Sunday, November 13, 2005
Access Programmer - New Flickr Shot
Access, makers of the Virus line of synths made knob boxes for the Oberheim Matrix1000 and the Waldorf Wave rackmount. Pictured below is the Access programmer for the Waldorf Wave.
Dubreq PianoMate Analog Devide Down Synth
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
Music Thing has a post up on this interestig piece up for auction. I grabbed the auction shot and the description of the unit for posterity. Title link takes you to the Music Thing post as the auction link will eventually end up in limbo. I wonder how much valuable information has just dissappeared from the *bay over time. Kind of sucks when you think of it.
"This is a COMPLETE Dubreq PianoMate. This is a 1970s vintage piece of interesting technology from the people who brought you among other things, the Stylophone. It's a simple polyphonic synthesiser working on the divide down principal from a master oscillator (I'm told - i'm not an expert on PianoMates but it seems to work that way.) The idea was that any pianist could add the PianoMate to a piano by attaching the two (bass and treble) two octave bars above the keyboard. The two bars have plungers which sit over the piano keys. when a key is pressed by the player, the plunger is released, makes up a circuit and a note is played by the PianoMate as well. The two (bass and treble) plunger bars are attached by multi-pin plugs to what looks like a small combo amplifier. This has controls for tone, voice, articulation of vibrato, speed of vibrato and master tuning. There's a 'swell' pedal to allow control of the overall volume of the PianoMate and an input and volume control for a microphone. In essence, this clever little box which produced the sounds, controlled them from the plunger bars and amplified them was an ideal addition to a venue where the entertainment was pure piano. It has a makers plate showing the serial number of 1218. At the time these clever little devices came out, there were fewer and fewer venues relying on pianos - second hand organs were becoming cheap enough for even the smallest club and church hall and there were plenty of organ/bass/drums/ trios who would play an evening's cabaret for 30 quid. Thus, Dubreq didn't become the Microsoft of the keyboard industry overnight and not many of these eclectic little oddities survive. Most went to the skip and of those that remained, most lost their plunger bars and ended their working lives as practice amps for guitarists with no money."
"This is a COMPLETE Dubreq PianoMate. This is a 1970s vintage piece of interesting technology from the people who brought you among other things, the Stylophone. It's a simple polyphonic synthesiser working on the divide down principal from a master oscillator (I'm told - i'm not an expert on PianoMates but it seems to work that way.) The idea was that any pianist could add the PianoMate to a piano by attaching the two (bass and treble) two octave bars above the keyboard. The two bars have plungers which sit over the piano keys. when a key is pressed by the player, the plunger is released, makes up a circuit and a note is played by the PianoMate as well. The two (bass and treble) plunger bars are attached by multi-pin plugs to what looks like a small combo amplifier. This has controls for tone, voice, articulation of vibrato, speed of vibrato and master tuning. There's a 'swell' pedal to allow control of the overall volume of the PianoMate and an input and volume control for a microphone. In essence, this clever little box which produced the sounds, controlled them from the plunger bars and amplified them was an ideal addition to a venue where the entertainment was pure piano. It has a makers plate showing the serial number of 1218. At the time these clever little devices came out, there were fewer and fewer venues relying on pianos - second hand organs were becoming cheap enough for even the smallest club and church hall and there were plenty of organ/bass/drums/ trios who would play an evening's cabaret for 30 quid. Thus, Dubreq didn't become the Microsoft of the keyboard industry overnight and not many of these eclectic little oddities survive. Most went to the skip and of those that remained, most lost their plunger bars and ended their working lives as practice amps for guitarists with no money."
New EMS Synthi A Track
Via Paul Evenblij on AH. Title link takes you there. Get's really interesting around 2:00 on. Crazy little synth. Like a little Tasmanian Devil. Track is titled England vs. Australia, so there you go.
Update: Yep, this is pretty much what it sounds like...
(Image courtesy of wikipedia.org)
Update: Yep, this is pretty much what it sounds like...
(Image courtesy of wikipedia.org)
Two PPG Resources & the Realizer
Some discussion on AH regarding PPG resurfaced. Nothing new, just differences between the Wave 2, 2.2, 2.3 and the Realizer. Thought I'd put up a post to the PPG site, but I then realized there were two! Someone on the list posted to http://www.ppg.synth.net/. It looked familiar but there were a bunch of pictures I haven't seen before, and oddly, I didn't see the PPG Realizer on the site. I searched for the PPG Realizer and found the following site http://www.antarcticamedia.com/ppg/index.htm. That's the site I remember. Anyway, both are worth checking out.
The image below is the PPG Realizer which never made it to market. It would have been the first VA back in 1986, nearly 10 years prior to the first official VA, the Nord Lead in 1995. BTW, it's hard to see but the wireframe synth in the monitor below is the Moog Minimoog. It was one of the featured models.
"An impressive exhibit from PPG was the Realizer (about $50,000). This consists of software versions of familiar synthesizer configurations. It allows you to design your own analog, FM digital, and sampled sounds, patch any of the components of one instrument into another instrument, and then sequence or sample the resulting sound. Wolfgang Palm, designer of the Realizer and head of PPG Instruments, earns the the quote-of-the-show award for explaining how he designed it: 'I copied the circuit diagrams into software.' No easy task."
Update: also see this post for one that went up for sale and links to Wolfgang Palm's notes on the history of the synth and PPG.
The image below is the PPG Realizer which never made it to market. It would have been the first VA back in 1986, nearly 10 years prior to the first official VA, the Nord Lead in 1995. BTW, it's hard to see but the wireframe synth in the monitor below is the Moog Minimoog. It was one of the featured models.
"An impressive exhibit from PPG was the Realizer (about $50,000). This consists of software versions of familiar synthesizer configurations. It allows you to design your own analog, FM digital, and sampled sounds, patch any of the components of one instrument into another instrument, and then sequence or sample the resulting sound. Wolfgang Palm, designer of the Realizer and head of PPG Instruments, earns the the quote-of-the-show award for explaining how he designed it: 'I copied the circuit diagrams into software.' No easy task."
Update: also see this post for one that went up for sale and links to Wolfgang Palm's notes on the history of the synth and PPG.
Crumar Electric Organ - Free on the *bay
Fully working. Looks like it took 10 days for someone to grab it. Anyone know what model it is? Has a bunch of sliders. Wonder if it's purely organ or one of those synth-organ combos.
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Emulating the Waldorf Pulse OSCs on a Clavia G2
Title link takes you to an interesting post on emulating the Waldorf Pulse oscillators on a G2. Now that's cool. : )
C64 Drum Machine
There is a great post up on the C64 Music! blog on programs that allowed you to use the Commodore 64 as a standard drum machine. If you know of any, hop on over and contribute to the list. I didn't realizer there were so many.
Modded Roland TR-606s are a comin'
A while back, I posted on the knob laden Roland TR-606 on the *bay. Julian announced on AH that he will be offering the full units as finished packages for sale. He's shooting for under 500ukp, which translates to under $871 US. Title link takes you to a bigger shot of the below; no website yet.
http://port23.co.uk/touse/troop.jpg
http://port23.co.uk/touse/stuckon.jpg
The feature set will be:
24 voice controls
8 trigger outputs (fully buffered)
7 trigger inputs
individual switched outputs on all voices, with volume pot on each (toms /
hats no longer share an output)
various outputs and inputs to/from multi oscillator array and noise
generators
trigger leds
3 position kill switches on each voice (off, on/no accent, on/accented as
accent track)
http://port23.co.uk/touse/troop.jpg
http://port23.co.uk/touse/stuckon.jpg
The feature set will be:
24 voice controls
8 trigger outputs (fully buffered)
7 trigger inputs
individual switched outputs on all voices, with volume pot on each (toms /
hats no longer share an output)
various outputs and inputs to/from multi oscillator array and noise
generators
trigger leds
3 position kill switches on each voice (off, on/no accent, on/accented as
accent track)
Modular System Workshop - Paris
via Denis on AH. November 18-19. Title link takes you there.
Analog Solutions Vostok
"Each year, Marc Sirguy (the guy behing MESI, the French importer of
most analogue stuff, and also behind Eowave.com) organize an analogue
day(s) and this year it's a Modular Workshop at MESI premises.
There will be "old" modulars around (ARP 2600, Roland system 100m…)
There will be new modulars around (Doepfer, ASys, ASol, Cwejman,
Macbeth M5, Curetronic…)
There will be soft modulars around (Arturia)
There will be some Moog too…
Will be around too, Mr Ken Macbeth himself (cheers!) and some top head
from Arturia (sorry, can't remember the name, oops), and me of course!
;)
It's a very good idea to register (it's a free workshop) before as the
place is not expandable unfortunately, either on phone using +33 (0)1
45 15 41 95 or using info@mesi.fr
18-19/11/05
14h - 20 h
6, rue Marceau - 94200 Ivry/Seine - France
Métro : Pierre Curie - BUS n°132
If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them :)
Denis =G)"
Analog Solutions Vostok
"Each year, Marc Sirguy (the guy behing MESI, the French importer of
most analogue stuff, and also behind Eowave.com) organize an analogue
day(s) and this year it's a Modular Workshop at MESI premises.
There will be "old" modulars around (ARP 2600, Roland system 100m…)
There will be new modulars around (Doepfer, ASys, ASol, Cwejman,
Macbeth M5, Curetronic…)
There will be soft modulars around (Arturia)
There will be some Moog too…
Will be around too, Mr Ken Macbeth himself (cheers!) and some top head
from Arturia (sorry, can't remember the name, oops), and me of course!
;)
It's a very good idea to register (it's a free workshop) before as the
place is not expandable unfortunately, either on phone using +33 (0)1
45 15 41 95 or using info@mesi.fr
18-19/11/05
14h - 20 h
6, rue Marceau - 94200 Ivry/Seine - France
Métro : Pierre Curie - BUS n°132
If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them :)
Denis =G)"
LABELS/MORE:
Analogue Solutions,
ARP,
Arturia,
Curetronic,
Cwejman,
Doepfer,
Eowave,
MacBeth,
MOOG,
Roland
DSI Evolver Video
Update via the comments:
"Axiom said...
Thread updated with two new videos :)"
Cool.
Nice LONG DSI Evolver video. This is literally like testing out a new synth for the first time. You basically get to sit there with him and check out a full range of sounds the Evolver is capable of. Very, very cool. It's a great example of of how bold and full an Evolver can sound as a lead instrument. Via Axiom, via electro-music.com. Title link takes you there.
"Axiom said...
Thread updated with two new videos :)"
Cool.
Nice LONG DSI Evolver video. This is literally like testing out a new synth for the first time. You basically get to sit there with him and check out a full range of sounds the Evolver is capable of. Very, very cool. It's a great example of of how bold and full an Evolver can sound as a lead instrument. Via Axiom, via electro-music.com. Title link takes you there.
Friday, November 11, 2005
EMS-Rehberg Video Synthesizer
This popped up on my randomn picture viewer. I checked the EMS site (title link) and couldn't find this exact unit. I see the EMS Spectre, but it doesn't quite look like this. I did a quick search and didn't find much. If you know anything about it or a good site on it, please feel free to comment.
Emax SE Page and Tribute
Chris Strellis put up a page on his Emax SE with a really nice track featuring nothing but the Emax SE. Nice and gritty. Has a very heavy weight to it. Not completely 4AD, but the weight on tracks of This Mortal Coil definitely come to mind. Well worth checking out. Title link takes you there.
The PorchBoard - Analog Bass
Trip. In via Synth80 on AH, via Harmony Central.
"Designed to revive the lost art of self accompaniment, the Porchboard Bass is an analog rhythm instrument designed to allow low-end, player controlled, self accompaniment using the natural technique of foot tapping. Because it's player controlled, the Porchboard Bass is legitimately accepted in the concert venue. Each tap of the foot produces a low-end, full-bodied, bassy beat that is more percussive than a bass guitar, yet sounds fuller and more resonant than most bass drums."
"Designed to revive the lost art of self accompaniment, the Porchboard Bass is an analog rhythm instrument designed to allow low-end, player controlled, self accompaniment using the natural technique of foot tapping. Because it's player controlled, the Porchboard Bass is legitimately accepted in the concert venue. Each tap of the foot produces a low-end, full-bodied, bassy beat that is more percussive than a bass guitar, yet sounds fuller and more resonant than most bass drums."
TR-909 Mod Page
Via Jonodo on AH. Title link takes you there.
The following mods extend the range of the Tune and Decay controls, and add three new controls:
Pitch - controls the frequency of the bass drum oscillator
Drive - allows waveform adjust from normal to square, for hard clipped sounds
Tune Depth - varies the amount of initial pitch sweep (decay set by TUNE control)
The following mods extend the range of the Tune and Decay controls, and add three new controls:
Pitch - controls the frequency of the bass drum oscillator
Drive - allows waveform adjust from normal to square, for hard clipped sounds
Tune Depth - varies the amount of initial pitch sweep (decay set by TUNE control)
Korg OASYS on Sonic State
Sonic State on the Korg OASYS update. Includes their video coverage during Winter NAMM 2005. Worth checking out if you haven't already.
Chocopoolp
I swear my blog reader must be busted, because I don't remember seeing this post on Music Thing. Chocopoolp (nice name) makes a couple of music apps for the Palm. The first is Bhajis Loops a sampler/sequencer and Microbe (1 drum machine, 2 synthesizers, and 18 effects). Click here for choco-poop, chocolate poop, I mean Chocopoolp.com.
Roland TB-303 Acid Twin Silver Sticker
Title link takes you to auction on the *bay. Good idea. Someone should make faceplates for other classic synths minus the sticky. I'm picturing the weight and consistency one of those flexible magnet type sheets you can put your own images on. A lot of beat up synth could use a new faceplate.
"This is a new silkscreen die cut face sticker for old worn Roland tb 303's. For all you knob twiddlers you can also use it as a protective cover. This sticker is the same thing as what you see on the Minimoog Voyager and PK4 Poly Evolver. It is made to last!"
"This is a new silkscreen die cut face sticker for old worn Roland tb 303's. For all you knob twiddlers you can also use it as a protective cover. This sticker is the same thing as what you see on the Minimoog Voyager and PK4 Poly Evolver. It is made to last!"
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Question for you
Notice the Google Search box on the right frame? Now take a look at it on SparkleTrain. Which do you prefer for this site? I figure the box on top could be useful, but I haven't done it up until now because I thought it looked a little bulky and took away from the site. Also the whole ads thing, but now I'm having second thoughts. Please post your comments via the comment link below. Thanks! : )
8 Famicons and a 606
Check out this shot of a Roland TR-606 controlling 8 Nintendo Famicons (Japanese version of the NES). Ran into this on this VSE thread. Title link takes you to a post on Kotaku with a link to 6955's site and MP3s. 6955 is a Canadian born Nintendo artist residing in Japan. Oddly, I couldn't find the shot on the 6955 site.
How to make an HPF from an LPF
No title link. Mike Kent sent this to AH. He gave me the ok to post this. I figured others not on AH might like to try it.
"You can probably get a High Pass Filter or Band Pass Filter type of effect
from a modular system that only has a Low Pass Filter. You may need to make
one special patch cable, with its wires crossed to switch the polarity, for
it if your modular doesn't have a way to get reverse polarity outputs.
If you send a signal into a low pass filter and then mix it back with the
original signal with reverse polarity, you can emulate a High Pass Filter.
______ ________
| |--Polarity Switch--->| |
|VCO | _______ | MIX |---------->
|____|---->| LPF |-------->|______|
|_____|
Or:
______ ______ ________
|VCO |--->| |--Polarity Switch--->| |
|____| |MIX | _______ | MIX |---------->
|VCO |--->|____|---->| LPF |-------->|______|
|____| |_____|
The mix levels after the filter are critical. This depends on phase
alignment to cancel frequencies below the LPF's cutoff point. Filters
generally mess with phase so this may not work well on some modules.
Resonance can mess things up, too. But it does work on many systems.
Add another LPF on the end of that chain to get a Band Pass Filter with
variable width (the difference between the cutoff of the 2 filters). Drive
both filters from a common EG to get typical BP sweep sounds.
______ ______ ________
|VCO |--->| |--Polarity Switch-->| | _______
|____| |MIX | _______ | MIX |--->| LPF |--->
|VCO |--->|____|---->| LPF |------->|______| |_____|
|____| |_____|
Regards,
Mike."
"You can probably get a High Pass Filter or Band Pass Filter type of effect
from a modular system that only has a Low Pass Filter. You may need to make
one special patch cable, with its wires crossed to switch the polarity, for
it if your modular doesn't have a way to get reverse polarity outputs.
If you send a signal into a low pass filter and then mix it back with the
original signal with reverse polarity, you can emulate a High Pass Filter.
______ ________
| |--Polarity Switch--->| |
|VCO | _______ | MIX |---------->
|____|---->| LPF |-------->|______|
|_____|
Or:
______ ______ ________
|VCO |--->| |--Polarity Switch--->| |
|____| |MIX | _______ | MIX |---------->
|VCO |--->|____|---->| LPF |-------->|______|
|____| |_____|
The mix levels after the filter are critical. This depends on phase
alignment to cancel frequencies below the LPF's cutoff point. Filters
generally mess with phase so this may not work well on some modules.
Resonance can mess things up, too. But it does work on many systems.
Add another LPF on the end of that chain to get a Band Pass Filter with
variable width (the difference between the cutoff of the 2 filters). Drive
both filters from a common EG to get typical BP sweep sounds.
______ ______ ________
|VCO |--->| |--Polarity Switch-->| | _______
|____| |MIX | _______ | MIX |--->| LPF |--->
|VCO |--->|____|---->| LPF |------->|______| |_____|
|____| |_____|
Regards,
Mike."
Yamaha SY-2 Demo
Via this thread on VSE. That is one thick sounding synth.
Image via this post on the synth used for the track.
Image via this post on the synth used for the track.
Corky Burger's Modular Mayhem Pt. 2
Update to Corky's Modular. If you missed my previous post on him, he's creating a Synthesizers.com modular and sharing the experience vie the ONE 40 FIVE store. Title link takes you to his latest updated including a nice sound sample.
Roland SH-101 - New Flickr Shot
It's interesting. I always wanted a Red SH-101 followed by a blue then grey, but the grey is beginning to look better to me every day. I wonder how the inspiration between colors would differ.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Physical Modeling Added to Korg OASYS
Update: Looks like Peter Kirn is on a Korg roll: http://www.createdigitalmusic.com. Make sure to check out the O'Reilly article on what went into the OASYS.
Via Create Digital Music. Title link takes you there.
Via Create Digital Music. Title link takes you there.
MUX - Damn Ravers
I haven't been to a Rave in about a decade. What happened to all the Cat in the Hat hats?! : ) Joking aside, this is pretty damn bad-ass. Really starts to kick when the vocoder bit comes in. Gotta love the domo-kun shirt. In via AH.
Details:
"Holas,
I recently played a show in the Vancouver Planetarium, and am lucky
enough to have friends willing to spend the show manning cameras. :)
The same friends taught me how to do basic video editing, and as a
result, I now have a great little promo video for my live act. My music
is thumping acidic party stuff, suitable for late-night dance parties.
Analogue content: Roland SH-101, Waldorf Pulse+, samples from modified
Simmons SDS-800 and SDS-9, multiple stompboxes and rackmount filters, no
laptop.
AH-suitable digital content: Nord Micro Modular, Korg ER-1.
Non-suitable digital content: um, an MPC1000, that's it.
There's two versions of the video, an eight-minute promo version and the
forty-minute full version. The eight-minute promo is your best bet, 31
megs (yay modern compression!).
Windows:
http://lfo.fsck.org/~drew/mux_-_The_Listening_Room_-_8-Min_Video.wmv
Mac:
http://lfo.fsck.org/~drew/mux_-_The_Listening_Room_-_8-Min_Video.mov
The full 40-minute version is available on video.google.com:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3167185821695688176
Lastly, if you just want the audio, there's an MP3 of the set, mastered
with the crowd noise lower:
http://lfo.fsck.org/~drew/mux_-_Live_at_The_Listening_Room_Vancouver_-_20050910.mp3
Critiques and comments welcomed, and if you like my stuff, by all means
please pass these links onto other folks who you think may appreciate
them. :)
Cheers,
- Drew."
Details:
"Holas,
I recently played a show in the Vancouver Planetarium, and am lucky
enough to have friends willing to spend the show manning cameras. :)
The same friends taught me how to do basic video editing, and as a
result, I now have a great little promo video for my live act. My music
is thumping acidic party stuff, suitable for late-night dance parties.
Analogue content: Roland SH-101, Waldorf Pulse+, samples from modified
Simmons SDS-800 and SDS-9, multiple stompboxes and rackmount filters, no
laptop.
AH-suitable digital content: Nord Micro Modular, Korg ER-1.
Non-suitable digital content: um, an MPC1000, that's it.
There's two versions of the video, an eight-minute promo version and the
forty-minute full version. The eight-minute promo is your best bet, 31
megs (yay modern compression!).
Windows:
http://lfo.fsck.org/~drew/mux_-_The_Listening_Room_-_8-Min_Video.wmv
Mac:
http://lfo.fsck.org/~drew/mux_-_The_Listening_Room_-_8-Min_Video.mov
The full 40-minute version is available on video.google.com:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3167185821695688176
Lastly, if you just want the audio, there's an MP3 of the set, mastered
with the crowd noise lower:
http://lfo.fsck.org/~drew/mux_-_Live_at_The_Listening_Room_Vancouver_-_20050910.mp3
Critiques and comments welcomed, and if you like my stuff, by all means
please pass these links onto other folks who you think may appreciate
them. :)
Cheers,
- Drew."
MXR & ARP Odyssey Shot
Nice shot of an MXR Flanger on top of an ARP Odyssey. In via Jordan Gibson on AH.
Riha Syntone
Haven't seen one of these before. Nothing much comes up in English on a search so I can't provide much info. If you know more, please share. It obviously appears to be a synth organ by Riha. Title link takes you to shots saved for posterity. In via Senso on AH.
Moog Zippo - New Flickr Shots
Nice. Moog on back, Emerson on front. According to the caption, it's the only one in the world. Title link takes you to bigger shots including a Moog modular in the set.
Audio Playground Virtual Sound Sheets
Now how long has this been up... Audio Playground (keyboardmuseum.com) has a page up with Sound Sheets for various synths. Sound Sheets were those little thin black records that were inserted into magazines. I stumbled onto the ARP OMNI-2 Sound Sheet page via this thread on VSE. I back tracked and found the main Sound Sheets page. Absolute Goldmine. Title link takes you there. Audio Playground just gets better and better. If you haven't seen their virtual drum machine page, make sure to check that out as well. Enjoy. : )
Guess the Synth
Awesome site where you can hear a sample and then see what synth played it. The green ? is the sample and the red ! shows a picture of the synth. This one is done really well. Via this thread on electro-music.com.
Korg MS10 and MS20 Shot
: ) Found this digging up the MS10 shot for my previous post. Thought I would share. Title link takes you to a bigger shot of the same.
Korg MS-10 Sample
Title link takes you to a post on VSE with a sample of the Korg MS-10. A really nice sample. An interesting topic comes up in the thread regarding the filter of the MS-10 being slightly different than the MS-20. True or untrue? I have no idea. : ) Think I'll check AH.
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
Live Lab - Tablet 2 Midi and Live Slice
In via Dale Kay on Synth Sights. More reason for me to get a tablet.
Tablet 2 Midi
"Tablet 2 Midi allows you to use your tablet / digitizer as a MIDI controller. You can define different areas of the tablet surface as different controllers, allowing you to create just the setup you need. The image shows a 9 channel midi mixer with sliders, buttons and XY pads. Every outgoing midi CC value can be interpolated to get smooth parameter changes."
"LiveSlice is a beat slicer / arranger VSTi with an edge. It offers powerful graphical rearranging of slices, multiple tracks and tons of parameters to apply to each slice as well as a unique slice randomization feature. Everything can be controlled by MIDI fine tuned in the GUI and seamlessly integrated in your midi sequencer - all in one creative workflow."
Tablet 2 Midi
"Tablet 2 Midi allows you to use your tablet / digitizer as a MIDI controller. You can define different areas of the tablet surface as different controllers, allowing you to create just the setup you need. The image shows a 9 channel midi mixer with sliders, buttons and XY pads. Every outgoing midi CC value can be interpolated to get smooth parameter changes."
"LiveSlice is a beat slicer / arranger VSTi with an edge. It offers powerful graphical rearranging of slices, multiple tracks and tons of parameters to apply to each slice as well as a unique slice randomization feature. Everything can be controlled by MIDI fine tuned in the GUI and seamlessly integrated in your midi sequencer - all in one creative workflow."
Synth Albums
This shot was taken from the same site as my previous post. Just thought it was worth putting up separately. Sometimes you just don't have time to check out every single image, so here you go. Check out the module plates standing on their sites like the albums. Pretty cool in that they will eventually also be the source of music. The title link takes you to a really nice video on his modular.
Cat on a Modular
Ran accross this site on this VSE thread. Notice it's hosted on mit.edu. This is one of those cases where I'm tempted to just copy the whole thing down in fear of it dissapearing forever, but... I'll hold off in good faith. Please don't let this site go down. Title link takes you there.
BTW, if the title link ever goes down, post a comment so I get it. I'm going to save the pictures offline just in case...
BTW, if the title link ever goes down, post a comment so I get it. I'm going to save the pictures offline just in case...
CS50 added to UMOP
Dave got a CS50. Title link takes you to a page he put up on it including a sample. Congrats Dave!
Synth description of the year:
"This sucker gets points for coming in its own case AND STAND. That's like a baby being born in its coffin and knowing how to walk already too." : )
Synth description of the year:
"This sucker gets points for coming in its own case AND STAND. That's like a baby being born in its coffin and knowing how to walk already too." : )
Monday, November 07, 2005
VEMIA Auction
Update: Looks like, Brian Eno's DX7 went for 2000 ukp and the Jellinghaus DX7 programmer for 1500 ukp.
Auction is on now. Runs from Nov 5 to this Saturday, Nov 12. Title link takes you there. Once there, click on the VEMIA link with the auction hammer on the left. There is a spreadsheet you can download. I found it easier to browse searching for "synth" when open. There's a Synthi in there amongst other goodies. : )
Update via the comment:
"HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT! BRIAN ENO'S PERSONAL DX7 AND PROGRAMMER ARE FOR SALE!"
Doh, I probably should have mentioned that. Sorry. : ) Oh and yes, that is Dave's Packrat in the commic.
Auction is on now. Runs from Nov 5 to this Saturday, Nov 12. Title link takes you there. Once there, click on the VEMIA link with the auction hammer on the left. There is a spreadsheet you can download. I found it easier to browse searching for "synth" when open. There's a Synthi in there amongst other goodies. : )
Update via the comment:
"HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT! BRIAN ENO'S PERSONAL DX7 AND PROGRAMMER ARE FOR SALE!"
Doh, I probably should have mentioned that. Sorry. : ) Oh and yes, that is Dave's Packrat in the commic.
The Lego Harpsichord
Fully functional harpsichord made out of Legos. Amazing. Title link takes you there; included more detailed shots, samples and the story. Via Lez Mizzell on SynthSights.
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