Thursday, February 10, 2022
The Monster Bass Synth Soviet Children Played
video upload by HAINBACH
"The Faemi (sometimes Formanta Faemi Mini) is a cheap Soviet toy synthesizer that is often ignored, because it frankly sounds garish through its internal speaker. But if you mod it for a regular line output, it reveals its hidden qualities. Who knew Soviet kids had potential access to such deep bass?"
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson) - Vermona Perfourmer Mk2 Ambient Synthesizer Music
video upload by Jannis Le Wolff
"🎸 In this instrumental series I'm playing some classics of Rock/Pop music history from the 60s and 70s in some alienated electronic version. In this video it's one of my all time favorite songs:
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough by Michael Jackson
I was using the Vermona Perfourmer Mk2, fed with some sequences that I created inside Ableton Live.
The Vermona Perfourmer Mk2 is organized into the following parts:
- Oscillator 1 plays the bass
- Oscillator 2 and 3 are receiving some chord arpeggio and the melody at the same time, which leads to some jumpy and unpredictable interplay between those 2 sequences
- Oscillator 4 plays some spooky line, that is soaked into the Eventide Blackhole Reverb
During Mixing I added some Reverb, EQ and also some panning effect for the harmony/melody part."
Sound demo of Profree-4 under development at MarksMusic
video upload by PikoPiko Factory ピコピコファクトリー
"Sound demo of Profree-4 under development at MarksMusic #1 開発中のProfree-4の音色デモ2（マークスミュージック様にて）2022/01/08"
See the PikoPiko label below for more.
Wednesday, February 09, 2022
Nick Semrad's Sequential Pro 3 Patch Set (Demo)
video upload by Nicholas Semrad
"Here is a demo video for my available-for-purchase Sequential Pro 3 Patch Set. You can purchase these patches at my website, www.nicholastsemrad.com/shop.
My apologies for the somewhat shaky video at times. I got a little too into the wheel usage ;-)
These patches are for use EXCLUSIVELY with the Pro 3 and no other boards/software. Thanks for Emily Hoerdemann for the cover design!"
Happy Birthday Herb Deutsch!
In case you missed it, Herb Deutsch turned 90 today! See Moog Music's GIANTS | Herb Deutsch and The Bog Moog Foundation post featuring a video of Herb and a raffle for a Minimoog Model D signed by him.
You can find numerous posts mentioning Herb Deutsch in previous posts here.
Rather than go with a classic shot of Herb with a Moog synthesizer, I thought I'd go with what is currently featured on Wikipedia. Why? Why not? It's a reflection of popular culture outside of our inner synth community, and it's interesting in that this is the image they selected for him. It's also a great shot!
Here's a blurb from Wikipedia:
"Herbert A. Deutsch (born February, 1932) is an American composer, inventor, and educator. Currently professor emeritus of electronic music and composition at Hofstra University, he is best known for co-inventing the Moog Synthesizer with Bob Moog in 1964.
Deutsch had assembled a theremin based on Moog's design in 1962 and in November, 1963 he introduced himself to Moog at a music-education conference in Rochester, NY.[1] In 1964 Moog and Deutsch started investigating the possibilities of a new instrument to aid composers.[2] Deutsch has been credited with the keyboard interface of the Moog.[2] He composed the first piece ever for the Moog ("Jazz Images - A Worksong and Blues"[1]) and performed early Moog concerts at The Town Hall and The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1969's Jazz in the Garden [3]).[4] The prototype Moog synthesizer, developed by Bob Moog and Herbert Deutsch in 1964, is part of the collections of The Henry Ford museum.[5]
Deutsch is a dedicated educator. In the early 1970s he taught at St. Agnes High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He has taught at Hofstra University for over 50 years and was twice the chair of the music department. Deutsch co-founded the Long Island Composers Alliance in 1972, and works with music foundation NYSSMA. In 1994 he proposed its Electronic Music Composition Showcase.[6]"
Happy birthday Herb! :)
"Herbert A. Deutsch (born February, 1932) is an American composer, inventor, and educator. Currently professor emeritus of electronic music and composition at Hofstra University, he is best known for co-inventing the Moog Synthesizer with Bob Moog in 1964.
Deutsch had assembled a theremin based on Moog's design in 1962 and in November, 1963 he introduced himself to Moog at a music-education conference in Rochester, NY.[1] In 1964 Moog and Deutsch started investigating the possibilities of a new instrument to aid composers.[2] Deutsch has been credited with the keyboard interface of the Moog.[2] He composed the first piece ever for the Moog ("Jazz Images - A Worksong and Blues"[1]) and performed early Moog concerts at The Town Hall and The Museum of Modern Art in New York (1969's Jazz in the Garden [3]).[4] The prototype Moog synthesizer, developed by Bob Moog and Herbert Deutsch in 1964, is part of the collections of The Henry Ford museum.[5]
Deutsch is a dedicated educator. In the early 1970s he taught at St. Agnes High School in Rockville Centre, New York. He has taught at Hofstra University for over 50 years and was twice the chair of the music department. Deutsch co-founded the Long Island Composers Alliance in 1972, and works with music foundation NYSSMA. In 1994 he proposed its Electronic Music Composition Showcase.[6]"
Happy birthday Herb! :)
Suzanne Ciani on synthesizer
video upload by The First Cat in Space
"We saw her play live a couple of years ago in London, which was fantastic!
This is a recording of her in Paris in 1971"
Also see 17 Year Old Suzanne Ciani's Fish Music & More on Vinyl
You can find additional posts mentioning Suzanne Ciani here.
Buchla Tiptop 281t to Easel Command
video upload by Todd Barton
"One possible connection between the Buchla-Tiptop Audio 281t Quad Function Generator and the BuchaUSA 208c Easel Command using the UTL-1 Format Jumbler from Low-Gain. Clearly there are at least 10,000 more possibilities :-)"
Buchla 208c to Buchla Tiptop 281t 258t
"In my previous post used the Tiptop 281t to drive the 208c, this time I'm reversing the with the Buchla 208c pulser driving the 281t and different flavors of random voltages going to the 258t oscillators. Enjoy!"
https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd
This Day In History
via @SequentialLLC
"This day in Sequential history - Feb 9th, 2013: Dave Smith and Ikutaro Kakehashi awarded the technical Grammy for the creation of MIDI: [link]"
Posted here on MATRIXSYNTH with a pic of Dave at the Grammys. Dave's Grammy also gets a mention in these 2015 interviews with Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim, and Roger Linn on their pioneering history in synth design.
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