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Yamaha CS-50 demo (Terminator main theme, Equinoxe 5)

Published on Dec 7, 2012 by kebunator
Just got hold of a Yamaha CS-50 and was blown away. Although several live videos await editing, and I usually don't do synth demo videos only, I couldn't help myself. Just playing this thing brings back a lot of memories...

Recorded to computer with reverb & delay. No EQ or mastering processors. Quick and dirty.

Breathing Modular #121207

Published on Dec 7, 2012 by AsteroidKillerMusic

Blippoo maiden voyage

Published on Dec 7, 2012 by Henrik Nordvargr Björkk
"First three minutes with my bananafied Blippoo Box. This will take some time to understand, if even possible. Love it."

Laurie Spiegel Featured on Pitchfork - Intro on NASA's Golden Disk

"The experimental pioneer's groundbreaking work with computers in the 70s and 80s helped lay the foundation for many of today's electronic noise makers.

Probably the most remarkable thing about Laurie Spiegel is that a piece of music she made could be the first sound of human origin to be heard by extraterrestrial lifeforms. If aliens exist, of course. And assuming they have ears.

Spiegel's computer realization of a composition conceived back in the early 17th Century by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler is the opening cut on the Golden Record, a disc that accompanied both Voyager probes on their journey across the solar system and out into the great interstellar beyond in 1977..."

Read the full article on Pitchfork here. Note the EMLs to her right. The track that is floating in outer space? "Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds" performed on the Bell Labs "computer-analog hybrid" below. Don't miss vintage footage of Laurie performing on the system in this post. The track "Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds" was featured on Spiegel's "The Expanding Unniverse" posted here back in October. It was the second to last track. It's fascinating to think the message sent on NASA's Voyager probes opens with a synth.

Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds
video upload by Laurie Spiegel - Topic

John Bowen Solaris

via James Maier on Facebook

"Insanity with keys on... ♥ ♥ ♥"

http://www.johnbowen.com

James runs http://carbon111.com

Elektron AnalogFour first test - Acid, drums, A4

Published on Dec 7, 2012 by darenager
"Quick first test demo of the new Elektron Analog4, I wanted to see what it was like for making drum sounds and also some acid, this was done within about 90 minutes of getting it, so by no means a thorough run through. I have not yet tested most of the features so that is why this is just a basic demo. There are more comprehensive demos from guys that have had them a bit longer so check those out for some of the advanced stuff. First impressions are that it is very well suited to making analog drum sounds, as per usual with Elektron gear you can radically change the sound on each step, so with just a couple of tracks you can make some nice drum patterns, I will be exploring this further in a future video, right now I'm back off to play with it :)"

The Atomic Synthesizer System

via Atomic Shadow on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Ian Fritz Double Deka Ultrasonic VCO & Synthesizers.com modules.

Note the oscillator waveshape sliders.

morning \\\ modularing

morning \\\ modularing from joseph fraioli on Vimeo.
"main sound sources are the delptronics LDB-1e and intellijel DIXIE lfo/vco. modulation by the intelliel µfold and makenoise echophon. sequenced by 4ms RCD/SCM with clock source by doepfer a-147. note: the sound has been edited to show patch variations :) extra shitty video quality courtesy of iphone 5 and imovie."

"The Drone Establisher" Unique Oscillator (CAE Telegraph & Data Generator)

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via this auction
"The Drone Establisher" Unique Oscillator (CAE Telegraph & Data Generator 8620)

"Comes with a Banana to Jack cable, so you can plug it into your desk/amp/whatever.

I warn you, this thing is DAMN HOT; and by that, I mean the output of this unit is a large amount of volts which may potentially damage your equipment. Start on mute, and very slowly turn it up, if you go full-bore into something, you might regret it. It's blown up a guitar distortion pedal before --- It's had a taste of letting the magic smoke out of components, and it's got the need to extract more.
A hint: use the left hand side pair of outputs, as these are much lower in voltage and current than the right hand side pair of outputs.

What does it do, I hear you ask???

Well, it's designed to send test signals down phone lines in various patterns to emulate a modem. You'll see on there, there's a whole bunch of olde school modem bauds on there.

See those 8 switches on the right? They're sweet. If you put it into that mode, you draw the outputting waveform in these switches. Kind of like Walsh tones if you've heard of those.

What does it sound like?????
It sounds like THIS sample I recorded live randomly going through the modes.

Awful and terrible, sacred and profane. This is an unfiltered sound. If you run it through some effects, a pedal pitch, and a reverb or delay, you can ger some amazing timbres from this."

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