Moog 1125 Sample & Hold controller

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panetone lab serie #001

panetone lab serie #001 from Cristiano Rosa on Vimeo.

panetone lab present:

8 step gate sequencer
panetone distortion
panetone little bass
mfb BD01

Testing the Make Noise Echophon.

Testing the Make Noise Echophon. from joseph raglani on Vimeo.

Isao Tomita & Hideki Matsutake of YMO Interview on RA

via Resident Advisor where you will find the full interview. A couple of excerpts:

Isao Tomita on picking up the Moog synthesizer:

"How did you come to buy one?

Isao Tomita: At first, I had no idea where to buy it. Back in 1970, when we didn't even have a fax machine, I used a telex machine to contact people in Hong Kong. I found out that the Moog company was located in Buffalo, New York. I flew over there, and was shocked to see that the main office of a cutting-edge company like Moog was located in a simple, storage-shed-type building, in the middle of nowhere. I said to myself, "They make intricate machinery in a place like this!?"

So you went there and asked to buy the Moog III P directly. How much did it cost?

Isao Tomita: Back then, one dollar was 360 yen, and the Moog synthesizer was considered a luxury item, such as a foreign car, so the tariff rate was over 200%. It cost somewhere around 10 million yen (roughly $125,000) in today's value. Also, in those days we didn't have customs brokers like we do now, and if goods had problems clearing customs, the person importing the goods had to actually be there. So at customs, they asked me what this machine was. I told them that it was an instrument, and they didn't believe me. They said, "Then, play it." [laughs]..."

On Isao Tomita meeting Hideki Matsutake:

"And around that time you met Hideki Matsutake?

Isao Tomita: Yes. I was becoming increasingly busy around then, so I had Matsutake manage me at a music production company he was working for back then. When I started to understand which cords to connect to create the right sounds I decided I'd let some younger guys try it, so I invited Matsutake. With Moog, you have to keep the power on all day for it to work properly, so when I wasn't using it, I'd let others use it. I would use it from 8 PM to 4 AM, and then there would be a group using it from 4 AM to noon, and then another group would come in and play around with it until 8 PM.

Hideki Matsutake: I worked during the day, so I would come in and play the Moog at night, and I remember falling asleep under it. Tomita never taught us how to use the thing, so I had to learn it on my own. I've always liked playing with machines since I was a kid, so I understood the functions of the device fairly quickly, but knowing where to connect the cords to render sounds that are listenable was a completely different story..."

Full interview on RA here. via I Dream of Wires on Facebook

Endorphin.es A New Eurorack Modular Arrives

"We, Endorphin.es are a group of synth enthusiasts from Vienna/ Austria, engineering modular synthesizers for sound design and contemporary art.

The summer of love starts today, on Friday 13th.

After a few years of development we would like to announce the first eurorack module from our upcoming product series, the "Furthrrrr Generator".

You maybe know, which famous module our "Furthrrrr Generator" is inspired by. Some of you already had the opportunity to hear plenty fabulous demos by Kent in his "Complete and total teaser thread: New Dual Osc w/waveshaping".

Main features:
* 30 HP width, up to 1" in depth (super slim and therefore skiff friendly)
* All analog signal path inspired by and based on famous west coast synthesis — a module within the idea of harmonic generation based on additive synthesis theory
* 2 discrete OTA triangle-core VCOs both with hard- (resetable) and soft- (inverting) syncs. The cores are self made custom encapsulated circuits with decent results of tracking (up to 6 octaves) as well as fine temperature stability
* Selectable tracking (1 or 1.2 v/oct) by setting a jumper (we believe at last a few wigglers will appreciate that)
* Bolted potentiometers, wobble free for heavy duty
* Multi-turn frequency knobs sweep up to 10 octaves
* Oscillator tuners that simply always work
* Of course, RoHS and cat friendly smile

The harmonical section of the carrier oscillator involves a complex chain of waveshapers, crossfaders, wavefolder as well as the "Mood Index" with amplitude-, balanced-, frequency- and timbre-modulation.
Every parameter is voltage controlled, interacts with and depends on each others position. The whole scheme is a bit complex for immediate understanding. We consider the better way to understand it, is to start with forgetting about the waveforms – just explore it. Here is kind of a starmap for you to imagine the possibilities:

However – you may soon try the "Endorphin.es – Furthrrrr Generator" at some established showrooms – we will announce where and when in this thread. We aim to start selling via the established synth retailers by fall/winter 2012. Video demonstrations will be made in the close future.

http://endorphin.es
info@endorphin.es"

A little synth trivia: the first use of Endorphin in the name of a synth as far as I am aware of was with fibra's Endorphin QUAD SID.

Switched On Walk-Through July 13, 2012

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by switchedonaustin

"A virtual walk through of our current floor inventory at:
1111 E. 11th St. Ste 150
Austin, TX 78702

If you see anything that you are interested in and have questions, please email us...
switchedonaustin@gmail.com

or call...
(512) 782-8806
12-6pm (Central Standard Time)"

DroidBeat NoiseMaker for Android

YouTube Uploaded by nav3d on Feb 15, 2012

On Google play here.

"A simple bytebeat app for Android. Inspired by Glitch Machine for iOS. Icon was based on image by Kyle McDonald, licensed cc-by 2.0."

Networked Granular Synthesis with netMUSE!

YouTube Published on Jul 14, 2012 by metabog

"I will make a demo soon that shows multiuser behavior. The software itself (in prototype form) will also be released fairly soon, allowing you to test it."

Luna and Eurorack Modular July 14

YouTube Published on Jul 15, 2012 by catsynth

"A small improvisation on Eurorack synthesizer modules while Luna the black cat sits and watches. Modules include Make Noise Echophon, Metasonix R53, E350 Morphing Terrarrium and Circuit Abbey ADSRjr."

CatSynth

filters check on akai S1000, cheetah ms6 and fb383 (MPC 60 vid)

YouTube Published on Jul 15, 2012 by michal23pl

"yep, filmed with a calculator. HD sound only:P just a 8 bar loop and knob twiddling. thanks for listening and watching."