Sunday, September 19, 2021
A Failure of Imagination (i) // Shot on Fuji XT4
video upload by Oblivion Corner
"Music by Cybersyn. Used with permission by Oblivion Corner.
Full Album available now: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com/a...
For inchoate ramblings, read on ...
A cold concrete bench on a seasonably warm day is a slice of heaven. Add to that a location in a quiet corner and we are proverbially off to the races. This video features a track that was set to be included in a concept album about Cybersyn, a forward-thinking 70s antecedent to the internet and ‘big data’, being fictionally smuggled out of Chile just as the democratically-elected government collapsed due to the autocratic onslaught by brutal forces backed by the CIA and US corporations, named and unnamed, since those events. Thinking of what could have been is always a wistful exercise when it comes to technology.
This music imagines a form of progressive technocracy as the backbone of the technological developments that occurred in France throughout the 70s and 80s: high speed rail, space launch systems, interactive information systems accessible to all and a home computing revolution. The fictional machination of the album linked above imagines that all this national progress was enabled by the visionary capabilities of Cybersyn. Once more, it’s worth emphasizing that this is fiction. France did develop Ariane rockets, Minitel information terminals and the TGV high speed rail network but this was primarily thanks to the decisive actions of the government of the time which pushed these projects forward.
However, the idea of Cybersyn and the future it potentially augured has both a more sinister and melancholic side too. This is also represented in the music and visuals of this video. The influences here are two-fold, cinematic and literary. First of all, there’s la Nuit des Traquées (Night of the Hunted) the under-appreciated B-movie by Jean Rollin, starring the incomparable Brigitte Lahaie. The premise is that a nuclear accident has caused the emission of dangerous fast moving particles that have affected people in the surrounding area, causing amnesia and a loss of cognitive ability. A shadowy organisation has detained and subsequently relocates those affected to an ominous corporate skyscraper as the victims devolve into haunted animalistic shadows of themselves. Secondly, Les Forteresses Noires a novel by Patrick Grainville about a banker, a nightshift doctor, a sculptress and teenagers worshipping an odd assemblage of sewage rats. The common element here is that both the film and the novel are set in La Défense business district in Paris.
The location captured in this video is very much reminiscent of the architecture and solitary concrete corners of La Défense business district. The ominous nature of corporate architecture as well as the promise and paranoia of technology are the notions being conveyed here. However another idea that lies at the foundation of this music and album it was going to part of is “what could have been”. Namely, how would technology have evolved if at every fork the market forces of shortsighted thinking, cost-cutting and convenience had not been heeded. For example, what if Betamax had become the dominant video format of the 80s? What if France had pursued its homegrown CYCLADES network protocol instead of the X.25 based TRANSPAC standard? What if PC compatibles had never become as ubiquitous? What would the technological landscape look like now? This track and all the others featured in the album above (they will get their own videos in due course) aim to give a feeling of what that would have been like interspersed with the aforementioned intrigues and ideas.
This video was filmed with the Fujifilm XT4 camera using the Fujinon XF 23mm f2 lens.
If you'd like to support this channel with a one-off purchase, please check out our affordably priced music: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"
Instruments of Things SOMI-1 – The Sound of Me on Kickstarter
video upload by instruments of things
"SOMI-1 is now live on Kickstarter with 40% discount for the first 50 units!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/instrumentsofthings/somi-1-turn-your-movements-into-sound"
"Make your movements audible and become music yourself with the SOMI-1 motion sensor wearables for sound control.
SOMI-1 is a highly precise sensor technology that measures movement and transforms it into sound in real-time. The Bluetooth® sensors can be worn as wearables on the wrists and ankles, turning the user into an instrument.
Create Sound Via Movement
8 different movement parameters per sensor
Easy usage, no need of musical or technical pre-knowledge
Smartphone app as sound source
Connectivity to music software & hardware as sound source
Hub with MIDI interface (USB & TRS)
Wireless via Bluetooth® 5
Up to 6 sensors simultaneously
Each SOMI-1 sensor provides eight different motion parameters that can be used independently to control or trigger sound. The sound can either be generated via the SOMI-1 smartphone app, which offers several different sound presets, or by any instrument or music software that is compatible with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) – for example Ableton Live. The motion data of the SOMI-1 sensors is received wirelessly via Bluetooth® 5 by the SOMI-1 hub, that connects to your sound source via USB or TRS-MIDI. Up to six sensors can be used simultaneously with a single SOMI-1 hub to create incredible soundscapes and allow multiple artists to operate together."
You can find additional details at the SOMI-1 Kickstarter.
BEST OF SUPERBOOTH21: Dreadbox Nymphes, Erica Synths PERKONS, Waldorf M, RK008 & much more!
video upload by BoBeats
"Today we are at SUPERBOOTH21 checking out the latest and greatest in synths & music tech. Become a Patron and support videos like this here: http://www.patreon.com/bobeats
00:00 intro
00:18 Waldorf M Sound Demo & Overview
02:57 Finegear Exclusive Teaser
03:58 Expressive-E OSMOSE first look
09:35 SUPER 6 DESKTOP
12:18 Dreadbox Nymphes Analog Poly
14:03 Erica Synths PERKONS drum machine (its crazy!)
15:46 Freds Lab Töörö & MORE
19:20 BEFACO Plethora (Yeah, I can't pronounce that!)
21:51 Enjoy Electronics GODFATHER (MUST SEE!)
24:37 Vermona DRM1 MK4 (can I justify getting one?)
26:20 ZAPS eurorack module (crazy cool!)
27:29 RetroKits RK008 MUST SEE
33:33 Patching Panda Modules
35:00 AE MODULAR and MORE!!
40:17 BONUS PERKONS SOUND DEMO"
SUPERBOOTH 2021 New Buchla Music Easel
video upload by sonicstate
"A chill Saturday AM at the Buchla Bungalow with Marc Doty who was showing us new Music Easel which has benefitted with a few updates, including improving of grounding, additional strip control, trigger outs and a slightly larger case so that there is room to expand the system.
A new power module with USB and MIDI interfacing as well as additional audio and voltage mixer.
The new Easel will be available for preorder Q4 this year, available Q1 next year, $3,999"
Digitakt, Eurorack and Chill!
video upload by Electronisounds Audio
"Making beats with the Digitakt and a small Eurorack Skiff!"
Electronisounds:
WEBSITE ► https://www.electronisounds.com/
PATREON ► https://www.patreon.com/DeanDaughters
V.A.I. 62 Welson Stereo Symphony / Maestro USS / Maestro Rhythmking 4 / Ekosynth
video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia
This appears to be the first post to feature the Meastro Rhythm King 4.
"The mighty Welson Stereo Symphony is a rare Italian string machine with modulation stereo capabilities that are quite unique.
The Maestro USS is the first multi- effect for guitars: phaser, envelope follower, octave follower, Sample and hold etc.
The Meastro Rhythm King 4 is a drum machine with a rhythmic, tremolo modulation - chopping up whatever sound source you give the input in the back."
Korg MS10 Synthesizer Keyboard SN 136238 w/ Patch Sheet & Manual
Mode Machines SL-1 Synthlab SN 308206-100
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this auction
"The SL-1 Synthlab is a 100% true analog circuitry synthesizer with subtractive synthesis. The type of design started in the early 1970s with voltage-controlled modular systems. The use of the low pass filter on the transistor cascade means the SL-1 Synthlab sounds very similar to well-known early Moog synthesizers."
via this auction
"The SL-1 Synthlab is a 100% true analog circuitry synthesizer with subtractive synthesis. The type of design started in the early 1970s with voltage-controlled modular systems. The use of the low pass filter on the transistor cascade means the SL-1 Synthlab sounds very similar to well-known early Moog synthesizers."
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