ERBE-VERB THUNDER | Make Noise

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"With the Erbe-Verb and Morphagene, we can apply heavy manipulation of space, but also perhaps disrupt time.

Special thanks to Sam, Lee, Bayley, Mike, Lewis, and Sun Ra.

http://www.makenoisemusic.com"

The first recording with Minimoog synthesizer - Sun Ra – ‘My Brother The Wind’ (1970)

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"The first recording with Minimoog synthesizer (Model B prototype) - Sun Ra And His Astro Infinity Arkestra – ‘My Brother The Wind’ (1970)

In 1969, Sun Ra had recorded on Moog Modular synthesizer at the New York midtown studio of Gershon Kingsley. Those recordings were issued on My Brother the Wind, Vol. 1 (although it was not titled 'Vol. 1'— it only achieved that reference after 'Vol. 2' appeared). The following year, drummer Tommy Hunter arranged a meeting between Sun Ra and synth pioneer Robert Moog in upstate Trumansburg, New York. Bob and his crew were testing prototypes of the Minimoog at that time, inviting Sun Ra to explore its sounds. A recording of this test session was made and, although not originally intended for commercial release, partly released many years later in 1992 (My Brother the Wind, Vol. 2, CD tracks 7-11: The Wind Speaks, Sun Thoughts, Journey to the Stars, World of the Myth 'I', The Design - Cosmos II). But more significantly, it was during this visit that Moog loaned Sun Ra a prototype Minimoog (Model B), several months before the commercial instrument (Model D) was introduced in March 1970. Ra immediately added the instrument to his repertoire of keyboards, later acquired a second, and featured the Minimoog prominently on many of his recordings of the early 1970s. Sun Ra sometimes played two Minimoogs at the same time to achieve a duophonic synthesizer sound.

#ElectronicMusic #SunRa #Minimoog #MyBrotherTheWind #BobMoog #Synthesizer

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You can find dditional posts mentioning Sun Ra and the Minimoog here.

You can find Sun Ra – ‘My Brother The Wind’ on Amazon here.

Found this one updating this old post, after posting AutomaticGainsay's The History of the Minimoog Prototypes. Down the rabbit hole I went...

The History of the Minimoog Prototypes

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"If you've ever been curious about the genesis of the Minimoog, this series found on the Automatic Gainsay Patreon page, Automatic Gainsay: The Wavewrights, is for you. The series explores the history of the development of the Minimoog as well as the individual distinctive functionality found on the prototypes."

"Here is the URL that gives you access to this amazing content: patreon.com/automaticgainsaythewavewrights

The synthesizer music in this video was created with a multitracked 1974 Minimoog."

If you feel like going down the rabbit hole, click here for a search on Minimoog Prototype. You'll find some interesting bits from the archives. Then click here for results sorted by date, most recent to oldest. Unfortunately blogger doesn't support a sort by oldest to newest. Check out this DIY Minimoog from 1975, and Sun Ra's prototype Minimoog.

Sun Ra Plays the Crumar DS-2 Synthesizer

video upload by Farsetto Nero

"1978’s Crumar DS2 analog synth"

"Kosmic Djazz for Sun Ra" (from coming album "Electronicazz Vol.2")

video upload by KurtzMindfields

"Presenting first title from new project for 2023 !
Electronicazz vol. 2, a cosmic jazz adventure ...
Kurtz Mindfields : Rhodes, VPiano, SynthR3 soloing, Retro One Soloing, Hansy Mister M Polysynths & Mellotron Electribe2 & friends Drummer's loops (Yann Van Eijk, Fabrice Laurent).
Stephen Ingrand (NrSynth) : big Ancestor Moog sequence programming.
Cover album conception by Mary (Le Crayon de Lune)
Artistic free videos from Pixabay.
Links:
https://kurtzmindfields.bandcamp.com/
https://www.lecrayondelune.com/

Moog Minimoog Model D Back In Production

video upload by Moog Music Inc

Update: Factory build video added further below.

"In collaboration with Moog Music, the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble presents “Archimedes Screw,” a live performance from 11 musicians—with each of the 10 keyboardists using their own Model D to add layers of sound to the composition as it builds.

From the onset of the video, the stage is set: a mix of vintage and modern Minimoogs line the chancel of The Mount Without, a historic chapel in Bristol, UK. The acoustics of the space provide a warm depth to the sound of Minimoogs produced from every era they have been manufactured.

Utilizing MIDI integration for the 2016 and 2022 reissues, and MIDI-to-CV converters for the vintage units involved in this performance, the Moog Ensemble highlights the modern features alongside the classic sound. According to the group’s musical director and composer, Will Gregory, the instrument’s enhancements expand Model D’s realm of sonic possibility.

'The MIDI aspect of these instruments enables us to open polyrhythmic possibilities between the 10 parts that would be beyond humans to reproduce otherwise. Our hands become free for sound sculpting as we perform by manipulating the filter, resonance, modulation, and envelope controls in pairs. Both these aspects are very important to how I see the Moog Ensemble breaking new ground in live performance and simultaneously giving a more expressive and warm creation.'

'Archimedes Screw' demonstrates Model D’s timeless sound, playability, and relevance as a powerful musical tool for live performance. The Moog Ensemble manifesto, Gregory shares, is very much about live performance as a living breathing unit of musicians listening and responding together.

Will Gregory discusses his connection with the instrument and shares more details on how the ensemble composed this piece from a technical perspective on Moog’s website (moogmusic.com).

Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory is one of the UK’s leading advocates of using synthesizers and electronic instruments to create new sounds and reinvent old ones. Leading and performing with the Moog Ensemble since 2005, Gregory and its rotating contributors—which includes Adrian Utley of Portishead—perform a mixture of specially composed music, transcriptions of classical works, and their own versions of music from popular culture and film scores. “Archimedes Screw” will be featured on the debut Will Gregory Moog Ensemble album coming out via Mute Records in 2023.

More about the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble: https://willgregorymoogensemble.co.uk"

Moog Minimoog Model D : 2022 Edition : Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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Grab a Minimoog Model D today : https://bit.ly/3EhyVBw Read more about the legacy on our blog : https://bit.ly/3V0W5ml More Moog : https://bit.ly/3EfHm0c

"The Minimoog Model D Returns
We're excited to announce that the legendary Minimoog Model D analog synthesizer is back in production here at the Moog factory!

Originally released in 1970, the Minimoog Model D changed the face of modern music and has served as the archetype for all synthesizers that followed.

A groundbreaking innovation, the Minimoog was quickly embraced by a diverse roster of artists, such as Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Jan Hammer, Sun Ra, Giorgio Moroder, Parliament Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, and Gary Numan—all shaping unique sounds and forging new genres with the instrument.

With Model D now back in production and available to order worldwide, this beloved, iconic instrument returns to inspire the next generation of electronic musicians."

Minimoog Model D | Live Build | From the Moog Factory

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This Analog Synth Arrived Broken...

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"When I first heard the Crumar DS-2 I was enchanted: it sounds absolutely wonderful and is, like most Italian synths, a true player's instrument. I get why Sun Ra dug it so much. But it is a risky synthesizer to buy: according to vintagesynth.com it is one of "the most unreliable on the used market". And mine was no exception. The seller claimed that "you can make music with it" and he was not wrong, even though he did not say it was this messed up. I was very close to sending it back, but then I started really playing it. This is what happened.

Get the tape and book of my DS-2 album 'Tagwerk':
https://industrialcomplexx.bandcamp.c..."

Hainbach is the paradigm of the revaluation of outdated material and the reconditioning of machines destined for other purposes that have nothing to do with sound, although his work as a researcher is currently much broader, his technological mastery is possibly one of the most advanced of our era.

Tagwerk is an album that honours Hainbach's way of working. It is recorded on a Crumar DS-2, an early Italian synthesiser he acquired and which began to malfunction shortly after he started it up, hence the title. This album is about embracing the broken and letting it inspire you. Much of it was recorded in two days, not even daring to open the window or turn off the synthesizer for fear that inspiration would escape or that it would break completely. He recorded 22 tracks in this marathon state, and the ones on this release are the ones that survived. There is a sonic magic in that era that is unsurpassed.

Tagwerk is accompanied by a book that tells the story of this German producer and also discusses many of his machines and working techniques.

Hydrasynth Deluxe & AKAI Midimix LFO Step sequencer experiment

video upload by the sun god RA

"This is an experiment in using the Akai Midimix to control the Hydrasynth LFO step sequences. I’m using Logic Pro X environment faders to convert midi CC from the Akai to Hydrasynth NRPN’s. What you’re hearing is one Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch, the Midimix controlling only the lower part."

Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Seq Strings RA

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"'Strings d’Air RA' orchestral strings and 'Spark 2600 RA' arp3600/1601/drums sequence. The latter patch is in 'Mono Lo' mode, allowing the bass arpeggio sequence to be played by the lowest note on the keyboard."

Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: 2600 Ensawniq RA

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"Sometimes (well, most of the time) some really cheesy tunes materializes while doing sound design. This one is an ARP 2600 / 1601 sequencer bass + kick drum on the lower layer, and a Hydra version of a nice Ensoniq SQ-80 saw-based patch on the upper layer."

Hydrasynth Explorer “Unweather RA” + AKAI S612 “Ice RA”

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"Hydrasynth Explorer preset A078 layered with AKAI S612 sample of several overdubbed “ice-y” sounds from the Hydrasynth, ping-pong looped."

Hydrasynth Explorer “Ripe Fields RA” + AKAI S612 “Vibe & Vox RA” sample.

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"Hydrasynth Explorer preset D125 “Ripe Fields RA” layered with AKAI S612 sample “Vibe & Vox RA”. This sample is essentially a S612 factory disk vibraphone sample, overdubbed with a choir sound from the Hydradynth using S612’s wonderful real-time overdub function, and then “manual splice” and “alternating” loop.

The Hydrasynth is a perfect partner for old lo-fi samplers."

Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: North Of Here RA

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"A split (with crossfade) between lower preset A072 Waxroll Piano RA and upper preset E079 Scary Cello RA"

Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Spaceband RA

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"Hydrasynth Deluxe preset M2-015 «Spaceband RA» consists of lower partial 'Arpegiateur RA' and upper partial 'Polar Queen RA'."

Hydrasynth Deluxe single patch “Released RA” with “Liquid Stack” sample

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"This is Hydrasynth Deluxe single preset D021 “Released RA”. It’s modified to use Mod 1 input as an external audio input, fed by my Waldorf Blofeld with the “Liquid Stack” classic Emulator sample, bringing the sample into the Hydra signal chain as a paraphonic fourth “oscillator”. I also change the Hydra oscillator waveforms from Saw to TriSaw as I mix in Mod 1 input."

Hydrasynth Deluxe single patch “Entropium RA” + “Loon Garden” sample

"Here is an attempt to feed samples into the signal chain of the Hydrasynth. The sample is an old Emulator II classic, 'Loon Garden', residing in my Waldorf Blofeld with License SL. The output of the Blofeld is fed into Mod 1 input on the Hydrasynth, which is selected as source in the Ring-Noise menu. RM depth 0, Ring Vol 128. Hydrasynth midi out to Blofeld midi in. The multi sample on the Blo is now acting as a fourth, paraphonic 'oscillator' on the Hydra.

The mod inputs are obviously not meant for this use, the volume of the audio is quite weak compared to the oscillators, so I had to turn up AmpLevel and lower the oscillator levels."

Start reminds me of:

808 State - Pacific 97 (original)
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"The original version of Pacific."

Middle (:45) reminds me of (1:22):

Enigma - Sadeness - Part i (Official Video)
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Sequential Prophet-6 patch: Mohikan Pad RA

video upload by the sun god RA

"Noisy, stereophonic, mellow Sequential Prophet-6 pad “Mohikan Pad RA”. Bass is from Korg Legacy Collection MS-20, “Boom Boom RA”. Resonant hi-pass filters!"

Hydrasynth Deluxe Demos by the sun god RA

Playlist:

1. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Blue Lotus RA

This is an attempt to make a "pressure-weighted portamento" patch on the Hydrasynth, heavily inspired by the Expressive E Osmose demo video by Christophe Duquesne [posted here]. I found that the Hydrasynth's Polytouch-keyboard really adds expressiveness to a simple monophonic flute-patch "Blue Pipes RA". Combined with "Blue Mandolin RA" on the lower side of the keyboard, with some key-split crossfade between them, the middle part of the keyboard combines polyphonic mandolin and monophonic flute. Preset M1-025 on The Hydrasynth Deluxe. SHOW LESS

2. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Old Times RA

This is Hydrasynth Deluxe multi preset M1-015, a dual patch. The lower partial is "L'apocalypse RA" from "the sun god RA" patch bank, an attempt to recreate the wonderful string sound that Vangelis got out of his Hammond organ/echoplex/tape echo in his "L'apocalypse des animaux"-era in the beginning of the 1970's. The upper partial is "Waxroll Piano RA".

3. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Seafloor Harp RA

Hydrasynth Deluxe preset M1-010 Seafloor Harp RA, a dual layer of "Southern Seas RA" and "Jomfrubad RA".

4. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Documentarist RA

Hydrasynth Deluxe preset M2-063 Documentarist RA. A dual layer of "1934 Upright RA" and "After Mirage RA".

5. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Electrosplit RA

Split between "Magnetisque II RA" and "E081 Voice Crystal RA"

6. Hydrasynth single patch: Deluxe Piano RA

Inspired by the SOS “synth secrets” articles about synthesizing pianos, I tried to make a “realistic” piano patch on the Hydrasynth. This is single preset “A011 Deluxe Piano RA” on the Hydrasynth Deluxe.

7. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Hydra Orchest RA
8. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Miami Bass RA

M1-016 Miami Bass RA - an attempt to make a split patch of Jupiter-8 bass arpeggio and pad from Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice" soundtrack. Last part is M2-008 Miami Splice RA, pad now on lower half of the keyboard, while upper is reminiscent of the Fairlight-type lead sound in "Crockett's theme".

9. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Drive U Home RA

Preset "M1-045 Drive U Home RA" on the Hydrasynth Deluxe.Bread & butter. A split between bass guitar "Basketbass RA" and analog pad "Pro-5 Carpad RA". The drum machine is a Roland TR-6S hanging on an IKEA "Isberget" laptop support because of the keyboard stand angle.

10. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Johansson RA

A dual split patch with «Utanmyr Bass RA» as the lower part, and «Utanmyr Piano RA» (slightly tweaked preset «Deluxe Piano RA») as the upper part. I was planning to play "Visa from Utanmyra" by Jan Johansson, but discovered I'm no piano player. So instead I made up this little melody, much easier to play.

11. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Orchestra Hit RA

Trying to see if I could make a Fairlighty sampled orchestra hit on the Hydrasynth Deluxe, I tweaked preset M1-012 Hydra Orchest RA using chord mode, some envelope to pitch and Lo-fi FX.

12. Hydrasynth single patch: Cimbalom RA

This is an attempt to make a "realistic" cimbalom for the Hydrasynth. This is the lower partial of multi patch M2-045.

13. Hydrasynth single patch: Cimbalom RA

This is an attempt to make a "realistic" cimbalom for the Hydrasynth. This is the lower partial of multi patch M2-045.

Sequential Prophet-6 patch: Winter ‘46 RA

video upload by the sun god RA

"Winter ‘46 RA, a melancholy sounding patch on the Prophet-6 module, played via midi from a ASM Hydrasynth Explorer, utilizing its polytouch™️ keyboard."

Akai S900 & VX90 with Hydrasynth Explorer

video upload by the sun god RA

"A 12-bit sample of a Hydrasynth choir and vibes played on the Akai S900, with a simple saw vco pluck on the Akai VX90, and the Hydrasynth Explorer preset 'Ripe Fields RA' mixed in at the end."

Cosmic Tape Music Club Podcast hosted by The Galaxy Electric - E2 Sun Ra

video by The Galaxy Electric

New podcast from supporting members, The Galaxy Electric. Gear talk at 9:40, and 01:04:14 on Sun Ra's visit to the Moog factory back in the day. Sun Ra famously had the Minimoog Model B prototype. See this post for an interview with Sun Ra from 1971.

"Thanks for joining us for Episode 2 of the Cosmic Tape Music Club monthly Podcast! Join your hosts Jacqueline and Augustus of the experimental pop band The Galaxy Electric as they get cosmic on the topic of Sun Ra and his Arkestra band. In short he was a being that claimed he was from the planet Saturn. He was an avid reader and enthusiast of music instrument technology, as well as a virtuosic band leader, composer and pianist/keyboardist. We share all sorts of facts starting with his early life, his alien abduction, the various locations he lived and conducted the band from, his journey through being an early adopter of many different keyboards and synthesizers like the Moog Minimoog and Yamaha DX-7 (to name a few), his mystic ethos, and much much more!

Chapters
Intro 0:00​
Uncertain Origin 1:30​
Forbes Piano 8:30​
1st Gear Head 9:40​
Organ is the "Tastes Like Chicken" of electronic instruments 12:30​
Future Minded 14:50​
College 16:50​
Alien Abduction 18:18​
War Story 22:40​
Chicago 25:10​
Ghosting 32:00​
The band were on call 34:30​
Arkestra is Born 37:00​
Tape Delay 41:50​
A Joyful Noise bit 46:03​
Would LCD get an alien high? 49:10​
Rolling Stone Cover 51:50​
California 54:30​
Space is the Place 55:40​
One Take 58:42​
The Outer Space Visual Communicator 1:01:19​
Cosmic Keys 01:04:14​
Closing Notes 01:14:50​"

Bob Moog Foundation's 2020 MINIMOOG 50TH ANNIVERSARY CALENDAR

via The Bob Moog Foundation.

"Just in time for the turn of a new decade, we are excited to release our 2020 calendar, The 50th Anniversary of the Birth of the Minimoog, which traces this synthesizer's history from the creation of the prototypes through its eventual release in 1970 and beyond, featuring rare images of the instrument including those with pioneering artists Sun Ra, Dick Hyman, and Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece.

Images were drawn from the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, as well as from David Borden (Mother Mallards Portable Masterpiece), Dick Hyman, Douglas Trubey, and the extensive collection at the Electronic Music Education and Archive Preservation Project (EMEAPP), owners all four Minimoog prototypes.

Further honoring Minimoog history, the calendar features important dates along the evolution of the Minimoog on its journey to becoming the most iconic analog synthesizer of all times.

All profits from the sales of our calendar benefit our hallmark projects, Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, the Moogseum and the preservation of the Bob Moog Foundation Archives. Thank you for supporting our important work!"