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Friday, March 12, 2010

A Meeting With Wolfgang Palm

some pics via hellmusic of LUSTOBJEKT:

"Wolfgang Palm gave an interview to a german TV station...see the PPG blog:" [link]

Wolfgang Palm on Facebook

Regarding LUSTOBJEKT, you might remember the name from this post.

Emu Emulator II Ambient Instrumental

YouTube via JMPSynth
"EII Dream.... a short ambient track created solely with the Emu Emulator II Sampler. Demonstrates some nice 8 bit sounds and excellent ability of the EII to loop samples."

MOS-LAB 715 Pics

added to this post.
Update: the first pic added was actually of the original Roland 715a filter from the 70's. Two more pics of the clone just added as well.

Sound Chaser 2008

YouTube via cobaltbeat
"Designed by Yuri Suzuki http://www.yurisuzuki.com
In collaboration with Yaloslav Tencer http://www.yaloslavtancer.com

A train-style record player. Users connect the chipped pieces of records together to make new tracks. The records pieces are from cheap records bought at jumble sales or used record shops. This record player revives forgotten, old records."

Signal-to-noise ratio (3) analog electronics test by Franck Smith

YouTube via znshn
"Signal-to-noise ratio (3) analog electronics test by Franck Smith. Contents: analog electronics, minimal pulses, signal trajectory, glitch, clicks, analog oscillators, noise manufacturing, phonocrafting... (Routing: Sleepdrone direct outputs 2 & 3 to Filterbank AND Sleepdrone main output to Space Echo).

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Sleepdrone 5 (by King Capitol Punishment)
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Space Echo (Boss RE-20)

‪‪‪http://www.odiolorgnette.com‬‬‬
‪‪‪http://francksmith.blogspot.com‬‬‬
‪‪‪http://znshn.blogspot.com‬‬‬
http://twitter.com/franck_smith‬‬

Complete video selection on ‪‪‪http://www.youtube.com/znshn‬‬‬
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"Franck Smith" alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette "Sleepdrone 5" "King Capitol Punishment", Sherman Filterbank 2, Space Echo, Analog Filters dual oscillator glitch, minimal pulses, phonocrafting noise manufacturin"

Prepared Gameboy: Reboot

YouTube via ggijs
http://gieskes.nl/undefined/prepared-gameboy/?f=reboot

Chris Carter's Little SYNTHI AKS

flickr by Chris_Carter_

"my little Synthi AKS"

"This is my new minaiture EMS Synthi AKS - unfortunately it doesn't produce any sounds. To give an idea of scale I've included an AA battery - this thing is small... but perfectly formed.

A limited number are available in kit form from SDIYcut
www.sdiycut.com/synthi-aks-gb.htm

BTW: In the background is a much larger Synthi AKS fridge magnet."
Synth magnets and stickers on Ebay [Note if nothing is listed check back later. You can find the permalink is on the MORE STUFF section on the right]

Control station

flickr by nilspils73
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Serge Animal red knob

flickr by nilspils73
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XILS-lab polyKB

"The polyKB is a polyphonic substractive synthesizer based on two waveform morphing, aliasing free oscillators and a self oscilating 4 poles low pass filter.

The oscillators take a large part of the sound of this synthesizer but the filter recreating a standard analog chip of the 80's with the help of of very complete modulation section allow the polyKB to create incredible and warm sounds, from georgous bass to slow evoluting pad, through agressive lead and thin cristal keyboards, without fogoten a wide range of special effects.

The modulation section of the polyKB acts like a matrix with five dedicated sources (LFO, ADSR,VCO,NOISE,VELOCITY) and five dedicated destinations (VCO 1 and 2 pitch, VCO 1 and 2 waveform,VCF frequency).

To increase the sound design possibilities, six menus have being added, two for the sources, four for the destination, with which a wide range of modules can be choosen

(Velocity, sequencer ouputs, LFO freq, Filter res, VCO levels, to name but a few)

The polyKB brings also a very powerful polyphonic sequencer.

The sequencer can record and play 8 voices independently as well as the pitch than the velocity. To control the sequence, a 2 to 128 steps clock system allows a wide range of rythms and patterns.

Of course the sequencer outputs can be assigned as a source of modulation, opening the sound posibilities endless."

virtual RSF PolyKobol

Hohner Little Lady

via Philippe Van den Berge

"I have stumbled here on a strange and unknown hohner keyboard. Unknown because I seem to find no information whatsoever about it. I have mailed hohner germany today, and i hope they will have some answers. On the other hand, they may not, so I thought about letting you know about it."

If anyone knows more about this one feel free to comment or email me. My contact info is on the bottom right of the site.

Update: DenDer wrote in to let me know this is for sale on synthforum.nl here. He will try to get some more info from the seller.

Update: description from the forum translated by DenDer:

"I have a Hohner Little Lady and it is a keyboard and not the harmonica. There is a built-in (analog) rhythm section which has the typical tango, swing, waltz beat in them. Thee sounds are very basic: Flute 16' Flute 8' Trombone 16' String 16' Clarinet 8' which can be used separately or together - say additive. He has a separate bass manual option, where the left half (first octave) accounts for the bass. Or automatically when the rhythm is running which Hohner calls "magic bass" Wooohoo!

There is an aluminum stand which strongly reminds me of a Yamaha CS80. There are also "wood side panels" present. The Little Lady also has a build in speaker on the underside of the case."

Update: you can find an mp3 via Philippe of the Little Lady here.

Update: pics of the inside added below.

Update: this was also branded as the SKYLINE FORTYNINE P. Thanks goes to David L for writing in to let us know!

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HOHNER STRING PERFORMER SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"Vintage 1980s Hohner String Performer synthesizer. This is an extremely rare synthesizer, and the same type of keyboard Moby used for his string sounds on almost all of his albums, giving you that huge fat sustained string sound. Sounds for this synth include Piano, Bass, Clavichord, Cello, Viola, Violin, Brass, String, Clarinet, Planet, and Octave setting. The Piano, Bass, Clavichord, Cello, Viola, and Violin have individual level faders for upper and lower registers, as well as, a sustain fader; and the Brass, String, Clarinet, and Planet sounds have a solo volume fader. The rear of this unit includes: General, Bass, Strings, Piano/Clav. Solo, Sustain Piano, and Footswell 1/4" inputs; and an 18volt power adapter input (power cord is included in this auction). This is a very cool German engineered synth that also doubles as a carrying case with a flip of the latches. This synth is extremely hard to find"

dark age tone generator with midi bends

YouTube via spunkytoofers
"circuit bent yamaha mu5 multi-timbral synth with midi bend interface by spunkytoofers. midi circuitry by highly liquid. precision oscillators by getlofi.

a 24 point patchbay is freely routed to manual control or midi. circuit bent wavesequencing is controlled via midi from the dsi evolver. the evolver is used to send evolving sequences and is only used for control information of the midi interface. all sounds from the dark age tone generator is played via onboard interface.

a midi bend interface can only be made upon commision. for more details: www.spunkytoofers.com"

TR 808 + POLYSIX jamming in the dark

YouTube via drbenway
"Jamming in the dark with roland tr 808 and korg polysix"

UBS: Sherman REstyler and Juno-G for live performance test.

YouTube via adoremotion
"Small test with the Juno-G with a very simple basic moog patch going into the sherman REstyler. This will probably be the main live keyboard setup for uncertain boxed saviour.
The Juno-G is also a great sampler ! Melody loop plays from the Juno-G's sequencer.

I've used a similar setup with a Jomox M-resonator but the input distortion isn't that good and too muddy. Sherman shines and blows the resonator away for this type of work: fatten digital synths.

http://www.ubs-music.com
http://www.reverbnation.com/ubs
http://www.facebook.com/pages/uncerta..."

Eos 550D Full HD Test

YouTube via hofnaar
"Eos 550D Full HD Test

Location: S-Tek's Audiolabor
Track: S-Tek - Industrial Day Shift
Label: Foot Fetish Records

Myspace.com/bstek"

MOTM-730 Organ/Lead Sounds Demo

YouTube via JohnLRice
"A simple but fun use for the Synth Tech MOTM-730 VC Pulse Divider."

Howard Jones Interview - Parts 2 and 3

Parts 2 and 3 of the interview have been added to this post. Part 2 covers his take on soft synths.

Yamaha DTX-12 Multi Pad Review - Sonic LAB

YouTube via sonicstate
"Sonicstate.com takes a look at the electronic pad system from Yamaha. The latest in the DTX range.
For the full accompanying article and more videos:
http://www.sonicstate.com/news/2010/0..."

White Willow...now with Thingamagoop Chaos

YouTube via RothHandle
"This film was recorded at Roth Händle studos in Stockholm, Sweden. This is where I spend my days recording and producing artists...The studio started in my apartment and evolved slowly from there. This is the forth location of the studio. The first one obviously was at home...the second and third was at a abandoned shipyard outside of Stockholm. The studio works more or less in two ways either the artists come here to the studio or people send files that I work with...If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu for more info, blogs and odd facts. Oh yes and now I am on facebook too with a dedicated roth händle site...I dont know how to link to it but you people are all so internet smart so you can find...if you want to.

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

Modular mischief number 2

Bruce Lee - Brbq

YouTube via shaolinmonk01
"music - made using Reason 4
movie - Oscar Fischinger (Seelische Konstruktionen)"

52 Reason / record tips - week 4: Unlocking the secrets of CV & Gate.

YouTube via PropellerheadSW
"Week 4 is here and this time James shows you the basics of the Contol Volt and Gate features in Reason and Record. Many users shy away from CV/Gate for fear of not knowing what they do, but CV/Gate is an immensely powerful feature and quite straightforward to use once you grasp the basic concept."

vtol corvax+volfram+astat+expander1+expander2

vtol corvax+volfram+astat+expander1+expander2 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

"demo of whole my modular noise system

samoletuvvp.narod.ru/vto/4.html"

MOS-LAB 915.mpg

YouTube via seb17320 "Roland 715 module clone from System 700" Update: top: pic of the original Roland 715a filter from the 70's sent my way via Reed. Update: below: two pics of the clone sent my way via Melectroworks.

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Bratigel 16 x 8 Dual Stepsequencer

YouTube via heidibeerbel. Bratigel moduar.

"New Bratigel 16 x 8 Stepsequencer - 128 different Steps in one shot , you can add and tranpose the third Track to Track one and two,The Clock of third Track can switching on System Clock or Reset from Track one and two. Trig Pulse for each Step can be switching by the 16 three way Gate Switches to two gate Outs.

Hi End CTS Potentiometers on gold plated PCBs and three Voltage References, Positive Gate Out and Switch Trig Out for Moog Synthesizers,Start and Stop Jacks and Ext.Clock In for LFOs. Hio End FG Power Supply .

Big Alu 19" Rackcase."

Evil Moog

flickr by Aaron Kraten

I'm guessing this if from the Moog Museum display in Carlsbad CA based on the flickr set.
See the set for more. Note the picture of Herb Deutsch seen here.

Evolutionary - 1977 Oberheim Expander Line Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Jean Mchel Jarre World Tour 2010 Live Pics - Leipzig Germany

via Marko of Retrosound.de

"here are some pics from the J.-M. Jarre concert in Leipzig (Germany) yesterday.

3 Synthex, 2 Minimoog, 2 ARP 2600, ARP 2500, Macbeth M5, Moog Modular, Eminent 310, Mellotron , JD-800, Jupiter-4, VP330, Korg PS, Jupiter-8 , Little Phatty, Moog Liberation and more"

You can find a post by Jean Michel Jarre's mentioning the Leipzig concert on his official blog here.

BTW, you might recognize Retrosound from his excellent synth videos frequently posted here on MATRIXSYNTH. Be sure to check out his synth site, retrosound.de.

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Richard Lainhart @ electro music NJ 2009

Richard Lainhart @ electro music NJ 2009 from Rustyanalog on Vimeo.

"electro-music 2009: October 29-31
Richard performed live with his Buchla 200e & Haken Continuum, hosted a seminar demonstrating the system and hosted an iPhone improv.
For more about Richard visit: otownmedia.com"

Sweet Home Chicago 312-303-606

YouTube via djalextorsell
"Sweet Home Chicago on a 303 and 606. I'm not quitting my day job... =)"

Casio RZ1 Korg Kaoss Pad 1 Roland TB 303 Acid Jam

"Casio RZ 1 Roland TB 303 Korg Kaoss Pad 1 Acid Tracks"

more vids here

Emu SP-12 sampling drum machine

via this auction

Roland DG CMU-810 vintage synthesizer

via this auction
"rare Roland DG CMU-810 analog monosynth module. The CMU-810 is a module similar to the SH-101, they share many functions and have a similar character, but the CMU has a bassier oscillator and a slightly sharper envelope, this is my opinion after playing with both units first hand. These units are extremely rare, I had two and sold my previous one on eBay late last year, there's hasn't been another on eBay since. It's a perfect match to an analogue sequencer or as an expander to a SH-101 or just to use with a MIDI-CV as it's very compact!"

Vintage KORG MS-20 Analogue Mono Synth

via this auction

"you're looking at an original and rare vintage 1979 Korg MS-20 Analogue Synthesizer. One of the greatest sounding, twin VCO monosynths of all time. Low Pass and High Pass filters, Pitch to CV convertor, great for feeding drum machine, vocals, guitars...etc into..Semi-modular patch panel..great for sound creation, manipulation.

Very rare Euro power 220/240 volt version. Can be converted to 120 Volts if the need arises."