Innerclock Systems Sync-Gen II PRO & Sync-Step

via Innerclock Systems, where you'll find a write-up with some praise for the devices.

Modular Wild-Malekko Heavy Industry-Richter Megawave-Bank 10 Part One

Published on Mar 16, 2015 Modular Wild

http://malekkoheavyindustry.com

"An exploration of Bank 10 of the Miniwave bank of the Malekko Heavy Industry Megawave,Includes Oscilloscope views and sounds.Sound and Video by Raul Pena.Part One of Two.
For the ultimate experience follow along with the Miniwave manual:
https://web.archive.org/web/200602140..."

All parts:

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The Build — Wej Schematic

Published on Mar 11, 2015 Retronyms

Wireless MIDI. You might remember the Wej from this post back in October. Their pre-order goal was met and development is progressing.

"In this episode of The Build, Dan talks about the development of Wej. Take a look at the 'development guts' of Wej as Dan outlines the components he's been using to write the firmware. At 4:38, Louis appears to stress-test the setup with a wireless controller-driven solo.

Wej is a hackable wireless midi performance base iOS. More info: http://preorder.retronyms.com/

The Vegas Lounge development dev kit by Punch Through: https://punchthrough.com/docs/doku.ph..."

Yamaha SY-1 Keyboard Synthesizer SN 5760

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via this auction

"Unit works perfectly with the exception of the bender, which has a slightly unstable pitch. Please see photos for cosmetic condition details. 100v unit will include a regional adapter plug and voltage converter so you can use it in your home country."

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ARP Odyssey 2800 White Face Analog Synthesizer

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via this auction

SN 281580 or 281500

"Up for sale is an amazing Arp Odyssey 2800 white face. This is a beautiful piece which has been previously restored/serviced. All sliders, switches, knobs, keys and jacks work flawlessly. Great condition, really clean. About a year ago the restoration work was done and it's been working flawlessly ever since. It stays covered in a clean studio and gets regular use. Truly amazing sounding and a pleasure to play in it's restored state...

Here are the details of what was done when I first got it about a year ago.

Everything was meticulously cleaned by hand during the restoration. Sliders were dismantled, cleaned, polished, lubed, tested and only the best internals were used resulting in an accurate and perfectly smooth operation. All original Arp slider caps are included! Each switch was cleaned and slightly lubed. The keybed was also restored, keys cleaned, buss bars and spring contacts polished, key heights leveled, and new key bushings installed so the action is like new and all keys trigger perfectly. After the work was done the Odyssey was calibrated."

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KORG MINI POPS JUNIOR SN 750884

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"Vintage early 1970s Mini Pops Junior Analog Drum Machine

Keio Electronic Lab Corp Tokyo Japan (later to become Korg)

Serial # 750884

240 volt AC 50/60Hz Australian Plug

Completely original in every aspect

Cosmetically in outstanding condition except the number 226483 written on top case in pencil"

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Dark Interpreter simple setup/tutorial 001 no-input

Dark Interpreter simple setup/tutorial 001 no-input from pickledfeet on Vimeo.

"Ad-hoc first tutorial for the Dark Interpreter Mater Tenebrarum - http://www.1010.co.uk/org/darkint.html showing basic no input operation and simple test to see that all is well with the Dark Interpreter. Finger/skin input and feedback. Also my Dark Interpreter accumulated some dirt from live burial during NIME performance in London!"

First referenced in this Blackdeath Plague post.  Note there are three incarnations of the Dark Interpreter.  The Mater Tenenbrarum featured in the video above is the third.  The following is some info for the archives pulled from http://www.1010.co.uk/org/darkint.html, where you'll find additional details including samples and the price for each.  Note there does not appear to be an image for the second, "Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs".

"From the diviner of The Black Death, The Dark Interpreter (Towers Open Fire edition) is the ultimate plague-driven, finger sensitive, stand-alone noise processor, granular synthesiser and sound generator, merging digital and analogue processing.

The Dark Interpreter is modelled as a set of leaky, overlapping medieval village spaces within which various plague simulations run, and through which a motley of villagers (grains) wander, steered by electric fingers and touch.

Following the work of Thomas de Quincey, The Dark Interpreter re-casts the contemporary noise instrument as a "dark symbolic mirror", placing control of parameters on the skin, and strapping a psyche/plague village interface to the head. This is modern live coding with no screen, no keyboard and little conscious control.

The Dark Interpreter thus seeks to return all contagious execution to the skin, rewriting the history of technology as a plague which has always attempted to shift that site into the earth itself.

Details

The truth I heard often in sleep from the lips of the Dark Interpreter. Who is he? He is a shadow, reader, but a shadow with whom you must suffer me to make you acquainted.

[Thomas de Quincey. The Dark Interpreter]

The Dark Interpreter operates as contagious sample or village granulator, distortion, and unique sound generator based on a speedy ARM processor allowing for 16 bit sampling at 48KHz, and with a sample memory of around one second (vastly extended by undersampling).

The Dark Interpreter is delivered in three versions, all fully assembled and tested, and features high quality ALPS potentiometers, optional BOSS style 9v power socket (+9v/positive on the outside, negative centre, minimum 300mA) or battery clip, and full size (6.5mm) JACK input and output sockets. Please note that versions cannot be extended, they are not cross-compatible.

1-The eldest of the three is named Mater Lachrymarum, Our Lady of Tears.

The simplest Dark Interpreter consisting of one digital base board for solely digital processing and generation. Order with 9v socket (default) and/or battery clip on the back (please specify). Some skin control and entry. Mater Lachrymarum is recommended for complex granular sampling and is particularly suited for vocal re-processing.


2-The second Sister is called Mater Suspiriorum, Our Lady of Sighs.

The second Dark Interpreter consists of one digital/analogue base board (same as the above but fully populated board) with digital processing and generation extended by symmetrical custom filters, distortion, and switchable feedback paths. Order with 9v socket (default) or battery clip on the back (please specify). Some skin control and code entry. Mater Suspiriorum is recommended for harsh noise with relinquished control.

3-But the third Sister […] her name is Mater Tenebrarum,—Our Lady of Darkness.

This two-tiered Interpreter (The Black Stack) extends the Mater Suspiriorum with an algorithmically-designed, gold-plated skin breakout board and skin/EEG amplifier (strap it to the head, stick it in the earth, pull it across the skin, into the body). All signal paths and settings are accessible to the skin for complex hand re-routing, and feedback. Of course the device can be used without any wished skin transfer. Tenebrarum ships with 9v socket (not recommended for safety reasons) and battery clip on the back. Mater Tenebrarum presents the ultimate in harsh noise/granular processing with divined control."

Korg SQ-1 play PPG 1002

Published on Mar 16, 2015 RinghausenMusic

"Trigger in Part 1 & 3 is the first MFB drum machine , from 1979"

Korg SQ-1s on eBay

Atheus on Korg MS-20

Published on Mar 16, 2015 darkpoem9

"Improvisation on Korg MS-20 + effex board."

Les rencontres Modularsquare : Make Noise, Noise Engineering, Mutable Instruments, Eowave...

Published on Mar 16, 2015 modularsquare

http://www.modularsquare.com

Video for last Saturday's live stream announced here.

Googlish (original French description below): "Small-up session for those who have not had the opportunity to join us Saturday, March 14, 2015 for a Modularsquare meeting under the sign of new modules 2015. And this is only the beginning!

You will notice that the video starts in the middle, I mistakenly forgot to start recording from the beginning of the presentation ... therefore only those who were present, or who were following us live on our UStream channel is able enjoy the beginning. Sorry! Like what, it's always better to come in :)"

Original French description:

"Petite séance de rattrapage pour ceux qui n'ont pas eu la possibilité de nous rejoindre samedi 14 mars 2015 pour une rencontre Modularsquare placée sous le signe des nouveaux modules 2015. Et ça n'est que le début !

Vous remarquerez que la vidéo commence en plein milieu, j'ai malencontreusement oublié de lancer l'enregistrement dès le début de la présentation... en conséquence seuls ceux qui étaient présent sur place ou qui nous suivaient en direct sur notre chaîne Ustream on pu profiter du début. Désolé ! Comme quoi, c'est toujours mieux de venir sur place :)

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