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Monday, July 13, 2009

Mujik Demo!

Mujik Demo! from The Amazing Rolo on Vimeo.

"A sneak peek into the upcoming iPhone app from Lucky Frame, to be released sometime in July. Mujik is a fun and charming music remixing tool. More details coming soon."

YouTube via RjDjme. follow-up to this post.
"Interview with Andy Farnell and Robert Thomas, about the production of the Kids on DSP reactive music album, soon to be released on RjDj on the iPhone and iPod Touch."
RjDj on iTunes (note this functionality is not in the program as of the date of this post):

Richard Devine - The Electronic Music Manuscript (Part 1 of 2)

YouTube via Nonima1984. http://devinesound.net/ via Unidentified Sound Object, via fabio.
"A video that came with the sample kit "Richard Devine - The Electronic Music Manuscript" that I purchased. In the segment he demonstrates some very interesting techniques on how he and Josh Kay captured the sounds for the collection.

I do not own copyright to this video, but I have uploaded it to generate interest in Richard Devine's samples and for Richard Devine fans."

Richard Devine - The Electronic Music Manuscript (Part 2 of 2)

Some Notes on Making Buchla-Compatible Stuff

via Aaron on the SDIY list:

"This set of notes started life as a jumbled text file for my own use, mostly consisting of copied & pasted bits of advice I received from the SDIY mailing list. I thought others might find some of this info useful as well, so I cleaned it up a bit and posted it here.

I plan to pick up a Buchla 200e system as some point, so I am interested in some of my SDIY stuff being Buchla-compatible and having a similar overall look and feel. (Note, however, that I am not planning on selling front panels; they are for my own personal use. I'm just planning on selling circuit boards, so people can make panels in whatever their own favored format is. The info here is available in case someone is interested in doing similar things on their own.)"

The Photon Guitar Synth

via link where you'll find more info.

"It had special digital filters for each string signal, infra-red pickups, and a lot of code to handle things like fret buzzes, harmonics, etc. Kevin Kent and I started company called K-Muse to manufacture it. Later we decided to license it to Gibson. Gibson manufactured it under the name 'Phi-Tech'."

Also see Keyboard Museum and chuckwhite.com

The Solar Room (E-mod's Studio) Arp2600, Oberheim, Moog, Yamaha, Sequential Circuits

YouTube via synthman70

ARP Odyssey 4075 filter vs Yusynth ARP 4072 filter clone

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

You can here a good quality audio file of this comparative here ( youtube audio is not very good, adds strange distorsion ) :
http://www.4shared.com/file/117820238...

This is a side to side comparative between ARP Odyssey 4075 filter and a Yusynth ARP 4072 filter clone.

It's suposed that the 4075 filter that is installed on the ARP Odyssey is the same filter as the 4072 that was installed on the ARP 2600. I have to opportunity to compare the the original 4075 filter with the Yusynth 4072 clone module , so I've decided to make a comparative.

Synthesizers.com VCO is connected to the ARP Odyssey external input
Synthesizers.com VCO is connected to the Yusynth ARP 4072 filter clone.

As you can heard the Yusynth module is a very accurate clone of the original ARP filter. Only slight differences can be heard at resonance settings but even these differences can be minimized changing the cut-off and resonance parameters. For example with 80% of resonance in both filters the sound could be not the same but if you move the resonance to 90% on the Yusynth module you could get the same sound.

So the only thing that I can say is... congrats Yves for your great work!!!

If you like this video remember to subscribe to be updated of my new videos."

Update via Thalassa in the comments: "I've uploaded the video to vimeo. The quality is better but even not as good as should be . Maybe the filters sounds too good that audio codecs doesn't know how to compress it :P"

ARP Odyssey 4075 filter vs Yusynth ARP 4072 filter clone from Thalassa on Vimeo.

Sonivox Playa Hip-Hop Virtual Instrument Peeped At Winter NAMM 2009

YouTube via gearwire
"Andrew from Sonivox shows off his baby, the Sonivox Playa Hip-Hop Virtual Instrument. Playa is a combination of a virtual instrument and a sound library. It will also make your breakfast, do your taxes and shop for healthcare benefits for your posse."

Roland TR-707 (Bent) Drum Machine Back With A Vengence At NAMM 2009

YouTube via gearwire
"After 20-plus years on the scene, the Roland TR-707 drum machine returns to NAMM to get bent by Diabolical Devices. . . which is exactly what most people do at their 20 year reunion."

King Capital Punishment Sleepdrone 5: "The Anaheim Mangler" Spotted At Winter NAMM 2009

YouTube via gearwire
"Want to be able to "mangle" four distinct signals simultaneously? King Capital Punishment Sleepdrone 5 is a lethal injection of fun with legally proscribed amounts of oscillation and modulation."

"Ballade EP"

YouTube via Korgator
"Play with Korg Triton Le"

The Beast x0xb0x - Including Modular Format

custom milling and engraving by Julian on the SDIY list. Be sure to click on this one for the full size shot.

Update: more images and info here. These will be available. via the AH mailing list:

"This week, I'm releasing both a new format x0xb0x, and a new finish to the desktop unit.

I have recently been making a lot of panels for use in the MOTM and Oakley systems, so a x0xb0x 'module' became an obvious next stage.

These units are built in the 5u format, with a compatible look to the large format modulars.

You can read about it, and see pictures here -

www.thebeast.co.uk/x0xb0x/

I have also become bored with the cosmetic finish of the desktop units, and felt it was time something was done in this area. Specifically, i feel that the stock 'brushed' and screened aluminium finish marks far too easily, and that printed overlays never quite work out perfectly on a panel as complex as the x0xb0x.

In light of that, I am now producing my own anodised engraved / milled panels for any desktop builds. These are made in glossy black, with sharp silver engraving and milling. Not only do they look exceedingly slick (even if I do say so myself!) but the finish will be way, way, more durable than any other finish I see currently available. These panels are produced on site, where I can keep an eye on the quality, and get a really very fine looking product.

Again, you can see photos on the above link.

Now for the introductory offer -

For a very limited period (5days) I'm offering the MOTM / Oakley format machines with a fairly large reduction (at least £50 GBP) against their normal selling price. The deadline for this offer is midnight (GMT - I'm in England, remember) on Friday. There are more details here -

www.thebeast.co.uk/x0xb0x/x0xb0x_offer.html

Again, the offer is for a limited time period, and the deadline will be strict.

Oh, and for a concluding note -

The Beast UK Ltd is One year old this month... Long live The Beast ; )

Hehe...

Thank you,
Julian

The Beast UK Ltd.
www.thebeast.co.uk"

Synth Jam No. 2 Synthiefrau meets AnalogAudio1

YouTube via Synthiefrau. part 1 here.
"This is a psychadellic song from us ;-)

Synthiefrau(Christa) plays:
-Synthesizers.com Modular Synthesizer
-Moog Minimoog

AnalogAudio1 (Chris) plays:
-Moog Minimoog
-Roland RS-09
-ARP Oddyssey
-Korg MS-20"

Synth JAM No. 3 - Synthiefrau meets AnalogAudio1

20090713 (RB-338)

YouTube via morimadoka. "my favorite RB-338" Propellerheads Rebrith RB-338.

Gino Robair 7/12/09 PMST

YouTube via greedmink

Jazz Mutant Lemur V2 At Winter NAMM 2009, Part Two

YouTube via gearwire. I'm not seeing Part One up yet.
"With too many new features for one trade show clip, we continue our look at version two of Jazz Mutant Lemur and its touch screen controller editing software. As you can see, the new features make it even easy to do tons of crazy $#!%."

Robotspeak Metasonix Wretch Machine Demo

flickr by BeerNotBombs.
"Eric Barbour of Metasonix demonstrates the Wretch Machine at Robotspeak in San Francisco."

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Serge TKB trance turns funky with the EML - 200

YouTube via b3nsf. follow-up to this post.
"I was too bugged out with straight clocking so I patched row "B" into the TGO's VC rate, TKB gets locked in the funk zone, too bad its gone forever! hehe..."

DRT YRT - First Morning

YouTube via suitemusic
"Video from the making of the DRT YRT album, Sounds From Unknown Animals.

This is a monome 64 running Stretta's Polygome App. Polygome is triggering a recording of Elliott's vocal which was "sliced to MIDI" in Ableton Live 8.

This is a take that did not make the album."

Update via Trazmick in the comments:
"download: http://trazmickrecordings.com/DRT_YRT.html"

pneumatic oscillator

YouTube via denha. "test drive." "Steampunk" oscillator.

Cleaning Keyboard Contacts on a Prophet~600

YouTube via mmdonovan15
"This is a video demonstrating how to clean the contacts on a Sequential Circuit Prophet~600."

Matt Ryd - Billie Jean - Retro Instrument Remix!

YouTube via MattRyd. via retrothing
"http://www.mattryd.com/

The audio of this song and all others on my YT channel are sent to my mailing list! Sign up at MattRyd.com!

I absolutely love this song, and I thought that it would be fun to do a cover using only retro instruments (primarily from the 1980s)! What you see is the result of a compulsive need to buy weird instruments off of eBay! The featured instruments include:

Casio DG-10 Digital Toy Guitar (run through an octave pedal to create the bass. Also used for a lead in Verse 2)
Casio SK-1 Sampling Keyboard (used for the strings and the brass)
Dubreq Stylophone (for electric guitar riffs)
Suzuki Omnichord electric autoharp (run through a resonator plug-in to add texture)
The drums are samples from the SK-1 and DG-10, triggered via the Rock Band controller.

This is a "VideoSong"-style vid inspired by the videos of Jack Conte, Nataly Dawn, Pomplamoose and Joel Cathey. If you haven't seen their videos yet, go start watching! And buy their music!"

Serge Creature

YouTube via DavideModu. follow-up to this post.
"2° video del Del Serge"

Warring Demons - Stereo Disharmony Generator - Now For Sale

YouTube via ChrisLody
"Warring Demons will be available to buy soon on Etsy.com here: http://www.SymetriColour.etsy.com Warring Demons produces 6 square waves at similar but generally unrelated pitches so produces atonal sounds. The pitch of each square wave is controlled by its own light detector. These are paired off and mixed through diodes for a ring modulation/amplitude modulation like effect. 3 waves go to the left channel and 3 waves in the right. It is capable of a very wide frequency range as you will hear!

You might like this my screaming angels too.

Keep your eyes peeled, there's more to come!"

Tiptop Audio Z2040 4-Pole Voltage Controlled Filter Demos

Demos by Surachai of TRASH_AUDIO here. You can find the details behind the demos on TRASH_AUDIO.

KORG ELECTRIBE EMX-1 and KAOSS PAD KP3

flickr by S_Ishimaru

Yamaha MM6 and Crumar Performer

YouTube via daveparry
"Yamaha MM6 - bass, drums, choir, bell and sound effects.
Crumar Performer - strings, brass and bass synth"

Crumar Performer Demo

YouTube via daveparry. via this ended auction. It went for 230 GBP.
"Strings and Brass synth from the 1970's, similar sound to the Solina String Ensemble and a host of other european string machines from that era."

Silveresque - Prophet 600 Synth

YouTube via daveparry. via this auction
"Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Circa 1982, featuring it's built-in arpeggiator/recorder. Multi-tracked on a Fostex Mr-8 with reverb added."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Analog Synth

"Yamaha MM6 - bass and rythm
Prophet 600 - everything else, outboard reverbs and delays were used occasionally
Mixed on a Behringer Xenex 1002FX
Multi tracked on a Fostex MR-8
Pictures from Hubble"

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

These seem to like it outside. Note you can search on the synth and auction to find prior auction posts.

Metasonix PT-1 Cat Box

via science on Muff's

via brian c

New Metasonix Drum Machine Prototype

Robotspeak Metasonix demo

flickr by BeerNotBombs
"Eric Barbour of Metasonix demonstrates a vacuum tube drum machine prototype at Robotspeak in San Francisco."

Update:

Vintage vacuum tube drum machine from Donald Bell on Vimeo.

"Metasonix's Eric Barbour explains a vintage vacuum tube drum machine design at Robotspeak, SF."

flickr by BeerNotBombs
"Eric Barbour of Metasonix demonstrates a vacuum tube drum machine prototype at Robotspeak in San Francisco."

numan 2

flickr by eben1000uk
(click for more)

Gary Numan on modular

"gary numan came to the studio today

yesssss"

Benge's studio

Gentle Mystics

flickr set by dvdyke. Yamaha and KORG MicroKORG

PPG Wave analog controls

YouTube via handsfelloff
"Im selling my PPG 2.3 and so I made a few small clips to demo its health and beauty. Nothing virtuoso im afraid! This demo shows tweaks with the analog control section. Playing a couple of patches."

click here for more info on the sale of this PPG Wave 2.3. via the forum.

PPG Wave 2.3 voice test

"This demo shows all 8 voices are firing."

PPG Wave 2.3 key test

"This demo shows all keys are firing."

Jack Daniel's KORG Electribe ESX

ESX Flipped2

flickr by helmey91

"Korg Electribe Style Fipped"

PAiA Fatman on Steroids

image via this electro-music.com thread on DIY build pictures.

Randaleem's Ghetto Racks and More

via dphipps
"keep an eye on randal and his synth cases... he just announced a 40$, stackable solution for frac and euro.
add $60 for PSU. $100 and you're ready for modules! there's a contest too...

http://muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6436

further on the horizon, cal-arts and buchla style cases, and a line of ATA carry-ons.

http://muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6444"

http://synthcase.com/

custom modular case

Richard Brewster Ian Fritz Teezer Through Zero VCO

via Richard Brewster's Synthesizer where you'll find more info and samples.

snip...
"This module is a sawtooth-based VCO capable of frequency modulation (FM) extending past zero frequency into the negative-frequency regime. Thru-zero FM provides a much wider and richer variety of sounds than “ordinary” (positive frequency only) FM."

TinyRhythm DIY Drumsynthesizer Overview

YouTube via stereoping
"My TinyRhythm is finished. A little tweaking on it. It is a 8 channel Drumsynthesizer triggered by Midi. It can learn the midichannel it listenes to. Has some individual outputs and two triggeroutputs. The mixer-faders have an led which flashes when the channel is triggered. Each channel is based on a Atmel microcontroller and has as few as possible additional electronic parts. Just a proof of concept for personal learning on µControllers.
The simple "one-Transisor"-VCA concept" in some modules and the very simple mixer with accent-input is shamelessly copied from the dr110. For the Accent I added a 'time' parameter which makes the decay of the levelemphasizing much longer."

TinyRhythm DIY Drumsynthesizer Top 4 Instruments

"Some tweaking focused on the first 4 Drumchannels: 1. Bassdrum based on a lookuptable-envelope and a trianglewave, both sent out by PulsWidthModulation with analog VCA behind. 2. full digital Sid-Style-Snaredrum - very simple, just a tiny13 and a dual opAmp. 3. Hihat is alos very digital - besides shofted noise it can also make some spectra generated by 3 digital oscillators. And 4. TomTom, which sounds more than another Bassdrum. Depending on triggerstrength it can make 3 different pitches."

TinyRhythm DIY Drumsynthesizer Bottom 4 Instruments

YouTube via stereoping
"Some tweaking focused on the other 4 of 8 Drumchannels: 5. Clap which can also make some Guirosounds, Its kind of burst generator triggering 2 analog Envelopes, sound source is digital noise or some multioscillator-spectra running through an analog VCA (quite a copy of the dr110-clap but with with digital brain). 6. is Cymbal which can also make some cowbell-sounds. The sound runs through a bandpass which is frequencymodulated by an LDR + an LED. The mode-dial can set sample/hold, LFO with different speeds, envelope up/down with differen speeds and fixed 5V. 7. is the simple but cute analog Maracas/Clave from Vermona ER-9 and last one can make 3 different sounds, based on triggerstrength: Clave (from CR5000) which sounds more like a nice 'bek' than a clave, another Clave (from TR808) with MUCH more parts and at last an "accidently-coming-out-as-another-Noise- Snaredrum"-Rim-Module from 808."

dsi mopho

YouTube via rumfish78
"i received my mopho yesterday ... a sound worked quikly just to show how fat the mopho can be !!!!"

Sega Nomad MIDI Interface!

YouTube via littlescale
"t's a Sega Nomad (portable Mega Drive / Genesis) MIDI Interface! Being controlled in real time from Ableton Live"

Circuit Bent Yamaha VSS-30 by Prometheus Burning

YouTube via elladictorian. Update: more info at Prometheus Burning
"Found a busted up Yamaha VSS-30 Portasound at the Thrift Store.
After spending all day and most the night bending this little devil, we now have a new noisy toy in the studio.

Modifications:
8-port patch bay
Overdrive knob
Speed hack button
8bit switch
FM switch
Mallet switch
Sample hack buttons

Schematics and bends by:
Nikki Telladictorian

Special thanks to:
Dave 8Cylinder
Greg VanEck

http://www.prometheus-burning.com"

"Chaos"Improvisation Part III

YouTube via Korgator

"Korg Mono/Poly-Sequence;
Korg Triton-Effekt Sound;
Polymorph-Wind;
Oberheim OB12-Effekt Sound"

Ran Kirlian Mystical Veil part I

YouTube via RanKirlian
"Part 1 of 3 live improvisation recordings based on Alesis Ion and Doepfer modular system. Video combines images from the recording sessions and home takes with lot of effects.

Day 1 - 21/06/2009: after expending some time on the evening playing with my new Ion, I've created a nice and flexible pad that I love to play. It goes thru reverb, delay, phaser and vocalmorph effects on the EMU soundcard. On the other hand, my Doepfer grooves with a sequence (based only on LFO's and envelopes) making noises, sirens and some kind of percussive sounds with also delay and reverb. I just loved the atmosphere created and recorded. No post treatment on the audiotrack."

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