ARP OMNI 2

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Zebranalogic Moving to Sweden & New Monster Gear

The synth makers from Peru are moving to Sweden.

"Zebranalogic is moving to Sweden. By now we are sending boxes and making the papers...but also, we are working in a new monster, a big one...we are thinking in get better control of the sound and extensive use of digital technology...we can't say more by now,we will return at 2008. We are answering the incoming mails, so if you have any question or comment please feel free to do send us a email...thanks a lot dear musicians, see you soon..."

Update: via the comments of this post:
"Hi dear friends i'm Eduardo form Zebranalogic...we really apreciatte your interest in our products. By now we are moving Zebranalogic to Sweden. A reference: the shipping from Peru to USA is US$45, until 6.61 lb (3Kg) adn US$65 until 11.02 lb (5kg). We are making papers and sending boxes to Sweden, but also we are working in a big monster,more pro, always with nice art in the case and special prices and security of our own domain www.zebranalogic.com and a lot of clients in the world. Now with analog and digital technology and maybe other one with Genetic Algorithms...we will be back at the first months of 2008...you can send us your questions or comments we will answer quickly...here some videos,sounds and pics from our work and country,please be patience and keep the contact:
http://eduardozebra.multiply.com/
http://zebranalogic.blogspot.com/
YouTube and Myspace too..thanks for read all this...is big "

Matrixsynth on the iPhone

On a REV 1 Prophet 5

via Stephen of synthwood.

Roland TR-808

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Roland GR-500

via this auction.

Progsounds Program Switcher Beta 1

"This program let's you assign a Midi CC# (that will be filtered out) to send Program Change messages sequentally, giving a threshold value. It is recommended to use it with some kind of virtual midi ports such as Midi Yoke. Comes as stand-alone exectuable and VSTi.

How it works:
- Select a Midi CC# to use as program change. Example: your sustain
pedal (midi cc# 64)
- Choose the Threshold level. When the value will be greater or equal
the Threshold, a Program Change message will be sent.
- Tune Start and End value to your needs. This is the range you will
cycle during the patch change. When the last value will be reached,
the next will be the first one.
- Use the Reset button to reset the counter."

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Optically Controlled Synth / Theremin

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Details:
"This is an optically controlled noise maker (Sound Synthesizer). It comprises of three LDR's that control the sounds produced and the microprocessor controlled effects. There are three control knobs the forst is for LDR switching speed where the sound synthesis chip alternates between two LDR's measuring their values producing two different tones depending on the level of light falling on each. This effect creates strange sixties sci-fi sounds. The second knob controls the sine wave intensity which is handy when you apply effects like distortion and fuzz to the signal before amplification. The third knob controls the output volume.

There are several toggle switches on the unit. On the left hand side the first sets the device either for high or low pitch sounds ranging from low rumbling drones to high pitch chirps and whines. There is a power switch in the centre to turn the synth on and off. And a switch to select the LDR switching effect. The knobs on the right engage the microprocessor which measures values on the first LDR and does one of two things. The first thing it does is only allow the device to produce sound when a certain level of light has been reached which is useful when you don't want the unit to play itself (Be silent until you interact with it). The second microprocessor controlled effect toggle again sets a threshold which keeps the device silent until a certain level of light has been reached but this time it pulses the sound on and off increasing the speed of the pulses when the level of light on the LDR increases sort of like a built in tremolo effect.

There are three LED's the centre LED indicates power on and the other two the state of the two microprocessor controlled effects.

The unit is housed in an antique (19th century) handmade French jewelery box stamped with the mark of Pierre Dujardin Paris. I restored the box to make it as robust as possible and left the weird repairs and different layers of paint that had been applied by the many previous owners that give this device an authentic aged vintage look sort of like an old piece of lab equipment or a prop from a mad scientists lab.

Various other visual garnishes have been added such as the leather straps that hold the lid open and the foam that lines the inside of the lid.

(the inside is coated in a latex based plastic like preservative and pine sections have been added to the interior corners using epoxy)

This synth/noise maker theremin thingy runs off a 9V power supply, I'm including a brand new Boss PSA-230P (Still in box) with the unit.

The output is loud as its at about line level when the sine wave intensity is at max and the volume fully on.

The unit can be played with your hands or with light sources. Bike light produce the best effects, techno like beats can be created by selecting the flashing settings on the light and by placing them directly over the LDR's. I've recently discovered that by running the unit into an Electro Harmonix Guitar micro-synth a whole range of other sonic possibilities were presented.

If you require other sound samples I will be more than happy to supply them just email me at johncavanagh(at)gmail.com just replace the (at) with @

Ill actually ship to Europe and the US I if you contact me first so I can figure out postage, just email me and we can discuss postage etc...

Ill be including a sort of guarantee of my work with the unit where I will agree to fix any problems with the device for free for a period of 18 months within reason. Like for example if you reverse your car over it it may be beyond my abilities to fix it other than that give me a call."

1stHassy_Synth.jpg

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"le synth de 'les."

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Daft Punk

Music Thing found this shot of the inside of Daft Punks pyramid. "It looks like: 4 x Moog Voyager racks, 2 x Behringer BCR2000 controllers, and possibly 2 x Lemur controllers in the middle (presumably there's also some computers involved). There don't seem to be any keyboards involved at all." There are some more links and info after the hop. Tom of Music Thing also put the following video together.




Where Daft Punk got their samples from

YouTube via tombola2004.
"Here's where the samples on some of my favourite Daft Punk tracks came from. It's all legit, paid in full, above board. Still strange to hear, though.
The samples were spotted by http://www.ishkur.com/samples/ and the music was collected by http://palmsout.blogspot.com/2007/02/...
I just did the video editing. http://www.musicthing.co.uk"

retro Godzilla drum N bass music video

YouTube via timbo80. Music by DJ TOBI-WAN.
"we used Absynth 1.0, Battery 1.0, a few samples"
via Toho Monster