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Korg Videos by zioaxiom · at 9/14/2006 11:36:00 AM

Korg MS-20 Test - Pt.1

Korg MS-20 Test - Pt.2

Korg MS-20 Test - Pt.3

Noodling on Korg MS-10

Looks like the synth related videos on YouTube are really starting to come in. Title link takes you to the rest of zioaxiom's videos, some of which have been featured here.

at 9/14/2006 11:00:00 AM

YouTube via zioaxiom.

at 9/14/2006 10:58:00 AM

YouTube via salamandos707.

at 9/14/2006 10:57:00 AM

YouTube via salamandos707.

at 9/14/2006 10:52:00 AM

Title link takes you to the post by Analoghell on SYNTHWIRE.

Update: Just got around to watching this. Do check it out if you are a fan of Bob Moog and the Minimoog. This is really worth watching.

at 9/14/2006 10:47:00 AM

: ) Via Music Thing.

at 9/14/2006 09:40:00 AM

Nice shot of the Roland TB-303 and Elektron Machinedrum sent my way via Tommy Dummy. Title link takes you to the full sized shot.

at 9/14/2006 12:03:00 AM

Via Peter Grenader on the Plan B list:

"Working after the shop closes and into the wee hours for the last couple of nights, I've completed the prototype of the Model 16. I normally never go here, but I have to say that this one is a winner. You guys are going to be pleased. Timbrally it dances between Fixed Filter Bank behavior to Vocorder precision at the turn of a pot...with voltage control of all 12 filters, lowpass and bandpass mode sweeping with switch selectable discrete and blended stepping modes.

It's going to run a bit more than the other products in the line, simply becase of the faceplate size and the massive circuit behind it(over 200 caps, many of which are polystyrene's, well over 20 ICs, not to forget five PCBs). It is the most complex circuit I've ever embarked upon, up to and including the analog Milton.

A couple days away just because I earned it, and then it's onto the completion of the PCB art, which has been halfway there for some time.

I would expect to see these to market some time in the next two months, possibly earlier."

Title link takes you to the Plan B Model 16 page with a sound sample. When you get there, scroll down and you should see a section called Sound Samples.

at 9/14/2006 12:02:00 AM

flickr by MrArray.

Moog Memorymoog

Title link takes you to more.

at 9/14/2006 12:01:00 AM

flickr by Señor Pantalones.

Title link takes you to more.

at 9/14/2006 12:00:00 AM

flickr by pheezy.

Check out the labels for brass, strings, reed and piano.

at 9/13/2006 04:23:00 PM

Title link takes you to the listing on Novamusik. So far I haven't found a picture of the unit. It's supposed to be ultra portable. If you know of one, please comment and I'll update the post.

Link via Michael.

at 9/13/2006 01:29:00 PM

Title link takes you to another shot on synthesizer-magazin.

dom f scab on YouTube · at 9/13/2006 11:55:00 AM

Title link takes you to more. Note the Roland JD-800 on top.

at 9/13/2006 11:35:00 AM

"A meeting between musicians, intruments and sound lovers ! The goal is to "promote" electronic instruments and discover them the best way : by playing them !

We also want to mix people from different horizons, active or not in the belgian electronic music scene.

Everyone coming to the BEIF is invited to bring their electronic instruments. You will be able to show (off) your own abilities and test other people's instruments. And this time it won't be like the music store : nobody is going to ask you "May I help you ?"

As it is our first edition, we don't know yet how things are going to turn out. But after the speaking-testing-playing-drinking time of the afternoon, it's up to us to turn the whole thing into a delightful jam session of experimental noises."

via Thomas B:

"I organise the Belgian Electronic Instruments festival this weekend. I thought you might be interested for a post. It's basicaly a vintage/new synth meeting in the center of Brussels, with jam sessions and concert during the evening."

Thanks Thomas! Title link takes you to more info.

at 9/13/2006 11:34:00 AM

via ross healy.

at 9/13/2006 11:33:00 AM

via frederic. YouTube via boty81.

at 9/13/2006 11:29:00 AM

flickr by ludo_d.

Title link takes you to the set including shots of the inside.

at 9/13/2006 11:03:00 AM

Click here for a post on the APC by Wild Zebra on electro-music.com. There is a larger shot there and a link to a sample of the box (mirrored here).

"Firstly it starts out with 3 simple Soundlab tracks: Long ramp LFO, Filter A/R noise and S&H using manual trigger. Then we go into some CrackleBox with an over dub of Atari Punk Console, and on to some Theremin (boards that v-un-v had available) with alittle Weird sound generator to finish it off. No effects."

Funny, the intro reminded me of the intro to this.

at 9/13/2006 10:57:00 AM

Title link takes you to the products page for Native Instruments. There are a few new synths including MASSIVE, FM8, Absynth4, and Battery3. Note the new UI for FM8; gone is the tribute to the classic Yamaha DX7.

via sequencer.de

at 9/13/2006 10:48:00 AM

Title link takes you to a post on VSE (while it's up) with more shots put up by Carbon111. I saved the shots here for when the post dissapears. Hopefully Carbon111 will put up a page on the Pro 8, but we are still waiting for this one. Come on Tom Waits! Get a move on it! Maybe after the bath? ; )

at 9/13/2006 10:44:00 AM

Trip. Note this is different than the Modular LED Voltage Monitor. This actually acts as a sensor similar in concept to a theremin, but using light. Title link takes you to the post by UNIT-SOUND on Synthwire. There is a link to more shots in his flickr set.

at 9/13/2006 01:40:00 AM

Ok, I really need to watch these videos in entirety before putting them up; sometimes you actually get to see these here before me folks. What can I say, I put you all before me. : ) So... I had this video up on this post. I finally got around to watching the whole thing, and whoah, there is a Hartmann Neuron in it and it's actually a pretty good demo of it. Amazing. Enjoy.

at 9/13/2006 01:02:00 AM

Via ross healy. You might recognize the system from this post.

at 9/13/2006 12:07:00 AM

Title link takes you to the post on GetLoFi. BTW, looks like GetLoFi has had a major site redesign. Check it out. I must say it looks mighty nice.

at 9/13/2006 12:05:00 AM

Remember Different Skies 2006? Looks like daily shots are going up. Title link takes you there. Make sure to check back for more shots. I didn't realize the new Korg Kaoss Pad was out. Update: Turns out it's actually set to be released in November.

As always, click the image for a bigger shot.

at 9/13/2006 12:02:00 AM

via frederic.

"It is Tim Blake in concert in Orsay (near Paris) 4th november 1978 with Jean-Philippe Rykiel (who is sadly blind but marvelous on a minimoog)."

More on Tim Blake on his official website. I couldn't find an official website for Jean-Philippe Rykiel, so if you know of one please comment. Here is what Google has for him.

Update via frederic:
"Here is a short biography of Jean-Philippe Rykiel"

Update via Mikael in the comments:
"Synth/gear spotting: Minimoog x2, Korg Polyphonic ensemble PE-2000 x2 (listen to the wonderful sounding strings on Blake's New Jerusalem, that's the PE-2000), Roland system 100 (incl main-unit 101, expander unit 102 as well as the 104 sequencer), Yamaha CP-30 electronic piano and Oberheim mini-sequencer.

During the subsequent 1979 tour Blake was using a Moog modular system 55 (replacing the system 100) and a Yamaha CS-80 alongside the Minimoog, the two Synthi-A's and PE-2000."

at 9/12/2006 07:45:00 PM

Via ross healy, aka cray5656:

"Hi Matrix
Ross here in AUstralia
Just thought you may like to know that Analog Haven will be selling
Blacet modules as of Wednesday."

Title link takes you to the Blacet page on Analogue Heaven.

Update: If you click on the link for Ross Healy above, you will notice it takes you to a wikipedia article with the following:

"This Digital Ocean is an electronic and industrial band.

Originally formed in the early 90's Ross Healy, Simon Bowley and Tristan Upton were all friends of electronic music. TDO released 2 albums with German "Machinery Records".

Ross went on to record under alias Amnesia for SOUR UK Drum N Bass label and as Cray for French label Bip Hop records.

Ross also teamed up with Simon Bowley to release an album for Australian Creative Records as 56k.

Ross died on his birthday in 2005."

I just wanted to personally thank Ross for coming back from the dead for this post.

at 9/12/2006 02:41:00 PM

Remember this post on Yamaha Electone "Synths?" The following just in via Ivan on AH:

"I had just been doing some research on the Yamaha SY-1 which I rememberd playing as a kid. Seems it was built into an organ called the CYS-1 (and later there was a CYS-2 with a built-in Yamaha SY-2). The same day I see the standard "Yamaha organ for sale" ad on the local Craigslist but the picture looked a bit different for a Yamaha organ. I always look at the organ ads and then asked questions. Sure enough this was a CYS-1. So today I paid a $100 for it and the guy delivered it for another $20. Here it is in my home (still have to find a place for it): link. Bad photo, but basically the entire top section is the SY-1. The synthesizer can be played separately or as a monophonic voice on top of the upper manual voices. And the SY-1 can be played with the bass pedals too! Lots of fun; now I'm in the mood for lounge music."

Fascinating. One more thing to look out for in those Estate sales. : ) You can find more on the SY-1 and SY-2 on VSE. No title link.

at 9/12/2006 12:56:00 PM

You are looking at the VoiceSync BowlXplorer. A Bowl emulator.

"Bowls are simple but yet extraordinary instruments, they are widely used for playing sacred music in several cultures as Tibetan (metal bowls), recent technologies enabled building pure quartz bowl rich in harmonic sounds. Bowl sound relaxes and raises concentration.
BowlXplorer is a bowl simulator, main sound parameters can be changed performing different sound effects."

Yep, a virtual bowl just for you. Title link takes you to more on VoiceSync. You can thank Tom of Music Thing for this one. BTW, Tom has joined The Times Online. You can read about it here. Very cool.
Congrats Tom! : )

at 9/12/2006 11:46:00 AM

Title link takes you to a new French Blog by Cyril called Making Sound. You will find posts including:

"some pictures of the inside of an Evolver here, how to update the chip, and some pictures of a padKontrol here.

Don't know if you read French but i have also done an interview with the game creator and musician Eric Chahi & Jean François Freitas who made the game "Another World" (i think the title was "Out of this world" in US): link. They talk about how they made music and sound FX for this game."

Very cool. I'm subbed. Thanks Cyril!

at 9/12/2006 11:32:00 AM

For those of you in the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting is on! I'm looking forward to this years get together as I wasn't able to attend the full event last year. The shot to the left is from last year's event. You can see more shots in Toby Paddock's Flickr Set. BTW, you might recognize Toby from this post.

Via John Marshall:
"PNW Synth meeting is:
October 21, 2006, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Renton Technical College, Room C-110
I hope to see you there for some Sergery."

Here are some posts from last year's Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting: 1, 2, 3.

at 9/12/2006 12:29:00 AM

This one via daddio of tapewarm.

"Henry brought over his Yamaha CS2X . We made bootiful musics together. See for yerself: link.

also in the mix are a Nord Rack 2, Electribe ESX, Kaoss Pad 2, and Doepfer Modular. These are impromptu live recordings - no mixing/mastering/turd polishing - yet. Except 3n4 which is a simply a pairing of , well, jam 3 & 4."

That'd be bootiful allright. : ) Nice Shots. That Doepfer is on fire!

at 9/12/2006 12:28:00 AM

"This distinctive analog modular synthesizer has been called The Beast, The Trilobite, The Nautilus, or The Jetson's Telephone Patching System."

I think I'll just call it, "Dayamn" or "Big Mamma Jamma." Check out the lamps. I think they are really there for pull-ups. Dayamn.

Click here for more info. Click the image for a slightly bigger shot.

at 9/12/2006 12:15:00 AM

Frederic sent me this shot of some synth related concert tickets he's been to. Pretty cool.

I've had a few people ask me more about myself. I think it takes a lifetime to really get to know someone, and even then you might not really know. We are pretty complex with a myriad of things that make up who we are and we change over time. Hmm... Kind of like a synth when you think about it. What patch are you today? : )

The music one listened to can be an intersting insight to some of what has influenced you over the years - just some of the oscillators, envelopes, filters, etc in our lives.

That said, click here to see every concert ticket stub I saved over the years. Unfortunately the shows frederic was able to attend were just a bit before my time.

Hopefully I won't lose any readers after this one. My girlfriend at the time made me go to Erasure. It was actually pretty cool, like a Vegas burlesque show on acid and tons of pastels. Unfortunately some of the better shows I went to, like Wire and early, early NIN were at clubs, so I don't have stubs for these.

at 9/12/2006 12:10:00 AM

September 14-17 in Seattle. Title link takes you there.

Decibel Festival 2006 is THIS week - Sept 14-17

http://decibelfestival.com/2006/

For those in WA state or close enough to make the drive, this is a prime
opportunity to see some _incredible_ electronica.

Come on out folks!

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International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Arts and New Media

The third annual Decibel Festival promises to be the biggest edition yet,
reflecting the burgeoning audience and growing interest in this adventurous
multimedia event. Decibel Festival 2006 features over 80 electronic music
artists from around the world, presented in 17 individual performance
showcases spread out over four days.

As part of a new visual arts focus, Decibel will host talented visual
artists throughout the weekend, culminating in DB-Optical, a multimedia
fusion of installations and live art. Decibel 2006 will also host
DB-Conference, a series of audio and visual technology workshops, product
demonstrations, clinics and panel discussions held by leading industry
professionals and educators.

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via Mark Pulver via AH.

at 9/12/2006 12:07:00 AM

Title link takes you to a couple more shots by CloseToTheEdge on VSE. I also saved them off here for when the thread eventually makes its way to limbo.

at 9/12/2006 12:05:00 AM

flickr by Kriton Visuals.

Nice warm shot, bringing it back down to earth for a moment.

at 9/12/2006 12:00:00 AM

flickr by patrix.

Roger O'Donnell on YouTube · at 9/11/2006 04:57:00 PM

My Moog Collection

How to Write a Moog Song

The Truth In Me Live

Another via frederic. More on Roger O'Donnell.com where you can listen to his new album done entirely with a Minimoog Voyager.

at 9/11/2006 04:49:00 PM

short but sweet.

at 9/11/2006 04:44:00 PM

Another from our friend adiblasi. This is pretty funny.

Update: A couple more from adiblasi. This guy is actually pretty funny.

Happy Birthday Emily

Gear Slut

at 9/11/2006 04:33:00 PM

This is awesome. I don't want to spoil it for you, so just be sure to watch him play it. : ) Via frederic.

at 9/11/2006 11:54:00 AM

Looks like Novation teamed up with the Museum of Techno to promote the new XIOSYNTH. Title link takes you to XIOSYNTH.COM where you will find a couple of videos and this preset jukebox below. Yes you can play the jukebox embedded below. Use the up and down arrows to select a patch and then click the play/pause button. BTW, for more wacky videos from the Museum of Techno, check out YouTube.

via Sonic State.

at 9/11/2006 11:39:00 AM

Pretty simple. Plug it in and monitor your voltage. Title link takes you to the post on sequencer.de.

at 9/11/2006 11:29:00 AM

via Music Thing.

at 9/11/2006 11:16:00 AM

Via Chris Strellis on AH:

"In the AH archives there has been a few requests for the latest/last OS for Oberheim's DPX-1 sample player. Well having just acquired one which fortunately has the last OS V2.2, I've read the EPROMs and I'm making the binary files available.

Analogue content? Well there are 8 SSM 2045 VCF/VCA ICs in there - same a Emu Emax - (and 5 SSM2300 to boot).

Right - now to add Cut-off and Resonance pots to it :)

Cheers

Chris

www.strellis.com
www.voynich.co.uk
www.strellis.co.uk
www.chromic.co.uk
www.myspace.com/strellismusic"

at 9/11/2006 02:32:00 AM

Remember the this post? BTW, if you do, you've been coming to this site for a long time, so cheers. : ) Well, here it is in the flesh. Click here for the latest details.

at 9/11/2006 02:08:00 AM

I just dicovered this blog via alex in the comments of this post. Title link takes you to casperelectronics.

Update: Be sure to check out the casperelectronics photo album. Ack, I see some real synths in there. Hopefully they aren't circuit bent.

Update: The synth in the picture is a Casio SK-1 with a break out box similar to this one. You can see a better shot of it with caption here.

Also it looks like I featured a YouTube video by casperelectronics back on April 14. Here it is embedded:

at 9/11/2006 02:02:00 AM

We all know about the Speak & Spell. Check out the Speak & Math. Title link takes you to a post on casperelectronics. Thanks goes to alex in the comments of this post.

This one obviously circuit bent.

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