Lumen Aqua & Hadikat Raja XXII

Published on May 4, 2013 RADIOKLOW·82 videos

"Composition for Virus TI, percussions and Steinway concert piano of Miroslav Philarmonik by IK Multimedia, and natural sounds."

Hadikat Raja XXII, Première Partie

Published on May 3, 2013 RADIOKLOW·82 videos

"First part of the twenty second visit to the garden. Composed for Virus TI and Little Phatty. Music, film and all arts by Marc-Henri Arfeux."

Hadikat Raja XXII, Deuxième Partie

Published on May 3, 2013

"Second part of the twenty second visit to the garden. Composed for Virus TI and Little Phatty. Music, film and all arts by Marc-Henri Arfeux."

On the synths featured: "Virus, the Little Phatty and the classical percussion set of Miroslav Philarmonik. The Little Phatty can be heard at the following times, mostly playing in association with the Virus :

05:25-05:57
10:43-10:52
10:55-12:09
12:11-12:18
12:28-12:56
14:12-14:53

The percussion set of Miroslav appears two times. First, with the Virus which plays its own percussion part with sounds I created : 08:37-09:21 A second time at the very end of the piece as you will notice."

Joyful Tweeting

Published on May 4, 2013 Khantipol Kasemsant·199 videos

"Elektron Analog Four + Arturia Minibrute + NI Maschine Mikro Mk2
Recorded into Ableton Live 9"

Into The Cave. Pitsburg Filter, MFB Urzwerg Pro, 4ms PEG.

Published on May 4, 2013 SoloStuff·9 videos

"I actually did this a while ago, but never posted it anywhere. A simple patch testing my euro modular which is now quite a bit larger. This was recorded in raw, direct from speaker to my crapy camera mic!!.

I personally think that Urzwerg Pro is one of the best if not the best sequencers you can get out there for that price. Plus, it's portable, so you can use it with other things, plus it saves you rack space."

Rare BBC 1967 Mellotron PEG: Programme Effects Generator

Note the serial number is 47. I wonder how many of these were made. via Brian Kehew:

"I've always been a huge fan of Mellotrons and related items. This might be the rarest one I've seen. A friend of mine had this unit in a crate in his storage for years, I've been begging to let me get it out and try it... and it's finally possible. It's the only one I've ever seen, and most Mellotron people don't even know these existed.

The BBC seemed to have commissioned these in 1966/67 for quick access and playing of sound effects tapes. Previous to this, sound effects were kept on individual reels/spools and threaded manually onto a tradition reel-to-reel tape deck. The PEG is designed to use custom cartridges, with preloaded springed tape. They cartridges can be used up to 4 at one time, each loading into a Record/Playback "drawer" with some options. Each drawer allows you to record a new sound onto the tape, or simply play back. Playback allows pitch change and preset decay times as the tape plays. It's industrial or space-age sheet metal construction makes it look very "of its time" sort of Dr. Who meets a battleship.

It's designed a kind of a table-top or desktop unit, and there is a heavy external box used to vary pitch, if needed. So far I have only limited success with it, but it does light up and have some function. There is a huge and detailed manual documenting everything about it, so it will only be 'yet another project' and a matter of time to get it all sorted out..."

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Carl Oliver - Experiment Twenty Two

Published on May 4, 2013 Carl Oliver·22 videos

"A Video Series of Short Eurorack Modular Impromptu Experiments and Improvisations."

Watch them all here.

Roland TB-303 BASS SYNTH

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What do the D.S. and D.C. stand for? It's interesting that they chose italic font for them.

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BROTHER AUTO EMILLION

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"Vintage 70's BROTHER AUTO EMILLION organ keyboard/synthesizer, made in Japan. features a wide range of sound options with both presets (Harpsichord, Marimba and Vibes); as well as user-controlled sounds via the separate mixers for Flute 8', Flute 4', Oboe and Violin. Additional controls are Vibrato and Sustain, along with various accompaniment options. Also included is a Rhythm Section/Drum Machine with a number of preset patterns which can be altered in Tempo and Output Volume in relation to the keyboard played sounds.

There is an onboard speaker, plus different input/output options on the back.

This unit is in excellent working order and very clean physical condition as pictured. It is a quality-built vintage portable organ - not a toy. The top and bottom casing panels are all metal, with plastic sides. The sounds are surprisingly good and the options are versatile for a range of uses - including stage. Dimensions of the organ itself are approx 76 x 30 x 10cm, and it weighs around 9kg"

You can find a video of one previously posted here.

Update via Joe McGinty in the comments: "Looks like a re-branded Baldwin Discoverer [posts here] (which is also very cool). Functions are exactly the same. Interesting."

Update2: you can also see one in this video with Tame Impala.

ROLAND JUPITER 8 JP-8 SN 151443

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Roland Vintage Synth M-VS1 ZH71631

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"This is the stand-alone rack version of an JV expansion board having lots of real analog sounds of all the classic boxes of the past, from TB303 to Solton, from Moog to MKS, CR78 and other real good sounding stuff. Pity, you can only edit via sysex.Wonderful Mellotron standard sounds (strings, choir) and some nice chewy bass sounds. The drum kits plunder the Roland back catalogue but without a decent editor the kits are a bit perfunctory.

Sounds ("Patches") : 256, plus 8 drum kits

Multitimbral : 8 part (inlcuding 1 drum channel). 17 Multitimbral memories ("Performances").

Polyphony : 28 note (max, including drums)

Effects : Stereo effects, very quiet. 3 types of chorus, 8 types of reverb (including 2 delays). NB all effects are preset & apply to all instruments.

Outputs : Stereo jacks + headphone. Instruments can be set within the stereo field.

User Interface : 3 digit LED display. Parameter/patch up/down buttons, with matrix for selecting parameters.

Multitimbral Memories - Parameters Per Patch : Patch number, Volume, Stereo pan, Reverb/chorus amount, MIDI channel, Key shift, Detune, Min polyphony, MIDI receive - Vol & Hold, Prog Chg, Bank Sel, Sys Ex."

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Serotonin Potion

Serotonin Potion from val pastel on Vimeo.

little dirty jam with:
my brand new "Sonic Potions LXR" diy drum machine
dsi evolover
vacoloco gorf -> novation bassstation rack -> BassKick+
all into the mixer where a little reverb was added.
thats it :)