Hiromi (上原ひろみ) - Kung-Fu World Champion

Awesome. Ever since I saw Hiromi featured in Keyboard Magazine, I've been meaning to check her out, but never seem to get a chance. Create Digital Music put up a post with a link to this video. It features a Nord Lead 2. Title link takes you to the post on CDM with more info and links on Hiromi. Great stuff.

Moogerfoogers - New Flickr Shots

flickr by chaircrusher. Click here for more.

Upate via chaircrusher in the comments:
"The band in question is called Blizzards of Wizzards, and they're kind of post-rock-esque.
Anyone with a free flickr account can log in and look at larger sizes...
For the record, the guitar setup comprised:
EH Linear Power Booster
EH Microsynth
Roland CV Pedal
Moogerfooger Lowpass
Moogerfooger 12 Stage Phaser
Moogerfooger Ring Mod
Moogerfooger Analog Delay
2nd Roland CV Pedal
Ibanez Analog Delay
Moogerfooger Control Processor
He had a pretty expensive amp as well -- a Mesa Boogie IIRC.
There are a couple of pics of the keyboardist in the set, I didn't take any gear geek pics though. He had a JX3P (with the knob box) a Wurlitzer Electric Piano, and one of the Yamaha CS series keyboards."

EAR on YouTube

celebrity custom rig test 1


celebrity custom rig test 2


celebrity custom rig test 3


celebrity custom rig test 4


celebrity custom rig test 5


celebrity custom rig test 6


Initial testing and burn in of the EAR Performance Synth. FSOL in the background in Test 3. Title link takes you to the set on YouTube..

Update: Try launching each video in a row above for some fun modular multi-tracking. Click the Play icons to launch each.

Joe's Modular Synthesizer Video

I previously posted on Joe's Modular Synthesizer site, but either I missed the video or it's been added since I last posted. It's pretty amazing. Title link takes you there.

EAR Performance System

Remember this post? Title link takes you to shots of the EAR Performance System debuted by NIN.

Catgirl Synth

I previously posted on Ken Stone's Catgirl Synth (CGS). I was reading the Analog Renaissance article by Electronic Musician and noticed that CGS was featured along with this shot. Now that would be one cool module to have in your modular. I couldn't find a higher res shot, so if you find one please comment and I'll update the post with it. Title link takes you to the CGS site.

Rockets-Ideomatic (Live)

Features an EDP Wasp. Via Dennis Verschoor (gear, music)
Update via sneakthief in the comments: "one of the "doctors" is playing the EDP Spider sequencer that goes along with the wasp. heheh." Nice, I was wondering what that was.
Update via the comments: "they also play the EH mini synthesizer. Cool stuff, i've always loved The rockets - even when Sal Solo from Classix Nouveaux became the singer" and "...and of course the simmons sds-v drum set :-D"

Analog Renaissance on Electronic Musician Online

Click here for an 861kb pdf of the Analog Renaissance article in Electronic Musician. The article features the Cyndustries ZeroOscillator, pictured.

Via John Loffnick on the Cyndustries mailing list. You might recognize John Loffnick of The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site and The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site.

BTW, I love it when magazines put full articles online. Thank you Electronic Musician.

The Appreciation Post

This one in via Roger Lussier of The Appreciation Post.

"I play moog synthesizers for Boston indie-rock superstars The Appreciation Post. We're getting quite a following up and down the east coast.

I play a Moog Source and a Realistic MG-1 and the pure analog sound just can not be beat. Our singer also used a Sonic Six (which he has since sold) to record a cover of rod stewarts "some guys have all the luck" which you can hear on our Purevolume page. Every sound except vocals was made by the sonic six, even the 'drums.' So, check it out, tell me what you think."

I did and I think I like it. : ) BTW, before I get bombarded with MySpace sites, I only put stuff up that has something interesting about a particular synth or synths. In this case there were two things - the shot and a track featuring nothing but a Sonic Six. It's always a cool surprise when I like the music as well. Thanks Roger.

Yamaha CS60 on Synthwire

Looks like Carbon111 got his Yamaha CS60. Title link takes you to the post on Synthwire including more shots. I'm looking forward to the samples.