BIT99 and COFFEE

via Davide

"Coffe break during the substitution of the dead battery in my Crumar Bit99."

MeeBlip and the Little MIDI Machine - Future of Music NYC Event

Cool pic via Create Digital Music where you'll find more details.

"Music making requires going beyond novelty or shiny gear lust and getting into how to make a technology expressive. Whether a camera or a synthesizer, you have to find a way to make a tool your own, and how to make it live with the other objects with which you create.

Working with Tekserve, the landmark independent Apple sales and service shop in Manhattan, CDM is co-hosting an event to dive into just that question. It’s called the “Future of Music,” because Tekserve has been running that series for a while. But it’s really about the present of music – perhaps your own musical future. It’s not about the iPad as the solution to everything; on the contrary, it’s about figuring out what an iPad really is, and how you can combine it with other music tools."

The Little MIDI Machine analog style step sequencer is free:

iPads on eBay
iPads on Amazon
Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer on eBay

The amazing thing is the price of this sequencer in hardware would probably be equivalent to the price of an iPad if not more. See this post for a video of it driving a Novation Nova.

Aliens Project EMS Putney

Cool custom back via Aliens Project where you'll find it doing some Buchla-esque sounds.

Black Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard Now Available

via Noisebug on eBay
"Not only on the outside did he gain weight, also his inner qualities have seen a remarkable step-up: besides the virtual-analog synthesis and the classic wavetables it now sports a whopping 60 megabytes of sample memory. Just imagine to add a vocal-like noise spectrum to a typical Wavetable pad, spice-up a virtual-analog solo sound with a strong attack sample or just process any other sample with the countless oscillator and filter modulations.

Play your sound creations on the high-quality keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. Pitchbend and modulation wheel are at your disposal and, as a matter of course, you can connect a sustain pedal. All this is packaged in a sleek metal enclosure with a big graphic display, endless stainless steel rotaries and an internal power supply.

Features
60 MB Sample memory
Virtual analog, Wavetable and sample-based Oscillators
High-quality semi-weighted keyboard with 49 keys, velocity and aftertouch
Internal power supply (100-240V, 50-60Hz)
Pitchbend wheel
Modulation wheel
Sustain pedal connector
Octave Up / Down buttons
Freely programmable button
Sturdy metal enclosure
7 endless stainless steel dials
Graphic display 128 x 64 pixels, b/w, white background LED
More than 1000 Sounds
3 Oscillators per voice
Frequency Modulation between Oscillators
All Q Oscillator models
All Microwave II/XT/XTk Wavetables
2 independent multi mode Filters per voice
Filter FM
2 Drive stages per voice with selectable Drive Curves
3 fast LFOs per voice
4 fast Envelopes per voice
Powerful Arpeggiator
Freely programmable Arpeggiator Pattern with up to 16 Steps per Sound"

via shad

Buchla 200e improvisation with Max for Live

YouTube via danp212 | January 24, 2011 |

"A short performance with some of my Max for Live software playing the Buchla 200e."

Just be... i don't care

YouTube via NetPierreTV | January 24, 2011 |

"NetPierre after-work Livejam. Unrehearsed and unedited as always.
Contains (randomly picked...not the best idea) samples from Dub International's 'Just be Good to Me' acapella version.

More on my Doepfer A-100 System at:
http://PatchPierre.blogspot.com

- Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/NetPierre"

Old School instruments, Sequencer and Moogs at work

YouTube via Synthiefrau | January 24, 2011 |

"Hi lovely Synthfolk, this is a new song. I work with the sequence of the GRP A8, Minimoog and Moog Prodigy Solo, the effects comes from the Doepfer Dark Energy and Roland Juno 60. The chorus comes from the Roland V-Synth"

GrooveMaker Cool & Dre for iPad

- Cut Hard-Hitting Records For The Clubs On Your iPad / iPhone

YouTube via groovemakerik | January 24, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"GrooveMaker Cool & Dre is now available in the iTunes App Store!

More information on GrooveMaker Cool & Dre at http://www.groovemaker.com/coolanddre


iPad prices on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

GrooveMaker Cool & Dre provides the elements for making 'West Coast' and 'Dirty South' style hip-hop beats for today's radio and dance floor hit anthems and club-shakers. If you love the music from major hit record labels like Cash Money, Interscope and Def Jam, or the beats behind today's super stars like Lil' Wayne, Trey Songs, The Game, Mary J. Blige, and Nicki Minaj then you are going to love making beats with GrooveMaker Cool & Dre."

Fairlight CMI 30A unveiled by inventor Peter Vogel

YouTube via musicradartv | January 24, 2011

CASIO VL-TONE VL-1 with Original Box, Case and Manuals

via this auction

"Boxed and includes the following
1x VL-1.......Is in excellent condition
1x Operation manual.......Excellent condition
1x Assorted melodies.....Excellent condition
1x Case ......Like new
1x How to play music book 2 VL-tone.....Has been folden in half so it fits in the box
1x Outer box with poly inserts......Showing signes of wear"