Hans Zimmer on Moog

via Hans Zimmer on Facebook
posted on May 23

"I got my first Moog 30 years ago. And here I am, still using the real thing on 'The Dark Knight Rises'. The bass pinning you to your seat in the movie is all thanks to Dr. Bob Moog's brilliant design.

Happy Birthday Dr. Bob!"

George Mattson & His Monster Custom EML Coming to MMTA SynthFest

via George C Mattson on Facebook

"Getting ready for the MMTA Seattle Synth Fest at the EMP on Saturday. John L Rice came over last night and caught me tweaking in my setup for the show."

And of course his Mattson Mini Modular systems will be there as well. You can see them to the right of the EML.

NSFW: iVardensphere's Interesting View On Music Gear

YouTube Published on May 28, 2012 by iVardensphere

"Join me while I go over some of the instruments iVardensphere uses in the studio. Of course just having Scott talk to the camera would be boring and we certainly don't want that so we asked some friends to help complete the vision.

Featured instruments in this video are:
Sherman 2 Filterbank
Schippmann Ebbe und Flut Filter
XOXIO
APC-40
Moog Little Phatty
Elektron Machinedrum
Elektron Octatrack
Serge Modular
Djembe Hand Drum

Many thanks to the folks that helped me out with this:
Ryan Stock and Amber Lynn
Gott Havok & Kyle
Rhonda & Lawrence
Curt & Geoff
Powerman
Kefkism Design"

via @iVardensphere

Homebrew step sequencer, "Stepper Acid"

via Zoë

"My partner (Nina, who took this picture last year: http://m.matrixsynth.com/2011/12/idow-matrixsynth-modular-pic-of-week_26.html ) and myself have started work on building an acidline step sequencer together. It's in the early prototype stages at the moment, so there's no interface, just a preset pattern, but it's already starting to sound pretty good hooked up to our Doepfer! The project is open source, for both hardware and software, so anybody can see how it works and cannibalise it into their own open source projects.

How it looks: pictured
How it sounds: http://bytenoise.co.uk/misc/stepper-acid-2012-05-27-2.mp3
How it works: https://github.com/ZoeB/stepper"

Korg Kaossilator2 + KP3 with "Irish Lore Voice"

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YouTube Published on May 28, 2012 by cyberspacecowboys

"Gears:
Korg Kaossilator2, KP3.
KP3 Samples are made by Logic Pro 8.

Using Kaossilator2 data:
Arp type 41
Pattern 148, 131, 84, 79, 63, 26, 23

Performed by S_Ishimaru"

Kaoss on eBay

VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER "PIF"

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via this auction

"The knobs: Volume / Lowpass Filter.
Buttons: Power / Vibrato / OSC 32' / OSC 16' / OSC 8'.
— Number of octaves in a keyboard - 2 (24 Keys)
— Adjustable effects - Vibrato
— Output - built-in speaker / 5DIN Output *
— Power source - 9V adapter (not included) / 6 Batteries *
— Weight, 2kg (approx. 4.4 Pounds)

Demo Track [mirror]
6 min. track to demonstrate the sound of PIF synth. All the synthesized sounds (except drumloops) where produced on PIF synth, using software sequencer & its standart vst effects - reverb/delay/flanger/phaser.

Audio Sample 1"

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Moog Cookbook

via Brittany Niedzwiecki on Facebook

The Moog Cookbook are Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Brian Kehew

myspace.com/moogcookbook
The Moog Cookbook on Wikipedia

Brian Kehew Talks Synths at AES Studio City LA

via Brian Kehew on Facebook

"Hey music friends - I'm giving a talk on (cool, old) synthesizer instruments at the Audio Engineering Society meeting this TUESDAY night 8.00pm at Sportsmens Lodge,
12833 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604. It won't be technical, and I have tons of old photos and catalogs from a collection I've hidden-away all these years. It will be fun, informative and, hopefully, inspiring!"

micromac PCB layout

via Ken MacBeth on Facebook

"This is a look at two screenshots of the PCB layout for the micromac boards. The lower section of each board is the micromac 3U module layout- the additional top parts are the analogue LFOs, MIDI etc for the desktop version! It was a well busy weekend- I now have both sets of boards ready to drill! 1 more functionality tset to do over today!..."

macbethstudiosystems.com/

DrumDokta DRM-110

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via this auction

"Din Sync "DrumDokta" DRM-110 drum machine module for Eurorack modular synthesizers. It is a clone of the vintage Roland DR-110 drum machine. The DR-110 was always thought of as the cheap gritty version of a TR-808. This module adds several new and exciting features to the usually limited Roland DR-110. An absolute beast of a drum module for Eurorack, and only about half the size of an actual DR-110!"