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Ekseption - Rick van der Linden

I just found out about a band called Ekseption and their keyboard player, Rick van der Linden, via AH today. Unfortunately it was a thread announcing that he is seriously ill. Title link takes you to the main Ekseption site with a fascinating biography on Rick van der Linden, some pics and more. Condolences to his friends, family and all affected by this.

PLATO IMS Synthesizer

Now this is interesting. Mark Smart put up a site on the PLATO IMS Synthesizer. If you don't know what it is, check out the site via the title like to this post. The site is made to use the amber on black font of the PLATO. The site has history, samples and details on it's sythesis. Really impressive.



"I put up a web site about the IMS synthesizer which was developed at the
University of Illinois for use with the PLATO computer system. I went kind of
nuts and wrote PHP scripts to generate characters that look like a real PLATO
plasma screen."

x0xb0x Logos by Amos

No title link. Amos sent me a couple of x0xb0x logos he did in the spirit of an "open-source" synth project. Pretty nice if I must say so myself.




"Just realized, I forgot to post my shiny new self-made x0xb0x logo... free to anyone who wants to use it. An open-source synth project should have an open-source logo. Limor (LadyAda) said that there wasn't any logo yet for the x0xb0x, so I decided to take the initiative and create one. The "0" is the schematic symbol for a PNP transistor."

Serge Animal Post on Synthwire

Carbon111 just put up a great post on Synthwire on the Searge Animal Modular. He walks through each module and links to his Serge page with more info. Title link takes you there.

NIN Polyevolver Cover - Stefan Trippler

Via AH. Yep. I think Stefan is pulling my leg on this just being a hobby of his. : )

"Sounds from the Evolvers, drums mainly from Stylus RMX, some additional from
the Evolver, vocals from www.nin.com

Peaceful advent time all ;)

Stefan"

Kawai SX-240 Sample

Ever wonder what the Kawai SX240 sounded like? Click here for a sample from WC Olo Garg. It sounds surprisingly like an Akai AX60 or AX80 to me. WC Olo Garb sent me the link to the sample and his SX-240 page. Rather than point directly to that page and risk missing all of the other synth content on his site, I thought I'd link to his gear page instead. Scroll down for the Kawai SX-240, and while there, make sure to browse around. There are some great synth pics and samples. BTW, I thought I recognized the site; I previously posted on it here and here.

Trogotronic

Via GetLoFi.

Excellent Logo


What the?...

Trippler.Net

I've put up a number of posts on Evolver and Polyevolver demos by Stefan Trippler as they came in. Well, I realized how easy it can be to miss things simply because they are not "news." In the synth world old news can very much be new news if you think about it. I used to visit Trippler.Net back when Waldorf was in it's heyday as Stefan was constantly putting up demos and more. I just took a trip down memory lane and visited his site again. There is still a LOT of content up there including his amazing demos of the Waldorf microQ, DSI-Evolver, and Virsyn Tera2. If you haven't checked out his site in a while or haven't at all, just do it and listen to his demos.

Moog Exhibit - Vancouver BC

In via Lorne on AH (title link takes you to Royal BC site - click here for pdf of exhibit):

"If you drop in to the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria BC between
now and January 30th to see the Linda McCartney's excellent 60s photography
exhibit, you will also find a companion exhibit about three other important
contributions of the 1960s: the rebirth of the poster in Haight-Ashbury's
Avalon Ballroom,focusing on the artists hired by Chet Helms: twenty-five
photographs taken of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's bed-in event in Montreal in
1969 where media used to promote peace; and two cases in memory of Robert
Moog, talking about his contributions, from modular recordings to the
Polymoog and onwards. The Polymoog showed the limits of analog compression
into smaller polyphonic packages and provided the analog model for the
digital revolution. The second case shows the history of the Minimoog and
its players, focus on Wakeman and Jan Hammer, with an 1130 drum controller
(Billy Cobham was a big user) and an Oberheim minisequencer #010.
Thursday/Friday/Saturday the Imax of the Stones Steel Wheels tour is
showing. This Saturday at 1:30 a tour with the photographer of the bed-in
takes place and at 1:30 Sunday a talk on the history of psychedelic poster
will be presented. John Lennon's handpainted Rolls Royce is in the lobby so
you'll know your in the right place."