"The Hummingbird is, at heart, a hard and choppy tremolo. What comes out is more akin to vintage synth style oscillations. It's core is based on the old Vox Repeat Percussion with several updates to reduce noise, enhance the "chop" and add more control. It can create ring mod-like octaves, slow pulses, ping pong delay-like stutters, light blipping through machine gun stutter tremolo and many more wacky sounds!"
Solo comes in right after the three minute mark in the video below.
(HQ) OK Go - "End Love" 6/9 Leno (TheAudioPerv.com) YouTube via yayforcbs — June 09, 2010 — http://www.theaudioperv.com OK Go performed "End Love" on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 6/9/2010. Follow us on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/theaudioperv"
Two brilliant vids by OK Go in case you missed them:
OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - Rube Goldberg Machine version - Official
YouTube via OkGo — March 01, 2010 — "From the new album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky" available at http://www.okgo.net/store OK Go on Tour http://www.okgo.net/shows/ Directed by James Frost, OK Go and Syyn Labs. Produced by Shirley Moyers. The official video for the recorded version of "This Too Shall Pass" off of the album "Of the Blue Colour of the Sky". The video was filmed in a two story warehouse, in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA. The "machine" was designed and built by the band, along with members of Syyn Labs ( http://syynlabs.com/ ) over the course of several months. There is an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at the warehouse here: http://www.okgo.net/this-too-shall-pa... OK Go thanks State Farm for making this video possible."
"From MFOS: * Produces sequences of 4 to 16 steps in length * Modes include stop at count, reverse at count, reset at count and random 16 mode * Each step has coarse tune, fine tune, and switchable gate * Accepts external clock and external start pulse. * Simultaneous outputs with and without portamento. * Forward, Back, and Reset controls ease sequence set up."
"This is a monophonic Yamaha SY-1. It is in Excellent condition as you can see in the many photos provided. It is a 37 pressure sensitive key synth that was produced in 1974. The serial number is 1672. it includes the original stand and soft case, the original music holder, and the original cover, all labeled with Yamaha."
If you haven't heard, Rock Band 3 will feature a keyboard controller. I skipped posting when it was announced as this site is more about specific synths. Well, the interesting bit is the synth in this game shot looks exactly like a KORG M50. I'm curious how that played out and if there will be any other real synth designs in the game.
The controller you will play "is a '25-key, fully functioning MIDI' version of the real thing, and is one of two key improvements made to the game, the other being the introduction of a new 'Rock Band Pro' mode for expert players, which replaces coloured tabs with real musical symbols in an effort to get players on the track to playing real instruments."
Update: video below. Comes in at 1:43.
Rock Band 3 - FIRST LOOK! YouTube via tommyjwall — June 09, 2010 — "Here it is, the first video of Rock Band 3 in action, coming holiday 2010.
Update: a pic via CDM (click for some additional details)
You can see the MIDI out and, is that a ribbon controller on the handle?
MIDI in for the the Xbox may be coming as well for those that prefer using their own keyboard.
via MrLonghair in the comments: "The keyboard will be available on its own for $79.99, or in a bundle with the game for $129.99."
Update via peterkirn of CDM in the comments: "Yes, that's correct - ribbon controller. I expect to confirm all details with Harmonix but only after the insanity of E3. Then they have the game people out of their hair and can talk to us instead. ;)"
via this Noisebug auction
