Monday, May 07, 2007
PAiA 4700
Title link takes you to a few larger shots of the PAiA in this Craigslist post. Via Noah. Click the image to the left for a bigger shot.
Bob plays the HotHand
YouTube jkjelec. Via Kyle.
"Bob plays a modular synthesizer using two HotHand controllers from Source Audio. Sorry about the sideways part; it goes to a normal orientation about a third of the way through"
Update via Dave in the comments: "Bob Chidlaw is a legend and it was really cool hanging with him... a bit daunting maybe. It was like, 'Hi, I was the chief scientist at Kurzweil for 20 years." "Oh hi... I draw hamsters.'"
Some detail on the HotHand:
"The patent-pending Hot Hand™ family of products allows you to control audio effects through either hand or body motion. Consisting of a small feather-weight motion sensor and a floor-based control box, Hot Hand gives you a completely new means of expressive control without being limited by a pedal. Each unit groups a family of similar effects with enough selection and control to create hundreds of different sounds. Each product features a simple user interface, so there is never a difficult learning curve. These are our first 3 products, and there are many more to come."
Peace, Love, Bob
"Greetings Friends,It has been a very exciting month for the Bob Moog Foundation! As we continue build our organizational and financial base, we are gaining the support of many different and diverse groups.
Let me first thank Sound Tribe Sector Nine (STS9), a rockin' jam band, who donated a portion of their ticket sales from their April 27 show at Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe Auditorium to The Moog Foundation. Ever the socially-conscious group of guys, STS9's donation go to support the foundation’s outreach program which will bring
electronic music to disadvantaged kids. We are thrilled and grateful to have STS9’s support--thanks guys!On the other end of the musical spectrum, the Asheville Symphony Orchestra is dedicating their May 19 concert to Dad. Along with Haydn and Milhaud, the orchestra will be performing Gustav Holst’s “Planets”, using six Moog Little Phatty Synthesizers in the final movement. Innovation and creativity link these three composers, who were known for pushing the musical boundaries of their day. A fitting tribute to Dad, without a doubt.
In other news, we are excited to announce that Moog Foundation Gear is on our website! We are now offering Foundation T-shirts and bumper stickers as a free gift when you donate. Our classy t-shirts are very cool and have a lot of personal touches. The concept came from my sister Renee, the design was created by Jenny Greer of SoundMindMedia, who also designed our logo. The pocket on the t-shirt has a special meaning of its own. To find out what it is, check it out on our “Foundation Gear”! Please show your support by donating today and wearing this great shirt!!!
Get your Moog on.
Michelle Moog-Koussa
Executive Director"
Barry Schrader Interview
The following interview is up for live streaming. Title link takes you there."Outsight Radio Interview: Barry Schrader This 25 February chat with Barry Schrader covers his '60s and '70s innovations with early Buchla models and the animal kingdom input of a bird ("Fallen Sparrow") and a musical pot-bellied pig ("Duke's Tune"). (Barry Schrader has generously made his albums Available as a Member Premium (In Limited Quantities) for your Membership Support of this series - Click Here)" [link after the hop]
BarrySchrader.com
243 Programmable Pulser
flickr by verbos2002."Finally finished and working. This is my custom designed and built Programmable Pulser. It's based on a 246 core, but with changes to make it easier to source the parts. The LEDs are real pretty. Like a Christmas tree. What's great about this is that there is a pulse out and pulse in on each step. So there is no need for a reset input. Any step can be the start and any one can be the end. A row can be fed into the stage 1 pulse input to make a reset row. The analog input sweeps between steps with a 0-15 volt CV."
Pacemaker Pocket DJ Mixer and Looper?
Almost didn't put this one up not seeing the synth connection. I then read the features include loop and sound effects. And get this... 120 GB. Yeah, I think I'll make an exception for this. Nice design as well. Title link takes you there. via /oscar.
Update: I could be reading into the looping aspect. Time will tell. Regardles 120 GB of recording space for your synth experimentations would be mighty nice. Simon says...
Waldorf MiniWorks EQ-27
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.Details:
"Extremely rare Waldorf EQ-27 programmable EQ. Has stereo in/out, MIDI in/thru, and comes with manual (german) and power supply. Has 14 bands that can be configured to boost or cut by 24db each. Save your presets and scroll thru them via CC if you want. Provides radical tone shaping with the sweet sound waldorf is famous for. Intuitive interface operates similarly to Pulse and Miniworks filter. Easy to use and sounds fantastic on the outputs of a synth or MPC."
BOSS PC-2 Percussion Synthesizer
via this auction.Details:
"This item is slightly larger that a standard Boss guitar pedal, and makes some very cool electro bloop and bleep type percussive sounds. There is an LFO with both depth and rate, a pitch control, sweep control, decay and sensitivity controls. Very versatile for its size. You can tap or hit the blue pad, or there is an input jack in the back that can be used to trigger the unit as well. I've used my guitar to trigger some pretty bizarre laser gun sounds. Very cool and unusual pedal."
Sound Pages via Ron
Click here for a number of SoundPage Flexidiscs (flexi disk) sent my way via Ron aka nonbeing. Enjoy. The following is the full track listing:
DISK 1 (One)
1. “Cranes In Their Nest”
Arranged, performed, and produced on synthesizer by Isao Tomita (with Goro Yamasuchi on Shakuhachi)
Soundpage No. 11 (August 1985)
Flip Side: Blank
2. “My Wife with Champagne Shoulders”
Composed, performed, and produced by Mark Isham
Soundpage No. 14 (November 1985)
Flip Side: Blank
3. “Moon Machine”
Jean-Michel Jarre
Soundpage No. 18 (March 1986)
4. Flip Side of 3: “An Introduction to the Kurzweil 250”
5. “Sometimes . . . Not Always”
Ralph Grierson
Soundpage No. 20 (May 1986)
6. Flip Side of 5: “The Kurzweil 250 Rock Block – A Demonstration”
Original music composed and performed by Paul Heckert live to 2-track master using Kurzweil 250 presets only.
7. Synth Sketch for “Varying Lengths”
Lyle Mays
Soundpage No. 22 (July 1986)
Sunday, May 06, 2007
PAiA P9700S
Click here for shots via this auction
New PAiA modular. BTW, I'm curious how this one sounds compared to the Fatman. If you you have one please comment.
PAiA 2720
Click here for shots via this auction
Details:
"The 2720 was one of the first modular systems from PAiA originally sold as a kit in the seventies. Its patchable capabilities and unique sound make this synth stand apart from other synths of its time. The modules can be patched together and used with the keyboard, or can be expanded and easily connected to other patchable gear. A very versatile instrument that can also be used as an incredible analog effects processor.
the ten modules included in this system:
power supply
voltage control oscillator
function generator
control oscillator
voltage control amplifier
bandpass filter
low pass filter
envelope follower
inverter buffer
sine/pwm"
Modular Jam
YouTube via waveshaper, aka Dennis.
"Wiard Sequentizer being controlled by a Cyndustries gate sequencer. Loop of 8 notes and every 3rd gate transposes up the note 1 octave. Wiard vco being controlled by the sequence going through 4 bandpass filters. Also modulating a Zero VCO witch is being modulated by the Wiard vco and other stuff. Going trough 2 borg filters.
Also there is an RSF Kobol involved sequencer by an Oberheim sequencer. All drum sounds are TR-606."
Olivier Grall Synths
I've put up a post on Olivier Grall's Synth site previously, however if you haven't been there it is definitely worth checking out. For those of you who also appreciate organs, he just put up a page on the Fender Contempo. Do check it out. Title link takes you to the root of the site.
White Roland JX-3PG
Click here for shots via this auction. You might recognize this from this post and Custom Synth UK. Note the auction is for the custom design with integrated PG-200, you have to supply the JX-3P and PG-200.
AHNE 2007 via alt-mode
Title link takes you to the set.Pictured: Two Oberheim SEMs and an Analog Systems French Connection
1986 Keyboard Magazine Sound Page winning entry
via fireking via the Matrixsynth forum.
"I had this link posted in the "Everything Synth" section, but it really should be here. Here's a link to hear Alain Thibault's "God's Greatest Gift" composed on a Fairlight. It features a quote from everybody's favorite 40th President, Ronald Reagan and shows a glimpse of what the early digital systems were capable of with a LOT of work. This song could now be composed on a laptop while riding the bus.
link
From my memories to your ears, enjoy the flash from the past! Exclamation"
"I had this link posted in the "Everything Synth" section, but it really should be here. Here's a link to hear Alain Thibault's "God's Greatest Gift" composed on a Fairlight. It features a quote from everybody's favorite 40th President, Ronald Reagan and shows a glimpse of what the early digital systems were capable of with a LOT of work. This song could now be composed on a laptop while riding the bus.
link
From my memories to your ears, enjoy the flash from the past! Exclamation"
Timeline of Modular Synths outside America
Title link takes you to a list sent my way via Rick Jelliffe on O'Reilly Digital Media. Right click and download the image when you get there to see the full chart. You can leave a comment there with updates if you like."I made up this little chart to keep track of the various makers of modular/patchable analog synths (including modules,kits, PCBs and virtual synths) outside America, especially here in Australia. Pin matrixes are definitely a British/Australian phenomenon."
Prophet Flexi Discs
Two via Stephen Jones:One
Two
Each link will take you to more images and mp3s of recordings of the Prophet 5 and Prophet 10 by John Bowen.
Prophet 5 demo sheet
EL-KA = HaJo Liese + Till Kopper
Title link takes you there. You'll find more gear shots and music. Via Till "Qwave" Kopper in the comments of this post."HaJo Liese of EL-KA also uses the Manikin Schrittmacher and the Vermona Drums. He also drives his Vermona Perfourmer from the Schrittmacher. We (he and I ) just had a gig in Eindhoven/NL) using this combination. Here is a picture from it (HaJo at the right, me on the left): link to picture.
keep on turning these knobs
Till "Qwave Kopper"
Roland CSQ-100
via this auction.
"The Roland CSQ-100 is a microcomputer-controlled digital CV/gate Sequencer. It is much like the CSQ-600. However, it can only play one sequence at a time. Sequences can be recorded via an external CV/gate input or using step-time. Portamento can not be programmed, but is adjusted manually as a sequence is being played."
Thom Yorke - Cymbal Rush - Henry Rollins Show
YouTube via yorkerollins. Analog Systems French Connection. via gerald in the comments of this post.
ARP Avatar
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.Details:
"The following modifications have been made;
1. The slider rubber end protectors have been removed and are not included.
2. The 1/4'' input has been removed pursuant to Avatar's later issued reccomendations.
This has resulted in mostly not guitar but keyboard use. Your instrument connects via a CV to Midi converter (Included)"
via Johan
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Happy Syntho De Mayo - AHNE 2007 via Stretta
And the official set via Stretta. Title link takes you to thumbnails for each shot in the set."Analog Heaven Northeast gathering May 5, 2007 "Syntho De Mayo"
Buchla & More - AHNE 2007
flickr by stretta.Title link takes you to more. There are also great shots of PPG, Oberheim SEM and more.
Update: Wait a sec... Isn't this Dave and The Packrat? Yep, this must be shots of this year's AHNE gathering. Nice. I think the East Coast has it better.
PunkdISCO Studio
Korg Mono/Poly Futre Retro Mobius Patch
YouTube via tardis454. "...And yes I'm getting a better camcorder for longer videos soon!" Can't wait. : )
Percussa AudioCubes controlling Ableton Live (Demo 2)
YouTube via Percussa.
"Percussa AudioCubes controling Ableton Live. More info including pricing, shipping etc at www.percussa.com"
Yamaha CS40M with Mods
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.Details:
"skilled engineer/ geek/ synth nerd (the one and only Robin Whittle of TB-303 "Devilfish" mods fame) got his hands on it, and modded/ retrofitted it out so that:
There are an additional 2 banks of sound/ memory locations, accessible via the front panel using 2 small switches. These have already been programmed with some crazy-ass synth bass/acid/pad sound. Gorgeous. There is also some type of filter mod (apparently Moog Rogue replacement of at least the LPF but I haven't been able to verify this, so you best just judge by sound examples...there's an 'unknown' 1/4 inch jack inserted in the back housing also, which may be for some type of external input/ output."
SOUND EXAMPLES HERE:
www.deepchild.com/CS40m_random.mp3 http://www.deepchild.com/CS40_chord_evolve.mp3
Mirrored here
via Loscha.
EMS Synthi Hi Fli
via this auction.Details:
"very rare EMS synthi hi fli .A,K.A ( the sound freak ) guitar synthi from 1974 used on pink floyds dark side of the moon and many other great albums genisis zeppelin proco harum etc comes with original foot pedals ( two in one ) and original carry case in good working condition
Main Controls and Effects (Left to right on control panel)
* Top Boost Slider to provide up to 30db boost at high frequencies. The output from this section goes to the Octave Shift, Sustained Fuzz and Ring Mod sections.
* Octave Shift Slider mixes in a Sub Octave signal.
* Buzz Switch adds high frequency overtones to the sub octave signal.
* Ring Mod Slider mixes in a signal an octave up when single notes are played or "ring modulated" effects on chords.
* Decay Rate Rotary control for the decay time of Ring Mod and Octave Shift signals.
* Sustain Fuzz Slider mixes variable upper harmonics.
* Attack Rate Rotary control varies the rise time of the sustained fuzz signal.
* Pedal Switches Each switch routes either the left or right pedal to voltage control the Slider above it. Each switch also has an inverted setting so that single pedal movements can produce complimentary effects.
* Solo/Strum Switch to alter the Hi-Fli's sensitivity to playing style.
* Bypass Mix Central Slider to blend the effects and original signal.
* Modulation Selector Rotary Switch selects: Slow Modulation range, Fast Modulation range, Rising Mod envelope, Falling Mod envelope, Rising Ramp and Falling Ramp.
* Treatment Selector Rotary switch selects: VIBRATO, PHASING 1, PHASING 2, WAA-WAA (single resonant peak), WAW-WAW (six resonant peaks) and MEOW (two sets of three peaks in opposite directions).
* Modulation Speed Slider to fine control the modulation rate.
* Modulation Ramp Time Slider to set ramp time between 0 and 5 seconds.
* Modulation Depth Slider controlling depth of modulation applied to Phase Filter.
* Frequency Shift Slider to bias the symmetry of modulation.
Mains powered: 100-135 or 200-260 Vac
Input Signal: 10mV (min) to 3V (max), 100kohm impedance.
Output Signal: -20dbm (min) to 0dbm (max)."
Aelita
Click here for shots via this auction.
Details:
"Synth was made in 80's years in USSR. Aelita is rare synthesizer actually much more rare than well known polyvox soviet synth. Aelita's sound can be very organic, mellow and very fat, agressive also. Synthesizer has very original "transformer" design with removing main operation panel.
Aelita has three oscillators with square, pulse and saw waveforms.There is LFO with triangle,square,saw and ramp waveforms.Every oscillator can be independently detuned in one octave range. We have possibilities in any chord playing here.You can switch oscillators from 32' to 2' registers.Every oscillator has it's own level slider in mixer section.Oscillator's pitch can be modulated by LFO and first oscillator can be modulated by third oscillator.Than we have nice sounding 24db lowpass filter with screaming resonanse and fat low end.Filter has it's own ADS envelope, keyboard tracking and can be modulated by LFO.VCA has ADS envelope with release switch.There is unussual unison mode when you can get signal of all oscillators in 4 registers in one time."
Samples:
1)1osc_registers_waves.mp3
1 oscillator from 32' to 2' registers switched on square,pulse and saw waveforms. All track is dry signal.
2)filter.mp3
filter's cutoff slider tweaking with increasing resonanse. All track is dry signal.
3)3osc_saw_dryandreverb.mp3
every oscillator's slider moving in mixer section to rich unison. First half of track is dry signal and little reverb added than.
MOOG the Source
Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Lots of these on the bay lately. I wonder if the Little Phatty has something to do with it.
kung-fu
YouTube via pre1204. Sent my way via Pete. Awesome. I always wondered what Hiromi sounded like. Click here for more videos.
Upate via Sonicbrat:
"Hi being a fan of Hiromi and having seen her live, she is highly versatile. This video doesn't doe her justice and they either revamped the song for the tv version or it was their earlier version. I am not sure ... but this is how Kung-fu sounded like in concert, a lot more intense :)"
Mike Dred Live Acid
Bangface 11 August 2004
Mike Dred Live Acid
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Love the gear numbers.
"Kit:
3x Roland TB-303, 2x Korg KMS-30, Waldorf Pulse Plus, Yamaha RY30, Yamaha FS1R, Boss SE-70, Sony DPS-V55M, The laptop is simply sending a 2 bar midi loop to the FS1R on one track as my MMT-8 was knackered. All other synth sequencing is via 303s. Normally computers are banned!"
BLOC Weekender - Feb 2007 - universal indicator at bloc
Kit:
"1x SH-101, 2x MC-202, 3x TB303, MPC 2500 as a Drum Machine with Drum sounds created on a System 100 model 101 & 102 & MC-202, Waldorf Pulse Plus, 1x Roland MKS-50, 2x Korg KMS-30, 2x TC Electronic Fireworx, 1x Eventide Orville, 1x Boss SE-70, 1x Boss SE-50, 1x Yamaha RY-30, A few other bits and bobs.
It was mind boggling tying to work this lot freestyle. I don't do song modes (with the exception of the odd complex 303 sequence) or program change - it's too restrictive."
Universal Indicator [live] @ Bloc Weekend 2007
"It's a shame it's a clip of transition rather than full on modulation. Here you get to see me trying to dial in fx settings, create a sound on the pulse plus and an mc 202 in realtime. Working my old school mackie 1604 too. But yeah you get to see a fair bit of the kit. Took 2 hours to set up and another hour to fix sync problems. Was a good party tho."
Mike Dred Live Acid
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Love the gear numbers.
"Kit:
3x Roland TB-303, 2x Korg KMS-30, Waldorf Pulse Plus, Yamaha RY30, Yamaha FS1R, Boss SE-70, Sony DPS-V55M, The laptop is simply sending a 2 bar midi loop to the FS1R on one track as my MMT-8 was knackered. All other synth sequencing is via 303s. Normally computers are banned!"
BLOC Weekender - Feb 2007 - universal indicator at bloc
Kit:
"1x SH-101, 2x MC-202, 3x TB303, MPC 2500 as a Drum Machine with Drum sounds created on a System 100 model 101 & 102 & MC-202, Waldorf Pulse Plus, 1x Roland MKS-50, 2x Korg KMS-30, 2x TC Electronic Fireworx, 1x Eventide Orville, 1x Boss SE-70, 1x Boss SE-50, 1x Yamaha RY-30, A few other bits and bobs.
It was mind boggling tying to work this lot freestyle. I don't do song modes (with the exception of the odd complex 303 sequence) or program change - it's too restrictive."
Universal Indicator [live] @ Bloc Weekend 2007
"It's a shame it's a clip of transition rather than full on modulation. Here you get to see me trying to dial in fx settings, create a sound on the pulse plus and an mc 202 in realtime. Working my old school mackie 1604 too. But yeah you get to see a fair bit of the kit. Took 2 hours to set up and another hour to fix sync problems. Was a good party tho."
Slave To the Rhythm
via Peter:"I was looking for a t-shirt from a particular artist and in the process came across this: link. he pictures is tiny, but it's got a giant modular on it :)."
Pretty cool. Anyone know where this picture comes from?
Update via Peter: "I'm not really sure where the design of the shirt came from but the company is run by Nick Philip who worked on the same magazine with Spike Jonze when he was an aspiring teenage photographer. His fashion stores (Anarchic Adjustment) in Japan were some of the first to have instore DJs. The artist I was looking for was Nic Ainley (www.shinybinary.com), his designs are ridculously detailed photoshoped works of art. Nothing to do with synths but amazing none the less."
Update: And here's where the image came from: link
Friday, May 04, 2007
TR-Generation Gear Shots
I had a hard time picking a shot for the post, so I went with two. Be sure to check out the others here and here. via matthew. These are actually from a friend of his. You can find his MySpace page here.Roland TR-909 and Roland MC-202
Update: photos are by "Jason Charcalla" of charcalla.com
ChucK
Strongly-timed, Concurrent, and On-the-fly Audio Programming Language "what is it? : ChucK is a new (and developing) audio programming language for real-time synthesis, composition, and performance - fully supported on MacOS X, Windows, and Linux. ChucK presents a new time-based, concurrent programming model that's highly precise and expressive (we call this strongly-timed), as well as dynamic control rates, and the ability to add and modify code on-the-fly. In addition, ChucK supports MIDI, OSC, HID device, and multi-channel audio. Furthermore, the language is designed to favor readability and flexibility over raw performance. It's fun and easy to learn, and offers composers, researchers, and performers a powerful programming tool for building and experimenting with complex audio synthesis programs, and real-time interactive control."
Title link takes you there. via Loscha
Elektor Formant
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.Details:
"There is a good chance that you have not seen one of these before. They were all hand-built by enthusiasts to the design which was originally published as a series on monthly articles in Elektor magazine in 1977 and 1978. See Rick Jansen's story of how he built one (no, that is not the one offered for sale here) at link.
This is your chance to get your hands dirty and to learn how analog synthesisers work. All the constructional articles, including theory of operation, circuit diagrams, PCB layouts, and even playing techniques were republished by Elektor in a booklet, a copy of which is included with this item. Also included is a demonstration audio cassette.
The Formant was a very modular design. The one offered for sale here has most of the electronics in one unit, and the 49 key keyboard and keyboard interface is in a separate unit (see photos). This is what you get:
3 x VCOs.
1 x 12 dB/octave VCF.
1 x 24 dB/octave VCF.
3 x ADSRs.
1 x LFO module (3 LFOs).
1 x VCA.
1 x noise module.
1 x COM ( Control and Output Module).
1 x keyboard interface.
2 x ring modulators and one keyboard repeat circuit (not Elektor designs).
The Elektor book also includes a design for a Resonance Filter Module, but the Formant offered for sale here does not have a RFM. To some extent, the 12 dB VCF can be used in place of the RFM. Of course, with the information provided in the book, you could build yourself a RFM. Some of the components used in the Formant would be hard to find now, but there is no problem like that for the ICs used in the RFM.
Some extra inputs have been added to the VCA for the ring modulators. Another added VCA input, together with a switch added to the 12dB VCF, allows the two VCFs to be used either in parallel or in series."
via Loscha.
Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.Note the Wine County cassette with tape dump of patches. Wine Country was formed by ex Sequential Circuits employees after Sequential went under. They are still in business.
via Loscha.
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