Octapad : Stick to it! (by Franck Smith)

YouTube via odiolorgnette | July 13, 2010

"Vintage drums on Roland Octapad SPD-30 by Franck Smith © 2010

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

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES WHEN VIEWING VIDEO MATERIAL OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND SYSTEM.

"Franck Smith" Octapad Roland SPD-30 drums electronics percussion Odiolorgnette drum-synth"

Meet Aalto.

YouTube via madronalabs | July 12, 2010

"Aalto is a new softsynth coming summer 2010 from Madrona Labs. http://madronalabs.com."

Buchla sound in software. Also see this post.

Moogfest 2010 Announced

"AC ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES MOOGFEST 2010 OCTOBER 29-31 IN ASHEVILLE, NC,
MASSIVE ATTACK, MGMT, THIEVERY CORPORATION CONFIRMED TO APPEAR

FULL SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED JULY 27; TICKETS ON SALE JULY 30.

AC Entertainment – creator and producer of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Big Ears Festival, and Vegoose - is proud to announce MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, to be held Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. Confirmed artists Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation will be joined by over 25 additional internationally renowned artists performing in multiple venues throughout downtown Asheville, including the Asheville Civic Center Arena, the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and Asheville’s renowned world-class club, the Orange Peel.

In addition to the festival’s extraordinary musical offerings, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, engage with artists in panel discussions, enjoy visual art exhibitions, installations and film screenings, and explore their own musical creativity with a variety of Moog instruments.

The complete schedule of artists and events for MoogFest 2010 will be announced on July 27th and tickets will go on sale July 30th.

Asheville, the adopted hometown of Bob Moog, offers a spectacular setting for the MoogFest experience. Nestled in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina, Asheville’s relaxed and unique character, along with its rich and exciting cultural heritage, have made it a prime getaway and tourist destination for over 100 years. AC Entertainment has been an active force in the cultural scene of Asheville, NC, for nearly 20 years, booking and presenting well over 3000 concerts and events of all sizes during that time.

Asheville is the headquarters of Moog Music, the company Bob Moog formed in 1963. Moog’s push for continual innovation permeates the company’s culture to this day. In 2008, they produced the groundbreaking Moog Guitar and more projects are currently in development. 2010 marks a landmark in the company’s history as the 40th anniversary of the Minimoog, one of the most popular of the Moog synthesizers, which will certainly be a focus of the MoogFest weekend.

'Bob Moog changed the course of music as we know it,” says AC Entertainment’s founder, Ashley Capps. “He put new worlds of sound literally at the fingertips of musicians, unleashing a creative revolution. We’re thrilled and honored to be able to celebrate his extraordinary legacy in the place that he called home and we hope to do so for many years to come.' Clearly, MoogFest 2010 will be an essential pilgrimage for music fans and sonic adventurers from all over the world.

Visit moogfest.com for more information and updates about the festival.

For more information about Moog Music and its founder, Bob Moog, visit moogmusic.com."

Parallel Worlds Reworks 09 Festival Live Set, 19th Of September.

"parallelworlds-reworks-20090919
dark ambient electronica idm downtempo analog analogue sequencer doepfer synthesizer

complete live set of Reworks 09 Festival, September 19th 2009.

this live set contains tracks from the following cd albums:
Shade(DiN32) 2009
Obsessive Surrealism (DiN26) 2007

the final improvisational track was based on the Doepfer A100 modular system.
Released by: DiN "

http://www.parallel-worlds-music.com/

Update: pic from the event:

Synths: Doepfer A100, Nord Lead rack, Korg MS-2000R, Roland JP8000

Photo by Antonis Chaniotis (chaniotisant gmail.com)

VCO Calibration Software

YouTube via shiftedphase | July 13, 2010

"A simple piece of software I wrote to help with modular synthesizer VCO design and calibration. The software uses the sound card as well as the K1600 MIDI Converter from Kilpatrick Audio."

Massively Modded Roland TR-808

via this auction

"modified TR-808 with extra pitch controls, decays, etc...this is very, very rare and its sound possibilities were incresed ten fold...a classic. It has got MIDI as well, also it comes with the original programming switches (coloured ones). Now all the pads are black and the LEDs are blue."

This one spotted by dyLAB

YAMAHA MOTIF ES RACK

via this auction

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Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1

via this auction

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Digisound Synthesiser Module - 80-2 VCO

via this auction

"Digisound 80-2 VCO board and front panel with components including ICs but NOT CEM3340

In not very good condition, not tested

Front Panel dirty and scuffed in places, no PCB pillars,

Not constructed brilliantly but soldering ok

Been in a cupboard for 20 years!"

Starr Labs zTar Z7S Midi Guitar Controler

via this auction

"This is the world's class latency free midi guitar. Each fret button is velocity sensitive, so zTar players can become virtuoso tappers as well. Play a chord with your left hand and lead lines with your right or lead/lead or chord/chord. Play any chord by pressing one button. This instrument is amazing.

Comes with the accessory pack, case and all these add-ons:

STRING TRIGGERS
These are the very latest 2010 version from Starr Labs, far better than the problematic previous string triggers - quantum leap. These are the six right hand string sensors that are used to trigger the fingerboard the same as you’d play a guitar.

TCA-1 TOUCH CAP ASSEMBLY ($375.00 add-on)
Six additional touch pads at your finger tips. Play strings by touching pads, add drums to your Synthesizer and much more.

MUTE-BAR
This is the metallic bar in the tailpiece or plate mounted elsewhere on the instrument that is used to facilitate muting the String Triggers. If your skin is in contact with both the Mute-Bar and a String Trigger the trigger will mute its triggered note(s).

NECK SENSOR STRIP
This is a narrow strip mounted to the edge of the fingerboard that can be programmed to send a variety of MIDI messages when pressed with a thumb.

JOYSTICK
The joystick is used as a performance device by programming MIDI messages to any of its four directions. Also, when programming the menu-system, the joystick is used for data- entry by scrolling values underneath the blinking cursor.

RIBBON CONTROLLER
This Z7S has this additional MIDI controller.

STEINBERGER REMOVABLE LEG REST

SATIN BLACK FINISH"