flickr by Neil Vance(click for the full set)
Inside an Oberheim DMX
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Monday, February 25, 2008
Sleepy Eyes of Death
flickr by kjten22(click for the full set)
KORG Mono/Poly
Linn Drum
MOOG Opus 3 x 2
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http://www.sleepyeyesofdeath.com/
Rozzbox with Monome controller
YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is the 5-voice RozzBox being controlled with a Monome. Our friend Kylee was kind enough to bring his new Monome by our shop."
Alesis Micron Synth Demo By Tony 2008
YouTube via acaruso36
"My first demo of my new additon to my arsenal of Keyboards. The Alesis Micron Synth. I used a preset from the Mircon and improvised a Techno Ballad Song."
Blancmange 'Blind Vision' 1982
YouTube via AGESOFTHEROD. Roland Jupiter-8.
"performing on The Tube UK TV pop show ... 31 December 1982"
5 Minute Romp thru the IP
YouTube via evltube
"(1971) This is one of the movies that document the early history of the research that resulted in the creation of the EVL Lab.
This is an early video piece staring Dan Sandin in which he explains, in general terms, the functionality of the Sandin Analogue Image Processor (IP). This was the instructional video that accompanied the modules for constructing you own Sandin IP.
Sandin was an advocate of education and espoused a non-commercial philosophy, emphasizing a public access to processing methods and the machines that assist in generating the images. Accordingly, he placed the circuit board layouts for the IP with a commercial circuit board company and freely published schematics and other documentation.
The IP is a general-purpose patch programmable analogue computer, which is different from a regular digital computer, and is optimized to process video/television signals and sound. The video is processed through the IP "live" so that the viewer is able to see the effect on video signals. Initially the video is B&W, at the end Sandin debuts the 'Color IP'.
More information can be found on the EVL website"
Update: http://scanimate.zfx.com/ for more video synthesis.
Tokyo Shops and Magazines
via peterwendt. follow-up to this post.
"Urban Music - Hammonds and vintage synths. I didn't find the place.
Sofmap Creator's Land (in Googlish)
Sofmap is a big PC/software/etc. chain. "Creators Land" denotes their shops for audio, MIDI, desktop video, etc. There are some big "generic" Sofmap shops in Akihabara and a multistory Creators Land. I seem to remember:
1st floor = desktop music (Edirol, etc.)
2nd floor = new hardware
3rd and 4th floors = used
There is another Creators Land in Shinjuku, I think; the selection of used stuff wasn't as good.
There was a new+vintage shop called Modern Tools in northern Tokyo, but I can't find their WWW site anymore. They had a Roland System 100m, Yamaha CS-50, and lots more.
RockOn in Shibuya had a very small used selection, but I liked it for new stuff. Sort of a combination of Analog Haven and GC Pro. Doepfer, Jomox, and Studio Electronics in one corner; big control surfaces and high-end preamps at the other end. They were the Japanese agents for Technosaurus, and they had the "small" Sony Oxford digital mixer (RMX-100).
I visited a few more grungy little used stores, but I can't really recommend them.
Japanese musicians' magazines:
Sound&Recording (in Googlish)
Keyboard (in Googlish)
DTM (in Googlish)
At least you can see what the covers look like.
Where to get the magazines: Kinokinuya Bookstores (in Googlish)
Buy the magazines here and drool over the ads.
Searching for deals and shops in Japan: Digimart (like eBay for musicians) (in Googlish)
Sorry, this is all in Japanese. You can convert it too Googlish, or ...
A lot of the terms are actually in phonetic (Japanese) English! The angular "letters" are the Japanese katakana "alphabet". Find a basic study outline about Japanese with a table of katakana symbols. Using the table, you can find terms like "synzesiza", "osciray-ta", "keybodo", "kontro-ra", and "fil-ta". Even if you don't want to learn Japanese in general, this will help you a lot. Browse www.fiveg.net, and you can learn the characters for "used", etc., from the links.
Oh, and if you visit ... Shibuya caters to techno and DJ stuff, and J-pop; it's a 20-something place. There are DJ-focused gear shops (including Echigoya Music), huge billboards of the latest female J-pop stars, and the "young and fashionable" department stores will have videos of battle DJs in the display windows. After 9-10 PM, there were young rock bands playing on the street corners. The sea of humanity on the weekends is unbelievable.
I hope this is useful.
Regards,
Peter"
"Urban Music - Hammonds and vintage synths. I didn't find the place.
Sofmap Creator's Land (in Googlish)
Sofmap is a big PC/software/etc. chain. "Creators Land" denotes their shops for audio, MIDI, desktop video, etc. There are some big "generic" Sofmap shops in Akihabara and a multistory Creators Land. I seem to remember:
1st floor = desktop music (Edirol, etc.)
2nd floor = new hardware
3rd and 4th floors = used
There is another Creators Land in Shinjuku, I think; the selection of used stuff wasn't as good.
There was a new+vintage shop called Modern Tools in northern Tokyo, but I can't find their WWW site anymore. They had a Roland System 100m, Yamaha CS-50, and lots more.
RockOn in Shibuya had a very small used selection, but I liked it for new stuff. Sort of a combination of Analog Haven and GC Pro. Doepfer, Jomox, and Studio Electronics in one corner; big control surfaces and high-end preamps at the other end. They were the Japanese agents for Technosaurus, and they had the "small" Sony Oxford digital mixer (RMX-100).
I visited a few more grungy little used stores, but I can't really recommend them.
Japanese musicians' magazines:
Sound&Recording (in Googlish)
Keyboard (in Googlish)
DTM (in Googlish)
At least you can see what the covers look like.
Where to get the magazines: Kinokinuya Bookstores (in Googlish)
Buy the magazines here and drool over the ads.
Searching for deals and shops in Japan: Digimart (like eBay for musicians) (in Googlish)
Sorry, this is all in Japanese. You can convert it too Googlish, or ...
A lot of the terms are actually in phonetic (Japanese) English! The angular "letters" are the Japanese katakana "alphabet". Find a basic study outline about Japanese with a table of katakana symbols. Using the table, you can find terms like "synzesiza", "osciray-ta", "keybodo", "kontro-ra", and "fil-ta". Even if you don't want to learn Japanese in general, this will help you a lot. Browse www.fiveg.net, and you can learn the characters for "used", etc., from the links.
Oh, and if you visit ... Shibuya caters to techno and DJ stuff, and J-pop; it's a 20-something place. There are DJ-focused gear shops (including Echigoya Music), huge billboards of the latest female J-pop stars, and the "young and fashionable" department stores will have videos of battle DJs in the display windows. After 9-10 PM, there were young rock bands playing on the street corners. The sea of humanity on the weekends is unbelievable.
I hope this is useful.
Regards,
Peter"
keybdwizrd - Roland JV-1080 Demos
keybdwizrd - Roland JV-1080 Demo #1
keybdwizrd - Roland JV-1080 Demo #2
keybdwizrd - Roland JV-1080 Demo #3
YouTube via keybdwizrd
"Demo of some factory presets on the Roland JV-1080 synthesizer. MIDI controller is an Oxygen 49 from M-Audio."
keybdwizrd - Roland JV-1080 Demo #2
keybdwizrd - Roland JV-1080 Demo #3
YouTube via keybdwizrd
"Demo of some factory presets on the Roland JV-1080 synthesizer. MIDI controller is an Oxygen 49 from M-Audio."
The CitrOownd (my synth Pt2)
YouTube via a2sidedcoin
"It's in a enclosure (orange, hence the name)I have matching knobs for it as well, pure analog, dual 555's, two 1Meg Ohm Pots, an LED, Stereo out and a trusty on/off switch.. Powered by 9v (going to 6/9v switched power, you'll see why)
There are two other things wired to the synth this time around..
Synth to a BOSS SP-202 Sampler (using the filters on that)to a Line6 PocketPOD to my Audio Interface(no fx in ableton)
Sorry about my arm getting in the way... and hope you enjoy!"
Studio Prep
YouTube via pendlecoven
"Some footage of wiring up the studio. TR808, TR909, TB303, SH09, MMT8."
Roland RS-505
images via this auction
"The RS-505 Paraphonic Strings replaced the classic RS-202 and combined strings, a basic polysynth section and a bass section. The keyboard was shortened to 49 keys and is split down the middle to assign different sounds to the left and right sides of the keyboard.
The Synth section has four waveforms (selected by the large white buttons) and its own VCF with cutoff and resonance sliders, VCA ADSR sliders and LFO features. The Bass section has three preset bass sound types to choose via the big red buttons. It has its own VCA Attack and Release sliders and Vibrato controls. The String section has two String preset sounds - selectable via the big green buttons - and other features borrowed from the RS-202.
Sounds from the three tone sections can be blended for interesting results and the built-in Ensemble chorusing effect really warms, thickens and lushes up the sounds! The Paraphonic 505 also features an external audio input (mono) so you could run another synth through the quadruple-BBD Ensemble chorus. A new little performance control section to the left of the keyboard provides convenient volume, tune, glide and pitch bender controls. Similar to the ARP Omni, the Paraphonic 505 is considered one of Roland's finest string synths of its era."
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Alesis Micron
via this auction
"Alesis Micron features: * Industry-leading ION analog-modeling sound engine in a compact package * Eight voices, each with three oscillators, two multimode filters, three envelope generators, two LFOs, sample and hold, and tracking generator * Four multitimbral parts * Programmable step sequencer and arpeggiator * Programmable rhythm sequencer for drum kits * Dynamic realtime phrase sequencer * Stereo buss effects, including reverb and 40-band vocoder * 1/4" balanced stereo analog outputs and inputs with 24-bit conversion * 37-key synth-action keyboard with velocity sensitivity * 3 continuously-rotational 12-bit parameter knobs, 2 assignable modulation sliders, pitch wheel, expression and sustain pedal inputs * Compatible with ION programs"
the squarewave parade updates
the DOWNGRADEanalog sample rate reducer - version 2.1
the MING MING
stereo passive analog ring modulator / octave up
the last couple SAFEPLACES
the last couple TREMBLES
and a few old creations are available here"
Axis-64
Axis-64 Harmonic Table Midi Controller by C-Thru-Music
images via this auction, via burstgenerator.
http://www.c-thru-music.com
NINO NARDINI TOP MAMBO Funny Moogy Synth
YouTube via PlastikOD
"Don't take it too seriously ; ) NINO NARDINI "Top Mambo" from the FUNNY MOOGY Album. A milestone of electronic music ;)"
Evolver vs. Gibson SG with Timeline delay
YouTube via Analogger
"This is a 16-step sequence I created on my Mono Evolver keyboard. Two of the oscillators are analog and the other two I used a couple different waveforms from the Prophet VS. I used to own a VS and loved some of the radical harsh waves. I synced it to a Jomox M-Base doing a 4x4 pattern.
I ran my SG thru a Damage Control Demonizer Distortion. Personally, I love this thing. It has a sweet direct out so you can get the sound of a cranked stack at low levels. It kills all that Roland COSM shit. However, the Roland stuff is useful when you are looking for more synthetic textures. About halfway thru I engage the Damage Control Timeline delay pedal. It is synced to the sequencer tempo."
Oberheim OBXa solo
YouTube via magevers
"Me playing a simple song, without the use of a sequencer, on the fat "jump" Oberheim OBXa. The OBXa was played in split mode. This recording was made with a small pocket camera."
MOOG Taurus II Bass Pedals
.JPG)
images via this auction"Features: pitch, mod, glide, tune, rate, shape, OSC, VCF, auto trig, oscillators, filter, contour generator, mixer volume"
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Echigoya Music Online
Another synth shop in Japan via peterwendt in the comments of this post on FiveG. Click here for their vintage synths. Peter also listed RockOn as worth visiting, but I didn't see a vintage synth section online. If you find it, feel free to comment.
Pictured: Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Update via Brandon Daniel in the comments: "This flickr set was taken in echigoya music in Sept 2005"
4ms Bend Matrix_01
4ms Bend Matrix_02
YouTube via danlayne (click for more)
"Sequencing and tempo adjustment" and "tempo rhythm sequence with keyed random trigger interruptions"
The paradize of synthesizers
YouTube via tomspiritcatcher. The paradise of synthesizers.
"A travelling in the most amazing shop selling vintage synthesizers in Tokyo. It's called "FiveG" http://www.fiveg.net/. I could spend all days there and waste all my money to buy everything..."
Entagled (closing section)
YouTube via Thomasooo2003
"Final instrumental part of the Genesis track from "Trick of the tail". Recorded with nylon string guitar(s), Mellotron and Yamaha CS-30 synthesizer (solo voice and bass pedal sounds)."
Ran Kirlian - Diaspora
YouTube via RanKirlian
"Real-time improvisation redorded on sunday feb 17 2008 at The BlueRoom by Ran Kirlian. Synths:ccess Indigo Redback, Access Indigo, Waldorf Microwave XT, Roland JP-8080. Tribal groove shoot via PC."
pARM Demo1
YouTube via MMTAKEDA55. via motohiko in the comments of this post.
"this is demo for analog synth that I made for myself."
Big Elf - "Madhatter"
YouTube via sross108. Two Mellotrons and a Minimoog. via Brian in the comments of this post. "Maybe they should check out "Big Elf" - who do music just like this for about 15 years, with real Mellotron, Moog Modular, Hammond and Chamberlin."
Mac vs. Windows
Music using ONLY sounds from Windows XP and 98!
Apple Soundtrack
"A little song made from the sound effects in Mac OSX. All sounds are completely unmodified. Free free to download and play wih the GarageBand file from this link: http://www.thecleverest.com/videos/343"
via fabio
Apple Soundtrack
"A little song made from the sound effects in Mac OSX. All sounds are completely unmodified. Free free to download and play wih the GarageBand file from this link: http://www.thecleverest.com/videos/343"
via fabio
Korg Kaossilator for Easy Music Creation
YouTube via lockergnome
"http://live.pirillo.com - My latest musical gadget is the Korg KAOSSILATOR. It's a dynamic phrase synthesizer. Anyone can instantly play musical phrases by simply tapping or sliding their finger across the KAOSSILATOR's Touch Pad."
Roland SH-101 Analog Synthesizer by RetroSound
YouTube via retrosound72
"first impressions from my red Roland SH-101 by RetroSound"
Electric Hands by Ben Houston of Folktek
YouTube via benpumpkin
"Crazy synth by folktek artist. Recorded on fisher price pxl2000 pixelator."
Wersi Matic CX1
via this auction"Wersi Matic CX1 Vintage programable Stereo Analog Drum machine/Synth from the 1970's?. The WERSI company was formed by two brothers, Wilhelm-Erich and Reinhard Franz in Halsenbach, Germany."
Update via Yo Han in the comments: "It's from 1982"
Synthesizer KORG 770
images via this auction"Super RARE Korg 770! This is pre MS-20 era and one of the most unique vintage mono synths you can get! Everyone who has one loves it to death and some prefer it over the ms-20! Has Ring Modulator!!!!!!!!!!! with two settings, white noise, pink noise, scale noise, dual oscillators!, PMW (called chorus). This synth really does sound incredible"
Friday, February 22, 2008
Zebranalogic Update
via Zebranalogic:
"HI, i'm Eduardo L. i want to tell everyone that i'm not working more in Zebranalogic. I create the 70% of the products and now i'm working in my new line of guitar effects and oscillators with midi (works ok!) and better versions of my first designs (osc III, osc IV).....i'm also working in my new web site where you will find pictures, audio and video samples...and more....coming soon my friends....see you soon!"
If you don't know what Zebranalogic made, click on the label below and scroll.
"HI, i'm Eduardo L. i want to tell everyone that i'm not working more in Zebranalogic. I create the 70% of the products and now i'm working in my new line of guitar effects and oscillators with midi (works ok!) and better versions of my first designs (osc III, osc IV).....i'm also working in my new web site where you will find pictures, audio and video samples...and more....coming soon my friends....see you soon!"
If you don't know what Zebranalogic made, click on the label below and scroll.
BugBrand Bug Crusher
via this auction. via SPIKE on the forum."There were only 15 of this particular model made at the time.
The creator of this noiz box makes some of the best quality extreme noiz gear on par with Frostwave and Metasonix.
Pedal comes with instruction sheet and power supply.
Power supply is labeled with a silver paint pen due to the fact I use a lot of pedals and it's too easy to mix up a power unit.
Here is the description from the Bug Brand website - http://www.bugbrand.co.uk/
BugBrand BugCrusher - Audio rate Sample&Hold for BitCrush effects
The BugCrusher is a Sample Rate Reducer pedal that uses audio-rate sample&hold to give a bit-crusher style effect. Other than a few digi-multi-effects, there is only one other hardware effect similar to this in the world - the Frostwave Sonic Alienator - we do things a bit differently, but give quite similar results.
You can plug many different things into the BugCrusher - connections are on 1/4" mono jacks. The active preamp brings whatever signal up to suitable levels and can be slightly overdriven for extra crunch. Adjust the RateReduce knob to change from full-rate/no-effect though fizzly high-end and down into sonic murk that sounds similar to a ring-mod but with a bit more clarity.
There's a modulation LFO (low freq oscillator) to modulate the SampleRate - with its own depth control, this gives variable shaped triangle or square wave modulation at speeds from slow (about 20seconds per cycle) to fast (about 20 cycles per second). The waveshape control changes the triangle shape from ramp through triangle to sawtooth or changes the pulse-width of the square waveform.
There's also a foot control input with depth control. Attaching a suitable volume pedal allows you to change the SampleRate with your foot - great for playing. And this socket can also act as an external CV input if you want to modulate the sample rate with CVs from, for example, a modular synth.
The BugCrusher is built into a mighty strong aluminium enclosure and uses the industry standard superstrong EH3PDT stomp switch for bypass. This is not TrueBypass - the audio signal still passes through the preamp when the RateReduce is bypassed, but the preamp imparts no change in tone. Why like this? Because the BugCrusher runs signals at higher levels than most stomp pedals ('cos its synth-based)
The pedal is designed on a modular-synth basis and so has special power requirements - the BugCrusher requires an 12VAC adaptor (AC not DC) and won't run off batteries."
Black Mountain--Stormy High (080221) [7/7]
YouTube via wavawmoff
"black mountain stormy high in the future british columbia bc"
I've received a couple requests to put this up, so why not.
via dp: "Thought people might dig the you tube footage of my pals Black Mountain. Jeremy Schmidt plays a moog source, the brain from moog bass pedals, a cx-3, and fresh new memotron. Schmidt is also an analog synth guru, and has a great solo synth cd under the name sinoia caves."
via J: "Black Mountain performing on Conan O'Brien, Synth player Jeremy Schmitt is playing a Manikin Electronic Memotron, Moog Source and a KORG CX-3. He also does solo synth music under the name "Sinoia Caves." In the realm of early Klaus Schultz, Tangerine Dream.
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAGBR010
and is a member of B.C.V.C.O.
(British Columbia Voltage Controlled Orchestra)
a new all anlog synth group from Vancouver, Canada.
http://www.castexotic.com/bcvco.htm"
Pt 1 Analogue Systems rs370 module 6-Voice Synth + MUCH more
YouTube via bigcitymusic.
"Here is the multi-faceted rs370 eurorack module from Analogue Systems. Known as the "Polyphonic Harmonic Generator", it is a 6-voice polyphonic modular synthesizer w/ extensive control via MIDI and control voltages (CV) simultaneously. If that isn't enough it is also a polyphonic MIDI to CV converter!
* 6-voice polyphonic
* 4 oscillators per note
* 6 envelope generators( 6 stages and 10 control points) which can be patched out and back into the synthesiser
* 6 VCA's
* 2 LFO's (each with 5 waveforms plus midi sync etc)
* Arpeggiator (with 4 different modes and MIDI sync)
* 3 types of synthesis: Subtractive (using the built in analogue waveforms), Additive and Wavetable.
* 46 User Memory locations filled with 43 Factory Sounds that are held in Rom and can be overwritten or recalled at any time.
* Many outputs and inputs and further expansion can be obtained using either the rs375 or rs376 expander module."
Update:
Jean Michel Jarre [Oxygene] Covers Banned from YouTube
Update: see this new post for Jean Michel Jarre's official response.
No more JMJ cover videos on YouTube:
"Dear Member:
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by FRANCIS DREYFUS MUSIC claiming that this material is infringing:
Oxygene 13 Jean Michel Jarre Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8CY0rKXank
Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide."
Update: it might only be Oxygen covers? Note the following is speculation:
"The whole story seems to have something to do with a conflict between Dreyfus and Jarre regarding the copyright for Oxygene.
Also, as I've learned by reading the forums, it seems that Dreyfus doesn't actually own the rights for public performances. Only for the recordings.
I don't see Mr. Jarre complaining... "
Why am I posting this here? Well a lot of the better videos showcasing what particular synths are capable have been with JMJ covers.
No more JMJ cover videos on YouTube:
"Dear Member:
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by FRANCIS DREYFUS MUSIC claiming that this material is infringing:
Oxygene 13 Jean Michel Jarre Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8CY0rKXank
Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide."
Update: it might only be Oxygen covers? Note the following is speculation:
"The whole story seems to have something to do with a conflict between Dreyfus and Jarre regarding the copyright for Oxygene.
Also, as I've learned by reading the forums, it seems that Dreyfus doesn't actually own the rights for public performances. Only for the recordings.
I don't see Mr. Jarre complaining... "
Why am I posting this here? Well a lot of the better videos showcasing what particular synths are capable have been with JMJ covers.
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