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Sunday, March 27, 2011

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"Roland TR-909 Rhythm Composer Drum Machine, ser. # 415775. Only 10,000 of these monster boxes were made. This is the awesome sound of house beats, techno, and dance music. Used by Chemical Bros., Moby, Sound of London, 808 State, and many others.

Sounds are: kick, snare, hand clap, open hat, closed hat, low tom, mid tom, hi tom, rim shot, ride cym, crash cym. All sounds can be modified in attack, tone, tuning, decay, snap, accent. Includes manual and power cord."

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ROLAND JUPITER 4 VINTAGE SYNTHERSIZER

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Aelita vintage 3 VCO Soviet analog synthesizer

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SN 7981 99 03

"Vintage fliptop mono with rare midi input mod... in fact, it's the only one with midi I've ever seen! Really killer obese sounds with some of the best VCOs I've heard. Obviously influenced by the Minimoog in a lot of ways but radically different in others, it has a really unique unison/crossmod mode that is unlike anything Moog."

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Firstman SQ-01 Sequence Synthesizer

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"The Firstman SQ01, manufactured by Multivox, is said to pre-date the Roland TB-303 and has a deep analogue bass sound somewhere between the 303 and a Moog bass. The controls (left to right) are: Tempo, Release, Bar, Filter Cutoff Frequency, Filter Resonance, Oscillator Fine (tune) and Oscillator Frequency, Sustain and Power/Volume. Connections at the top rear are: DC12V in, CV in, Gate in, Clock in, Footswitch, Synchro out, CV out, Gate out, Clock out and Audio out. These connections really add to the fun-factor when hooking up with other analogue gear, or use a midi-cv converter to control it via midi."

Snow Fall - EMS VCS3 Filter Clone

via AMSynths

AM8071 Module - "Snowfall" Diode Low Pass Filter

"During the exceptionally snowy weeks of early 2010 I built a redesigned version of this classic filter which was used in the EMS VCS3 and AKS synthesizers in the 1970’s. With snow falling and the wonderful bubbly sound of the filter, I named this module - Snow Fall. It was a 4-pole diode ladder low pass filter using all discrete and rather old components. The Roland SH-3 filter (AM8003) and PE Minisonic 2 (AM8050) filters are close copies of this legendary design.

EMS originally (in 1970) described the filter as Low Pass and with a cutoff rate 12dB for the first octave and then 18dB per octave thereafter, with band pass filter response at medium Resonance levels and a maximum Q of 20. From early 1974 EMS updated the filter with an extra capacitor at the base of the diode ladder to provide a steeper 24dB per octave response, this appears to have changed the character of the filter. The filter frequency response is stated as 5Hz to 10kHz.

In terms of electronic design the standard filter is 4-pole but the characteristics of diode ladders makes this sound more like 18dB, and the 24dB version is really 5-pole. No matter, the filter sounds fantastic....

Visit the AMsynths web site for the full story here..." You will find samples there as well.
Be sure to see the rest of AMSynths for more DIY clones and projects.
via VICMOD

M-Audio Venom Demo by Khoral

via Khoral's Cafe 80

Khoral comments on the Venom's lack of access to all editable parameters via the hardware synth itself. If you are thinking of a Venom, be sure to read my review. I opted for a custom iPad TouchOSC template to get around the limitation. If you are accustom to working with a computer the Venom does come with a full blown editor.

SpiderWorker (M-Audio Venom Demo) by khoral

noise box

YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 27, 2011
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optical space theremin

Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 27, 2011

DUB CAT DUB SIREN by S-CAT

YouTube Uploaded by PHONICPOTION on Mar 27, 2011
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"CIRCUIT BENT DUB SIREN WITH BUILT IN ANALOGUE DELAY"

THE DISINTEGRATION DELAY by S-CAT

Moog Little Phatty Stage II - "Red Dimension"

YouTube Uploaded by synthypnosis on Mar 27, 2011

"VELVET VOYAGE - "Moog Little Phatty Stage II - red dimension" - Recorded on 2 stereo-tracks in January 2010 by Bruno Ender Lee
...my first recordings with the Moog Little Phatty...taken from the CD "Live in space""

Arturia ARP 2600V - ...les dunes du Pyla 1...

YouTube Uploaded by synthypnosis on Mar 27, 2011

"VELVET VOYAGE - "Arturia ARP 2600V - les dunes du Pyla 1" - by Bruno Ender Lee, every sound was made with the Arturia ARP 2600V, taken from the CD "Mindsong" 2005 ...with some holiday-pictures from France..."

Squidfanny - circuit bent YAMAHA PSS-100

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 26, 2011
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"Really nice little Squarewave Synthesizer from 1988. . . Bleep-Core Drums, Programmable Instruments and a little Sequencer.

Precision Oscillator provides pitch modulation, as well as LFO, 3 x Phat Bass / Screaming Feedback Oscillators, Glitch Knob and an Array of Glitch Buttons for generating random sounds, drum loops and abstract analog soundscapes.

Note the big flashing red Glitch button which indicates LFO rate.

As usual, wicked metal keys in lot's of shiney reflective colours."

Saturday, March 26, 2011

iMinimoogV v1.2 Wireless iPad Editor Now Available

Apple has just released iMinimoogV v1.2, a free upgrade for all iMinimoog V1.1 users.

iMinimoogV v1.2 offers:
- a redesigned look & feel for enhanced readability plus some very tiny UI adjustments to make the workflow even better
- parameter default value buttons. In v1.2, if you touch the parameter value label, it resets the label / slider to a default value (ex: VCO wave = Saw; VCF Freq = wide open, etc...) for each parameter... this is the fastest workflow you'll ever get in sound designing!"
iMinimoogV - iControlMIDI - iTunes
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The new MOONMODULAR M568A and M568P premier@Frankfurt Musikmesse 2011

YouTube Uploaded by moonmodular on Mar 26, 2011

"The M 568 A module is an addition to the M 568 Quad Sequential Trigger Source.

It expands the four trigger tracks of the 568 QSTS with a couple of useful functions:
- each track has its own reset-input jack
- each track has two independent trigger outputs, which can be assigned to any desired step position
Assigning/deleting these positions takes place at the 568 QSTS module in combination with the „Select A" and „Select B" buttons at the 568 A module:
Press and hold the select A/B button (set positionen on the 568 QSTS blink), press the desired position at the 568 QSTS.
If a 568 P programmer module is attached to the 568 QSTS, the eight step-positions of the 568 A will be saved together with the sequences.
- each track has a 4-position rotary switch to select the 568 QSTS's running direction
Changing the direction (except random) doesn't happen at once but after the next reset (end/start/turning back) of the respective track.

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The M568P programmer module is an extension to the M568 Quad Sequential Trigger Source.

Now 2 x 12 sequences/sequence-combinations can be saved to memory for later recall.
The non-volatile memory consists of two memory banks with 12 memory slots each. They are selected by the toggle switch "Memory Bank" and the 12-position rotary switch "Sequence Memory".
Pushing the "Recall" button activates a saved sequence. The "visible" sequence is being hold in an edit-bufer, a sort of "zero"-memory position -- so nothing will get lost when switching the module on and off. Only when a memory slot gets recalled the edit buffer is overwritten (therefore there is no automatic recall of the dialed memory position when the module is turned on).
To save an adjusted or modified sequence, push the "Save"-button (Save-LED blinks), select the desired memory-position and push the "Save"-button again (Save-LED dies out, sequence is saved).
To erase an adjusted or modified sequence, push the "Clear"-button (Clear-LED blinks), select the desired memory-position and push the „Clear" button again (Clear-LED dies out, sequence is erased).
To duplicate an adjusted or modified sequence or to move it to another memory slot, push the "Copy"-button (Copy-LED blinks), select the desired source memory-position, push the "Save"-button (Save-LED blinks), select the desired destination memory-position and push the "Copy"-button again (LEDs die out). The sequence ist copied now.
The buttons/jack combination under "Go to" in the lower part of the module the next and previous memory slots can be recalled -- using the respective push-button or a trigger pulse.

http://moonmodular.com"

PROJECT PRESET Native Instruments Razor 5 SFX & Percussion

YouTube Uploaded by Torley on Mar 26, 2011

Vintage Roland CR-8000 Drum Machine

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Yamaha CS60 Analog Synthezizer

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Ensoniq SQ-80 poly aftertouch demo

Ensoniq SQ-80 poly aftertouch demo by CoolColJ
"Showing the joys of Polyphonic or Key Aftetouch on the Ensoniq SQ-80 synth.
It really does make it so much better

Gotta love them analog filters :)"

For those not familiar with poly-aftertouch, it allows you to apply aftertouch to an individual key so only that note has the effect while all other notes being played do not. On most synths if you press one key down harder all notes heard will have the effect.

Bone Axe

"Vermona DRM1 Mk III
Doepfer Modular (including Cwejman VM-1)
DX7
Tascam 644 Midistudio
Focusrite Compounder
TC Electronic M350
Ableton Live
Apogee Duet"

Bone Axe by joel1088

FL's 9 HARMLESS Demo

"soundsets from HARMLESS demo"

HARMLESS by deejayiwanX

FIrst Sequence q119

YouTube Uploaded by Rhythmicons on Nov 30, 2010

"Earlier today I Unboxed my first hardware sequencer...a Synthesizers.com q119 and this was the result.

First Sequence:
Bank 1 to Freqbox Pitch input
Bank 2 to Filter cutoff Frequency
Bank 3 MF104z Delay Time Modulation

Second Sequence: Same settings on the Q119
Bank 1 to Taurus 3 Pitch
Bank 2 to Taurus Filter Cutoff
Master Gate output to Taurus Gate input"

Filter Beats

YouTube Uploaded by Rhythmicons on Dec 3, 2010

"I wanted to see if I could create a beat using only a filter and a white noise source. What I ended up creating was more of a bassline once the Filter was fully resonant.
Here is the result in a high quality audio."

SudoSynth - Using the SudoGlove Controller to Make "Music"

YouTube Uploaded by sciguy14 on Mar 25, 2011

"You can download the PureData Patches for the SudoSynth from my website: http://jeremyblum.com/2011/03/25/sudosynth

Learn more about PureData here: http://www.puredata.info

Watch the Original System Demonstration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnWPoaLU1i4

Watch Uncut Trial Footage of the SudoGlove Controlling an RC Car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0QJkbFEeqc

Everything you could ever want to know about the SudoGlove Control system is available here: http://jeremyblum.com/tag/sudoglove/

Follow me on twitter: http://www.twitter.com/sciguy14"

via Robert, via Hack a Day where you'll find additional details.

MODE MACHINES SYNTHLAB - SL1

YouTube Uploaded by acidjack303 on Mar 26, 2011

"MODE MACHINES SYNTHLAB - SL1 ,
Eigenschaften

•2 x VCOs (2 Wellenformen - Sägezahn & Pulswelle)
•1 x VCF (Tiefpassfilter 24dB - Moog Kaskade)
•1 x VCA
•1 x NOISE
•1 x RINGMODULATOR
•1 x SUBOSZILLATOR (-2 Oktaven)
•2 x LFO (Diverse Wellenformen und Ziele)
•2 x ENV (ADSR für den VCA und AD für den VCF)
•MIDI-CV-Interface mit 2x CV und GATE
•Audio IN
•Audio OUT
•MIDI IN/THRU"

Buchla Beat 7

YouTube Uploaded by boobtube356 on Mar 26, 2011

Disarticulated peacefulness (Clavia Nord Modular G2)

YouTube Uploaded by GruithuisenCityMan on Mar 26, 2011
http://www.myspace.com/fredericgerchambeau

Octatrack filter house "Where you are, I want to be"

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Mar 26, 2011

"Retro fun feelgood house, fancied a change :) Dedicated to everyone who has been seperated from a loved one."

Be sure to check out Daren Ager's BugBrand Modular Bug-Phonic album here.

Circuit Bent Kawasaki Key Boom by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on Mar 26, 2011
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squidfanny - circuit bent Yamaha PSS-9

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 26, 2011
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"Loads of shapely and intreresting sounding feedback oscillators, Distortion and Filtering.
Despite my best efforts there's no Glitch for this machine :(

Do you Like the metal keys?"

Replacing display on a Korg Wavestation A/D

YouTube Uploaded by RanKirlian on Mar 26, 2011

"Last evening I finally decided to replace the damaged display of my Korg Wavestation A/D. I've decided to document the operation with video and added some titles to explain the process.

I've also made a simple soundtrack with some of the most representative cinematic soundscapes of the Wavestation with no additional effects."

Pearl Syncussion SY-1

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Diabolical Modified Circuit-Bent Casio SK-5

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"The Diabolical Modified Casio SK-5 custom version is the new and improved circuit-bent glitch monster from Diabolical Devices. Create vast sound-scapes, unique synth sounds and total chaos, all packed inside your favorite childhood toy. The Casio SK series is loaded with original features, sampling capabilities, and great sounds (for what it was....) **When no modifications are engaged this will behave as a 100% stock Casio SK-5. Diabolical Devices aka Class A Electronics, LLC is a leader in Professionally Modified Synthesizer and Audio Equipment, Expert Repair Services, and has a full line of Hand-Wired Tubes Amplifiers and Effects (Diabolical Amplification). Their work has been featured at NAMM, art galleries, music videos, countless tech blogs, and used by musicians all over the world, professionals and enthusiasts alike. The circuit-bending and synth mods are the work of head-technician James Gramling who has spent the last 12 years in professional audio service and electronics prototyping. Check out the new www.circuit-bent.com for updated specs, custom work questions, and new releases from Diabolical Devices

Diabolical Modified Casio SK-5 Features: 20 point Banana Jack patch bay: Generate a WIDE variety of strange sounds and unique glitched sounds by linking these patch points with provided patch cables. Clock/Pitch mod: An external clock generator has been added. When engaged you have control over the master pitch of all keyboard voices, drum sounds, and bent sounds ranging from well above to WAY below original pitch. This modification has a bypass switch, pitch control and LED status indicator.

MIDI input: www.highlyliquid.com 1/4 audio output: Original speaker has been removed."

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modDemix-René, Brains,PressurePoints-Slow Acid

modDemix-René, Brains,PressurePoints-Slow Acid from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"Quick patch test with the modDemix and MakeNoise René sequencer running out to several modules for a slow animated control voltage jam. I started with QCV to 1V/ oct into the Cwejman VM-1 (Acid Slow Bassline). Then sent the X-Gate into the Cwejman CTG-VC envelope and I use Y-Gate for Accent/volume. I used the Doepfer 160,161,4ms RCD, SCD for clock divisions for gates into the rene for half time pattern playback. ModDemix was used in VCA mode with Rene going back and triggering the input for interesting gated time triggering of signals. The distant quantized melody is one voice of the VCO2-RM through the intellijel uScale then through Tiptops Z-5000 with a touch of delay. MakeNoise Brains and Pressure Points running in sequence mode to the Synthesis Technology E350, VCO2-RM, WMD Gamma Wave for extra clustering of timbres. The Cwejman BLD is the kick drum, and Noisering for high hats and snare patterns generated by the intellijel uStep.

makenoisemusic.com/

Shot with the Cannon ELPH-300HS. Hit the full screen icon to view in full HD resolution.
Note: this patch is 100% modular no computers or drum machines here. :)"

Soundlab - Feb 2007

YouTube Uploaded by clackbeetle on Mar 26, 2011

"Old Video I found of a Sound-lab test, using the LFO and AR to create a more complex rhythem - Clacktronics"

korg ds-10 track 65

YouTube Uploaded by korgds10 on Mar 26, 2011

"Melodic electronica, chillout, lounge, downtempo, idm track done on the korg ds-10 track. For more Korg ds-10 stuff, please visit the Home of the Korg DS-10 at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com"

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Akai MPC-2000 Synthcake: Before & After

flickr By Justin.D

"It is amazing. My friend Rachel made me the best cake in the world at a great party filled with my friends."

See the Synth Cakes label below for more.

MINI-COMPOSER By Masayuki Akamatsu

via Masayuki Akamatsu
"Karl Bartos (electronic musician, ex-KW, co-composer of songs like The Robots, The Model, Computer World,... ) and myself, Masayuki Akamatsu (media artist, professor at IAMAS and author of various iPhone apps such as Banner, Oscillator, Echochops,... ), along with executive producer Jean-Marc Lederman, have created a simple and fun 16-step music sequencer called "MINI-COMPOSER". You can download this app for free from the App Store. It works on IPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

[MINI-COMPOSER - Masayuki Akamatsu]

We made this app not only for artistic expression but also as a way to help bring relief to those affected by the recent major earthquake and tsunami disaster. The app includes a link to the American Red Cross donation site. Through our music we wish to give courage to the victims of this disaster and to call for assistance from people all over the world.

Thus, we would be very grateful if you could let your friends know about MINI-COMPOSER. It would also be much appreciated if you could introduce the app via blogs, Twitter, Facebook, news sites, newspapers, magazines, TV and so on.

Of course, we hope that you too will enjoy our music and will consider providing support to Japan.

Please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think would be interested. Thank you for your cooperation.

Masayuki Akamatsu
http://akamatsu.org/"

iTunes Description:
"Karl Bartos (electronic musician, ex-KW, co-composer of songs like The Robots, The Model, Computer World,...) and Masayuki Akamatsu (media artist and author of various iPhone apps such as Banner, Oscillator, Echochops,...) create a 16 step music sequencer which is free, simple and fun. The executive producer is Jean-Marc Lederman.

"We have created this simple music app for fun: it implements the basic waves of a synthesizer with a 16 step sequencer.
This app is totally free of charge but we would be very glad if, as a relief to people's suffering following the earthquake and tsunami, you would consider a donation to lend a helping hand to Japan. Please make use of the link button to the Red Cross site."

This application has the functions listed below.

- 16 steps sequencer
- Start/stop sequence
- Multi-touch note input
- 4 waves (saw, triangular, square, sine)
- 4 drumbeat loops
- Drums on/off
- Random notes
- Clear notes
- Additional information

Please enjoy our music and think Japan."

MINI-COMPOSER - Masayuki Akamatsu
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Kawai SX-240 polyphonic analog synthesizer

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TUBON very rare electric keyboard

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"One of the rarest electric keyboards out there, the Tubon was manufactured in 1966 by Joh Mustad AB, in Gothenburg, Sweden. Only a small number were produced; fewer still survive.

Imagine a small, strap-on combo organ. The Tubon's sounds are straight out of Sixties organ-driven pop: contrabass, saxophone, electric bass, woodwind. A strong vibrato and adjacent volume control give on-board sound shaping options. Two nine-volt batteries, housed at one end of the tube, provide power. At the other end is a compartment where the strap can be stored.

Paul McCartney had a Tubon, though it probably was not used on record. Kraftwerk did use one, along with countless Swedish and Finnish bands...

Output is from a din connector. Included with this Tubon will be a cable with a din plug on one end and a 1/4" plug on the other. You can change the din to a 1/4" female connector if you like; I chose to leave it with the din, to keep it original."

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