Saturday, December 22, 2007
Roland Juno-106 + JX-8P Analog Synthesizers
YouTube via retrosound72
"slow synth demo by RetroSound
good night ;-)
bass: Roland Juno-106, triggered by the MFB Step64
pads: Roland JX-8P
drums: Roland TR-707
percussive sound: SCI Pro-One
hand-played"
Sequential Circuits Pro-One Analog Synthesizer
YouTube via peahix.
"i just got my pro-one overhauled by wine country productions, so what better way to test it out than to make a video of it as it's churning out a silly sound."
Afrika Bambaataa-Planet Rock Kraftwerk Original Video
YouTube via hades4o. Roland TR-808 and Kraftwerk Samples.
"Afrika Bambaataa-Planet Rock Kraftwerk Original Video"
Update: new video:
Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock - HQ Video
Uploaded by PlanetRockVideo on Aug 10, 2009
"http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov08/articles/classictracks_1108.htm
Music By - Arthur Baker & John Robie , Soul Sonic Force
1982 , Tommy Boy Music"
EVI Serge by vgermuse Part 3
YouTube via matrixsynth, via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse:
"at the request of many folks on and off line, I have put together a 6 minute piece using just the EVI1000/EWV2000 analog synth. This features sounds I created for my work with Anthony Braxton and the Northwest Creative Orchestra. Sometimes the sounds are sent through Moogerfooger Murf, Moogerfooger Ring Modulator, Boss RC-20 loop and some reverb. I recorded the track via the mixing board so things are pretty clean." You can grab the video and other demos off of vgermuse's website. Follow-up to this post.
NetNotes Tutorial with NexSyn
YouTube via keytosound. You can audition and download new patches online via the synth interface directly. They claim to be the first to offer this. You can earn "NetNotes" (credits) by creating and uploading your patches. You then use "NetNotes" towards new patches. http://www.keytosound.com
Roland Juno-60 + SCI Pro-One + Roland TR-707 by RetroSound
YouTube via retrosound72
"synth demo track by RetroSound
bass: SCI Pro-One
filter pad: Roland Juno-60
drums: Roland TR-707
live played, no sequencer software used"
Formanta UDS
images via this auction"Formanta UDS fully analog electronic percussion synthesizer. Formanta UDS is soviet version of classic analog beat-box so as Roland TR and Simmons. Synth was prodused in 80-s years in USSR on the same military plant in Kachkanar where well known synth Polivoks was developed. This one was made for export from USSR i suppose, because it has main panel layout in english. Sound of UDS is very aggressive and "military". And it looks like the piece of soviet army gear - heavy, khaki colored and studded with knobs. It is very powerfull drum synth. You have 5 independent channels of drum sound synthesis. In every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, base tone pitch, pitch envelope time, amount of pitch modulation, noise/tone ballance, filter's cutoff for noise, accent amount, channel's volume. Then we have additional channel for cymbal and hi-hat synth sounds. UDS has its own onboard drum sequencer with 16 different drum patterns. You can start sequencer, choose one from 16 patterns and change its temp by knob. You can switch every synthesis channel to its preset sound or switch it in "synthesis" mode and then control channel's parameters by 8 knobs. Also you can trig every channel by external trigger source - drum mashine, midi-cv converter, analog sequencer or electronic drum pad. On its top there are mono sum audio out and stereo audio out. All audio plugs in common jack standart. You can get many cool grooves just using its internal sequencer, not to mention external triggering.
Here is my audio demo of UDS. Synth was recorded from its stereo audio outs direct to PC without any additional effects and without multitracking.
formanta_uds1.mp3
formanta_uds2.mp3
formanta_uds3.mp3
formanta_uds4.mp3
formanta_uds5.mp3
formanta_uds6.mp3
formanta_uds7.mp3"
Principles and Practice of Electroni Music By Gilbert Trythall
via this auction"Softcover and is 214 pages and is a 1st edition 1973. Some pretty cool pictures of some old synths in the back in the history section"
Features MOOG and ARP.
Dr. Who Tardis for Your Bedroom
Some lucky 10 year old kid got this Dr. Who Tardis built for his bedroom. Anyone know more about this? I'm particularly curious if it makes any sound of course. Everything I've seen goes back to this anemic article on The Sun which doesn't reveal much. It would definitely make for one hell of a synth.
Elka Synthex and Prophet-5 Size Comparison
Note the largest shot, but thought it was interesting. It's via this auction.
Friday, December 21, 2007
genoQs BlackSea Brings New OS 1.40
"BlackSea does not only look uniquely exciting - it also brings us the the brand new OS 1.40!Pre-installed on all BlackSea, and of course installable on all Octopus machines, OS 1.40 adds several features with focus on live play. The detailed list is provided in the release notes document.
The OS can be downloaded in the service->OS software area of our web site.
Some of our favorites:
- Step Length multiplier, to have steps play up to 8 full notes at normal track speed
- Increased resolution of the MIDI CC stream, with CC messages sent in-between steps
- Page EDIT mode - a toy in itself!
- Step selection stores, to quickly switch between groups of selected steps
- Step selection inverse editing - you just have to try this..
We are very proud of the new features and the new OS. The true merit is once again with our user community, whose engagement and commitment was once again one of our main sources of inspiration and energy in the creation process. Thank you for that!
Finally, we would like to wish you and your families a wonderful, peaceful Holiday Season, and are looking forward to the new year, which may bring you all the blessings from above and within.
Yours,
Marcel + Gabriel"
You can find more info on the genoQs Octopus and BlackSea on the genoQs site.
Scream 2007: Analog Live! at the Redcat Theater
Amateur Chemist has updated his post on Analog Live!. It now includes his review. Click here to check it out.Pictured: Alessandro Cortini's Plan B / EAR Modular system.
shhhhhhuuuuuiiiiiiiiiiiiuuuuuuuuuuu
flickr by elettricistaliquido (click for more). Do be sure to check them out. There are some very nice shots in this set.full size
Vince Clarke 1984
flickr by Neil Vance (click for more)full size.
Vince Clarke of Depeche Mode, Yaz and Erasure.
Anyone know what that is on the top left?
KARMA Oasys
"KARMA Oasys provides some additional features not found in the OASYS, such as 32 Scenes per Module per Performance (instead of 8), 16 Chord Trigger Buttons (Pads) per Performance instead of 8, the ability to give each Module and Scene a descriptive name, and more. These features cannot be imported into the OASYS, but are available while using the software."click here for more info.
Analoglive Rehearsals
YouTube via petergrenader.
"A short video taken from the final rehearsals on the afternoon of the performance. This initial upload is am mp4 conversion of DVD wide format - the image has shrunk horizontally as a result. We're not quite as skinny!" Click here for previous posts on Analog Live!
Pink Floyd - Careful with that Axe, Eugene [High Quality]
YouTube via ThePetSounds. And an Ummagumma pic via AH. Spot the gear.
"1972/06/29 - The Dome, Brighton, East Sussex, UK
video:190kbps 4:3
audio:128kbps Stereo"
Sonicbrat - W E A V I N G Update
Just an update that the download link for Sonicbrat's WEAVING, previously posted here, is back up. You can find the tracks here. Also, track 8 was apparently missing from the previous download, so if you missed it, it is now available. I'm disabling comments here to keep them all on the previous post.
More EVI via vgermuse
via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse:"For those interested in more of my evi stuff I've created a little site at:
link. It has more audio samples and will be updated as the months go by. Many of these audio clips are from the gig I did with the multimedia group, sonoluminescence.
Happy Holidays!
Todd"
This is a follow-up to this post.
Folktek Harmonic Field Contact Synthesizer
YouTube via benpumpkin. via trash_audio.
"Playing the Harmonic Field by Folktek = Arius Blaze and Ben Houston...Touch based interface for harmonic tonality."
Atomo Labs Mochika Analog Sequencer Synth
images via this auction"Mochika Analog Sequencer Synth - Rhythm Synthesizer By Atomo Synthesizers
Visit my blog.
Make insane effect loops, cool phrases, fat basslines or crazy percusion rhythms, change the sound in real time by tweeking the knobs on stage or in studio or connect it to your favorite effects (delay, flange, etc, etc)and create a wide sort of rhytm textures and soundscapes with this beautiful lighted analog sequencer synth box.
Hi!! This auction is for a beautyful hand built Analog sequencer synthesizer created by Alfredo Aliaga for Atomo Labs.
This synth features one square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound
One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like sounds.
White noise generator that triggers the VCO and can create percussion like sounds.
8 step Sequencer with note on/off switch and pitch knob for each step
It features a 1/4 inch audio output, 1/4 inch CV Output (to control other analog gear), 1/4 inch Clock input (gate in, to sync whit an external analog clock, like another analog sequencer), 1/4 inch Gate/clock output.(to sync whit other analog gear using the Mochika's internal clock)
Also the instrument is ligthed with 2 super bright green leds that indicates the LFO and Sequencer Rate, and 8 blue ultra bright leds to indicate the step that is being played. Very useful when you play it on a dark stage.
The Analog Sequencer is packed in a cool cristal acrilic case that shows all the hand made analog circuitry.
The instrument is powered directly from 110V or 220V AC, rubber feet, and comes with operation manual.
Dimensions: 9 inch(W), 7 inch(D), 3 1/4 inch(H. incuded rubber feet and knobs)
Sound Samples , Video and extra large Pictures"
SIMMONS SDS1 SDS9 sound EPROM collection
via this auction"Set of four different Drum EPROMs for Simmons Drums. All 4 of these are various snare sounds. Wood Snare, Tight Snare, Gunshot Snare, and Rock Snare. These beautiful old 8 bit sound proms will work in any SDS1 or SDS9. These were NOT simply copied from analog sounds using a Simmons SDS EPB Sampler or Prommer.... they are true digital!"
Kawai K3 RC2 RAM
via this auction
Note the seller has a ton of other items including some rack mount synths and cassette tapes of patches for various vintage synths including the Oberheim OB-8, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and much more. Funny thing is the tapes have vintage-synth.com printed on them. Vintage-synth.com (with the dash) just redirects you back to their Ebay store.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Nora: The Sequel - Better than the original!
Remember Nora? YouTube via burnellyow. via swisstony.
"Features all-new footage and more duets. Better than the original! This is not a trick taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's three now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods.
© 2007 Yow!/Alexander
CD Now Available! The Laurel Canyon Animal Company just released a CD called "Cat On The Keys," and the featured track is called "Nora's Song." It uses Nora's piano playing from her two videos and puts it together with a jazz band. The song is super cool! Check it out at http://nora.petcds.com
$2 from the sale of each CD is being donated in Nora's name to Best Friends Animal Society http://bestfriends.org"
Update Response via Jared:
YouTube #3: Chris, The Piano Playing Human
RA MOOG Minimoog
images via this auctionFrom the first round of minis with the clear mod and pitch wheel. This is from when Bob Moog still owned the company. You can find some basic history on Moog Music on Wikipedia and of course the Analog Days book in the Synth Books section on the right of this site. I'm actually surprised there isn't more on Wikipedia.
The BIN? 5.450,00 Euro or... $7,812.33 USD.
Yamaha CS70M
YouTube via meastempo
"Some Vangelis sounds from the CS70M, lots of people complain about this synth, that it not sounds like the big brother CS80, i think it does a little.."
Yamaha CS70M part2
"More Vangelis (Blade Runner Blues)"
Casio SK-1
YouTube via easyflow
"Casio SK-1 recorded and arranged with Acid 4.0. No additional sounds were used, just the build in effects of Acid and multi track recording."
Update: "This track is also available in stereo..."
EVI Serge by vgermuse Part 2
YouTube via matrixsynth. Sent my way via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse.
Part2: 2:15 demo. Follow-up to Part 1 here.
"This time instead of a single patch on the EWV2000 I am scrolling through a handful of original sounds along with the Serge. Enjoy and Thanks!"
"The EVI 2000 analog synth module of the EVI 1000 is producing long sustained sine tones which are now and then sent through a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator. The EVI is triggering a patch in the Serge that is creating random pitches and drastic timbral shifts. Hope you enjoy."
Steve Jansen Slope
I thought this was interesting. Stretta commented in this post that Steve Jansen's newest album uses artwork from danmcp. Pretty cool.
Update: I just noticed that if you refresh Steve Janen's website it will rotate through different images and style. Below are two others that came up for reference. There are more. Way to boost traffic. ;)
Casio Vl-1 and pedals
YouTube via RothHandle. Via Grondo2001 in the comments: "this is actually the Casio VL5..."
"Yesterday I was working on a track for polish artist Krysztof Antkowiak and wanted a sort of fill sound for the chorus..
This is the Casio Vl-1 going through a Moogerfooger Lowpass filter, then into a Mid-fi electrronics Pitch pirate and then into a Boss PS-2 and then into a Frostwave sonic Alienator.
This film was recorded ona old digital camera it is therefor dark and short. It was filmed at Roth Händle studio in Stockholm. For more infor on the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu"
Plan B returns in '08!
Via Peter Grenader of Plan B:
"We'll be showing a few new things, not as many as in previous years, but the line is more mature now and that's to be expected. We're hoping to have the new case, and two modules which I haven't decided to take them into production as of yet. It depends on the feedback received at the show:
The first is a super-quiet headphone pre which uses the infamous 5532 Opamp.
The other is this device called a Wave Splicer which lets you merge waveshapes together. It senses the zero-crossing of input A and let's you dial when the transition to the second input occurs, but always returns to the first input at the beginning of each wave cycle. You could have a saw going in one and a square from the same VCO in the other,and the splice setting would determine when in the single cycle it would switch between the two. This combo would allow for a saw you could PWM. Infinite combinations would make for some interesting timbres.
Two VCOs at different pitches is another that sounds great, especially sub-octs or two completely different squares as you can PWM the + and - sub-cycle independently of a single waveform. Again - once a wave begins, it will switch to a second input and then back to the first before the next cycle starts again. It will give the four output M15 six completely unique waveform combinations: sine/tri, sine/saw, sine/square, tri/saw, tri/square and saw/square.
The upside of doing it as a module as opposed to just adding that functionality into the VCO to begin with is some of these sound more interesting than others and as an outboard it gives you the potential to morph from other sources, not just the parent VCO.
Both the Headphone Pre and the Wave Splicer are 4HP.
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have a Happy Happy, Merry New New!"
"We'll be showing a few new things, not as many as in previous years, but the line is more mature now and that's to be expected. We're hoping to have the new case, and two modules which I haven't decided to take them into production as of yet. It depends on the feedback received at the show:
The first is a super-quiet headphone pre which uses the infamous 5532 Opamp.
The other is this device called a Wave Splicer which lets you merge waveshapes together. It senses the zero-crossing of input A and let's you dial when the transition to the second input occurs, but always returns to the first input at the beginning of each wave cycle. You could have a saw going in one and a square from the same VCO in the other,and the splice setting would determine when in the single cycle it would switch between the two. This combo would allow for a saw you could PWM. Infinite combinations would make for some interesting timbres.
Two VCOs at different pitches is another that sounds great, especially sub-octs or two completely different squares as you can PWM the + and - sub-cycle independently of a single waveform. Again - once a wave begins, it will switch to a second input and then back to the first before the next cycle starts again. It will give the four output M15 six completely unique waveform combinations: sine/tri, sine/saw, sine/square, tri/saw, tri/square and saw/square.
The upside of doing it as a module as opposed to just adding that functionality into the VCO to begin with is some of these sound more interesting than others and as an outboard it gives you the potential to morph from other sources, not just the parent VCO.
Both the Headphone Pre and the Wave Splicer are 4HP.
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have a Happy Happy, Merry New New!"
SynthLab for the XO - One Laptop Per Child Project
Remember TamTam? (click to check out the video) TamTam is a music suite similar to GarageBand for the OLPC XO. OLPC or One Laptop Per Child is a nonprofit organization that is trying to get laptops in the hands of children across the world, who could not afford one otherwise. You can read more about the program on the OLPC website. They are currently offering a buy one get one free up until Dec 31st, so if you are curious you can buy one for yourself and one will be sent out to a child.What's interesting to synthheads is it will also feature a modular synth program called SynthLab. Think Native Instruments Reactor, the original Seer Systems Reality and other module based software synthesizers where you connect various components to create sound. SynthLab is "designed for older children who are ready to venture into more sophisticated sound design, SynthLab is a mini-lab for acoustic- and electronic-circuit construction." Pretty cool.
via John.
PPG Waveterm - Mandozzis album 'Bach-Handel 300'
via Andre"a scan from the original booklet of Mandozzis album 'Bach-Handel 300'. Do you know this record? Unfortunately it's not available at the moment. I bought it back in 1985 when it came out."
If anyone knows more, feel free to comment.
iPhone Synth
YouTube via scribemedia.
"It's very much like Propellerhead's ReBirth (remember that one?) and other step-sequencers. I tried to demonstrate how some of it works but my big sausage fingers +plus+ trying to face my MacBook's cam just proved more challenging than I thought.
What's cool about it is that not only can you set each note in each step of the sequence, but the type of oscillator per note (ie square, sine or white noise for snares/claps), the volume of each step, and you've got 3 octaves to choose from.
But that's not the best part - as shown in the video, it's using the iPhone's accelerometer to mess with the filters - the cutoff and resonance.
Application created by http://roventskij.net/index.php?page=3"
BugBrand PostcardWeevil08
YouTube via BugBrand.
Here's the new PostcardWeevil!
Three lofi oscillators ring-modulated together with power starvation, body contacts, line-out and MiniAmp for a hyper-portable sonic world measuring just 7 x 8cm!
Check www.bugbrand.co.uk for more details."
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