MATRIXSYNTH

An Interview with Paul Bley on Astronauta Pinguim

"In the second half of the '60s, Paul Bley became interested in synthesizers, being one of the first to take a Moog Modular Synthesizer System onstage at the Phillarmonic Hall in New York, on December 26th 1969. His experiments with electronics and synthesizers led to the release of some great 'electronic improvising' albums, from 1969 to 1972, including 'Revenge: The Bigger The Love The Greater The Hate' (1971, credited to Bley-Peacock Synthesizer Show), 'Improvisie' (1971, credited to Paul Bley) and 'The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show' (1971, credited to The Paul Bley Synthesizer Show). It's amazing the experiments that Paul Bley and Annette Peacock made with electronics, passing her voice through the synthesizers on several tracks from this period! Paul Bley also used an ARP 2500 synthesizer during this time."

Read the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.

via Fabricio on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Full Size KORG MS20 KIT NAMM Floor Pics

See Update3 in the main post here for some pics in via Russ.

resonant

resonant from dautrescordes on Vimeo.

Warning for those with PSE or sensitive to strobing lights - this one has tons of it.

Franck Vigroux (music)
Fabien Zocco (vidéo)

Compagnie D'Autres Cordes- 2014

images G.Robin

Moog RME process by Elektron Octrack with Metasonix F-1 distortion.

Eurorack at NAMM via IO's Guy Taylor

Some pics in via Guy Taylor of IO on Facebook:

"Verbos Electronics Buchla inspired modules are as sick as they look."

"Make Noise bringing some new stuff to their line, always interesting for good reason"

"Delptronics' has some cool new protos in the works"

"Noise Engineering has an awesome new percussion module coming out called the Basimilus Iteritas. This thing sounds incredible."

"4ms showing off their new cases"

"WMD and SSF together in a new line of affordable, and undeniably useful modules. (bottom row) Keep a look out"

"STG's new EG!"

"These Hex Inverter Mutant drum modules sound great!"

NAMM 2014: Arturia Beat Step - First Look NAMM Floor Video

New NAMM floor video of the Beat Step added to the main post here.

Elektron Analog Rytm Direct Line Audio In Video

See Update5 in this post.

LostInSeq

Published on Jan 23, 2014 Human Koala·68 videos

"Little Patch with Unkle and Aunti oscillator as main lead Hrtz donut in the perc stuff and clocked and sequenced by noisering, rené wogglebug"

Vintage Moog Modular at the Bob Moog Foundation Booth at NAMM

via The Bob Moog Foundation on Facebook

"Vintage Moog Modular synthesizer in the BMF booth at #NAMM2014, with new modular controller from Synthesizers.com. Come by and play this rare instrument and be inspired by Bob's technical brilliance. #NAMM"

The SYNTHESIZER - New Book by Mark Vail

Mark Vail, author of Vintage Synthesizers and former editor of Keyboard Magazine was spotted at the Bob Moog Foundation Booth with his new book The SYNTHESIZER which has a forward by Michelle Moog-Koussa.

via The Bob Moog Foundation on Facebook:

"Author Mark Vail visits us at #NAMM2014 with his brand new book, The Synthesizer. The forward was written by Michelle Moog-Koussa. #NAMM"

The books is currently available on Amazon here.

"Electronic music instruments weren't called synthesizers until the 1950s, but their lineage began in 1919 with Russian inventor Lev Sergeyevich Termen's development of the Etherphone, now known as the Theremin. From that point, synthesizers have undergone a remarkable evolution from prohibitively large mid-century models confined to university laboratories to the development of musical synthesis software that runs on tablet computers and portable media devices.

Throughout its history, the synthesizer has always been at the forefront of technology for the arts. In The Synthesizer: A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding, Programming, Playing, and Recording the Ultimate Electronic Music Instrument, veteran music technology journalist, educator, and performer Mark Vail tells the complete story of the synthesizer: the origins of the many forms the instrument takes; crucial advancements in sound generation, musical control, and composition made with instruments that may have become best sellers or gone entirely unnoticed; and the basics and intricacies of acoustics and synthesized sound. Vail also describes how to successfully select, program, and play a synthesizer; what alternative controllers exist for creating electronic music; and how to stay focused and productive when faced with a room full of instruments. This one-stop reference guide on all things synthesizer also offers tips on encouraging creativity, layering sounds, performance, composing and recording for film and television, and much more."