This goldmine in via swissdoc. Title link takes you to a load of old MOOG albums for download. The site includes minor details for each album including an image, the artist, number of tracks, etc. But most importantly each one contains sample and full download links.
YouTube via salamandos707. "North of The Hague, In the barren marshes of the national dune park on the North Sea coast we can find savage mini ponies living in the wild, this is a little movie about them. WARNING: They are SAVAGELY CUTE. Music by Legowelt, played on a Yamaha DX7, DX7IID and a Roland Juno 6"
If you enjoyed this also check out the following video: Mysteries of Marine Biology - The Northern Elephant Seal
"In the footsteps of Jacques Cousteau I made a small nature documentary about this intriguing sea creature. I filmed these creatures in the Pacific Ocean on the Californian coast. Music by Legowelt using a Roland MKS20 electric piano module, Korg Mono/Poly and Roland Juno 6 synthesizers."
YouTube via newblackmusic. "Hear is one for the gear heads. Check out the old school synths. Check out that big bad ampeg on stage, thats the amp i rock with to this day. it feels so good to see musicianship!" ARP Odyssey
"Rare rack mount synth with a knob for everything. Has unique features like LFO Attack/Decay envelope before LFO wave kicks in, typical LFO shapes or stair-stepped (semitone-quantized) LFO. Etc. More info is available online at http://www.vermona.com/ Can hit pretty hard and low. Ring mod and noise, 2 VCO, 2 LFO, 2 ENV. Aside from LFO/ENV/etc, additional modulation assignments for: Pitch bend, mod wheel, footswitch, aftertouch, keyboard mode."
"1961 Electronics Magazine Increasingly hard to find, this nearly half-century-old issue of Electronics World contains a fascinating how-to on building that special effects staple of scores of classic sci-fi flicks, the theremin, by none other than electronic music pioneer Robert Moog. The feature article contains a complete schematic and parts list, as well as chassis layout and photos of the completed unit. There are even tips on how to play the ethereal instrument. You get the entire original 1961 magazine, not a couple photocopied pages like you find elsewhere on Ebay.
Also in this issue is a homebrew stereo balancer using 6FG6 magic eye tubes and a look at beam power tubes in VHF oscillators, plus an article on early computer logic circuits, both vacuum tube and transistor-based."
I just set the site back to 3 days worth of posts on the main page. I switched it from 3 days to 40 posts a while back but so much is coming in now I think I want to go back to 3 days. I'm already at 28 posts today. The idea behind three days is that's about as much time it takes for a post to get fully seen and commented on. The concern of course are the load times and scrolling vs. paging through the site. Another option would be even fewer posts but then you would have to click on the "Older Posts" link at the bottom of each page. Also if you are submitting something, with 3 days set you are guaranteed to have the post up for at least that long. Again, the site is currently set to 3 days, so see how you like it. Majority wins on this one.
YouTube via shootthestylist. via Music Thing. "an alien bag pipe, creating analogue sound synthesis according to the movement of the tonetacles. this project was developed with the royal college of art and yamaha, but as it is just a prototype it is not produced."
I've been getting a few reports on an annoying pop-up on the site. I've seen it twice so far. If you see it AFTER this post leave a comment. I made a change that might take care of it.
Title link takes you to a new Buchla 200e doodle, RoundMirrorRolling, via Chris Muir. Scroll down to "The Examples" when you get there. For those of you new to Chris' 200e doodles, be sure to check out the rest there as well.
BTW, Chris has two gigs coming up so if you want to see a 200e live, here's your chance. I wish I was in the area.
two gigs coming up at 21 Grand, in Oakland, CA.
Monday, August 27th with Mark Miller (drums), William Winant (percussion), Henry Kaiser (guitar) and Chris Muir (electronic music box)
and
Sunday, September 2nd with Weasel Walter (percussion), Danielle DeGruttola (cello), Henry Kaiser (guitar) and Chris Muir (electronic music box)
YouTube via starcodo. "A household ladder extended with a sensor system transforms into a real musical instrument. The ordinary ladder becomes a ToneLadder.
Stepping on a bar of the ladder or touching it by hand creates a sound, tone or musical loop, which varies from rung to rung. You can create a piece of music by stepping up and down on the ladder. Together with a partner you can even play a duet. There is a ToneLadder for everyone: standard, dynamic or even wireless."
YouTube via DayflightTrok. Click here for all demonstrations. "This is a short demonstration about how easy it is to make music with Octopus." Update: if you are just catching this video, be sure to check out the follow up as well (via Trok in the comments).
"The Partikel Series features electronic musicians and visual artists performing in a theatrical setting." Title link takes you to more info. via brian comnes.
"Linear and Oscillating Control Voltage for Analog Synths. Performing with an Analog Synth, consists mainly of real time Timbre shaping. For this purpose 24dB Resonant Filters and Envelope Generators were created. The Analog performer will share his attention between the keyboard manual and the panel. Intended to release your hands to other tasks, this Control Voltage(CV) Pedal can control most synthesizers or other gear that has a Control Voltage input. This pedal can produce the following signals:
0 to +5V : As used in most current equipment both analog and digital. The current moog line works with this standart.
0 to +10V : Used in most vintage synths. Moog, Yamaha, Roland, Sequential, Arp etc...
-5 to +5 : Used by Analog Korg: Mono/Poly, MS-10, MS-20, MS-50, Polysix, PS Modular Series, Trident, VC-10 Vocoder among others."
"Spaceman Technologies has pioneered multi-touch touchscreen research. Many different 'multi-touch' interfaces for both musical and general-purpose computer applications have been developed. These surfaces are capable of discriminating between (and tracking) multiple objects, human touches, and/or elements of a user-reconfigurable mechanical or graphical overlay in contact with that surface. The images above show several different multi-touch touchscreens and multi-object-tracking interfaces developed for various musical applications in collaboration with Novation EMS Ltd - an electronic music equipment and synthesiser manufacturer.
IP status: Various patent applications filed. Since spring 2007 when Apple Inc announced their IPhone, and Microsoft announced their 'Surface', both products incorporating 'multitouch' touchscreen technologies, there has been considerable commercial interest in this field. Spaceman Technologies began this research project in 2002, prior to Apple Inc commencing the filing of their 'multitouch' touchpad patent applications in 2005."
"In 2003/2004 Spaceman Technologies developed quite a number of innovative sound synthesis and electronic music controllers, sequencers and interfaces. These efforts were mainly concentrated on developing tactile instruments, sequencers and mixing desks based around the Spaceman Technologies multi-object tracking and multi-touch sensor technologies, in collaboration with Novation EMS Ltd. One of these interfaces - a multitouch tactile sequencer (shown above) was exhibited by Kinetica Museum, London, 18 May - 29 June 2007.
In addition to these projects various DSP-based sound synthesis and spectrum analysis toys and gadgets were developed such as the SoundMouse and the OpticalMicrophone."
Update: the site with details is no longer available. It contained:
- Direct parameter accesses to the VCF (volume days control LED filter, cut off and Resonance)
- Direct parameter accesses to the ADSR (envelope generator, Attack and Decay)
- Control inlets for cut off and Resonance, gate trigger (multiple gate Out)
- Suboszillator for DCO1/2 (different variants)
- LFO (Low frequency oscillator) to the modulation of the VCF (cut off/Resonance)
- Structure of a further envelope generator (application suggestion, not tested)
"You want your very special VST effect or VST Instrument? This e-book will show you an easy way how to do it even without any skills in higher programming languages like C or C++. Thanks to SynthEdit it is so simple to connect modules via virtual cables like wiring a musician's setup or a modular synthesizer. This book will also provide you with various background info on how audio effects and synthesis work. This is the easiest way to start successful VST/i programming. Required system for SynthEdit: Win 98/ME/XP"
"Mutations is a collection of over 100 racks specifically designed for Ableton's Operator synth. Programmed by some of Ableton's own sound designers exclusively for Puremagnetik, Mutations fully explores the sonic possibilities of Ableton's Rack format and FM synthesis. Mutations is a free download" via Sonic State.
I totally missed this in this previous post, but the shots are apparently of the prototype Prophet '08. To start, note the panel graphics in relation to the pitch and mod wheels vs. the images on the DSI site. Thanks goes to one of the anonymous in the comments of the prior post.
Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Click on the image for the full size shot. • Synton Syrinx (SE) (Serial # 5) • Special Synton CV/Gate Cable This is the special edition without the keyboard that Synton released in 1994-1995. This mid-nineties reissue is a very rare rack-mount version with MIDI and external audio in. These units were mounted inside rack cases to assure maximum protection and to make transportation easier. Only 6 of this units have ever been produced.
"This auction is for a DK SYNERGY. It's one of the first digital synthesizers, and it implements both additive and FM synthesis. It was created by Digital Keyboards with the consulting help of Wendy Carlos. Its technology is based off of the Crumar GDS Synthesizer."
Title link takes you to shots via this Matrixsynth Forum post. It's currently for sale via intercorni. More info at the forum. Note the modded switches above the pitch and mod wheels. Not sure what they do. I replied to the post on the forum asking for more info.
Update: "The two switches are for switching on/off CV and gate inputs." Note the price was lowered as well.
via opticallightpipe.com. Not much info, just shots. When you get there mouse over the sections on the left. Third one down should be Tactile. Click on it. If anyone has more info on these, please comment.
This one kept popping up on my blog reader so I guess it really wants a post. ;)
click here for the full size shot. There is one more in the flickr set.
Also, according to the description of the shot, it looks like it's actually for sale.
"the Prodyssey (sold only 2006 and 2007) is a VA remake of the Arp Odyssey II. It has 12 voices and 127x user memory. The filter is switchable between ARP and Minimoog style 24dB charakter."
Buchla Music Easel. This one sent my way via vgermuse. "Here's a little clip from the DVD Better Living Through Circuitry by Jon Reiss. The clip is of the DJ Heather Heart and has a brief but nice panning shot of what looks to be a pristine Buchla Music Easel."
YouTube via oxygene65. "Crap demo of the JP8000 doing the solo to Jean Michel Jarre's Overture, from The Concerts In China. Massive apologies for the really bad solo. This was using the Soaring Mini patch. You can listen to my proper cover version of Overture on my soundclick page."
"Fotosis instrument No. oo5 will be a hybrid guitar / synth, but not 80's keytar style. Actually it will have everything our previous instruments had with a special sort of experimental guitar added to the control panel. That means square wave noise maker section, optical theremin, passive ring modulator and a weird stringed instrument all in one. The picture on the left is my first drawing of the proposed device. I suppose it'll look and play a bit like a lap steel guitar."
"First we get excited about the new synthesizer from Dave Smith Instruments - the Prophet 08, then Noneric gives us some second-hand but reliable information on the new Logic Pro imminent update, then we're off to the world of quad core laptops, OS upgrades ain't what they used to be, and as Jazz Mutant demo their first mulit-touch PC, how do we feel about using that as an interface?"
Title link takes you there. The Prophet '08 talk, actually doesn't come in for bit but the talk leading up to it is entertaining as usual. There is some mention of the Waldorf Blofeld and the recent Musotalk vids. Great podcast and... Matrixsynth got a plug. : ) Very cool. Thanks guys.
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
via this auction.
Title link takes you to a new Buchla 200e doodle, RoundMirrorRolling, via Chris Muir. Scroll down to "The Examples" when you get there. For those of you new to Chris' 200e doodles, be sure to check out the rest there as well.
"The Partikel Series features electronic musicians and visual artists performing in a theatrical setting." Title link takes you to more info. via brian comnes.
Title link takes you to shots via this auction. via Loscha.
"You want your very special VST effect or VST Instrument? This e-book will show you an easy way how to do it even without any skills in higher programming languages like C or C++. Thanks to SynthEdit it is so simple to connect modules via virtual cables like wiring a musician's setup or a modular synthesizer. This book will also provide you with various background info on how audio effects and synthesis work.
"Mutations is a collection of over 100 racks specifically designed for Ableton's Operator synth. Programmed by some of Ableton's own sound designers exclusively for Puremagnetik, Mutations fully explores the sonic possibilities of Ableton's Rack format and FM synthesis. Mutations is a free download" via Sonic State.
I totally missed this in this previous post, but the shots are apparently of the prototype Prophet '08. To start, note the panel graphics in relation to the pitch and mod wheels vs. the images on the DSI site. Thanks goes to one of the anonymous in the comments of the prior post.
Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Click on the image for the full size shot.
Title link takes you to a few more shots of the Casio PG-380 MIDI Guitar Synth pulled via this auction.
Title link takes you to shots via this Matrixsynth Forum post. It's currently for sale via intercorni. More info at the forum. Note the modded switches above the pitch and mod wheels. Not sure what they do. I replied to the post on the forum asking for more info.
flickr by pac209.
Update: found the DVD on Amazon
"Fotosis instrument No. oo5 will be a hybrid guitar / synth, but not 80's keytar style. Actually it will have everything our previous instruments had with a special sort of experimental guitar added to the control panel. That means square wave noise maker section, optical theremin, passive ring modulator and a weird stringed instrument all in one. The picture on the left is my first drawing of the proposed device. I suppose it'll look and play a bit like a lap steel guitar."
Title link takes you to some words and a sample of the MOTM 300 Ultra VCO on My Synthesis Technology.
