The Widget Gadget Gizmo Desklet Thingamajig (Chumby!)

YouTube via lockergnome. Make Chumby a synth.
"http://live.pirillo.com - That's right... it's Chumby! This is definitely going to be a huge hit, and the favorite new gadget of many Geeks. I am having a lot of fun playing with the Chumby... and so are all the people in our live community!" There is a virtual Chumby on live.pirillo.com.

Clod-5 - Ein Lied (rammstein theremin theme) by THEREMIN

YouTube via sexydrummerdookie. Cool shirt.
"E il mio primo video alle prese col theremin...christian lorenz usa un sinth ma io me lo ripropongo col theremin"

The Earth Mars Connection Project

YouTube via svenhansen44.
"Music project about mysteries on Mars, anomalies on Mars, and a maya city on Mars.
Our ancient past history is enigmatic and full of suprises.

Jean Michel Jarre oxygene, is there life on mars.The Earth Mars Project by Sven Hansen.
Mysteries on mars.Face on Mars, Mars anomalies.Indie pop, Electronic Music, Sven Hansen."

ARP Odyssey + SCI Prophet VS + Pro-One + Roland TR-606

YouTube via retrosound72

"synth demo track by RetroSound

intro and vs-voice: SCI Prophet VS
seq-sound: Arp Odyssey trough EHX
Small Stone, triggerd by the Pro-One sequencer
bassline: SCI Pro-One, triggered by the TR-606
drums: Roland TR-606

hand-played, no software sequencer used"

IK Multimedia Little Phatty Giveaway

"Register the full version or the online demo of IK Multimedia’s SampleMoog till February 28, 2008, and you’ll automatically be entered into a drawing to win a Moog Little Phatty ($1,375/€925)"

via IK Multimedia

Cynthia Modcan Burst Generator

via this auction

"This is a Cyndustries Burst Generator module and is sold out and long since out of production.

The Burst Generator will run on a +/- 15 VT powersupply with a 4 pin Molex connector and easily connects to Cyndustries, MOTM, and Blacet power supplies as well as others. You can mix and match this module with any other modular from Buchla, to Moog, to Doepfer, Blacet. MOTM, or any of the newer manufacturers. Full information on this module can be found at [link]"

Tobias Freund

" Tobias Freund has been making music for twenty five years. Besides earning his crust as a hired studio gun, Tobias has a long resume of techno records to his name. Often these have been collaborations, as Sieg Über Die Sonne with Dandy Jack, as Atom™ & Pink Elln with Uwe Schmidt, as nsi. with Max Loderbauer, or most recently as Odd Machine with Ricardo Villalobos. Tobias also records solo, under the name Pink Elln for techno — don’t say it out loud in German, it’s rude — and Tobias for house (remember ‘Street Knowledge’?). All in all, this is a man that has made a huge variety of music from techno to house to neo-acid to experimental/classical records."

Two links for this post. click here for and interview and podcast of the track list below. click here for more words on philip sherburne: Are Freunds Electric?


Note the Oberheim OB-Mx in the picture.

Track list:
01. Robert Fripp ‘Preface’ from Exposure [BGM, 1979]
02. Ryuichi Sakamoto ‘Milan 1909’ from Futurism [MIDI Inc., 1986]
03. Nash the Slash ‘Ylla’ from Dreams and Nightmares [Cut Throat Records, 1979]
04. WIR ‘Naked Whooping & Such Like’ from The First Letter [Mute, 1991]
05. Pyrolator ‘Nordatlantik’ from Inland [Ata Tak, 1979]
06. The Flying Lizards ‘Trouble’ [Virgin Records, 1980]
07. Andy Partridge ‘Shore Leave Ornithology (Another 1950)’ from Take Away [Virgin Records, 1980]
08. Les Vampyrettes ‘Biomutanten’ [EMI Electrola, 1985]
09. The Gadgets ‘Gevil's Dyke’ [Final Solution, 1980]
10. Baka Forest People ‘Heart of the Forest’ (A Capella) [Rykodisc, 1993]
11. Haruomi Hosono ‘Luminescent/Hotaru’ from Philharmony [Alfa Records, 1982]
12. Savant ‘The Neo-Realist’ [Pol Records, 1983]
13. Squarepusher ‘Vacuum Garden’ from Hello Everything [Warp, 2006]
14. Gary Newman ‘Cry the Clock Said’ from Dance [Beggars Banquet, 1981]
15. Dome ‘Keep It’ [Dome Records, 1980]

click here for and interview and podcast

Interview with Jim Heintz of Way Out Ware

click here for the full interview on wire to the ear. The following is a short excerpt on the TimewARP 26000 and Arturia ARP2600 V.

"What makes the TimewARP 2600 different from the Arturia ARP2600 V?

I believe that the TimewARP 2600 sounds much more like a real ARP 2600 than any other virtual synth on the market. This belief has been confirmed by many very notable users of ARP 2600s. Our emulation is sample accurate in all respects and models the original circuits of the ARP 2600 where ever possible. One area that TimewARP 2600 stands apart from other products is in the area of audio frequency modulation. You can take any audio source on the TimewARP 2600 and route it to an CV input and get the behavior that you would expect if you were to do that on a real ARP 2600 across the full frequency range of the component. I have not seen this in other virtual instruments. This feature is how many famous ARP 2600 sounds are created."

__//Liz Cowboy Style\\__

flickr by R▲▲S

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"**Jason Forrest Band**

Keytar & liz = sexy!!!"

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored By Destiny (Live Videotown)

YouTube via 4ngr3n
Elektron Monomachine
Novation KStation
Clavia Nord Lead2
"Slagsmålsklubben playing 'Sponsored by destiny' in a videostore in Stockholm. The 11 April 2007. Then showd and ripped from the TV-show 'Det känns som fredag'"

On the Workbench: Juno-106, part 2

Roland 80017A voice chips on edge. Click here for part 2 of the repair post on Sequence 15.

BTW, be sure to check back on Sequence 15 for progress as I do not plan to put up every post. I thought this was a good image of what the dreaded Roland 80017A voice chips look like on the board. The chips are notorious for going out, and they can be very difficult to find. You can find all posts on the 80017A, including a clone of the chip here.

Minimoog

flickr by daydream4inc

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moog muSonics minimoog

The Deutsches Museum - Musical Instruments

You might remember the Deutsches Museum from this previous post on the Siemens Studio for Electronic Music. elgauchoandres decided to take a trip to the museum and while there he took a ton of pics of the instruments along with the video below.

"About the Siemens-Studio much was written and pictured but I want to remark the details of the mixing desk, the recorders, the generators of the Generatorwand (Synthesizer), the vocoder, the Frequenzumsetzer (frecuency shifter), the Nachhallgërat (reverberator)(this was new to me, never seen information about it), the Hohnerola, the MEL-filter, the Sägezahngenerator (sawtooth oscillator), etc."


Pictured: The Towiphon


Deutsches Museum - Electronic Musical Instruments
"A view of the historic electronic musical instruments in the Deutsches Museum"
YouTube via elgauchoandres.

Regarding the Towiphon. I ran a quick search on it and didn't find much, however I did find this book in German on Amazon. The following is the description in Googlish:

"Peter Thomas the unique German film composer, sometimes by his more experimental side. The people of bungalow records had the unique opportunity the Thomas own archive browse. For as much as nearly 3000 more or less short clips they searched 29 from the aie on the 2nd cd assembled. All instrumental office and with the emphasis on electronic sound generators. Peter Thomas is developed together with a technician a synthesizer (Towiphon) according to their own ideas, his abilities here massively apply. For those people more melodic pieces of this promise is rather less suitable. Who insight into early experiments with electronic searches, has a veritable treasure trove ahead. On CD1 is to hear what 17 young musicians today with this source material started. We are all very inspired and often danceable tracks.
Must! For people with open ears"

New Yamaha CS70M Website

"The CS-70M is yet another unique instrument from the Yamaha. Polyphony is a maximum of 6 (2-oscillator/voice), although it is bi-timbral in two different ways; the keyboard can be split, with a different patch-pair on each half (or the sequencer plays the lower patch-pair and the keyboard plays the upper), or the oscillator pairs can each have a different patch (see below)."

click here for the website via Anders in Sweden.

Bill O'Rielly is a Putz?

see this post.

Synton 3000 modular synthesizer

YouTube via scienceforce

"Here a video of a rare Synton 3000 modular synthesizer system. It was the Felix Visser preproduction model and personal system with some rare modules, full of control voltage generators and processors. This is an auto modulation demo."

Cynthcart

via this auction

Hohner Stringvox

images via this auction

"A multi-function keyboard SYNTHESIZER of the '70s. Voices include:
* cello
* violin
* viola
* piano
* contrabass
* harpsichord
* Split Bass"

Roland Juno-106

images via this auction

"It's also commonly said that the Juno-60 sounds "punchier" than the 106 because the 60 had the ability to modulate osc. pulse from an envelope."

I actually haven't heard this one often. Feel free to comment.

Yamaha RM1x

images via this auction

"The incredible Yamaha RM1x is a complete dance-music workstation that is both a real-time performance instrument and a powerful production tool. An intuitive "hands-on" interface makes realtime operation easy for artists with a DJ background, while in-depth sequencing and editing functions make it possible to create the most complex original patterns from scratch.

The RM1x also features a great-sounding tone generator with an enormous selection of great dance sounds built in. If dance is your style and you want the most powerful performance and production tools right at your fingertips, it doesn't get much better than this: the Yamaha RM1x Sequence Remixer.
An extensive arsenal of 700 outstanding dance-oriented sounds. An awesome assortment of 50 preset styles, 960 pattens ans, 726 phrases.
8 assignable real-time control knobs, a large LCD display panel with 4 display knobs and a large multi-function keyboard.

Each "style" has up to 16 "sections" which can be switched in real time during playback via the RM1x keyboard.
Powerful 16-track sequencer with 110,000-note memory and 480 clocks/quarter note resolution lets you record original material via the RM1x keyboard or an external MIDI keyboard using a versatile range of record modes: realtime replace, realtime overdub, punch-in, step, and grid.
In-depth sequence editing functions make it possible to creat and refine complex patterns and musical textures with extraordinary precision.

Edit and refine the RM1x voices to create sounds that most ideally suit your own music.
A sophisticated multi-effect system can be used to add anything from subtle ambience to wild variations.
Realtime “Play Effects” including harmonize with unison and octave functions, beat stretch, clock shift, gate time, and velocity offset.
Built-in floppy disk drive for convenient, low cost data storage and retrieval.
Full MIDI compatibility."

New Metasonix Moon

The naked butt of the new Metasonix. And of course new graphics are going up daily on umop.

Moon as in mooning someone. My lame attempt at humor, not the actual name of the new unit.

Update: Bill O'Reilly is a Putz? See the comments for more.

Audio Damage Ricochet

The latest from Audio Damage. Not out yet, but I'm guessing close.

"Ricochet is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use multi-tap delay, with the signature Audio Damage sound. Featuring a 16-step grid for programming tap time, Ricochet is right at home in modern electronic music production, designed specifically for that context, and is much quicker to program than the run-of-the-mill multi-tap."

More info including samples on the Audio Damage website.

MOOG Song Producer

images via
this auction

"For sale an super- rare- impossible- to- find Moog Song Producer for the Commodore 64. Pratically it is a Midi/Triggering interface which uses the Commodore 64 as its DAW. It comes with original package, software and diskette, plus alot of tech notes (yeah .. very uber-vintage feel !) The pictures below show the MSP for sale and those are real screen pics of the beast at work. The C64 in the pictures is NOT included in the auction.

Lots of geeky info out there if you Google "Moog Song Producer" (click here for results) without mentioning all the C64 blogs."

Update: I've updated the flickr shots with larger ones.

Philips PCM100

images via
this auction.

"For sale an impossible- to- operate- but- very- rare Philips PCM100. I am selling it because I cant find a manual and I do not dare to circuit bend it myself. Pratically it is a FM synth with a bunch of presets, a membrane keyboard, 8k of memory and it boasts a cassette recorder. It works but I can only make her play the 3 demo songs. It uses batteries or a normal 9V adapter (both not supplied)."

Update: I've updated the flickr shots with larger ones.

Mars Wind - She Left Me At The Beach

YouTube via illformed.
"A radical tune by Mars Wind from the album "She Is A Subwoofer", available for download from http://illformed.org"
Featuring Renoise:
"Renoise has a unique bottom-up approach to music making. With its vertical timeline and streamlined interface, Renoise lets you have direct control over the composition."

Czesław Niemen i Aerolit @ Sopot 74

YouTube via MustardTV.
"Polish psych rock. Niemen (moog, śpiew), Adam Piwowar (gitara), Jacek Gazda (gitara), Andrzej Nowak (piano Fender), Piotr Dziemski (perkusja)."

Reactable live in Vic

YouTube via marcosalonso. via Nusonica.
"Improvised encore of a concert in Vic (Barcelona), as part of the Nits Digitals event. More information about the reactable project: link"

Pimp your Audiorealism ADM out with more samples

via wire to the ear where you will find the full post.

"I’ve said it before: I love drum machines. Hardware or software it makes no difference they all are great! Making some super noises that are heard all around the world from Uppsala, Sweden is Mike Janney and his company Audiorealism. I was a fan of their first two products the ABL (303 emulation) and ABL Pro (Roland sounding modular) so much so I endorsed the ABL. I was seriously pleased to hear Mike’s new project was a drum machine and it’s been out for a while so I thought I’d share a useful “tip”."

Larry Henry's Studio for Sale

"Many of you viewing this page may have known my father, Larry “Stooge” Hendry. While after his death, he left behind a great legacy to his family and friends, he also left behind a studio full of musical gear. This site has been created to showcase the contents of the entire studio in hopes to sell it as one piece. I know that anyone interested in such items lacks the need or desire for a great number of the items contained herein, but this approach must be worth at least one shot. It sure beats piecing things out in a thousand different e-bay transactions. I have compiled estimated values, which are being listed along with the product descriptions, and I am offering this at a substantial discount from the total value. I am hoping that someone will want many of the items contained in the package, and see the remainder as an investment opportunity. There is certainly more money to be made individually selling these items, but my time is precious."

link via this VSE thread.

49 - How to Play the Synth (Large)

flickr by Adamo W .Jr. II

full size

Update via Adam in the comments:
"This is a completely genuine book cover, which I found in Bangalore, India. I thought it was hysterical, until I opened it and saw what they write inside. Maybe I should scan a few more pages later, because the stuff they write there is just unreal.
I decided to invest $2 in buying it and I haven't regretted it since."

Harvestman Polivoks VCF Demo via Navs

via Navs:

"I've added a demo of the Harvestman Polivoks VCF to the Patch of the Day thread at the Canecutters' forum.

Two minutes of manual frequency FM with the Polivoks being modulated by a Plan B Model 15 VCO. Very Metal.

Expect a full review in the Modular Lab soon.

Cheers,
Navs
--
LINKS:
MadVlad (Polivoks VCF demo)
Patch of the Day
Modular Lab"

Jazzmutant Lemur Vids via bonomius

hip hop glitch

"demo of an ableton live template for jazzmutant lemur i'm working on..."

electro samba

YouTube via bonomius
"improvising with ableton live + sequentix p3 and jazzmutant lemur"

Space Probe Project - DSI Evolver Drones

click here for drones from the DSI Evolver. Note the sounds are not actually coming from space. It is all the Evolver.

happening upon osaka synthesizer festa 2007

YouTube via billytwo.
"a small part of only one of the exhibition rooms"

Moog Minimoog + EHX Small Stone + Roland JD-800

YouTube via retrosound72

"synth demo by RetroSound

bassline: Lintronics Minimoog with Midi through EHX Small Stone phase shifter and triggered by the MFB Step64 step sequencer
fx sounds and glass voices: Roland JD-800
drums: Roland TR-707"

Koshi Miharu TATHIIRIKINSHI

YouTube via yaoyasan. "Japan Thecho-pop Girl"
Synth action comes in at 1:37. Yamaha CS-15D
Update: one more video here.

Genoqs Octopus Basic Demonstration 7

YouTube via DayflightTrok. "Page Chains and Page Repeat."
You can see all episodes here.

Space Magic Fly Cover

YouTube via fischek.
"Space Magic Fly Cover on Korg TR 61 and Nord Lead 2X"

Vako Orchestron Optical Disc Playback Sampler

YouTube via peahix. Sent my way via Pea.
"Here's a demo of all 8 discs that were made for the Vako Orchestron. This keyboard, which is adapted from the Mattel Optigan, was introduced in 1975 by Dave VanKoevering. It was intended to be a competitor to the Mellotron, but it never really took off. Kraftwerk was a very early adopter of this instrument. I've included little examples of some of the well-known parts Kraftwerk used their Orchestron for back in the day.

My Orchestron is in fairly average working condition. You'll note that I had a bit of trouble with one of the high F keys. Also, note the substantial level of radio interference, which I've muted during disc changes.

Anyone interested in more information about the Orchestron and related instruments can find lots of stuff at my website, www.optigan.com."

Synthesized by Elhardt

Synthesized ACOUSTIC INSTRUMETNS #1 - Stereo

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Brain Computer Music Interface

YouTube via anarchistcinema. Sent my way via Adam.
"A demo of my brain computer interface for controlling a synth. This video is an 'overflow' for the one on my website as I don't have the bandwidth at the moment. More info here"

MOOG

flickr by MAN BEAR PIG

"Omg I just came in my pants"

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Isao Tomita

isaotomita.net















website via Benjamin Ward. sent my way via LDT

Korg PS-3010 Polyphonic Keyboard for PS-3200 PS-3300

images via
this auction

"This is an impossible-to-find keyboard controller for the Korg PS-3200 and PS-3300 synths. It is a 48 key fully polyphonic controller, with X/Y joystick and various trigger selection settings. There is some good info on it on Bluesynths here.
You will need to register to read the page, or read it from google cache."

via Matt

Real vs Synthesized Symphony Orchestra

YouTube via Elhardt

"This is one in a series of videos of me demonstrating advanced sound synthesis using analog or virtual analog synthesizers and subtractive synthesis. Each video lists what synthesizer was used. In addition, some standard outboard effects were used such as EQ, reverb, digital delays, and/or chorus.

Be sure to check out other related videos in my series, and check back now and then as I will be posting more in the near future."

"Once Upon a Time in the West" with DOEPFER R2M

YouTube via gattobus
"I'm just practicing with my new toy, Doepfer ribbon controller R2M connected to the Moog Little Phatty..."

Vintage Casio 403 Circuit Bent

YouTube via xd515
"I bent this for a friend, if you want your gear 'modded' drop me a mail at the address in the clip! Oceanus"

Sherman Filterbank 2 demo in Hi-Fi

YouTube via shaft9000
"a simple patch from a Supernova synth is processed using various modules in the Sherman Filterbank signal processor."

Roland Juno-60 + EHX Small Stone + TR-606 + SCI Pro-One

YouTube via retrosound72

"synth demo track by RetroSound

pads: Roland Juno-60 through EHX Small Stone phase shifter
bassline: SCI Pro-One, triggered by the TR-606
drums: Roland TR-606


hand played, no software sequencer used"

Sound Thrasher 3.0

via
this auction
"Here’s an original piece of functional art, created by New York outsider artist, Bent-It. This particular work of art is part of his Sound Thrasher series. The piece shown in the pictures is the one you will receive.

With this piece, Bent-It combines visual, audible, and physical stimulation, fostering a truly unique, thought-provoking, interactive work of art. The artist’s fundamental concept of “art creating art” is made evident, as the owner of this piece may physically control and manipulate the audio/ sound/ noise/ music/ art output.

The guts of this functional art piece include three oscillators which play with each other, causing its ¼” output to spit out droning, spaced-out, ring modish, 80’s video game-ish, psychedelic analog noises. The on/off switch can also be flipped rhythmically, allowing for some wicked bleeping/blooping noises. But, to experience, what you could call, the full potential of this piece, go ahead and hook it up to an audio effect pedal, board, rack, or even your Mac or PC, and explore the infinite world of soundscapes that you can create. The Sound Thrasher has a ¼” input for anything with a strong enough signal to effect the piece. For example the audio clips made with a roland tr-505 drum machine where the Sound Thrasher more than lives up to its name – thrashing and destroying any incoming sound waves and mutating them into sounds of vulgarity or beauty, depending upon your style and taste of audio/sound/noise/music/art.

A standard boss-style 9-volt DC wallwart adapter will bring this functional art piece to life. It is not included."

click here for audio
You can see the Sound Thrasher 2.0 featuring Bela Lugosi here.