The making of 'Missing You'

YouTube via attorks | January 20, 2011 |

music comes in at 4:14

"Last Monday evening I made a video with the title 'Missing You'. But for some reason I am not able to upload it to YouTube. I tried 4 times but after a while I get the message 'Failed (upload aborted)'. So this evening I thought, let's make a video explaining the actions I did in that video. I had to keep my voice somewhat low because my daughter was sleeping in a room on the floor below me. The video 'Missing You' and the music of that video are available on my website." http://www.attorks.nl/html/main.html - video link on the left.

Famitron in the studio - Lower Your Audio Before Playing

YouTube via Kaseo | January 20, 2011 |

"Bent Famicom keytar

!!! CAUTION !!! Lower your volume, video is loud"

NAMM: Synthwerks New Modules

YouTube via HarmonyCentral | January 20, 2011 |
http://synthwerks.com/
"Modular synth monsters Synthwerks have a bunch of new synth modules, including force-sensing resistor controllers, a patch cord tester, USB lights, and more."

NAMM: Harvestman Stilson Hammer

http://www.theharvestman.org/
via Sonic State
"Always a joy to visit the Analog Haven booth and see all the boutique electronics on display. Always good too to see what Scott from Harvestman is up to. As ever, he has a something up his sleeve and this year we take a look at the imaginatively titled Stilson Hammer. Its hex output burst generator."

Phir Mile Sur & the Haken Continuum - Interview with Mr. Lippold Haken

YouTube via zoomdekho | February 03, 2010 |

"Phir Mile Sur Iconic Song Back After 22 years"

via Business of Music in India where you'll find the full interview.

"The first thought that came to mind when I heard the end portion of the song “Rehna Tu” in the film Delhi-6 was – ‘which software sample has Rahman used?’ But soon the word spread that he has bought a new keyboard called “Continuum”. And finally, in the video of the much-publicized “Phir Mile Sur”, the common man saw him play it.

I interviewed Mr. Lippold Haken, the professor who built this new device – which is well, not a keyboard, but a new instrument. A musical background together with an engineering education allowed him to create the Continuum Fingerboard. (The name comes from continuous pitch, pressure, and front-back position tracking for each finger.)"

via seraph in this electro-music.com thread.

NAMM: George Mattson of Mattson Mini Modular

via Ken MacBeth's Photos

"Thats one cool synth!"

http://mattsonminimodular.com/

The Performance Music Systems Syntar II

Pics of the Syntar II prototype. This is a follow-up to my last post from my recent visit to George Mattson of Mattson Mini Modular.

The Syntar II never made it past the prototype stage. The first Syntar was the first synthesizer enclosed in a keytar case. Previously only remote controllers for external synths existed. See this post from 2006 for interesting background of The Syntar including Bob Moog. Also check out The Syntar on Carbon111. See the Syntar label for more.

Key features of the Syntar II:
"It had two full ADSR's. It was polyphonic in the sense that the entire keyboard was connected to two, parallel banks of top octave dividers that could be slightly detuned for a phase roll in addition to the two VCO's. The polyphonic board worked but, I couldn't squeeze it into the case. The VCO's had a hard sync. The filter had VC resonance and a mode switch above the filter that let you go continuously either from LP-BP-HP, LP-Band reject-HP or, LP-notch-HP. It also incorporated an internal digital delay."

Unfortunately the Syntar 2 never made it beyond the prototype stage and is beyond salvation. Fortunately, a part of it will live on. According to George Mattson: "I'm going to be pulling out all of the hand-made boards and turning them into modules. It was made with Curtis CEM chips.

Those modules will be built into cabinets that will hang on the side of the sequencer. I'll put 'em to work." See this post for reference. I have some exclusive pics of the refurbishment in progress and will post them in time.

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Elektron Octatrack 1st test - Acid mix

YouTube via darenager | January 20, 2011 |

"Very rough first go with the Octa!"

Elektron Octatrack on eBay

Update:

Elektron Octatrack 2nd test - Extreme time mangling

darenager | January 21, 2011 |

"The original loop plays as standard upto 48 seconds, then the mangling commences, still very much learning how to use it, but good fun!"

808 State meet The Human League

YouTube via massonix | January 20, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
Tons of synth spotting. This one in via popitem
"Working in adjoining Studios in Sheffield in 1994 ,808 State go for a brew with Phil Oakey and compare the size of their Synths. Its a Red Rose /White Rose situation.On home turf The League wins this time."

Cosmic Rockers - Destination Space

Cosmic Rockers - Destination Space from C.R. on Vimeo.

"This is my tribute to Chilly B of Newcleus R.I.P.

gear used:
Bass & Leads: mostly VSTs: Arturia Minimoog for the Bass (layered). TAL U-NO-60 and Arturia CS-80V for the leads/solos later in the song. The vocoder is the TAL vocoder.
Pads/Chords: mostly Juno 106"