Friday, October 26, 2012
Yamaha Synth MX61 & MX49 Introduction
Published on Oct 26, 2012 by yamahacorporation
"MX Serie Synthesizer Introduction with Adrian Zalten: MX61 & MX49"
And Interview with Hans-Joachim Roedelius of Kluster / Cluster & Eno
On the instruments first used: "We used electric organs, cello, guitar, kneeviola, tonegenerators, echomachines and many mostly selfbuilt little electronic devices in the beginning. Brian when he came to our place brought one of the first synths that existed at the time but nothing else, so he played this synth, guitar, bass and he sang. It was not him who produced that album it were the four of us first with/on a fourtrack tapemachine that Michael Rother provided..."
BTW, after you finish the interview, be sure to check out his others. You can find them by doing a quick search on "Interview" on the top left Blogger search box on the site. You'll find interviews with John Eaton, Gershon Kingsley, Hereb Deutsch, Vince Clarke and more.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
"Flowers for Malala" (Instrumental tribute)
Published on Oct 24, 2012 by TimeSynthis
This one in via TimeSynthis: "All Ensoniq SD-1/32 and percussion on Alesis Performance Pad Pro."
"I'm dedicating this song as a salute to the bravest girl in the world, a 15 yr old school girl, Malala Yousafzai, who was a victim of extreme terrorism, all because she had the courage to speak out for woman's rights for education. God Bless you Malala! We pray for your recovery!
A little melody I played over a rhythm in 11/16, mallets play in 10/16 over the 11/16, but not always. I played percussion first on the Alesis PP Pro Pads (with drum sticks), added mallets and a moog lead voice, both played on an Ensoniq SD-1/32, All parts played live by myself, (no sequencing or midi clock)
Original Instrumental work by Jack Girouard (2012)"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai#Rehabilitation
1980 ELECTRO HARMONIX EH0400 MINI SYNTHESIZER
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via this auction
" For your consideration is this vintage 1980 Electro Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer EH 0400 synth. Completely intact, including all original multi-colored rubber switch tips, this particular example is a very good simple-sounding analog monosynth, with the ability to slip it into a laptop protective case and transport it anywhere.
The membrane buttons/keys are well preserved, and have not been damaged. The plastic case exterior is also in perfect structural condition with no cracks. The internal speaker is intermittent, but it works fine with the aux. 1/8" output jack.
This particular example is in very nice all original condition and features: a single analog VCO, a single Pulse waveform, an octave divider, a dedicated LFO for a Pulse-Width-Modulation effect, an analog filter, a sweep and phase rate with cutoff controls, as well as in/out of phase, resonance and filter switches."
via this auction
" For your consideration is this vintage 1980 Electro Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer EH 0400 synth. Completely intact, including all original multi-colored rubber switch tips, this particular example is a very good simple-sounding analog monosynth, with the ability to slip it into a laptop protective case and transport it anywhere.The membrane buttons/keys are well preserved, and have not been damaged. The plastic case exterior is also in perfect structural condition with no cracks. The internal speaker is intermittent, but it works fine with the aux. 1/8" output jack.
This particular example is in very nice all original condition and features: a single analog VCO, a single Pulse waveform, an octave divider, a dedicated LFO for a Pulse-Width-Modulation effect, an analog filter, a sweep and phase rate with cutoff controls, as well as in/out of phase, resonance and filter switches."
MFB-503 Drumcomputer Analog Drum Machine SN 09531
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via this auction
*3 analogue instruments (Kick, Snare, Tom)
*2 sample-based instruments (Cymbal, Hi-Hat)
*Stepsequencer with up to 32 steps per pattern
*26 sound-edit functions (attack, decay, pitch etc.)
*programmable Tom tuning (lo, mid, hi)
*90 pattern, 90 songs, 90 kits
*MSRP: 280,- Euro
via this auction
*3 analogue instruments (Kick, Snare, Tom)
*2 sample-based instruments (Cymbal, Hi-Hat)
*Stepsequencer with up to 32 steps per pattern
*26 sound-edit functions (attack, decay, pitch etc.)
*programmable Tom tuning (lo, mid, hi)
*90 pattern, 90 songs, 90 kits
*MSRP: 280,- Euro
The Next Level - Xils-Lab Oxium Demo
The Next Level - Xils-Lab Oxium demo, all sounds except drums are Oxium by SYNTHDemo
"All sounds except the TR606 samples and speech are from Oxium, vocoder eff etc is Oxium being vocoded by MeldaProduction MVocoder.
I'm still amazed by the sheer quality of sound from this synth, I'm a real sawtooth junkie and the sound of the sawtooth leads you can get from this synth have to be my favourite of any of the soft-synths I've tried. You can hear the excellent formant filter again showing it's skills in the fake talkbox lead in the 2nd half, format filter vowel being modulated using the modwheel during the solo.
All in all there is more to like about this orange monster every time I open it up. I haven't even played with the LeMasque modulation yet....
More single synth demos at http://soundcloud.com/synthdemo and at http://facebook.com/synthdemo"
"All sounds except the TR606 samples and speech are from Oxium, vocoder eff etc is Oxium being vocoded by MeldaProduction MVocoder.
I'm still amazed by the sheer quality of sound from this synth, I'm a real sawtooth junkie and the sound of the sawtooth leads you can get from this synth have to be my favourite of any of the soft-synths I've tried. You can hear the excellent formant filter again showing it's skills in the fake talkbox lead in the 2nd half, format filter vowel being modulated using the modwheel during the solo.
All in all there is more to like about this orange monster every time I open it up. I haven't even played with the LeMasque modulation yet....
More single synth demos at http://soundcloud.com/synthdemo and at http://facebook.com/synthdemo"
Nth Synth #1065
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via this auction
"If you missed the kickstarter... check out all the info here
http://nthsynth.wordpress.com/products/nth-music-synthesizer/
INSTANT FUN
The NTH is designed so that a complete beginner can quickly craft incredibly varied timbres. For the synth veteran, the NTH offers relief from layered menus and obscured functions. The NTH puts a smile on the face of musicians and non-musicians, synth geeks and synth novices, children and adults alike.
AWESOME SOUND
We started with a PIC microcontroller and 8-bit DAC to create a dual-pitch oscillator with modulation by waveform, amplitude envelope, detuning, and glissando. Then we added a gritty analog low-pass filter, integrated step sequencer, and simple, intuitive controls. Your initial experimentation will quickly reveal an astonishing range of output: from sweet and sublime to raw, thrashing, and retro sounds.
HACKABLE DESIGN
The NTH is designed for easy modification:
The NTH’s spare hardware DAC channel and electronics prototyping area await your experiments.
We’ve included an ICSP port for connection to the NTH’s PIC16F microcontroller. Use a low-cost USB programmer to modify, upgrade, or completely rewrite the firmware on your NTH.
The NTH Design Source Package includes the design files and source code for every detail of the NTH including electronic hardware, firmware, and enclosure. The package will be available for free download."
via this auction
"If you missed the kickstarter... check out all the info here
http://nthsynth.wordpress.com/products/nth-music-synthesizer/
INSTANT FUN
The NTH is designed so that a complete beginner can quickly craft incredibly varied timbres. For the synth veteran, the NTH offers relief from layered menus and obscured functions. The NTH puts a smile on the face of musicians and non-musicians, synth geeks and synth novices, children and adults alike.
AWESOME SOUND
We started with a PIC microcontroller and 8-bit DAC to create a dual-pitch oscillator with modulation by waveform, amplitude envelope, detuning, and glissando. Then we added a gritty analog low-pass filter, integrated step sequencer, and simple, intuitive controls. Your initial experimentation will quickly reveal an astonishing range of output: from sweet and sublime to raw, thrashing, and retro sounds.
HACKABLE DESIGN
The NTH is designed for easy modification:
The NTH’s spare hardware DAC channel and electronics prototyping area await your experiments.
We’ve included an ICSP port for connection to the NTH’s PIC16F microcontroller. Use a low-cost USB programmer to modify, upgrade, or completely rewrite the firmware on your NTH.
The NTH Design Source Package includes the design files and source code for every detail of the NTH including electronic hardware, firmware, and enclosure. The package will be available for free download."
Ensoniq Mirage DSK-1 Sampler Synthesizer with 22 Disks
TOY #10 QUICKSHOT STUDIO 4 (1988) | funny demo
Published on Oct 25, 2012 by AnalogAudio1
(c) 2012 by AnalogAudio1
"Are you tired of cold, digital sounding recordings? The fully analogue QuickShot Studio 4 allows you to bring back the warmth of analogue in your recordings. The Studio 4 contains a great mixing console, a tape recorder, a microphone and very useful effects for the daily studio work...
QuickShot has also produced other high quality studio equipment like the 'Sound Machine'. This is a similar machine, just instead of the effects it contains a synthesizer ;-).
It came with shoulder straps, microphone and headphones.
As a kid I always wanted it, but nobody wanted to buy it for me... my parents had no clue how important analog recording to me was :-)"
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