Monday, September 15, 2014
Abandoned Sugar Plant
Abandoned Sugar Plant (Part 2) from Adam Pietruszko on Vimeo.
"Abandoned Sugar Plant in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland
Photography by nijanulu
Music by Adam Pietruszko
All sounds made using 'Insane Sculptor' preset bank for Logic Sculpture physical modeling synthesizer.
Preset programming by Adam Pietruszko. Soundbank available from SoundsForSynth.com
http://soundsforsynth.com/home/113-sculpture-synth-sounds.html"
The Clockmaker's Daughter Seduced by Rain
via Chris Bond on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
"The second track from my archives - again all Yamaha TG33 module except for the Piano samples from the Ensoniq EPS supplied library disks. Multitracked on Fostex R8 Reel to Reel with FX from Alesis Quadraverb. 1991."
Controller Clinic: Mapping FX to Motion with Midi Fighter 3D & iPad
Published on Sep 15, 2014 Kyle Mohr
"In the 2nd Controller Clinic Video, we show how to map the 3D motion of the Midi Fighter 3D to FX in the Turnado App, using Audio Bus and Mad Zach's "Hundredaire" Soundpack on BeatMaker 2 with the Apple iPad.
http://www.kmprodj.com/"
New iPad Deals on eBay
Tony Horsman's Shumovik II composer/performer system
Published on Sep 15, 2014 Richard Horsman
"Arduino Mega microcontroller controlling a large Doepfer modular synthesizer. Every piece performed is unique, using four complex sounds each with two variants and two alternative effects. Patch design and Arduino code by Tony Horsman."
Torino Synth Meeting 2014 - MIDIMUSIC Presenta Bitwig
Published on Sep 15, 2014 NOISECOLLECTIVE
via http://www.synthmeeting.com, via Francesco Synth Meeting Mulassano on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.
"Quest'anno al Synth Meeting di Torino, si è parlato anche di software grazie a Martino (MassProd) e a MIDIMUSIC che hanno portato sul palco della Murazzi Student Zone il nuovo BITWIG!"
Cliff Martinez Playing the Crystal Baschet
Published on May 30, 2012 zunkfloop
via wikipedia
"The 'Cristal Baschet' is a novel acoustical music instrument of a type of friction idiophones. Vibration as an element is used to produce musical tones by means of friction. These vibrating elements are metal rods embedded onto a heavy plate. The pitch of the sound tone is determined by the rod's length and weight position at the equilibrium point. The vibration is caused when an attached glass rod is gently stroked with wet fingers...
The Cristal Baschet was developed around the same time as musique concrète (Avant-Garde musical style introduced by Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry), Electro-Acoustic music and early Moog synthesizers. The Cristal Baschet produces music similar in style with these other musical forms, but it's completely acoustic without the involvement of an electric amplifying-device."
72 ARP Odyssey Whiteface Vintage Analog Synth
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via this auction
"If you're here, you know the Odyssey is like a mini-ARP 2600, but with added VCO sync capabilities, dual-voicing, and dedicated LFO. Kraftwerk used this exact model of Odyssey on all their early tracks, and can be heard especially on Autobahn. YouTube videos of this synth abound. It was also used by bands like Alphaville, YMO, Ultravox, ABBA, Jean Michelle-Jarre, John Foxx (Metamatic), Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultze, Devo, and many more. It is one of the top 10 classic analog synths ever made, and rarely found in this condition. In my opinion, the whiteface ARP blows away the Minimoog. You can duplicate the Minimoog sound with an Odyssey, but can't duplicate an Odyssey with a Minimoog. This is a must-have synth for any vintage synth aficionado...
PHYSICAL CONDITION:
The synth is near mint. Face of synth is a matte cream, as when new. Most old Odysseys show wear marks to the black print or have a shiny white surface from fingers rubbing against the paint. This one looks nearly brand new. Sliders move easily and smoothly and are not glitchy. The octave switch works perfectly and is not yellowed like on most old Odysseys. All knobs and switches function as they ought to. Power switch light actually works, a rarity on this synth. The synth is perfectly in tune (but adjustments can move during shipping so tuning is not guaranteed) and works great from external CV/GATE. Keys trigger perfectly. All keys had bushings replaced, keybed aligned, keys polished and leveled, springs and bus bar cleaned. It now plays like butter and triggers perfectly on every key.
FULLY REFURBISHED AND CALIBRATED:
No expense has been spared to bring this synth to fully-functioning, near mint, fully-calibrated, original condition:
1) Every key bushing was replaced and lubricated. The keys now play like butter.
2) Every key spring was cleaned and for perfect key triggering. Busbars were cleaned.
3) Every key was disassembled and hand-polished to a mirror-like finish
4) The keybed was painstakingly levelled so that every key lines up vertically with the next, with equal spacing between keys. The keyboard maintenance alone took over 6 hours to accomplish.
5) Original slider caps were sourced and are very clean. The synth also includes the rare original pink caps.
6) All sliders were hand-cleaned (not using any spray) and now slide perfectly without much effort. Do a search for "kraftwerk world of tomorrow" on YouTube to see Kraftwerk using a whitefaced Odyssey on Autobahn. You will notice the sliders move easily with one finger in the video. That's how the sliders should work on an ARP Odyssey.
7) A new old stock tuning knob was sourced and is in mint, shiny condition
8) Synth was gone over with a fine-toothed comb by my synth tech and calibrated. All features are working perfectly and the synth is in tune, including the dual-voice feature.
9) To make the synth even easier to control, a Kenton CV/GATE kit was added with 4 jacks (top-bottom, CV, GATE, TRIG, FILTER). The kit works perfectly and the synth can be controlled from most CV/GATE converters.
MINOR ISSUES:
1) Two rubber feet are missing from the bottom. These can be sourced online. I probably have a couple similar type rubber feet in my junk drawer that are non-original ARP feet that I could include if the new owner wants them.
2) A couple light scratches along the back of the synth
3) A couple small nicks on the face of the synth
4) Small mark on black plastic along top right edge of synth"
via this auction
"If you're here, you know the Odyssey is like a mini-ARP 2600, but with added VCO sync capabilities, dual-voicing, and dedicated LFO. Kraftwerk used this exact model of Odyssey on all their early tracks, and can be heard especially on Autobahn. YouTube videos of this synth abound. It was also used by bands like Alphaville, YMO, Ultravox, ABBA, Jean Michelle-Jarre, John Foxx (Metamatic), Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schultze, Devo, and many more. It is one of the top 10 classic analog synths ever made, and rarely found in this condition. In my opinion, the whiteface ARP blows away the Minimoog. You can duplicate the Minimoog sound with an Odyssey, but can't duplicate an Odyssey with a Minimoog. This is a must-have synth for any vintage synth aficionado...
PHYSICAL CONDITION:The synth is near mint. Face of synth is a matte cream, as when new. Most old Odysseys show wear marks to the black print or have a shiny white surface from fingers rubbing against the paint. This one looks nearly brand new. Sliders move easily and smoothly and are not glitchy. The octave switch works perfectly and is not yellowed like on most old Odysseys. All knobs and switches function as they ought to. Power switch light actually works, a rarity on this synth. The synth is perfectly in tune (but adjustments can move during shipping so tuning is not guaranteed) and works great from external CV/GATE. Keys trigger perfectly. All keys had bushings replaced, keybed aligned, keys polished and leveled, springs and bus bar cleaned. It now plays like butter and triggers perfectly on every key.
FULLY REFURBISHED AND CALIBRATED:No expense has been spared to bring this synth to fully-functioning, near mint, fully-calibrated, original condition:
1) Every key bushing was replaced and lubricated. The keys now play like butter.
2) Every key spring was cleaned and for perfect key triggering. Busbars were cleaned.
3) Every key was disassembled and hand-polished to a mirror-like finish
4) The keybed was painstakingly levelled so that every key lines up vertically with the next, with equal spacing between keys. The keyboard maintenance alone took over 6 hours to accomplish.
5) Original slider caps were sourced and are very clean. The synth also includes the rare original pink caps.
6) All sliders were hand-cleaned (not using any spray) and now slide perfectly without much effort. Do a search for "kraftwerk world of tomorrow" on YouTube to see Kraftwerk using a whitefaced Odyssey on Autobahn. You will notice the sliders move easily with one finger in the video. That's how the sliders should work on an ARP Odyssey.
7) A new old stock tuning knob was sourced and is in mint, shiny condition
8) Synth was gone over with a fine-toothed comb by my synth tech and calibrated. All features are working perfectly and the synth is in tune, including the dual-voice feature.
9) To make the synth even easier to control, a Kenton CV/GATE kit was added with 4 jacks (top-bottom, CV, GATE, TRIG, FILTER). The kit works perfectly and the synth can be controlled from most CV/GATE converters.
MINOR ISSUES:
1) Two rubber feet are missing from the bottom. These can be sourced online. I probably have a couple similar type rubber feet in my junk drawer that are non-original ARP feet that I could include if the new owner wants them.
2) A couple light scratches along the back of the synth
3) A couple small nicks on the face of the synth
4) Small mark on black plastic along top right edge of synth"
SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS Prophet 2002 SN 0937
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via this auction
"ANYTHING you sample into it turns to gold. The filter is huge sounding and truly musical. Truly a Dave Smith classic. Plus the arpeggiator is great fun. This is an early sampler synth. It's similar to the Emulators and old Ensoniqs. It is a sampler with or 512k memory and 12 bit sampling. However it has analog VCF's and VCA's which give you analog tweak-control over the sounds you sample. It has 8 voices of polyphony, MIDI equipped, and there is an arpeggiator."
via this auction
"ANYTHING you sample into it turns to gold. The filter is huge sounding and truly musical. Truly a Dave Smith classic. Plus the arpeggiator is great fun. This is an early sampler synth. It's similar to the Emulators and old Ensoniqs. It is a sampler with or 512k memory and 12 bit sampling. However it has analog VCF's and VCA's which give you analog tweak-control over the sounds you sample. It has 8 voices of polyphony, MIDI equipped, and there is an arpeggiator."
ritm-2 Russian Analog Synthesizer
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via this auction
"This synthesizer was manufactured by Kirovsky musical instruments' factory in 1984, designer - Viktor Nikulin. The EMI Ritm 2 is an one-voice keyboard synthesizer designed for solo, ensembles and orchestral playing musical compositions of any genre. It can be used both for educational needs and creating different musical effects. This synthesizer can be used with an acoustic amplifier which has a response of 0,775. There is a possibility to use a low frequency amplifier such as radio receiver, TV and tape recorder. The quality of the sounding depends on an acoustic amplifier.
The synthesizer Ritm-2 can play soundings of the other classical instruments (keyboard, strings, reed and percussion instruments). It is intended for creating some specific sounds (wind, noise of surf, train, gun and whine). Using this instrument one can play some compositins with a random pitch and a timbre.
Control parametrs name: pitch wheel, modulation slider, modulation frequency, registers (4'8'16'32'), tuning modulation on, modulation amount, modulation waveform, noise, square waveform level, select waveform, wave level, cutoff, key track (1/1-1/2), resonance, modulation form/depth, phone, contour osc, output, memory, filter - attack, decay, sustain, release."
via this auction
"This synthesizer was manufactured by Kirovsky musical instruments' factory in 1984, designer - Viktor Nikulin. The EMI Ritm 2 is an one-voice keyboard synthesizer designed for solo, ensembles and orchestral playing musical compositions of any genre. It can be used both for educational needs and creating different musical effects. This synthesizer can be used with an acoustic amplifier which has a response of 0,775. There is a possibility to use a low frequency amplifier such as radio receiver, TV and tape recorder. The quality of the sounding depends on an acoustic amplifier.The synthesizer Ritm-2 can play soundings of the other classical instruments (keyboard, strings, reed and percussion instruments). It is intended for creating some specific sounds (wind, noise of surf, train, gun and whine). Using this instrument one can play some compositins with a random pitch and a timbre.
Control parametrs name: pitch wheel, modulation slider, modulation frequency, registers (4'8'16'32'), tuning modulation on, modulation amount, modulation waveform, noise, square waveform level, select waveform, wave level, cutoff, key track (1/1-1/2), resonance, modulation form/depth, phone, contour osc, output, memory, filter - attack, decay, sustain, release."
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