The Obama Board: Build Your Own Obama Speech

YouTube Uploaded by makemagazine on Jul 31, 2011

"Created by Ashley Lewis, The Obama Board is a new twist on a traditional musical keyboard. Instead of a musical note, each key, when pressed emits the sound of a word from Barack Obama's inauguration speech. Press the keys in the sequence of your choice to create you own speech!"

iMKS-7 Wireless iPad Editor Now Available‏

YouTube Uploaded by iControlMIDI on May 7, 2011
iMKS-7 - iControlMIDI
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"Apple has released iMKS-7 for Roland MKS-7

iMKS-7 v1.2 offers:
• Independent and configurable MIDI channels with independent configurable parameters for the MELODY, CHORD and BASS parts
• "Demultiplexing" of some bytes (ex: byte 17) that shares up to 5 parameters. Those bytes are split into individual / independent parameters making the MKS-7 straightforward to control.

4-Controls per Parameter
• Slider: full range parameter value adjustment for a ‘coarse’ workflow
• + button: precise +1 parameter value adjustment for a ‘fine’ workflow
• - button: precise -1 parameter value adjustment for a ‘fine’ workflow
• Parameter default value button: pressing the parameter value label / button sets this parameter to a default value for a faster workflow (ex: DCO wave = Saw; VCF frequency = wide open; etc...)

Parameter Name and Value:
• Name (ex: Saw): as written in the User Manual
• Value (ex: On): as written in the User Manual, dynamically changes when you use one of the 4 controls (slider, + button, - button, parameter default value button)"

iMKS-7 - iControlMIDI
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Teenage Engineering OP-1 & AIAIAI Swirl 2.0 Ear Phones

flickr set By djthomaswhite
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"Images of my Teenage Engineering OP-1 with my new orange Swirl 2.0 ear phones from AIAIAI. Very color coordinated with the orange of the OP-1. Also some images of my custom telescoping OP-1 Radio Antenna. Stereo mini jack and a small surplus antenna. Super fun!"

circuit bent elmo guitar

YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on Jul 30, 2011
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"circuit bent guitar that is for auction on ebay"

Garage / Tag Sale Finds

Just a couple of items I found at two garage sales today. A Yamaha Motif for $2k and a Yamaha PSS-480. I picked up the PSS-480 for $5. It turned out the seller was Discriminate Music and knew about MATRIXSYNTH! :) Small world. There was also a Casiotone there, but I was caught up talking to the seller and didn't take a shot of it.

Korg DDD-5 circuit bent by Exfade

YouTube Uploaded by wotatwaat on Jul 30, 2011

"This one has a global pitch control and 15 patch points for loads of bends"

Duke Slammer - Neon Haze

YouTube Uploaded by molotovsystem on Jul 30, 2011
OP-1 + minimoog funk jam
"Duke Slammer - Neon Haze"

Neon haze by Duke Slammer

sivart

sivart from Peter Bajzek on Vimeo.

"Original composition performed with StepPolyArp iPad app driving a DSI Evolver. See my related blog post at unatta.net/​wordpress/​?p=129"

StepPolyArp - Midi Step Polyphonic Arpeggiator - Laurent Colson
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Low-Gain ModJam 073011a & 073011b

ModJam 073011a from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

"just some quick patching to prep for a show. good to go. nothing fancy here. just messing around."

ModJam 073011b from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

Update:

ModJam 073011c from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

Vintage 80's Gleeman Pentaphonic synthesizer

via this auction

"This is an early Gleeman that was sent back to the factory (Mr Gleeman's garage) for every update that was offered. It has had the interval tuning mod, the 100 patch memories (50 factory 50 user), and an independent control of white noise (the extra knob pictured) ALL MODS were performed by the Gleeman brothers and work great. I am assuming that because this is an early machine the overlays that would normally be on the back of the machine and around the presetter/joystick were removed to perform the mods and not reattached. Besides the factory mods this machine is all original. You can tell that alot of the casing was hand cut because there is the occasional tooling mark on the casing.

This machine looks sharp and has been well taken care of as you can tell by the pictures. Three reasons to own a Gleeman are the powerful unique sounds, the unique architecture of the insturment, and the hands on interface. These features combine to keep you inspired and playing for hours. I get into what I call "the Gleeman trance" I start playing with it and before I know it five hours have passed.

These machines are about as rare as a unicorn, but rarety has never impressed me. I would put a Gleeman up against the best polysynths ever made any day. It also does not sound like any other synth in my opinion. In a world of software emulators and virtual synths it is important to me to be able to get some unique sounds without much effort.

This machine does have a built in amp and speaker that sounds cool but the best way to hear it is through its quarter inch audio outs. I am sure it is obvious a world class synth sounds better plugged into a console instead of an eight inch car speaker."

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