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Saturday, January 14, 2006
DIY Modular and Sword of Kahless on Moogulator
Check out the following two shots on Moogulator. The first is for all you Trekkie fans and the second is a really nice DIY modular. Love the colored panels. BTW, make sure to check out the posts on Moogulator, theirs a mockup of a Doepfer panel with the sword etched on it.
Sword of Kahless (click for post)
DIY Modular (click for post)
Sword of Kahless (click for post)
DIY Modular (click for post)
A New Poly-Moog?
Yes it's just a teaser. Title link takes you to an interesting post on Retro Thing covering the possibility of Moog using the Anadigm analog chipset for a low cost poly synth. My first thought was no way, but then James mentions Bob was at least interested enough to drop by their booth during the 2004 NAMM convention. That and the current Voyager rack goes for $2195 for one voice.
The quality not meeting the bar? Who knows. If anyone has heard what an Anadigm chip can sound like or knows what it could be capable of, please feel free to comment.
What would I want from Moog? Just the other day I was playing with a Minimoog Voyager. I thought how cool it would be if you could put an expander in the space behind the front panel when open. That would be nice. Feel free to share what you would want. The person that gets it right gets bragging rights. : )
Update: Check out this shot of the Andromeda on the Anadigm site. Note that the Andromeda uses custom ASIC in-house chips for it's synthesis engine. The question would be what does it use Anadigm chips for.
The quality not meeting the bar? Who knows. If anyone has heard what an Anadigm chip can sound like or knows what it could be capable of, please feel free to comment.
What would I want from Moog? Just the other day I was playing with a Minimoog Voyager. I thought how cool it would be if you could put an expander in the space behind the front panel when open. That would be nice. Feel free to share what you would want. The person that gets it right gets bragging rights. : )
Update: Check out this shot of the Andromeda on the Anadigm site. Note that the Andromeda uses custom ASIC in-house chips for it's synthesis engine. The question would be what does it use Anadigm chips for.
Friday, January 13, 2006
Wayfar Midines and NesFX
Another in via J chot. Now this is pretty bad ass. If you have an old NES lying around, you can now easily turn it into a synth. The Wayfar Midines is an NES game cartridge with a MIDI cable. You pop the cartridge in and hook the MIDI cable into the MIDI out of your device of choice, and then plug away. No hacking necessary. What's interesting is the cartridge also adds samples "featuring TR707, TR808, TR909, LINN, Amen+other breaks, stabs, and essential chip battlz." It also comes with NesFX, a retro visualization program that plays along to your incoming MIDI data. It's interesting comparing the sound of this vs. the SidStation and other C64 based units. I've heard some NES pieces before and wasn't really impressed with the sound. Now this is some lo-fi goodness, so make sure to check out the samples on site. Title link takes you there. Thanks J chot!
"Midines is a hardware / cartridge interface (game) that enables MIDI control of the 8bit NES sound chip. Midines allows the 8bit NES to join the ranks along side other retro gear in the professional MIDI recording studio. NesFX is a retro graphic visualization that is seeded by the incoming MIDI sound data, and is included with Midines.
Version 1.1.0 features 256 samples (accessible in two keyboard banks) featuring TR707,TR808,TR909,LINN,Amen+other breaks, stabs, and essential chip battlz."
"Midines is a hardware / cartridge interface (game) that enables MIDI control of the 8bit NES sound chip. Midines allows the 8bit NES to join the ranks along side other retro gear in the professional MIDI recording studio. NesFX is a retro graphic visualization that is seeded by the incoming MIDI sound data, and is included with Midines.
Version 1.1.0 features 256 samples (accessible in two keyboard banks) featuring TR707,TR808,TR909,LINN,Amen+other breaks, stabs, and essential chip battlz."
Kraftwerk on DVDBORN
Title link takes you to a post on DVDBORN with a live clip of Kraftwerk circa 1981. I am really impressed with DVDBORN's content. So, anyone know what's in the image below?
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