MATRIXSYNTH

Robin DiMaggio and his KORG Wavedrum

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos — May 05, 2010 —

"You've heard master drummer/percussionist Robin DiMaggio play with such icons as Paul Simon, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, and he currently drums on 'Lopez Tonight.' Here, he demonstrates how the Korg Wavedrum has enhanced his playing. For more info, please visit www.korg.com/wavedrum."

Moog Filtered Ale

Bob Moog Foundation Unites with Asheville Brewing Company to Launch 'Moog Filtered Ale'

Proceeds of Limited Edition Brew to Benefit Foundation

May 5, 2010 – Asheville Brewing Company and the Bob Moog Foundation are proud to announce the launch of the limited edition Moog Filtered Ale, a pale beer named in honor of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog. The Ale will be available beginning May 27, 2010 at the Foundation's fundraising event, Moogus Operandi, featuring synthesizer wizard Erik Norlander. All profits from the sale of the beer will be donated to the Bob Moog Foundation to benefit their projects. The timing of the launch of the beer coincides with the inventor's May 23 birthday.

Moog Filtered Ale will be be distributed nationally and internationally in 22-ounce bottles through Asheville's Bruisin' Ales and will be available on tap in various locations throughout Western North Carolina. The beer will be sold from May 27 through July 31, after which it will no longer be available.

"Moog Filtered Ale is an American-style pale ale with distinctive notes of caramel and pine. It's a very accessible beer that reflects the Moog legacy. I've been a fan of Bob Moog since college, and I am excited to present a beer in honor of an American pioneer,” says Doug Riley, brewer and part owner of the Asheville Brewing Company.

Asheville Brewing has been making outstanding craft beers since 1998 and has won several awards for its beers. As an active supporter of local non-profit groups they are thrilled to be working with the Bob Moog Foundation, whose work is innovative and historical. Through Moog Filtered Ale, Asheville Brewing aims to support the interactive educational programs that the Foundation is developing to teach science through music as well as the eventual creation of a Moogseum.

Asheville Pizza Company President Mike Rangel says, “We are thrilled to be working with the Bob Moog Foundation to help keep Bob's vision and legacy alive. By donating the profits from Moog Filtered Ale, we will be supporting innovative science education through the Foundation's MoogLab outreach project. We are proud to be joining some of the larger beer companies in supporting important educational work in our community. Moog Filtered Ale is absolutely the most exciting project our company has been involved in."

"Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, comments, 'Creating Moog Filtered Ale with the Asheville Brewing Company has been a rewarding project. We are very grateful to Mike Rangel and Doug Riley for their support of our innovative projects, which will benefit Western North Carolina and beyond. The unique partnership between the Asheville Brewing Company and the Bob Moog Foundation marks a true match of venture philanthropy and creative fundraising in a economically precarious environment. The proceeds from this project will assist us in continuing our important work.'

The label for the Ale was designed by Asheville artist Phil Cheney. The label, an original graphic in vibrant shades of purple, green, and orange, shows Bob Moog leaning over a keyboard with musical notes, synthesizer knobs, and patch cables floating from his head. The number “76” graces the upper right-hand corner of the label, commemorating Bob Moog's 76th birthday which falls on May 23.

A launch party for Moog Filtered Ale will be held on May 27, 2010, at the Orange Peel in Asheville. The event, Moogus Operandi, will feature virtuoso synthesist Erik Norlander and his massive custom modular synthesizer, affectionately called “the Wall of Doom.” An auction of Moog-inspired art will be held on eBay a week prior to the event and will conclude the night of the event.

Tickets to the event are $10 in advance and $12 at the door and can be purchased through the Orange Peel.

The Ale will be sold exclusively by Greenlife Grocery, the Orange Peel, and Asheville Pizza and Brewing Company from May 27 through May 30. Beginning May 31, Moog Filtered Ale will be available for international retail distribution in bottles exclusively through Bruisin' Ales. It will be available on tap throughout western North Carolina."

Note on the two images in this post: I decided to post both as the top made me reflect on how the label might look printed on the bottle, while the bottom was more clear for digital print.

In Celebration of Bob's 76th Birthday: Mooged-Out CD priced at $7.60

"For the month of May only, order our Mooged-Out CD for the special price of $7.60.

Asheville is nationally recognized as a hotbed of diverse and deep musical talent across genres. We were fortunate to have 16 Asheville bands perform special versions of their songs on Moog instruments for this CD. Thanks to all the musicians -- you guys rock!

All proceeds from the CD go to benefit the projects of the Bob Moog Foundation.

Purchase the CD from our online store."

Bob Moog was born on May 23, 1934.

Roland Juno-6

YouTube via vintagesynthlover — May 05, 2010 — "Quick demo of sounds from juno-6. recorded live to computer, no effects used, no compression or eq."

Ethereal Dialpad (on HTC Magic)

YouTube via robbiekhandotcodotuk — March 21, 2010 — Ethereal Dialpad (on HTC Magic)
via Create Digital Music where you will find more details on the Android app.

Twinkle Star 2 - ambient electronic music

YouTube via doctorvague — May 05, 2010 — "Modular synth and Alesis Andromeda using Nodal software to generate the notes. This might be 'progressive ambient' if you want to split hairs. Part one is audio only on Soundcloud using a major scale. This one uses the Lydian mode."

TR606 AND Korg MONO/POLY.

flickr by KandaMori

"My old synths.

TR606 AND Korg MONO/POLY.

Please listen to my MP3. Last.fm. Free MP3 sites.

--Animals--
bookham.up.seesaa.net/image/animals.mp3

Album
--You Know - Old Techno 1997--
www.lastfm.jp/music/Kanda+Mori/You+Know+-+Old+Techno+1997

1 Animals
2 You Know
3 Gustible's Planet
4 Great Death
5 Slow Dub
6 Monster Kill Englishmen
7 Midsummer Night

(c) Kanda Mori
(52:03)

This is my old techno. 1995 - 1999.

Instruments.

TR707
TR606
R8

Korg Mono/Poly
Korg Trinity
DOEPFER MS404
AnalogSystem Filter bank FB3 mk2
Roland Jupiter6

YAMAHA TX81Z
Akai S1000
Akai S2000

Please visit my homemade instruments blog.
diysounds2.blogspot.com/"

2x Seiko DS-250 with DS-310

flickr by joelbrave

"Two Seiko DS-250 digital synths"

Update via onephatcat in the comments: "A couple of comments on my photo:

When connecting two DS-250's via MIDI, you can control the Vibrato depth/speed, sustain length (for both sound 1 and 2 in Dual mode) , detune, ocatave and chorus on/off/depth controls of the second DS-250 from the first one. The second DS-250 came with a Seiko expression pedal (useful as The Seiko's don't seem to respond to Midi volume control) and some kind of sound cartridge, which was attached to the back with a special bracket (removed so I could attach the DS-310 synth module). looking for additional Seiko paraphernalia, manuals, hardware, catalogs, advertisements, hit me up if you have any or even photographs."

Google Chrome Speed Tests

YouTube via googlechrome — May 03, 2010 — Yamaha SHS-10 at 3:00 on.

"These speed tests were filmed at actual web page rendering times. If you're interested in the technical details, read on!

Equipment used:

- Computer: MacBook Pro laptop with Windows installed
- Monitor - 24" Asus: We had to replace the standard fluorescent backlight with very large tungsten fixtures to funnel in more light to capture the screen. In addition, we flipped the monitor 180 degrees to eliminate a shadow from the driver board and set the system preferences on the computer to rotate 180 degrees. No special software was used in this process.
- 15Mbps Internet connection.
- Camera: Phantom v640 High Speed Camera at 1920 x 1080, films up to 2700 fps

"Why does allrecipes.com in the potato gun sequence appear at once, and not the text first and images second? And why does it appear to render from bottom of the screen to the top?"

Chrome sends the rendered page to the video card buffer all at once, which is why allrecipes.com appears at once, and not with the text first and images second. Chrome actually paints the page from top to bottom, but to eliminate a shadow from the driver board, we had to flip the monitor upside down and set the system preferences in Windows to rotate everything 180 degrees, resulting in the page appearing to render from bottom to top.

"Why does the top one third of the page appear first on the weather.com page load?"

Sometimes only half the buffer gets filled before the video card sends its buffer over to the LCD panel. This is because Chrome on Windows uses GDI to draw, which does not do v-sync.

"The screen wipes are so smooth - how was that achieved?"

The screen wipes up in a gradated wipe because LCD pixels take around 10ms to flip and gradually change color.

For behind-the-scenes footage of how this video was made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oarMX..."