Note this post is on the prior year's SDIY UK meeting in 2008, not 2009. Click here for pics and more. You'll see some gear that made it back to the 2009 event.via Michael
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Bluemole.com SDIY UK 2008 Site
Note this post is on the prior year's SDIY UK meeting in 2008, not 2009. Click here for pics and more. You'll see some gear that made it back to the 2009 event.via Michael
Serge controlled by Bleep Labs Thingamakit and Delfy Creations SS-1
Serge controlled by Bleep Labs Thingamakit
YouTube via JargMarbin
"Demonstration of Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by 4-ledicle Bleep Labs Thingamakit. The video looks terrible because the light was so low. At least all the blinking lights show up."
"The audio from the Thingamakit's audio out jack ( mine is 1/8" ) was piped into into the Serge's Preamp Detector section, which supplies two outputs - one jack provides amplified audio and the other a DC voltage correlated to the power of the sound wave. The audio part was split to a comparator and an EQ followed by 3 filters that fedback into each other in a complicated way. I tappled one audio signal from the EQ and 4 from the filter network. The DC voltage from the envelope detector of the Preamp Detector section went through the same comparator as the audio signal, and this comparison provided triggers powering pulse division and activating sample-and-holds and envelopes which modulated the filters and VCA's. This patch was origionally made to control the Serge using my Delfy Creations Super SS-1 but the battery died, so I made the vid using my regular SS-1 instead. I was going to build a seperate patch for the Thingamakit but I liked what I heard when I tried the same one so I posted the video! I'll still probably made a new patch for the Thingamakit because it is visually impressive and the pulsating rhythmics it creates are very useful for controlling the Serge. I'll let you know when I do. I hope that explanation was what you were looking for, let me know if you have any questions. Also please add me to your mailing list so I can be notified of any new creations you have for sale, and check out my website http://jargmarbin.com."
Serge controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1
YouTube via JargMarbin
"Another addition to my experimental Serge series. Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1."
YouTube via JargMarbin
"Demonstration of Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by 4-ledicle Bleep Labs Thingamakit. The video looks terrible because the light was so low. At least all the blinking lights show up."
"The audio from the Thingamakit's audio out jack ( mine is 1/8" ) was piped into into the Serge's Preamp Detector section, which supplies two outputs - one jack provides amplified audio and the other a DC voltage correlated to the power of the sound wave. The audio part was split to a comparator and an EQ followed by 3 filters that fedback into each other in a complicated way. I tappled one audio signal from the EQ and 4 from the filter network. The DC voltage from the envelope detector of the Preamp Detector section went through the same comparator as the audio signal, and this comparison provided triggers powering pulse division and activating sample-and-holds and envelopes which modulated the filters and VCA's. This patch was origionally made to control the Serge using my Delfy Creations Super SS-1 but the battery died, so I made the vid using my regular SS-1 instead. I was going to build a seperate patch for the Thingamakit but I liked what I heard when I tried the same one so I posted the video! I'll still probably made a new patch for the Thingamakit because it is visually impressive and the pulsating rhythmics it creates are very useful for controlling the Serge. I'll let you know when I do. I hope that explanation was what you were looking for, let me know if you have any questions. Also please add me to your mailing list so I can be notified of any new creations you have for sale, and check out my website http://jargmarbin.com."
Serge controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1
YouTube via JargMarbin
"Another addition to my experimental Serge series. Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1."
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prima harmony trainer
via this auction"This is the prima harmony trainer. It is a keyboard with 4 sounds, octave and tuning shifters, separate volume controls for each key, and is battery powered. It apparently is used to tune instruments and has an input, but I just used it to make great sounds. it has a nice sounding metronome, and definitely will make other musicians ask "what is that?" I bought it to circuit bend, but ended up making my own projects and didn't want to ruin it. I've never seen one before or since this one. I made a demo video for it.... [previously posted] which might help to explain its unique features. Best thing on it is the "hold" button, which can hold any number of keys indefinitely. Has a foldaway handle, in fantastic shape... missing battery cover. I have a power supply and its original case. Circuit bent or not, it is a unique instrument."
CGS Real Ring vs Doefer A114
via Ernst van der Loo"I just finished a post about my new eurorack Ring Modulator module. I used 2 Ken Stone Rea Ring boards. Read all about it & hear the tests here"
SDIY UK 2009 via Michael Zacherl
SQ8L - Free Virtual Ensoniq SQ80
"There IS such a thing as a Free Lunch!Rarely has the 'you get what you pay for' concept been more wrong than in the case of the absolutely free SQ8L VST instrument from Synthmiester Siegfried Kullmann. If you would have told me 20 years ago that someday an IBM-compatible PC would be able to run a spot-on software-based clone of the SQ80, I would have said 'yeah right, and Weird Al Yankovic will have a number one album and Battlestar Galactica will be an acclaimed series.'"
You can find it here and a couple of vids that mentioned the SQ8L here and here.
via khoral where you'll find a track titled Ambrosia featuring the SQ8L.
KORG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA MODULE
via this auction
"PCM playback
Symphony is a 16-polyphonic PCM playbacker without a filter.
It's 8-part multi-timbral.
There is one PCM card slot to expand the samples.
It responds to Modulation and Channel Aftertouch for vibrato.
It has no Pitch Bend.
Supports MIDI System Exclusive.
More detailed specifications like sample ROM size and the bit resolution are unknown.
Instruments
Strings 1
Strings 2 (brighter)
Chorus
Brass
Bass/Guitar/Drums
Organ 1
Organ 2 (pipe organ)"
Friday, July 24, 2009
moog voyager assembly
flickr by Ume Music(click for more)
Update via Aaron in the comments: "The title's incorrect. It's a photo of the LP assembly line.
Cheers,
theglyph"
Note: Title of the post = title in flickr.
Qusimidi Yahoo Group Update
via UniQue Werkx
"For years the Quasimidi @yahoo groups was over run with spam. Last month it got so bad there were over 500 posts of spam. So a few of us, Bob (from El Segundo, CA) , Andreas & I, got together and contacted Yahoo. The result was that we've gotten control of the group and eliminated the spammers.
The list owner, Scott S., said that when Yahoo took egroups over he lost moderating control.... but now it's back to Quasimidi gear. So those who left for that reason can rejoin if you like."
"For years the Quasimidi @yahoo groups was over run with spam. Last month it got so bad there were over 500 posts of spam. So a few of us, Bob (from El Segundo, CA) , Andreas & I, got together and contacted Yahoo. The result was that we've gotten control of the group and eliminated the spammers.
The list owner, Scott S., said that when Yahoo took egroups over he lost moderating control.... but now it's back to Quasimidi gear. So those who left for that reason can rejoin if you like."
iDrum Video Game Edition
YouTube via izotopeinc
"ALL YOUR BASS ARE BELONG TO US
Classic arcade game music for you to remix. Relive the glory days with retro 8-bit samples and thumb-numbing, heart-pounding, blow-on-the-cartridge musical sequences.
Just tap squares, make a visual pattern, and youre making music.
Comes with 20 original songs including:
A Heros Path ▪ Alpha Commander ▪ An Epic Quest ▪ Boss Fight ▪ Chase ▪ Chipmunk Sidescroller ▪ Circuit Racer ▪ Dragon Battle ▪ Future Zone ▪ Home Town ▪ Hydro Battle ▪ Island Fun ▪ Jungle Run ▪ Rad Fighter ▪ Space ▪ Speed Demon ▪ Star Zone ▪ The Dungeon ▪ Vampire Lair ▪ You Will Never Escape ▪ Or make your own
Pop in a quarter. Bust out a beat.
iDrum is the addictive app that lets you create your own music, even if you have no musical experience! The Video Game Edition includes a huge selection of drum, percussion, melody, voice, and effects samples made to sound like classic video game arcades and consoles. Start with a selection of amazing kits and patterns, then customize them to make them your own.
Whether you're new to making music or a beatmaking expert, iDrum is for you. Build beats layer by layer by tapping the touch screen, or create music with simple shapes and color combinations that help you visualize the rhythm.
Features:
▪ The fun and simple way to make music on your iPhone or iPod touch!
▪ Includes hundreds of retro sounds and 20 pre-made kits
▪ Tap the touch screen to play and record your own musical patterns
▪ Bring sounds in and out of the mix to make songs on the fly and perform live
▪ Customize patterns to create your own unique beats
▪ Take control of the rhythm of every drum sound and sample
▪ Transfer custom kits and samples to and from your computer (requires iDrum for Mac/PC available from www.izotope.com or an Apple Retail Store)"
Brain Synth
"A new computer program lets your brain turn fMRI machines into musical instruments by assigning notes to active regions of your cortex. The results may cause people to drive themselves crazy just to stay on the cutting edge of electronica."
full writ-up on io9. sent my way via brian.
Circuit Bent PHOTO THEREMIN
via this auction"- 1 on/off switch with green "on" led.
- 1 waveform select switch....sine wave or square wave.
- 1 Blue LED LIGHT PEN with 3 foot cable, use to play the photosensor in the dark.
- 1 pitch range pot with ball knob sets the range of the sound from low to high pitch.
- 1 1/4" audio output jack.
- Cool white/purple case."
via Jimmersound
Eli CompuRhythm CR-7030 Beat Box
flickr by Mark Dalzell(click for more)
"The first time beat box was used to refer directly to a rhythm machine was in the 1970s with the ELI CompuRhythm CR-7030 Beat Box."
Fun with DopplerPad: William Tell Overture "remix"
YouTube via retronyms
"Now that DopplerPad is released, Retronyms gets to have a little fun with it! I play with a few things here, including the mixer, loops, soloing, and a lot of gate/arp action!
More at http://www.dopplerpad.com"
Available on iTunes here:
New Oberheim Sequencer in the Works
And first SEMs in September as well as possible distribution in Europe.
See the second update in this post. Comment there.
See the second update in this post. Comment there.
Little Boots Remedy
She definitely likes her synths. See if you can spot them all. Click here for more.
via this BBC article, via twitter.com/bitoddscarr
"New Little Boots video with ARP and Moog goodness"
How to use iSample - iPhone Sampler / Recorder - Now in the App store -
YouTube via wayoutware
"http://www.budurl.com/isample Purchase iSample HERE!
iSample is a new iPhone Music App for the iPhone. With iSample you can sample or record any audible sound, and play it back musically. iSample is an excellent live performance insturment that is very easy, and very fun to use. iSample is only available on the iPhone. Check out our other products on the Way Out Ware website: http://www.wayoutware.com
Be sure to follow us on twitter! http://www.twitter.com/isampleapp"
You can find iSample on iTunes here:
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RARE Vintage PAIA Synth Spin MkII Analog Leslie Phase
via this auction
"From the Synthspin manual:
'Other than the rotating speaker sound, the Synthspin can produce numerous effects ranging from very slow phasing sounds to a bubbling pseudo-reverb. Electrical inputs provide for foot-pedal control of both speed and range of the rotating effect and allow instantaneous foot-switch cancellation and bypass functions.'"
Arp Quartet
via this auctionBrass, Strings, Organ and Piano
Two can be layered
I thought this looked different. In the comments Qwave called out how his looks different.
Mother Mallard’s Portable Masterpiece Co. 40th Anniversary Concert
Sunday afternoon 2 PM July 26, 2009Herbert F. Johnson Museum, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY [details]
"Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, makers of fine electronic music since 1969.
One of the first live synthesizer ensembles wasn't Tangerine Dream, but Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, led by composer David Borden. Mounting the stage with three massive Moog Modular synthesizers, they spun out their intricate cyclical melodies. We listen back to their now classic albums for this Ancient Echo."
On David Borden and Bog Moog"I didn’t realize Bob was using me as a test person until several months later when it was clear that I finally knew what I was doing. He explained that I helped in the research to idiot-proof the soon-to-be famous Moog Synthesizer. I had been chief idiot, which upon reflection, I enjoyed immensely."
Update via Inverse Room:
"A flickr set
They were playing David Borden's piece 'Viola Farber in Seven Movements,' which they also played at the Anniversary show a few months ago, among other things. Farber was a choreographer and dancer David knew and worked with; she was a founding member of the Merce Cunningham dance company and died in 1998. The show was accompanied by digitally altered video of her dances. The band is all playing Reason patches, running on Macbooks and an iMac and triggered by M-Audio controller keyboards; the patches are custom-made by David Borden, using various samples of other keyboards. At the last show they had a couple of analog synths in the mix as well, but this was a more stripped-down set, with the software only. They're not sequencing, it's all played live!"
Modded CR-8000
flickr set by ringstone"A series of photos documenting my CR-8000 mods"
inside a Roland CR-8000
Update via Blair in the comments: "Hi all, some more photos of the completed unit are up now :)"
Chris Tanfield and the Theremin at Mooged-Out
via The Boog Moog Foundation blog where you'll find the full details.
"Mooged-Out at MoDaddy’s:Bele Chere After Party takes place Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 10-2pm. MoDaddy’s is located two doors down from the Orange Peel at 77 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC. Call (828) 258-1550 for tickets."
“My relationship with Dr. Moog and Moog Music goes back to the late 1990’s. I first saw a theremin at UNCA music department, thanks to Dr. Wayne Kirby, and was immediately fascinated with it. Soon after that, I began working part-time at Dr.Moog’s factory building theremins. In the year so follow, I must have built, tested and played a few thousand Etherwave Theremins for Moog Music, as well as demonstrating the instrument at NAMM shows and conventions. This is where I honed my technique on the instrument and became familiar with many of its possibilities and quirks.”
"Mooged-Out at MoDaddy’s:Bele Chere After Party takes place Saturday, July 25, 2009 from 10-2pm. MoDaddy’s is located two doors down from the Orange Peel at 77 Biltmore Avenue, Asheville, NC. Call (828) 258-1550 for tickets."
“My relationship with Dr. Moog and Moog Music goes back to the late 1990’s. I first saw a theremin at UNCA music department, thanks to Dr. Wayne Kirby, and was immediately fascinated with it. Soon after that, I began working part-time at Dr.Moog’s factory building theremins. In the year so follow, I must have built, tested and played a few thousand Etherwave Theremins for Moog Music, as well as demonstrating the instrument at NAMM shows and conventions. This is where I honed my technique on the instrument and became familiar with many of its possibilities and quirks.”
Analog bass drum module MBase 01 w/ Filterbank 2, M-Resonator + TENORI ON (by Smith)
YouTube via znshn
"Analog bass drum module Jomox MBase 01 w/ Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator + manipulations via Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 and TENORI-ON. Contents : triggering, analog filtering, micro-pulses...
N.B. This video follows : • "MBase 01 (analog) triggering w/ Filterbank 2, M-Resonator + TENORI-ON" and • "Triggering w/ Filterbank, MBase 01, M-Resonator + TENORI-ON" previously uploaded on this channel.
IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.
Material in this video:
- Jomox MBASE 01
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Jomox M-Resonator
- TENORI-ON
- Korg Kaoss Pad KP3
http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://www.myspace.com/znshn
http://znshn.blogspot.com
See also http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette
........................................
Franck Smith alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette TENORI-ON Yamaha Sherman Filterbank 2 Jomox M-Resonator MBase 01 Benfox KP3 Kaoss Pad Analog Filters triggering analog bass drum module phonocrafting noise manufacturing"
Oxygene Part 6 - J.M.Jarre - Vermona Piano Strings
YouTube via PaulMichaelJarre.
via this auction
"Vermona Piano Strings , Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene Part 6" via this auction "VINTAGE GDR ANALOG SYNTHESIZER VERMONA PIANO STRINGS 1978 built in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the former east German. And although all the lables are in english, it was sold to the USSR mainly. There was also a version in the same look, but without the string section. Named Vermona Piano. Official Vermona page: www.vermona.de/htm/strings.htm (you'll find samples there) Specifications: — Keyboard - 61 note — Mains voltage of alternating current, V 220 V110 V127, 50Hz — Power consumption, W max 15 — A range of operating temperature, C -10 / +35 — Weight, kg Update via Qwave in the comments: "Pictures of the inside and the western world chip inside here."
VOSIM
YouTube via cirtcele
"Testing a Vosim Processor with modded Thomas Henry VCO-1. Driven by CGS sequential switch, TH SN-voice & Ian Fritz's simple chaos cct.
usual crap quality sound & image, don't like it? go build your own Vosim and post the vid :-)
More info here - http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/vosim/vosim...
this vid is the 1st time i got this cct working, have discovered it is capable of a huge array of sounds but its probably not gonna sing Daisy Bell....damn!!!"
Stalker - Redlamp 10a [Unreleased Exclusive - See Info]
YouTube via silverdale247.
sent my way via Doktor Future "It's NL3, from this Gearslutz thread"
"| M O O D Y | S T A L K E R |
Darren Ziesing (Stalker)...
Darren Ziesing is currently based in Canberra performing as an experimental electronic musician,escaping to write the majority of his work up in the Snowy Mountains. He has worked on numerous collaborative albums and now releases under the project names stalker and liife (GEO records).
Darren is most popularly known as stalker which is his analogue dance music project. Stalker has played at The Big Day Out, Frigid at the Opera house, The National Portrait Gallery Opening, Satellite and many other such events. The style is of repetitive minimalism where the individual parts in the music subtly change but the overall sequence stays the same. Although primarily dance music, the stalker project also includes Darren's amazingly beautiful ambient work and open air sound sculptures. He says that with these, "I am trying to capture...mimmic the thick atmospheres and sounds of nature using the organic and changeable nature of analogue synthesisers."
Liife is his new side project soon for release which is influenced by Indian classical music, particularly the rhythmical construction, Involving constant change of pace and melody. This work is primarily digital computer music and is a lot more intensive and complex than stalker.
-Australia Adlib.
*After some exchanges of PM's on here through Darren Zeising's (Stalker and partner at Polybonk) friend's Channel, he sent me this exclusive and as yet unreleased track.
You can check out and purchase Polybonk's EP's and albums here: http://polybonk.com/
There are also some free tracks for you to download :-)"
loopqoob
YouTube via turunda. sent my way via muratkonarfan
"loopqoob is a physical performance system consisting of one or more sensor-equipped cubes connected to a computer based music generation/synthesis system. The orientation of the cubes determines an aspect of the music to be played.
In the implementation presented, there are three cubes. Each face of each cube is mapped to a musical motif or loop. The 'cubist' controls which motifs are played by orienting the cubes so that the face corresponding to the desired motif faces up.
http://www.muratnkonar.com/id/loopqoob/"
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Voltage
YouTube via bamstudiofilms. You might remember this one from this trailer. Analog modular anime.
Don't miss the Thanks To list in the credits.
"Just like modular synthesizers, people connect with each other in order to achieve diverse objectives. In Voltage, robots, half-human and half-synthesizer, powered by a huge amount of energy, connect to each other in an electric and chaotic trance.
Directed by:
Filippe Lyra e William Paiva
Produced by:
Barros Melo Animation Studio
Director of photography:
Filippe Lyra e William Paiva
Animation:
Filippe Lyra
William Paiva
Marcio Vieira
Felipe Soares
Leo D.
Tony Farias
Design:
Filippe Lyra
Marcio Vieira
Felipe Soares
William Paiva
Natalia Franca
Illustration:
Filippe Lyra
Marcio Vieira
Felipe Soares
William Paiva
Natalia Franca
Editor(s):
William Paiva
Leo D.
Filippe Lyra
Sound:
William Paiva e Leo D
Music:
William Paiva e Leo D"
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