multitouch loopArena MTC performance@ c-base with bruda

YouTube via sport4minus.
http://www.multi-touch.de
http://www.sport4minus.de/loopArena
http://www.digital.udk-berlin.de/en/p..
via sequencer.de

Things to Come Records

Title link takes you to the studio gallery of Things To Come Records. You'll find a number of shots including synths of course, along with the some of the construction of the studio.

Guess the synths...

via
Oliver Chesler (The Horrorist)
Things to Come Records
www.thingstocome.com
thehorrorist.thingstocome.com

RAI Studio of Musical Phonology

Part 1

"In 1951, the first electronic music studio was conceived from scratch at the WDR Radio of Cologne (Germany) to enable the composition of electronic music sounds.
Briefly, the concept of studios evolved up to the 1955 design of the Phonology studio in Milan by Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna. With nine oscillators, various filters and other sophisticated equipment , the presence of a technician/musician (Marino Zuccheri), the studio was the best equipped in the world at that time."

Part 2

"Marino Zuccheri was the sound engineer of the famous Milan RAI (Italian Broadcasting Company) Electronic Music Studio, and he worked with Berio, Nono, Maderna, Cage, Pousseur among the others, and he gave birth to some of the great masterpieces of early electronica. He was the one who actually knew how to operate the equipment."

Part 3

"Original Luciano Berio's off-camera commentary: "This is the RAI Studio of Fonologia in Milan, one of the first electronic music studio. There are sound generators, filters, tape recorders, modulators, mixers and also excellent technicians (Marino Zuccheri). Here you can find all you need to produce electronic music in a good mood. It's necessary when you have to go back and forth on the sound equipment, to do a hundred of manual hand-works and to patiently cut the magnetic tape with the scissors".
YouTube via usoproject. via AudioLemon.

Music From Outer Space SoundLab

via this auction.

I never get tired of the designs people come up with.

Music From Outer Space SoundLab

This is a handmade Soundlab analog synth designed by Ray Wilson and put together /modified by me. It has the following MODS:
-FINE TUNE VCO1,2
-VCO MODULATION
-TIMING MODS FOR VCO1,2 and REPEATER
-BLUE LED INDICATORS.
-internal 9v power supply
-Arcade Button for Manual Trigger.

Everything else is standard Soundlab. My unit is made of Tranparent Plexi Glass Panels and wood casing. It has Highest Quality Laminated Artwork. The AC power adapter is included.

NOTE: out of the box this thing uses CV and GATE inputs. To connect midi you need a CV to MIDI converter. They sell em here at ebay. However, out of the box one could still make sounds with the onboard Pink Arcade trigger. The Midi only understands note on/off and pitch change.

All resistors are 1% tolerance, and cabling is CAT5 single strand internal. Thoroughly tested and mother approved.

I have sound demos of the unit being sold here."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

ARP AXXE 2313

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Synsonics Drums

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Vintage Synth Drum Pad by Synsonics Drums
4 pads Cymbal and drum sounds
"pitch-bend" wheel on side
L/ R output and headphone out
9 volt d.c. in
Also runs on batteries

Update:
Reminds me of the custom drums used by Kraftwerk used in this video.

via Saemus in the comments:
"This link shows the custom drum trig unit "played at studio by Wolfgang Flür and later by Karl Bartos in the 70s and was used live for the first time in the 1981 World Tour. link Just open 'Electronic Drum Pads'."

Update via Stephen in the ocmments:
here is the service manual: link
some info here: link"

Scaff Homestudio

via Scaff on the Matrixysnth Forum.

Title link takes you to more. There are some really great shots in this set.

Andromeda A6 Tips and Tricks

There's been some discussion in the comments of this post regarding the Andromeda A6 and it's ability or inability to produce vintage sounds including snappy bass and leads. The comments made me think of how diverse the A6 is and it reminded me of the Andromeda A6 Tips and Tricks on the excellent Andromeda A6 Community Website. If you have an A6 take the time out to explore it a bit. The A6 actually has an "Engine Optimizer" section that allows you to adjust the settings below. This has often been said to result in what sounds like snappier envelops settings. If you have an Andromeda the following is worth a try. Set up an arpeggio with an attack of zero, short decay and sustain of zero then flip through the different settings. You will hear the difference. This is an example of how much detail in control the Andromeda offers. BTW, if anyone can create a sample of this, send it in and I'll post it.

"11.7 SETTING THE ENGINE OPTIMIZER:

The engine optimizer is a function hidden in the “Process” menu. The normal “compromise” timing of the Andromeda works well for bass and pad sounds, but it could be made better for either type of sound.

Hit “Process”, then turn soft knob one all the way to the right hand side to select the engine optimizer. Then hit soft knob one to select this function.

The engine optimizer has several settings for VCO:
*Normal – The default.
*Fast – Fast pitch changes, good for bass sounds.
*Smooth – Smooth pitch changes, better for pad sounds that aren’t too slow.
*Mushy – Good for deep drones and slower sounds.

The engine optimizer also has several settings for VCA:
*Normal – The default.
*Fast – Fast filter changes, good for bass sounds.
*Slow – Slow filter changes, better for long sweep sounds.
*Medium – Medium percussive, for slower bass sounds.

In general, you want “fast” VCO changes, and either “fast” or “medium” filter changes (depending on whether you are doing techno bass or more of a funky bass feeling). This is not a hard and fast rule; not every sound benefits from this."

Note: I disabled comments in this thread to keep them on the previous thread, so comment there.

KORG Prophecy and Lederhosen

Title link takes you to the story behind this one. Man, I'd pay good money to see that.

Note this beauty is up for auction. Shots saved here.