Saturday, March 11, 2006
Friday, March 10, 2006
100 New Sidstations
Looks like Elektron found 100 more chips. Title link takes you there.
Update via xonox in the comments:
"I've been checking that page every week since january and sidstations were available all the time i think. It's a shame they raised the price, they used to sell for 580$us a few years ago... "
Doh! Nevermind. Nothing to see here, please move on... : )
Update via xonox in the comments:
"I've been checking that page every week since january and sidstations were available all the time i think. It's a shame they raised the price, they used to sell for 580$us a few years ago... "
Doh! Nevermind. Nothing to see here, please move on... : )
The Song That Made String Synths Famous
Well, in my world at least. Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart. I beleive this is an ARP OMNI 2. If not please correct me in the comments and I'll update the post. For years I've heard it's either a Solina or OMNI. In the video it's clearly and Omni. I do know New Order later used and ARP Quadra for their strings. ARP all the way for them. Links below.
Two videos:
The official processed video. The OMNI sounds silky and smoothed out a bit.
The live/raw video. You can really hear the raw sound of the OMNI hear.
Two videos:
The official processed video. The OMNI sounds silky and smoothed out a bit.
The live/raw video. You can really hear the raw sound of the OMNI hear.
Silicon Teens, a Wasp and an ARP 2600
Moogulator has a post up on some more synth goodies from YouTube including New Order, Fad Gadget, Human League, and the Silicon Teens. I picked the Silicon Teens for this post for two resons. One it's not every day you see an ARP 2600 and EDP Wasp in the same video, and two I completely forgot about this song. It was a nice trip back in time. BTW, there is a third synth in the video. If anyone know what it is please feel free to comment. Title link takes you there.
Moog Polymoog and Oberheim OB8 Schematics
More scans from ChristianH. I previously posted his Memorymoog scans. He added a scan of the Polymoog and OB-8. Notes below. If you can help, feel free to post a comment.
Udate: Looks like Jordan Gibson on the AH list came through. He ran a full scan of the Polymoog Service Manuel and Brandon Daniel is hosting the whopping 180M file on fdisk.com.
"Hi all,
I finally spent some time and did some joyous 30 year anniversary
Polymoog scanning to acompany the Memorymoog schematics scans I did the
other day.
This is the complete Service Manual, Volume II (schematics).
Some of the sheets are pretty large, but luckily I have access to large
format scanners at work :-)
Considering that some of the original manual sheets are some kind of
ancient 70s blue prints, which have severely yellowed background
(actually the paper deteriorated to a hot red in some areas), the end
result looks quite nice after some heavy processing, you all know the
routine - EQing, noise gating, compressing, and a tad of Exciter to
improve sharpness:
http://www.chrismusic.de/synth/schematics/polymoog.zip
12 MB ZIP file, but by today's download standards, this isn't that large
anymore.
All missing page numbers are blank pages, nothing has been omitted for
scanning.
I NEED YOUR HELP: Now, if some kind soul would do the same for Volume I,
I simply don't have that one. I assume, it contains calibration info and
circuit descriptions, and thus should be more suitable for small format
scanners. I'd be glad to host Vol.I on my site as well.
And maybe the additional "Polymoog Keyboard" filter board schematics
would fit in here nicely, if anybody has them available.
And while I was at it, there's an almost legible scan of the OB8 voice
board component layout:
http://www.chrismusic.de/synth/schematics/OB-8-voice-board-600dpi.tif
On all scans I found before, the component designator numbers were
pretty hard to decypher, which makes locating measurement points on the
boards quite tedious.
This one comes from an original service manual. Not on the light side,
at 600 dpi grey scale - a whopping 4MB for one page.
cheers
Christian
P.S.: maybe a little long-shot, I'd be glad to do a similar scanning job
with the giant CS-80 schematics diagram.
The one to be found on the net is a godsend nevertheless, but due to
small format scanning, the pieces won't really fit together.
If someone could lend the schematics to me for scanning, that would be
great.
If there is a CS-80 owner in the western Germany/Netherlands/Belgium area,
I'd even opt for a personal pickup (and maybe some synth geek talk as
well... ;-)"
Udate: Looks like Jordan Gibson on the AH list came through. He ran a full scan of the Polymoog Service Manuel and Brandon Daniel is hosting the whopping 180M file on fdisk.com.
"Hi all,
I finally spent some time and did some joyous 30 year anniversary
Polymoog scanning to acompany the Memorymoog schematics scans I did the
other day.
This is the complete Service Manual, Volume II (schematics).
Some of the sheets are pretty large, but luckily I have access to large
format scanners at work :-)
Considering that some of the original manual sheets are some kind of
ancient 70s blue prints, which have severely yellowed background
(actually the paper deteriorated to a hot red in some areas), the end
result looks quite nice after some heavy processing, you all know the
routine - EQing, noise gating, compressing, and a tad of Exciter to
improve sharpness:
http://www.chrismusic.de/synth/schematics/polymoog.zip
12 MB ZIP file, but by today's download standards, this isn't that large
anymore.
All missing page numbers are blank pages, nothing has been omitted for
scanning.
I NEED YOUR HELP: Now, if some kind soul would do the same for Volume I,
I simply don't have that one. I assume, it contains calibration info and
circuit descriptions, and thus should be more suitable for small format
scanners. I'd be glad to host Vol.I on my site as well.
And maybe the additional "Polymoog Keyboard" filter board schematics
would fit in here nicely, if anybody has them available.
And while I was at it, there's an almost legible scan of the OB8 voice
board component layout:
http://www.chrismusic.de/synth/schematics/OB-8-voice-board-600dpi.tif
On all scans I found before, the component designator numbers were
pretty hard to decypher, which makes locating measurement points on the
boards quite tedious.
This one comes from an original service manual. Not on the light side,
at 600 dpi grey scale - a whopping 4MB for one page.
cheers
Christian
P.S.: maybe a little long-shot, I'd be glad to do a similar scanning job
with the giant CS-80 schematics diagram.
The one to be found on the net is a godsend nevertheless, but due to
small format scanning, the pieces won't really fit together.
If someone could lend the schematics to me for scanning, that would be
great.
If there is a CS-80 owner in the western Germany/Netherlands/Belgium area,
I'd even opt for a personal pickup (and maybe some synth geek talk as
well... ;-)"
Korg Radias Samples on Sequencer.de
Title link takes you directly to the Korg Radias page on Sequencer.de. New samples are at the end of the page.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Juan Atkins Interview
Title link takes you to a classic interview of the godfather of Detroit Techno and House.
Some synth bits (make sure to read the full article):
"'During the summer of 1980 I bought myself a Korg MS10. I messed around with that synthesiser all summer, and I'd got to the point where 1 was making up all sorts of drumbeats on it. 1 had two Kenwood cassette decks and a little Yamaha four-channel mixer, and I'd make up my drum beat and record it on one deck, then bounce it across onto the other and overdub another part at the same time. I became a real master at doing that; I knew how to EQ my drum sounds to start with so that by the time I'd finished four or five overdubs the music still sounded clean.'"
"Instruments in the Atkins arsenal include a Korg Poly 800, Yamaha DXlOO, Sequential Pro One, and Ensoniq Mirage and Akai S900 samplers. Like Saunderson, Atkins is not interested in sampling old records. He prefers to devote himself to the delights of synthesis - and in particular to one synth.
"The Pro One is my heart. I'll use that Pro One until it falls apart, and then I'll probably still use it if it makes any sounds. "These new synthesisers now, I think they're scaling them more to interface with the consumer. Synthesisers used to be synthesisers that a synthesist could play. Now manufacturers are going for presets and they make it really hard to get beyond those presets to program your own sounds. "
"Atkins has a similar preference for old drum machines.
"I still use the 808 and 909. I don't like Roland's latest drum machines, but the 808 and 909 are classics. The 808 has a real techno feel. Everything on that drum machine has an electronic feel, it's not like digitally-sampled real drums."
"'We unveiled our secret weapon, which was that we'd brought a Roland 808 to the party to play live rhythm tracks between the records.'
The crowd went wild and the Direct Drive crew got mad. But a new idea was born which was to have a profound impact not so much on Detroit as on Chicago."
Some synth bits (make sure to read the full article):
"'During the summer of 1980 I bought myself a Korg MS10. I messed around with that synthesiser all summer, and I'd got to the point where 1 was making up all sorts of drumbeats on it. 1 had two Kenwood cassette decks and a little Yamaha four-channel mixer, and I'd make up my drum beat and record it on one deck, then bounce it across onto the other and overdub another part at the same time. I became a real master at doing that; I knew how to EQ my drum sounds to start with so that by the time I'd finished four or five overdubs the music still sounded clean.'"
"Instruments in the Atkins arsenal include a Korg Poly 800, Yamaha DXlOO, Sequential Pro One, and Ensoniq Mirage and Akai S900 samplers. Like Saunderson, Atkins is not interested in sampling old records. He prefers to devote himself to the delights of synthesis - and in particular to one synth.
"The Pro One is my heart. I'll use that Pro One until it falls apart, and then I'll probably still use it if it makes any sounds. "These new synthesisers now, I think they're scaling them more to interface with the consumer. Synthesisers used to be synthesisers that a synthesist could play. Now manufacturers are going for presets and they make it really hard to get beyond those presets to program your own sounds. "
"Atkins has a similar preference for old drum machines.
"I still use the 808 and 909. I don't like Roland's latest drum machines, but the 808 and 909 are classics. The 808 has a real techno feel. Everything on that drum machine has an electronic feel, it's not like digitally-sampled real drums."
"'We unveiled our secret weapon, which was that we'd brought a Roland 808 to the party to play live rhythm tracks between the records.'
The crowd went wild and the Direct Drive crew got mad. But a new idea was born which was to have a profound impact not so much on Detroit as on Chicago."
Cream's Mini Up for Auction
Title link takes you to an auction for Jack Bruce of Cream's Mini. Details below saved for posterity. There was only one shot below, so the title link just takes you to the auction while it's up. Via Dylan Gaffney.
Jack Bruce's Mini Moog synthesizer Model-D
serial number 1058 circa early 70s (model D serial numbers started with No.1001 in 1971) - the side panels to the casing on the right-hand side are missing and in generally used condition. This instrument was used by Jack Bruce in recording and composing. Mini Moog synthesizer is now, due to its unique sound, a sought after collector's item.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Janet Bruce.
Jack Bruce's Mini Moog synthesizer Model-D
serial number 1058 circa early 70s (model D serial numbers started with No.1001 in 1971) - the side panels to the casing on the right-hand side are missing and in generally used condition. This instrument was used by Jack Bruce in recording and composing. Mini Moog synthesizer is now, due to its unique sound, a sought after collector's item.
Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Janet Bruce.
Pulse Wave on OSC-3 Please
Title link takes you to more cat shots sent my way by First Last. That cat is fixated on OSC-3's Wave selector, or he's wondering where the keys went.
The New Moog
Almost here... Moog Clue #1
"You Know IT'S Coming...But What Is IT?
Can You Feel The Anticipation?
Moog Music is proud to announce the advent of a much anticipated NEW product at Musik Messe in Frankfurt, Germany, March 29, 2006. Come visit your Moog friends in Hall 5.1, Walkway B, Stand 43. Along with showcasing our "hip" new product, we will have world-renowned thereminist, Pamelia Kurstin demonstrating the Etherwave Pro. You all remember her from the Moog Movie.
Although we can't tell you what IT is right now -- we promise to continue to update this location with news and plenty of CLUES. Here's a picture of your first one. Any guesses? Please feel free to share your thoughts with others on the Moog Forum where speculation grows stronger each day.
For those who think that patience is sometimes, but not always a virtue - you can also Click Here to subscribe to our newsletter.
These are the best two ways to collect your clues before everyone else.
See you in Frankfurt!"
"You Know IT'S Coming...But What Is IT?
Can You Feel The Anticipation?
Moog Music is proud to announce the advent of a much anticipated NEW product at Musik Messe in Frankfurt, Germany, March 29, 2006. Come visit your Moog friends in Hall 5.1, Walkway B, Stand 43. Along with showcasing our "hip" new product, we will have world-renowned thereminist, Pamelia Kurstin demonstrating the Etherwave Pro. You all remember her from the Moog Movie.
Although we can't tell you what IT is right now -- we promise to continue to update this location with news and plenty of CLUES. Here's a picture of your first one. Any guesses? Please feel free to share your thoughts with others on the Moog Forum where speculation grows stronger each day.
For those who think that patience is sometimes, but not always a virtue - you can also Click Here to subscribe to our newsletter.
These are the best two ways to collect your clues before everyone else.
See you in Frankfurt!"
M-Audio on One Blue Monkey
NAMM 2006 video is up on One Blue Monkey along with shots and summary. Title link takes you there. Video link under date under title. Axiom controllers pictured on the left.
Kitty Goes Modular
Yep... Shot below from Eric on AH. And then there's KatFish via Jason Proctor.
Update: Another cat shot from Justin Maxwell. What's interesting is that it always seems to be cats in synth shots. Never dogs, never birds, never rodents, never fish. What's with synth people being into cats? I'm into cats as well. So...
Update via the comments. Thought this was pretty funny.
"That's because dogs would be sitting on the floor, looking at you, going "I wuv woo, I wuv woo.."
Cats would be climbing up onto your gear going "For goodness sake, that's not how you patch a modular synth. Here, connect the OSC1 sync here and...
Bloody humans, think they're great at everything... Now where's my dinner?" "
Update: Another cat shot from Justin Maxwell. What's interesting is that it always seems to be cats in synth shots. Never dogs, never birds, never rodents, never fish. What's with synth people being into cats? I'm into cats as well. So...
Update via the comments. Thought this was pretty funny.
"That's because dogs would be sitting on the floor, looking at you, going "I wuv woo, I wuv woo.."
Cats would be climbing up onto your gear going "For goodness sake, that's not how you patch a modular synth. Here, connect the OSC1 sync here and...
Bloody humans, think they're great at everything... Now where's my dinner?" "
ARP 2600 Grey Mini Shots
Title link takes you to shots put up by Cary Roberts. Click on one to get to its photo album.
"I'm in the process of refurbing my early model grey face ARP 2600. Most
folks would call this a gray meanie as it has all first rev boards and
all op amps are octal not DIP. It does not have a 4410 ADSR. The ADSR
in the unit is labeled "Board 4-1" and is a good bit larger than a 4410.
Board 4 also has odd header locations for the 4019 VCA so several of the
legs on 4019 are bent to make it work. This was fixed in the next rev
of the board.
I'm replacing all the jacks with new Switchcraft 142As and disassembling
and refurbing all the pots. Also, contrary to popular belief, the Cinch
Jones S-306-DB keyboard connector is still manufactured although it's a
couple week lead time from most distributors. In a pinch you can take a
standard S-306 socket and replace the defective socket in the S-306-DB
metal bracket.
While perusing the pics note the silk screened trimmer functions and
jack normalling symbols not present on later units.
http://www.retrosynth.com/gear/arp2600/"
"I'm in the process of refurbing my early model grey face ARP 2600. Most
folks would call this a gray meanie as it has all first rev boards and
all op amps are octal not DIP. It does not have a 4410 ADSR. The ADSR
in the unit is labeled "Board 4-1" and is a good bit larger than a 4410.
Board 4 also has odd header locations for the 4019 VCA so several of the
legs on 4019 are bent to make it work. This was fixed in the next rev
of the board.
I'm replacing all the jacks with new Switchcraft 142As and disassembling
and refurbing all the pots. Also, contrary to popular belief, the Cinch
Jones S-306-DB keyboard connector is still manufactured although it's a
couple week lead time from most distributors. In a pinch you can take a
standard S-306 socket and replace the defective socket in the S-306-DB
metal bracket.
While perusing the pics note the silk screened trimmer functions and
jack normalling symbols not present on later units.
http://www.retrosynth.com/gear/arp2600/"
Bob Cash's Keyboards & Synthesizers
Bob sent me a link to his site filled with high res shots. Title link takes you there. Enjoy. Thanks Bob!
Drum Triggering Your Modular
Analog Industries has a post up on building a drum trigger for your modular. Surprisingly it is relatively affordable. Title link takes you to the post.
Love this shot
Love this shot
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Audio Damage 914 Fixed Filter Bank Now Available
Title link takes you there. Samples on site.
The Audio Damage 914 Fixed Filter Bank is a faithful recreation of the Moog Modular Synthesizer's 914 module, and a major upgrade to our original 907A plugin. This plugin creates unique filter textures by passing the signal through twelve band-pass filters, as well as a low-pass and high-pass filter.
The 914 is a subtle effect, capable of adding rich luster to pads, and giving percussive and lead synth sounds a vocal quality. It is an excellent tool for the sound designer's palette, simple to use yet capable of complex and unique timbres. Improvements over the original 907A include a bandwidth control, separate level adjustments for wet and dry signal, makeup gain, and four extra frequency bands.
Features:
» 24db Low-pass and high-pass filters.
» Twelve fixed-frequency band-pass filters.
» True stereo operation.
» Separate wet and dry level controls.
» 15dB of makeup gain on the wet level.
» Full MIDI learn mode, for MIDI CC control of every control (VST only; handled by host in AU version).
914 is available as a VST effect for Windows, and as a Universal Binary AU/VST for OSX. PPC version requires OSX 10.3.9 or later.
The Audio Damage 914 Fixed Filter Bank is a faithful recreation of the Moog Modular Synthesizer's 914 module, and a major upgrade to our original 907A plugin. This plugin creates unique filter textures by passing the signal through twelve band-pass filters, as well as a low-pass and high-pass filter.
The 914 is a subtle effect, capable of adding rich luster to pads, and giving percussive and lead synth sounds a vocal quality. It is an excellent tool for the sound designer's palette, simple to use yet capable of complex and unique timbres. Improvements over the original 907A include a bandwidth control, separate level adjustments for wet and dry signal, makeup gain, and four extra frequency bands.
Features:
» 24db Low-pass and high-pass filters.
» Twelve fixed-frequency band-pass filters.
» True stereo operation.
» Separate wet and dry level controls.
» 15dB of makeup gain on the wet level.
» Full MIDI learn mode, for MIDI CC control of every control (VST only; handled by host in AU version).
914 is available as a VST effect for Windows, and as a Universal Binary AU/VST for OSX. PPC version requires OSX 10.3.9 or later.
Vemia Action - March 11 - March 18
Looks like the Vemia auction is up again. Title link takes you there. Click here for the item listing. Check out this beauty. It's Lester Barnes Bizarre Modular with analog drum machine, vocal filter, etc. Item 4899.
Roland SH32 Sample
Title link takes you to a 1.5M sample of the Roland SH32 posted by natrixgli on this VSE thread. And interesting note on the post is that although the onboard filter knob steps, the filter does not using an ouboard controller. I still want one of these for some reason.
The Harrington 1200 - Little Mouse
Published on Dec 22, 2012 Steven Thomas
'From the Look Around You 'Music' Episode'
Previous post:
I'm not going to say more, just go watch it. Via Create Digital Music.
Update: Look Around You Music. Just adding this as a tag as I couldn't find it.
Update: It appears the video was moved. You can find it here.
SynthMania
Title link takes you to SynthMania, a website with a load of synth shots, specs and samples. Not a bad way to kill an afternoon.Funny thing about this shot is that as into synths as I am, I don't think I have ever seen this cover of the Minimoog manual before. ???
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
DIY Modular
Nice. Reminds me of what a giant Oberheim OBMx based modular might look like. Title link takes you there. Click on the Modular-Synth link for more including video, shots and info on the individual modules. This one via Moogulator. BTW, Moogulator has more synth related posts up. Make sure to check it out.
New Shots on the Wavemakers Site
John Liffink put up two new shots up on the Wavemakers site. Click on the Next Page link when you get there to see the second shot. I found the shots look better when saved locally and shrunk down a little.
Update via the comments:
chris said...
Have a listen to the MP3's, they are top shelf modular sounds !!!
Update via the comments:
chris said...
Have a listen to the MP3's, they are top shelf modular sounds !!!
Microcontrolers and the Milton 2 Model 21 Prototype
Peter Grenader of EAR and Buzzclick Music posted the following on AH.
"What you're looking at, while not yet complete, is operationally equivalent
to the Milton 1 engine board. Actually there are a few added features over
it's predecessor...with a ten of the componentry/cost and about a third of
the real estate (and this includes a host of parts which will not be
required on the final incarnation, such as the power supply, the 555
timer/trim pot we've slapped on here to facilitate an incoming clock and the
dummy voltage source - the large Alpha pot - for testing the VC direction).
You gotta love microprocessors!
Sorry for the quality of the photo, Regardless, I think it shows the 'big
picture' pretty clearly. Note that stage three is lit - although the light
blew out in this exposure."
- P
"What you're looking at, while not yet complete, is operationally equivalent
to the Milton 1 engine board. Actually there are a few added features over
it's predecessor...with a ten of the componentry/cost and about a third of
the real estate (and this includes a host of parts which will not be
required on the final incarnation, such as the power supply, the 555
timer/trim pot we've slapped on here to facilitate an incoming clock and the
dummy voltage source - the large Alpha pot - for testing the VC direction).
You gotta love microprocessors!
Sorry for the quality of the photo, Regardless, I think it shows the 'big
picture' pretty clearly. Note that stage three is lit - although the light
blew out in this exposure."
- P
Mitchell Sigman - Celebutante and Berlin
Mitchell Sigman, keyboard player for Berlin, sent me some shots. Pretty cool as I grew up on Berlin, specifically Pleasure Victim, with Metro being my favorite track. The year was 1982.
Mitchell also has his own project, called Celebutante. Check out this video for some ARP Odyssey, Moog Polymoog, and green on black retro monitor action - gotta like that. Mitchell Sigman is on guitar and vocals. The video features both beauties on the left. Who is that btw? I sent Mitchell an email asking, but haven't heard back yet. Update: Her name is Diana Dencker. She's done a few commercials.
Title link takes you to Mitchell's My Space site. Make sure to check it out. I'm listening to the track Electrolux as I type this and there is some good Polymoog action happening on that track. BTW, definitely flattered Mitchell lurks on my site. Pretty cool... Thanks Mitchell. : )
Update: Udpate via Mitchell in the comments:
"Actually every synth in that song is either Logic Audio's ES2 or Native Instruments Pro-53 (except for the little square wave lead after the chorus which is Logic ES1). I swear it's true. If I fooled everyone with the Polymoog, well, cool, that was the idea (the strings are all ES2)." Nice. That definitely sounded like a Polymoog to me.
Links:
www.myspace.com/celebutantemusic
www.celebutantemusic.com
www.berlinpage.com
shots
Analog Synth Record Collection
Check out this auction list while it's up. There is a slew of old analog synth records. I saved off the album covers, titles and any details given for each; title link takes you to one monster htm file. I listed the albums below as well for anyone that wants to search for them in the future.
-Moog Synthesizer, The Essential, Perrey & Kingsley
-Moog Synthesizer, Moog Indigo by Jean Jacques Perrey
-Amazing New Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey
-Spotlight on the Moog; Kaleido-scopic vibrations
-The in sound from way out, Perrey - Kingsley
-First Moog Quartet by Gershon Kingsley
-Yankee Transdoodle; ARP 2600 + Obenheim equipt.
-Giorgio; 1977, exclusively electronic keyboards
-It's about time, Tonto
-White Noise / An Electric Storm
-Plugged in Joplin, Minimoog and EMS Synthi AKS, 1974
-Firebird by Isao Tomita
-Ragnarok; Electronic funk by Paul Beaver and Bernard L. Krause
-Skylab; Electronic butterflies play instrumental hits
-Electronic Music for Jean Dubuffet's Coucou Bazar by Ilhan Mimaroglu
-All Good Men by Beaver and Krause
-Beyond the sun, the planets Patrick Gleason and the Eu Polyphonic Synth
-Electric Love Moog synthesizer and strings
-Good morning Starshine with Moog synth by Tartaglia
-Mother Mallards Portable Masterpiece Co recorded at R.A. Moog !
-Short Circuits by Ruth White / Moog Synthesizer
-Moog synthesizer album, Everything you always wanted to hear on the Moog but were afraid to ask
-Music to Moog by Gershon and Kingsley
-Quadradisc Highlights - quadraphonic record album
-Electronic Hair Pieces Mort Garson with Moog synthesizer
-Copper Plated Integrated Circuit - 1969
-Switched On Gershwin - Moog synthesizer
-White Noise 2 David Vorhaus, 1975, Concerto for synth
-Popcorn Gershon Kingsley's First Moog Quartet
-Apollo 100 Masterpieces includes Popcorn
-Hot Butter with Stan Free at the Moog synthesizer
-Realistic Life Mechanical Sound Effects record album
-Flowers Of Evil
-Moog Synthesizer, The Essential, Perrey & Kingsley
-Moog Synthesizer, Moog Indigo by Jean Jacques Perrey
-Amazing New Sound of Jean Jacques Perrey
-Spotlight on the Moog; Kaleido-scopic vibrations
-The in sound from way out, Perrey - Kingsley
-First Moog Quartet by Gershon Kingsley
-Yankee Transdoodle; ARP 2600 + Obenheim equipt.
-Giorgio; 1977, exclusively electronic keyboards
-It's about time, Tonto
-White Noise / An Electric Storm
-Plugged in Joplin, Minimoog and EMS Synthi AKS, 1974
-Firebird by Isao Tomita
-Ragnarok; Electronic funk by Paul Beaver and Bernard L. Krause
-Skylab; Electronic butterflies play instrumental hits
-Electronic Music for Jean Dubuffet's Coucou Bazar by Ilhan Mimaroglu
-All Good Men by Beaver and Krause
-Beyond the sun, the planets Patrick Gleason and the Eu Polyphonic Synth
-Electric Love Moog synthesizer and strings
-Good morning Starshine with Moog synth by Tartaglia
-Mother Mallards Portable Masterpiece Co recorded at R.A. Moog !
-Short Circuits by Ruth White / Moog Synthesizer
-Moog synthesizer album, Everything you always wanted to hear on the Moog but were afraid to ask
-Music to Moog by Gershon and Kingsley
-Quadradisc Highlights - quadraphonic record album
-Electronic Hair Pieces Mort Garson with Moog synthesizer
-Copper Plated Integrated Circuit - 1969
-Switched On Gershwin - Moog synthesizer
-White Noise 2 David Vorhaus, 1975, Concerto for synth
-Popcorn Gershon Kingsley's First Moog Quartet
-Apollo 100 Masterpieces includes Popcorn
-Hot Butter with Stan Free at the Moog synthesizer
-Realistic Life Mechanical Sound Effects record album
-Flowers Of Evil
WintherStormer
Ran into this one on Moogulator. Some nice gear shots here. Title link takes you to the WintherStormer music page with some samples. Check out the ahs grey wood/finish on this mini.Update via the comments:
Mmm.. that's not a grey finish on the mini. :)
It's a mini that I built and is covered with temperature sensetive liquid crystal paint.
When it's black or grey like that, it's outside its color range.
Fusion Updates on Synthwire
Make sure to check on Carbon111's updates on Synthwire. Title link takes you there.
Monday, March 06, 2006
Synth Credit Cards
Yep. Title link takes you to more. Hmm... The Matrixsynth logo on black would look pretty sweet.
Via Dennis Verschoor (btw, nice blog!).
Via Dennis Verschoor (btw, nice blog!).
Catgirl Synth - Modular DIY
Title link takes you to Ken Stone's Modular Synthesizer site. "It is a collection of notes, circuit diagrams and stories about the creation of my modular synthesizer, the "Catgirl Synth" as it has been dubbed by others. This synthesizer is mostly analog, and is based on the 1 volt per octave standards set by Moog."
Via ben shannon illustrator.
Moog Movie Screening and Exhibit
Looks like someone on HC made it to the the Moog Tribute Movie Screening and Exhibit. Title link takes you to the post with pictures and thoughts. This has to be one of the coolest ideas in the synth world ever. What a cool way to appreciate what Bob left us.
ARP Odyssey MkIII Shots
via this auction
One pretty "interesting" detail below; well to me at least. : )
Details from auction:
"Reconditioned by Than Muir, this rare & classic synth is in immaculate condition, cosmetically and functionally. Serial # 2825 0005. The Odyssey is a duo-phonic, fully analog synth developed in the 1970's. It is a simplified, non-modular yet more gig-able version of their famous 2600 modular mono-synth (sharing many of the same components). This is the mark 3 version, distinguishable by its orange and black facia detailing. It is considered the superior revision of the Odyssey for its sound (-24db filter), technical capability, reliability and service-ablity (see: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2006/01/why-white-arp-odyssey-is-not-always.html). Includes colour spiral-bound copy of user manual and patch sheets. Electronic copy of service manual also available. Famous users include ABBA, Depeche Mode, Bomb The Bass, Ultravox, Gary Numan, Vince Clark, LTJ Bukem, Air, Tangerine Dream, 808 State, Apollo 440, Nine Inch Nails, Astral Projection, Chick Corea, George Duke, Josef Zawinul, John Foxx, Vangelis, Elton John, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Edgar, DEVO, R.E.M. and Herbie Hancock. Please don't hesitate to contact me for more info. Includes colour spiral-bound copy of user manual and patch sheets. Electronic copy of service manual also available. Famous users include ABBA, Depeche Mode, Bomb The Bass, Ultravox, Gary Numan, Vince Clark, LTJ Bukem, Air, Tangerine Dream, 808 State, Apollo 440, Nine Inch Nails, Astral Projection, Chick Corea, George Duke, Josef Zawinul, John Foxx, Vangelis, Elton John, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Edgar, DEVO, R.E.M. and Herbie Hancock. Please don't hesitate to contact me for more info."
Yep, my first "reference" on the *bay. That shot of Pete pretty much captured my reaction when I saw it. And no, I don't mind being referrenced to one bit.
BBC Radio's The Sound Hunter and the ANS Machine
Fascinating. The ANS was developed by Russian engineer Evgeny Murzin from 1937 - 1957. You draw on the surface to produce sounds similar to a theremin. The worlds first touch interface? Title link takes you to the BBC session. For more on the ANS, see Wikipedia. Also check out The Moscow Altermedium Electronic Music Festival. Via this post on electro-music.com.
Update via the comments:
"Coil did a full album using nothing but the ANS, well worth checking out.
More info here: http://thresholdhouse.greedbag.com/release/~ans/"
Update via the comments:
"Coil did a full album using nothing but the ANS, well worth checking out.
More info here: http://thresholdhouse.greedbag.com/release/~ans/"
Arp service manuals
Arp model 2600-2606Arp model 3620 keyboard
These were put up by Dennis Verschoor. He plans to put others up as well. Thanks Dennis!
Yamaha CS15 - Shots and Demos
Title link takes you there. Via Jordan Gibson. This one is for sale, more details after the hop.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Emulator X2 on One Blue Monkey
Title link takes you there. Video link under date, under title. Good demo by EMU.
Welcome To Mars
Via Simon James. Details below. Title link takes you to the podcast where Program 1 is available. Upcoming dates below.
WELCOME TO MARS
1947-1959
Ken Hollings presents a live twelve-part series of unscripted reflections on the fantasy of science in the early years of the American Century
With electronic sound production by Simon James
Between 1947 and 1959, the future was written about, discussed and analysed with such confidence that it became a tangible presence. This is a story of weird science, strange events and even stranger beliefs, set in an age when the possibilities for human development seemed almost limitless.
Programme 1: 1947: Rebuilding Lemuria
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 1, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 3, 2006
Programme 2: 1948-49: Flying Saucers Over America
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 8, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 10, 2006
Programme 3: 1950: Cheapness and Splendour
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 15, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 17, 2006
Part Four: 1951: Absolute Elsewhere
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 22, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 24, 2006
104.4 FM or live stream direct from the Resonance FM website
Welcome to Mars will also be available as a series of podcasts from http://www.simonsound.co.uk/podcasts.html
www.kenhollings.com
www.simonsound.co.uk
www.resonancefm.com
A Project Thrust production – ‘The Name You Can Trust.’
WELCOME TO MARS
1947-1959
Ken Hollings presents a live twelve-part series of unscripted reflections on the fantasy of science in the early years of the American Century
With electronic sound production by Simon James
Between 1947 and 1959, the future was written about, discussed and analysed with such confidence that it became a tangible presence. This is a story of weird science, strange events and even stranger beliefs, set in an age when the possibilities for human development seemed almost limitless.
Programme 1: 1947: Rebuilding Lemuria
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 1, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 3, 2006
Programme 2: 1948-49: Flying Saucers Over America
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 8, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 10, 2006
Programme 3: 1950: Cheapness and Splendour
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 15, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 17, 2006
Part Four: 1951: Absolute Elsewhere
Broadcast live on Resonance FM, 3.30pm, March 22, 2006
Repeated 10.00pm, March 24, 2006
104.4 FM or live stream direct from the Resonance FM website
Welcome to Mars will also be available as a series of podcasts from http://www.simonsound.co.uk/podcasts.html
www.kenhollings.com
www.simonsound.co.uk
www.resonancefm.com
A Project Thrust production – ‘The Name You Can Trust.’
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