Phatt - No Way I'm XL - Another Voyager XL Production

Published on Oct 9, 2012 by MrRidgebackman

"Yet another Video of the Beast,

Best listened to with the volume up and Headphones or a decent pair of Speakers....

There is an attempt at humour for people liking Synth Porn, yes that good old fashioned love for all things Synth, regardless of what brand it is.

The music is all recorded live into Logic Pro 9 track by track, only the drums were sequenced. Bass, Phantom bass line and the twiddly bit to the left., apart from the drums, all tracks were recorded in Mono and panned. some processing as usual.

Yes the Guts and innards of my Voyager XL. Footage taken before I sent her away to be serviced. Hope you enjoy this one...lets see how many of you make it to the end...

The video is of me videoing the event where I am checking connections inside and pointing out to Moogmusic my findings, before I sent her away. I have to say, the guys and support at Moogmusic are excellent, well done guys for sorting this out, I knew you would anyway, but the support I got was brilliant.

Cheers Andy

Music and Video is sole property of ©Andy Barrow 2012"

Gangnam Style live performance on Quasimidi Sirius

Published on Oct 9, 2012 by Hanni13579

Original below.

"Somebody challenged me to do this. So this is for you, Final Draft. :P

I was just fiddling around with my Sirius when I suddenly had the idea: could a Gangnam Style pattern work on a 7-track-sequencer? So I fetched a MIDI file for the bass line (I was being lazy ^^) and created something funky. And it worked.
This is far from perfect and actually just for fun (the bridge could have been far better ^^). It took me 8 (eight) takes to record this because a lot of things have to happen in a very short time and very precise - and that takes practice. But I like how it turned out. For all in all three hours of preparation.

For those who don't know: the Quasimidi Sirius is a 1997 German digital synthesizer / 7-track-sequencer / vocoder ... thing. The song is based on two patterns (arrangement loops), one for the verse and one for the chorus. The first octave on the keyboard mutes / unmutes the tracks. The second pitches the three synth tracks. The last two are "normal" in playback mode.
The sounds are 100% Sirius and were directly recorded from its stereo output. The mixdown has been mastered and EQed. There's a light additional reverb on the synth recording, because it sounded too dry for my taste. The filter at the beginning was added afterwards using Logic's Channel EQ.

I know I need to shave.

All the sounds were taken from JayB's sound set for Quasimidi Sirius. Available on my homepage. If you want the pattern too, PM me.

Original track: Psy - Gangnam Style (Universal Music Korea)
Additional remake production: Johannes JayB Berthold

JayB homepage: http://www.jaybmusic.net
JayB on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jaybmusic
JayB on Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaybproductions
JayB on SoundCloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/jaybmusicnet"

And the original:

PSY - GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V

Published on Jul 15, 2012 by officialpsy | #1 on the YouTube 100

Paulo Beto & Pedro Zopelar na Reco-Head

Paulo Beto & Pedro Zopelar na Reco-Head from arthur joly on Vimeo.

Roland MC505 in Lima-Peru

via Alfredo Aliaga of Atomo Synth on Facebook.

"found!!!! Roland MC505 in Lima-Peru キタ！！！ —"

And below: "after a little cleaning... 100% alive!!! :-)"

Mutable Instruments Anushri

flickr set By Nicoo DIY
(click for more)

"Anushri is the new mono alog synth from mutable-instruments.net and it's rule!!"

I'm not seeing any additional info on Mutable Instruments at the time of this post.

Update via via Renegade Rhythms in the comments. via Mutable Instruments:

"Mutable Instruments Anushri – a cheerful analog synth (that doesn’t suck at drums too)

Analog synthesis

Analog VCO with saw and pulse waveforms, freely mixable.
Optional automatic VCO calibration in software for those who don’t like messing with trimmers.
-1 or -2 octaves sub-oscillator.
Auxiliary square oscillator (DCO) with accurate digital tuning. Can be mixed in the audio path, used as a FM modulator or as a sync master for the VCO (yes, it means “ewwwwwwiowwww” and “wongwong”).
12dB/octave multimode filter, with smooth self-oscillation.
Post-filter overdrive/fuzz circuit.
Linear VCA.

Modulation sources

1 main ADSR envelope routable to pitch, pulse width, cutoff frequency.
1 simple 1-parameter envelope (morphing through various stages, including the shape of the main ADSR, and a rigid “GATE” style envelope) routed to VCA.
Velocity routed to either cutoff frequency or VCA gain.
1 LFO routable to pitch, pulse-width and cutoff frequency ; with 8 waveforms (triangle, square, ascending and descending ramps, S&H, bernouilli process, piecewise linear random process aka “autodubstep”, noise).
1 triangle LFO for vibrato and/or growl.

Arpeggiator and sequencer

Arpeggiator with 4 modes (up, down, up&down, random) ; 1 to 2 octaves ; 6 patterns.
SH-101-style note sequencer with step by step recording, up to 128 notes. Easy recording of pauses, ties, and glides.
Tempo set by internal clock with shuffle, external MIDI clock or external 6/12/24 ppqn trigger.

Drum machine

Algorithmic drum pattern generator using an innovative “pattern sculpting” approach – allowing a large combination of drum patterns to be sculpted from 5 knobs.
Digital sound generation of BD / SD / HH with tone control.
Drum sounds can be freely triggered from an external sequencer using MIDI channel 10.

Interface

10 pots and 4 switches for hands-on access to synthesis parameters.
10 “software-pots” for editing modulations / arpeggiator / drum machine settings.
3 dedicated navigation buttons (“modulations”, “arpeggiator / keyboard”, “drum machine”).
3 dedicated sequencer buttons (“record”, “play”, “hold / rest”).

In/out

VCO CV in/out (Note: manual VCO calibration is required for accurate 1V/Oct I/O).
VCF CV in.
VCA CV in.
PWM CV in.
Gate signal in/out (5V level for output).
24, 12 or 6 ppqn clock signal in/out (5V level for output).
Front panel external audio in.
External Audio in.
Drum machine individual out (inserting a jack there removes it from the main mix).
Audio out.
MIDI in/out (thru + arpeggiator and sequencer notes).
CC control over modulations and some of the digitally controlled synthesis parameters. Some parameters like filter resonance cannot be CC-controlled.

“Eurorackable”

Remove main audio in / out and solder corresponding minijacks on PCB
Remove LT1054 and solder 2x5 power connector
Route MIDI in/out to front panel (if you want…). And that’s it!

Availability

DIY product (full kit)
Price < 200€ / kit
Available < October 2012"

Different Skies 2012 Music Festival Gear Video

Published on Oct 9, 2012 by SeligVideos

"Different Skies 2012 Music Festival gear video. Participants give you a tour of their gear setups for this year."

Snyderphonics Manta touch controller at 5:24

The Plugin Guru Visits Mattson Studio

Two pics of George Mattson's studio by John Lhmkuhl of pluginguru.com.

via John Lhmkuhl on Facebook:

"That silver modular is over 30 years in the making! To the right, are 'downsized' versions of the Goliath silver modular in Euro Rack and his own Mattson Mini Modular format. What a treat to watch George fire all these modules up!"

"George got into the synthesizer world when he invented the syntar 34 years ago YESTERDAY - I'm holding (and playing) the very FIRST Syntar that George created. I was also given an introduction to many of the cool modules that George has created including a really powerful sequencer (in the background behind my Left Hand is a whole bunch of Mattson Mini Modular modules, all making beautiful music!) The Analog synthesizer world is very much alive in the Pacific Northwest!"

Check out George Mattson's creations at http://mattsonminimodular.com/. You can find additional posts on the massive EML via the Mattson EML label below.

Introducing Thonk - New Eurorack Manfuacturer & Distributer

We have a new eurorack manufacturer in town: Thonk

"The first kits available will be the Thonk ‘ATATAT’ passive tiple attenuator and the Music Thing ‘Turing Machine’ Random Sequencer module."

Left: AT-AT-AT – Triple Attenuator Eurorack Kit
"A kit for a Eurorack passive triple attenuator module (4hp).
The simplest Eurorack DIY project imaginable. Below you’ll find links to very thorough build instructions written with synth DIY beginners in mind. This module requires no power from your busboard or prior electrical knowledge, it’s completely passive.

Build time: 20-60 mins depending on experience.

Everything is included to make and rack the pictured module, even the solder.

* Panel – 4hp – Anodised Aluminium with industrial Alu-Print legend
* Knobs – Black Davies 1900h clones
* Alpha Linear pots
* Kobiconn 3.5mm jacks
* Solder + Wire (generous amounts for beginners)
* M3 Eurorack screws"

Turing Machine Sweeping Arc Panel

"This is an engraved and laser cut acrylic panel. It’s not a full diy kit, just a panel. The panel comes without any paint infill on the engraving. It is very strongly advised to NOT remove the paper from the panel before painting it."

MusoTalk Special - Hausbesuch in Schneidersladen

YouTube Published on Oct 1, 2012 by musotalk

"weitere videos: http://www.musotalk.de - Mitten in Berlin am Kottbuser Tor gibt es den besten Laden für Synthie-Junkies. Andreas Schneider verkauft und vertreibt eine grandiose Palette an verrückten Klangerzeugern."

If you are not familiar with Andres Schneider, click here and enjoy. You'll find a number of posts featuring his name and influence. He is the man behind the documentary Totally Wired and host of the massive synth Superbooth at the yearly Musikmesse convention in Europe.

via wire to the ear

Roland SH-09 Analog Synthesizer SN 983125

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via this auction

"The SH-09 excels at killer monophonic bass, and has a real unique sound, one of the better in the Roland SH series. Great for bass sounds, rocking leads, as well as sequencing sounds from older CV/Gate enabled synths/sequencers. It is architecturely on par with the Roland SH-101, and is very fat & analog sounding. It's VCA can switch between gate or envelope and there's a sample & hold function used for VCF filtering acid type sounds. Hook the SH-09 up with one of Roland's CSQ-100 or CSQ-600 Sequencers, and this thing kicks some major sequencing you know what. Another great thing about the SH-09 is the CV/Gate IN & OUT jacks used for sequencing with other analog synths. Also, cool is the external Audio IN input jack used for processing all types of instruments and external audio (guitar, bass, drums, field recordings, other synths, you name it) through the VCF filter.

All sliders move smoothly, no crackling pots, noisy knobs or sticking keys.
For a vintage synth of it's age, this baby is in tip top shape, physically & sonically."

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