The Roland SH-3A Part 1 (high quality)

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | January 26, 2011 |

"Here is a higher quality version of part one of the Roland SH-3A demonstration video."

The Roland SH-3A Part Two (high quality)

1974 Experimenting with Electronic Music, 1st ed.

via this auction

"Published the very same year electro-industrial pioneers Kraftwerk released their breakthrough album "Autobahn," here's a wonderful, rare book covering virtually everything you ever wanted to know about music synthesis and reproduction. Within its pages is an overview of the history of electronic music, from RCA's tube-based Mark I to modern solid-state synthesizers, with photos of the Minimoog and the Moog Sonic Six, as well as the Tonus ARP 2500, 2600, and Soloist consoles. For you tinkerers out there, the book also contains numerous construction projects, including two (2) separate transistorized theremins complete with detailed alignment instructions. All projects come ready-to-build with full schematics and parts lists.

Contents include:
* Musical Electronics
History - Mechanical Tone Generation - Electronic Tone Generation - The Music Synthesizer

* Sound and the Electronic Signal
Sound - Harmonic Motion - The Sine Wave - Additive Synthesis - Square Wave - Sawtooth Wave - Beat Notes - The Envelope - White Sound - Using the Complex Wave

* The Instruments
Mechanical Tone Generators (string, wind, and percussive) - Experimenting

* Microphone and Pickup Applications
Principles - Ceramic and Crystal Applications - Homemade Ceramic - Homemade Percussion - Dynamic Microphones - Magnetic Pickups - Homemade Magnetic Pickup - Condenser - Impedance

* Building a Small Electric Organ
Tone Generation - General Construction - Tremolo Modulator - Mixer - Homemade Keyboards - Combining the Stages

* The Electronic Modifiers
Tremolo Circuit - Envelope Control Circuit - Trigger Circuit - Attack Envelope Generator Circuit - Photoelectric Modulator - Reverberation - Chime Device - "Fuzz" Circuit - Sustain Circuit

* Electronic Tone Generators
Multi-waveform Generator - Pink Noise Circuit - Two Theremin Projects - Automatic Percussion Circuit - The Almost Nightingale - Mini-Organ

* Odds and Ends
Two-Channel Mixer - Three-Channel Mixer - Voice Selector - Variable Bandpass Amplifier - Active High-Pass Filter - Resonant Filter - Tube Filter - Tape and Echo

Apart from a little cover wear, the book is in very good condition. 180 pages. First edition, copyright 1974. This item ships WORLDWIDE."

Yamaha RM1x

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Sequence of Waves Ep. 1 - Tim Larson

YouTube via proaudiostar | January 26, 2011 |

"http://www.sequenceofwaves.com"

Site Updates

It's clean-up time. You might notice the top site menu shrunk. The Featured, Exclusive, and Polls links have moved to the right under MORE STUFF | OTHER. The NAMM link is to the right of the new Oberheim link. Don't worry, the SYNTH BABES label is safe for now, although SYNTH FEMMES was briefly considered. The eBay links on the right will get consolidated as well. All done for now. New posts coming up.

Custom M-185 Sequencer Panel

This is a follow-up to a number of posts, most recently this one. See that post for more details. This is a Roland System 100m inspired DIY sequencer module. M185

micronaut - experiment one

YouTube via Cranda11 | January 26, 2011

"http://micronaut.bandcamp.com

Having a bit of fun with the new equipment set-up, and trying to get a feel for the workflow. This piece is entirely sequenced from an Apply //e and Roland CMU-800R. I'm recording in to Ableton Live, but there are no samples or pre-recording. This track is 100% live.

The quick arpeggio sound, drums, and 16th note pulse are coming from the CMU-800R. The low bass note is from a Korg MS20 running through a Roland RE-201 Space Echo, and the main melody sound is coming from the Doepfer modular (in this case a TipTop Audio Z3000 oscillator, plus some Doepfer shit) and running through a Realistic Electronic Reverb and an Eventide TimeFactor. I used a couple instances of Audio Damage Eos for the main reverb inside the DAW, but that's the only computer effect."

First Try With The D1000

YouTube via plague1715 | January 26, 2011 |

"Warning: this a demo of my first few minutes with this perverse, bizarre, and evil instrument. This is not a musical statement.

No, it doesn't sound like a Linndrum, 606, 909, or Machinedrum. And no, it doesn't have gated reverb. If you don't like it then eat shit."

Official KORG Pad Quad Videos

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos | January 26, 2011 |

"Create your own KAOSS combinations with the Kaoss Pad Quad! Four processors under one pad; each processor has five options (plus off) -- that's 1,295 combinations. Each processor also has an independent Freeze control. This video shows an overview of the product."

Playlist:
KAOSS Pad Quad Teaser
Kaoss Pad Quad: Effect Demo #1
Kaoss Pad Quad: Freeze Demo #2
Kaoss Pad Quad: Loop, Rev Loop, Loop Slice #3
Kaoss Pad Quad: DJ / Vinyl effects #4

DS10Forum.com Compilation #2 - A Journey Through Space

via ChrisLody

"Ds10forum.com has released its second comilation "A journey through space" comprising of tracks made by the users of the forum and its available free to download. It was organised by HarleyLikesMusic and contains 22 tracks based around the theme of space travel."

Available here