YAMAHA DX-1 SN 1201

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Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard Synthesizer

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Magellan for iPad Tutorial 1: Dual Synths

YouTube Published on Aug 13, 2012 by YonacSoftware

"Here is the first video in our series of tutorials for Magellan - Professional Analog Modeling Synthesizer for iPad. In this video, we show how to operate Magellan's TWO independent polyphonic synth engines, including: loading presets, foregrounding a synth, adjusting parameters, synth coupling, and other advanced settings."

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Horsman Inc. Rack Planner Update 1.18

I've been spreading out coverage of the upcoming rack planner from Horsman Inc., so if you are interested be sure to follow development there. I will of course post when it becomes available along with some updates like this one now and then. It does look nice!

"Tonight's work included several bug-fixes, some subtle cosmetic changes, changes to the clear/delete rack routines and right click drag to select racks for horizontal alignment. In the picture below, right-click-dragging from the top-left corner of the pink rectamgle to the bottom right and releasing left-aligned the racks. Come at it from the other side and they right-align. The module chooser now defaults to whatever format the currently selected rack is rather than having to explicitly choose 'EURO' for instance each time."

Knobcon Event Update

Additional details on the event are up on http://knobcon.com/. The following is a snip for the archives including the current list of manufacturers. Be sure to click through for more including the Monotribe Demolition Derby.

"Do you like synthesisers and want to play with some you don't have and hang out with other knob knerdz? Do you have some really interesting stuff you want to show to other people and let them play with? Do you build stuff on a kitchen table or in a factory and want to get it in front of people? this is the event for you!

September 14-15 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Chicagoland IL USA

Friday night: it's a party. live music and a cash bar. live video art by Brownshoesonly. musicians TBA.

Saturday: the main event. the beautiful social chaos of people and their things in one room, workshops in another. Monotribe Demolition Derby will be judged on Saturday night.

Workshops currently scheduled:

Basics of modular control voltage synthesis
Analogue Percussion Synthesis 101
New Horizons in Linear Sequencing
Video Synthesis: what's it all about?
Dominating voltages with Numerology

Manufacturers attending currently include:
Company of Quail
Detachment 3
Five12
Gorillabox
Hahn Custom Touring Solutions
The Harvestman Digital Audio Electronics
Low-Gain Electronics
Livewire Electronics
MegaOhm Audio
Monorocket
Snazzy FX
STG Soundlabs
WMD aka William Mathewson Devices"

The Power of Modular Synthesis - Moogfest 2010

YouTube Published on Aug 13, 2012 by moogfoundation

"At Moogfest (www.moogfest.com) 2012, Erik Norlander (synthesist), August Worley (former engineer, Moog Music, Inc.) and Amos Gaynes (New Product Specialist, Moog Music, Inc) explore the realm of modular synthesis using Erik's 22 oscillator Wall of Doom modular Moog synthesizer to explain the very roots of Bob Moog's legacy.

To learn more about the Bob Moog Foundation, go to www.bobmoogfoundation.org

To purchase Erik's CDs and "feed the modular", go to www.eriknorlander.com.

Many thanks to Flying Pig Studio (http://www.flyingpigstudio.com) for donating their time and talents to capture the footage you see here."

Follow-up to Amos Gaynes and the Power of Modular Synthesis - Moogfest 2010

chris randall - texteral

YouTube Published on Aug 12, 2012 by Cranda11

"A little late-night jam on some old-school IDM stylee.

Gear used: Ableton Live, Audio Damage Phosphor, Replicant, Filterstation, and Automaton, Native Instruments Maschine, Eventide Space, Access Virus, and MeeBlip."

http://www.audiodamage.com/
http://www.analogindustries.com/

"You're beautyfull" - on Kawai MS-20

YouTube Published on Aug 13, 2012 by organfairy

"Normally I am not very competitive. But in this case I am trying to make something that is more ridiculous than the original video by James Blunt. But I don't think I can! Also I was not very keen on the idea of jumping into the muddy water under that bridge. So instead I found a LEGO minifigure that was dressed like me (actually it was the other way round) and used it as a low-cost stuntman.

Anyway the music is played on Kawai MS-20 keyboard, Roland JX-8P synthesizer, Yamaha HE-8 and Technics SX-C600 organs, and Korg Rhythm 55 drum machine."

James Blunt - You're Beautiful (Video)


I know the song but never saw the video. Spoiler alert: read the following after watching the video through to the end.

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Half Off WerkBench, a Korg Mono/Poly, and a tambourine!

YouTube Published on Aug 13, 2012 by treasurecharger

"WerkBench is on sale. Nearly half off! [WerkBench - Bolasol, Inc.]

A quick jam with WerkBench, a Korg Mono/Poly, and a few percussion instruments.

More info and a getting started guide on our webstie: http://bolasol.com/werkbench"

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Liquid HiHat Version 1.40.AVI

YouTube Published on Aug 13, 2012 by Richarius Molindarius

"Finally after almost 2 years, I've built one of Hexinverter's Liquid HiHat PCBs that he'd sent me. This time though, with modifications. If you liked the Liquid HiHat before, you might like this one more. :D
Mods / fixes include:

- 2 x Offset pots replaced by 300k from +V to the summing opamp, to allow +/-5V modulation for each of the 4046 VCOs
- Hexinverter's suggested switch for each 4046 voice to switch capacitors values between 0.01uF and 0.1uF
- INDIVIDUAL OUTPUTS for each voice! Switchable for 1 pair of voices output or 1 voice from each output

These modifications and fixes allow the user to have EIGHT different sounds coming out of the Liquid HiHat depending on how the 2 x cap. switches and the 1 x output switch are set!

In this video, I start out using the 1 output, showing how the 2 voices together sound with full modulation coming into each of them as well as switching both of the timeing capacitor switches. Then, I flip to dual voice output, switching the cap values again as well as bringing the modulations back in.

All of this was done without changing the frequencies of ANY of the 6 clocks! All the more sonic potential lies in there. :)

1 voice was going through a 2 pole High Pass Filter
1 voice was going through a 2 pole Band Pass Filter

Please do pardon my patting-self-on-the-back but: no other hihat in the world, has the potential sonic territory of, the Liquid HiHat V1.4! :o :)

I'll be posting modifications at the very least, to the Schematics section of my webpage at:

http://www.damian.deathlehem.com/

and possibly to my Facebook account.

I hope you enjoy. :)

Pardon again, but, I'm almost speechless at the sonic potential of the Liquid HiHat even more so with these modifications, than any of it's previous versions. :O

Finally - each of the voices were going through their own Voltage Controlled Amplifiers with each of them having Attack / Decay envelope generators controlling their amplitudes. 1 was set to imitate a 'closed hihat' and the other was set to imitate an 'open hihat'."