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Octave CAT SRM II Synthesizer

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Pic of the inside under the bottom of the case below.

Midi Tessel: Launchpad Midi Add-On for Usine hollyhock

Published on Sep 30, 2013 Nay Seven·29 videos

"Midi-Tessel is the second version of a Launchpad patch, this time with 7 midi sequences. Each sequence have its own Midi channel, you can sets start and end for each sequence, add FX's and more.
This patch is a free add-On and works with the free Usine hollyhock version ( sensomusic.org).

The wiki page with explanations ; (sensomusic.com/wiki2/doku.php?id=hollyhock:manual:modules:patches:midi_tessel)"

diy VCO, E350 - FM - triangle

Published on Sep 30, 2013 heodesalciphron·131 videos

Sequetron 13.07 with modular synth, drum machine & supernova

Published on Sep 30, 2013 Phil Tipping·54 videos

"Another quick live lash-up with Sequetron driving a dotcom synth plus drum machine & supernova to provide more 'voices'.
The 1st section shows the Sequetron ports, macros & drum style setup.
The 2nd section overlays live screenshots showing the seqs being recorded & looped in real-time, and the dynamic template/virtual keyboard along the bottom shows how the keys change functionality as notes are pressed on the music keyboard. No mice or qwerty keyboards are used.
View at higher resolution if screenshot writing is fuzzy.

Port 1 goes via Kenton Pro Solo to VCO3, Q107 filter, EG & VCA.
Port 2 goes via Q104 module to VCOs 1 & 2, Q150 filter, EG & VCA.
Port 3 goes to Novation Supernova synth.
Port 4 goes to DRM1 drum machine.

The 3 macros are triggered by 3 of the 5 Korg EC5 foot pedals to switch live output between ports 1, 2 & 3 (could also use normal port commands from the MIDI keyboard, but macros are a new feature!).
The macro definitions are:-
cc12, abs=127, [live] cmd, [command] live, [command] port-n, [digits] 1
cc13, abs=127, [live] cmd, [command] live, [command] port-n, [digits] 2
cc64, abs=127, [live] cmd, [command] live, [command] port-n, [digits] 3

The 'record attrib source' config option is set so that live's current port value is automatically transferred to the recorded sequence(s) when the recording starts.

The drum style used for the metronome is taken from the Drum Machine Patterns books by Rene-Pierre Bardet.
More info & downloads at www.philizound.co.uk"

New Buchla Easel Playtime

Published on Sep 30, 2013 Todd Barton·119 videos

"using the keyboard's arpeggiator to drive the on board Sequential Voltage Source -- some fun little patterns and timbres. . ."

SSF Mixmode Saturator VS BD808

Published on Sep 30, 2013 SteadyStateFate·22 videos

"MIXMODE saturating a dynamic signal source.
More info about MIXMODE at www.steadystatefate.com

The BD808 is fed into MIXMODE's mixer saturation circuitry. The effects of the saturator on a bass kick is demonstrated at various settings.
The bass kick is then also hard clipped by the SSF GND CTRL - audio and CV utility.
While the signal peaks are hard clipped, the tail of the kick remains in MIXMODE's saturation region and increases so, as the volume level is increased. This is in effect a multistage distortion capable of a large palette of harmonic overtones.
On it's own, MIXMODEs saturation circuit is unique. As the bias/clipping level is reduced, the signal's peaks are first softly rounded and then squashed.
So the effect is a combination of soft clipping and compression of the signal peaks. This allows for a wider variety of tones and phase shifting effects are heard when biased or voltage controlled.
Increasing the volume begins to saturate the entire signal, adding life and animation. Driven further, the signal begins to hard clip via GND CTRL, which introduces a quicker occurrence of high order harmonics. You can hear the changes as the signal retreats from hard clipping back into pure saturation.
MIXMODE is not just a saturator, it is a very high fidelity, precision attenuator, inverting attenuator, adder/subtracter, full color signal polarity indicator and high end DC coupled audio and control voltage mixer!
More videos and walkthroughs to come from Steady State Fate!

Enjoy!"

Synth Spotting with FARTBARF

FARTBARF 20130926 from LADY HUMP on Vimeo.

"FartBarf Live at Studio Hermosa Sept. 26th 2013 (3 songs) (the show was actually on the 25th but they didn't come on till after midnight so you figure it out...)"

I spy: DSI Mopho, Moog Little Phatty, Tom Oberheim SEM, Arturia Minibrute & DSI Mopho X4.

This one in via Grant of musictechnologiesgroup.

KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS

via this auction

Three videos below.

"KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS - NEW

RECORD NEW / MINT

1- SHOX LUMANIA – SIGNALS – 1981 – NEW
YORK
2- LAST FOUR (4) DIGITS – CITY STREETS -1980 - INDIANAPOLIS
3- RED ASPHALT – RED ASPHALT – 1981 – SAN FRANCISCO
4- A-MOS – MODERN NOISE – 1980 – DETROIT CITY
5- ACTIVE INGREDIENTS – LAUNDROMAT LOVERBOY –
1979 – NEW YORK
6- BPA- BUS – 1983 - CINCINNATI
7- ASBESTOS ROCK PYLE – POLICE STATE – 1983 DETROIT CITY

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All Connected - Modular Event in Brussels, Belgium Starting in October

"‘All Connected’ is a new series in Huis23 that will feature concerts, films, readings and instrument presentations with and about artists who play with the language of ‘voltage control’. Artists who use the ‘modular’ as creative thinking process and who explore musical boundaries in doing so. Artists who work in the spirit of the San Francisco Tape Music Centre, a collective that came into being when pioneers like Terry Riley, Morton Subotnick, Steve Reich, Ramon Sender, Pauline Oliveros, and many others connected their oscillators and tape recorders together to produce the most progressive music of the period.

The title 'All Connected' is inspired by the idea of Dick Raaijmakers. He destabilised his studio and created unpredictable noises for pieces like Plumes and Flux, by connecting everything to everything and turning up the voltage as high as it would go - See more at: [link]"

You'll find full details on the event here: http://www.abconcerts.be/en/projects/p/detail/all-connected

Some additional details in via Mich:

"First day of the series [October 22] is with Daniël De Wereldvermaarde Botanicus with his collection of Korg MS synths, W. Ravenveer with a Eurorack modular system, a screening of a short Eliane Radigue documentary and Makino Takeshi will screen his movie Recorder with music from Jim O’Rourke.

On the second date, December 6, we will have Kassel Jaeger of GRM coming over with an all night event on the Coupigny synth and the INA-GRM.

Other dates will be announced soon."

Also:

In early 2014 there will also be specials on IPEM and on the San Francisco Tape Music Center. You'll find the ‘general’ project page for that here:

http://www.abconcerts.be/en/projects/p/detail/all-connected