259 evolution

flickr by buchlajoe

"All 3 types of the 259 complex waveform generator offered by Buchla and Associates over the years. All though they share the same number , they are very different from each other."

Cromina String Machine

Cromina String Machine
"No samples inside! After more than one year of development we are glad to present you this physical modeling recreation of the electronic strings sound of the 60s and 70s. Solina, Crumar and Logan where the names, which made it first possible for bands to bring a string orchestra on stage or into the studio. The lush sound of these electronic keyboards stamped many songs of this era. And then an electronic musician from France connected one of those keyboards to a phaser and created the most famous electronic string sound ever.

Two things are fundamental for this famous sound, which also made it impossible to construct a faithful copy with samples:

- the frequency divider circuit, that gave these keyboards polyphony
with the disadvantage of a very static sound
- the chorus unit to overcome this with a heavy modulation

The soundwise peculiarities of these can not be successful recreated by sampling. So we developed a plugin with the main emphasis on the reproduction of this typical influence on the sound. Though the drawback is a higher CPU load, it absolutely gives a much better reproduction of the original sound.

Although this plugin has it’s focus on the typical Solina sound (including a phaser and delay effect), it can produce a wide range of typical sounds by using the integrated equalizer, vibrato, envelope variations (including a piano envelope) and other tuning controls."

Samples on site. via UniQue Werkx

Live E340 & E350 demos

via Paul Schreiber on the SDIY and AH lists:

"Here are 4 snippets of the E340 & E350 recorded by Robert Rich in rehearsal.
This upcoming tour info is here:

http://robertrich.com/2010-tour-dates/

There are 4 synth tracks that are sequenced via Ableton Live. There is a
Korg Wavestation "pad", the other 3 are all MOTM voices as follows:

#1: E340 Cloud >> MOTM-440 VCF (P5 rev 2 type)
#2: E350 MT >> MOTM-480 VCF (CS-80 type)
#3: custom CS-80 VCO >> MOTM-490 Moog ladder VCF

I'll be at the Tucson show, hope to see some folks there.

http://synthtech.com/demo/e350/e340_e350_improv.mp3
http://synthtech.com/demo/e350/e340_e350_intro.mp3
http://synthtech.com/demo/e350/e340_e350_mythos.mp3
http://synthtech.com/demo/e350/e350_e350_twilight.mp3

Module information is here"

Radiopho(r)n beats (by Franck Smith)

YouTube via znshn — April 13, 2010 — "Radiopho(r)n beats by Zn'shñ member & soloist Franck Smith. Contents: glitchy pulses, beat making, analog electronics, signal trajectory, clicks, analog filtering, noise manufacturing... (N.B. "radiopho(r)n" = radiophonic + horn)

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Kaoss Pad KP3 (by Korg)
- Kaossilator (by Korg)
- 2x Sherman Filterbank 2 (tabletop versions)
- Biscuit (by Oto Machines) *used in mono

‪http://www.odiolorgnette.com‬
‪http://francksmith.blogspot.com‬
‪http://znshn.blogspot.com‬
‪http://twitter.com/franck_smith‬

Complete video selection on ‪http://www.youtube.com/znshn‬

Last discographic works:
* Franck Smith, "Théorème de point fixe" http://francksmith.blogspot.com/2009/...
* Zn'shñ, "II" ‪http://znshn.blogspot.com/2009/09/second-album-of-dual-electronic-unit.html‬

........................................
"Franck Smith", Live Electronics, Odiolorgnette, Kaoss Pad, Kaossilator, Korg, Sherman Filterbank 2, Biscuit, Oto Machines, 8-bit, Analog Filters, noise manufacturing, Zn'shñ"

boolean groove

YouTube via angelometz — April 13, 2010 — "Another patch with the the new synthesizers.com quantizer and a kl logic module.
Pretty meesy jungle of cords! The drum sounds are from the pearl drx-1, the cymbals from a roland td-10. Everything is triggered by the logic module, except the kick and snare."

Electro-Harmonix Stereo Electric Mistress Demo - by Bill Ruppert

YouTube via EHX — April 13, 2010 — "Guitarist Bill Ruppert revisits the magic of the Stereo Electric Mistress. Exotic sweeps redefine the unique sonic elegance that flanging represents. Combine it with an onboard chorus for unrivaled richness."

4MS Rotating Clock Divider

via navs.modular.lab where you'll find some audio and first impressions.

Euro Noise Swash with the Shuffling Clock Multiplier

YouTube via 4mspedals — April 13, 2010 —

"The 4ms Eurorack Noise Swash is processing some drum sounds generated by a modified Mega Percussive Synthesizer. The MPS is being triggered by a Shuffling Clock Multiplier (SCM) at x2, x4, and x8 (kick, triangle, and hi-hat). The audio output of the Swash is going to a Model 13 Dual Timbral Gate, which is awesome and is being controlled by another SCM (synced to the drum SCM) at x4 running into an A-171 Slew Limiter (to take the hard edge off the clock signal)."

elektronika251

YouTube via Funkonami1 — April 13, 2010 —

Five New Vako Orchestron Discs - Now taking pre-orders!

via Pea Hicks:

"Howdy folks!!

You know what they say, when it rains, it pours!

We're proud to announce not one, not two, but FIVE new Orchestron discs!

VIOLIN and PIPE ORGAN are Orchestron originals, newly remastered.

STRING ENSEMBLE is a previously unheard scale taken from the original Optigan / Orchestron master tapes.

TREMOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR and PIANO are newly recorded scales made specifically for these discs.

You can read more details, hear demos, and place your pre-orders now at:

http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2

Cheers!!
Pea"


NEW 2010 Vako Orchestron Discs - YouTube via peahix — April 12, 2010 —

"Now available for pre-order at http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan"

Playlist:
NEW 2010 Vako Orchestron Disc - TREMOLO ELECTRIC GUITAR
NEW 2010 Vako Orchestron Disc - PIANO
NEW 2010 Remastered Vako Orchestron Disc - VIOLIN
NEW 2010 Remastered Vako Orchestron Disc - PIPE ORGAN
NEW 2010 Vako Orchestron Disc - STRING ENSEMBLE