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Friday, February 10, 2006

Two Arp 2500 on Larking's List

Not sure how Larking's List works, but it looks like these were for sale rather than auction for a mere $9000 US. Note that the listing is reserved. Title link takes you to the shots. Details below. Via Music Thing.



"2x ARP series 2500 Analogue music synthesizers Model 2515 Two of the very earliest and very few surviving working 60’s synths. These musical instruments are in upright ‘welsh dresser’ cabinets, fully loaded with a range of sound generating, filtering, gating, envelope generating modules, cross-patching signals between which will produce almost any sound imaginable – not by instant recall of factory pre-set or pre-sampled voices but by hours of fun manually cross-patching control voltages and tweaking every nuance of sound until you find your own perfect hand-made sound. This instrument’s contemporary the Moog (remember the front of the “Switched on Bach” album?), when patched up resembled an old fashioned telephone switchboard of tangled jack leads. Not so the ARP, which has a clever array of sliding switches top and bottom of the Welsh Dresser enabling tidy selection of the majority of sane patches at a glance. Patch sockets are still provided, however for way-out patches even ARP might never have thought of – but your creativity should remain unlimited by the spaghetti! The base of the instrument contains the 5 octave keyboard, split with lower register featuring black and white keys reversed – distinctive ARP feature. Working machines like these are very rare indeed – we’re talking rocking horses dropping foals, here. Complete with original ARP Manuals."

ARP Modules Machine 1

Dual Oscillator 1023 x 2
Ocillator 1004-T
Dual noise/random voltage generator 1016
Quod Envelope generator 1046
Filtamp 1006
Module 1045
Multimode filter/resonator 1047
Sample and hold/random voltage 1036
Clocked sequential control 1027
Mix-sequencer 1050
Power control 1002/230

APR Modules Machine 2

Dual noise/random voltage generator 1016
Dual oscillator 1023
Ocillator 1004-T
Multimode Filter/resonator 1047
Quad envelope generator 1046
Module 1045
Modamp module 1005
Filtamp 1006
Sample and hold/random voltage 1036
Mix-sequencer 1050
Clocked sequential control 1027
Power control 1002/230

Audio Damage BigSeq is Now Available

From Christopher Randall, the man behind Analog Industries and Sister Machine Gun. Title link takes you there.

D.A.M.I.A.N. Wooden Modular


This is something you don't see every day. Title link takes you to the details. Via Analag Industries.

Slew of Single Synth Demos

No title link. All links below.

More in via AH:

Via Colin Chung

X0xb0x
http://www.members.optushome.com.au/blitzforce/XOXBOX/CCJ_XOX_PSU_ModTrimpot_zero_half_full.mp3
"It starts with 50% resonance, then sweeping the cutoff, set to 75% res, sweep and then 100% res sweep on each setting - stock, 50% trimpot and then full trimpot"

Via Tomislav Babic

Roland MKS80 Rev4
http://www.babic.com/SYN/MKS80-V4/MKS80V4-MultiTrakSync.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/MKS80-V4/MKS80V4-MultiTrak-Tangerine.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/MKS80-V4/MKS80V4-MultiTrak.mp3
More: http://www.babic.com/SYN/mks80.htm

Via Unknown Freak

ALL MACBETH M3X:

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/010304_m3x_ss_aquarium.mp3
"Aquarium" from Saint Saens's "Carnival of the Animals"

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/010403_m3x_stravinsky.mp3

Short section from Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring"

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/011104_eine_kleine_mix_4.mp3
Movt. 1 of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmuzik"

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/122603_m3x_bach.mp3
Bach canon Sound

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/041004_m3x_stars_stripes_forever.mp3
"The Stars & Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/010204_m3x_faure_sicilienne.mp3
"Sicilienne" from "Pelleas et Melisande" by Fauré

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/122803_m3x_saint_saens_sym3.mp3
A short section from Movt. 2 of Saint Saens's "Symphony No. 3"

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/041004_m3x_stars_stripes_forever.mp3
"The Stars & Stripes Forever" by John Philip Sousa


ALL CWEJMAN S1 MK2

http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/101505_cwejman_demo_famished_dog.mp3
Famished Dog, 2005 - 29

Cwejman
http://vogelscheiss.com/sound/100505_cwejman_demo_pseudo-pumptiness.mp3
Pseudo-Pumptiness, 2005 - 30

ALL VERMONA PERFOURMER

Vermona
http://www.vogelscheiss.com/sound/120705_vermona_perfourmer_demo.mp3
Perfourmer Demo: Kalt Nótt, 2005 - 37

ALL DOEPFER MODULAR

http://www.vogelscheiss.com/sound/vogelscheiss_1.mp3
http://www.vogelscheiss.com/house_sound/102903_06.mp3
http://www.vogelscheiss.com/house_sound/120102_03.mp3
http://www.vogelscheiss.com/house_sound/100502_00b.mp3

and dozens more at http://www.vogelscheiss.com

Thursday, February 09, 2006

The G2 Toolbox

Title link takes you to a nice Clavia G2 Modular site with a load of useful resources. They have a number of patches listed that show you how the patch was made. If you don't have a G2, you can pick up a mono copy of the G2 Engine for free and start exploring these patches. Pretty cool. Via Moogulator.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Demo by Pete

Title link takes you to an 8.54M mp3 of the Prophet 600. Thanks Pete!

Update: More info on the track: "This song was made with my, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600. Every synth sound in this tune was made with the Prophet. The drum sounds are all samples from a tr808 and tr909. I used Ableton Live for the sequencer."

One Synth Tracks by Stefan Trippler

MicroQ
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/solarincubator.mp3

VirSyn Tera2
http://www.trippler.net/files/tera/intro1.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/tera/summa_vs_doct.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/tera/summa_vs_doct.mp3

Poly Evolver
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/rebirth.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/rawpolydemo.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/anapoly.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/massivedefeat.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/keys/pekkeys1b.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/qseq.mp3
http://trippler.net/files/poly/dumbloops.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/athmopoly.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/stolid.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/june.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/blueevo.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/evoeeg.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/roquenublo4.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/nostromo1.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/moseisley.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/mp3/roundabout.mp3

Gordon Reid's Synth Secrets on SOS

If you don't know who Gordon Reid is, he wrote some great synth tips in each issue of Sound and Sound. They are regarded as exceellent tutorials into the world of synthesis. SOS now has one page that lists all of his articles. Very nice. Title link takes you there.

EDP Wasp Keyboard Label

No title link. Just one shot pulled from this auction.

JoMoX XBase999 Samples

Samples are up. Title link takes you there. Click on the the XBase999 under Audio Demos on the right, or just click here. Via Moogulator.

Mark's Tribute to Bob



Title link takes you there. Note the connection to the Moog 904a and the following, "We talked for a while, and he started drawing. He had picked up on my using words like "life" and "organic". He also picked up on my saying that I saw tree frogs as an incredible example of how nature can provide color to life."

This reminds me of the color Bob brought to our lives. Hats off you you Mark Pulver. Simply amazing. Mark Pulver Moog Tattoo

The Packrat - Bad JU JU

I'm sad to say that this could be the last Packrat strip for some time. This is the last strip for Keyboard magazine and David C. Lovelace plans to put the rat on hold for a bit while he focuses on other projects. Title link takes you to the rest of the Packrat toons. Make sure to track up to the root of David's site for more of his brilliant work. Thanks for some great Packrat toons David. I will definitely miss the sneaky little rat. Click image below for full size.

One Synth Tracks by Joy Electric



"I've done 4 albums using one synth on each.

The White Songbook - Roland System-100
Tick Tock Treasury - Sys-100
Hello, Mannequin - Sys-100
Ministry of Archers - Moog Voyager

www.myspace.com/joyelectric to hear the latest "Moog Voyager Only" tracks.

I came to the conclusion years ago that only one was ever needed.

ronnie martin
www.joyelectric.com
po box 30614 santa ana, ca 92735
fax. 815-377-2378"

Hyperfabric on CDM

Title link takes you to the post with more. "This stuff is strong (it can support body weight), and lets you actually touch, squeeze, grab, and otherwise manipulate a large-scale fabric surface to control computer-generated imagery." Would be easy to convert that to MIDI control. I bet you could wear the stuff as well. Hmm... I'll just leave it to your imagination.

Poly 800 Reverse Keys Found in Garbage

Yep. In the garbage. Fully working minus joystick... Makes you wonder how many synths and other gear are sitting in dumps right now. Anyone want to go on a garbage raid? ; ) Title link takes you to the thread on the-gas-station.

Alesis Andromeda A6 Demo with Ratcheting

Update: Paul also has an EMS Synthi A track sequenced by a Frostwave Fat Controller. Title link takes you to Flux Radio with both samples.

Title link takes you to a 2.2M mp3 of the A6 by Paul Evenblij. "the ratcheting here was obtained by having an LFO selectively retrigger the envelopes. Needs careful synching and timing of note durations, but I like the result. Convincing enough, I think."

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

OBX-a Samples by Heath Finnie

Title link takes you to a post on VSE with a couple of Oberheim OBX-a samples by Heath Finnie.

Mini is up for Sale

Title link takes you to shots and content pulled from this auction.



"This is a unique Mini with some history behind it. It's serial number 1159, which would indicate it to be the 159th Mini ever made. This is even before Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman owned one!"

"The unit was originally sold in mid 1971 to Carroll Musical Instruments, NY as a direct order for the Broadway production of Jesus Christ Superstar. This is the original JC Superstar Minimoog."

The Lone Keyboardist - New Flickr Shot



Shot by William Kunz

Inverse Room 's Ambient Creot

Great way to decompress. Title link takes you to the site with podcast. Via Inverse Room.



Update from Inverse Room on the shot above:
"I'm standing next to Malcolm Cecil's TONTO, the famous Moog/Serge/Oberheim/ARP/homemade synth on all those Stevie Wonder records. I was interviewing Malcolm for TapeOp magazine a while back and got to see the great beast!"

"Dear Friends--

It's time for another of my episodes of Creot Radio--volume 42, AMBIENT
CREOT. This podcast consists of 50 minutes of langourous loops,
reverb'd strings, echoing guitars and synth pads as thick as a
mattress. Also, extra points if you can find the pitch-shifted hair
dryer. I'll be introducing each song in a soothing voice that
guaranteed to lull you into a false sense of personal well-being. The
podcast has just been posted and will be up all week.

http://www.creotradio.net

Creot Radio is an ALL-ORIGINAL weekly (usually) podcast of independent
music. Check out the text that accompanies each podcast for photos,
links, and information about our contributing artists. And visit our
merch section for Creot Radio artists' CD's...and for the stunning
embroidered Creot Radio iron-on patch.

Enjoy the music. Buy the patch. It's the right thing to do.

Yours
John"

The End of The Museum of Synthesizer Technology


Here's another find I'm left wondering how the heck I never ran into until now. Title link takes you to a fascinating Sound on Sound article on Martin Newcomb and The Museum of Synthezier Technology. The craziest thing? No one came to it over time! He eventually ended it due to lack of interest and repair costs. He sold off most of the gear to Turnkey; the gear is now part of their vintage collection. Amazing story.

"The Museum of Synthesizer Technology succeeded in putting together what was, at the time, the world's largest collection of analogue synths, but Martin was dismayed to find that this did not guarantee public interest. So was it a failure? "Yes," he told me, "it failed. In retrospect, I liken it to St Paul's Cathedral. Everyone thinks it's great that St Paul's is there, but they assume that it's always going to be there and never bother to go and see it. The Museum was like that. All the people came along in the first couple of years and, after that, the only support came from America, Germany and, to a lesser degree, Japan. I tried to organise things like tours from college music departments, but the response was always, 'You're too far away,' or 'I'll make an effort at some point but not at the moment.'"

"Go to Turnkey and have a look at their collection — almost all of that came from the Museum."

Update via Tom in the comments: "And Turnkey got rid of their collection a while ago... " That's right. I forgot about that.

CME VX6 Video on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video link unter date under title.

Mini-modular - New Flickr Shot

Note the caption. Via VSE.



"It is entirely possible to get hot basslines and percussion parts using nothing but the Moog lowpass filter and ring modulator."

Shot by sarendipatree

Rhodes Chroma Manuals

No title link. Performance Manual, Interface Manual, and Programming Manual. Shot pulled from this auction. I just like the look of this shot for some reason.

Whee! And Paia Theremax - New Flickr Shots

Title link takes you to a few more shots by Dji.

Whee!


Paia Theremax

Roland VP330 + Sh201 Videos

Via Moogulator. Title link takes you there.

Tuesday, February 07, 2006

The Electronic Peasant's LED Organ


"Here is a new version of the classic color organ, where different color lights are triggered by different frequencies of sound, resulting in a display that flashes along to music. In this case the newer type high intensity LEDs (3000 - 5000mcd) were used along with a very simple discrete transistor drive circuit. The design goals included small size and excellent portability, as well as long battery life." Title link takes you there.

Korg MS20 - New Flickr Shot



Shot by Le G

Updates on Deep Synthesis

Updates on Sealed's Deep Synthesis site. Title link takes you there.



New: DigiTech DSP128 page
Update: ENSONIQ SQ-R plus 32 voice
New: ENSONIQ FIZMO page
Update: New ENSONIQ SQ-80 .mp3s by Don Solaris

Fairlight CMI series III - Library demo tape On DVDBorn

Title link takes you there.

Sonic State Video up on Edirol Video Synth

Title link takes you there.

Sale of Vintage Synths to Be Banned in Japan

Wow. This one is hard to beleive. Apparently new law is coming that forbids the sale of electronic instruments made prior to 2000. Via Music Thing. Title link takes you there.

Test Your Chops

Listening chops that is. Title link takes you to a site with 25 different digital piano samples. See which one you like best then check out this thred on HC. The site nor the thread lists the digital pianos for each sample as of the time of this post. It should be fun to find out which is which. Enjoy.

My New Moog - New Flickr Shot


Not mine. Just the name of the shot. Although I could probably build one in under an hour. ; )

Shot by Peter Sawatzky

NAMM 2006 - New Flickr Set by fr1zz


You can find the set here.

Paul Schreiber of MOTM (L to R: M5, MOTM and white Modcan)

Artists of Vintage Synth Explorer

Title link takes you there. What's interesting is that the forum link on top of the site doesn't take you to the VSE forum. Regardless, some good music there.

Monday, February 06, 2006

Moog Voyager Editor

Update: In case you missed it on the Moog site, there is a Mac version as well.

Features a "Genetics" function that morphes two presets together into a whole new bank. There is a demo version on site. Title link takes you there. Via CDM.

ELP Video

Keith Emerson in action. Looks like he prefers wine over beer. Title link takes you there.

The Weevil and The Sonic Post

The Weevil: "Sunshine yellow with a massive contact plate ICON, the twin ring-mod lofi oscillators of the ICONsWeevil love to click, drone and squeal. Bend the sound in supr-extreme manners with the 8 copper contact elements - lick your fingers and allow the electrons to flow via your body, causing the oscillators to wail and fight each other. The low-power knob starves the battery supply, simulating a battery running out and leading to wonderful sonic circuit malfunctions." Title link takes you to more including The Sonic Post. Via Music Thing.

Colin's XoXBox number 173

Title link takes you to a couple of shots. Details and MP3s below. Thanks Colin!



CCJ_XOXJam.mp3
"a quick jam of my Box. You can here some of the mods in action, things a standard unit or 303 can't do :)"

CCJ_MiniMoog_fromXOX.mp3
"The Minimoog sequenced over CV/Gate from the unit. Halfway through I add the X0X ontop as well"

CCJ_XoXKeyboard.mp3
"You can the extra ENV mod range working here."

CCJ_MiniMoog_XOXed.mp3
"Now the Minimoog sequenced but run through the XOX's filter input. First you hear the XOX's VCO by itself, then I mix in the Mini's VCO, then i turn off the XOX's VCO and the fun begins. Now anything can be acidfied ^_^"

The back panel shows some of the mods - the top part of the back.
Left to right -

  1. on/off switch added

  2. hole to adjust the trimpot for the power supply warble mod. Goes from stock to 220R.
    Set in the middle it sounds closest to a 303. Left in stock it sounds a bit closer, edgey, and tighter,
    resonance not as nice. Set to the extreme, the sounds go more rubbery and mellow,
    the resonance band gets more noticeable/wider like a Juno 106....

  3. switch to turn on/off the envelope modulation extra range. Very handy, you can do some sounds you can't get on a normal 303.

  4. empty switch, didn't end up using it to switch a mod

  5. turns the VCO on/off. Very useful for the filter input mod

  6. jack for the filter input - very handy for filtering stuff, that you sequence over CV/Gate to add the accent and 303 vibe.
    Or just filter patterns when running the sequencer without the VCO etc


Mods that you can't see -

  1. Bass boost - drop the high pass filter down an ocatve. Hmm sounds much thicker, gives my Minimoog and Sh2 a run for the bass money :)

  2. High beta transitors for the VCO and Filter

  3. allow the Env mod to be set to zero

  4. wider filter cutoff range, goes from subsonic to near ultrasonic now

Waldorf Microwave I Demo

Title link takes you to a post on VSE with a nice long demo by Mush.

Microwave I and Access Programmer

Waldorf Microwave I Japanese Ad

Title link takes you to a bigger shot.

ASM-1 & More Misc Synth Shots

Update: These are for sale. Contact bjmcho[]sbcglobal.net if interested.

Title link takes you to shots of the following: Sequential Six-Trak, Sequential Drumtraks, Korg DSM-1, Kawai SX-240, and ASM-1 / Paia Vocoder / Paia Stack-in-a-box (pictured).

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Minimoog Art

Title link takes you to the orginal shot pulled from this auction.

Video Synthesizers

Title link takes you the Video Synthesizers Homage Page which walks you through video synthesis over the years. Some of these are huge modular systems. The Buchla Electric Music Box is also listed for video synthesis. "The Electric Music Box can be configured to serve a variety of applications, including electronic music composition and performance, music education, psychoacoustic studies, environmental control, special effects generation, bio-feedback research, and video synthesis. "

Buchla Electric Music Box



NAM JUNE PAIK


David Jones


Link to the Vidio Synthesizers Homage Page via synthtopia.

WC Olo Garb - Moving - New Flickr Shot


Payback for this post.

jexus

Virus Ti - New Flickr Shot

Hmm.... Yep...



Shot by holbeist

Saturday, February 04, 2006

Edirol Video Synth

I haven't thought much about video synthesis but this shot sparks my interest. Kicking back and playing video on my laptop while sequencing sounds just seems like it would be fun. Via Sonic State.

Devo Rehearsal Video

Title link takes you there. Not much to see as far as synths go, but definitely a bit to hear especially at the end.

Free Moog Sonic Infinity DVD

Apparently Moog Music is launching a "Sonic Infinity" ad campaign and part of it is a free DVD. You send them your address and they'll send you the DVD free. Title link takes you there.



"Moog Launches Sonic Infinity Ad Campaign

Sonic Infinity
This past December Moog launched a new ad campaign that you will see throughout the year... Sonic Infinity.

The campaign is designed to create awareness among non-Moog users that our gear is only limited by their imagination.

The first ad appeared in the December issue of Keyboard. The ad offered a new "Sonic Infinity" DVD featuring Moog Clinician and Product Development Consultant, Brian Kehew. The DVD was filmed at Asheville's premier night spot, The Orange Peel, where Brian conducted a Moog Clinic.

If you would like a copy of the DVD, they are free. Simply email sonic@moogmusic.com with your name and mailing address.

The campaign theme will be supported at both the Winter NAMM and the upcoming Musik Messe in Frankfurt as well as in Moog ads throughout the year. "
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