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Chimera Synthesis BC 16 analogue synth

via this auction

"Chimera Synthesis has now gone out of business, so these synths are likely to become collectors items. If you read up about them you'll know that lots of people never got their orders, but mine arrived (months after I paid for it) - so now's your chance to grab one.

This is how they were described on the Chimera Synthesis website:

The bC16 miniature patch synthesizer packs a fully featured VCO, LFO, envelope generator, analog VCA, analog VCF, noise sources & ring modulator all in a CD sized case CNC machined from 10mm high-grade acrylic plastic.

Fifteen color coded potentiometers control key functions, connections between synthesizer sections are done using twenty-five 2mm mini-banana sockets.

Powered by either six AAA batteries or by an external (not supplied) 9 to 12v source, thebC16 can be used free standing (internal headphone amplifier), linked to an external keyboard/sequencer or MIDI-CV converters, combined with other bC16's, etc...

They were being sold for £300 before they went bust, so I think my price is fair."

Dewanatron Featured in New York Times

The New York Times has an article on Dewanatron and the Swarmatron. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross' use of the Swarmatron get a mention for their use of the Dewanatron in "The Social Network".

"It was something of a personal victory, too. 'It felt like the Swarmatron was the foundation on which they built a whole bunch of other musical stuff,' Mr. Dewan said, referring to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who together created the score."

Cascadr UI & Sound Demo

Cascadr UI & Sound Demo from Michael Aldridge on Vimeo.

"Brief demo of the progress thus far on my new app, Cascadr.

Top set of columns can be slid up and down to control the pitch of each of the 8 notes in the sequence.

Bottom set of columns control the volume of each note.

The animation signifies the speed of each sequence - note that they don't sync with the particular note that's playing - it's all just for show at the moment!"

iPads on eBay

Dupré: Prelude in G minor, Op. 7 No. 3

YouTube Uploaded by ScrollingMusic on Jun 17, 2011

"Marcel Dupré (1886-1971): Prelude in G minor (no. 3) from "Trois préludes et fugues op. 7" (1914)

This piece was written by French organist and composer Marcel Dupré in 1914. It is one of his earliest works for solo organ. Dupré is widely regarded as an organ virtuoso, "a Paganini of the organ," and his works are among the most famous of 20th century organ repertoire. This particular work was pronounced "unplayable" at the time of its composition, and Dupré himself was the only organist capable of performing the work for several years after.

This rendition of the piece was generated by the pipe organ voice of our Matlab synthesizer. To design the pipe organ timbre, we spectrally analyzed a recording of a real organ, and reproduced the sound using additive synthesis. Multiple layers of digital reverb and asymmetrical equalization between the left and right channels transform the raw mono output into an open, spacious sound. Both the audio and the scrolling visualization were created from a MIDI file."

SynthesizersDotCom modular demo - June 17, 2011

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jun 17, 2011

"A demonstration of the Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer."

Mandelbrot Drummer Tutorial - Sequencing A Sliced Loop

YouTube Uploaded by MandelbrotDrummer on Jun 18, 2011

"www.mandelbrotdrummer.com
Make rhythms from fractals, using a sliced loop to source the drum sounds."