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TEMPEST moog DFAM Modular Synthesizer techno jam 2020.02.04

Published on Feb 4, 2020 tak8u

"DFAMのみじゃなくてすいませんが動画撮ってみました。"

Cristal Baschet & Ethervox Theremin

Published on Feb 4, 2020 Peter Pringle

"There has been a lot of interest in the last few years in the instrument known as the “cristal baschet” (aka, “crystal organ” and “euphone”), so I decided to make a video showing what it looks and sounds like. The instrument was developed in the early 1950’s by the late Bernard and François Baschet, two brothers who lived and worked in Paris. It is entirely acoustic, and constructed mainly of glass and stainless steel. There are resonators attached to it to amplify the sound. In the above video the large “sail” (“voile” in French) is made of mirror polished stainless steel, while the three other teardrop-shaped resonators are made from arborite (these are usually made of fiberglass but I have found that arborite, which is much harder, gives a superior tone).

The sound of the “cristal” is produced by dipping your fingers in water, and rubbing them along a series of parallel glass rods. The rods are attached to a row of chromatically tuned steel bars, similar in principle to tuning forks, and the vibration set up by these bars is communicated to the resonators. This idea was first developed two hundred years ago by the German musician and physicist, Ernst Chladni.

Because the “cristal” must be played with wet hands, it is not easy to find a second instrument that you can play at the same time. The obvious choice is the THEREMIN, because it is played without touching. The theremin in the video is a 1998 Moog MIDI Ethervox, the only fully capable MIDI theremin ever made, and believed by many to be one of the late Robert Moog’s crowning achievements. Sadly, there were only about 50 of these instruments ever made.

Since I only had my left hand to play the theremin (my right hand is playing the “cristal”) I was forced to control the volume of the theremin by means of a pedal. It is interesting to note that with Russian inventor Leon Theremin’s early prototypes (which he called the “etherphone”) volume was also controlled by a pedal - not by a volume antenna. I would like to thank the original designer of the Ethervox MIDI software, Rudi Linhard of LINTRONICS, for certain improvements he made to foot control of the MIDI functions - my left foot is on a MIDI pedal which you cannot see in the video.

I built the cristal baschet in the video myself, with the kind help of the wonderful French musician and “cristaliste”, Karinn Helbert, who shared her knowledge of the instrument and was an endless source of encouragement. For those who are interested in the construction of this instrument, here is a webpage I put together describing the process. It was lots of fun to build (I really like making stuff) but I will not be making another.

This webpage is in French, but I hope to get around to doing a translation soon for English speakers who are interested in the subject.

www.peterpringle.com/cristalbaschet.html"

Plaits Synthesis Models Series #4

Published on Feb 4, 2020 Omri Cohen

"If you like what I do and want to support my work, consider joining my crew on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Here is the patch - https://patchstorage.com/plaits-synth..."

Ampethron Introduces Ampethron Portable – Liveact, DJ and studio hardware synthesizer

The press release:

  Ampethron, a new synthesizer company, introduces Ampethron Portable – a live act and studio hardware device with unique a external controller and the possibility to endless extensions and upgrades (install next synthesizers, instruments and algorithms to the hardware device).  If you want to learn more, see videos and hear demo songs at: www.ampethron.com

“After more than 4 years of development, multiple beta testing stages, everything is coming to perfection and we are ready to roll out. We are starting Crowdfunding Campaign mainly because we need to know how many pieces should be produces in first series” Ampethron company says.  

You can support this project here: (OFFICIAL PRE-ORDERD CROWDFUNDING)

Here is the complete specification of Ampethron portable FX synthesizer:

Ampethron FX+ synthesizer is a primary synthesizer installed in every Ampethron portable device. FX+ is synthesizer with both classic and futuristic/innovative algorithms of sound synthesis allowing you to create FX sounds and soundscapes never heard before. The main advantage of FX+ synth is speed of work – you can rapidly create hundreds of FXs while sounds amazing in every setting.

FX Synth Top features:  
- 4X Oscillators (1x Wavedrawing – user can draw his own waveform realtime with finger or pc mouse, 2x Special wavetable oscillator with special Re-Synth-Remodulation algorithm, 1x classic virtual analog oscillator)  - Variable routing of every oscillator to Filter 1 or Filter 2

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Akai MPC 3000 "SP Custom" by GhostInMPC

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This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

"This unit has been refurbished and upgraded to work properly and look good. It is not mint and that´s been acknowledged in the selling price.

One of the four SP Custom units GhostInMPC has made was sold in Japan recently for approximately 3162 US Dollars (about 2800 Euros).

You won´t see these for sale often! EUROPE ONLY! ASK FOR SHIPPING!

- Custom Vailixi 3.50 operating system chips for this specific serial number and "SP Custom" unit. (see pictures)
- Brand new ultra bright LED screen.
- Black wood sides and armrest by Audiocustom pl. The wood side panels are a few millimetres shorter than originals so I am including the plastic sides as well.
- Brand new 32mb maximum ram installed for maximum sampling time
- Installed Jazzcat custom internal SCSI cable for internal zip/SCSI device. Allows you to have the external back port SCSI interface function simultaneously with internal SCSI device.
- Installed 3.5 disk power cable extension cord for easy installation and powering of internal SCSI devices.
- Mpcstuff.com button decals (see pictures)
- Installed internal iomega Zip 100 drive. (Will include zip disk)
- Step down power transformer for European power specifications.
- Fixed a typical Akai MPC 3000 fault: Noise in headphone outputs fixed and removed by qualified technician.
- All tact switches replaced by a qualified technician. Works like new.
- Power supply updated by a qualified technician.
- New pad sensor installed
- New SCSI fuse installed.
- A/D converter board fixed and inspected by a qualified technician.

Happy bidding!

PS. This machine looks beautiful next to a E MU SP 1200 black reissue! ;)"

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Cottbus/ Vermona Tiracon 6V GDR Synthesizer

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"East Germany, 6 voice analog synth, one VCO per voice, 3 LFO, 2 EG, 24dB LPF with resonance, 12dB HPF with resonance.

Working, but 2nd and 6th voices has a noise."

You can find demos of one in previous posts here.

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