Friday, October 22, 2010
Plugiator: Pro 12 demo 1 - Sound tweaking
YouTube via RanKirlian | October 22, 2010
"Messing with parameters on the Use-Audio Plugiator & Pro-12 plugin while running a sequence from Sonar. Delay effect comes from Pro-12 too."
Plugiator: Pro 12 demo 2 - Tweaking presets
Plugiator: Pro 12 demo 3 - Noises & dark sounds
Plugiators on Ebay
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) . External input enables you to plug in any instrument and use this great effect."
Roland RE-501 Space Echo
via this auction"Roland's professional tape delay system featuring advanced low noise circuitry and balanced in/outputs as well as stereo output.
It combines four effects ;
Chorus (analog circuitry similar to the roland dc 20/30)
Echo (tape delay / 6 six modes )
Sound on sound (tape layering effect unique to the 501)
Reverb (spring reverb tank)
All effects can be used alone on mixed in any combination.
In my opinion the sound is clean though the delay is still very much tape like in character. Where this equipment shines is in the ability to create and mix together very beautiful chorus/ delays/ reverbsso easily."
Sycologic Patch Memory Expansion board for Yamaha DX7
via this auction
"Basically, it gives you 4 banks instead of 1, so that's 64 patches.
It was pulled from a working DX-7, which was about to have a Grey Matter E! board installed."
Modded Yamaha CS70m with Schematics and Manuals
via this auction
"there were mods done to her:
1. Keycode Input (SK30 or SK50D connector) on the back was removed - done by org. owner
2. PGM lock (program write lock/unlock switch) was replaced w/ additional L/R outputs - never tested 'em but if i remember correctly these outputs bypass VCA or VCF of the synth. (sorry may be wrong here) - done by org. owner
3. MIDI interface by Kenton was added by a Pro from "A Sound Education", a shop here in Chicagoland.
they also turned her inside out to check for any problems: "Feet I" slider was cleaned and re-soldered, program switches 11 & 14 in row 1 were replaced. midi was implemented and tested. no other issues were found."YAMAHA SY-2 Synthesizer
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via this auction
"YAMAHA SY-2 was the company's second venture into the blossoming synth market (no prizes what the first one was, then....). Its major claim to fame was the movie useage in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", when played by Francois Trufflemanger (or whatever his name was...) whilst waiting for the aliens to come out to play and give back the fighter planes etc they nicked (thieving gits...). He wasn't a great player.at all..only five notes in his portfolio. Its surprising that a Japanese synth was used at all. This was the era of synths when Moog & Sequential & ARP were champions of the the terrestial world....hey, thats the crazy world we and the aliens live in...........doo dee doo de doooooo"
YAMAHA DX7 ROMS
via this auctionSynthesizer Group
Sound Effect Group
Sustain Group
Percussion Group
Wind Instrument Group
Keyboard Plucked & Tuned Percussion Group
Yamaha TF1 Module in Custom Wood Case
via this auction
"This is a plug-and-go ready MIDI module. Comes with power supply and XLR to 1/4" line out adapter cable.
Basically a DX7 in a box, just MIDI it up to your keyboard or other controller.
Editing is done via MIDI sysex from your computer. These units used to come in a rack holding up to 8 of them."
Akai SynthStation 25
via moonbuz where you'll find one more pic and initial impressions.Update: also see 1st impressions on Palm Sounds here.
Arturia Analog Experience The Player 25 Unboxing
YouTube via sonicstate | October 22, 2010
"Just in for review, The Player 25 is billed as the portable synth module. We'll be reviewing this in full shortly.
Please leave any questions in the comments below."
SoundPrism for iPod/iPhone (Halloween Teaser)
YouTube via Audanika | October 22, 2010
"A teaser of SoundPrism on an iPod 4G. SoundPrism is a universal app now requiring iOS 3.1.3 (so even 1st gen iPods can run it). It has built in recording capabilities. Recordings from iPads, iPhones 3Gs and iPod 3rd gen devices can be used as iPhone ring tones.
Friend us at http://www.facebook.com/audanika and follow us on http://twitter.com/audanika for news about SoundPrism."
iPads on Ebay
iPads on Amazon
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Vintage KORG Synth Ts via KORG
You can find the T-Shirts here.
MS20
Doncamatic
Mono/Poly
Trident
Click the pics for larger shots.
via Computer Controlled
Polyfoo arduino synth
via Tobias Wahlström"I have made a synth with a low-fi sound and some kind of polyphony and MIDI interface. Since I am better at software than hardware I wanted to use as little external hardware as possible. I have tried to make it easy to understand and use. No fancy optimizations more than some simple ones I really had to do to make it work.
On my site there are photos, source code and sound samples.
I provide it with no particular licesense - it would just be fun if someone else than me can have fun with it - or even improve it..."
Egadz :: Music Made With Buttons 4.0 :: We Want Neutrinos
YouTube via kidwithoutradio | October 20, 2010
CME MIDI keyboard controller and Akai MPD24
"want this song?: http://www.kidwithoutradio.com
follow up to the first amazing death defying finger stunt video by egadz. the original video is currently on it's way to half a million plays!
first: egadz ol schollin it up on his skate, all sketched out.
second: egadz finds his make shift home after the u.s. learns how to split a neutrino and uses a neutrino bomb to create an apocolyptic tragedy, forcing the masses to now live underground.
third: live song called "we want neutrinos" from the album "we want neutrinos". live looping, button mashing, and knob turning freak outs.
egadz is on tour this fall with sole & the skyrider band."
Buchla 200e Presets II
YouTube via boobtube356 | October 21, 2010
"Six presets scrolled automatically using the 250e in the upper left."
E560 First Test
YouTube via JohnLRice | October 18, 2010
"This is my first test of the new Synth Tech E560 Deflector Shield Eurorack synth module. I didn't really read any instructions yet, I was just folling around running Carbon111's CD through it since it happened to be in my CD player at the time! ;-)
Look for several more tests/demos I'll be doing of this exciting new module."
Moog Taurus II Bass Synthesizer
via this auction"set of vintage Moog Taurus II synthesizer bass pedals. These pedals come with the Moog Taurus II Synthesizer/Brain specifically made for the pedals. In other words, you don't need an external sound source to power these pedals. They can be used right out of the box! The pedal board connects to the brain via MIDI so any keyboard, sound module, etc. can be connected."
Update: No MIDI unless this is a modded unit. Thx to byron kent wong in the comments for catching this.
Casio Vl-Tone Circuit Bent
via this auction
Pics and vids captured here.
video upload by kenzie2029August 31, 2010
previously posted "***To skip tech talk, 2:15
As you can see from my blog, this is not my first attempt at bending my Vl-tone. The first time through was OK, but glitchy. For my top panel I used a piece of stainless steel that unfortunately conducted the current from my potentiometers dropping the pitch. Also at the time, the only wire I had was too thick and stiff to work with. So I decided to rip it all apart and start over. This is what I did.
So here are the mods. I used a little help from Casper electronics, he has a mod sheet that gives you a few patch points and three pots. I ended up only using four of the patch points and all three of his pot mods. I also added three extra pots by externally replacing the VLs internal pots. Then I tested and tested and found twelve other patch points that I liked. So that is from the left all the pots and the black RCA jacks.
As for the white RCA jacks, they function as a switch bay triggered by the switches to the right. The smart observer will notice there are nine switches in the array. One turns the bay into a multiple, the top row (on-off-on) engages the bay or sends it to the switches below. Those switches a attached to capacitors and diodes to further change the sound. The pots about the switch array are part of a home made low pass filter with frequency and resonance. Then there is a volume and reset button.
Blog: http://m-england.blogspot.com
Web: http://www.snapshotillusions.com"
University of York Weather Station Sonification/Visualisation
University of York Weather Station Sonification/Visualisation from Philip Cunningham on Vimeo.
"I made this patch in Pure Data to sonify and visualise the weather station data online at the University of York's website (weather.elec.york.ac.uk/). I wanted to give the a narrative that could be understood.
Once the language of the sound and visuals are understood, you can understand the weather conditions very quickly through the perception of the sound; possibly quicker than if you were to read the information."
::vtol:: @ Theremin Center 03.04.2010
::vtol:: @ Theremin Center 03.04.2010 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.
"Theremin Center -en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin_Center
vtol.tk"
from the wikipedia link above:
"The Theremin Center for Electroacoustic Music was created in Moscow, Russia in 1992 by the group of musicians and computer scientists, under the leadership of Andrey Smirnov. It was named for Leon Theremin - Russian inventor of the Theremin, one of the first widely used electronic musical instruments.
The Theremin Center aims to achieve a co-operation of musicians, artists, scientists, and technologists who are oriented toward realization of experimental artistic projects. We envision the centre as a base from which to carry out interdisciplinary research in such fields as computer music, electroacoustic music, interactive systems, multimedia, including dance, visual arts etc., as well as a centre for the development and creation of innovative programs, technical devices and techniques.
From the start the Theremin Center was intended to operate on a non-profit basis and most services and equipment were donated by the founders and sponsors of the Theremin Center. Professor Jon Appleton founded the International Advisory Board and helped in developing the Theremin Center and establishing continuous relationships within the international musical and scientific communities. The Moscow State Conservatory has provided space. It was a part of the Sound Recording and Musical Acoustics Laboratory - the place where in 1960s Leon Theremin was conducting his research. Since 2005 Theremin Center became a part of Electroacoustic Center at Moscow State Conservatory."
KORG KAOSSILATOR PRO まるわかりムービー Returns 003 : Play with WAVEDRUM
YouTube via KORGINC | October 21, 2010
"ダイナミック・フレーズ・シンセサイザー / ループ・レコーダー KAOSSILATOR PROの全貌を披露する、大人気シリーズ・ムービーが復活！
高いポテンシャルを持つKAOSSILATOR PRO。その秘めたる可能性をまだまだ追及します！第三回では、話題のダイナミック・パーカッション・シンセサイザー WAVEDRUMと組み合わせての演奏をご紹介。"
Googlish:
"Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer / loop recorder KAOSSILATOR PRO to showcase the whole picture, movie popular series is back!
Have a high potential KAOSSILATOR PRO. Still pursuing the possibility that the Secret! The third is the dynamic percussion synthesizer WAVEDRUM introduce the topic in conjunction with performances."
making rhythms with the sl-20 slicing up noise
YouTube via NoizeHack | October 21, 2010
"I just got a boss SL-20 pedal and I was playing around with close to white noise as the input and splitting to stereo, distortion on one channel of the output, reverb and distortion on the other and then mixed back together in mono. the sl-20 can ping pong and random split the output, so you get alternating sounds with a mono split to stereo. also it sounds pretty cool with an atari punk console run though it. the noise is coming from the feedback setting on the kaossilator."
Homogenized Terrestrials: Vintage Code
YouTube via trrstrl | October 21, 2010
"Created using Moog's Filtatron app for the ipod/ipad. It has a digitally modelled Moog ladder filter, oscillator, sampler and delay effects. You can mix the oscillator with a sample and audio in, all through the filter and effects, and resample it if you want (up to 10mb). The sample can be slowed down or played up to two times normal speed forward and backward and you can change the start and end points while it is playing. You can save individual samples as well as presets which are a snapshot of all of your settings at the time of saving. It sounds great and is highly recommended. Recorded with a Canon T1i (video), Edirol R-09HR (audio) and assembled in Nero, with a Moog Voyager RME looking on."
iPads on Ebay
iPads on Amazon
iPod Touch on Ebay
iPod Touch on Amazon
APC20 vs Launchpad - The DSP Project
APC20 vs Launchpad - The DSP Project from Rupert Brown on Vimeo.
"In response to the popular Novation Launchpad Akai have released the APC20 weighing in at the same price point but with faders clearly the APC20 is going to have the advantage right?
Remember kids this is your last chance to win the KJ Sawka sample pack so check out thedspproject.com/samples to enter!"
ZeroBias - Cyndustries Zeroscillator
ZeroBias (excerpts) by parasitk
"Edited excerpts from a ~30 minute exploration with the Cyndustries Zeroscillator, which will be source material for new music by I, Parasite.
Very pleasant on headphones."
http://cyndustries.com/
via @parasitk
"Edited excerpts from a ~30 minute exploration with the Cyndustries Zeroscillator, which will be source material for new music by I, Parasite.
Very pleasant on headphones."
http://cyndustries.com/
via @parasitk
ADDAC101 .WAV Player (Part III) & IV
ADDAC101 .WAV Player (Part III) from André Gonçalves on Vimeo.
Part II and link to part I here.
"more info:
addacsystem.org"
ADDAC101 .WAV Player (part IV) from André Gonçalves on Vimeo.
Cyndustries Burst Generator
via this auction
"Auction is for one out of production Cyndustries Burst Generator compatible with the Modcan A format, as shown in the picture by the arrow...
From the Cyndustries web site:
Ken Stone's enormously versatile and creative Burst Generator replies to a trigger input pulse - with a rotary switch selectable string of from one-to-nine pulses out. Bada, Bing! Bing! Bing! There's a choice between the adjustable internal clock or an external one, as well as logical outs representing when an "Event" is in progress, looping, or completed...
This can be used at slow speeds for example, to count the number of times a sequencer repeats before interrupting it's cycle, and then triggering another event to begin! Or the Burst Generator module can be used at pseudo audio frequencies for rasp and washboard effects.
When triggered by a keyboard, this versatile module can easily generate percussive Hammond Organ or woodwind type chiffs on each note played.
Lots of auto-compositional fun linking these together, or with the excellent Modcan 17A Sequencer or the Stone Gate Sequencers!"
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Akai EWI 3020 wind controller+3020m analog synth module
via this auction"Now, all the EWIs are beyond wonderful instruments, but there are reasons the 3020/m is my favorite:
- the 3020m is a real analog synth module that sounds huge, especially when you run it through even a tiny keyboard amp. (Not to dis the newer EWI 4000S, because it's great, however its digital synth is competent but not even close to the digitally-controlled analog one in this unit);
- the external instrument audio input lets you add the human expression of a wind controller to any sound (which you can trigger with the MIDI out of course), either on its own or in combination with the 3020m;
- all the knobs you need to grab in a hurry without fooling around (sensitivity adjustments for breath, pitch, bite, and glide sensors - and transposition) are right there, easy to adjust and clearly labeled on the 3020m's front panel. The 4000S has miniature knobs with black-on-black labeling that's impossible to see, hidden under a cover you have to remove, plus you have to go through menus and use a primitive display that you forget how to use if you don't use it all the time;
- earlier models required you to let extra air out the sides of your mouth, but the 3020 wind controller (8-octave range!) has a vent hole, and I prefer that. They kept that in the 4000S, the model after this one;
- with all its brains inside the external rack box you don't have to carry the extra weight around your neck that you do in the 4000S, even though the keys and mouthpiece are the same. Plus there's only one cable; the 4000S has MIDI, wall wart power, and audio."
This Second Sleep - Peristalsis Short
YouTube via arthurpainter | October 21, 2010
"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
An improv created using my Serge Creature/Seq A/TKB combo, EDP Wasp, and Sequential Circuits Pro One."
Update:
This Second Sleep - Peristalsis Long
arthurpainter | October 21, 2010
"A longer version of my previous Peristalsis video."
Vintage Depeche Mode Live 1981 - SPEAK & SPELL TOUR
YouTube via Koffe74 | September 02, 2007
"live Amsterdam,Paradiso 26.09.1981"
Playlist ordered by setlist via wikipedia and others (missing tracks in brackets):
[Any Second Now]
Depeche Mode Photographic
Nodisco Depeche Mode
New Life Depeche Mode live 1981
DM puppets live 1981
Depeche mode Icemachine live 1981
[Big Muff]
Depeche mode I sometimes wish I was dead live 1981
Tora! tora! tora!
Just can't get enough
Boys say go!
What's your name?
{Encore}
Depeche Mode Television set
Depeche Mode Price of love
{Encore 2}
Dreaming of me
This one triggered by http://www.youtube.com/user/MrGENERICERIC's favorites.
Modular BlaBlateur
YouTube via humankoala | October 21, 2010
"Just to try to imitate someone very annoying ;)"
Launchpad Demo Song
Launchpad Demo Song from BlissMediaWorks on Vimeo.
Launchpad T-Shirt
Launchpad music from karl sadler on Vimeo.
"playing about with some acoustic guitar loops I made a while ago. Using MLR in a monome emulator max patch. Love the idea, but it's a bit of a faff!"
MFOS 16 step sequencer first test
MFOS 16 step sequencer first test from delayed on Vimeo.
"Here is the test run with the MFOS 16 step sequencer. Only a simple VCO voltage control hooked up. Nothing so special and kinda annoying, but you get to see the layout and the functions of the unit."
MAM ADX 1 - analog Drum Synth
MAM ADX 1 - analog Drum Synth from Hardo on Vimeo.
"MAM ADX 1 analog Drum Synth driven by an external Sequencer"
Ensoniq EPS 16 Plus - Sampled Drums Part 5
YouTube via TheDaydreamSound | October 21, 2010
"I made this song with the Ensoniq EPS 16+ for the most part. It was was the first track on my album released in 2003.
Eventhough the ASR 10 is the prefered sampler among Ensoniq users I still think the 16+ is an underrated gem.
This is part five of the sampled drums series.
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ether^ra PLUTONIA
YouTube via potterpaint2000 | October 21, 2010
"an improv in celebration of the new FOLKTEK site. The Folktek Pluton provides much sound along with my Serge Creature/Seq A combo plus fx. http://etherra.blogspot.com"
Folktek on Ebay
ether^ra NARCISSUS BRUITS
YouTube via potterpaint2000 | October 21, 2010
"an improv featuring my Serges, a Bugbrand Weevil w/ a photo-sensitive eye, a VTOL Corvax loop plus fx. http://etherra.blogspot.com"
BISCUIT Rev 1.2
YouTube via OTOMACHINES | October 21, 2010
* 4 new Effects (Vibrato, Envelope Filter, "Tube" Clipper and 2 octaves down rectification)
* Constant Output Level in biscuiting mode
* Step Filter Improvement
new website: http://www.otomachines.com/
embouchure
embouchure from Daniel Clelland on Vimeo.
"embouchure /ɒm.bʊˈʃʊə/
the way in which a musician uses their mouth to affect sound production in an instrument.
This is a Max/MSP patch I put together for the 'Sound and Space' assignment in my Experience Design class at Victoria University of Wellington.
It watches for the shape of the player's mouth and adjusts a formant filter accordingly. Different pitches are chosen by the hand's position on the video.
I think we were kinda supposed to do something a bit more ambient, but I just wanted to make something expressive.
Course page:
blogs.mediazone.co.nz/2010-mddn221/
My portfolio page:
melloc.co.nz/university/mddn-221/"
Quasimidi Raven
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