Happy 25th C64!

The Commodore 64 turns 25 today.
Article on CNN.

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SCOPE & M-TRACK: CHRONOLOGIE 4 Jean-Michel Jarre

YouTube via grandmoff. Sent my way via fischek.
"Hoy lo pasamos increible tocando temas de JMJ. Aqui pueden ver un momento entretenido. Esta es la version de Memo Scope.

Melodia: DIVO - Roland D-50 as a Controller
Strings: VARO - Korg 01/Wfd
Solo: MEMOSCOPE - Yamaha SY99 as a Controller

Today we had a great day playing some Jarre songs... Wow... we had a really god time isn't? Memo made this very good new version of this great song."

serge modular56

YouTube via cray56. Follow up to this post.

Snuff Box - Empty Room

YouTube via Exulus.

"Empty Room Suicide song." Via Suit & Tie Guy of STG Soundlabs:
"Matt Berry is one of the actors on The Mighty Boosh, he plays the owner of the zoo i believe. anyway this is from a show he did called Snuff Box. this skit is a parody of Edgar Winters' Old Grey Whistle Test appearance. i think it's important to point out this isn't pissing all over synth rock ... it's fairly obvious Matt and his friends are pretty intelligent dudes who can love something and laugh at it simultaneously. it also seems like he actually played the lines you hear on an SH-1000, and there's a bunch of EU-format modular stuff with a Minimoog sitting on top of it also in the shot which don't get used: for reference, this is the quite fantastic Edgar Winter clip being referenced:"

Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein (previously posted)

YouTube via joneps.

And two more not directly synth related:
snuff box guitar lesson


Dark Place Opening Titles


"and these are the opening titles to Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, which was another series Matt Berry was in with another comedian/musician named Matthew Holness. if this doesn't make you want to go watch all 6 episodes in a viewing binge i don't know what would"

Build a Not so Ghetto Talk box out of a Toilet Plunger

YouTube via widgetphreak
"WidgetPhreak shows you how to build a ghetto talkbox with some simple household tools (plumbing supplies, pc speaker, and a toilet plunger)"

The Ghetto Talkbox

YouTube via mootbooxle. Funny I always thought it was moot-boo-il like pop-si-cle.
"MooT BooXLe demonstrates how he made a talkbox out of common parts, for a very small amount of money and time. The idea for this project came from paranorm's article here. NOTE: This will NOT give you a sound like a pro talkbox, but it's cheap, easy, and fun."

Follow up to this post.

You might recognize Mootbooxle from these videos:
MooT BooXLe's Synthesizers.com movie


Explosion - An improvised synth solo

Serge Modular TKB Doepfer Plan B Livewire Panther

YouTube via cray56. "Serge TKB"
"Serge/ Plan B/Livewire/Doepfer/CGS Panther modular . Using the TKB as sequencer."

Casio CZ-101

images via this auction

Touched By Sound Clap Cussion ACM2

images via this auction

"The ACM2 is a German made analog clap synthesizer capable of many kinds of clap sounds due to the number of, and range of the clap real-time controls.

ACM 2 Features:
* Quality analog clap synthesis
* 7 real-time sound controls and master volume:
o Decay Reverb
o Reverb (Length)
o Clap (Spacing)
o Noise
o Resonance
o Filter (Frequency)
o High Pass (Post Filter)
* Trigger button for manual claps or via MIDI
* 19" 1U
* AC adapter included"

Simmons SDS800

images via this auction

"The SDS 800 has 4 separate analog drum synthesizer modules: Bass/Kick, Snare, Tom 1, and Tom 2. In addition to the individual sound generators, there is a global trigger section for configuring the external triggers. The sound modules create the classic Simmons analog drum sounds, and can create a wide range of percussive synth special effect-like sounds (think bleeps, space drum, ray guns, and resonant synth drums).

Individual ¼” line outputs for each of the sound modules are located on the rear of the SDS 800, as well as a handy headphone jack on the top."