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Friday, August 27, 2010

Graphical frequency modulation (Plogue Bidule)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | August 27, 2010

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. This is to show some sounds made with two graphical VCOs, both of them frequency modulating the other one. It has been made with Plogue Bidule Enjoy !
http://www.myspace.com/fredericgercha..."

Korg microSTATION - guitar preset 1-49 HQ

YouTube via triumphthruxton | August 27, 2010

"Guitar preset 1 to 49, Korg microSTATION is a new workstation from Korg. I just got the first shipment to Europe and I have had the Korg M3 and the Korg M50 Workstation before. This is a light weight 2.5 kg/ 6lbs workstation/synthesizer with amazing sounds and a built in sequencer.

Pros: portabel and easy to use, amazing sounds from the bigger M3 series, sequencer, great software editor

Cons: mini keys, small LCD display

Everything recorder with a Korg SR1 Sound On Sound field recorder.

You can make a 16 channel song with drums, bass lines, leads, pads and so on. Use up to 5 effects and master effects and then save your work to a SD card. With the USB connection it can act as an VST in your DAW like Cubase, Logic, Live. Since I use it in a studio it is very easy to just put it in a bag and use it both at home and in the studio. I initially bought the Korg M50 but 7 kg/15 lbs was bulky since I also play bass guitar and use Cubase on my laptop, impossible to get all that equipment on the metro."

Sugarland talks Moog

YouTube via MoogMusicInc | August 27, 2010

"Kristian and Brandon Bush of Sugarland came to the Moog Factory in Asheville, NC to talk about how Moog's analog sounds enhanced their upcoming record, The Incredible Machine. The Incredible Machine comes out October 19. Learn more about it at www.sugarlandmusic.com"

Body In The Thames - Io ( Roland Jupiter 6 )

YouTube via bodyinthethames | June 09, 2010

"Body In The Thames - Io

I bought a Roland Jupiter 6

This is the first track I made with it (December 2009)

All the sounds are from the Jupiter 6 with the exception of 1 kick drum sound and 1 snare drum sound

The tonal kick, the LFO'd snare and the 'hats' and little clicks are all done on the Jupiter

Doesn't it sound nice!?!

You can find me;

http://twitter.com/BodyInTheThames

http://www.myspace.com/bodyinthethames

http://soundcloud.com/body-in-the-thames

http://bodyinthethames.bandcamp.com/"

Roland Jupiter 6 performs

YouTube via fromtinyacorns | May 26, 2009

"Here's the way cool, totally analog JP6. This little piece was performed entirely on the unit pictured, with only a little delay help from Garageband. The song is called "Six on Jupiter". Forgive me...I was weak."

Roland Jupiter-6 demo

YouTube via Satak8 | November 13, 2009

"All patches and compositions done by me within one session when I first got my JP6. Used analog TC Electronic chorus pedal on some patces. I love this synth :)"

Jupiter-6

Roland Jupiter-6 vintage analog synthesizer 'One Synth Song' (HQ).

Published on Apr 4, 2019 synthsandstuff

"All sounds created with the Roland Jupiter-6 using some external FX.

This video is part of the Roland documentary by Alex Ball: 'Land of the Rising Sound | A Roland Retrospective'."

YouTube via BlackenTheOrchards | April 12, 2010

"Roland Jupiter-6 Synthesizer"

Roland Jupiter 6

YouTube via synthsandstuff | November 24, 2009

"Creating some noise from scratch. Listen to the power of this vintage analog synthesizer with only some compression added."

Ensoniq Mirage Sound Demo

YouTube via farmyfarm | September 02, 2008

"This demo uploaded louder than my original, PLEASE ADJUST YOUR VOLUME ACCORDINGLY!!This demo contains sounds from a single Mirage DSK-8. (This was the original Mirage with the horrible Pratt/Whitney keyboard, but a superior all metal case.) There is a minimum of fx applied to the demo. It's ran COMPLETELY thru the Mirage, using the sequencer expander cartridge on the DSK's ONE track sequencer. An external Arppegiator was used. That it! Enjoy...."

Midnight Express, Casio SK 5

YouTube via farmyfarm | April 15, 2009

"The poor Casio SK-5 just doesn't get played on You Tube the way it was intended. I dont mind circuit bending mind you, I just thought I'd put up a vid that showcases the SK in all its intended. cheezy glory. This is a real quick demo doing a speedy rendition of Moroders' Midnight Express theme. Enjoy."

Cover song Depeche Mode To Have and to hold

YouTube via farmyfarm | September 23, 2009

"I always liked this particular DM song...It was kinda dark and perhaps gave us all a glimpse of the darker side of DM's music that was yet to come. Obviously, I sampled some of it. But not as much as you would think. The drums came directly from an an E-MU Emulator 2 sound library that I sampled into my ESI-32. The rest was sampled directly to the ESI. It's just my take on the song. Not quite an exact replica but definetly NOT some of the crap covers I saw."

Jupiter 6 demo.wmv

YouTube via farmyfarm | June 01, 2010

"Just a freestyle demo done in real time on my Jupiter-6. Using the synths ability to play 2 simultaneous arp patterns on the upper/lower while playing in a 2/4 split with a custom bass patch on the lower and a bell-like patch on the upper. The lead line was the only overdub done..this was recorded directly into an old school MSQ-100 sequencer. Only a slight delay was used on the recording. I also showcase the many abilities of the synth to manipulate a patch through extensive use of the resonant filter. This multi-mode filter is able to filter BP, HP, LP signals while still being able resonate. Alot of fun to play...Thanks for watching"

Boss Dr-110 and a Roland Jupiter 6

YouTube via farmyfarm | May 24, 2010

"Why is there nothing on the net about these two? They both came out around the same time. I recently decided to show off how cool the DR-110 accent is in conjunction the JP-6...alot of fun together..Enjoy!!"

Roland Juno-106 - Panel Board

via this auction

inside a Juno-106

Roland RS 505 ANALOG paraphonic string synth

via this auction

"Roland RS 505 , the ultimate analogue string synthesizer . Separate bass , synth section and of course strings give you a much wider palette of sound from which to create some wonderfully thick and rich classic analog sounds and very big bass sound! Comes with the fantastic sounding roland ensemble effect (stereo output) based on roland's dimension D chorus rack. External input enables you to plug in any instrument and use this great effect."

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YAMAHA SS 30

via this auction
"A chunky (its heavy, 20kg!!) wood veneered string synth from the 70's. Its a dedicated string synth with all the control needed to make those 70's string sounds. It really has a rich and lush sound , wonderfully simple and effective controls.
This example is 100% working and cosmetically in excellent condition except for some small chips to the veneer.

Control section running from left to right pitch/ detune - The outer pot adjusts the overall tuning and the inner pot detunes the voices against the pitch which can produce a wonderful thickening effect ( some sources describe this synth as a duphonic/ multiphonic ,others describe it as a 4 voice polyphonic. It uses divide down chips enabling all keys to be played at once)

Orchestra -Depth ( Speed 1/2 ,cello ,violin ) A great ensemble effect with 2 different effect types (speed) and the ability to separate the effect between cello and violin ( so you can have ,for example cello effect and violins dry )

Vibrato ,Delay/Depth- Very nice vibrato effect.

Sustain, Cello /Violin - sustain 1 control each for cello and violin giving again the ability to have separate amount of sustain for cello and violin sections . Very short to very long .

Keyboard split 0/1/2/3 .0 setting is no split and just the violin sound over the whole range. 1 gives a split with the lowest octave for cellos the rest strings. 2 setting gives 1 and a half octaves to the cello . 3 gives 2 octaves to the cello. The splits are indicated by a white dot above the note on the control panel
Cello ,Volume, attack/slow ,cello1/cello2 - control section for cellos giving control over attack fast/slow. Choice of 2 cello sounds.

Violin Attack/Slow, Viola/violin1/Violin2 /Volume - Same as cello control section though the volume is at the far right.

Brilliance Cello/Violin Very usable low pass filter for cello and violin."

mikrosonic RD3 groovebox

YouTube via mikrosonic | August 24, 2010

"Mikrosonic releases RD3 -- a groovebox app for Android-powered mobile devices. The RD3 is a high quality audio application that is easy to use. It combines a 303-style synthesizer and a drum machine with different drum kits. With these machines that defined the sound of early electronic dance music you can create dance grooves on the go.

http://www.mikrosonic.com"

buchla 200e, 24 wls

flickr by citizenmori
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Korg DS-10 Track: Acoustico Synthesia (73BPM MIX)

YouTube via michaelv315 | January 19, 2010

"This is where I draw the line,

I've tried to create some "acoustic" samples, and it worked out pretty well. Some flutes, pianos, brass and offcourse hardcore electronics. How I like e'm. I really hope you like it to, because I needed to sacifise some pretty awesome patterns to create this.

My memory is getting full and I think I can save no more then 2 tracks now. And one is allmost finished.

Pleae be so kind and comment, or just subscribe;)

See you......................KOCKENGEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S: I don't think I need to explain that the reverb effect was made by my KMP. Just incase, before people say that this is FAKE. Well its not, you know me:P"

See michaelv315's YouTube Channel for more.

emu drumulator problem !! help wanted !!

YouTube via fuckingharpsichord | August 27, 2010

"its weird, maybe the battery is dead, someone can help ?"

Light Industry - Free VST synth - vstplanet.com

YouTube via vstplanet | August 27, 2010

"Light Industry - Free VST synth http://www.vstplanet.com/News/10/Ligh...
Developer: concretefx.com"

"So Little Soul" for MuffChallenge # 4

YouTube via MrRitchieDrums | August 27, 2010

"Song written for Challenge #4 on the MuffWiggler.com website. The Metasonix R54 Synth Module was used on almost every track recorded. Special Thanx to my niece JOEI for the Crazy Vocals!"

SONAR: Get Started - PX-64 Percussion Strip

YouTube via CakewalkSoftware | August 27, 2010

"This Get Started video gives a basic overview of the layout and functions of the PX-64 Percussion Strip plugin."

Phase modulation ( Plogue Bidule)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | August 26, 2010

Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. This is to show some sounds from my graphical VCO and my graphical LFO made with Plogue Bidule Enjoy !
"http://www.myspace.com/fredericgercha..."

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Innerclock Systems SYNC-GEN V2

via Innerclock Systems

"TDM/RTAS/AU/VST

New GUI

Integrated Transprt

Q4 - 2010."

homogenized terrestrials: worlds away - Roland V-Synth Composition

YouTube via trrstrl | August 26, 2010

"worlds away is a new release from homogenized terrestrials. the only instrument used was a roland v-synth. all but 2 tracks recorded on apple's ipod touch using multitrack daw for the ipod. the release includes a cd of minimal electronic music and a dvd of abstract video and music. worlds away is distributed by intangiblecat.com"

Vermona ReTubeVerb

via Noisebug on Ebay

Note this is the new design and different from the one in this video. Big City Music currently has the older model listed here.

On the new model:
"Although spring reverbs have been built for more then five decades they are still highly desired because of their individualism and sound quality. They can almost be seen as standard for guitar amplifiers and can be found in a great number of studios around the world, as they are also a perfect choice for vocals, organs and synthesizers.

Once again VERMONA presents a tube spring reverb of it’s own class and once again the name is “ReTubeVerb”. Some details have been improved and there are also strongly requested features like balanced in- and outputs as well as the possibility to get it in a rack system. Uncompromising tube technology

The ReTubeVerb is build upon classical tube circuitry – you will not find a single semi-conductor in its signal flow. This uncompromising realization needs some efforts but the result justifies the concept! What you’ll get is the warm and slightly compressed tube sound without interferences and unpleasant coloration.

Spring tank
The deep and voluminously reverb effect comes out of a high quality six-spring reverb tank (three double-springs) made by the spring reverb pioneer ACCUTRONICS. Equalizer

We’ve chosen three very usable frequencies which makes it easy to form the reverb effect as you like without much efforts.

Balanced In- and Output
Beside the unbalanced instrumental- / line in- and outputs we’ve implemented a transformer-balanced input and output as well. It’s not that kind of feature that’s integrated just to have it, but with great attention towards sound quality. The audio transformers are made upon our specifications to perfectly fit for their purpose.

True Bypass
There’s a true bypass as well as the EFFECT STOP function. The latter allows refining the input signal by the tube preamp without reverberation.

The ReTubeVerb relies on traditional technology but also makes spring reverberation a cutting edge topic.

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IL Drumaxx review without comments

YouTube via tlsoft | February 28, 2010

"The new drum synthesizer from Image-Line (physichal drum modelling). It's a fast review without comments. Tutorial will be followed soon."

Simmons Analog / Digital Drums SDS 7

YouTube via Bhudda777 | April 12, 2008

"Demonstration of the electronic drums that were all the rage in 1983."

KORG ELECTRIBE・MX / PATTERN PREVIEW - 4 ON THE FLOOR -

YouTube via KORGINC | August 26, 2010

"SDカードに対応し、新たに発売となったELECTRIBE・MXの最新プリセット・パターンをご紹介。4つ打ち楽曲編。"

Circuit bent Stylophone Lofi synth

YouTube via greightbit | August 26, 2010

"I added a couple of easy and nice enhancing bends. nothing too crazy but awesome for someone who likes the original sound of the stylophone (like me)

bends:
-overdrive switch
-vibrato enhance switch
-feedback button
-photo resistor with on/off switch"

Stylophone's on Ebay

ARP ODYSSEY SYNTHESIZER PATCH BOOK

via this auction

There's a green one too. This one was for the MKIII orange and black model. Anyone know if the contents differed?

via the auction:
"This patch book contains the complete 75 patches and is divided into the following sections:

* Basic Instruments
* Advanced Instruments
* Sound Effects
* Rhythms, Arpeggios, Sequences
* Advanced Applications"

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Poul Sh - Joerg

YouTube via quadrosh | March 30, 2008
Radikal Technologies Spectralis

12 sec of silence (Jurgen Frost f. Sh) - Fire

quadrosh | August 26, 2007

more videos here
"kitchen techno
Live P.A."

Yamaha RS7000 and Quasimidi Rave-o-lution 309. Note Radikal Technologies rose from the ashes of Quasimidi.

MONOTRON and KO1 DRUM IDEAS - Making Electro Beats

YouTube via VJFranzK | August 26, 2010

"Kaossilator running through the new Monotron - produce some interesting electronic style beats!"

Shroom vs master

YouTube via grandtippler | August 26, 2010

"http://www.etsy.com/shop/rarebeasts

Short video of the Shroomtronic and The Master Looper with a Mini kaoss pad for effect."

Wicks Looper and KORG MiniKP.
A MiniKP for the iPhone would be nice...

Mugician17AppleTutorial - Computer.m4v

YouTube via rrr00bb | August 26, 2010

"Tutorial done using the same binary as what's on the store. Please don't overwrite your Mugician 1.5 install until you are sure that this sound will suit you, and even then *always* update from the iPad for any app so that you can delete and resync to go back to the previous version.

This may be the last Mugician update, other than possibly updating presets or fixing any critical bugs that get found. Feature requests, sound changes and such... another day, another app."

Mugician on iTunes:

iPads on Ebay

Moog Polymoog 203a vintage analog synthesizer

via this auction

"This is one of the last 100 made and has all of the factory enhancements and modifications that were made through the production run. It has also had all new divider chips (and sockets added) along with having most all the CMOS chips replaced along with most all the opamps. Replaced about 3/4's of the transistors too. The dividers and CMOS chips were a major source of failure in the originals so I wanted to replace them all to make it much more reliable. All the LEDs have been replaced with ones that take less current (but look the same) so strain is taken off the power supply. The Ua726 reference oscillators have been replaced with brand new ones. Needless to say, a lot of work has been put into this polymoog and it is about 99% functional. Only issue is that the VCF filter attack and decay are not working correctly and one key needs a bushing (currently taped to make it level, as you can see in the picture. the key DOES work). It works, it just doesn't sit right and level with the other keys. I will also throw in some spare parts including chips and polycom cards."

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1980's Roland GR-300 Polyphonic Guitar Synthesizer, G-505 and C-24D Connection Chord / Cable

via these auctions
(GR-300, GR-505, C-24D)

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TOBOR EXPERIMENT - Tales From the Drone - Buchla 200e Release

via Giorgio of greetchplug

"Recorded on crunchy analog 1/4” tape, 'TALES FROM DIONE' is a trippy journey into old school electronica. Entirely composed with the Buchla Electric Music Box 200e."

52.7M zip

Flyer Heartbeat Club

flickr by malteberg

in via Malte

"[The flyer] it is for a party in Berlin

the artist is Lars Erbach of formzoo.com"

Lazertran on aluminum panels

Update: this pic is actually from Luka who also uses it. I'm not seeing Dr. Sketch-n-Etch's pic referenced on Muff's. If anyone knows where to find it, let me know.

via Dr. Sketch-n-Etch on Muff's
"Here's a picture of a panel I made lastnight. This is a 1U x 5U panel made of 0.1" 6061 Al sheet. I printed the label from Front Panel Designer onto Lazertran backwards using an HP 2100M Laserjet printer (the ol' beige cube) running the "Universal Printer" driver from HP (a free download) which allows one to print mirror images. First I printed it on a piece of plain paper. Then I cut a piece of Lazertran to size, leaving about 1/8" extra over each border. I taped this piece onto the sheet of paper over the original image and ran it back through the printer. After I printed the Lazertran, I hit it with a heat gun for a few seconds to fuse the toner, although I doubt this was really necessary. Then I soaked the Lazertran in water to loosen the decal.

I peeled the protective sticker off of a precut aluminum blank (I get these cut to order from the Metal Supermarket) and applied the decal directly to the Al surface, printed side down (and gum side up), with no pretreatments. Once I got it lined up, I squeegeed it smooth with a soft silicone kitchen spatula to remove any air bubbles and water droplets from underneath. Then I ran the panel under cold water and rubbed it with my fingertips to remove the gumming. Finally, I put it on a cookie sheet and popped it in the oven at 170F. After one hour at that temperature, I started increasing the temperature of the oven, by 25F every 20 minutes, until I got to 400F. Hence, the whole procedure took about 3 hours, but for most of that time I was doing something else. After 20 minutes at 400F, I turned off the oven and let the panel cool. The whole procedure was dead easy to do. This morning, I drilled the holes, and there were no issues there either.

After baking, the Lazertran film becomes a hard plastic coating on the aluminum. The excess film at the edges wraps around the sides of the panel, which is pretty cool. The surface is very tough -- you'd have to cut it with a razor blade or something to damage the printing underneath. After futzing around with DecalPro dry transfer decals (which are hit and miss in transfer quality, a pain in the ass to make, and not durable at all without varnish), this is like a godsend. For the first time since I started synth DIY, I'm actually looking forward to making panels! If you, like me, have been hesitant to try this technique, then let me reassure you that it is painless and the results are fantastic.

A few words about the panel itself: Obviously, my panel style is somewhat minimalist. It was inspired by Thomas White, who graciously shared all of his FPD files with me about a year ago. This panel is for a preamp/envelope follower which is essentially a clone of the Doepfer A119. The corner mounting holes are 5/32", the pot and LED holes are 5/16", and the jack holes are 3/8". There are no toggle switch holes here, but if there were, they would be 1/4". If you look closely, you can see that a couple of the holes are a tiny bit off centre. This is because I was a little off with my centre punch.

Tonight I'm going to try labelling a couple of bigger panels which I've already drilled (one is 3U and one is 4U), and which currently have paper labels stuck on. I'm going to cut little crosses in each hole after I print the Lazertran, in the hopes that the flaps of film will coat the inner surface of each hole. I'll let y'all know how it turns out tomorrow. I'll also post a picture of this module when I've got it all finished. Stay tuned!"

homemade guitar-like instrument and Handmade Music NY 8/29

YouTube via nicnut210 | May 12, 2010

"Having fun playing with the recently developed SMoMid, which stands for String Modeling Midi Device. This instrument was created and is being performed on by Nick Demopoulos. For more information about this project please visit: www.nickdemopoulos.com"

Via this Create Digital Music post on the upcoming 8/29 Handmade Music NY event.
See the post for more details on the event including other inventors.

Smomid demonstration 1

nicnut210 | March 12, 2010

"The Smomid is a Midi controller designed and built by Nick Demopoulos. The name Smomid is an acronym for String Modeling Midi Device. This device uses a Miditron to convert the sensor information to midi information. For more music and information about this project please visit www.nickdemopoulos.com"

Smomid demonstration 2

nicnut210 | March 12, 2010

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