flickr by sleepydisco. Reminds me of War of the Worlds.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Electronotes
Electronotes is a newsletter like publication on DIY music synthesis that started back in 1972. I hadn't heard of it until Sneak Thief posted the following in the comments of this ASM-2 post:
"It sounds good because the ASM-2, synthesizers.com & several CGS modules are based on a series of DIY plans released in the early 70's electronics publication called Electronotes: http://electronotes.netfirms.com/
In 1975 the authors of Electronotes, Bernie Hutchins, wrote a book called the "Musical Engineer's Handbook" - both the Electronotes series and this book have basically been the reference and inspiration for a good portion of todays modular synths.
In fact, Don Buchla, Bob Moog and Serge Tcherepnin were all subscribers to Electronotes and were definitely inspired by the schematics, and even contributed their own to the magazine.
I would even go so far to say that almost every current modular manufacturer has "borrowed" designs from the Electronotes series ; )"
Fascinating. What's also interesting is the publication still appears to be running and has changed with the times:
"Specifically, our information relates to the technical details of music synthesis and other sound processing, both equipment and methods. In the 70's, we were involved with voltage-controlled synthesizers, and more recently, we are involved much more heavily in digital signal processing and digital sound synthesis. At the present time, we are involved with a comprehensive review of both analog and digital signal processing. "
Title link takes you to there.
"It sounds good because the ASM-2, synthesizers.com & several CGS modules are based on a series of DIY plans released in the early 70's electronics publication called Electronotes: http://electronotes.netfirms.com/
In 1975 the authors of Electronotes, Bernie Hutchins, wrote a book called the "Musical Engineer's Handbook" - both the Electronotes series and this book have basically been the reference and inspiration for a good portion of todays modular synths.
In fact, Don Buchla, Bob Moog and Serge Tcherepnin were all subscribers to Electronotes and were definitely inspired by the schematics, and even contributed their own to the magazine.
I would even go so far to say that almost every current modular manufacturer has "borrowed" designs from the Electronotes series ; )"
Fascinating. What's also interesting is the publication still appears to be running and has changed with the times:
"Specifically, our information relates to the technical details of music synthesis and other sound processing, both equipment and methods. In the 70's, we were involved with voltage-controlled synthesizers, and more recently, we are involved much more heavily in digital signal processing and digital sound synthesis. At the present time, we are involved with a comprehensive review of both analog and digital signal processing. "
Title link takes you to there.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Erza Buchla - Monome Flickr Set
Title link takes you to the pressmonome flickr set. I put up a link to the set on April 18th. It looks like there was an update with new shots including this one on April 25. That's Erza Buchla, Don Buchla's son with the Buchla 200e and three monomes. Pretty cool. Thanks to Music Thing for putting this shot up.
Update: Link to Erza's MySpace page. Via Doktor Future in the comments. Make sure to check out the comments.
Update: Ezra dropped by in the comments. It's worth noting that none of the music on his MySpace page (as of the time of this post of course) is 200e. Remember, unless the comments on a given piece of music specifically call out the synth used, never assume what it is.
Frostwave Fat Controller No Longer in Production
Title link takes you to the news on Frostwave.com. Sad to hear it.
Moog VX-352
I finally got around to checking out the VX-352 Control Voltage Expander for the Voyager Rack. I was curious what it did vs. the VX-351 for the Voyager. Turns out the VX-352 adds CV inputs while the VX-351 adds CV outputs. Pretty simple. Title link takes you to more on Moog. Also check out this video of Brian Kehew of The Moog Cookbook giving a demo of the VX-351.
Happy Knobbing 2006
That's the Anyware SEMTex on top. Title link takes you to more shots.Update: Be sure to check out Sequencer.de for more coverage of this event including more shots and video. Here's a 25M teaser.
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