'If you're into synthesizers, you have a lot in common with us. We're concerned, and maybe you are too, about some of the hype that's been around on synthesizer design. It's the kind of hype that places too much importance on gimmicks that don't have any real musical purpose.
Musicians Like You Help Design Moog Sinthesizers'"
via Astronauta Pinguim where you'll find the rest of the scans and a full write-up.
"Lirinha canta ?Ah se não fosse o Amor?, uma composição dele em parceria com Dan Maia."
Ela Vai dançar, por Lira
Published on Aug 7, 2012 by cultura
"Lira fala de sua peça de teatro ?Mercadorias e Futuro? e ainda canta ?Ela Vai dançar?, uma composição dele em parceria com Fábio Trummer, da banda Eddie."
My Life, Memória e Ducontra, por Lira
Published on Aug 7, 2012 by cultura
"Lira fala de seu filho de 9 anos, que compõe e canta, nos mostra um trecho de ?My Life? canta ?Memória? e ?Ducontra?."
Update via Qwave in the comments: " have a low-res scan of this Moog catalog in the german version online for 14 years. Amazing how time flies!: http://till-kopper.de/moog.html"
"I think I seriously started collecting synths in the early 90's. And then, having run out of space, I stopped. I realized, the only keyboards worth owning were the one's that would be useful to my music making process, and that is still true today. I try to incorporate as many different synths as possible into my music, rather than favor one particular keyboard over another."
Astronauta Pinguim has a post up on the Moog 1125 Sample & Hold. You'll find additional pics, some history on the module, and instructions on how to use it (captured in the bottom pic below).
"The 1125 Sample and Hold is a device that captures the voltage range of the synthesizer, creates a pattern and repeats it constantly. The waveform (sawtooth or random) of this pattern is controlled by a slider on the left side of the 1125 -the other two sliders are a glide and the scale controla. Two knobs in the center of the equipment, one for speed (rate) and other for the sample pattern are located above three on/off switches: one to record and the other two to start and stop the sample (a red light indicates when it is working). Five switches on the right side complete the unit: one to control the extent of sampling, two on/off switches controls the outputs of the instrument, an on/off switch controls the trigger and another controls the size (short or long) of the gate."
Update: pictured above: "Left to right: Astronauta Pinguim (Minimoog, Crumar organ, Wurlitzer electronic piano and theremin), Neilton Carvalho (guitar - he hand-makes his own amplifiers!!!!!!!), Fernando Faro (director of TV show Programa Ensaio), Angêlo Medrado (stand-up drums), Hugo Carranca (percussion and sampler), Igor Medeiros (Nord modular synthesizer playing the basslines) and Lirinha (compositions, voice and samplers)!!!!!"
The TV episode will be televised July 15 at 23:00 (11 p.m.) Brasilia hour. It will be reprised on the following Wednesday, July 18, at 1:00 a.m. (Brasilia hour). It will also be online on TV Cultura's site. You can click on the link 'ao vivo' to watch via the Internet. http://tvcultura.cmais.com.br/ensaio
On July 28 Astronauta Pinguim will be playing with Lirinha at Festival Musicas do Mundo, in Sines (Portugal) and also in Lisboa (Portugal) on next august 1st.
via Astronauta Pinguim where you'll find more pics and a full write-up on the Moog Prodigy including videos of some popular bands that used this classic synth.
"In 1963 Herb Deutsch met Robert Arthur Moog at a conference of the NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) in Rochester, NY. The year before, Herb had built a Melodia model theremin, from an article written by Robert Moog on “Electronics World” magazine, in which Bob explained step by step how to assemble the theremin and this was the initial subject of conversation between them.The ideas evolved very quickly, and they decided to work together in a project to build a sound synthesizer, based on the principles of voltage controlled that were already being developed by Bob. In 1964 they designed and assembled the first prototype of the Moog synthesizer and, among other things, it was Herb who insisted on the idea of using a keyboard similar to a piano, because it would be more practical to composers and it would also help to increase the sales of the new instrument."
You'll find the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim
Update: Just spotted the following video linked in the interview and realized I hadn't posted it before. You'll notice the tuning on the Mini is a off. He mentions it at the 2:00 mark. This is Minimoog #94.
From Moog to Mac: A Special Concert by Herb Deutsch
YouTube Uploaded by NYUGallatin on Jul 20, 2011
"Presented on April 15, 2011 by the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University."
"Jean Jacques Perrey was born on January 20, 1929 in a small village in the north of France. When he was 4 years old, Santa Claus brought him his first accordion (on Christmas Eve, 1933) and, after that, he was possessed by a "little demon of music", as he says. In 1952 while attending medical school in Paris he met George Jenny, inventor of an innovative musical instrument called Ondioline. This contact with Georges Jenny was only the first of a series of meetings with personalities who passed through the life of Jean Jacques Perrey and that somehow have marked his whole career. Because of his enormous talent to play the "ondioline", he was invited by the famous singer Edith Piaf to take part in her shows - as a musician, playing the Ondioline..."
YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Feb 24, 2012
"Silver Apples playing "A pox on you", from the album "Contact" (1969) at SESC Vila Mariana on a friday, february 17th, 2012.
Recorded by Ramiro Pissetti."
Silver Apples - a short video of a close up on Simeon's oscillators
YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Feb 25, 2012
"My friend Ramiro Pissetti had the opportunity of recording a close up on Simeon Coxe's Oscillators at SESC Vila Mariana on february 17th, 2012!
Hope you enjoy!!!!"
Silver Apples - a short video of a close up on Simeon's oscillators
via Astronauta Pinguim where you'll find the full post including more pics.
"Produced between 1978 and 1982, the Korg VC-10 vocoder was the most popular among the many vocoder models made in the 70’s by several manufacturers. When the VC-10 came on the market, both the Korg - originally called Keio Electronic Laboratories - as the voice decoder (or vocoder) had some years of existence. What Korg did was attach a synthesizer to something that already existed and that was what made this instrument extremely popular: portability and the convenience of having a vocoder that didn't require external instrument to generate audio signal and modulate the pitch. They created a "self-sufficient” vocoder – you could only plug a microphone into it and was all ready to go!"
YouTube Streamed live on Nov 21, 2011 by showlivre
Show starts at 6:30. I believe this is the second time MATRIXSYNTH was featured on a TV broadcast. There was one on French TV posted here. I keep hoping to find a MATRIXSYNTH card somewhere on the IT Crowd.
Googlish (Original description further below):
"Is the highlight Lirinha Studio Showivre (www.showivre.com) broadcast live on November 21, 2011.
Singer-songwriter presents Lirinha your disk, Lira, work that marked a new phase which now follows the artist in solo work, after more than 10 year career with Cordel do Fogo Encantado.
In Lira, the musician reinvents itself with a sound that goes through the use of guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, percussion and drums, resulting in a surprising and innovative foray into territory that is familiar: the fine line between music and poetry. Lirinha shows his maturity as an artist and songwriter, evolves into a cohesive work, with strong influence of the references that populate his songs."
Original description:
"Lirinha é o destaque do Estudio Showivre (www.showivre.com) transmitido ao vivo no dia 21 de novembro de 2011.
Cantor e compositor Lirinha apresenta seu disco, Lira, trabalho que marca nova fase do artista que agora segue em trabalho solo, depois de mais de 10 anos de carreira com o Cordel do Fogo Encantado.
Em Lira, o músico se reinventa com uma sonoridade que passa pela utilização de guitarras, teclados, sintetizadores, percussão e bateria, resultando em uma surpreendente e inovadora incursão em território que lhe é familiar: a tênue fronteira entre a música e a poesia. Lirinha mostra seu amadurecimento como artista e letrista, evolui em um trabalho coeso, com forte influência das referências que povoam as suas canções."
Update:
Also see: dbmixtape Astronauta Pinguim via Fabricio on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:
"Hey friends, I was asked to do a mixtape to "Deep Beep" a brazilian site of electronic music, so I choose songs from some of the pioneers of everything we all like: Delia Derbishire, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, o Cluster e o Harmonia (both from Hans-joachim Roedelius), Giorgio Moroder, Harald Grosskopf, Tony Carey, Silver Apples, Conrad Schnitzler, Rüdiger Lorenz, You, Automat, The Normal e Sigue Sigue Sputnik!!! Please check it out and hope you enjoy my mixtape!!!"
Fabricio Carvalho playing his Minimoog Model D and Carlos Romero playing his Minimoog Voyager electric blue.
Click the pic for the full size shot.
Update: Fabricio will be playing at SESC Pompeia, São Paulo on September 29. It will be the official release of "Zeitgeist/propaganda." Listen below - also posted on c. The image featuring the two minis was actually taken during rehearsal for the upcoming show.
"Astronauta Pinguim's third solo album - a Pineapple Music relase!!!"
