Tuesday, February 23, 2010
1906 TELHARMONIUM 1st Electronic Synthesizer
If anyone pics this up, please make a proper scan and send it in.
"Original HARPER'S WEEKLY illustrated journal, dated March 10, 1906. COMPLETE in 32 pgs, lacking covers; 4to (13 1/4" x 9 1/4"). IN FINE CONDITION!
Featured in this issue is the DOUBLE PAGE+ article "ORCHESTRAL MUSIC FROM A DYNAMO" (Telharmonium, the FIRST electronic musical instrument) containing THREE (3) original photo image views: "THE KEY-BOARD OF THE TELHARMONIUM, WHICH CONTROLS THE FORMATION OF THE MUSICAL TONES" (5" X 7"), "THE GROUP OF ALTERNATORS WHICH PRODUCE THE MUSICAL TONES IN DR. (Thaddeus) CAHILL'S INVENTION" (4" X 7"), & "THE 'TONE-MIXER' BY WHICH IS CLAMED THAT A WIDE VARIETY OF INSTRUMENTAL TONE QUALITIES CAN BE PRODUCED" (5" X 4 1/4").
A sample of the article reads, "What are the qualifications of an ideal musical instrument?...Yet an instrument has been invented by Dr. Thaddeus Cahill, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, which seems to possess the qualifications called for to a notable degree, and in thses days of electrical invention it is not surprising to learn that the agent which accomplishes this remarkable result is electricity...".
Additional illustrated articles/photo image galleries in this issue include: "THE CRIME AGAINST NIAGARA (Falls)", "THE MISSIONARY AND THE AFRICAN SAVAGE", and MORE!"
Building a MidiVox
YouTube via Mahto
"Building a MidiVox ( http://narbotic.com/kits/mi... ), an Arduino-based MIDI synthesizer. Thanks to Collin for the Vox!"
EMU Vintage Pro Pads 1.mov
YouTube via kerzwhile. EMU Vintage Pro on Ebay
"Me Dilly Dallying around with the EMU Vintage Pro Module. This thing is amazing!"
SCI Prophet VS #1
YouTube via AnalogSweden http://www.analogsweden.com Note the ARP Quadra in the background. Hopefully we'll get a demo of that as well.
SCI Prophet VS #2
Doing Vocal treatments using the Midiverb 2 and the MOTM-410 filter
YouTube via RothHandle
"Today was another one of those bits and pieces days...even though I got a lot of stuff done it feels a bit like session pop corn...This is like a continuance from yesterdays session sorting out ideas and recording them..
This films shows me doing treatments on Staphans lead vocal recorded yesterday.
This film was recorded at Roth Händle studos in Stockholm, Sweden. This is where I spend my days recording and producing artists...The studio started in my apartment and evolved slowly from there. This is the forth location of the studio. The first one obviously was at home...the second and third was at a abandoned shipyard outside of Stockholm. If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu for more info, blogs and odd facts.
Thanks for watching,
Mattias"
Sequencomat: rollpad
YouTube via tonvibration
"A new XYpad for rolls on my Sequencer-series on the Jazzmutant Lemur . It also contains a sync mode. You can download this touchscreen sequencer at the Jazzmutant user area:
http://www.jazzmutant.com/lemuruser_m...
For more interesting modules or V2 of this sequencer (with independent timing, direction, steprange, midichannel on each track) check out my site: http://music-interface.com"
"Be my baby" - on Yamaha HE-8
YouTube via organfairy
"This melody was a smash hit for the trio The Ronettes in the early 1960's. Here I play it on the Yamaha HE-8 electone organ assisted by the Roland JX-8P synthesizer and the Korg Rhytm 55 drum machine."
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