Moogsaic: Bob, Synths, & Artistry T-Shirt

via The Bob Moog Foundation

"Celebrating Bob's contribution to the world of synthesis, illustrator David C. Lovelace offers a beautiful hand-drawn creation for our newest art t-shirt design, Moogsaic. Composed of over 250 hand-drawn, detailed synthesizers, modules, and other sonic components, Bob's image and intense gaze emerge to compel the viewer to examine the mosaic of skillfully placed musical hardware. Bob's signature wavy hair, composed of patch cables, crowns the design. It is a striking homage.

You can purchase the Moogsaic t-shirt here and you can read more about David's artistic process in developing the t-shirt here.

All purchases from our online store go to benefit our educational and historic preservation projects. Please keep us in mind as the holiday giving season approaches!"

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P.S. David C. Lovelace is supporting MATRIXSYNTH member! Thank you Dave! You can find more of his work and music on his official website, umop.com. He is the man behind The Packrat synth comics and the synthtastic Parallax.

ARP 2600 on a Napkin

via The Guvnor

"Basically, my ARP 2600 has been in pieces about 10 years, since I took it apart to service it. The disaster happened when my basement was cleared out and I lost the service manual for it. The online service manuals found on the popular sites do not have the circuit/wiring diagrams for all the PCBs so mine was not included. Recently I have located my original service manual after 10 years, and I am now ready for the great 2600 rebuild and resurrection. The napkin was intended to show the years of angst through the eyes of PackRat himself when the only 2600 I had was made by Arturia!"

Get your own at AnythingNapkin.com

an exchange of noiz 042122

video upload by thenoiztemple

Note the video starts with supporting member aka ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING, aka The Noiz Temple - SPIKE the Percussionist. You can use the player controls to skip around.

"An Exchange of Noiz (AEON) is a bi-monthly showcase of Experimental, Electronic, Drone, Ambient and just plain Weird Music in Houston, TX.

Curated by SPIKE the Percussionist. [ http://manipulate.net/ ]

The performance space is provided by Sound Exchange Record Store. [ http://www.soundexchangehouston.com/ ]

The shows are free and beverages are provided by our sponsor 8th Wonder Brewery. [ https://8thwonder.com/ ]

Due to the current state of the world...
This AEON event features a special performance by Concrete Violin who came out of retirement for this one performance. Violent noiz for violent times.

Performances by:
CONCRETE VIOLIN 1:05:49
ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING 51:06
AK’CHAMEL 37:50
THE PACKRAT SHOW 26:53
ENEMY GODDESS 13:54
BROKEN ROBOT BRAIN TUBES 00:00"

Vote for Jamster!!!

David C. Lovelace, the artist who has brought us classic Synth toon, The Packrat, these brilliant synth videos, the retro synth band Parallax, and is the man behind the majority of the hideous ball-breaking artwork behind Metsonix products, needs your help!!!

"My Garmin Garage 3D Retarded Animal Baby (hamster) avatar entry is a finalist and doing pretty well, but I still need your vote to win.

VOTE HERE!

Scroll down & select "Jamster", and vote. If I win, the prize is this: thousands of Garmin navigator users will be able to download a 3D version of Hamster to use as a little avatar, driving along with you on the maps 'n such. Pretty neat!"

How cool would that be. If you vote you get to know you were part of the Garmin, synth tie in. Go vote now!!! I did and it literally took two seconds.

Metasonix TM 7 Scrotum Smasher Ultra Distortion SN TM7-103 w/ Original Box

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via this auction

Nice box. The pedal art is by Dave, creator of The Packrat.

"This was purchased new and put away for over a decade. Recently found amongst a bunch of other pedals and random bits of gear wile moving. I own 3 of them along side other Metasonix gear. I had money back then and kinda went nuts on spending.

It is truly as new as it was the day it arrived from Lake Port CA, home of Metasonix. The tubes are fresh and barely even warmed up.

I tried posting it on reverb.com but was blocked from doing so because reverb.com has band the sale of products with 'explicit or offensive content'.

Essentially banning this unit and others from being sold

This unit is loud and extremely aggressive. There is no by pass switch and the knob settings are very sensitive. If you give it time and attention you'll find the sweet spots. The TM 7 is all about those edges. You'll know what im talking about when you plug in a heavy kick drum from a drum machine such as a Roland 808, 909 or JoMoX 888, 999 and JoMox Alpha Base, just to name a few.

Though the real magic happens when you plug a Control Voltage source from a CV sequencer.
Thats right! It also a synth module."

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A Little Noodling Around on a Moog Voyager XL at the Moog Factory

A little noodling around on a Moog Voyager XL at the Moog factory SOUND LAB!

YouTube Published on Sep 18, 2012 by hamsterdunce

"More music at umop.com/parallax.htm

The wife and I were lucky enough to get a tour of the Moog factory in Asheville, NC recently, and while there I spent a little while in the sound lab making spacey noises. It was like being inside my own brain. I could have set up a tent in there."

Dave aka hamsterdunce is the author of The Packrat series and the man responsible for much of the artwork on Metasonix products.

Mother In LOL - Episode 5: "Growing Pains"

YouTube Uploaded by MotherInLOL on Jul 5, 2011
http://www.youtube.com/user/MotherInLOL

From the creator of The Packrat, Retarded Animal Babies, Parallax and more: http://umop.com/. And the creator of the The MATRIXSYNTH Packrat which has a permanent home on the right of the site.

"In 2009, things seemed pretty promising for an attractive young couple of newlyweds and their Mother In LOL. But as time went by, things went right down the crapper. Perhaps you can relate? No? You're a filthy liar."

Vyzor Editors and Kiwitechnics NAMM 2015 Booth - New Kiwi-3P: Editor Teaser

Published on Feb 3, 2015 Syntegrator

The Packrat in the background!

"Vyzor Editors and Kiwitechnics rock the 2015 Winter NAMM show in Anaheim California. Here I am on day one, daring the entire show's attendees to come on down and check out Psicraft's Vyzor editors and the amazing KIWI synth ugprades. Without the benefit of a headset mic to put my voice above the noise of the crowds, subtitles are definitely required!"

Playlist:
NAMM 2015 Intro
NAMM 2015 - Kiwi 106 Booth Demo
Kiwi-3P: Random Test Drive
Kiwi-106: Random Test Drive
Kiwi-3P: Editor Teaser
NAMM 2015 : Vyzor Editors
NAMM Show Booth Demo & Wrap up

April 2013 Packrat

via The Packrat on Facebook

Don't forget The Packrat Sampler book on  http://umop.com!

The Packrat Returns

via Dave, the man himself:

"New Packrat toons are starting up; this one will appear in the August edition [of Keyboard Magazine] (should be on shelves now or soon)."

Yes!

BTW, this one is a bit close to home. :) See the third pic when you get there. Also scroll down the right of the site and see if you can find a little something Dave made for the site years ago.

The PACKRAT Sampler Coming to the MMTA SYNTHFEST Tomorrow

For those going to the MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST tomorrow, there will be ten copies of "the PACKRAT sampler" available at the Mattson Mini Modular & BMF Raffle table.

The Packrat Meets Star Wars

via The Packrat on Facebook

"Here's a Packrat & 'Star Wars' themed Anything Napkin for Mark! You bet your butt he donated extra for this one! :o)"

http://anythingnapkin.com

The Packrat September 2013

via The Packrat on Facebook

"Keyboard Magazine's September 2013 Packrat comic strip!"

You can find more episodes on http://umop.com

YYZ on a keytar - no further description is needed

Published on Dec 2, 2014

"Welcome to another installment of ridiculousness!

Thanks for so many years of YouTube support. Despite my intergalactic adventures I am a real person in need of real support. Please visit patreon.com/packrat for more information.

This film was masterfully cinematographied (blorg?) by one of my very best friends, an 8-year-old by the name of Jaxon Ventura. It doesn't matter that you don't know who that is; your kids will absolutely worship him sometime in the 2030s.

It's all OK.

You have no idea what is happening right now. It's weird when time travelers post shit on YouTube. Anyway, that's just going to have to be all right with everyone, and most especially Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart, who wrote one of my favorite all-time songs, "YYZ," which I've decided to sequence on an old Korg O1/W keyboard for nostalgic, shreducational purposes, and play along with it on one of my 1984 Roland Axis keytars controlling a Roland JD-800 synth. This is all happening at the Safehouse, which is an independent republic located in the heart of Connecticut and recognized (by at least five people) as a sovereign state known as "The Din." Its liege lords, the Royal Din, are what you would call "my band," and while we don't marinate in this kind of progressive wankadoo horseplay while playing live in front of anyone, we do on occasion do some pretty amazing musical feats together. It can be monitored on royaldin.com.

Meanwhile, keep coming back to this YouTube channel for more feats of berzerking amusement, and of course umop.com for updates on my comic strip "The Packrat," which contains a lot of synthesizer references and other stuffs of nerdist delight.

Pants by Betabrand, shirt by Beloved.

--Dave"

Retarded Animal Babies - 11

Title link takes you to a flash toon via Dave of the classic synth comic strip, The Packrat.

WARNING: This is not The Packrat. It's Retarded Animal Babies. A whole different ballgame. If you are easily offended skip this one. It's a flash toon filled with obscene language, nudity and... synths. Not work safe. If you are not easily offended enjoy.

Synths: Nord, Roland JD800, Moog, Roland Jupiter 8, Triton Extreme, Roland JX-3P?, Yamaha DX7, Access Virus Keyboard, Waldorf Yellow Q, Oberheim, Korg, and a Roland Axis MIDI controller if you pick the donkey at the end.

The Packrat March 2013

via The Packrat on Facebook. More episodes here: http://www.umop.com/packrat.htm

Custom White Roland JD-800

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via this auction

"Roland JD-800 in a custom white by Custom Synths UK

We've been told only two of these are around. One for the band Kaiser Chiefs, and this one."

Dave of The Packrat had one. You can find pics and demos in the archives here.

Update via customsynth in the comments in response to a question asking if it was the Gandalf JD-800: "hi no not gandolf , that one has dave on the back , kaisers dont own a jd800 in white , but do have a few other synths in white , as far as i remember i only painted 3 or 4 jd800s in white , with this one having line art for the graphics , jeff customsynth"

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David Lovelace-80s Keyboard Medley-The Red Door-July 2010

YouTube via localbandreview | July 23, 2010

"The amazing David Lovelace currently playing for the Connecticut Cover Band Driven, brings more equipment on stage than most bands and plays this great medley of 80's keyboard tracks. I even heard some Mario Brother's video game music in there.

The music is awesome even if the video is a little dark sit back and enjoy a flashback to the 80's

Facebook Fan Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paralla...

Driven's website:
http://www.drivenbandct.com"

Dave of umop.com and our synth favorite, The Packrat.

Austin I/O Synth Meet Pics

Some pics of the Austin I/O Synth Meet.

No your eyes are not deceiving you, that is a blow torch. There was glass blowing at the event. I wish I could have been there in person, but I was there in spirit. I captured a few pics below, but be sure to see the full gallery here.

Pictured in order:

The ladies of East Side Glass Studio giving us a demo — at East Side Glass Studio.

MATRIXSYNTH ala The PACKRAT (those of you that have "the PAKRAT sampler" will understand).

I/O Music Technology is back in Austin!
www.io-mt.com — at East Side Glass Studio.

THE MOLECULE SYNTH! Each module connects together like a LEGO. We were totally not expecting them to stop by! very nice surprise

Thomas Fang of Bleeplabs/4ms' Make Noise Shared System

Free Ad Infinitum cables!

Eurorack & a synth T & MATRIXSYNTH Cards

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Metasonix Scrutum Smasher and Wretch Video on Sonic State

Title link takes you to the full set of NAMM 2007 videos on Sonic State. Scroll and you will find the scrotum.

BTW, the artwork on the TM-7 might look familiar. It's from none other than Dave, creator of The Packrat.

As usual, the Wretch sounds like it's about to burst and ooze bubbly tar out of the vacuum tubes. Raunchy, raunchy synth.