Solaris build

via John Bowen on Facebook

"Somebody asked me to take a few pictures of the start of production, so here we go!"

Loved by Ghosts - Sonic Hysteria - Mass DIY

YouTube Uploaded by lovedbyghosts on Jun 7, 2011

"Crazy animation made by the band in an attic with almost no money."

via Loved by Ghosts

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"We are a new band called "Loved by Ghosts" which uses almost entirely DIY synthesizers that we built ourselves.

In "Sonic Hysteria", you would certainly recognize the midibox SID while the bass is Monomachine.

In “Girl Go” the bass line is Avr-X Synthesizer, various FX is midibox FM and the lead Oberheim OB-12.

In the other songs - that we will be posting soon - we use: ASM-2, Mutable Instruments Shruthi-1, Pixie (Wasp clone), Monowave(X), MFOS Soundlab, SUB-COMMANDER Guitar Synth, Weird Sound Generator, Drone Lab V2, AVR synth, Gorf Sequencer.
For guitar and voice we use various filters from the web (wasp filter clone, steiner, lm13700 filter, ssm2044, polivoks), fx's built with boards from Jürgen Haible (Frequency Shifter FS-1A, Triple Chorus, Krautrock Phaser and 20-pole Phaser), many vintage Russian fx units, and many electro-Harmonix stompboxes.
All of them are sequenced from an Elektron Monomachine (we love it !!!) and an Electribe sampler is used for drums, created with the same synths.
You will recognize some of them in the pictures. More to come on our Facebook page.

We want to thank you… Thorsten Klose, Laurie Biddulph, Paul Maddox, Ray Wilson, Jürgen Haible, Johan Severinsson and Jonas Karlsson, Olivier Gillet, Peter Edwards, Jarek Ziembicki and to MATRIXSYNTH. Without your projects,our music would be empty.
And special thanks to our pet Speakjet, Wof, Wof.
If you enjoyed our music, follow us on Facebook, YouTube and SoundCloud, there's a lot more to come."

Soundation Studio Releases The Wub Machine

"Soundation Studio, the online music making application, has just added another tool to their growing arsenal, The Wub Machine. With oscillators, analog style filters, LFO, pitch, shape and glide functions plus the all important MSL (make *hit loud) knob, The Wub Machine is an excellent choice for those looking to make massive bass lines for Dubstep/DnB/Grime style electronica music.

“Soundation Studio has significantly raised the bar for making music online and The Wub Machine sets a whole new standard for virtual instruments in your browser”, says CEO Bil Bryant. “Now we have the quality, sound, functionality and look of a top notch VSTi directly available free in Soundation Studio” continues Bryant. “This is another step forward in the evolution of online music making, as we continue our mission to develop innovative tools and features for browser based music making,” continues Bryant.



Features:

The oscillator section has 2 oscillators with triangle, saw and square waves with Pitch, Gain, Glide and Shape knobs. Glide can be independently applied to each oscillator. There is a sub oscillator to add extra heft to the bass.

The LFO section includes 5 waveforms Depth, Phase and Speed knobs plus the option to retrigger on each new key hit and loop the LFO.

5 types of “analog style” filters including Lowpass, Highpass, Peak, Notch and Bandpass with knobs for Cutoff, Resonance and Drive .

Action Knobs: MSL for volume, Filth for nastiness and Unison to have more of everything.

To give the Wub Machine a go check out www.soundation.com"

MacBeth Mk1 Modular Majestic 12 Snapshot!

MacBeth Mk1 Modular Majestic 12 Snapshot! from Ken MacBeth on Vimeo.

"Here is a quick video of the MacBeth Mk1 'Majestic 12' System in operation. It's basically four Analogue Syntrhesizers in one! Each synth features 3 x VCOs/1 x Mixer/1 x 24dB/Octave Transistor Ladder Filter/1 x 12dB/Octave State Variable Filter and 2 x Dual Envelope Generators with built in output VCAs.
This was recorded directly into the Canon 60D that I use- and on edit- as scene fades into scene- the sounds overlap a bit.
The sequencer here is an ensoniq ASR-10- a fantastically easy sequencer to use. Also used is a four channel MIDI to CV converter- a Kenton Pro4.
It's a short vid- shot in HD, hence the size!
Hope you enjoy- Ken M"

Moon MODULAR DEMO PART 2

YouTube Uploaded by projektmelodik on Jun 10, 2011
Follow-up to this post.

Energiser

YouTube Uploaded by synthjunk on Jun 10, 2011

"Original composition influenced by 80's style electro.
Produced using vintage synthesisers, drum machines and a few samples.
Hope you enjoy it."

iBand at the Frisco School of Music

YouTube Uploaded by TxMusicSchool on May 17, 2011

"The Frisco School of Music presents "iBand". This is an advanced class taught by Gabriel Bautista with all of the instruments being iPad Apps. All of the students are taking music lessons at the school and were able transfer those skills to the various iPad applications.

The video is a compilation of the three performances they gave for the Star Power concerts at the school. They chose three Beatles tunes as a tribute to Apple (computers and records), 'All My Lovin" and a "Hey Jude-Come Together" medley.

The iBand performers are: Allison Ponthier, 15, Lowery Freshman Center, Vocalive; Cal Simpson, 13, Evans Middle School, Guitar-Garage Band; Colin Climie, 15, Clark High School, iJ Bass HD; Idrissa Ndiaye, 15, Jasper High School, Piano-Garage Band; Montana Brock, 13, McKinney Christian Academy, Drums-Garage Band; and Gabriel Bautista, Instructor, Pocket Organ.

The Frisco School of Music teaches exceptional private and group music lessons for all ages and levels on all instruments, plus Rock School Band, Jazz School Band and summer camps. The School is located on Preston Road at Main Street.

Check it out at http://www.FriscoSchoolofMusic.com or call 214.436.4058."

Suzuki SX500 / Siel EX80

via Rozzer.net where you'll find additional details and an editor.

"Essentially the Suzuki SX500 is a rebadged Siel EX80 which in turn was a copy of the Korg EX800 [Poly-800].

Here’s what we know. There are two DCOs offering sawtooth and square waveforms (the square waveform can mix up to 4 octaves of square waves together). There is an analogue 24db Low Pass Filter (SSM Filter IC). Two amp envelopes (yes two!), filter envelope, two LFOs (hardwired to osc pitch and filter frequency), chorus effect and a basic record/playback sequencer."

Suzuki SX500 / Siel EX80 Demo by Rozzer

Electrix Filter Queen Half Rack Filter Module

via this auction

Novation K Station

via this auction

"The K-Station is a whole new take on the original Bass Station Keyboard that put British synth makers Novation on the analog synth map! Essentially, the K-Station is an extremely well laid-out and superbly designed 2-octave keyboard version of their new A-Station rack module. It features 8 voices of analog modeled sounds with FM, 12-band vocoder, arpeggiator, reverb and delay effects, 400 user rewritable program memories, and more. Unlike the crowded interface and puny LCD display screen found on the A-Station, the K-Station has a beautiful layout with easy access to its knobs, sliders and buttons. And finally there's a large LCD display!

It has 25 knobs for real-time control, and all knobs transmit MIDI controller messages. The K-Station has three oscillators which provide sawtooth, triangle, sine, pulse width modulation and other waveforms. There's even a simple FM synth engine which can be dialed in for sharpening the sound. Oscillators may be set to Unison or Sync'd operation and a Noise source is also included in the waveform engine. There is a nice lowpass resonant filter with switchable 12 or 24dB/oct slopes and ADSR controls. A second ADSR envelope is available for the oscillators, as well as two LFOs with sample-and-hold and MIDI sync.

On-board effects include reverb and delay/chorus/flanger. Their send levels can be controlled by the Mod wheel which is a nice effect. A 12-band vocoder is also on-board for processing external mono sounds such as drum loops or vocals. The K-Station's pads sound great when vocoded with external sounds. External sounds can also be used as an oscillator, run through the filters, envelopes, etc. with much better results than were possible on the original Bass Stations. There's even a built-in Arpeggiator whose speed synchronization and sweep range can be stored with the program for instant recall. The K-Station is really an expressive, compact keyboard that's a hand-on joy to use and is just full of clean analog sounding synth bass, punchy leads, pads, filter sweeps and more! The K-Station is a great piece of kit for professionals and beginners alike!"

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