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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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"rare vintage Russian analog monophonic synthesizer ALISA 1377. It was made in USSR in 1980s. ALISA synthesizers were made especially for experimental electronic music, creating of sound effects in soviet cinema and scientific acoustic researches. This unique instrument has warm, aggressive and absolutely original analog sound! Synth has 1 OSC (4 wave forms), ADSR control, Filter, different modulation, vibrato and portamento effects.

This unit is in good working condition. It was tested in studio.

5din to ¼ Jack adapter is included. Voltage is 220V."

VERMONA

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"This is really rare analogue synth made in Germany in 1980s. It is a 2-VCO monophonic analog synthesizer. It has most basic analog edit parameters. A 24 dB/oct analog VCF filter with 4 knobs (Brilliance, CutOff, Resonance, Contour), a single LFO to modulate the VCO or VCF sections and a typical ADSR VCA envelope. There are preset VCF and VCA settings as well as a Manual mode, but there is no real Patch setting storage available. Also absent are MIDI and CV or Gate. Its sounds are pretty basic analog stuff. It makes a real nice analog bass. The string sounds are questionable. But with only 2 VCOs and such limited programmability, you won't get a whole lot of stuff out of this synth. There are no on-bard arpeggiators, sequencers or multitimbral options. The only real effects on-board is the portamento-like Glide effect and Vibrato. Colorful knobs, a clean layout, vintage wood end-cheeks and a genuine analog sound. It's an interesting piece. "

Access Virus TI Polar

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Capacitive touch sensors gain fans - EMS in EDN

click here for the full article on EDN.
"The product of Russian-government-sponsored research into proximity sensors, the Theremin sensor, which Leonard Theremin invented in 1919, represents possibly the first commercial use of capacitive sensing. The device senses the proximity of a musician's hands to a pair of antennas that modulate the frequency and amplitude of two heterodyning oscillators that form the heart of the world's first electronic music synthesizer. Continuing this theme, in 1972, designer David Cockerell at Electronic Music Studios penned the KS keyboard as a sequencer for the company's range of voltage-controlled synthesizers (Reference 1). This intriguing device boasts a 30-note, touch-sensitive keyboard whose inputs rely on the TTL characteristics of two 74150 16-to-one-line multiplexers. These devices scan the keyboard, taking their clock inputs from a 4-bit binary ripple counter. A network biases the inputs to the multiplexers to hold them close to their switching threshold, which a finger press then exceeds. At this time, the appropriate data-selector output goes low to latch the 4-bit code and the multiplexer's identity to create a 5-bit address that represents key position."
via Paul Perry of Frostwave on the sdiy list.

D16 Group plug-ins vs. hardware. Phoscyon Nepheton Drumazon

YouTube via d16group. via Digital Music Mag - Sound & Stuff
"D16 Group plug-ins (Phoscyon, Nepheton, Drumazon) vs. hardware (TB303, TR808, TR909) in live action."
Note this appears to be the first vid on YouTube by d16group.

korg m3 greek finger

YouTube via kawatakis. "ta spaei to mixanima"

ZVEX Box of Metal Processing Minimoog Voyager

YouTube via bigcitymusic. follow-up to this post.
"Distortion Pedal Shootout- Part 4
This is the Minimoog Voyager running throught the Zvex Box of Metal. It's intense!"

Spectralis Demo Song 13

YouTube via complexy. via Nusonica.
"Patern variations from Radikal Technologies Spectralis Song 13"

Roland Jupiter-8 Side Panels

via this auction

You can find wood ones on synthwood.com

English manual for the MAM SQ-16

via Niall on AH:

"Sean kindly provided the English manual for the MAM SQ-16. It is available for download here" [mirror]

Prophet 64 & Firestarter Midi Interface, fully moded

via this auction, via Mathew in the comments of this post.

"1x Prophet 64 Music software for your c64 (out of stock and no longer available music / synthesizer / sequencer cartridge, features Roland TR909 and Moog like emulation)
http://www.prophet64.com/

1x Firestarter Midi interface (very rare and no longer available)

1x Modded Commodore 64 with 4 Controller pots (nobs that let you control parameters on Prophet 64)

Also includes a Sid2Sid circuit board (http://www.prophet64.com/). It just needs another sid chip to be installed"

Synch Festival 2008

via Bakis of Parallel Worlds

"i will be making a 3-hour analogue modular synthesis workshop (practical use of analogue modulars) based on the Doepfer A100 modular during the 3 days of Synch festival.

links:
http://www.doepfer.de/home_e.htm
http://www.synch.gr/index.php?lang=1&cid=6

details for the workshop below:

Analogue Modular Synthesis

The workshop is focused on the application of the basic methods of synthesis(Subtractive, FM, AM) on analogue modular synthesizers (the Doepfer A-100 analogue modular synthesizer will be used as an example):
Application of analogue VCOs, LFOs, Envelopes, VCAs, Ring modulator, Waveshapers, Sample and Hold for the creation of simple and intricate sonic tones, drums and sound effects in the modular environment.
Connection with cv / gate keyboard controller. Application of analogue step-sequencers and analogue modular synths as real-time sound manipulation tools (interactive link between sound source and analogue modular). Practical application of analogue modulars and MIDI.

Instructor: Bakis Sirros

thanks,
best regards,
Bakis."

Trancend by rogwinyt

YouTube via rogwinyt
"Unsigned home studio recording of electronic trance music. This is 'old skool' trance, or my take on it at least. When I made it about 15 years ago it wasn't 'old skool'.

Made with Atari, Cubase, Yamaha SY35 and DX7, Korg Poly 800 pus another Atari with Replay 16 sampler."

Sbuzzizzio play synthesizers - part. 2

YouTube via Sbuzzizzio. follow-up to this post. Definitely an XT in the background (shadow XT or custom paint job). AHC caught it in the prior post.
"Patrizio Politi performing the "Chariots of Fire" (Vangelis)"

Black analog present Soulfeenix part 5: Korg R3's Vocoder

YouTube via OfficerTek
"VOCODING IS NOT A CRIME : Jamming with the Korg R3's Built-in vocoder...in Soulfeenix's Funkologic studio..."

Vintage Session: TB-303; TR-606; TR-707; RZ-1 etc by Queaver

YouTube via kwiwer. via synthzoom.

"short jam session while using some vintage gear like Roland TB-303; TR-606; TR-707; Alpha Juno and Casio RZ-1, except Acidlab Bassline 2 as second acid line and the Korg Electribe SX for the bassdrum and for triggering the Juno while using the Electribe's filter. The audio recording is clipping a bit, because the gain poti was a bit to loud ;)"

Korg MS-2000 sounds

YouTube via colossus21. via synthzoom.

Chronology part 6 - on Bontempi Hit organ

YouTube via organfairy. via synthzoom.
"Chronology part 6 by J.M.Jarre. Most of it was played as a MIDI file using "Noteworthy Composer" for Windows. Bass arpeggio was played on Roland JX8P, strings and choir on Yamaha HE-8 organ, the rest was played on the computer's Yamaha XG soundcard - except the solo. The solo is supposed to be played on an accordeon. But since I don't own an accordeon I used the "green monster" instead. The "Bontempi Hit Organ" was made in the 70's and was actually quite common. It is a simplified accordeon with an electric pump instead of a bellow. However, it's not very good as it lacks the nessesary pressure to play fast. But what could I expect from something I got for 5 dkr. (0.8$) at a jumble sale..."

NXT concerto - part 2

YouTube via organfairy. via synthzoom.
"Another brick in the wall - by Roger Waters played on LEGO Mindstorms NXT and Technics organ."

VCO synchronization made visible

YouTube via MusicMiK. Be sure to see the others here.
"Did you ever wonder, what really happens with VCO sync? Here you can see it.
I made this video during development of another VCO, my synchronization master is just a provisoric square oscillator, which produces a very unclean signal. Besides this i don't have the audio equipment in the lab to create a better audio on this :) But the main syncronization effect is visible and hearable.

Schematics might be released soon, after drawing and final check."

polyphonic "switch on time" with the M563

YouTube via moonmodular
"People asking: "What is SWITCH ON TIME"? at the M563 trigger sequencer.

With SOT you can define and optimize the width of your trigger/gate output signal.There are more creative possibilities: e.g. the SOT function manipulates the envelope generator times. Depending on its setting, it lets the synth-voice/patch sound different.

[The pitch is produced by a M560 (960clone) sequencer.]"

EtherMusic Festival 2008 - Dorit Chrysler

YouTube via MoogMusicInc

"Excerpts from Dorit Chrysler's performance at the 2008 EtherMusic Festival in Asheville, NC. Presented by Moog Music. Visit www.ethermusicfest.com and www.moogmusic.com for more information."

TB-303 mod(CV/GATE IN)

YouTube via omnibotoom
"CV/GATE
DOEPFER A-198 ribbon → TB-303

LINE
TB-303→FILTER BANK
TR-606→M-RESONATOR→DL241

OPTION
オレコマンダー(ORE-COMMANDER)"

How to program a Roland MC202 Part 2

YouTube via klausito1970

How to program a Roland MC202 Part 1

Arp odyssey and alien Metron.

flickr by atombeats

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"Alien came in boxes of caramels."

acid

flickr by alex hornsby

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Paul Chambers live at FB 10-05-08 excerpt 4

YouTube via TheWorldOfPaul. via Mr. Chambers on the forum.
"Excerpt of my live set using a SH-101, TR-909, Electribe SX and very little Ableton."
"Part of a 90 minutes live set, filmed by Kurt Augustyns."

Saul Williams Remix via intervenus

Saul Williams Remix - Banged & Blown Through (Humanoid Remix by Intervenus)

"Since the track was available for remix via NIN, I decided to give it a shot. I'm a fan of Saul Williams, and I wanted to test out some of my gear. I have only used one slice of Saul's vocal track. The rest of this is entirely re-composed. Gear I used on this was running my Boss DR-880 through the Future Retro XS in overdrive, triggering the env generators. This gave me the main distorted kick. The rest comes from the Alpha Juno 2 and my Sh2 running through an alesis compressor, MPX 1, and into my Onyx mixer."

You can find the track on intervenus.

Roland Jupiter-6 Analog Synthesizer

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Dj Skyline br - Minimal in the dark ( Electribe Korg )

YouTube via kamitnick
"Simple minimal Live.pa
- ESX-1
- EA1mkii
- Kaoss P.."

Testing Roland D50 - by non professional.

YouTube via CANHCHUAcaloc9. via synthzoom.
"Here goes ebayers. Roland D50 that you drooling to buy. :)"

Gary numan Replicas intro using a access virus preset

YouTube via Darkcover1. via synthzoom
"Just got a virus ti desktop synth and found a preset called Numanesq. An obvious nod toward Garys sound, so i quickly bashed this out . Im going to do a full much bigger sounding version along with some more Numan stuff soon. This is just one preset sound demo, the sound really needs editing to make it sound phatter."

Juno-6 Tweaking

YouTube via Hossinfeffa. via synthzoom
"Wanted to test the sound capture on my camera with some messing around on my Juno-6. The echo/reverb is from a RE-20. It's alright, but next time I will record directly into my computer. ;)"

"The Fast & the Tedious:" Synth guitar solo in every key!

YouTube via hamsterdunce
"More music on umop.com/parallax.htm
All twelve keys, most in both major, minor, phrygian, you name it, are taken for a lightspeed ride in this comically, idiotically insane 7+ minute keyboard prog-wank solo."

Dj Skyline Br - Kaouss

YouTube via kamitnick

magazine 15/08 mag4musicians news & infos

YouTube via mag4musicians. The description is way to long on this one, so if you want to check it out, click the "More info" link on the right here. In short it is a collage of other YouTube videos, many of which previously posted here. I'm sure I missed a few labels, so feel free to call them out in the comments and I'll update the post.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

TONAL PLEXUS - TPX6s Live Control 1

YouTube via AaronAndrewHunt. via Nusonica

"The new TPX6s ($3109) from H-Pi Instruments has a matrix-style interface for controlling global synthesizer parameters, and a joystick option for controlling global pitch bend. This is a demonstration of those features, although I forgot to demonstrate one of the parameter sets, and the wide variety of settings options is not really shown here in this one example modification of an organ patch. Find out more at http://www.h-pi.com"

Malekko Assmaster Processing Minimoog Voyager

YouTube via bigcitymusic. follow-up to this post.
"Distortion Pedal Shootout Part 3
Here is the Voyager running into the Malekko Heavy Industry Ass master. This is an awesome octave-up fuzz that can be brutal!"

JH String Filter - Another Demo

"Short OB-8 arpeggiated strings
http://www.jhaible.de/string_filter/jh_string_filter_2008_3.mp3
1. Dry
2. 40-Band Filterbank and Cello-Filter breadboard circuit 3. Dry 4. 40-Band Filterbank only

I've also published the frequency response plots for this now:
http://www.jhaible.de/string_filter/jh_string_filter.html

JH."

VTC professional recording - Synthesizers

YouTube via theMMaI

Roland GR-700 synthesizer w/rare G-505 ASH BODY guitar

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"vintage Roland GR-700 guitar synthesizer with a more rare G-505 guitar that has an amazing ash body. This set-up comes with an original Roland case for the GR-700"

srecko-korg pa60-mercedes

YouTube via EXTRABANDCACAK. "srecko-korg pa60"

SID survival kit

flickr by fibra

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Live Modular Rig

flickr by parasitk

genoQs updates

News - Octopus OS v1.42 available, NewClassic picture book, Nemo development

"Dear all,
the last few weeks have been once again very busy over here. And these are the accomplishments:

* The resonance upon Nemo's announcement at the Messe was fantastic, and backed by the preorders we have recorded until early April. We are indeed much looking forward to the new "little" machine, that seems to become quickly our kids' new favorite. It's sure the size.. Plus, we are working hard to boost up some of the specs and prepare some nice little surprises for you by launch time.

* Octopus is seeing today a new release of the OS, now in version 1.42 (available now on our site in the download area). 1.42 is mainly a maintenance release, making the machine ready for the summer! Because we know the update procedure is not everyone's favorite, we also built in a few feature additions to help your update decision. Chords may span now up to three octaves, step pitches may become dynamic, and scale transposition comes with new qualities.
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* Finally, we have compiled a new picture book featuring the NewClassic edition, which has grown fast to be the rightful heir of Legacy. The picture book is getting into some operational detail as well, making it an ideal starting point for those new to the world of Octopus.
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Looking forward to the busy months ahead of us, and in the meantime wishing you all a terrific summer and fruitful musical creation!

Yours,
Marcel + Gabriel
______________
www.genoqs.net"

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