You might remember BUGsound from this post. It is now available. You can find more info on Bug Blogger. "Priced at $99 and shipping now, you can buy BUGsound from our store today. We really look forward to seeing what cool apps the community can make with this latest BUGmodule. BUGcommunity member finsprings used the BUGbase, BUGmotion and BUGsound to create phunky, a pretty nifty accelerometer-based sampling app. Check out the video [below] to see it in action."
This one sent in via fabio. You can find the full interview on Unidentified Sound Object. The below in quotes is some background info on James A. Moorer followed by a snip on how he used ASP for synthesis on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Doom. Note the following is only an excerpt for the archives should the interview disappear. If you want to cut to the chase, just click through the above link for the full interview.
Background info for the interview. "Matteo Milani had the pleasure of interviewing James A. Moorer, an internationally-known figure in digital audio and computer music, with over 40 technical publications and four patents to his credit. He personally designed and wrote much of the advanced DSP algorithms for the Sonic Solutions "NoNOISE" process which is used to restore vintage recordings for CD remastering. Between 1980 and 1987, while Vice-President of Research and Development at Lucasfilm's The Droid Works, he designed the Audio Signal Processor (ASP) which was used in the production of sound tracks for Return of the Jedi, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and others. Between 1977 and 1979, he was a researcher and the Scientific Advisor to IRCAM in Paris. In the mid-seventies he was Co-Director and Co-Founder of the Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics. He received his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University in 1975. In 1991, he won the Audio Engineering Society Silver award for lifetime achievement. In 1996, he won an Emmy Award for Technical Achievement with his partners, Robert J. Doris and Mary C. Sauer for Sonic Solutions "NoNOISE" for Noise Reduction on Television Broadcast Sound Tracks. In 1999, he won an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesScientific and Engineering Award for his pioneering work in the design of digital signal processing and its application to audio editing for film. He is currently working at Adobe Systems as Senior Computer Scientist in the DVD team."
snip from the interview: "MM: Can you talk about the synthesized arrows in Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Doom?
JM: This was done by linear prediction. Ben had recorded the sounds of arrows going by, but they were too fast. I took 100 ms from the middle of one of those sounds and created a filter of order 150 from it. When driven by white noise, it made the same noise as the arrow, but continuing forever. He then put that sound in the doppler program to produce the sounds of the arrows flying by.
In addition to being a numbers prodigy, ASP is quite garrulous. It can synthesize speech, the sounds of musical instruments, and even special effects by the same mathematical techniques. In Indiana Jones, for example, there is a hang-onto-your-seat scene in which Jones and his pals, while dangling precariously from a rope bridge slung across a deep chasm, come under attack by a band of archers. Lucasfilm technicians had recorded the sound of a flying arrow in a studio, but they discovered that the whistling noise did not last long enough to match the flight of the arrow on the film. ASP came to the rescue. Moorer copied 25 milliseconds from the middle of the one-and-a-half-second recording and spliced the duplicate sounds to both ends, all electronically. Then he manipulated the arrow's noise so that it faded as the missile moved from left to right across the screen. To ensure total accuracy, Moorer even used ASP to include a Doppler shift - the change in pitch from high to low heard when an object sweeps rapidly past. Thus, as the arrow flies by actor Harrison Ford's head the audience hears a subtle change of frequency in its noise. In this way the sound track dramatically increases the audience's sense of the hero's peril. [excerpt from Discover Magazine, August 1984]"
Update via SteveL in the comments: "I had the pleasure of working with Andy Moorer while I was as a junior sales and QA engineer at Sonic Solutions from 1993-1996 during their peak years in the audio editing market. Andy is truly one of the legends of electronic music, a smart businessperson, and all around great guy. His development of NoNoise was groundbreaking at the time, and we also developed a fiber optic shared audio networking platform that was many years ahead of its time with features like bandwidth reservation. I will never forget figuring out that he was one of the people behind FM Synthesis- I told him I was fond of those old Yamaha TX-81Zs and he said 'I think I have a copy of the patent in my drawer'"
YouTube via PositronMusic. More videos here. All parts here. "Number 2 in a series of live patching with the legendary Buchla 200 System. Live patching of Buchla and other powerful modular synthesizers are performed in every Positron concert, new gig comming soon, for more info and music please visit : http://www.myspace.com/positronmusic Patch and music by Antonio Isaac"
YouTube via RothHandle "Yesterday I had a recording session with canadian musician supreme Wendy McNeill. We have played together in different settings but this was the first time we actually recordfed something "for real". This music is for a dance company in Canada so I will probably never get to see the music in action but I am very certain that it will be great.
This little snippet is of Wendy playing Mellotron 400 #1517 with Bee tapes. These tapes were recorded by Gaby Stenberg in the early 70s as a sort "tonality in everyday life" experiment.
This film was made at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. If you are curious about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu"
YouTube via KidNepro "M3 Soundtrack/Film Mix - Our second collection of sounds for the Korg M3 is now available. Soundtrack Mix contains 64 Programs, 32 Combis and 60 Megs of new samples. All well crafted and fully KARMA-fied!
Named for the composer Arnold Schoenberg, this is an example of atonal music using the Korg M3 KARMA generated effects. Video created with the help of the iTunes visualizer.
ElectroKraft Ring Modulator + Low Bandpass Filter: Metallic, clanging noises. You can produce robot-like vocals, spacey sci-fi sounds, metallic distortion/fuzz. I added a low bandpass filter to allow onboard control of the input frequencies. You can produce a whole host of sounds with one of these depending on what you use as the input sources. It requires 2 input sources and has one output. Use guitar and synth, guitar and bass, bass and keyboard or microphone and synth. A well known effect in the experimental music realm. Used by bands such as Sonic Youth. This is a passive device, requires no power source. The frequencies are determined by the 2 input sources.
I have loved this unit, and hate to see it go, but it needs a new home. This is your chance to own the real thing! on ebay!"
YouTube via gearwire "Ohm Force's free lowpass filter (and more) plugin Frohmage looks like a big brick of cheese with graffiti carved into it. As if that weren't cool enough, this plugin is versatile and easy to use. Join Monsieur Holland for a demo avec funk. See more on Gearwire.com."
YouTube via lesingemonotone "Swiftly noodling through some of the sounds the Roland Juno-106 is capable of in manual mode. Also switching to Poly2 mode with portamento."
Just thought this was an interesting shot. People doing their thing with synths in the great outdoors. There are some nice shots in the set. Not a synth but the buttons on this microBR look great. We need more transparent buttons.
Carbon111 has a new album out titled "Shadow." You can find more info including a few tracks and the synths used for each on Carbon111's blog. Really beautiful music. Update: http://cdbaby.com/cd/carbon1112
Synths include the Clavia Nord Wave, Nord Modular, and Stage, the Roland Juno-60, SCI Six-Track, the Korg Oasys, DSI Prophet'08 and Native Instruments' Massive and Absynth 4.
Carbon11 also hosts http://carbon111.com/, an excellent synth resource including some of the most extensive pages on the Serge modular as well as the Waldorf XT. Do check out the site for more.
YouTube via davidryle "Found a way to coax the Q960 sequencer into full control with a MIDI gate from Cubase. The only tradeoff is I need 2 Q961 Interfaces for all 8 stages of the sequencer. Also there are a lot of cables!"
"Improvisation for showing to you Bombass Acidlab played by my Future Retro Mobius.
No samples only synthesis, with Monomachine, Machinedrum, Raveolution309 and Bombass."
YouTube via SuicideServer "This is the first Acid Test with my new Toys - the elektron machinderum and the Acidlab Bassline 2. Shoutz to Mainjack and RRKS and all of the Acid Allstars"
YouTube via bostich1 "Novation • BassStation Rack , TR-606 , Electro-Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe , Sequencer by Future Retro Revolution. www.myspace.com/tijuanasoundmachine"
Side note: I noticed something intersting in this video. It's in stereo and I did not have to add fmt=18 to the embeded URL. Maybe YouTube is supporting stereo out of the box now? That would be nice as it would save us all the extra link and notes in the video descriptions. If you post stereo YouTube vids, be sure to check before adding the note on fmt=18.
YouTube via ripe909 video description: "303 for sale on ebay, just running through the buttons and knobs. Notice that I demonstrate the noise on the headphone output near the end of the video" Not sure which listing this is for. I did a search on Roland TB-303 and didn't spot the video in any.
Update via ripe in the comments: it looks like it is this one.
"Electronically created version of Debussy's Dance or Danse as it is also known as in a Isao Tomita style. Another one of the pieces I created about 10 years ago, the video is a bit more abstract, again playing around with After Effects CS3, no meaning to the video just something show :-)
Synths used making this include Roland JV1080, Korg Prophecy, Waldorf wave, Yamaha AN1x , Waldorf Pulse and sequenced on Cubase."
Debussy's Arabesque No 2
"An original Electronic version of Debussy's Arabesque No.2 created in an Isao Tomita style. I created this piece about 10 years ago but after deciding to start recording again, I brought it out storage to show the world. The video was created in AE to avoid have just a slide show of photos."
Scott Burns - The Frequency from LookUP on Vimeo. spot the synths "Scott gets his Christian Slater on in an homage to the 90s classic Pump Up The Volume.
"The Frequency" - produced by Regal from The Wiseguys and taken from Scott Burns critically acclaimed debut album, Day 1.
Video by Versus Media, and features many legends.
Day 1 was recently awarded "Local Album Of The Year" in Australian street press "3D World" and can be purchased and delivered worldwide from here: day1.lookupinthesky.com.au
flickr set by kernelslacker who brought us the "clan of xymox" easter egg here.
In these shots you can see the Flux Capacitor and "welcome to the real world."
Be sure to see the flicker set for more. Do take the blue pill...
When you get there click on the shot and then click on the All Sizes link in the header. Be sure to look for multiple messages. I love it when manufacturers do this.
YouTube via polishbroadcast. Two more videos. Click here for all.
"All sounds are from the Virus Snow. Trying to have a full drum kit is hard with only 4 parts on the Snow."
Tenori On sequencing Nord Modular G2 [v09]
"All sounds from the Nord Modular G2. Drums are a patch by Roland Kuit on the electro-music.com board. I still can't elegantly drop sounds in and out. I think the sound "volume" is actually being sent as velocity which is why you can cut notes off or catch the tail of some. Can anyone confirm?"
I was curious what the MI Audio Pollyanna Octave Synth was after seeing it referenced in these prior posts. Here's the MI Audio product page for the Pollyana and the following is a YouTube video on it from ProGuitarShopDemos
"www.ProGuitarShop.com - MI Audio Pollyanna Octave Pedal features are as follows: • Combination of 2 classic effects types in one pedal. • Vintage octave up and 1 & 2 octave synth down • Individual level controls for all 3 octaves • Global tone control for all octaves • Dry (original) signal level control (not affected by tone control) • Input sensitivity control for octave tracking and for octave fuzz sound in high settings • Standard 9V power supply with true bypass.
MI Audio pedals have the following things in common: • Hand built with pride and passion in our Sydney workshop in Australia by the team of builders at MI Audio. • Individually tested by Michael and carry a 5 year warranty. • Built with the absolute highest quality components, on double sided, through-hole PCBs • Enclosed in a heavy duty die-cast aluminium enclosure. • The pedals have a heavy duty true bypass, featuring a heavy duty 3PDT footswitch. • The power supply of the pedals have been designed to allow you to power the unit from a DC source up to 25V, providing you with massive headroom and a huge output signal There is a 2.1mm barrel connection for external power connection.
YouTube via znshn. follow-up to these posts. "[n°2 of "Mechanical piano pieces on TENORI-ON(s)"] : Digital adaptation of the "pianola" (also known as "mechanical piano", "player piano" and "piano roll") ways of playing as imagined by Colon Nancarrow in his "Studies for player piano" (and George Antheil in "Le ballet mécanique") using two TENORI-ON(s) and various filters.
N.B.- These rehearsals are part of a series of solo pieces inspired by Nancarrow's works and John Cage's experiments for prepared piano.
See also previous video "Prepared piano works on TENORI-ON(s)", "Mechanical piano pieces on TENORI-ON(s)" and "Studies for two TENORI-ON(s)" IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.
Material in this video: - 2 TENORI-ON(s) - MI Audio Pollyanna Octave Synth - Moog Low Pass Filter (MF-101) - Moog Ring Modulator (MF-102) - Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 - Jomox M-Resonator - POG Polyphonic Octave Generator (Electro Harmonix) - Space Echo (Boss RE-20) - Boss FV-500L (as expression pedal for LPF Resonance) - Boss FV-500L (as expression pedal for RM Frequency) - Boss EV-5 for Space Echo volume
YouTube via horchacha "uff and ready - all neon synth 10 neon lights total - no chips transistors or tubes (except a gas regulator in the power supply) under construction dave wright www.notbreathing.com"
YouTube via OpenLabsInc "Texas-based artist/producer Cheese Beats shows up at the Open Labs booth at the 2009 Winter NAMM show, and raves about the Open Labs GEN5 products. Cheese Beats has been an Open Labs endorsed artist for over a year, and owns a MiKo TSE. He has worked with Mya, Jermaine Dupree, Jagged Edge, Cherish, Lloyd, Young Joc, Bow Wow, Omarion and many more."
"Quick demos showing the basic features of this awesome vocoder. I use an unfiltered saw wave from a Roland Juno 60 as carrier signal and my voice and TR-808 as modulator signals. Intro includes Fantom X6. Be sure to subscribe to my channel for updates."
"A monophonic analog synthesizer with a 37-note keyboard.
Designed and manufactured by Thomas Organ Company, in production between 1974 and 1979. Also known as the Model 5330.
The Satellite is said to be Moog's response to the ARP Pro-Soloist, and it is very similar to the MinitMoog.
2 VCOs are included. VCO1 features pulse and sawtooth waveforms while VCO2 is a saw-only oscillator.* The filter is a 2-pole (12dB/octave) resonant low-pass VCF with an AD envelope generator. A single LFO with triangle and square modes is available, and there is a CV/gate interface for external sync.
Preset sounds include brass, reeds, strings, bell, and the far-out new lunar sound."
The custom Moog sticker below is on the outside of the case.
via this auction includes original documention and data cassette. If you look closely you can read the "Programming The Oberheim Xpander" doc below. As always click the images for the larger shots.
YouTube via 4mspedals. click here and scroll for some prior videos. "Bend Matrix driving a Casio keyboard over MIDI, using the ARP effect on the Bend Matrix to make loops. Each knob controls the speed of ARP on each of the four rows (forward/backwards). Each patch is a different set of 'chords'."
YouTube via RothHandle "Today I came to the studio after dinner so I only had a handful of hours to work...so I decided to do some rough mixes on the Wendy McNeill stuff. After I was finished with that I had some time over and decided to make some films highlighting some of the filters and effects of the studio.
To simplify things I recorded four different sounds into the Boss loopstation.
1. A telecaster small picking thing. 2. A korg KR-55 drum machine. 3. A linguaphone course in english 4. Mellotron clarinets.
These were then treated through different pedals and filters...
If you despite these films want to find out more about the studio where they were filmed...please stroll by www.roth-handle.nu for more info.
From http://www.tapeop.com/, via the Bug Brand Blog. See the blog for some more interesting bits including "3 short films for BBC Real Life Stories with music by Tom Bugs and directed by Esther May Campbell."
You might remember BUGsound from this post. It is now available. You can find more info on
Update: I found their YouTube channel. You'll find some good demos there as well.
update to this post
This one sent in via fabio. You can find the full interview on Unidentified Sound Object. The below in quotes is some background info on James A. Moorer followed by a snip on how he used ASP for synthesis on Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Doom. Note the following is only an excerpt for the archives should the interview disappear. If you want to cut to the chase, just click through the above link for the full interview.
flickr by pocketfunk
via this auction
Carbon111 has a new album out titled "Shadow." You can find more info including a few tracks and the synths used for each on Carbon111's blog. Really beautiful music.
Carbon11 also hosts http://carbon111.com/, an excellent synth resource including some of the most extensive pages on the Serge modular as well as the Waldorf XT. Do check out the site for more.
flickr by kernelslacker
flickr set by kernelslacker who brought us the "clan of xymox" easter egg here.
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2 VCOs are included. VCO1 features pulse and sawtooth waveforms while VCO2 is a saw-only oscillator.* The filter is a 2-pole (12dB/octave) resonant low-pass VCF with an AD envelope generator. A single LFO with triangle and square modes is available, and there is a CV/gate interface for external sync.
Preset sounds include brass, reeds, strings, bell, and the far-out new lunar sound."
The custom Moog sticker below is on the outside of the case.
via this auction
You can find the interview here.
