FM Degradation Process

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"I composed this piece by designing software [Max for Live] to 'degrade' patches in the the Yamaha TX81Z. The degradation process occurs as shuffled parameters in the synth are randomized at a specified pace. The degradation can be interrupted at any moment by the performer. This excerpt stacks two layers of the process with some panning and reverb to add ambience."

Playing with Dreadbox Erebus

Published on Jul 31, 2015 Neoplasma

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Sequential Circuits Pro One SN 6670

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"This Classic Synth is in Excellent Shape. It was hooked up to an amp and the controls/effects seem to work properly."

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Roland SH-5 Vintage Analog Synthesizier

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Live Set.22_SpaceHill_ - Ant GM - Octatrack + Blofeld

Published on Jul 31, 2015 Ant GM

RND Modul KlangbauKöln

Published on Jul 31, 2015 RinghausenMusic

New random module from KlangbauKöln.

Giorgio Moroder - The Chase (live by Kebu @ Sthlm Italo Disco Party 2015)

Published on Jul 31, 2015 Kebu

"Kebu's all-analog synth cover of Giorgio Moroder's The Chase, performed live at the Sthlm Italo Disco Party 2015 at Nalen, Stockholm, 16.5.2015.

Thanks to Jean-Paul Meulendijks, Alexander Guskov, Heidi Väisänen, Tuulikki Väisänen, and Renaud Guérin for operating the cameras!

This cover version is a mixture of the both the original version and JAIA's Express Remix - with a few of my own additions thrown in.

The song was performed using only analog synthesizers, either played live or sequenced. The performance was recorded directly from the mixer to a stereo track and later mixed together with the ambience from the room. A few mistakes have been cut out and replaced with the audio from a rehearsal take.

Equipment used in this song: Logan String Melody II; MXR EVH117; Roland TR-808, Juno 60, Alpha Juno 1&2; Korg Polysix, Poly 61, Mono/Poly, Micro-preset M500; Moog Source; DSI Tetra; Jomox AirBase99; Touched-by-sound DRM1; Oberheim Matrix 1000; Marion Prosynth; Akai MPC2500 (only for MIDI sequencing), M-Audio Trigger Finger; Yamaha 01v96; Lexicon MPX500 & MPX550, as well as a midi patchbay and additional preamps for my mixer.

My debut album, "To Jupiter and Back", and latest single "Deep Blue" can be bought here: http://www.kebu.fi/"

NORD LEAD 1 【SYNTHESIZER MUSIC】 - "Blossoms in Waiting" - Ambient chillout / space music

Published on Jul 31, 2015 Synthesizer Style

"'Blossoms in Waiting' is a demonstration of the type of synthesizer music you can make with the 'Great' Clavia Nord Lead 1... I hope you have a good subwoofer. I have set this performance to a 'video.'"

Thonk Summer Sale Saturday August 1 through Sunday August 9!

Thonk is having a Summer sale starting this Saturday. There are over 100 different product lines in the sale with discounts ranging from 10-60% off. Some stock will be reduced to clear. In particular they will have a few great deals that may attract manufacturers and synth DIYers alike, including up to 50% off selected pots and knobs.

Living With The Moog Sound Lab

via the Moog Music newsletter:

"The Moog Sound Lab is literally moving into one of the bedrooms at the Ace Hotel in London for an entire month of Moog-ing. Six artists will each spend four days (and nights) cosied up to the equipment which will conclude with a live performance of their creations in the Ace's basement space, Miranda.

This special UK iteration of the Moog Sound Lab includes over 20 analog Moog handcrafted instruments, including one of the newly reissued classic System 55 Moog modular systems and some aural muscle from Bowers & Wilkins 805 Diamond speakers.

The UK Moog Sound Lab will be on tour across the pond for the rest of the year, allowing artists to experiment with the largest collection of Moog analog synthesizers outside of the the Moog Factory.

The full Moog Sound Lab residency at the Ace line-up is as follows:

Andy Blake
Blanck Mass (Fuck Buttons Offshoot)
David Colohan (United Bible Studies)
Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
Jim Tenor
Keiji Haino

Read the full story (here).

More information and tickets available from Ace Hotel (here)."