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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Digitalogue Synthesiser Resource

Title link takes you to a new digital synthesizer resource site. This is a hobby site by OriginalJambo, so don't expect too much. Currently there are some ESQ-1 samples and info up. The following appear to be coming next: Alesis Ion, Ensoniq ESQ-1, Kawai K1, Roland D50, Roland Juno6, and Yamaha DX7. Nice cat.

CME BitStream 3X MIDI Controller

"Bitstream3X, "3X" stands for "3 Axis" because the Bitstream 3X features full control over three different Axis- X, Y and Z. A joystick allows control over two (X and Y), while an ribbon controller is used for the Z axis. With 35 knobs, 8 Sliders and 16 buttons, the Bitstream gives you total hands on control of any DAW software and comes with an astounding 13,000 presets including Reason, Live, Reaktor, Traktor, Absynth, Cakewalk and of course Cubase. Digital DJ’s will love the MIDI Cross fader and the 8 track motion sampler allows automated recording of the movements of the knobs, joystick, crossfader and ribbon controller."

Title link takes you there.

Vyzor Ion


Editor for the Alesis ION and Micron from the makers of this DSI Evolver editor. I found this one in the comments of this VSE thread. Make sure to read the thread if you are considering it. If anyone has experience with thier Evolver editor, please feel free to comment on the quality and overall experience.

Moogerfooger Pronounced

Just in case you were wondering...

Title link takes you to a video with it pronounced by the man himself.

via Rock oN.

Synthacon VCF Ken Stone MOTM Synthesizers.com


No title link. Just a shot via this auction

"This module is a "tribute" module from Ken Stone, based on the awesome Steiner-Parker Synthacon VCF.

Unlike the original, this version allows signals to be fed into all inputs simultaneously. If the same signal is used in all inputs, the result is reminiscent of a phaser.

The real fun starts when you feed different signals into each input, then you get a frequency based "interpolating scanner", where panning between different sound sources is possible, though also subject to the frequency at which they are running. I have never heard an effect like it before.

This is a great filter, by the way, with lots of character. It sounds very Moog ladderish with the low pass input, and mixing VCOs into the LP, HP and BP inputs gives some great effects."

I love the knobs on the module.

M24 Heisenberg Generator

Via Peter Grenader of Plan B

"The boards and faceplates have arriived for the M24. I will be building Nos. 1 this week, doing tests - if all goes well, they will be in stores by the end of next week along withthe first production run of MOdel 10 Polyphonic EGs. You can see a photo of the finished unit on the Model 24 page of the EAR site at: link. Goto 'click here for picture'

The final price for the Model 24 is $250"

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Korg MicroX and Case

flickr by JSRockit.

Cool case.

Yamaha WX7 & TX817

via Loscha: "Some people who own Tx81z units might not know that many of the ROM sounds are custom designed for Wind/Breath controller use, which is why some of the sounds are rather quiet." Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. Some details also pulled pulled from the auction: "Lots of fun for the Sax player. The Sax can be used with the battery pack on the waist or with a power lead through the cable.The TX81Z synth is still sought after for the rack for it's ability to blend into a mix, and may be the most generally useful of the two.The Sax can also be used with any midi sound generator that can receive breath control." "The sax can be set as a Bb,Eb or C instrument.(see close up photo). It is not a toy and has been used by International Artists.Plenty of stuff on the Internet about this instrument.Very similar to the WX11 and preferred by some." "The following is an edited version of an article by Rex Djere.. In the mid 1970s, Nyle Steiner invented a wind controller based on the trumpet. He called it the Electronic Valve Instrument. All of these events predated Yamaha's entrance into the wind synthesizer market by more than a decade. During this time, Yamaha was focused on its core markets: brass and woodwind instruments; and keyboards, both pianos and synthesizers. In the 1970s and early 1980s, there was not really that great a demand for wind sythesizers. The demand for the electronic wind instruments began to increase in the early 1980s due to the adoption of EWIs by two very famous saxophonists, Michael Brecker and Tom Scott. Tom Scott's performance on his EWI on Saturday Night Live in 1982 caused quite a stir in the saxophone community. Yamaha saw the writing on the wall, and began developing its own wind synthesizer. When the WX7 was finally released, it was completely revolutionary. The WX7 had adjustable keys, something that had been unheard of in wind synthesizers up until that point. This made it very easy for saxophonists to customize it in exactly the way that they wished. The mouthpiece had a pressure sensor connected to an analog-to-digital converter, but it also contained a metal lever which vibrated and allowed the pitch of the wind controller to be bent much more expressively and radically than other wind controllers on the market. The mouthpiece was fully adjustable. One one the most innovative features of the WX7 was its ability to transmit data on more than one midi channel. This made it possible to play chords and even entire orchestras using the WX7. The WX7 also had a battery pack, making it much more portable than other wind controllers. Sal Gallina became the first WX7 virtuoso. You can here incredible recordings of him playing everything from rock guitar solos to complete orchestral recordings on the WX7 here. In 1988, Yamaha released the WX11. The WX11's main advancement over the WX7 is that it was somewhat simplified, and therefore easier to use. The WX7 had a very steep learning curve and the WX11 proved to be easier for the beginner to learn. However, the WX11 lost some very powerful features of the WX7 such as a thumb pitch bend wheel. The WX11 was widely believed to be easier to play without glitches than the WX7, but the WX7 was considered by many to be more flexible and more expressive. The WX11 was designed to be coupled with the WT11 wind synthesizer. The WT11 was a digital FM synthesizer that had various effects. It had four FM outputs, eight note polyphony, 10 digital effect (reverb, delay, echo, etc.), and it had internal memory. Both the WX7 and WX11 developed cult followings, with each camp very loyal to its own instrument. These two instruments dominated Yamaha's wind synthesizer landscape for the next decade. Yamaha did release another wind synthesizer called the EW30/Windjammer. This instrument was severely limited. It did not have an advanced pitch bend system as did the WX7 and WX11, and was not taken very seriously. The next major evolution in Yamaha wind synthesis was the arrival of the Yamaha WX5 in 1998, which is still in production and is listed by Yamaha for $1400.THe total package would be over $2000."

Accenter on YouTube

Accenter Tool-1, TB-303


Roland TR-808 together with TB-303, overdrive, distortion


Roland TR-606 with internal MIDI INterface


ML-303 Bassline (Roland TB-303 DIY Clone)


BC-303 MIDI Controller, TB-303, Controllbox


YouTube via accenter. Sent my way via Tim.

ThomasInSF on YouTube

808Juno6Jam


808Jam0


Last 808 Jam


YouTube via ThomasInSF. Sent my way via Tim.

RSC - Maraton Rockowy ( Jesus playing Roland Juno 6 synth )



Not my Jesus. YouTube via PolishStuff. Sent my way via Tom.

Synthesizers.com Oscilloscope Lissajous demonstration



YouTube via AndySquirrel. Sent my way via Tim.

SH-5 Tune up



YouTube via CropDusters. Sent my way via Tim.

Micro Live - Computer Music in 1985



I previoiusly posted about Micro Live in this post. Looks like it's made it's way onto YouTube via analoghell. Sent my way via Tim.

Vangelis on BladeZone


via BladeZone where you will find the full article.

"A tremendously gifted yet private man, it was Vangelis, along with a handful of other musicians, who almost single-handedly brought about the acceptance of electronic music as it's own distinct art form. This feature is an attempt to analyze the creative process employed by Vangelis when recording the famous soundtrack for Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and to try and give a brief insight into the unique manner in which he went about creating and recording the music that he produced during this time, when the digital samplers and music-making equipment that we take for granted today had not even been invented, and the creation of electronic-based music was a much more hands-on process."

"One of the major reasons why the Blade Runner soundtrack still sounds so modern and innovative to this day was the choice of instruments used to create the music, and the way Vangelis would combine acoustic and electronic sounds to create highly original, evocative sound textures - for example, the combination of orchestral percussion instruments and ubiquitous sweeping synth lines heard over the opening titles, played on Vangelis' favourite ever synth, the Yamaha CS80, which provided most of the solo synth lines heard in "Blade Runner", including the expressive, harmonica-like sound featured on "Blade Runner Blues" and "BR Main Titles". The Yamaha CS80 was one of the first ever polyphonic analogue synths to become commercially available, and was a serious beast, weighing in at around 210 pounds!!! Vangelis was introduced to the CS80 at a trade fair in 1977, and was tremendously excited by the possibilities it offered, but arranged to have one on loan for a few weeks before deciding whether to spend the necessary £4850 (the 'CS80's asking price at this time)! The equivalent cost today would be around £26,000. During this period, Vangelis recorded the "Spiral" album (released 1977), which featured the CS80 on every track. Shortly after, he imported a CS80 from Japan in order to bypass the six-month UK waiting list, and the synth arrived in London after a mammoth train journey through Russia. Vangelis eventually went on to buy another SEVEN CS80s, some of which were for concerts, while others were just for spare parts."

via Tim Peters. You can see some of that Blade Runner magic in this clip:


Green Waldorf Microwave

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.

Monday, September 25, 2006

LennarDigital's Sylenth1

"Sylenth1 is a virtual analog synthesizer that takes the definitions of quality and performance to a higher level. Until now only very few software synthesizers have been able to stand up to the sound quality standards of hardware synths. Sylenth1 is one that does."

Title link takes you to more info including samples.

Frederic Gerchambeau

Title link takes you to Project, a page dedicated to some music by Frederic Gerchambeau. The B side is done entirely on a Yamaha SY-77. The A side primarly features the SY-77 along with other synths. Make sure to check out the stories behind the music when you get there. The A side is mostly timbral soundscapes. Really good atmospheric stuff. The B side is more melodic and showcases the SY-77.

"The thing is I have a strong fascination in albums recorded with a single synthesizer, such as “Switched on the Bach” from Walter Carlos (well, Wendy Carlos now…). I am always happy to know that people who recorded a whole album with a single and unique keyboard have obviously tried to explore any of its performances. I think this attitude leads to a more complete and thoughtful work rather than using a lot of different keyboards but just using their preset sounds. So Here we are, “Computed skies” is my first own album, a part of my “studies of the Yamaha SY-77”. Maybe one day, I may offer you a “recital of Emu Proteus 2000” or a “symphony for Yamaha CX-5m”, who knows …"

Very cool. Thanks Frederic!

Steve Roach



Via Eric:

"Steve Roach performed last night [9/23]in Tucson, Arizona. Steve played material from his recent release "Proof Positive" on guitar, synth and several sizes of didgeridoo while visuals from from his DVD 'Kairos' as well as images from other artists were shown. Here's my best photo from the show. Here's a link to Steve's web page on the concert."

"He's been doing ambient/electronic music for the last 25 years or so. Here's a link to an article about him in Electronic Musician from last year."

Alan Wilder in 1991



EMU Emulator III and Roland System 700 and 100m Modulars in the background. Unfortunately the modulars are not played. Via Eric. Depeche Mode

Pooh Wants a Virus

Just another shot from this set.

Cheetah MS800 Digital Wave Synthesizer



Digital wavetable synthesizer module manufactured in the early 1990´s by Cheetah International LTD in UK

"Dirty, gritty, grungy sounding 8-bit companded digital wavetable synthesis makes for cutting sounds that can be made to evolve a la ppg etc. Bell type waves are great in particular. Lots of aliasing going on coupled with the complete lack of any kind of filter or tone control gives this synth a particular bite"

Click here for more info, photos, manual and samples. Via sequender.de.

TECHNOMANIA! episode 4



Via Sonic State.

Bosch Audiometer

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

Anyone know what this is?

Yamaha CS50

flickr by stylinghead.

Minimoog Voyager on Sequencer.de

Title link takes you to some new shots on sequencer.de.

EK-Lounge Session4

Title link takes you to more shots. Stefan Trippler sent these to the SynthSights list. You might recognize the modular in the background from Aliens-Project.

Minion Samples

Remember Minion? Title link takes you to some samples sent in via Brian Comnes. Note the zip is just the zipped version of the mp3s.

"2 dry 2 wet with Minion driven by AudioMulch and extracted to Wav then MP3 . The Airporter clip wet really got nice, dark and organic with Minion, much less bright than the dry version. As the www.devine-machine.com site says when you just have to have 4 filters driven by 12 LFO, whatcha gonna do?? The eye candy while it is operating is definitely cool. Price is right too - FREE!. This program will give AntaresTech FILTER which I also use quite a run for the money ...FILTER is $120"

Trying to get that analog



Korg MicroKorg. YouTube via greggo89.

Creamware ASB Samples

Looks like samples are up for the Creamware ASB modules. Title link takes you there. Click on an ASB box on the left to get to their corresponding product page, then click on Audio Examples.

Electric Moog Orchestra - Close Encounters of the Third Kind


flickr by jon_blak.

Hmm... I know Philip Dodds and the ARP 2500 were featured in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Philip Dodds the head engineer of ARP is the guy playing the 2500 in the scene where they communicate to the mothership. The story is he was flown out to show how to work the synth and was asked to be in the film. I never thought about what other synths might have been featured.

Sunday, September 24, 2006

M3X



MacBeth Studio Systems M3X. YouTube via opcabpol aka Joao.

RIE playing with Moog Little Phatty





Yamaha CS50

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Note this one is up for auction via Dave Lovelace of The Pakrat.

Different Skies MP3s

MP3s for the event are up. Title link takes you there.

ARP Explorer

Title link takes you to individual shots pulled from this craigslist post.

Jomox M-Resonator Samples

Title link takes you to the samples via Brian Comnes:

"Here are some Jomox M-Resonator MP3 samples I made. Three from KORG EA-1 presets (No booing please) and two from my x0xb0x. If I had more time I would have made them a little better, but they are what they are. All 5 start out 100% dry and then the M-Resonator bypass is turned off becoming 100% wet.

I really like this effect pedal overall, it is much more subtle than say a Metasonix sledge hammer. I am using it in a send/return loop in my main rig so it never gets beyond 50% wet and given the way it works having some original signal in the mix is probably a good idea. You can hear on the samples that while twiddling you can easily filter out the whole signal so it is better as a send effect for that reason. It really does fatten up drum synths in a great way. I couldn't recreate a sound I had last night, but it will definitely generate bass artifacts that will pop your sub voice coils if they are wimpy. WHUMP!!

This thing is very sensitive, little movements have a BIG impact not always positive. It is really easy to find pure trash, or pure whistling resonance, it even clucks like a chicken in places, but there are a lot of sweet spots on the boundaries , the trick is finding therm again after you have moved another knob. Take a look at the signal flow in the screen shot I took from the manual, and you can see it takes a while to get your head around what is going to happen next.

The only real bitch I have is that the paint is dark blue and the lettering is black so it IMPOSSIBLE to read the knobs except under bright lights.. I work with a black and white printout cut from the manual. Someday I'll just have it memorized.

Enjoy

Peace

Brian"

Allen Strange's Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and

Title link takes you there. Via Dave Manly on AH:

• Click on title link
• click on McGraw-Hill eBooks
• this takes you to 5 Easy Steps: click on next
• click on Social Sciences and Humanities. In the list of subjects
click on Music
• click on Strange: Electronic Music: Systems, Techniques, and
• click on Adobe download

Or, click here.

Update: Make sure to check out the comments of this post before buying.

Saturday, September 23, 2006

Orgon Systems is Back

Not sure if they ever left, but they are making modules again. Title link takes you to the Orgon Systems site. The image to the left comes from this auction for one listed for sale by Geoff Waterston aka ORGON SYSTEMS, as new and unused. I saved the auction shots here. Here's a link to some previous posts on Orgon Systems.

Metasonix TX-1 on Synthwire

Title link takes you to a post by La Orange Factory on the Metasonix TX-1 on Synthwire with a link to samples.

Moog Little Phatty at Under $1000

Looks like the non Tribute Edition is on it's way and will be under $1000. Via Rogue Music:

"September 22, 2006

Newest Keyboard from Moog , the Little Phatty

Under $1000, we get our first ones this week, we are taking $100 deposits .

Monophonic analog synthesizer, with 100 user editable presets."

Vangelis . - "Performance"



YouTube via NegrazoForeman.

Cwejman S1 Samples

elfishecho.10017
elfishecho.10018
elfishecho.10019
elfishecho.10020
elfishecho.10021
elfishecho.10022

Via 11ish on this sythesizerforum. Via Synthesizer-Magazin.

Atari Punk Console

Remember the Atari Punk Console?Here's a shot of another design via $uperpuma on this electro-music.com thread.

No title link as I couldn't find an official site for the Atari Punk Console. If you know of one, please comment.

Tangerine Dream, Tempodrom, Berlin 21.09.2006

Title link takes you to more.

Interesting. This shot is somehow much more impressive than this - bigger screen. I actually think this is pretty cool. You get to see the instruments they are playing rather than the back of a laptop screen, and it looks good.

via dale of Inquisitor Betrayer.

SoNiCbRaT Photo Album

Title link takes you to more shots.

Gear includes a Roland SH-101, Korg Prophecy and Triton, Akai MFC42, Marion MSR2, Juno 106, and the Haken Continuum Fingerboard.

Synthis Advert

flickr via undergroundnicovelvet.

SEQ24

"Seq24 is a minimal loop based midi sequencer.

It was created to provide a very simple interface for editing and playing midi 'loops'. After searching for a software based sequencer that would provide the functionality needed for a live performance, such as the Akai MPC line, the Kawai Q80 sequencer, or the popular Alesis MMT-8, I found nothing similar in the software realm. I set out to create a very minimal sequencer that excludes the bloated features of the large software sequencers, and includes a small subset of features that I have found usable in performing."

Title link takes you there. Linux and Windows versions available for free. Via Rob.

Matrixsynth MPC500

Akai MPC500.

Title link takes you to more shots.

Matrixsynth via Rob.

Friday, September 22, 2006

A6 Andromeda List Info!!! READ IF YOU ARE ON THE A6 LIST

via swissdoc:

The A6 mailing list had some trouble and has been set up again.

Due to technical issues most of the subscription info has been lost,
so in case you like to be part of the list you have to subscribe again.

> A6@code404.com
> http://mailman.code404.com/mailman/listinfo/a6


Thanks a lot,

swissdoc.
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