Frostwave SpaceBEAM waveforms shown on oscilloscope!

video upload by Edward Jones

You can find additional posts featuring the Frostwave SpaceBEAM here.

Loscha Plays his Korg MS2000r - headphone warning: Loud Piercing Sounds! Beward!

Published on Aug 12, 2016 Edward Jones

"My super secret 'Scream' sound I made on the MS2000r.
Inspired by The Human League's sounds heard on Travelogue, Reproduction and the prior releases collated on The Golden Hour of the Future."

Like whale calls!

Inside Radel Tambura

Published on Dec 11, 2014 Edward Jones

"Me having a bit of a hack around inside my Indian Tabla Drum Machine."

Loscha @ Frostwave Taal Taarang Tabla Hacking

Published on Aug 13, 2019 Edward Jones

Follow-up to Tabla Machine into Bass Synth Pedal

Boss PC2 Percussion Synyhesizer demo

video by Edward Jones

Interesting demos of the LFO.

Vintage Super Sound Drummer

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Published on Feb 13, 2014 Edward Jones·70 videos

via this auction

"This is a crazy analog monster waiting to have touch points added to give you the kinds of sounds only bit depth destroyers and expensive waveshapers will give you.

Plus, it also has the quaint features of a organ-top drum machine.It's a humble monster."

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Blofeld K+STrong Typo

Published on Aug 3, 2019 Edward Jones aka Loscha

2 must be sTronger than 1 and 3.

The Reverse Engineers were going to star in "Getting to Bent" 2008 docco that was never completed

video upload by Edward Jones aka Loscha

Roland SH 09 Auto Techno from Loscha

Published on Jun 19, 2013 Edward Jones·62 videos

"Me playing with the SH-09 on a kind of self techno making sound."

"It does a few tricks that other lower-spec monosynths (the CS-01 comes to mind) just cannot do. The Bender was applied to the VCF position and manipulated in time with the LFO to generate a pulsing thumping sound."

Loscha Opens: Roland 100m 180 CV/Gate keyboard.

video upload by Edward Jones

Inside a Roland 100m 180 CV/Gate keyboard controller.

Loscha presses Play: Yamaha PSS-270 Demo 𝓑𝓲𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓙𝓸𝓮𝓵 𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓦𝓪𝔂 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝓐𝓻𝓮 has VERY weird instruments

video upload by Edward Jones

"The Yamaha PSS-270 is from the FM Synthesis line of keyboards.
The audio generation is handled by the YM2413 OPLL chip.
The OPLL is very well documented. Please look here for more information - https://www.smspower.org/Development/...
This chip has direct audio out, no DAC required.
One output is the Main voice out, and the other is the Percussion out.
On this unit, the Percussion and Main are both routed through the chorus unit. The chrous is MN3102 and MN3206, controlled by a fixed LFO. There is no feedback on the chorus. This could be added for a much more flangier effect."

Volca Sample Uploading Custom Sounds using Single Cell Software's Caustic Editor

Published on Sep 2, 2015 Edward Jones

"Using Ubuntu (with WINE) to upload samples to my Korg Volca Sample.
It is really easy!
You literally just open the samples in the editor, ad upload them to your Volca Sample.
I've included a demo of the pretty light show that happens.

These Samples were uploaded using Single Cell Software's Caustic Editor
http://www.singlecellsoftware.com/cevs"

Volca Sample Tabla Sounds

Published on Sep 2, 2015

"A quick demo of the sounds I Uploaded."

Loscha Opens up a Pollard Syndrum Quad!

video upload by Edward Jones

"This is going to be a long restoration!

The drum triggers go into the unit on a five pin Latched XLR, not a DIN as I said in the video.

The power supply is in an external box that has a mains transformer, and a voltage regulator, only to have it regulated again inside.
twice.

The MM5837 appears to be a no gp (I have a spare) but the real issue is that the faders and switches are all corroded and jumpy.

I did end up taking the panel board off, and the faders seem to be like the contemporary ARP kind. Plastic body, moving wiper body."

Tabla Machine into Bass Synth Pedal

Published on Aug 12, 2019 Edward Jones

Loscha plays the EMS VCS3 aka "Putney"

Published on Sep 21, 2016 Edward Jones

"So, I had a crack at a Synthi a few years ago.
I had a good understanding of different synthesis methods and modulation routings, so, I was able to make some pretty neat sounds on this beast.

I don't own the synth, and the person who owned this when I played it doesn't own it any more, so don't ask.

Video recorded 3rd October 2009"

Loscha tries a freshly repaired Frostwave Blue Ringer

Published on May 3, 2019 Edward Jones

Funk yr Duck - Frostwave Funk-A-Duck James Earthenware Loscha

Published on Nov 29, 2015 Edward Jones aka Loscha

"Hanging out at the then Frostwave Central in Carlton

Electro Harmonix drum machine being played through a funk-a-duck"

The almighty Paul Perry!!!

Roland Sh-09 Woogie from Tubular Bells

Published on Feb 15, 2014 Edward Jones·71 videos

"I love this little synth pattern for testing out sounds on the synth, it's a great pattern that you need to use non-retriggering envelope mode for, or it doesn't quite work properly. A bit of portamento doesn't hurt, but very short time. Sadly, the SH-09 only has 'Portamento', it's not fancy enough to have Keyed only.

The signal chain is Roland SH-09 -- Pitch Shifter Pedal -- Delay (very low in mix)

Enjoy."

Rare Novation MidiCon - The Prototype for the MM10! Which later turned into the Bass Station

video upload by Edward Jones

"This is the MidiCon -- a controller keyboard that 'never went into production'. However, I am here in Melbourne, and I have one.
This turned into the MM10, the controller for the Yamaha QY10 and QY20.
The same chassis turned into the Bass Station.

A very rare controller keyboard pre-dated the MM10, which begat the BassStation.
The main CPU has custom markings!

nov10xx
novation
324U 3E v2.0"

If anyone has any additional information feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this post.

One was up for sale back in October, 2021. That's the only other Novation MidiCon post featured on the site.

Some pics:

Aalto 1.2 from Madrona Labs to be released June 10

"Aalto, the innovative, fully patchable softsynth from Madrona Labs, is now at version 1.2. This update brings support for Windows 7 and Windows XP in addition to Mac OS X AU and VST. Aalto's free-running complex oscillator and its lowpass gate module allow the creation of sounds that have been difficult or impossible to create with software until now. Aalto's ingenious animated dials allow the user to both adjust and view signals in a way that is intuitive, fun and useful.


New in Aalto version 1.2:
- Mac and Windows VST versions
- 64-bit Mac AU / VST
- 64-bit Windows VST
- Improved performance (20-50% faster than version 1.1)
- Brand new patching interface
- New cross-platform preset format
- Improved dial ballistics
- Over 100 new presets from Alessandro Cortini, Richard Devine, Rory Dow, Surachai, Edward Ten Eyck and Madrona Labs.

Aalto's price is $99, which includes a license for both Mac and Windows versions. For a limited time, every buyer of Aalto will also receive a $99 credit toward the purchase of Soundplane, the highly anticipated touch-sensitive instrument from Madrona Labs.

The Aalto 1.2 update is free for existing Aalto customers. A non-time-limited demo version of Aalto is also available free of charge.

System requirements:
- SSE2 capable processor. 1.6GHz Intel Core Duo or better recommended.
- Mac OS: 10.5 or higher.
-Windows XP or Windows 7.


About Madrona Labs:
Madrona Labs designs innovative hardware and software for computer music. The company was founded in 2009 by Randy Jones, who has been writing and shipping software tools for creative expression since 1998. Randy and his colleagues are driven to create electronic instruments capable of being as least as expressive as acoustic instruments.

For more information on Madrona Labs and the Soundplane, visit our web site at http://madronalabs.com."