via Josh:"I just posted a few new live recordings I've done under my guise 'magneticring.' I use mostly EMS Synthi 'a' and 'aks' as well as lately a modified Watkins Copycat Tape Delay unit."
Title link takes you there.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Cast Exotic Archives
via Josh:"I just posted a few new live recordings I've done under my guise 'magneticring.' I use mostly EMS Synthi 'a' and 'aks' as well as lately a modified Watkins Copycat Tape Delay unit."
Title link takes you there.
Handmade Electronica: Moog Voyager - on the DIY Network
Yes that DIY Network. For those of you not familiar with the channel, the DIY Network is a TV network that shows nothing but DIY stuff, mainly home improvement. Believe it or not, they will be featuring a show on Moog Music on December 23, 2006, 10:00 PM Eastern. Now if I only had the DIY channel... Title link takes you to the current info. Hopefully someone will YouTube it."Moog Music builds electronic instruments at its factory in Asheville, North Carolina. So why is a show called Handmade Music visiting there? Because founder Bob Moog blazed an electronic analog trail and insisted all instruments bearing his name be built by hand. Sounds like our kind of company. In this episode Host Jeff Wilson discovers how the Mini Moog Voyager and the Ethernet Pro are made and played just the way Bob envisioned."
Hammond Moog Satellite ARP Strings
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Details (If you know anything else about the history of this, feel free to comment):
"This is a custom all-in-one organ/synth/keyboard that, in its prime, must have been a prog rockers' wet dream. It currently does not work, and has never worked since I've owned it.
I don't know who made this -- I bought it on eBay years ago and had it shipped from Ohio. I know it was put together in the 1970's and was used in a progressive rock band somewhere in the Chicago area.
Originally it was a Hammond BV, painted white, with a percussion kit added. The top was cut out and a custom metal board fitted in its place and also painted white. A Mini-Moog was originally mounted on the top right side. I removed the Mini years ago and it's not for sale. On the left top is a Moog Satellite that was custom-fitted to the top left, and it was triggered by the bass pedals (!!!). Down underneath you'll see the guts of an Arp String Ensemble. This was controlled by the lower keyboard of the Hammond (I'm not making this up). Finally, the Hammond itself plays on the top set of keys. You can also see in the picture a set of home made pedals.
There is extra wiring, switches, knobs, cables, pedals, and jacks that were all added by the original owner, whoever that was.
After I bought this thing I realized that it had been years since it had worked, and I was never able to get the Hammond, Moog Satellite, or Arp String Ensemble to work. I finally just took the Mini-Moog out, had it fitted into a new case, and kept it. It's the only part that I ever heard any sound out of."
NOTE: as always, I just post the interesting auctions I come across. This is not mine. : )
Jupiter Highway - Carson Labs
flickr by jeremeohmy. Title link takes you to more. You can check out jeremeohmy's music on Carson Labs. I'm listening to the track MFT 20 while I type this up. Good stuff.
Keyboardmuseum.org Sale
Title link takes you to a list of gear currently for sale via the Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum.
Monday, December 04, 2006
The Gravity Scale
No title link. Just two shots and details pulled via this auction. Yep. It's encased in a scale. Wish the knobs were motorized for a nice foot massage... samples and site.Details:
this device is an 8 oscillator (4 audio +4 lfo). each oscillator is modulated in pitch by an lfo. each lfo has a speed range switch, up for faster modation, down for slower modulation. each lfo has a shape knob - turning this changes the way the lfo modulates the audio oscillator. each lfo has a shape change mod switch flipping this switch alters what the shape change knob does to the lfo. each oscillator has a volume control which then feeds the master mix out volume control"
Minimoog Model D
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Details:
"Original Moog MiniMoog Model D. Manufactured May 1976. SN 7616. I bought it in 1979, gigged with it for a few years, put it in temp/humidity controlled storage for about 20 years, then brought it out for use in my personal studio. It has been cleaned and tuned, key bushings replaced, wood refinished. Plays great, sounds phat, everything works. Selling it to pay for other toys. Due to its' age, sold as is."
Road to Cornwall
Title link takes you to Road to Cornwall, an all EMS Synthi track via David. Those are two lucky kids."the first sound you hear with the filtersweep i sampled from the synthi. The rest is controlled with a Kenton pro 2000 via de control inputs on the synthi. It basically shows that the vco's are quite stable and are well suited for musical use."
Muff Wiggler
via Muff Wiggler, Mike McGrath's blog which he promises will feature "95% electronic music (software plugins, synth hardware, modular stuff in particular....)" Currently you will find posts on an AH Metasonix ad, a Blacet/Wiard Miniwave review and this Metasonix Teaser. BTW, you might remember Mike McGrath from these two posts: 1,2. I'm subbed. : )
Yamaha VL1-m
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Some details (see the auction for more):
"The VL1 was truly revolutionary and expensive ($6K) when it was first introduced. Although Yamaha was expected to release an even pricier polyphonic synth (the mythic VP1), soft sales of the VL1 led Yamaha to go the other way, cut the capabilities and release the VL-70m, which is roughly half the device. Although the VL70 can be tweaked to produce a satisfactory sound, and although some sort of physical modeling is included in the capabilities of a wide variety of synths today, most discerning players would agree that the VL1 has never been matched, particularly in the way that the sounds can be customized. You can hear this for yourself by comparing the sounds presented on the sites listed above [below in this post] with the sounds of any other synth, real or virtual. Others may sound similar, but the VL1 has an added depth and realism that can be clearly heard.
This synth is the sound designer's holy grail, and sound design is what I used it for. An unbelievable range of sounds can be produced quite quickly, and there's almost no limit if you're willing to spend time digging into the parameters. The time spent is truly enjoyable... you'll see hours slip by as you revel in your creations. You can program sounds on the device itself, or there are two programs that Yamaha released for Macintosh OS 9: a Visual Editor and an Expert Editor (the Expert Editor has been replicated for Windows 98). The visual editor is pure fun, and quite easy... you can mix and match a number of different parameters by simply clicking on options. The Expert Editor is where you can dive deep and really tweak things to either make them more real or truly unreal. I will include the Visual Editor for Mac OS 9 and the Expert Editor for both OS 9 and Windows 98 on a CD, along with the original floppy disks supplied by Yamaha."
Sound On Sound magazine's original 1994 review of the VL1 (the keyboard version)
Ken Barry's web page devoted to the VL1-m, including sounds generated by his Yamaha WX7
International Wind Synthesis Association
A couple of Harmony Central user reviews
Patchman Music patch samples for the VL1
Roland CSQ-100 Sequencer
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Also posted on Synthwire by the seller, UNIT-SOUND.
Roland Planet P Piano Module
No title link, just these three shots pulled via this auction. I never realized the buttons lit up like that.
Details:
"Mono timbral instument with 8 patches - piano 1 & 2, clavi 1 & 2, harpsichord 1 & 2, e.piano 1 & 2 with more variations of these basic sounds available using MIDI patch changes.
An effects section provides simultanious chorus/flanger and tremolo.
The basic front panel controls are:
tune, volume & brilliance
chorus or flange toggle with rate & depth controls.
square or sine tremelo mod toggle with rate & depth controls.
8 patch select buttons.
MIDI channel up & down buttons with LED display.
The back panel features Mono/Stereo out and MIDI In & Thru only."
Portable Analog Synth and Effect Processor
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Details:
"This is a new, handbuilt synth unit and effect processor. Built into a rugged aluminum carrying case. This unit is excellent for creating very unique and unusual sounds. great for drones and noise music or use in a modular system. Unit contains 2 oscillators with pitch knobs for each, an LFO for modulating the sound with frequency and modulation depth, an external input with gain for creating distortion effects, a mixer to mix osc 1, osc 2 and the external input, fed the output from the mixer is an effect similar to bit reduction which has a depth knob and can be bypassed, and finaly there is a lowpass filter for further sound shaping."
Samples (also mirrored here):
the synth
using the external circuit
Texas Instruments TI99 Speech Synthesizer
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Details: "This is a new sealed TI 99/4 SPEECH SYNTHESIZER See side photo of intact warning sticker and intact packaging. These were sent out by TI as premiums for buying a certain amount of carts and this one was a spare. Overseas bidders note this item weighs 11 oz. includes instruction booklet and original box/packaging as pictured."
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Synth Movies
Be sure to see Synths in TV and Film for videos and pics.
Deconstructing Dad - Raymond Scott
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (2005)
Moog (2004)
Tangerine Dream Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 (2007)
Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998)
Better Living Through Circuitry (1999)
Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (3D version here)
Et la tendresse?... Bordel!
Liquid Sky on IMDB
Liquid Sky on Ebay
Liquid Sky on Amazon
via synthetic in the comments of this post: "Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" was on cable a few days ago and the synth player was rockin' an ARP Quadra. I think I saw a String Ensemble in there too. The last concert scene, "Fahhh, we've been travelin' faaahhh..."
Totally Wired
Stockhausen Interview 2007
Also see Synths in TV and Film and the Synth Movies label for more, for example this excellent documentary on KORG.
Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
Theremin: an electronic odyssey -trailer-
YouTube Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
on eBay
on Amazon
Latest posts:
Intro to Synthesis by Dean Friedman
Daphne Oram documentary - Wee Have Also Sound-Houses & Early BBC radiophonics: Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (1957)
Pierre Henry documentary - The Art of Sounds
Barry Schrader & Death of the Red Planet
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (Official Teaser)
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (3D Trailer)
What the Future Sounded Like (2006)
Deconstructing Dad - Raymond Scott
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (2005)
Moog (2004)
Tangerine Dream Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 (2007)
Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998)
Better Living Through Circuitry (1999)
Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (3D version here)
Et la tendresse?... Bordel!
Liquid Sky on IMDB
Liquid Sky on Ebay
Liquid Sky on Amazon
via synthetic in the comments of this post: "Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" was on cable a few days ago and the synth player was rockin' an ARP Quadra. I think I saw a String Ensemble in there too. The last concert scene, "Fahhh, we've been travelin' faaahhh..."
Totally Wired
Stockhausen Interview 2007
Also see Synths in TV and Film and the Synth Movies label for more, for example this excellent documentary on KORG.
Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
Theremin: an electronic odyssey -trailer-
YouTube Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
on eBay
on Amazon
Latest posts:
Intro to Synthesis by Dean Friedman
Daphne Oram documentary - Wee Have Also Sound-Houses & Early BBC radiophonics: Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (1957)
Pierre Henry documentary - The Art of Sounds
Barry Schrader & Death of the Red Planet
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (Official Teaser)
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (3D Trailer)
What the Future Sounded Like (2006)
Synth CDs
See the Synth CDs label for more.
Vintage MOOG Albums - Free downloads. Check this one out. This is not an ad.
Amin Bhatia Virtuality
Post on MATRIXSYNTH
Switched on Bach (MOOG)
Vintage MOOG Albums - Free downloads. Check this one out. This is not an ad.
Amin Bhatia Virtuality
Post on MATRIXSYNTH
Switched on Bach (MOOG)
Synth Books
See the Synth Books label for more.
Also see the scans label for more synth documentation.
The A-X of Analogue Synthesizers by Peter Forest
Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail
Essential Retro by James Grahame
Also see the scans label for more synth documentation.
The A-X of Analogue Synthesizers by Peter Forest
Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail
Essential Retro by James Grahame
EMS VC3 Musical Demo and EMS Resources
RMC posted the following to the AH list. I asked him if it would be ok to post this and he gave me the all clear."All the MP3s or YouTube clips that I have found show the VCS3/A(KS) to be a brilliant sound effects device but not much in the way of musical demos.
Here's something like a bass line (257kB size) showing that you can get musical tones (albeit hampered by my hopeless playing, the KS keyboard and a bit of poor MP3 encoding): link
You'd best right-click the link and save it or go to the directory and save it from there; I don't think it will "stream" (3 VCOs as audio sources, some via the filter being swept by the env shaper, and then the reverb added too). I plan to do some more - maybe some leads if I can actually think to play anything.
Cheers
RMC, England"
Very cool. Thanks RMC! BTW, do check out RMC's EMS resources for schematics, images and more.
Update via RMC in the comments:
"also check out the sequencer demo, which is here"
Pochi Crafts DIY DKI Synergy
Remember the DKI Synergy? Title link takes you to Pochi Crafts' DIY Synergy page. Make sure to check out the rest of the site while there."SynclonOne is the DKI SYNERGY II+ compatible DIY digital synthesizer. SynclonOne main PCB is very small(140mm x 95mm), but it contains almost all SYNERGY II+ circuit, include Z80 CPU, 32 digital oscillators, panel scan processor, MIDI and serial interface port, DA converter interface. They are integrated into single Altera Cyclone FPGA chip on the SynclonOne PCB." [Previous posts on FPGA]
This one via Mikael.
IBK 10 CONTROL
The IBK 10 CONTROL was a MIDI knob box that allowed you to write custom text to be displayed for each knob. I remember seeing this years ago, well before anyone else was doing this and well before this blog. Title link takes you to a page with more info in German. Here's a link to a Google translated version in English."The special to the 10Control, which differentiates this product from others at the market, is to be steered the possibility jump-free many parameters of a hard or a Softwaresynthesizers and a like over MIDI. Clearly more expensive CONTROLLERs reach this only by use of Motorfadern. Instead the 10Control uses continuous automatic controllers and makes thus the same functionality available for much a favourable price."
Update via dheidebrecht in the comments:
"I have one of these. They also made the "4 Control" which was sold by Native Instruments a few years ago. I believe these are still available. There's an english page for the 10 Control on their website"
Rhodes Chroma Edit Panel for Cubase SX3
Title link takes you to the mapping in xml format. Via Åke on the Rhodes Chroma list. If you have the CC+ update for the Rhodes Chroma, this allows you to edit paramaters dynamically via Cubase SX.Update: This is currently on the Rhodes Chroma site along with other editors.
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