Emperor Penguin @ Empty Bottle - New Flickr Shot

flick by spablab.

Yep. So, what is that?

Update via the comments: "I am in that band... I'm the guy in the blue shirt in the background. our albums were done by me and the guitarist, Lazlo. When we played live we got extra help from some friends. Lots of synths on our records and onstage - Korg Polysix, Korg DW8000, Univox MiniKorg, Yahama SK20, Korg Delta, Moog Prodigy, etc. No samples used in the live show -- everything was played. The guy in the diaper was known as The ManBaby. He was an amazing beatboxer who for some reason liked to perform in a diaper. He was always a big hit with the audience. Wow, that was a fun band to play in.
- Mel Stanke, Emperor Penguin"

AX60 & S612 Sample

Title link takes you there. Track title is the one with via nematode. via Jon:

"i just got an s612 in the mail yesterday (bought it off kevin, you posted one of his gear sales, so thanks) the 13 pin connectors came in at the same time. so i painstakingly soldered 26 tiny little leads, then i looked in the s612 manual and realized i only had to solder 14 tiny little leads. plugged my new cable in, ran a midi cable from the ax to the s612. messed around with midi channels and worked the static out of the ax's a/b mix slider, knocked over a full stack of 100 blank dvdrs in the process and within about an hour or so was up and running. there's an 8 minute (in two parts) 3 track overdub of just the ax-60 and the s612 arpegiating while i twist and tweak (the sample start/end time faders are awesome) up on my myspace page it's called nematode something-or-other. i was up 'till about 4.30 last night getting that posted, so now i'm going to get some donuts and, if the neighbor kids quiet down, take a nice long nap."

Update via a follow up email from Jon: "this too, i don't know if it's been pointed out yet, but as only audio is being sent to the ax60, there are no control signals envolved, the ax should be able to run -any- audio input through it's filter. all it should take is wiring the leads from an audio connector (your choice) to the ground and signal pin (again, your choice) of the input on the synth."

Little Phatty Booting

Title link takes you to a 3.4M video of the Little Phatty Boot sequence hosted on trippler.net.

via Georg.

Technomania Episode 3

The Sonic State guys are back with Mike Dupp in Technomania Episode 3.

Korg MS50 and EDP Wasp - New Flickr Shot

flickr by hellohello.

Natural Rhythm

Title link takes you to Natural Rhythm where you will find images, samples and general musics on making music with synths.

Pictured: Roland Juno-106 Bender Mod

via sequencer.de

Rhodes Chroma Paramater Chart

Title link takes you to the full sized charts and more info at the Rhodes Chroma site.

Jones Modular Video Synthesizers

Title link takes you there. Not much up as of this post, but do check it out.

Curetronic

Remember the Curetronic? Frederic sent me this shot along with a link to the Curetronic site. It's been a while since I checked them out. Title link takes you there.

BTW, I almost thought the shots were rendered until I checked out the photo gallery. Wow.

Update via Jörg in the comments:
"Another site in German... my own! ;-)
With some information on Curetronic: link"

Effector 13

Remember the synth mangler? Looks like it got a perty new face. Brian Comnes sent me a link to the Synth Mangler product page on Analogue Haven, where I pulled this shot. Title link takes you to Effector 13 where you will find the mangler and more. There are images, videos and more info after the hop. Here's a link to a mangler video.