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Custom White YAMAHA KX-5 Keytar

via this auction

Also see the custom blue KX5 from customsynth in this post, the steampunk KX5 in this post, and of course, Lights and her KX-5 in these.

Red Square, back

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Charles Cohen - June 2010 Chicago

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"Xart and Trash_Audio hosted Charles Cohen and hair_loss (together known as Color is Luxury) from Philadelphia for a day of guided improvisation workshops and conversation. Their style of improvised electronics has been garnishing attention internationally, particularly Cohen's mastery of the Buchla Music Easel. Here is their performance from June 19th in Chicago."

via hair_loss

Color Is Luxury: http://www.colorisluxury.org

-Charles Cohen: http://www.soundcloud.com/beepsandboops

-hair_loss: http://www.colorisluxury.org/hair_loss / http://www.soundcloud.com/hair_loss

All posts featuring Charles Cohen

Goldbaby Tape Drum Machines Vol. 3

Goldbaby just released Tape Drum Machines Vol. 3. You'll find samples on site. Be sure to check out their other samples sets as well. Each one has a pdf link with tons of shots and info on what went into them, in a very cool, comic book, format. Below are captures of Vol. 3. "Vol 3 contains: 12 Drum Machines and 3 Tape Machines. 3498 x 24 Bit drum samples Drum Machines used: RZ-1, TR-55, XD-5, MFB-522, DDM-110, DDM-220, DPM-48, RX-21L, R-100, ED-10, PB-300 and the DSM-1. The Tape machines used: Otari MX5050 1/4", Rolla 77 valve mono 1/4 inch, and the Hitachi Cassette deck. Plus the UBK Fatso was also used! Formats: Battery 3, Guru and Wav Pack"

The list: MPC Electronics DSM-1 KORG Super Drums DDM-110 KORG Percussion DDM-220 Yamaha ED-10 MFB 522 Roland TR-55 Roland PB-300 Casio RZ-1 Sakata DPM-48 Yamaha RX-21L Kawai XD-5 Kawai R-100 Rolla 77 MK3 / MKIII Kush UBK-Fatso Otari MX5050 1/4 inch Hitachi Cassette Desk Update: video added below.

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::vtol:: cramola handmade synth

::vtol:: cramola handmade synth demo1 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

more info and demo - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru/vto/diy/cramola.html

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Harald Bode Exhibit - Brattleboro Vermont - Pics and Articles

See the update in this post.

Vinyl Rally

YouTube via yeldham — June 23, 2010 — "Car POV racing at the Vinyl Rally; a participatory play-set, kinetic sound and video installation combining vinyl fetishism, video arcade mystique and the machismo of motor sports into a in a video racing game played within a real world setting!

Imagine racing remote control cars with audio pick-ups attached to their chassis through a course constructed from a mass of disused vinyl records. Using vintage video arcade consoles and immersive video projections of the cars P.O.V. competitors will not only control the movements of the vehicles but also the parameters of the resulting sounds they create.

http://dualplover.com/vinylarcade.html"

The rule is synths only. I'll justify this one as a DIY vinyl sampler.

via Nath Null Object

Music From Outer Space Sequencer with Circular Pots

via Nath Null Object

"We’ve seen this circular design before but what is new here is my mate made a circuit board for the pots and switches on his home built CNC router.

He designed the boards using the program Flash and machined up the boards and the panel which is a 2 layer Perspex, green on top and white underneath.

This is his prototype front panel but the end result will be done in a thicker material."