TouchWaveform.mp4

YouTube via littlescale — April 08, 2010 — "Periodic Waveform Editor for iPhone via TouchOSC"

TouchOSC on iTunes:

Note there is a separate TouchOSC for the iPad. Be sure to click the right option on iTunes.

Brett Domino: Justin Timberlake Medley

YouTube via brettdomino — April 07, 2010 — "Brett Domino and Steven Peavis perform a medley of Justin Timberlake hits using assorted miniature instruments and lap tray travel bags (Trabasacks - for more info go to http://www.trabasack.com ).

The medley includes:
SEXYBACK (written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Nate "Danja" Hills)
LIKE I LOVE YOU (written by Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, Terrence Thornton, Gene Thornton)
LOVESTONED (written by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Nate "Danja" Hills).

Performed on:
Stylophone Beatbox, iPod Touch (using DigiDrummer Lite), Kazoo, Thumb Piano, Shaker, Stylophone, Cowbell, Recorder, Ukulele, Theremin, Spoons, and Roland AX-Synth.

http://www.brettdomino.com"
Stylophones on Ebay - look for the Stylophone Beatbox

iPhone digidrummer on iTunes:

KAOSSILATOR PRO Demo Part 3 - Final Thoughts

All parts here
KOAOSSILATORs on Ebay

stribemidisamples

YouTube via soundwidgets — April 08, 2010 — "In this one I use the 8x16 matrix to trigger 2 instruments: the 309 gets MIDI 1-127 on 7 channels based on the cursor settings on the stribe. I also load samples on some of the tracks, so sometimes the 309 and a sample are triggered simultaneously by the sequencer. I control sample volume with the stribe. A bit chaotic at times but some happy accidents."

elle p. & iftah, joyshippin´for 40h and a pixiphone

elle p. & iftah, joyshippin´for 40h and a pixiphone from lp&i on Vimeo.

"as a follow up to the candy video, here comes the second part of our "grid-adapted" trilogy - "joyshippin´". elle is playing the pixiphone (with a new m4l port!) and iftah the 40h. again, no edits, one shot."
monomes on Ebay

CIRCUIT BENT "CYBERSPACE" OSCILLATION SYNTH

via this auction
Shiny.
Almost looks like a synth cake.

"CIRCUIT BENT "CYBERSPACE" OSCILLATION SYNTH (5 MODS)

THE ORIGINAL FEATURES OF THIS MUCH SOUGHT AFTER KEYBOARD INCLUDE

16 X INTERNAL SOUNDS
8 X RHYTHM STYLES
32 X KEYS
5 X DRUM PADS
RECORD, PLAYBACK, STOP, CONTROLS
BUILT IN FX
ECHO, VIBRATO, REVERB
CHORD FUNCTION
12 X DEMOS
VOLUME/TEMPO
ON/OFF CONTROLS

IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED WITH THE FOLLOWING

1 X EXTREME PITCH DOWN/ OSCILLATOR ROTARY CONTROL
1 X LO FI ROTARY CONTROL
1 X MICROPHONIC OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY ROTARY CONTROL
1 X INDEPENDANT OSCILLATOR ROTARY CONTROL
1 X 3.5MM JACK OUT

THESE EXTREME MODIFICATIONS TRANSFORM THIS UNIT INTO AN EXTREMELY VERSATILE AND UNIQUE SOUND GENERATOR
GIVING RISE TO NUMEROUS SONIC POSSIBILITIES DUE TO THE MODIFIED OSCILLATORS ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER
( INCLUDING INTERNAL SOUND VOICES) AS WELL AS INDEPENDANTELY.

REQUIRES 4 X AA BATTERIES"

Fiesty Little One DL-44

via this auction

"this is a squarewave oscillator that is triggered by three, momentary, push-button switches. the pitch of the oscillator is controlled by the knob on the left of the unit. each push-button switch sets the oscillator to a different pitch range. you can use the switches one at a time or press any combination at once to get a number of pitch range possibilities. sound is only produced when one or more of the buttons are pushed down. once the buttons are released, the oscillator will stop.

output is through a 1/4″ jack on the right side of the box. the switch on the left side of the box turns the unit on/off. it can only be powered by a 9v battery (not included).

this instrument is very loud and there is no volume control. so we recommend that you keep the volume on your amplifier low when first turning the oscillator on.

feel free to check out the feisty little one blog for information on our other products.

here is a video sample of the oscillator in action. it starts without any external effects, but then a phaser pedal is used and later a delay pedal is also introduced into the mix."



YouTube via lacolumnadurruti — January 14, 2010 — "this is an oscillator that is triggered by three red, momentary push-buttons. each button selects a different pitch range for the oscillator. the knob controls the relative pitch. the buttons can be used one at a time or in different combinations.

the first part of the video is the oscillator without any effects. later, a the signal is sent through a phaser effect. and then also through a delay pedal."

Simple Mans SK-5 By Westicle

YouTube via masawes — April 07, 2010 — circuit bent sk-5

via this auction

"This the "Simple Mans Sk-5" By Westicle.. Just a few bends, pitch, reverseish, delayish, giltchish, makes an insane amount of sound. Only thing wrong with it is a wiggly B# key. You can still add more bends if you prefer."

Roland System 100-101 Analogue synthesizer

via this auction

SubStudio

flickr by Subtronik

"4/7/10"

the Monorocket Mission 9

flickr by Mr. Biggs

"I traded out the old cases that held my modular synthesizer for a new Monorocket Mission 9 case. It's a thing of beauty. The incredibly intense blue light is on the busboards in the back of the case. At some point I suspect I'll have this thing filled up, but not yet."

Target Stores Keyboard

via Merritt Productions

"This round piano was designed around the Target logo and was played by Alicia Keys in the commercial. A 3’ section of the keyboard was rigged with keys that would depress to give the illusion of a working piano."

spotted by Cynthia

bliptronome test

YouTube via mutepg58 — April 07, 2010 — "First test of my bliptronome. A poor man's Monome built from Think Geek's Bliptronic 5000 toy + a custom Arduino board by Wil Lindsay. I filmed the whole build process and will hopefully post it soon."

KORG TRITON STUDIO 76

flickr by cheltenham
(click for more)

expansion slots

Synthesizers.com modules in homemade case

via this auction

"This is a fully functional modular system with modules built by Synthesizers.com and enclosed in a sturdy, homemade wooden case. the included modules are:
1 - Q104 (Midi interface)
1 - Q105 (Slew Limiter)
4 - Q106 (VCO, doubles as LFO)
1- Q107 (Variable State Filter)
2 - Q108 (VCA)
4 - Q109 (ADSR Envelope Generator) (please note, one of these is NOT in the case and will be packed and shipped separately)
1 - Q110 (Noise Source)
1 - Q112 (4 Channel Mixer)
1 - Q113 (8 Channel Mixer)
1 - Q117 (Sample and Hold)
1 - Q118 (Instrument Interface)
1 - Q121 (Banana Jack to 1/4" converter)
2 - Q124 (Multiples)
1 - Q150 (Transistor Ladder Low Pass Filter)
1 - Q137 (Power Supply module)
1 - QPS1 (Internal Power Supply/Distributer)

In addition to the Synthesizers.com modules, there is an MOTM format Sawtooth Animator by Cyndustries."

recent additions

flickr by buchlajoe

"These modules are for a 100 system I am putting together. The old Buchla sounds nothing like the new Buchla."

Lunar Whitewash Midi Murf Moogerfooger Pedal & Nova Musik Ad

flickr by Nova Musik
(click for more)

http://novamusik.com/

Untitled

flickr von pattybage

IMG_4898

flickr von kz1000ps

Moog Little Phatty

ARP-O-MATIC - ARP Odyssey Synth Freak-Out = Bill T Miller - Orgy Of Noise (vintage white face ARP model)

ARP-O-MATIC - ARP Odyssey Synth Freak-Out = Bill T Miller - Orgy Of Noise (vintage white face ARP model) from Bill T Miller = billtmiller.com on Vimeo.

OrgyOfNoise.com --- Bill T Miller (BTM) tweaking in his Headroom Studios (Boston) back in 2003. This vintage Arp Odyssey Synthesizer (from 1974) was purchased by BTM in 1976 (used) and is one of the original WHITE FACE MODELS. Fun fact... ARP stands for Alan R. Pearlman the mastermind of ARP.

This BTM Orgy Of Noise clip appears on the Orgy Of Noise 2004 DVD, but has never been on Vimeo or YouTube until now.... SEE MORE from the DVD at: OrgyOfNoise.com/dvd/

* drum beat in background is from a bent albino toy drum machine.

* Video by BTM
* B&W Still Photos by Sheri Hausey
* THIS video is NOT a DEMO for the synth... the "SONG" is called ARP-O-MATIC and is just pure FUN.

more more more BTM - billtmiller.blogspot.com"

8-Bit Dr. Horrible (Act 1)

YouTube via DoctorOctoroc — April 05, 2010 — "An 8-bit interpretation of "Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog" as a theoretical Nintendo game.

All music, sound effects, graphics and animation for "Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Game" were created by me as a tribute to Dr. Horrible (by Joss Whedon) and the NES.

To watch the animation in high quality and to download the complete 8-bit soundtrack in mp3 format, please visit http://www.doctoroctoroc.com/8-bit-dr...

Programs used in the creation of this animation:
Graphics: Adobe Photoshop
Animation: Adobe Flash
Sequencing: FL Studio
Instruments: NES+MidiNES
Mastering: Adobe Soundbooth
Sound Effects: SFXR

For more information on the creation of the "8-Bit Dr. Horrible" project, feel free to email me: doc@doctoroctoroc.com"

via MODD3D

The Fairlight library for Reason

YouTube via bitleyTM — March 18, 2010 —

"Five months in the making, my new Refill "Fairlight CMI Legacy" is now available from PowerFX.com. All music examples and sound programming by Patrick Fridh Aka Bitley™."

Fairlight CMI Legacy playing a track


"A little track made with my new refill, available from www.powerfx.com." via Failed Muso Update via BITLEY™ in the comments: "Thanks for picking this one up & noticing, spreading the word! :) The refill is now officially approved & positively seen by Fairlight.au and Fairlight Instruments, which feels great. A little bit like when Roland "OK'd" Propellerhead back in the ReBirth day, as a user pointed out. I've set up a little web page with new updates and so forth. This is probably the first commercial refill in the world that gets free updates. Since its release two weeks ago, I have updated it twice, increasing the number of patches from about 300 to nearly 600. The update refill, called Supremacy, also acts as a demo bank for anyone wanting to try it out. More info on PowerFX of course but also here; http://bitley.laconicsounds.net/
Thanks again!!!

Best,
Patrick"

Eowave Persephone analog ribbon synthesizer

via this auction

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Vintage Akai AX80

via this auction

Shot of the display laminate tilted up.

Harvestman Nuclear Football

For sale via anadeji on Muff's

"I am offering the only other Nuclear Football besides señor harvestmans. This case used to belong to devi ever (of pedal fx fame) and is in the same condition as when i got it, sans the modules which have been absorbed by my other case."

Note the Nuclear Football is the case and is one of two made.

dd6.wmv

YouTube via Destroyifyer — April 07, 2010 — "This is a circuit bent Yamaha DD6. This machine will be up for auction until April 17th, 2010."

Update:

Circuit Bent Yamaha DD6 Drum Machine

practice for a techno live set

YouTube via leoleox — April 07, 2010 — "playing techno live without a personal computer"

ether^ra OTO BISCUIT DELAYED MELANCHOLY

YouTube via potterpaint2000 — April 07, 2010 — "an improv featuring the above device plus a Genoqs Octopus/Nord Lead combo, a KP3, a Korg Ms20 and a MFB DrumComputer w/Alesis Bitrman. http://etherra.blogspot.com?"

BRATIGEL 16 x 8 Stepsequencer Part V

YouTube via heidibeerbel — April 07, 2010 — Strings with 6 VCOs

BRATIGEL 16 x 8 analog Stepsequencer Part VI

heidibeerbel — April 07, 2010 — Sequenz with Transpose Track

You can find all parts here.

Live Modular Machinedrum Acid Improv - Acid for my peoples

YouTube via darenager — April 07, 2010 — "First off sorry about the levels on this one :(

Having a lot of fun in the studio tonight with some acid using the modular and machinedrum, this one is dedicated to all my fans, friends and the people who take time out to comment on my stuff. It gets quite funky after about the 4 minute mark, so stay with it. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it.

Cheers

Daren"

Korg iElectribe-R for Apple iPad- Guided Tour- In The Studio With Korg

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos — April 07, 2010 — "Explore the iElectribe-R, Korg's first software instrument for the Apple iPad! Now available at the Apple App Store, the iElectribe-R turns your iPad into a mobile beat production studio. For more information, please visit www.korg.com."

iElectribe on iTunes
iPad prices on Ebay

And a new via VJFranzK

iPAD iELECTRIBE Beat Making! Lap Jam 1 - IDM Possibilities with Motion Sequence

YouTube via VJFranzK — April 07, 2010 — iELECTRIBE!

Midi-Fighter mini teaser

YouTube via MrMakingsound — April 07, 2010 — "Le Midi-Fighter est un contrôleur midi USB en kit, développé et vendu par Dj TechTools.

Plus d'infos bientôt sur http://makingsound.free.fr"

qadrox6.AVI

YouTube via etonepan — April 07, 2010 — "6 voices squarewave generator in cool turtle case."

studio electronics 303 filter atc1 demo

YouTube via squeakyfromme69 — April 07, 2010 — "It's okay for the in-yer-face type sounds, not so good for the deep bass stuff as it seems to be missing low end (much unlike the filter on my 202). Also it sounds much better with the sawtooth (as shown here) than with the square wave as the square doesn't seem to produce that hollow metallic sound that we all love from a 303 square wave line. A danelectro 'daddy-o' distortion pedal was used here. what else... if you're having trouble getting acid sounds out of yours, try turning the oscillators down so they don't overdrive the filter."

rv0 Sync Unit DC 0.6 generate dinsync with shuffle

YouTube via rv0soft — April 07, 2010 — "rv0 Sync Unit DC 0.6 - Freeware DIN Sync Generator for Mac and PC. Demonstration of shuffle controls. Sorry for the crappy resolution. http://www.rv0.be for more info. The left plugin window is the sync going to a Roland TR-606, the right window is the sync going to the Roland TB-303. An audio interface with DC coupled outputs was used (Motu Ultralite)."

Novation Launchapd Five12 Numerology Support

"GoldenMaster288 — April 07, 2010 —

"This video is a demo of me using the launchpad to control Reaktor, my Waldorf Microwave, roland MKS-70 and a drum synth called drumaxx. everything you see was sequenced and mixed in realtime. See more info about this video, and what I was doing, at my blog! http://www.bagger288.com/goldenmaster"

Mooegpfer.m4v

YouTube via CristianAltieri — March 17, 2010 — "glitch.clicks.analog oscillators.noise manufacturing.reverse"

Minimal part. 1


Minimal part. 2


"Tags: Yamaha Tenori-on Moogerfooger line electro music avanguardia doepfer dark energy"

Patch Editor - New Hardware Controller

"The Patch Editor has been designed for easy 'live' use with many of the older keyboards with easy to use controls for every synth type. Every active control will light up to make fast changes simple and buttons are colour coded depending which state is active. Each control that is changed will identify itself on the display much as the Roland PG-1000 does.

There was a stage when most of the keyboards manufactures went thought a process of removing all the knobs and replacing them with a parameter driven system. Anyone who has used one will know how difficult it is to use, especially live. When the complaints started arriving some started making plug in patch editors. The problem with these is they only worked on one type of keyboard and were (and still are) expensive and rare. The 'Patch Editor' can be used in place of a PG-200 (with an easily made cable), PG-300, PG-800 and MPG-80 as well as handle midi control of midi and sysex capable keyboards. It includes an internet update system for software changes or new keyboards support, and includes an external input that can be mapped to any continuous control and all the active controls light up to make it easy to use. Currently it is supporting Korg DW6000 & DW-8000, Roland JX-3P, 8P, MKS-70 & MKS-80 and Juno 1. More synths will be added as I can get samples to test and an idea of what models would be useful to players. The Atmel CPU has a lot of space for adding more synth types."

See Painting With Sound for more details.

Synthesizers (Rough Mix) - The Hair Kid

YouTube via TheHairKid — April 06, 2010 —

"For a free mp3 download of this track, just subscribe and you'll receive a youtube message with the link and password to all of my tracks, or become a fan of The Hair Kid on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Hai... - once you're a fan you'll be able to see the link and password."
Lyrics in the description here.
"It features some tweaking of the seldom seen Syntecno TeeBee (mine is a MkIII), as well as a 1st gen Virus too. I also play and do some filter sweeping on a Juno 106, and there's some DX7 bassline and strings action (strings with the help of a script logo MXR Phase 100)"http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=17775202

Wonder Girls - You're Out (The Hair Kid Live PA Remix)

The Modular Piano - Instruments

YouTube via zioaxiom — April 07, 2010 — "If sampling is like a photography, sound synthesis is like a painting. The Modular Piano is an oil portrait of a never existed piano; an illusion of reality, aware of the illusion.

The Modular Piano has an intimate sound, detached from the brightness of modern pianos, which makes it ideal for certain situations when the precision and detail of a grand piano are not the best deal. Techniques from the past and modern technology were used to reinvent the most complex of the stringed instruments, but with a conceptual difference. Due to its synthetic nature, you will not find a huge and multilayered instrument but a live one, made of thousand flavours, with its very own dynamics.

This library comes with three main instruments, two bonus instruments and two multis. The first one is The Modular Piano. As stated before, this is a very special piano as it was synthesized from scratch, note by note, and then imported into Kontakt to get more polyphony and use all the great features of this sampler. The Timbre Dynamics and String Tuning scripts will provide you with more ways to shape the tone of this instrument. Next youll find Ragama, a variation of our piano. An old, noisy, mechanical clavichord-like instrument, with an Asian taste. Try to play it slowly and as piano as you can. The third is Galvanic Corrosion, an epic distorted bowed-like piano. This is great for movie scoring, heavy layering and droning. As bonus, you will find two more instruments, a couple of great sounding pads, and two multis as example of combination possibilities of our sounds.

The Modular Piano is available as Native Instruments Kontakt 3.5 / 4 library. You can purchase the download for €29 ($39) on www.progsounds.com"

The Modular Piano - Multis

PolyRhythms for the iPad

New iPad app via Xapnet Productions

"PolyRhythms
Two groups of buttons control a set of fast and slow rhythms. Fast rhythms are on the left side and slow rhythms are on the right side. Each row of buttons represents an independent loop, and each individual button is a beat. Beats can be touched in real time to turn them on and off.

* APP FEATURES: Designed and Built for the iPad.
* High quality drum samples create a rich audio experience.
* Audio controls include Play/Pause, Restart, and Tempo.
* Sessions can be saved or reloaded in real time during playback.
* Tempo can also be varied smoothly in real time.
* Progress indicator lets you know where you are in the master loop."

It's currently available on iTunes for free. Anyone know how to grab the link in iTunes? My normal source does not link to iPad apps yet.

via Palm Sounds

"IMPORTANT UPDATE:
If you are running PolyRhythms version 1.0, please download the 1.0.1 update for improved performance and better documentation.

USING POLYRHYTHMS:
The two groups of buttons control the fast and slow rhythms. Fast rhythms are on the left side and slow rhythms are on the right side.

THE MASTER LOOP:
The leftmost beat in every row all play simultaneously at the beginning of the master loop, and will never all coincide again until the next beginning of the 840-beat pattern! Each time around around takes between 2-6 minutes depending on the tempo. The progress indicator (bottom) lets you know where you are in the master loop.

LEFT (FAST) SIDE:
The top left button plays every single beat. Each successive row of buttons on the left represents a looping rhythm of a different length, and each button represents a beat in that loop. Beats can be touched on and off during playback to adjust the pattern as it cycles against other rhythms.

RIGHT (SLOW) SIDE:
Each row of buttons on the right represents a different equal subdivision of the master loop, and each individual button is a unique location in the loop. These beats play only one time per cycle of the master loop - they mark your place in the cycle.

FEATURES:
- High quality drum samples create a rich audio experience.
- Audio controls (top right) include Play/Pause, Restart, and Tempo.
- Tempo can also be varied smoothly in real time.
- Progress indicator (bottom) lets you know where you are in the master loop.
- Sessions (top left) can be saved and loaded back in during playback.

COMING SOON:
- Flexible mapping of sounds.
- New sounds will be available through in-app purchase.
- Share sessions between devices."

Replay: Symposium on Sound Sampling

via Primus Luta

"This friday Syracuse University will be taking the subject of sound sampling head on for Replay: Symposium on Sound Sampling (http://sampling.syr.edu).

From the website:
"A distinguished panel—including a world renowned copyright expert; musicians who use sampling in their compositions; an academic expert; and a record label representative—will participate in a series of structured conversations about the law, business, technology, theory, and culture of sampling recorded sound. The event will also feature a live demo of sampling from the Belfer Audio Archive. The program will also be professionally filmed and simulcast on the Web."

The morning sessions will focus on the business and legal side of sampling with panelists including Google's Copyright Counsel and the founder of Illegal Art. Then afternoon will turn toward the creative side of things, with a sampling presentation by AvantUrb's Primus Luta and then in a discussion between him and Hank Shocklee from the Bomb Squad on creative innovation with sampling.

In a recent interview
(http://blog.gnarlee.net/primus-luta-is-comin-clean-exclusive-intervie),
Primus Luta explained:

"The folk from Syracuse contacted me based on my work in creating a notation system for sampling and its implications for a legal argument. They are really trying to use the symposium as a stepping stone for addressing these issues head on. It's been a buzz topic for a couple of years now, and so there are documentaries and panels at music conferences on the subject. With all of these things though few if any solutions have been offered. That's what really makes this symposium special, its not just hey lets talk about it, it's hey lets find a solution for it."

The full day will be broadcast on the web. To watch and participate you will need to register online (http://sampling.syr.edu/register.php). If you cannot watch the live broadcast, all of the day's events will be documented and posted on the Syracuse site shortly after the event."

Gas 0095 Studio - name that synthesizer, win a CD

YouTube via microscopics — April 06, 2010 — Gas studios around 1999. Name that gear, win the Gas 0095 CD.
http://microscopics.co.uk

The video is quite blurry, so its a good way to test your synthesizer geeking skills.
Name the gear in the comments or on our blog http://www.microscopics.co.uk/blog/ and we'll send three copies of Gas 0095 on CD + MP3 + Flac24 to the three geeks who guess/ identify the most gear correctly.


This is most of the gear used to record the Gas 0095 album, with a few additions and subtractions.


Each copy of Gas 0095 on CD or flac bought from us comes with a FREE Minimoog model
http://microscopics.co.uk"

AELITA 3-VCO RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

video by jexus here
"AELITA is a 3-oscillator monophonic synthesizer with 44 keys, produced by the Murom radio plant in USSR in eighties. The device is housed in a strong aluminum body. Sound control is performed with handy faders and buttons. The synth has really impressive analog sound - it is convenient for modeling of fat analog basses, classic rock leads, hard razor waves, various space FX`s, noises, ambient textures and much more... It is able to form both hard and soft timbres. By activating the UNISON function, the number of simultaneously sounding voices may be 5 or 6. Because you can detune the three independent oscillators, it is possible to create "one finger chord hits".

The Aelita synthesizer consists of 5 basic synthesis sections, which are the following: TUNING, REGISTERS/TIMBRE (osc wave switch), UNISON/VOICE LEVEL, TIMBRES CONTROL (filter), VOLUME CONTROL (amplifier). A wide range of modulation functions are available, including RING MODULATION. The synthesizer provides a three oscillator voice, with the addition of unison function, which adds extra timbres to basic sound. Respectively, there are separate controls for all oscillators in all sections.

The TUNING section provides the "global tuning" and separate DETUNE 1/2/3 knob for each oscillator. Below the section, three parameter buttons are situated: RELEASE, UNISON/VOICE and STRINGS. By pressing RELEASE, the "preset released" mode is activated independently of the RELEASE slider in the AMPLIFIER section. Next the UNISON/VOICE ON/OFF button - having entered the mode UNISON ON you will get aggressive layered strings sound (see demo sample1). By pressing the STRINGS button, you actually activate the modulation function, which imitates stringed instruments vibrato; but in conjunction with the UNISON ON mode, it provides "strings" sound with a complex modulated timbre.

The REGISTERS/TIMBRES section contains the timbres range (octave registers) 2`, 4`, 8`, 16`, 32` buttons and the WAVEFORM SELECT buttons (square, triangle and saw). The MODULATION/LFO FREQ slider, also called VIBRATO/TREMOLO, is situated below; four LFO WAVEFORMS selection buttons are situated at the lowest.

Between the REGISTERS and VOLUME CONTROL sections, the MODULATION switch buttons for all oscillators (called VIBRATO 1/2/3) and the button MOD1*3 activating frequency modulation of the first voice with the third one; actually, this is the RING MODULATION mode. Combined activation of the buttons MOD1*3and UNISON/STRINGS makes it possible to get a uncommon compound timbre of sound. The section UNISON/VOICE LEVEL contains three sliders 1/2/3/ and three buttons for controlling the volume level and for switching the oscillators ON and OFF. One of the sliders is designed to control the UNISON level in the range 16í. With the button UNISON/VOICE at ON, the sliders 1/2/3 perform the function of controlling the UNISON level of the registers in the ranges 2í, 4í, 8í. Below the section, the MODULATION DEPTH (vibrato) slider is located.

The TIMBRES CONTROL section has two buttons in the left part: KEY TRACKING ON/OFF and LFO (tremolo on/off). Near the buttons, 6 filter control sliders are situated, those are the following: FILTER CUTOFF (called RANGE), RESONANCE (SHARPNESS), MOD DEPTH, ATTACK, SUSTAIN/RELEASE, DECAY (called LEVEL). Below the section is the TREMOLO DEPTH. The VOLUME CONTROL (AMPLIFIER) section provides the following functions: ATTACK, SUSTAIN / RELEASE, DECAY (called LEVEL), MAIN VOLUME LEVEL and controlled with the respective sliders. At the rear panel, a 5 din OUT is situated for connection of the volume control pedal or an external mixer/amplifier."

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Squidfanny - Circuit Bent OMNICHORD OM-27 Demo 3 (Just the touch points)

YouTube via squidfanny — April 07, 2010 — "Demo Vid for Ebay Auction...

Just the touch points and some of the mods.

Combine the preset drum patterns to create complex Arps. Use the Glitch mods to evolve the sound and touch away...."

Omnichords on Ebay. Follow-up to this post where you'll find parts 1 and 2. Comments enabled there to keep them in one post.

synthjam

flickr von dingolishious

"Space music Jam @Baltimore Node"

Herb and Joe

flickr von buchlajoe
(click for more)

"Herb Deutsch and me in his classroom with my 2 200e's."

ROLAND SYNTHESISER 09

via this auction

Roland The Synthesizer Books 1st Edition

via this auction

"This is the original version and not the second edition of Roland's The Synthesizer book that comes with all four books."

You can see the second edition for reference here.

Folktek Art The Luminist Garden

via this auction
See the Folktek label at the bottom of this post for more including video of The Luminist Garden.

"The Garden is a conceptual sound art work and a phenomenal instrument for extending micro sounds into waves or generating odd sounds based on an accoustic source. The Garden is a part of the electrocoustic section of the works of Arius Blaze. Please go here to see more: http://ariusblaze.com/electrocoustic.html

This work is an expanded version of the Micro Garden, capable of making lush choral waves and entire compositions as a standalone work. The expanded soundboard has multiple pick ups that run into the delay - which offers time settings from extremely tight notated repeats to about 1.5 seconds with undecaying feedback that essentially acts as a looper allowing one to make beats by tapping the board and plucking or rubbing the strings.


The delay runs into a very lush and unusual reverb that has the ability to act more as a wave generator, creating waves that can endlessly extend and are based on the original note but with the ability to pitch shift the feedback, resulting in something like the NI effect called "convolution".
The result is rich electronic music from an accoustic source. Sweet ambience. Stereo out.
There are sound samples on the blog page: http://folktek.blogspot.com/2010/01/luminist-garden.html, each a single take with no editing or external effects.

The feedback can be adjusted to generate long perfect extentions of micro sounds to become waves then captured in long format if desired. There is as much musical potential as there is a potential for strange sounds - bits of waves can be strecthed in real time and become distant-relative abstractions of themselves.

There has not been a single displeased buyer of the any of the Garden series - it is an extremely solid conceptual work with a huge sound.

This piece runs on supplied 9v power adapter, stereo 1/4" output to amp or mixer, custom folktek hardwood box with jointery, custom lamps and switch."