Jon Rose with K-Bow - Feedback @ STEIM 2009

YouTube via bthrew
"Violinist Jon Rose controls feedback with the K-Bow, a bluetooth enabled sensor bow for string instruments. At STEIM, Amsterdam, 04/2009. Visit www.keithmcmillen.com for more information."

140 / curtis + thumb piano

140 / curtis + thumb piano from m~fischer on Vimeo.

"more into posted on dust.unrecnow.com"
Update: the iPhone app is the Curtis Granular Synth previously posted here.
It looks like it is available on iTunes here.

microkorg

flickr by aniia242

Sigur Rós Glósóli played on a Tonal Plexus

YouTube via AaronAndrewHunt

"This is my rendition of Glósóli by Sigur Rós, from the 2005 album Takk. It really doesn't take 211 keys in an octave to play this, but it's nice to be able to play it in Just Intonation, with different pitches depending on the voice leading. This is a single take. I tried to capture some of the grandeur of the original, though that is really impossible, and I hope you won't think my effort is too lame ... get the real thing here - IMHO possibly the best music video ever made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_MJA... ... more about the Tonal Plexus at http://www.h-pi.com"

MAESTRO - soviet analog poly synth with arpeggio

via this auction

"rare vintage soviet analog [actually digital according to vtolmusic in the comments] poly-synthesizer "MAESTRO", prominent by it's arpeggio and tremolo modes. It has tembre\octave (waveshape) selector, fine tune, unison mode, vibrato (speed\depth), cutoff, resonance knobs, decay, volume and arpeggio speed knobs. Out are 5din (line) and standart 1\4 jack (for phones or plug). Power - 220V."

Russian Maestro

Herpesz - Kórház

YouTube via Pasquerel. Roland SH-1000. Some Hungarian synth punk sent my way via Gábor.
"This is the only recording in exist from hungarian punk band "Herpesz". This video has been shot at Balatonszemes in 1985 when being a punk was an illegal thing in Hungary. The band is surprisingly good playing a strong DAF-influenced song about the hospital-like feeling of their era.

Check other hungarian MV's at:
http://www.youtube.com/group/kliphun"

Waldorf Largo Demos via tsching on KVR

Click here. via swissdoc on the Waldorf list. Note these are via tsching aka Holger of Official Waldorf Support.

Sound Lab ULTIMATE and Foot Pedals

YouTube via theraywilsonshow
"Ray Wilson demonstrates yet another use for the Sound Lab ULTIMATE by connecting the MFOS Foot Pedal Controller to it and playing guitar along with it."

star trek VI the undiscovered country: the synth

YouTube via puffhandy. via this auction
"this is a star trek vhs tape case that i made into a synth. it has one oscillator that has a light sensor for pitch and two LFOs. one LFO has a vactrol and the other has two different wave shapes square and triangle that are switchable with the redbutton on top."

puffhandy on eBay

joystick synth II

YouTube via puffhandy

puffhandy on eBay

Ran Kirlian Pluto

YouTube via RanKirlian

"Improvisation with Doepfer System & Roland Jupiter 4

Doepfer sequence done only with VCO (A-111) + quad LFO (A-143-2) + quad ADSR (A-143-2) + Xtreme filter (A-106-1) while JP4 goes into Doepfer XP Multimode Filter (A-106-6)

It sounds just as it was recorded directly to minidisc with Kaoss Pad 3 on the echoes."

PPG Wave 2.3 Advert

flickr by Neil Vance
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lunetta2

flickr by amplex
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"we have a 4001, 4029, 4023, 4015, 4516, 4089, 4022, 4040, tsp prs x2, glide, 40106 YAVCO, running on 6 different fixed clocks (not enuf pots)"

system1200

flickr by pac209

"unified creamware minimax and pro 12 VA synths"

Update via pac in the comments: "Hey this is actually "official", not a DIY thing. It was on sale for a short time before and while creamware went bust. I reassembled it cause I sold my minimax (by mistake) and just got one back. Hence the 2 different 'creamware' logo prints on the machines."

Geoff Downes 1987

flickr by Neil Vance
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spot the synths

"One half of the Buggles, showing off one or two casiotones!.. no really, he is a big fan of American Synthesizers. He is not a fan of the Yam DX7 or TX816."

Realistic (Moog) MG-1 re-assembled

flickr by Avery James Brooks
(click for shots of the inside)

"After removing most of that awful melting foam"

turntable wah

YouTube via puffhandy. via this auction.
"this is a custom, one of a kind, home altered califone record player from the 60's maybe? it's been made into a filter effect that is controled by a light sensor under the platter that spins. you can take that part off and drill more holes, you can add your own disks for different patterns, there are a lot of possibillities for simple mods. i didn't mess around with the ac circuit too much because i don't want to die from electrical shock and i recomend the same for anybody that buys this and doesn't know much about AC. i added a power light and there is also a ring mod oscillator built in that has two modes: high and low. high puts the carrier freq. in the foreground and low just takes it back behind whatever your's running through it. it has in and out so you can use this like a regular effects pedal without even plugging in the amp. the effect takes a nine volt battery that is mounted an the top for easy access. it comes complete with the latch on cover. feel free to ask any questions and please write me for a price quote on international shipping. the synth in the video is an atari punk console"

puffhandy on eBay

light sensitive turntable filter wah


filter turntable, altoids atari punk consoleX2

Roland TB-303

via this auction

One Synthesizer Makes More Music

EML Synthesizer Primer booklet via this auction.

"EML, Electronic Music Laboratories, Inc Synthesizer Primer booklet. One Synthesizer Makes More Music! Nine pages with earth brown covers. This is an original and somewhat rare. Not really a book, just a marketing booklet for the EML 101 synthesizer and is somewhat rare. In new, excellent collector condition. 8.5 inches X 5.5 inches."

Update: pics of in the inside here.

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PAIA GNOME MICRO SYNTH

via this auction

Not the best pics but the following from the description is interesting: "[from an interview with John Simonton, PAiA Electronics, Inc.]
'While it started out as purely an electronic instrument to make wind sounds, the Gnome turned into one of the smallest, most portable analog synthesizers ever manufactured." [It was also battery powered.] "'The Gnome started out as an instrument that wasn't going to do anything more than make the sound of wind - not like a flute, but real wind. Ssssshhhhew. That kind of wind, which could be played with a little vinyl controller strip that was part of it. The Gnome was one of those things that just grew. After the instrument that did the wind sound was done, it became pretty apparent that you could stick other components in there and essentially come up with a small synthesizer, a thing that captured the central ideas of voltage-controlled synthesis at the time - Oscillators, filters, transient generators, and so on - but stripped down to the essentials or the core. It was an attempt to get rid of that keyboard that was always by far the single most expensive part of anything we made, by order of magnitude or more.'" Includes assembly and users manual.

The Webcor Music Machine

via The Sasquatch Singers MySpace pics. Also check them out on MATRIXSYNTH-C.

Click on the Webcor label below for more posts on the Webcor.

Roland D-550 + JD-800 + TR-808 "COSMOS"

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

'COSMOS theme'

Inspired by the cosmos tv series by C.Sagan

pads, sweeps, chimes and other sounds: Roland D-550 and JD-800
drums: Roland TR-808"

Surfin Step Sequencer

The Surfin Kangaroo Step Sequencer has been out for a bit. It recently popped up on an email list I'm on, and I realized I haven't posted on it for a while. I took a look at the Surfin Kangaroo website and found these shots and the following info. See the site for more.

stores up to 100 Sequences
8 / 16 Midi and Analog Step Sequencer
Return / Stop / Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 8 Step Mode )
Return / Stop or Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 16 Step Mode )
9 Midi Tracks parallel
1 Midi Track up to 4 Voice polyphonic
Trigger/Gate Output
Trigger Start
Trigger Stop
Keyboard Remote Control
4 Gate/Trigger Outputs
8 Analog Outputs 0 - 10V ( 4 Outputs switch to additional Gates/Trigger )
1 to 250 BPM
Midi Clock
MTC Start/Stop
Transpose Function
Programmable during Sequencer Running
Master / Slave Function by using more than one sequencer
Software update via Midi & USB
for the US market please contact „analogheaven“ Hmm... I'm guessing that's Analogue Haven.

flight of harmony newsletter June 2009

"Greetings!

It has been rather hectic lately, but the storm has nearly passed, so it’s time for some updates:

· Frac format Choices joystick modules are in stock at Analogue Haven. I haven’t had time to update the Choices page, but they are available. The Choices euro format is available through Analogue Haven and Schneiders Buero.

· Plague Bearer r3.2 with VC Gain is available at AH and SB in euro format.

· The Infernal Noise Machine is almost ready for production! Some sound clips taken during testing are here. PCBs will be ordered this week.
I have to pause here to thank those that purchased the first run. You all have been patient, understanding and kind way beyond what would be reasonable to expect, and I am very honored to have such exceptional clients as you. I hope you find that these are worth the wait!

· Production of the standalone Rev3.2 Quad Plague Bearer begins as soon as the I.N.M. are completed. Information on the original quad unit is available here. This run will have the fully-updated r3.2 PB circuitry, and the jack panel has been redone to accommodate the Gain CV input jacks. I found a batch of housings and was originally planning to use them for something else, but enough requests came in shortly thereafter to justify another run. There are a few housings that are not yet spoken for, so contact me if you are interested. They are USD$350 each + S&H (depends on location).

OK, back to work.

Any ideas, suggestions, or comments? Send them to comments@flightofharmony.com.

~flight
flight@flightofharmony.com
http://www.flightofharmony.com

Subscribe to mailing list: list@flightofharmony.com
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Thalasa - Doctor Who Theme Cover

YouTube via Thalassa77
"http://switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot...

This is my version of this classic theme from the sixties. I've tried to keep the original feeling using long reverbs , slap echoes ... All the sounds come from my modular synthesizer and they were multi-track recorded. No other synths were used.

If you like this video remember to rate it , and if you want to be updated of my new uploads just click on the subscribe button."

Yamaha RX5 Demo by Paul Leishman of Electronic Pop Artist Anjelicas Baby

YouTube via AnjelicasBaby
"Hi Paul Leishman from British new wave, dance, electronic synthpop and pop music artist Anjelicas Baby here. Just been experimenting with a Yamaha RRX5 drum machine in cubase. All sounds are off the Yamaha RX5.

Angelicas Baby music now can be downloaded or listened to from the following sites:

iTunes U.S., iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, Amazon MP3, Lala, Shockhound, Amie Street, last.fm, indiestore.com. In the near future there will be many more.

Many thanks for your ongoing support"

Dave Spoon - Reason Artist

YouTube via PropellerheadSW
"UK producer Dave Spoon has earned his fame from releases such as At Night and a recent stint as a resident DJ at BBC radio's 'In new DJs we trust' show. In this video, Dave shows us the sonic secrets in his track Lummox, which is out on the Televizion label. We'll get some inside tips on how to create killer bass sounds with Reason's subtractor synth."

M-Audio AXiom Pro vs Novation SL MK2

YouTube via sonicstate
"Expert Rob Jones take a look at the two newest MIDI controllers from M-Audio and Novation and compares."

5 Module Lunetta

YouTube via wonkythomas

"Only 2 spaces left in my mini-CMOS synth.

Now contains 5 Modules, 6 Chips, 7 differant functions & 14 seperate sound generators / processors.

The Lunetta philosophy has been somewhat of a revelation for me & I have learnt a huge amount about synth ccts. building these.

I am amazed at what these little chips can do!"

Museum of Techno - Sherry Sessions - Man Scratching

YouTube via museumoftechno. some random synth spotting.
"In which we continue our consideration of the evolution of theistic beliefs and creation myths, and Mr Cornwell recounts a disturbing culinary episode which occurred at the Blue Whale pub in Woolwich."

Experimentalists Anonymous

Just in case you were wondering what happened to Experimentalists Anonymous, they are back up. They also added a new "hosted sites" section: "I've decided to really try to put the "s" in experimentalist"s" anonymous, and start hosting sites having do with DIY stompboxes, synths, circuit bending, and audio in general. Be sure to check out the newly added Archaic Equipment Orchard by forumite Crochambeau. If you need a place to post pretty much anything related to the topics listed above, please let me know! I would really like to make this section grow as much as possible... the more the merrier." Click here and scroll for some prior posts featuring Experimentalists Anonymous.

The best of times improvisation

YouTube via audiophile1980. sent my way via doktorfuture. KORG OASYS improv.
"Just playing around in the "homestudio". I'ts all one take improvisation!"

Korg DVR 1000 12bit digital reverb

YouTube via abertronic. via this auction.

The Fun Tuner by Mr.Ugly

flickr by theorderofstamina
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"The Fun Tuner by Mr.Ugly.2009.

2 Oscillators + NANDS=BBBBBRRRRRRRRBBBBBBBBBRRRRRB! Beep!

mruglysinstruments.blogspot.com"

KORG DELTA Advert

flickr by Neil Vance
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uk ad 1981

Oraison

YouTube via rlainhart
"Oraison, composed by Olivier Messiaen in 1937 for six Ondes Martenot, transcribed for Buchla 200e synthesizer and Haken Continuum Fingerboard controller and performed by Richard Lainhart in 2009.

From the time I first touched the Haken Continuum, I'd wanted to use it to play a composition by Olivier Messiaen called "Oraison". I first heard "Oraison" years ago as a student of electronic music, and had fallen in love with its simple, beautiful harmonies and profound sense of mystery.

"Oraison" is not only a lovely piece of music, but has historical interest too - it may be the first piece of purely electronic music written expressly for live performance. Also of note is that Messiaen re-arranged "Oraison" for cello and piano and used it for the fifth movement of "Quartet for the End of Time", which he composed in a German prisoner-of-war camp in 1941; the "Quartet" is one of the great classics of 20th-century music.

"Oraison" ("prayer") is from a suite of pieces for six Ondes Martenot called "Fete des Belles Eaux" ("Celebration of the Beautiful Waters"), composed for the Paris International Exposition in 1937. The Ondes Martenot was among the first electronic instruments, and is still among the most expressive. The Continuum's own expressive qualities seemed at least the equal of the Ondes Martenot's, while allowing for polyphony and the possibility of performance of the work by a single player. I transcribed "Oraison" for my Buchla 200e/Continuum system, programmed the modern system in homage to the sound of the Ondes Martenot, and now offer this performance to you."

Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart
http://richardlainhart.bandcamp.com/

Wiard Malekko Pogs - Wooden Nickels

via navs.modular.lab where you'll find images and samples featuring Wiard, Makenoise, Plan B and more.

pogs, chips - for searching later...

thx goes to twitter.com/ThomasGHenry for answering my call on what these are called. I was drawing a blank and it was driving me nuts...

Update: according to those in the comments, these are wooden nickels, not pogs. I was thinking pogs when I saw them, but now we know.

Nortec visita el Don Loope Wine Club

YouTube via pepemogt. Some synth spotting.
"Una tarde en Don Loope Wine Club.
Degustacion de vinos franceses, charlas de música ochentera, sintetizadores y mås."
Googlish:
"One afternoon at Don Loop Wine Club.
French wine tasting, lectures ochentera music, synthesizers and more."

Arturia Turns 10

"This summer, Arturia is celebrating 10 years of innovation in instrument design. Frédéric Brun, President: "We started Arturia in the summer 1999 with a vision, the vision technology would dramatically change the way the world makes music. At our first trade show, Winter NAMM 2000, our stand held the arrogant tag "Time for a new paradigm". It was ambitious but not totally out of scope. Along with many other innovative companies, Arturia has been happy to take part in evolutions that allowed more and more people to produce their own music.
Today we would like to express our sincere gratitude to all of our customers who made this possible by trusting Arturia along the way. For them we prepared a series of updates and other news to be announced all summer-long. Watch out for free upgrades, special promotions, events and more." via Sonic State

Moog - Voyager Touch Surface CV Control of two Moogerfoogers

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"Adam Holzman (Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Project) gives a quick demonstration of using the Voyager's Touch Surface CV outputs to simultaneously control two Moogerfoogers. He does this using the Touch Surface CV outputs on the VX-351 Output Expander. The X-axis CV is sent to a Mult, where it outputs two identical copies of the CV. One copy is sent through an inverting attenuator on a CP-251 Control Processor. Both CV are sent to the Mix inputs of the Moogerfoogers. Since one of the CV's is inverted, positive Touch Surface "X" values increase the mix of one. Negative "X" values increase the mix on the other."

4ms Pedals Event in LA

via LaVa where you will find additional info.

"Join the LAVA crew for an evening of software and hardware demos by Ralph Barton and Dann Green (4ms Pedals) Marc Mcall (xnth). Afterward, stick around til 5am for music and DJ sets by Shane Hazleton, Justin (MC This), Bubblegum Shitface vs MkUltra, and Dr. Fun.

Marc Mcall will be showing his Xnth Visual Synthesizer (http://xnth.net), a MIDI enabled video mixing software system . He has been the resident VJ at the Avalon Nightclub in Hollywood for the past two years.

the_crew49Ralph Barton and Green of 4ms Pedals will demonstrate the Bend Matrix, a fully MIDI controllable automated patch bay with step sequencer." via the Big City Music Blog.

You might remember the Bend Matrix from these previous posts including video (scroll when you get there).

junost 21 (the signal)

YouTube via noseeya

sequencing distortion

YouTube via thedeepelement
"Couldn't find a way to get sounds like this on my machinedrum internally. The 'kick' is a weird Cwejman waveform being processed by the even-more-brutal Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer, the snare is being twisted by The Harvestman Malgorithm and there are several other things going where the Tip Top Audio Z3000 are the sources."

1978 Advert - ARP AVATAR

via this auction

Note the seller has a ton more listed here.

"These are original magazine cuttings from a private collection, NOT copies/scans. Cuttings are posted in all board envelopes to avoid damage in the mail."

Soviet analogue synth synthesizer FAEMI-1M

via this auction

click the images for the full size shots.

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Experimenting with Electronic Music, 1st ed.

"Published the very same year electro-industrial pioneers Kraftwerk released their breakthrough album "Autobahn," here's a wonderful, rare book covering virtually everything you ever wanted to know about music synthesis and reproduction. Within its pages is an overview of the history of electronic music, from RCA's tube-based Mark I to modern solid-state synthesizers, with photos of the Minimoog and the Moog Sonic Six, as well as the Tonus ARP 2500, 2600, and Soloist consoles. For you tinkerers out there, the book also contains numerous construction projects, including two (2) separate transistorized theremins complete with detailed alignment instructions. All projects come ready-to-build with full schematics and parts lists.

Contents include:
* Musical Electronics
History - Mechanical Tone Generation - Electronic Tone Generation - The Music Synthesizer

* Sound and the Electronic Signal
Sound - Harmonic Motion - The Sine Wave - Additive Synthesis - Square Wave - Sawtooth Wave - Beat Notes - The Envelope - White Sound - Using the Complex Wave

* The Instruments
Mechanical Tone Generators (string, wind, and percussive) - Experimenting

* Microphone and Pickup Applications
Principles - Ceramic and Crystal Applications - Homemade Ceramic - Homemade Percussion - Dynamic Microphones - Magnetic Pickups - Homemade Magnetic Pickup - Condenser - Impedance

* Building a Small Electric Organ
Tone Generation - General Construction - Tremolo Modulator - Mixer - Homemade Keyboards - Combining the Stages

* The Electronic Modifiers
Tremolo Circuit - Envelope Control Circuit - Trigger Circuit - Attack Envelope Generator Circuit - Photoelectric Modulator - Reverberation - Chime Device - "Fuzz" Circuit - Sustain Circuit

* Electronic Tone Generators
Multi-waveform Generator - Pink Noise Circuit - Two Theremin Projects - Automatic Percussion Circuit - The Almost Nightingale - Mini-Organ

* Odds and Ends
Two-Channel Mixer - Three-Channel Mixer - Voice Selector - Variable Bandpass Amplifier - Active High-Pass Filter - Resonant Filter - Tube Filter - Tape and Echo

Hardcover, 180 pages. First edition, copyright 1974."

on Amazon

I added this to the Synth Books section as well.

//Cycle 7831

//Cycle 7831 from Joe Dunkley on Vimeo.

"//Cycle 7831 is my final degree piece for the Digital Music and Sound Arts course at Brighton University, England.

Both sound and image were synthesised from scratch. One of the main techniques used to create the aural component was spectral synthesis, where frames taken from early renders were used to generate sound. The percussive element was created using the usual percussion synthesis techniques, fast mod EG's and so on.

The image was rendered out from Blender in sections then sequenced and edited in After Effects. The audio was imported in stems, analysed, then linked to various effect parameters."

P5.2.3 from Joe Dunkley on Vimeo.

"Originally a surround sound installation presented in a gallery space. My first proper attempt at 3D, so its kind of a work in progress. The main emphasis being on the sound design and sound distribution. Sound and visuals created by myself."

TX TwoPot hardware editor for Yamaha TQ5 and TX81Z

TX TwoPot hardware editor for Yamaha TQ5 and TX81Z from dalas verdugo on Vimeo.

"This is an open source project by Alan Probandt. More info here: the-all.org/tx81z/twopot/index.html"

Zaphid - 153 in my Mind

YouTube via zaphid
"collage of some short tracks i made may 4th 2009, maybe 2 much inspired by the BOC.."
via David on the AH list:
"Here's a collage of mostly s612 tracks! track 1. 4 s612'strack 2. Perfourmertrack 3. 4 s612'strack 4. 3 s612'strack 5. 2 s612's (drums only)"

velosynth+003 - bicycle synth

velosynth+003 from velosynth on Vimeo.

"speed/tone

a hall effect sensor detects the rotation of a spoke-attached magnet. this data is translated into sound via an arduino microcontroller, 8bit R2R DAC, lowpass filter and audio amplifier.

the linkage forms a cognitive loop between the cyclist and their microlocal transportation environment.

more info at: velosynth.com
arduino code: bit.ly/WB7uf"