Visual Synthesis 2

Visual Synthesis 2 from GM on Vimeo.
Topics: Hetrodyning, Amplitude Modulation. Be sure to see part 1 as well. via TipTopAudio.com:
"It also showing in our theater:
http://www.tiptopaudio.com/VisualSynthesis2.php

Again, Popcorn is free, but you need to try our Hot dogs.

btw. Do you remember Pink's hot dogs on La Brea? It is unbelievable what is going on over there, every day all day long there is a long long line of people, it almost looks like they get paid for eating there."

I do remember pinks. Good stuff.

Blacet MIDI Converter

Compact, accurate MIDI to CV Gate and Sequencer control converter. Compact but very useful and priced very reasonably. Hook up to a good controller keyboard and have another great experience with your Blacet Modules.

Coming very soon!

http://www.blacet.com/

Virus TI LED Modification

YouTube via xDIGITONIUMx
"Tired of the red LEDs, I gave the Virus TI a personalized "Polar" look with blue and white LEDs.

The background music is a quick Virus TI sequence of ATB - Ecstasy using Sonar. All of the sounds are preset except for the main melody at the beginning. It was created using a Hypersaw oscillator tweaked to emulate ATB's sound. "

Missy vs. Virus TI

YouTube via xDIGITONIUMx. via fischek

"Using the Virus TI, I used a single waveform oscillator and an sine-type LFO to create a siren sound. If I set the LFO speed to a slow enough speed, Missy starts to howl. :-)"

Synthesizer mini-compositions

via sigma:
"We have started a mini-composition series on our gear pages. One composition is made with only one synthesizer (and some effects) in time to demonstrate the sound capabilities of that synthesizer. Compositions are made fast using improvisation and multitracking. There are allready compositions for Korg MS10, Korg PS3100, Roland SH-101, Roland S100M, Prophet Pro-1, Crumar Performer and more is coming.

There is also a free music-sample (Colossus Jam) from our Live gig in Colossus Club 8.12.2007"

DSMI - MIDI for the Nintendo DS

"So what is DSMI exactly?
DSMI consists of
* libdsmi
An open source library for DS homebrew development that makes it easy to write DS software that acts as a MIDI controller or MIDI client.

* DSMIDIWiFi Server
An application that runs on the computer and forwards the MIDI messages received via Wifi to MIDI applications.

* DS MIDI Keyboard acts as a MIDI keyboard, including pitch wheel / MIDI control adjustment by sliding the stylus vertically/horizonally.
o Kaos DS is an XY controller similar to the Kaoss pad. You can use the stylus or your fingers to adjust MIDI controls.
o Pulse DS turns the DS into a MIDI synthesizer that uses the DS's PSG (programmable sound generator) to produce Game-Boy-like sounds.

What do I need? In short, you need:
* A computer of some sort (OSX, Linux, Windows will do just fine)
* Either A wireless access point of some sort and a game that uses the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (needed only once)
* Or A DSerial
* A Nintendo DS, obviously
* DS homebrew hardware of some sort"

DSMI Website
Nintendo DS on Ebay
Nintendo DS on Amazon

Update via BirdFLU in the comments: "Just to clarify, the DSMI stuff won't work in tandem with the DS-10."

[Noodle]Mono-Poly - U-Boat Huntdown

via mono-poly's modular blog

"No hands noodle/drone i did with:
Wiard Sequantizer, Classic VCO, Waveform City, Borg 1 Filters, 2x NoiseRing
Klee Sequencer
Plan B Model 13 LPG
Serge Phaser, Voltage Controlled Stereo Mixer
Blippoo Box" Note I'm not putting everything up so be sure to see mono-poly's blog for more.

POLIVOKS SELF REZ

YouTube via bluelantern320. On Ebay

POLIVOKS VCF Line Level Pass

"I had a Korg ER-1 Beat play through the filter."

Korg Lambda and Prophet 08

YouTube via kennykeyboard
"The same rhythmic tune is played on both instruments pretty much to demonstrate contrast between a 1979 poly ensemble and a modern analog synth. My neighbors in the early 80's had a reggae band, so I came up with this riff which may or may not be stylistically correct."

Korg Lambda strings organ sounds

"Auditioning of various sounds on this 1979 offering from Korg. The strings had variable attack. The organ was pretty much as you get it. Ensemble, shelving filter, and tone tabs help define the variations possible. It works best for pads and some soloing in this mode."
KORG Lambda on Ebay
Prophet'08 on Ebay

Drawdio Paint Brush

YouTube via wakeupsilver
"See [link] for a full Drawdio demo. This video just shows a few more clips of the paintbrush."

R.A MINIMOOG

YouTube via sonil23
"Just wanted to upload a vid of my very early R.A minimoog synthesizer as there doesnt seem to be many demos of this version on the net. Hope u enjoy!"
Minimoog on Ebay

Bon Harris - Nitzer Ebb & Reason

YouTube via PropellerheadSW
"Bon Harris is mostly known as a founding member of legendary UK electronic act Nitzer Ebb, but he has also worked with artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, his own band Maven and many more. We met with Bon to talk production, Reason and fat bass sounds."
Reason on Amazon
Reason on Ebay

RC CIRCUIT BENT ALTAI DUB ECHO DELAY

YouTube via djwidow420
"ULTRA RARE ECHO CHAMBER WITH 8 MODIFICATIONS BY RESONANCE CIRCUITS"

Synclavier II

via Aliens Project where you will find more.

PNW2008: Lorne Demos the Sequential Circuits Model 700

YouTube via matrixsynth.

Remember to click on the pnw2008 label below for more.

"Lorne Demos the Sequential Circuits Model 700 Sequencer programmer at the Pacific Northwest Synth Gathering 2008" Note his comment on how this may be the first voltage controlled memory. You save your settings for each step which the sequencer then runs through. You can find some good images of the Model 700 here.

PNW2008: David Skinner Demos his Modular

YouTube via matrixsynth

"David Skinner demos his Modcan, Cynthia, Blacet Modular at the Pacific Northwest Synth Gathering 2008"

Klee Sequencer Demo 2

YouTube via ScottStites
"Controlling 3 voices of my modular synth. External step of range control is offset audio rate modulation. www.electro-music.com"

Appendage Touch Ribbon Fifth Video: HyperTrigger

YouTube via ScottStites. As always, click on any label below for more.
"This is a demo of the HyperTrigger mode of the Appendage Touch Ribbon"

Analogue Heavan

flickr by Jeff B

full size

"Roland JX-8P w/ PG-800 + Oberheim OBXA = Musical Bliss"

DIY Analog Synth Demo #3

YouTube via rodriemi. follow-up to these videos.
"On http://arsamus-lineal-tml01.blogspot.... you can see details
This is another a demo of an do-it-yourself analog synth I designed and build. In this video I show different sounds."

POLIVOKS VCF MODULAR VCO DEMO

YouTube via bluelantern320
"This is a demo with a an Analog VCO and Polivoks AIO VCF kit."

POLIVOKS VCF Bass Guitar Pass Through
"I had my Neighbor Play Bass while I fiddle with the VCF. It was also FM Modulated by an Analog VCO"

Korg Poly-800 Custom Case

via this auction

"This is not a digital synth as some might say, its a true analouge unit with DCOs which are digital controlled to keep in tune and locked

Serious mod done as you can see to convert it to a stand alone desktop MIDI contolled synth module and finished in a shocking bright orange. 2 extra pots on the front for the "moog slayer" filter cut and resonance speaker blowing ear bleeding mod. Thi is a serious mod and should be used with extreme caution when uping the resonace setting in the presets... 2 osc 8 note poly synth, very simple to program and store sounds, connect to you pc laptop and send sysex info with ease for changing patches and sounds... customised unit made from a full size Poly 800 mk2 Midi in/out - Stereo outputs - Digital delay built in"

ANALOG SYNTH RUSSIAN VCF FILTER

images at this auction
"Up for sale is one of the best Russian based VCF filters with a really sour Rezonance Character. It is an External All In One unit that is self powered with a 12v AC wall adapter. It has an onboard LFO section and Pre Amp to amplify lower sound signals. This was intended for the Modualar Synthesizer People, but it can be used with Line level signals also. It can also handle a guitar/bass directly connected. It can easily Self Resonate.
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The actual unit is Green with red Knobs. Demos will be up soon, come back later to hear it in action.

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These are the inputs:
(1) CV
(1) FM bipolar CV
(2) Audio In (Ain)

These are the Outputs.
(1) FIlter out BP/LP (selected by swtich)
(1) LFO out
(1) LFO SQUARE OUT
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Now for the hard Facts: The pre-amp section was intended for VCO analog synth Signals, It sounds very clean with these signals because these levels are usually Beefy and Big.
It can however amplify Line level by x100. But by cranking it up all the way you will hear slight distortion and a little Noise. This also applies to Guitars/bass. In other words this is not a crystal clear Pre-amp when cranked up x100 gain. This is how I wanted it to be, distorted and sour mainly for Analog Signals. I made some demos passing various signals through the filter so you can hear it in action."

Alesis Fusion 8HD

via this auction

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Roland Juno-106 with Blue Bender

images at this auction

"it has had the pitch bender replaced with the lit up one from japan. its backlit blue. second wohever owned it in the 80's had a scsi port professionally installed on it."

Oberheim OB-1

images at this auction

EMS SYNTHI

images at this auction

ARP EMINENT SOLINA STRING SYNTHESIZER

images at this auction

"EXTREMELY RARE ARP EMINENT SOLINA STRING SYNTHESIZER (serial number 52!) !!! It's in very good condition and is fully working. This is the wellknown SOLINA string ensemble w/ build in a ARP EXPLORER. Only about 200 of these on the planet! VERY HEAVY (almost 30kilo!). CLICK HERE TO VISIT MY EBAYSTORE"

Oberheim Two Voice

images at this auction
"The 2 voice is one of our favorite vintage synths. A single voice (called an SEM = Synthesizer Expander Module) is surprisingly powerful, offering 2 oscillators, 2 envelopes (1 for filter, 1 for volume), an LFO, pulse width modulation and a SWEET multimode filter with sweepable mode (which few synths offered). This 2 voice has..... 2 voices, so you can play 4 oscillators per key for a nice fat sound.
The 2 voice can play up to 2 separate pitches at once. Back in the day, this was impressive... Please click here to view our other auctions!"

ARP Axxe Model 2313

images at this auction
"If you download the manual, available at http://soundprogramming.net/manuals/Arp_Axxe_Manual.pdf, all of the functions work fine up through page 20. After that there seem to be dirty slider issues. In addition, a small circuit, a pot with a chicken head knob and 2 - 1/4" jacks were added to the output. It looks like a small buffer/possible gain amplifier is connected to the low output. A ground wire and what appears to be a wire from the power supply have both broken off leading to the additional circuit, rendering this circuit inoperable. This does not seem to affect the original output. This circuit and the jacks can be seen in the accompanying pictures. The power takes a few moments to come on after flipping the power switch, but after it is on there is no problem."

Simon plays the Moog

flickr by maxcady808

"Simon played and made some sounds at the launch for Ken Hollings book "Welcome to Mars" at the Horse Hospital."

full size

JayB Productions - Trance Live Performance #2

YouTube via Hanni13579

"Anther song I composed just for playing live for YouTube. I's got no title and there's no MP3 available.

The rhythm section comes from Yamaha QY100 and Quasimidi Sirius (recieving MIDI data from QY100). No computer was used for this - except for recording the audio. :D

Other synths used here:
Yamaha AN1x (Plucked Sound, FM Synth in main part)
Korg X5D (Choir Pad and Explosion)
Yamaha S80 (Gated Pad, FX-Sounds, Main Lead)"

Roland V-synth Demostration part 2, S4K performed by Gill

YouTube via Space4Keys. follow-up to this post.

Arbitrary Blues Digression in C

YouTube via RadiPho
"The Electric Harmonic Phase Angle And Frequency Arbitrator playing an old Diracistani traditional melody."

Kawai K5000 Rack *Advanced Additive Synthesizer*

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Kawai K5000 = Additive Synthesis + special PCM samples;

the demo shows some typical K5000 sounds...the perfect digital ambient machine"

ROLAND SH-09 VINTAGE SYNTH NEW HOME / THIERRY IN SWITZERLAND

YouTube via stickmanband3
"This is a neat old synthesizer that I've had for a while. I did use it in one song I wrote for my Great Nephew Taylor. The song is "Poopie in the Pot" and this Roland SH-09 was used for the lead section and riff in the song. Maybe I'll add that song at some point, but this is just goofing around to remember what it sounded like and the such. Peace - frazier - small town music"

Watch Jordan and his nanoKEY Part 3!

YouTube via NanoSeries. follow-up to these posts. NanoKey on Ebay.

"Equinoxe part 1" - on ELKA EP-8

YouTube via organfairy
"This is the proof that you can do something fantastic with just a computer - or a tape recorder - and a home organ bought for next to nothing at a charity sale. Purists will probably say that I should play this piece on an Eminent organ like J.M.Jarres. But I think the ELKA does a good job and they are easier to find. I also wanted to somehow illustrate the seven separate tracks without some fancy video tricks. But you can see for yourself how I solved that...."

Drawdio: MacGyver Everyday Things into Musical Instruments

Drawdio: Turn Almost Anything Into a Theramin

YouTube via wakeupsilver. Be sure to click on the drawdio label below for more.

"Imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil (cheap circuit thumb-tacked on) and then play them with your finger. The Drawdio circuit-craft lets you MacGuyver your everyday objects into musical instruments: paintbrushes, macaroni, trees, grandpa, even the kitchen sink...

One day I bought a "harmonium" kit at the street market in Bangalore. I hacksawed the keyboard off to make the first ever Drawdio circuit. We played with it at a local school in the slums using plants, water, our foreheads, etc. My friend told me graphite would work too. Meditating on it, I realized the Drawdio circuit should be literally attached to a pencil to "draw audio," and that's where the name came from: Draw + Audio.

DIY: Make it. Remix it. Play it."

Roland JX-3P

YouTube via vinyljunkie07
"Some sounds I programed on the roland jx-3p to give some idea of what this synth sounds like...added some dellay, reverb and phasor on various sounds in Logic but all played either live or from the JX's in built sequencer.
The last song only the bass is the JX-3P other sounds are from the juno 1"

Tutorial: Creating a Harpsichord (Alesis Andromeda)

YouTube via Qiwolf. via fischek.
"Yet another video of me giving insight on patch making. In this episode, learn to create a harpsichord. WOW!"

Tutorial: Making a Face Melting Lead (Alesis Andromeda)

"This is an amateur tutorial on how to make a guitar like sync lead. I hope that I provide a nice demonstration of the A6 and let a few people gain some wisdom on making cool patches.
*NOTE* I made a mistake in this video. Please change the frequency of Oscillator 1 down 12 semitones. The sync wasn't working cause I never changed the masters frequency V_V"

BLIP 2007 DVD Details Announced . . .

Blip Festival 2007: Video Collection Teaser from 2 Player Productions on Vimeo.
"Live performance video compilation featuring one track from each of the 32 performers at the second annual Blip Festival, held in New York NY in 2007, and curated and organized by 8bitpeoples and The Tank.

The Blip Festival showcases artists adopting and repurposing familiar but forgotten hardware - such as the Commodore 64, the Nintendo Entertainment System, the Atari game console and home computer line, and the Nintendo Game Boy - exploring their untapped potential and unique aesthetic character as musical instruments and motion graphics workstations.

In addition to the 32 videos, this collection features a bonus disc packed with interviews, music videos, photos, and more.

The DVD will be available for purchase at this year's Blip Festival (Dec 4 - Dec 7) and online following the conclusion of the event.
blipfestival.org

Produced, filmed, and edited by 2 Player Productions 2playerproductions.com
Music: "Retro Attivo (Jonkie Screw)" - The Hardliner"

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OPEN CALL FOR PERSONAL BLIP DOCUMENTARIES . . .

Over the past two years, 2 Player Productions has served as the official videography crew for the Blip Festival. Each year, they release a comprehensive DVD package featuring one song from each of the festival's 32 musical performances as well as bonus materials related to New York's chip music scene.

In the interest of broadening the scope of their coverage of Blip '08 as a whole, 2PP is putting out an open call to audience members for footage documenting their personal experience of this year's festival. Film yourself getting ready for the show, traveling to New York, hanging out in the city, meeting other fans, freaking out during your favorite performances, going out afterwards, etc. The more you shoot, the better.

Pictures are also welcome and highly encouraged. The final product will be edited into a short documentary for the official Blip Festival 2008 DVD.

To confirm your participation and receive details (or ask questions) please email
siddiky at 2playerproductions dot com

Thanks for taking an interest. We look forward to seeing the festival through your eyes this year.
_______________________________________________________

Event DetailS . . .

The Blip Festival 2008
Thursday December 4 - Sunday December 7 The Bell House | www.thebellhouseny.com
149 7th Street
Brooklyn NY 11215 US"

Mini Korg DS10 Review

via Horton on the AH list:
"I finally got a copy of the Korg DS-10, and it's outstanding. I'm actually surprised at what a great job they did across the board with every last element of design and execution. First off, the thing is INSANELY ergonomic - there's an almost magical logic and intuitive workflow that comes with holding the DS in your hand and using the shoulder buttons to toggle between the different modules while interacting with them using the pen and touchscreen. It's simply something that has not yet been accomplished using any sort of mouse-driven software synthesizer or sequencer, and it is truly inspiring - I made three COMPLETE songs in the first hour or so, including building all sounds from scratch. I was most impressed by the drum section - each of the four individual drum voices (programmed xox-style on a 16-step grid) is COMPLETELY editable using the same entire MS-10 synth engine that's used for the two melodic synthesizers, patch cables and all. So the end result is basically like having 6 ms-10's sitting on a table, with a mixer, effects, two KAOSS pads, and six 16-step sequencers to control them. For every element that I thought the designer would (justifiably) skimp on, like effects routing, I discover that they actually went one step further.

I could go on about it all day, but for $40, it's an insane deal. I've actually made a google group for discussion if anyone wants to join - Outstanding!"

KORG DS-10 on Ebay
KORG DS-10 on Amazon

Tapion's Theme on iPhone Ocarina

YouTube via docjazz4

iPhone Smule Ocarina (Joy to the World)

YouTube via smuleocarina
You can get Ocarina here:

"Smule, a premiere developer of interactive sonic applications for the iPhone, announced today that its Ocarina application has jumped to #1 rank in 16 Apple App Stores internationally, including the United States, Canada, France, Sweden, Holland, and Spain among others.

Ocarina users are able to hear and see the origin of live performances and share their melodies with others around the world. In less than two weeks since the Ocarina launch, Ocarina users have listened to more than three million melodies, have generated over two hundred musical scores and have shared their creations here: http://ocarina.smule.com/forum/."

Midibox IV: core + dinx4

YouTube via substanceg
"Testing the Midibox Core and DINX4 modules, connected to Ableton Live. Left-hand buttons are mapped to midi notes, right-hand buttons trigger clips."

Midibox III: Building a DINx4 Module

"Assembling the DINx4 module for the midibox hardware platform from ucapps.de"

You can find the rest of the videos here.

Waldorf Pulse Demo

YouTube via substanceg. "Simple demo of Pulse basic functions"

Synthesizer Programming - Episode 1

YouTube via Thalassa77. via fischek.
"This is the first of a series of videos where I will show how to program different kind of sounds on a synthesizer. I'm going to work with Synth1, a free VST synthesizer. This first episode is about how to program a simple bass line. The parameters values are approx. Values are expressed in %.
http://switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot..."

73 fender rhodes

via brian c, via his buddy.

Custom Designed VCS3(mkII)+DK1/2 CV Interface

via SYNTHI A CLONE where you will find more info.

"new custom made VCS3 mkII module that I plan to make available in small quantities.

Custom designed with hand made afrormosia hardwood case as in the original VCS3 and original synthi knobs/sockets/styling and custom engraved panels. Different knob colour options will be available.

The Synthi VCS3-DK2 CV interface unit combines my 4 channel sequencer/CV cable with the ability to keep the DK12 keyboard connected to the VCS3. It also works equally well with a DK1 keyboard.

It allows individual switching of the 4 channels (Input ch1, Input ch2, matrix row 16 (joystick vertical control) and gate) between either external CV1-CV3, gate (via 6.35mm jacks) or DK1/2 function.

Another nice feature is it also allows the on board Oscillator in the DK1/2 to be routed in and out to external effects/filters etc before re-entering the matrix via input channel 1. This means that you can apply external effects (echo, reverb, filtering etc) of this Osc independently of the main synthi Osc1-3."

via the EMS SYNTHI blog

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Mates of State

flickr by Mr.Tooley
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