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Monday, February 21, 2011

Elsita - drum module and Dynacord

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"ELSITA - a true analog drum module from Russia, which can give You unique sound close to Kraftwerk, early Jean Michelle Jarre and other electronic classics. It's used, though fully operational, equiped with jack inputs compatibile with any triggers.

Not only is it vintage and extraordinary, but also comes with 4 Dynacord vintage drum pads (with jack inputs) - one snare and three toms.

More technical specifitations here: http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/elsita.php

It's powered with European voltage, but of course it will work in USA with a suitable power converter."

Micromoog 2090 synth MOOG keyboard

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Yamaha SHS-200 Keytar

via this auction

"Yamaha SHS-200, a fantastic 1988 Keytar!
Similar to the more common SHS-10 model, but has more keys, more sounds, twin speakers for stereo sound and is just generally more robust."

Spectrasonics updates Omnisphere for Eigenharp!

"Arguably the most important feature of the Eigenharp are the touch3D keys, which respond to pressure, velocity, roll and yaw. Spectrasonics have added new support for the kind of multi-channel midi the Eigenharp can produce - which means you can now indepedently pitch bend, distort and generally mess around with Omnisphere's fantastic sounds in note-by-note polyphonic glory."

Midnight walk (Clavia Nord Modular G2)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | February 21, 2011

"My first album is now available at Ruralfaune
( ruralfaune@gmail.com or http://www.myspace.com/disquesruralfaune )
SYNTH018 FREDERIC GERCHAMBEAU "3 Suites" CDR - limited 90 - file under : french avant-garde electronic, GRM music for theoretical minds
/////////////////////////////////////////////
Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. The music has been made in one take using a Clavia Nord Modular G2. Enjoy !"

This Second Sleep - Daphne's Abundant Horn

YouTube via arthurpainter | February 21, 2011 |

"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
My Serge Modular system in a rather wild mood. Daphne is in a transformative state and fiercely so. This is looped and live."

TheDeathlehemMachine11-LiveImprovNumber1-Feb2111.AVI

YouTube via dolphinicus | February 21, 2011 |

"This is the first live improvisational recording on The Deathlehem Machine #11. I had set up 3 different sequences to switch between as well as a single oscillator droning in the background. It's a short recording at just under 10 minutes for the entire video.
Sequences are built from combinations of:
2 x Music From Outer Space 16 step sequencers
2 x 4015 4 BIT Shift Registers
4 inputs of an 8 BIT R-2R DAC
2 x Attack Decay envelope generators
Various standard modular synthesizer modules burbling away.

The only effect used is the longest reverb that I were able to obtain from my TC Electronics M300 Reverb/Delay effects unit.

I hope you enjoy. :)"

Transmissions_From_Inner_Space.mp4

YouTube via richardbates1 | February 20, 2011 |

"Late night ambient music composition using my Moog Slim Phatty for bass line sequence and also filter effects, Access Virus C for background sounds, Omnisphere 1.5 for female voice and japanese children's choir....the Boss DD-7 for delays.
The visuals were taken with my hand held video camera of different presets of the Aeon Platinum iTunes visualizer.....reflections off the screen show of my front door to my studio, couldn't get that out.
Hope you enjoy!"

Battle Bass for Erase

YouTube via shagghie | February 20, 2011 |

"In the old tradition of hip hop and early techno in the US, Daniel Troberg and I have decided to start battling it out on the OctaTrack. Please 'vote' with your LIKES. All comments welcome, and feel free to bust balls, whine, talk ish, or whatever you like. This is bare naked OctaTrackism at the early stages...!"

Singing Fingers for Iphone

YouTube via JCRUDESS | February 20, 2011 | 31 likes, 1 dislikes

"This is an app called Singing Fingers. It's a great idea as u can see. Check it out!"

real time sampling sample player for iPad
Singing Fingers - Beginner's Mind
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Buchla&PicSynts3D

YouTube via deb7680 | February 21, 2011 |

"A short video realized with the Buchla 200e sounds and movie pictures 3D of many synthesizers, as as a kind of spacecraft that would a travel in space
Une coure vidéo réalisée avec les sons du Buchla 200e et une animation en 3D faite avec des photos de différents synthétiseurs, comme un module spatial qui se déplacerait dans l'espace."

BEAT BURNER by CODE AUDIO

YouTube via UPROAR24 | February 21, 2011 |

"lee stacey's beatburner gives your beats a new start by adding filters and waveshapers from adding bassy backgrounds, slightly metalic sounds to bone crunching to almost electric guitars screaming sound at exreme levels and is another freeware classic that seems to have dimmed from the spot light in recent years. but hopefully now its back on the map where it belongs.
the more extreme setting can be heard in this video around the five minute mark. where i just click the random button and add different wave samples from the cm classics sample collection. hopefully this video give you an idea of some of the rock bottom basics that you can expect from beatburner for more infomation read the manual provided to get the most out of this classicv vst plugin.
for more information visit
http://www.codeaudio.com/
more info
http://www.kvraudio.com/db/beatburner...
http://www.kvraudio.com/news/8893.html"

iTablaPro and Mugician - iPad Music Apps

YouTube via mvpadrini | February 20, 2011 |

"I watched Rob playing with iTablaPro and Mugician and I had to try it."

iTablaPro - Tabla Tanpura Player - Prasad Upasani
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Mugician - Rob Fielding
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Sunday, February 20, 2011

POKEY.synth demo jam 2

POKEY.synth demo jam 2 from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

"Using only the pokey.synth module for sound source. I'm also running the uLFO sine wave through the Aux input to demonstrate the SR function.

I'm using my uStep/Short Bus to trigger Envelators which are outputing CV Into the "vol" input on the Pokey. The Pokey module has 2 built in VCA's! :) which is pretty awesome! Z8000 is also being clocked via Short Bus/uStep which is controlling pitch for pokey osc 1 & 2, uLFO pitch, SR CV (on pokey) and Wave CV on Pokey."

Nocube Vidisynth

Nocube Vidisynth from paul sobczak on Vimeo.

"Working prototype of the Vidisynth from Nocubedesigns.com

More info at nocubedesigns.com

Expanding the Vidisynth:vimeo.com/20145255 [below]

Potentiometers are good."

Expanding the Vidisynth Part I from paul sobczak on Vimeo.

"A short walk through of the beginning stages of expanding the Vidisynth.

NoCubeDesigns.com"

KORG MS20 SketchWiz

Some MS20 pics using Jordan Rudess' SketchWiz in via Oren. These were taken at the Georgia Tech (Electronics for Music Synthesis) course ECE3893. You find some unprocessed pics of the MS20 as well further below.

SketchWiz on iTunes

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Metasonix R54 + Z8000 + Polivoks & others!

YouTube via MrRitchieDrums | February 20, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Using the Metasonix R54 as the rhythm track for some new ideas with the modular synthesizer"

Handmade Music at Digitópia

Handmade Music at Digitópia from Filipe Lopes on Vimeo.

"This was the handmade music party at Digitópia on December of 2010!
More info:
digitopiadigitopia@gmail.com"

KORG - Urban Exploration

flickr By ryanglenn98 (Ryan Glenn)

"Keenan pointed out a chunk of an electric keyboard.. kinda cool, brings those rumors of a rave in here to mind.."

MeeBlip Synthesis Reference Guide: Knobs, Switches, Sounds

via MeeBlip Noisepages

"The MeeBlip synthesis reference guide is now complete. Every knob, every switch is documented. And since we know everyone from first-time synth owners to serious coders are picking up the MeeBlip, we don’t make any assumptions. I’ve tried to document synthesis concepts for those who haven’t seen them before, but I’ve also tried to include details."

You'll also find some nice pics via By Create Digital Media on flickr.

Arduino + Karplus Strong + LDS

YouTube via metabog | February 20, 2011 |

"To listen to more of the music from the end, visit our Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/abodeanskye"

Amos 1.2 Demo

YouTube via anythinghonest | February 20, 2011 |

"Amos is a reactive MIDI instrument. It sends MIDI notes to desktop software and outboard gear. Think MIDI wind-chimes crossed with a pinball machine.

This video shows some of the new features added to Amos 1.2. Independent MIDI channels per disc and a re-designed settings panel are the highlights."

Amos: Another MIDI OSC Source - Anything Honest
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"Amos is a reactive MIDI iPad instrument. It sends MIDI notes through a USB MIDI interface or over a wireless network to trigger sounds from software synths, MIDI-capable hardware or desktop DAWs like GarageBand, ProTools and Live...

In Amos's physics-simulated room, collisions between objects trigger MIDI notes. Up to three duration discs (half note, quarter note, eighth note) can be grabbed and thrown around the room. There are three 6-octave keyboards that can be configured via the Settings menu. When a disc strikes a keyboard key, it takes on that key‘s note value and emits that value for each collision until a new key is struck. Tilting the device controls the gravity in the room.

USB MIDI Requirements:
• iPad
• Apple iPad USB Camera Connection Kit
• Class-compliant USB MIDI interface

WiFi MIDI Requirements:
• A Mac, Linux, or Windows computer on the same WiFi network as your iPad
• A copy of the free DSMI Server running on your Mac, Linux, or Windows computer
• Some kind of MIDI capable desktop app (Garage Band, Pro Tools, Logic, Live, Sonar, etc.)

See http://anythinghonest.com/amos for further setup instructions."

Synthesizers.con VCF FM

YouTube via demokid2000 | February 20, 2011 |
http://synthesizers.com/
"My friend playing with my .COM. Sounds nice :D"

Bedtime Jam

YouTube via crudface | February 20, 2011 |

"Patching in bed with new friend Zorlon Cannon."

MLRV 2.1 Improv

YouTube via kirk95 | February 20, 2011 |

"Jamming with the new MLRV 2.1 and a Monome 64."

Battle Bass for Erase (HQ) (OctaTrackism battle one)

YouTube via shagghie | February 20, 2011 |
Audio kicks in at :10.
"In the old tradition of hip hop and early techno in the US, Daniel Troberg and I have decided to start battling it out on the OctaTrack. Please 'vote' with your LIKES. All comments welcome, and feel free to bust balls, whine, talk ish, or whatever you like. This is bare naked OctaTrackism at the early stages...!

Feel free to join if you think you are up to it. Only use ONE pattern, and keep it less than 20 min. Videos mandatory, and only OctaTrack allowed.

Soundcloud Group Name: OctaTrackism
Twitter Account to follow: OctaTrackism

Submit!"

Tuning in

YouTube via JCRUDESS | February 20, 2011 |

'Discovered an app for cosmic tuning. Soundroid. Fun."

Soundroid Rampage - Matthew Rosenfeld

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"** The perfect toy for fans of giant battle robots **

Hands up everyone who loves giant stompy robots! Yeah, I thought so! Who wouldn't want to stomp around in a battle mecha of their own? But parking space for a 30-foot killer robot is hard to come by these days — and don't even get me started on the fuel bills!

So what do you do if you need your giant robot fix but can't afford the running costs? Stomping around your room swinging your arms just isn't the same... it doesn't sound right, for starters!

That's where SOUNDROID RAMPAGE comes in. Fire it up, hold your iPhone or iPod Touch in your hand, and stomp around like the robot you dream of — and SOUNDROID RAMPAGE makes the sounds!

The electrical hum! The giant, clanking footsteps! The whirring motors! No need to fiddle with controls: our motion sensing tracks your movement, and makes the sounds automatically!

Plus: SOUNDROID RAMPAGE is equipped with rapid-fire lasers, for when merely crushing the unworthy underfoot just isn't cutting it! Or charge your lasers first to increase their sheer awesomeness!

Not just sounds: SOUNDROID RAMPAGE features a gorgeous swirling interactive lightshow that responds to your movements and commands, and digital readouts that track your robot status.

** Go on a SOUNDROID RAMPAGE today! **"

D-50 101: Linear Arithmetic Synthesis explained. by TSF

YouTube via TheSynthFreq | February 20, 2011 |

"Linear Arithmetic synthesis or L/A synthesis is whats behind D-50s awesome sound, here I explain the process of how D-50 works.
These 3 main parts of D-50s awesomeness, is:
PCMs- pulse code modulation (there are 100 of them stored to ROM)
Digitally Generated WaveForms- Saw and Square waves (remember a Saw has even and odd harmonics, a Square has only Odd harmonics)
Subtractive Synthesis- the most basic theories for 'subtracting harmonics' in a structured way'.

More videos to come!
Please enjoy! :)
TSF & D-50"

Update:

D-50 101: Basic elements of sound & the D-50

TheSynthFreq | February 20, 2011 |

"Basic description of the 3 elements of sound, (pitch, timbre and amplitude), the requirements for sound to exist (generation, transmission & perception), and how D-50 and it's functions apply to sound design.
Please enjoy! :)

:) TSF & D-50"

Found Objects

YouTube via boobtube356 | February 20, 2011 |

"Patch found by switching presets. 259e and 261e."

PythagorasMovieTake1.m4v

YouTube via rrr00bb | February 20, 2011 |

"An incomplete but viable instrument. 12tet markers, microtonal markers, octave switch (beyond hearing in both directions), string count change. The distorted metal sounds is the only one that's right at the moment though. Using itablapro for rhythm as always."

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Futureretro 777 monophonic synthesizer

via this auction

circuit bent Atari 2600 with Synthcart

via this auction
"Hello again from asThMatic.What we have here is a circuit bent Atari 2600 with a new copy of synthcart.This is a great program for making music its alot of fun and the bent atari makes it even better. The bends to the Atari 2600 are a 1/4in outjack added with great sound quality. A volume control knob that give you great range over the volume. And 2 rca jacks one for video and one for audio the video one can run the visuals from the atari to and t.v, projector, etc with a yellow rca jack. Lastly a purple bright led you can check out a video I made with this exact unit on youtube look up (asThMatic atari 2600 )Also included is 12inch record painted using montana hardcore spray paint. Lastly a Piezo contact mic which can be used as a microphone to pick up all types of samples. A little about myself I have been a underground artist for about 14 years.I am a glassblower,circuit bender,graffiti artist,and musician.On dec.5 2006 I had a severe asthma attack after passing out from lack of oxygen I had a seziure and bit down on my tongue making it hard for my wife who was 7 months pregnant at the time to give me CPR.After my heart stoped she still stayed calm and got the idea to cover my mouth with her hand and breath in through my nose saving my life and most of my brain. Since then my life has been about art and sharing inspiration.I have been blessed with the artist around the world that trade inspiration with me.Thank you and feel free to ask any question to asThMatic. This Atari is in great working condition and comes with a power supply. Its very rare to see a atari with this many bends added all of which really add to the synthcart."

Inside a Roland SH-101

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Korg Kaossilator KO-1 Dynamic Phase Synthesizer

via this auction
"The portable, travel-friendly KAOSSILATOR runs on batteries or a 4.5v adapter. Use the it as a multi-instrumental musical instrument, sample source, live rig addition, or just a fun way to get your groove on!

Programs: 100 including synth basses and leads, natural instruments, chorded sounds and drum sounds
Drum Patterns: 10
Musical Patterns: 31
Types of Gated Arpeggiators: 50
Key Range: ±12
Connectors: Stereo line out (Dual RCA), mini headphone out

Sampling Frequency: 48kHz
DA Conversion: 24-bit linear
Power Supply: 4 AA batteries (6V)
Battery Life: Approx 5 hours
(with alkaline batteries)
Included Items: Owner's Manual, parameter sheet, four AA “test” batteries
Dimensions: 4.17" W x 5.08" D x 1.14" H
Weight: 5.43 oz. (without batteries)
AC Adapter: Optional AC adapter-ready (DC4.5V – available from Korg)"

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1970s MORLEY Rotating Sound Synthesizer

via this auction

"Here is a super rare original 1970s MORLEY Rotating Sound Synthesizer electric guitar effect. Works great. Sounds like a crazy wierd tremolo pedal but even stranger. Pedal is in excellent cosmetic and excellent working condition."

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SIEL Expander

via this auction

"Very similar to the Korg Poly/EX 800 and SIEL DK-80.
It is also rebadged as a Suzuki SX-500.

8 Voice in single mode, 4 voice if in dual(stacked) mode.
Responds to velocity. .

DCO 1 & 2: saw (16,8,4), square (16,8,4,2), detune, fine tune
Noise generator, destination VCF or VCA.
Envelope generator A.D.B.S.S.R. Attack, Decay, Break-Point, Slope, Sustain, Release

LFO 1 (DCO) , LFO 2 (VCF)
Chorus effect.
MIDI: omni on/off, channels 1-16.

Sequencer:
2 seperate tracks. (300 notes, also external gear can be controlled with it)
Clocks to internal, external (trigger signal) and Midi.

50 patches (40-49 are programmable)"

Oberheim Matrix-6R Analog Synthesizer

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DOEPFER A-100 MODULAR SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"3 x standard VCO A-110
2 x ADSR A-140
2 x LFO A-145
1 x VC LFO A-147
1 x Ring Modulator A-114
1 x Audio Divider A-115
1 x VC Waveform Processor a-116
1 x Noise/Random A-118
1 x VCF1 A-120 (24dB Low Pass 1)
1 x VCF2 A-121 (12dB Multimode Filter)
2 x Logarithmic VCA-131
2 x Linear Mixer A-138
1 x Dual S&H A-148
1 x Trigger Divider A-160
1 x Trigger Sequencer A-161

1 x Dual Slew Limiter A-170
1 x A-185 Buss Access
1 x Portable Case A-100P6 with psu2 (1200mA) rear mounted power switch (black)
1 x MCV4 Channel Midi Interface
2 x ¼” to 1/8” cables for MCV4
30 x Patch Cables: 15 x 10” (Black), 5 x 20” (Grey), 5 x 30” (Red), 5 x 45” (Blue)
A-100 User Manual (all A-100 modules)"

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