, and only available for pre-order until further notice.

The introduction of TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is accompanied by a four-part effects tutorial series by Ean Golden, as well as an interview video featuring high-profile early adopters like Craze & Klever, Kenny Larkin, Loco Dice, Martinez Brothers, DJ Rafik, Treasure Fingers, and others. All videos can be found on the official NI Youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/nativeinstruments

Additional information on TRAKTOR KONTROL X1 is available at
www.native-instruments.com/traktorkontrolx1.info"

koikoi love

YouTube via yamato10gallon "イベント用 "

VocaForm Features Demo

YouTube via timbolstad VocaForm on iTunes
"Demonstration of the iPhone synth VocaForm, including key selection, audio effects, and envelope editing."

PHOENECIA - ECHELON MALL

Eurorack modular used in Phoenecia's latest release, Echelon Mall. "Although Phoenecia's Echelon Mall is the culmination of 4 years of exhibitions and film work, the project did not begin with their first commission, rather the moment the first revision was requested. Realizing that useful limbs were bound to be severed, and conversely, THAT MUSIC FOR FILM NEEDS TO UNDERGO ADDITIONAL SURGERY TO BECOME GOOD lisTENING MUSIC, the artists tucked the idea of Echelon Mall away for safekeeping, adding bits and pieces as time passed. The sources could hardly be more diverse, one is a soundtrack for the opening ceremony for a fantasy play-land for children created by a group of toy makers, one is a film about Hispanic low-rider bicycle gang members battling one another with witchcraft, another is a starkly futuristic 5.1 installation with visuals interactively generated by the soundtrack itself, and then there's a 2 hour performance where the artists remixed, at random, sounds from 2,500 Christmas records. The result is a surprisingly fluid piece of work that plays like a contiguous, mood-driven soundtrack. Some tracks sit at the near end of biological chaos, some closer to clean & structural reason, nevertheless, each song seems to narrate a different chapter from the same story, never straying too far from the central theme. Echelon Mall is for the most part beat-less, but by no means is it ambient, it nimbly traverses the gaps between electro-acoustic, musique concrète, industrial and noise, all the while rarely reminding the listener that they are listening to electronic music. All of this makes it difficult to categorize, but not difficult to listen to, and though it seems well aware of it's influences, it's just too akward a child to sit comfortably beside any well established genre, camp, or collective. So if we must, we'll just call what it is, an album of visual accompaniments translated into song form: cinema for the ears

ABOUT PHOENECIA
Appropriating their name from the first culture of the old world to explore the new, Phoenecia, aka Joshua Kay and Romulo Del Castillo, was inaugurated in Miami in 1997. The pair previously recorded under the Soul Oddity moniker, releasing an album and a series of 12-inch singles for the US major label Astralwerks. In late 1996 they founded Schematic Music Company which would carve a distinct niche in the landscape of modern music by introducing the likes of Scott Herren (Prefuse73, Savath & Savalas), Otto Von Schirach, Richard Devine, Dino Felipe, Push Button Objects, Nick Forte, and Hearts Of Darknesses (amongst others) to the world. In 2001 they released a full-length album entitled Brownout, which in the words of the late Tim Haslett was "Phoenecia's magnum opus, the place where the ideas found in the preceding records are allowed to come to full fruition". It was also remarked that the album was "cinematic, but primarily in the respect that the tracks are heavily influenced by the sound design of film, as opposed to the score". This marked a decisive break from their past and set the trajectory for the sound they would continue to develop over the next 7 years, which consisted mainly of exhibitions, film soundtracks, remixes, compilation tracks, and the work comprised in their latest albums Echelon Mall and Lewd Archives."

Roland System 100 Synth Cake

via Haricots

Also posted on Muff's.

"In the tradition of synth geeks posting their birthday cakes I'd like to add my 40th bday cake that my wife got for me. Pretty cool mini System 100ish synth!"

Buchla Chaotic Synthesis

via Fastheadache where you'll find the full post and additional links.

"A few months ago, I created a series of recordings in response to an incredible article highlighting some of the most remarkable properties of the Buchla Oscillators of the 100 and 200 series. The article is Dan Slater's Chaotic Sound Synthesis, published in Computer Music Journal, Summer 1998 Volume 22, Number 2, ISSN 0148-9267."

The following is just an excerpt. See Fastheadace for more.


Chaotic Synthesis Recording #3 (edit) by Jason R. Butcher

Memorymoog Plus

via this auction

Sold For: US $2,550.00

via selectivepressure in the comments