Synths Smaller Than They Appear?

Two pics.

Anyware Instruments Tinysizer next to green lighter.
(image via sequencer.de)
Prior posts: video, shots

Two KORG Monotrons (flickr by auxninja)

"Got two Korg Monotron in the mail today. Amazingly small. About the size of an iPhone.
So far I really really like them. The filter is damn raw, and combined with the LFO modulation (ranging from slow enough to fast enough) you can get some sweet squelches out of it.

When using the external input, max out the LFO speed and depth and set the resonance to about 60% and twiddle the cutoff knob for a bitcrusher style effect.

Hmm, if I could sync the VCO's and feed the output of one into the other... These babies are definitely going under the screwdriver tomorrow."

Update: one more pic for scale.

Audio+Video Improvisation

Audio+Video Improvisation from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo.

"Video and music recorded at the same time as I improvised on some instruments. Just a test for a bigger project of my band Vertikkal. Edit made with After Effects.

myspace.com/vertikkal"

1st Mopho Keyboard User Videos Surface

MoPho Keyboard 2.AVI

YouTube via bizmarkie507 — May 06, 2010 — "messing around with the keyboard i got today."

Dave Smith MoPho Keyboard Payback

"bizmarkie507 — May 07, 2010 — tape deck, camaro, paint-splattered ray bans, a sawed-off shot gun, and a plan to get your woman back.

I used a Juno 106, mc303, DSI mopho keyboard, and a surf style windbreaker in this video/."

MoPho Keyboards on Ebay

Moog Realistic MG-1

via this auction

Korg Electribe ER-1 mkII Rhythm Synthesizer

via this auction

Serial Number: 00003572

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA PSS-30

YouTube via squidfanny — "May 11, 2010 — If all else fails then go for the Amp.....

Low-Pass Filters, Dirty Distortion and Screaming Feedback Oscillators for this 1980's squarewave keyboard.

This one's for sale on ebay..... :-)"

via this auction
"The mods are:-
* Nasty Screaming oscillator
* Phat dirty Bass Oscillator
* Beat Crushing distortion
* Low Pass Filter / Tone control for DRUMS
* Low Pass Filter / Tone control for INSTRUMENTS
* Audio Output

.The YAMAHA PSS-30 is a squarewave keyboard (not FM like most Yamaha's) with a very 80's sound. Features are all pretty basic (8 Rhythms, 8 Instruments and Play and Record Sequencer & Tempo control).
Sometimes 'Basic' is desirable, as there's no need to spend time reading instruction manuals or setting up and configuring the machine. Just turn it on, press the keys and turn the knobs to instantly create powerful, Phat Tones, Drums & Analog Oscillation.

This Machine is powered with 4 x 'AA' Batteries or a 9 / 12 volt adapter (not included).

Minor Damage to the Machine's case has been repaired (see photos)."

An agonizing theme

YouTube via attorks — May 11, 2010

"I am aware of the risk of overfeeding you with video´s but the inspiration is there so let´s take advantage of that. This piece of music is sequenced in Nodal. It started last evening when I hooked up the Zoom RT-323 drum machine to be controlled by Nodal. The bass sequence is performed by the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO from which the sawtooth wave is fed to the Resonant LoPass Gate. Then you hear the tuned-up bass voice from the Zoom RT-323 doing a semi-random sequence. After that the Mellotron sound from the Roland XP-80 is introduced and the high-pitched sequence from the Creamware MiniMax ASB. The chords and occasional bass are performed on the Waldorf Q Keyboard and the solo on the Clavia Nord Lead 1."

Korg MS Series - Automated Changes

YouTube via Newueel — May 11, 2010 — "This video is actually about lazy synthesizing. All changes and variations are controlled by the analog setup itself! This means that after pressing the SQ-10 START button, the machines are not touched anymore, which gave me some time to freak out with the camera ;). The audio is recorded in one take, no FX and no edits.

Here's a description of the 2 most interesting automated changes:

The tonics (bass and melody) change after each random number of loops. Note that tonic changes only happen at the first step of a sequence. This is a trick using two S&H modules. Basically SQ-10 Channel C holds 12 predefined keynotes (including duplicates). The channel C output voltage is sampled and hold with a slow interval using the MG. The clock interval is greater than 1 sequence. Since the MG is not synced with the SQ-10 clock speed, this results in a random changing tonic, but most of the times in the middle of a sequence. Therefore another S&H module samples the output of the first S&H module every first step of a sequence and holds it for the rest of the sequence. This way each tonic change is delayed until the next first step of a sequence. Sometimes there seems to be no tonic, this is because one of the predefined tonics has an inaudible frequency.

When listening to the melody, note that it is continuously varying. Sometimes you hear the full melody, but most of the the time notes are skipped at random. This is due to the so called probability patch. The probability controls the chance for a step that it's being played (or muted) and can be fully controlled from 0% to 100%. This creates interesting variations since not all notes are necessarily played all times. In this patch the probability is changing continuously between 50% and 100%. This way the melody is continuously varying."

Radio Chemical Analysis-YouTube sharing.mov

YouTube via unamacarana — May 11, 2010 — "The second electronic improvisation featuring the original Minimoog, a Crumar Performer, and a collection of Moogerfooger Modules. Thanks to Justin Rivera and Jesse Rivera for the video recording."
follow-up to this post.

Zebra Demo Track #2

YouTube via BrontoScorpioMusic — May 11, 2010 — "My 2nd Zebra demo track. Everything is is done with presets from my Free Zebra Pack Vol.01. Presets and HQ MP3 here: http://brontoscorpiomusic.blogspot.co...

No external effects ore somthing like that"

Demo Track #1 here