New England Digital Archive

"This page is devoted to information and projects about one of the most sophisticated synthesizers ever made, the New England Digital Synclavier, and its offspring, such as the rare Synclavier I, and its sucessors, such as the big 9600."

You will find sections on history, documentation, audio and video. Pictured here is the Synclavier I which consisted of the monitor and three cabinets in the background.

via DVDBorn

Workspace and Environment: Lusine

Another workspace post on trash_audio.

"What is your favorite piece of hardware?
Arp Odyssey. It sounds awesome and I've owned one for over 10 years and never gotten tired of it. I have two Odysseys, a Mark III, and a Mark I. The Mark I was a hand me down from my uncle that was broken. I ordered a 2 pole filter replacement from an online tech guy and soldered it in and then I did the Kenton CV/Gate/Filter mod as well. It works, but it still doesn't work perfectly. I'm still researching into how to fix it. The Mark III is the one I've had for 10 years. I haven't done any modifications. It works and sounds great."

click here for the full post.

Mixer as tone source

YouTube via IranContras. via Peter on Leisure Cove.
"An experiment using the EQ bands on a Behringer UB1202 as four fixed-tone oscillators in a feedback loop, with a Bleep Labs Thingamagoop phototheremin and Tapco 4400 reverb as the input sources."

KLAUS SCHULZE - FM DELIGHT (EDIT)

YouTube via MUSICTOMUSIC. via Nusonica.
"This is a shortcut version from this great instrumental song. the original song is normally over 17 minutes and was released on the EN=TRANCE album from 1988 !!! official website"

Dynacord ADD One Drum sampler

YouTube via buchla300

"A small example of what the ADD-One can do. The buttons I am pressing are the manual trigger buttons, but it can be triggered by pads, gates or midi. Each sample (12 bit 50khz) can be filtered (same filters as the Sequential Circuits Studio 440 btw) and modulated in many ways and can be repeated and re-triggered in various ways (hence the rhythmic patterns that play just by hitting one trigger)
Quite possibly the best drum sampler ever."

Buchla 200 Videos

YouTube via buchla300. via Nusonica.
Vid1: Buchla 200 Modular Synth
"Buchla 200 analogue modular in action The touch keyboard is working as one 16 note sequencer while the smaller 5 x 4 sequencer makes the other sequence.."
Vid2: Buchla 200
"Some more buchla. The chords are set up by the 5 x 4 sequencer which is just triggered from the 4 touch plates on the left. The sequence is one oscillator sequenced from the main touchpad."

ARP 2500 Modular Synth

YouTube via buchla300. via Nusonica.
"I was checking the ARP 2500, so decided to video whilst noodling. Will make something better later... AMAZING synth. Funky, fat, flexible."

Alesis Micron Sound Design

YouTube via Gtechture. via Nusonica.
"This is aprogram I created. It uses frequency modulation to create unique textures and the timbre is affected by the use of the pitch wheel." Things get more interesting when he uses the pitch wheel.

CME launches ASX for UF and VX series keyboards

"The ASX is a DSP board which goes into the expansion slot of UF and VX series keyboards and provides a flexible synthesis engine, turning the CME MIDI controller keyboard into a stand-alone synthesizer.

he ASX does not rely on playback of sampled sounds but brings sufficient DSP power to run dedicated synth modelling plug-ins. Four plug-ins are included with the ASX, which can be dynamically loaded one at a time: the Minimax - a polyphonic replica of the analog synth legend, the LightWave - a wavetable based virtual analog synth with plenty of modulation possibilities, the B4000 organ - a precise model of the famous tonewheel organ and the Vocodizer - a complex vocoder which is controlled via a dedicated microphone input.

Next to the microphone input, the ASX provides stereo line out, stereo headphone out and a USB port to connect to the ASX Editor Software. The Editor provides graphic interfaces to each plug-in and allows access to all settings of the plug-in. Sounds can be managed, exchanged via an online server and uploaded to the ASX hardware.

Listed at 369 USD, the ASX is shipping within November 2007."

[CME]

Synthesizer by *zorgitron

"I just got done building this bastard. The wooden case took 4 months to build. The metal front panel took 7 months to design. I went through about 20 - 30 different configurations and styles until I found one that would be useful in the long run as I add more things to it. The panel design was made with adobe illustrator, and printed out on seperate sheets. The sheets were photographed and gigantic negatives were produced. The negatives were used to burn the image into a silk screen. The emulsion was carefully washed out and I squeegeed the white ink onto the actual panel. This took 3 weeks. The electronics were a kit from PAiA, called the "Fatman" synthesizer. Building it took 3 months. I did it slowly so that I'd do it right. And that's about it. Now I will begin to add modifications. This synthesizer sounds wonderful.

2 Oscillators
12 db filter with ASR envelope
Voltage Controlled Amplifier with ADSR Envelope
MIDI control
18 knobs so far.
3 Blink lights"

click here for more info. Via Devient Synth.

de la Mancha basic 64

"basic64 is inspired by the 8 bit sounds of the classic Commodore 64. It's not a straight emulation, but is based around the SID chip with some extras for that 8-bit retro game sound, lofi gritty noises or just plain oddness




features
- 16, 8 or 6 bit sound quality
- 3 oscs, each with their own ADSR envelope
- oscillators can be sync'd and ring modulated by each other
- pitch envelope modulation
- pitch wobble option, for subtle instability
- 2 tempo-sync LFO's to modulate pitch, cut-off and pulse width
- LFO's have attack/release curves
- tempo-sync arpegiator
- flexible routing to state variable filter (LP, HP & BP)
- envelopes can be reset or continuous at retrigger
- monophonic or polyphonic option
- midi learn / midi CC support
- 128 presets by sinkmusic & WhiskeyPriest"
click here for more info and the download.
via CDM

firestARTer Prophet64 MIDI interface is ready

"The PROPHET64-CARTRIDGE EDITION MIDI-INTERFACE is a Midi-Box add on for your Commodore64 which makes it possible to control the PROPHET64-CARTRIDGE (Sequencer, Mono-Synthesizer, Bassline and Drummer) via MIDI."

More info on the firestARTer website and C64Music!

MOOG Prototype Vocoder

I asked Hajo what the big cabinet was in the previous post. Turns out it is a prototype MOOG Vocoder. Hajo was generous enough to send me some more images which you can see here. Check out the notes on the inside of the unit apparently from Bob Moog.

Notes on the Kawai K5000s by Arthur Green

Arthur sent me some notes on the Kawai K5000s. I actually have one and thought it was a good perspective on the K5000s, so I asked Arthur if I could put it up. Note the Kawai K5000s is a hybrid synth featuring both additive synthesis (where you add or remove harmonics to create sounds), and standard PCM based sample synthesis. Arthur mentions the Korg Wavestation which uses vector synthesis first introduced with the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS by Dave Smith. Dave actually went on to work on the Yamaha TG33 and SY22 vector synths and then the Korg Wavestations. Vector synthesis allows you to morph between the samples in memory for any given patch (usually consisting of four samples) with a vector joystick. With the Wavestation you can have wavesequences that allow you to morph between the source samples over time for evolving textures. The comparison Arthur refers to with the K5000 is in reference to sound and textures. You an assign envelopes to the individual harmonics that make up a given sound on the K5000s for some incredible evolving textures. That said...

"A lot of people like to compare the K5000 to other synthesizers, noteably Korg's Wavestation. Apples and oranges, if you ask me. While both excel at those sounds that seem to move and slither onwards forever, they really aren't much alike in either function or personality. And I'll be the first to tell you that the K5000 suffers from some crippling design deficiencies, not the least of which are poor envelope contouring, loss of fidelity on the lower registers and excessive aliasing on the upper registers (something you may not notice immediately unless you play your K5000 from a six or seven octave keyboard), partial frequencies are fixed in a harmonic series, issues with cheap construction (particularly with the R and W models), weird patch memory management, no microtuning support, limited polyphony (and appropriately, a crude voice-stealing algorithm), a nearly useless Multi mode (these last two issues are why I bought three of them!), and an occasionally quirky MIDI implementation.

But, I'm still amazed at how expressive these synthesizers are, especially when paired with a decent controller keyboard. (I've always played my Rs from a Kurzweil Midiboard.) The fact that nearly every important parameter can be tied to velocity, keyscale, or a controller destination is remarkable. And while the sound may not stand up to the quality offered by more refined hardware and today's software synthesizers, it definitely has its own distinctive edge, which I've generally found very appealing; maybe mostly because they might sound like the kind of person I probably am. (They are my voice, musically speaking, are they not?)

Far from the sedate new-agey sounds (which are often fairly predictable and difficult to control) or techno jibes (which are usually pale imitations of other synthesizers) that most demo MP3s on the net like to showcase, this synthesizer is very good at shrill leads (with nice portamento "squips"), harsh pads (thanks in no small part due to the *amazing* amounts of self-oscillation and distortion capable with the resonance filter), and prickly harmonic arpeggiator/ sequencing effects with some of the nicest onboard delays you could ask for. It's certainly a synth you can ruin your ears over. (I know, as I've done a fair bit of damage myself!) No, it's certainly not a jack of all trades, but it's no one-trick pony either. The caveat is that you have to certainly program your own sounds, or mess about with the factory presets so that they (quickly) become your own presets. But, you'll be well-rewarded!

So, knowing what they're good at, I think these are fine musical instruments. And I suspect I'll be using these for another eight years.

For your amusement, here is a video of one of my live improvisations performed this past June at a local Open Mic. You're hearing two of my three K5000Rs, reverb disabled with no outboard processing:



With the kindest of regards,
\\ Arthur"

You can can find more tracks featuring the K5000s "with the exception of 'Certainty', which has an EII rendering bass and drums" on Arthur's MySpace site.

Update: If you have a K5000s or K5000r you can try some of Arthur's patches here.

"I made them about seven years ago, so they're not exactly a model of good (or even okay) programming. But, they are some of the few sounds I still use today. I'll usually tweak attack/release times, mute sources, adjust pitch envelopes (awesome feature!), or ramp up the one or two USER knobs set for the patch, but overall, they are used as you hear them. (Although velocity response is probably optimized for my Midiboard and not the K5000S!)

SnowFall, especially around C1 (with User knob #1 set to max) and ReignY are my personal favorites.

StarWick is for an arpeggiator. To simulate what I was doing on the Midiboard, set tempo to about 95 with notes at 16, user knob 1 to max, run the arp at about 100% gate with a down pattern on mode 2 (one octave span from latched notes). Play one note at the bottom of the keyboard together with two towards the top to get a cyclical motion (the second note "tap" should align to the next note put on top of it). I typically use the three Rs stacked and tuned an octave apart from one another to get a deep, throaty rhythm."

Swiss Synth Meeting Pics via Hajo

Luterbach, Switzerland from the 13th Oct 07

click here for the full set via Hajo.

Update: That large cabinet is a prototype MOOG vocoder. More shots coming up in a new post.

Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer Update

mp3
Here's a list of controls - I'm not sure if these are all the correct labels yet, but they at least describe the function. I post this now, for all of those that like to design and envision panels:

Inputs:
Trigger Input
Shell CV
Shell/Clank Return
Impact Return
Snares Return

Outputs:
Synth Out
Line Out
Shell Send
Impact Send
Snares Send

Potentiometers:
Trigger Input Sensitivity
Shell CV Range
Shell Sweep
Shell Pitch
VCO Pitch (for Ring modulator)
VCO Depth (for Ring modulator)
Ring Modulator Balance
Shell/Clank EG Decay
Impact EG Decay
Impact Sweep
Impact Pitch
Noise Filter EG Decay
Noise Filter EG Sweep
Noise Filter Center Frequency
Noise Filter Resonance
Shell/Clank Mix
Impact Mix
Snares Mix
Line Volume

Switches:
Filter LP/BP Select

Indicators:
Trigger Status LED

More info and discussion on electro-music.com. via Tom Bugs of Bugbrand.

Testing the crumar DS2

YouTube via evening1.

Livewire Dual Cyclotron+Dalek+Doepfer

YouTube via DavideModu.
"Livewire Dual Cyclotron+Dalek+Doepfer+Drum VST!!!"

Sequential Circuits Prophet-10

images via this auction

Roland JX-8P Aftertouch Repair

"If you have a JX-8P, and haven't repaired the aftertouch feature (or had it repaired by someone else), then most likely the aftertouch feature doesn't work on your synth. Either that, or it is very difficult to get it to "kick in", say applying an ungodly amount of pressure to the keys to get it to work."

[link]

Update: new link.

1972 Moog Minimoog Synth Brochure

images via this auction. via Bill.

"Extremely rare brochure from 1972. 8 1/2 x 11", 4 pages. Extremely bad graphic design. A little water damage and a pen doodle on the front. The inside features photos of Minimoog users, including Keith Emerson in full Rock God mode. I like the guy in the tux, I wish I could have caught his act."

Admin: New Link Behavior

I just changed all links on the site to open a new window rather than replace the window. This should help a bit with performance in not having to wait for the site to reload every time you hit back from visiting one of the links. Thanks goes to mpeake for the suggestion.

Mattson Mini Modular Perched on a Synthesizers.com Modular

The MMM Phoenix series on top of a Synthesizers.com modular at this year's PNW Synth Gathering. Image via Carbon111 in this VSE thread. Be sure to check out Carbon111's updated Syntar page now with the MMM. The modules on the MMM are all the same size whereas the synthesizers.com varies based on the modules. The dotcom uses 1/4" jacks and is based on the MOOG modular. The MMM uses 1/8" jacks and is based on the Syntar (more info on Carbon111's site).

click the image for the full size shot.

Note the MMM pictured is the base system at 12 modules. You can add an aditional 12 modules on the right for 24 modules total. The PSU and MIDI to CV take up two spaces in the default system and are used for the additional 12 modules. You can latch on additional cabinets and each system can be folded into a closed and protected modular suitcase for on the go.

You can find more info on the Mattson Mini Modular here and synthesizers.com here.

901a 7-22-66

MOOG 901a scan via mpeake.

click here for the full size shot.
click here for more scans via mpeake.

Update via mpeake on AH:
I've added by request a 1/3 size grayscale version.

And also uploaded the amplifier/oscillator page from Bob's 1964 AES paper."

EuroRack Modular

via this auction.
via Steve

Doepfer
Cwejman
Plan b
Analog Systems
Analog Solutions

Scull Knobs

Just in case the day ever comes... link

Crumar Spirit

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

serial number 50

Not the best images, but you don't see these come up often.

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Matrixsynth by fischek

flickr by fischek

Freaks at Home - Hajo Liese of EL-KA

click the pdf icon above for the article. Note that it is in German and there are some nice shots. Hajo Liese of EL-KA.

Alicia Keys - No One

Remember this post? Here's the video sent my way via Xavier. Roland Jupiter-8.

Giant Roland Jupiter 8

flickr by thingstocomerecords

click here for the full size shot.

via wire to the ear where you can read more abou this shop.
"There are a few good places to buy pro-audio equipment in Berlin. If your looking for a personal touch and boutique equipment head to Kruezberg and visit City Sound Pro. Berlin has the worlds greatest analog synthesizer store at Alexanderplatz called Schneider’s Buero. When you walk in a Theremin will track your moves and greet you. From there Mr. Schneider himself will show you his vast collection. For used vintage stuff you can try a small shop on Schönhauser Allee called Musikinstrumente & Design."

via Oliver Chesler (The Horrorist).

A First Look at Max 5

"The first thing you might notice about Max 5 is the new look of the objects. We've redecorated with a new appearance to ensure you can immediately identify the basic elements of a patch. It doesn't try to be photorealistic, primarily because the interface scales so you can look at a patch at any resolution. That includes zooming out as well as zooming in."

click here for more including videos. via cakeface.

Monome

flickr by anthonymckay

"The monome lights arranged like a moonenite."

If you don't know what a moonenite is, click here.

click here for the full size shot.

What they Do...

YouTube via sanhozeezee.

Traxxpad on PSP.

"For all the Roots fans... Shout out to Quest Love. My rendition of one of their hits."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One

images via this auction.

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600

images via this auction

Casio CZ-5000 CosmoSynthesizer

via this auction

If the CZ-5000 was the Cosmo, what was the CZ-3000, CZ1000 and CZ-101?

trash_audio - artists and their workspaces

Click here to check out a new blog via surachai. They are currently featuring artists and their workspaces. Pictured:

Richard Devine:
"I have been working on music for almost fifteen years now. I started when I was 16 just recording tons of strange sounds and things to tape, then I eventually moved to working with digital samplers in the early 90’s. From there I progressed to working with computers and digital signal processing. I have always considered my self more of a sound collage artist. Dealing more with sound design, and creating an unusual space or experience for the..."

The Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer

via Scott Stites on this electro-music thread. Keep an eye on the thread for updates. If images or samples come in, let me know.

"I guess I better extricate this from the Clangora thread before it derails that fine conversation. I hope I don't sound like I'm hyping this thing unnecessarily, but I truly am buzzed by this design. This one has been as hard to keep quiet about as the Mankato Filter. In fact, I often think about this as the Mankato of drum voices, it's that good. I'll start at the top:

This summer (summer 2007), Thomas quietly developed a drum voice that just sat me back in my seat. I'm not sure I've ever seen him work so hard on a single design - I'm sure he has, but in my experience breadboard testing things, I'm certain this one took more work than I've experienced with any other project. He literally designed this thing from the ground up, and we very thoroughly rung it out.

In the Clangora thread, Thomas mentioned how versatile it was (and it is extremely versatile). On top of that, the sound of this drum voice for me is simply stunning. A good deal of that is due to an innovation Thomas threw in there; it's something that I've never seen on any other drum voice. It was an idea that he picked up from an interview with Roger Powell years ago (it was Roger Powell, wasn't it Thomas? I'm kinda fuzzy here). It has to do with the impact circuit - I swear, it literally sounds like someone is striking this think with a real stick/mallet/hand/sledgehammer (depending on how it's tuned).

Just to give a rundown of the elements: the voice has three oscillators, a noise source, a balanced modulator (that can be unbalanced as well), three envelope generators, two VCAs, a noise source, a LP/BP switchable resonant VCF, and a versatile mixing section with send/receive loops. This one is a blast to tweak as it plays, BTW. It's the only drum voice I've played that can dissolve from a cowbell to a landing alien craft in a very non-seventies, non-disco-era Simmons way (though it can do that, too, if that's your thing).

Fortunately, Thomas designed it, so it is a very elegantly designed circuit (translation, it will fit on a single PCB). There are a lot of controls, so it won't be a small panel.

Right now, the target for the project is as the next electro-music PCB series, in the same vein as the Klee project. We're working on drafting a certain man from Nambucca Heads to crank out a PCB, and we're going to Klee team it to make sure what you get will be the best quality PCB we can offer. The documentation part already is very well done - can't beat those Thomas Henry schematics! I'm hoping to avoid the whole reservation process which is really a pain, but this is all in the prelim stage so far.

Expect samples. Very Happy

Cheerio,
Scott"

Modded Creamware Prodyssey

YouTube via SillonS. Follow up to these posts: SillonS Prodyssey, Creamware Prodyssey Videos and MP3s.

Jomox Sunsyn Demos and Mini Review

Matti posted the following on the Analog Heaven List. I asked him if I could put up a post and he gave me the ok along with a few more audio samples to put up. Thanks Matti! The Sunsyn is probably the one high priced synth I still really, really want. I was fortunate enough to play with one in person and I really liked the sound of it. What's interesting is it reminded me of the early Oberheim SEMs as well. That said here are some words and samples from Matti:

"In short, I love the Sunsyn. If I had to compare it to an another synthesizer, well... Like you all know, talking and writing about how one experiences sound isn't that easy, but I'll give it a shot.

IMHO, the Sunsyn has a little bit of that early discrete Oberheim sound, but the tonality also reminds me of some modular systems. I have never played an early Obie and I have only a little experience with modulars, so this is opinion is largely based on recordings and demos I've heard.
In general, the sound is clear, defined and very much "alive". It doesn't always sound very "vintage-ish", but the sound is 110% pure analogue (unless you use the RCOs). One thing that makes the sound comparisons a bit hard, is that the filter is very configurable. You can easily make different timbral variations (softer, harder) of the same sound just by tuning the individual filter poles. Here's a couple of softer, PWM Sunsyn sounds:







If you are thinking about buying a Sunsyn, I really recommend trying before buying. Although I really love the sound and interface, I know there are people who don't. Some people have even compared it to a VA. My main gripe with it is that it's very picky about the MIDI signal it's receiving. some controllers and sequencers just don't go too well with the sunsyn. Otherwise, I haven't had any problems with it. Not even with the multimode. For me, the price was totally worth it.

- Matti"

You can also grab the mp3s here.

JH Triple Chorus Sring Ensemble Available for Order

Remember the JH Triple Chorus (post with samples)? It is now available for order. via JH:

"Hi,

I'm now ready to take orders for the Triple Chorus PCBs.

(See this link for details about the project.)

Pricing is EUR 27.00 per board,
plus a single EUR 4.00 shipping flat charge for worldwide shipping, regardless how many boards you are ordering and where you live. It does *not* include any customs fees or tax that you may (or may not) have to pay in your county.

What you get is a double-sided printed circuit board with component overlay, approx. size 160mm x 100mmm.

You have to buy the electronic components for this, and build the device, yourself. (Check the above website regularly for updates and building hints, bill of matrials etc. A PDF with the component overlay is already there.)

Most components are easily available and cheap standard parts. In addition to that you need 3 (three) TDA1022 chips. These are BBD chips that are no longer in production, but which are still available as I type this.

Important: I am having these PCBs custom-made to your order - it's likely that there will be only one single production run. If you're in, you're in - if not, you're not. I have no influence on the availability of TDA1022 chips, however, so if you place an order, I expect you to actually buy the PCB, and make sure for yourself that you get the required ICs.

I'll wait for the orders to come in for about 2 weeks from now, so you can check the availability of the ICs.

Estimated time line:
2 weeks for taking orders
2 ... 5 weeks for PCB manufacturing and verifying
Call for payment (don't pay before you get that mail!)
Shipping of boards when payment arrives

If you want to place an order, please send me an email (bottom of this page) and use the FOLLOWING FORM (fill in your data instead of [], for instance: "2 Boards" instead of "[quantity] Boards")

===== Start of Email Order Form ===============

Subject line: Triple Chorus PCB order: [quantity] boards

Email text:

I'm ordering [quantity] pieces of the Triple Chorus PCB
for EUR 27.00 per board + EUR 4.00 single shipping flat charge for any
number of boards.
I'm aware that I may have to pay additional amounts of customs and tax in my
country.

My shipping adress is

[Your Name]
[Your street, number, city, ZIP code, in exactly the form
that is generally used in your country]
[your country]

My paypal adress is [your paypal adress].

I have either already bought the required TDA1022 chips, or I'm confident
I'll get them in the future; I will buy the ordered PCBs in any case.

[your name]

===== End of Email Order Form =========

Looking forward to hear fom you :)

JH."

The Original Analogue Heaven Compilation Tapes I & II

Back in the earlier days of the Analog Heaven mailing list, two synth compilations were made, one in 1994 and one in 1995. You can listen to each track in the compilation here. Be sure to check out the Liner Notes for synths used.

via swissdoc.

David Bowie - Ashes to ashes

YouTube via marychild.

The question as to what synths were used for the end of Bowie's Ashes to Ashes came up on this VSE thread. The below was uncovered. I'm curious if this is actually in reference to the main line that runs through the song. Note Steve Strange of Visage (who also included Midge Ure and Billy Currie of Ultravox fame) is the left most extra of four when they first appear.

via Marching Pig on the VSE thread:
"Wiki has this to say:
'Perhaps Bowie's most sophisticated sonic work to date, its choir-like textures were created by Chuck Hammer with four multi-tracked guitar synthesizers, each playing opposing chord inversions; this was underpinned by Bowie's dead-pan, chanted background voices.'

Though, I've also read that they recorded it, and made 4 copies on tape; 2 were played "right side up", one backwards, and 2 were played with the "wrong/bottom side" up, again, with one of these backwards. Though, just thinking about that makes me think it's just plain wrong.


the page on Chuck Hammer, it says this:
"In March 1980, Hammer recorded guitar-synth tracks for David Bowie on the album Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), including multiple textures across "Ashes to Ashes", 'Teenage Wildlife' and 'Up the Hill Backwards", all of which marked the earliest use of guitar-synth in Bowie's catalogue. The actual instruments utilized on these tracks included a Roland GR-500 with an Eventide Harmonizer. Textural tracks such as those on 'Ashes to Ashes' exhibited a multi-layered, approach, to recording and composing with the guitar.'"

AudioWeevil07 Prototype Demo

YouTube via BugBrand.

"Here's the 1st demo of the new AudioWeevil. This demo is just using the internal speaker, so the sounds are quite gnarly! Also, the soon-to-be-released version will have a few more features in there (mainly adding to the modulation LFO).

The demo begins with no-input Weevil-ing & touchyness and then moves on to plugging a Hohner Pianet through the box for filtering and noisy ringmod action.

Visit www.bugbrand.co.uk for further details of the AudioWeevil - there's diagrams and such-stuff..."

Korg Kaoss Pad KP3

flickr by fischek (click for more synth shots).

click for full size shot

Amp in case

YouTube via larsby.
"Ruby amp in a attaché case. whoot whoot!" KORG MicroKorg.

After A Dream - theremin

YouTube via ooo6.
"Aprés Un Rêve (After A Dream) by Gabriel Fauré. Enjoy. Randy George, theremin The piano was played by tadasuke from Vocalise piano tracks, Masami Takeuchi and Mandarin Electron Co., Ltd. If you don't know what a theremin is please look it up on Wikipedia. It is fascinating to say the least. I'll be here, cooking up some more music soon: www.myspace.com/etherandaether"

Arse Elektronika 2007

Not work safe. Moaning Lisa MAX/MSP controller. All your knob jokes realized.
"Donald Bell, CNET's Senior Editor for MP3 players and digital audio, reports from the Arse Elektronika conference held at Kink.com's Porn Palace in San Francisco, CA. He interviews Matt Ganucheau about his Moaning Lisa project, and also talks with Kyle Machulis about an iPod-ready vbratr." YouTube via chachijones.

Pro_one_03

YouTube via practicalsampling. Follow up to this post.
"This is the third part in a tutorial on creating sampled instruments using the Sequential Circuits Pro-One."