GEETA DAYAL "Signal and Noise: A Brief History of Electronic Music" :: watsON? NOISE 2013

Published on Jan 31, 2014 The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry

Missed this one from 2014. Title of the post says it all. Fascinating bit of history that lead to our world of synthesizers. Enjoy.

You can find her website at http://www.theoriginalsoundtrack.com.

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Geeta Dayal is an arts critic and journalist who has been covering the intersections between sound, culture, and technology for a decade. She has written hundreds of articles and reviews for major publications, including Wired, Frieze, Cabinet, The Wire, The Village Voice, Bookforum, The New York Times, Print, and many more. Her first book, Another Green World, on the musician Brian Eno, was published by Continuum in 2009. Her essays appear in several anthologies on music, including The New Grove Dictionary of Music (Oxford, 2013), Loops (Faber, 2009), The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson (Zer0, 2009), The Pitchfork 500 (Simon & Schuster, 2008) and Marooned (Da Capo, 2007). She is a recent recipient of a major grant from Creative Capital / The Andy Warhol Foundation in the Arts Writers Program. She holds two undergraduate degrees from MIT (2001) and a master's degree from Columbia (2003). She is currently based in San Francisco, and is at work on a new book, on sound and technology in the 1950s.
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The watsON? NOISE Festival 2013 - Curated by Golan Levin and Spike Wolff
'Ancient life was all silence.... with the invention of the machine, Noise was born.' -- Luigi Russolo, 'L'Arte dei rumori'
Noise continually surrounds us, from white static to violent intensity. We are absorbed into, embraced by, and assaulted with sound. Vibrating through our bodies, we capitulate as it engulfs us and permeates our psyche. In the still of its quiet absence and the thrill of its deafening roar, the force of sound is a constant. wats:ON? 2013 explores the realm of noise through a variety of analog, digital, and apparatus enhanced sound-music performances. Noise asks you to surrender to the possibility of the rush of the sublime.
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The Jill Watson Festival Across the Arts (wats:ON?) was created to honor the life of Jill Watson, whose interest in the arts inspired others through her work and her teaching. The festival celebrates Jill's commitment to an interdisciplinary philosophy as an artist and celebrates her accomplishments and reputation as an architect. Jill Watson was a Carnegie Mellon University alumna, adjunct faculty member in the School of Architecture, and acclaimed Pittsburgh architect who died in the TWA Flight 800 plane crash on July 17, 1996.
The wats:ON? Festival is made possible by the generous support of the JILL WATSON FAMILY FOUNDATION.
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This lecture is co-hosted by The wats:ON? Festival and CMU HCII Human Computer Interaction Institute, with support from :

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CHARLOTTE SOMETIMES Cover by Red Martian

Follow-up to this post. Red Martian's cover of The Cure's Charlotte Sometimes is now available as a free download on Bandcamp. Every synth sound you hear on the track is the Rev 1 Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 which featured SSM based filters vs. the CEM filters found in the later Rev 3. All drums are the Roland TR-626. For guitar and bass the track features a Rickenbacker bass and Fender Jazzmaster, which was Robert Smith's guitar of choice throughout his early career.

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"Red Martian - Charlotte Sometimes free download #indie #music #musicmonday"

gear used: Rickenbacker bass, Fender Jazzmaster, Prophet-5 rev 1 and TR-626.

New Harvestman Eurorack Sequencer in the Works

So that's what Scott had in his system. Click through for the video.

"The Harvestman shared this sneak preview of their upcoming sequencer module – relaxing at Sweeney’s Bar in Dublin."

via synthtopia

Fanfare: Yamaha DX7 II, Moog Sub 37 & Korg Gadget for iPad

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Marcus Padrini

"Analog, digital and virtual :) A synth jam with Yamaha DX7II, Moog Sub 37 and Korg Gadget for iPad [iTunes].

Fx: TC-Helicon Voice Live GTX (chorus and reverb for the DX7 II) and Zoom MS70 CDR (chorus, reverb and delay for the Sub 37)."

Funny, I don't think I ever thought the intro is reminiscent of Dr. Who until now. Was it on purpose or just coincidence?

And the original with the mighty Yamaha GX1 (the Dr. Who riff is less obvious with everything else going on but it's there):

ELP Fanfare For The Common Man - Emerson Lake and Palmer

Uploaded on Feb 7, 2010 Igorravasi

Doctor Who Themes (All of Them)

Uploaded on Aug 29, 2011 bhssinger3

"Here are all of the the themes from Doctor Who, from 1963-2010. That is every single official theme song for the series!"

Mutable Instruments - Warps

Published on Nov 23, 2015 DivKidMusic

"Put your feet up and grab a drink and join me for around 28 minutes of Warps from Mutable Instruments! It's a longer video than usual but I wanted to really dive into each mode and go through what's going on while also reverting back to the crossfader mode to show you the input signals and sequences used. There's also the internal oscillator, some through zero FM and a bit of a jam at the end with plenty of modulation. All the timings for the video sections are indexed below and will work as links so click them to go through and check out the bits you want ... AFTER watching the full thing of course! :)

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00:04 Features
01:12 Crossfader
02:46 Crossfolder
05:32 Diode Ring Modulator
07:51 Digital Ring Modulator
09:56 Exclusive Or Modulation (XOR)
13:56 Comparison & Rectification
15:53 Feature Run Down (with modulation)
17:12 Vocoder
23:51 Internal Oscillator
25:01 Through Zero FM (of the internal oscillator)
25:47 Lightshow / Ambient Jam"

DX5 Playing Depeche Mode "Nothing" (new version)

Published on Nov 23, 2015 DX5

"Updated version. Gear used: Emu Emax (I and II), Kurzweil PC1x, Pad to Midi converter.
Backtrack recorded and sequenced on Pro Tools.
This is the first take, therefore some mistakes can be found :)

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

ARP ODYSSEY: Make Worlds.

Published on Nov 23, 2015 ARP

"Your next musical voyage starts here. The legendary ARP ODYSSEY is back in all of its analog glory. The new ARP ODYSSEY offers the same distinctive, versatile and lush sound from one of the most sought-after vintage analog instruments in this – or any other - world."

Studio Electronics SE-1 Monophonic Synthesizer

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Arp Odyssey Mk 1 2800

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"Completely refurbished 1973 Odyssey Mk 1 2800 with 4023 filter. Versatile built in NEA aftertouch module($1200 installed) added.Extensive reconditioning( 30 hrs) includes the following:
Keyboard bus bars replaced
Rubber key bushings replaced
Power supply replaced with new Power One linear PSU
Old power chord replaced
All sliders removed , cleaned, polished, rebuilt. All bad carbon traces replaced.
All polarized capacitors replaced
All op amps and CMOS 4011 ICs replaced
Both VCOs completely rebuilt
Decoupling capacitors added to eliminate bleed from VCOs and S&H mixer on oscillator boards
Unit tuned and calibrated
Aftertouch sensor added to keybed
Aftertouch electronics added to panel
Switch routing Aftertouch LFO to S&H clock installed
ADSR and LFO single/multi-trigger mod added.
External audio input to the filter

Aftertouch can be routed to VCO1, VCO2,VCF, and VCA using front panel controls. Aftertouch mod also has its own triangle and square LFO .The switch added to the left of the keyboard allows the sample and hold clock speed to be modulated by Aftertouch. There is also a single/ dual trigger switch installed above the noise generator for the ADSR envelope which disables the retriggerring of the LFO(LFO free run)."

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MFB Dominion 1 - checking out presetlist sounds from 33 up to 64 (1080p)

Published on Nov 23, 2015 REWO_Channel

"These are the second set of 32 sounds of the 128 of the magnificent MFB Dominion 1 analogue synthesizer. Banks 05 to 08. Each bank has 8 sounds. While playing these sounds, I also turned some knobs :-)"

Added to part 1 here.