Nora: The Sequel - Better than the original!

Remember Nora? YouTube via burnellyow. via swisstony.
"Features all-new footage and more duets. Better than the original! This is not a trick taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's three now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods.

© 2007 Yow!/Alexander

CD Now Available! The Laurel Canyon Animal Company just released a CD called "Cat On The Keys," and the featured track is called "Nora's Song." It uses Nora's piano playing from her two videos and puts it together with a jazz band. The song is super cool! Check it out at http://nora.petcds.com

$2 from the sale of each CD is being donated in Nora's name to Best Friends Animal Society http://bestfriends.org"

Update Response via Jared:
YouTube #3: Chris, The Piano Playing Human

RA MOOG Minimoog

images via this auction

From the first round of minis with the clear mod and pitch wheel. This is from when Bob Moog still owned the company. You can find some basic history on Moog Music on Wikipedia and of course the Analog Days book in the Synth Books section on the right of this site. I'm actually surprised there isn't more on Wikipedia.

The BIN? 5.450,00 Euro or... $7,812.33 USD.

Yamaha CS70M

YouTube via meastempo
"Some Vangelis sounds from the CS70M, lots of people complain about this synth, that it not sounds like the big brother CS80, i think it does a little.."

Yamaha CS70M part2

"More Vangelis (Blade Runner Blues)"

Casio SK-1

YouTube via easyflow
"Casio SK-1 recorded and arranged with Acid 4.0. No additional sounds were used, just the build in effects of Acid and multi track recording."

Update: "This track is also available in stereo..."

EVI Serge by vgermuse Part 2

YouTube via matrixsynth. Sent my way via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse.
Part2: 2:15 demo. Follow-up to Part 1 here.
"This time instead of a single patch on the EWV2000 I am scrolling through a handful of original sounds along with the Serge. Enjoy and Thanks!"

"The EVI 2000 analog synth module of the EVI 1000 is producing long sustained sine tones which are now and then sent through a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator. The EVI is triggering a patch in the Serge that is creating random pitches and drastic timbral shifts. Hope you enjoy."

Steve Jansen Slope

I thought this was interesting. Stretta commented in this post that Steve Jansen's newest album uses artwork from danmcp. Pretty cool.

Update: I just noticed that if you refresh Steve Janen's website it will rotate through different images and style. Below are two others that came up for reference. There are more. Way to boost traffic. ;)

CLICK FOR MORE »

Casio Vl-1 and pedals

YouTube via RothHandle. Via Grondo2001 in the comments: "this is actually the Casio VL5..."
"Yesterday I was working on a track for polish artist Krysztof Antkowiak and wanted a sort of fill sound for the chorus..

This is the Casio Vl-1 going through a Moogerfooger Lowpass filter, then into a Mid-fi electrronics Pitch pirate and then into a Boss PS-2 and then into a Frostwave sonic Alienator.

This film was recorded ona old digital camera it is therefor dark and short. It was filmed at Roth Händle studio in Stockholm. For more infor on the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

Plan B returns in '08!

Via Peter Grenader of Plan B:

"We'll be showing a few new things, not as many as in previous years, but the line is more mature now and that's to be expected. We're hoping to have the new case, and two modules which I haven't decided to take them into production as of yet. It depends on the feedback received at the show:

The first is a super-quiet headphone pre which uses the infamous 5532 Opamp.

The other is this device called a Wave Splicer which lets you merge waveshapes together. It senses the zero-crossing of input A and let's you dial when the transition to the second input occurs, but always returns to the first input at the beginning of each wave cycle. You could have a saw going in one and a square from the same VCO in the other,and the splice setting would determine when in the single cycle it would switch between the two. This combo would allow for a saw you could PWM. Infinite combinations would make for some interesting timbres.

Two VCOs at different pitches is another that sounds great, especially sub-octs or two completely different squares as you can PWM the + and - sub-cycle independently of a single waveform. Again - once a wave begins, it will switch to a second input and then back to the first before the next cycle starts again. It will give the four output M15 six completely unique waveform combinations: sine/tri, sine/saw, sine/square, tri/saw, tri/square and saw/square.

The upside of doing it as a module as opposed to just adding that functionality into the VCO to begin with is some of these sound more interesting than others and as an outboard it gives you the potential to morph from other sources, not just the parent VCO.

Both the Headphone Pre and the Wave Splicer are 4HP.

----------0----------

have a Happy Happy, Merry New New!"

SynthLab for the XO - One Laptop Per Child Project

Remember TamTam? (click to check out the video) TamTam is a music suite similar to GarageBand for the OLPC XO. OLPC or One Laptop Per Child is a nonprofit organization that is trying to get laptops in the hands of children across the world, who could not afford one otherwise. You can read more about the program on the OLPC website. They are currently offering a buy one get one free up until Dec 31st, so if you are curious you can buy one for yourself and one will be sent out to a child.

What's interesting to synthheads is it will also feature a modular synth program called SynthLab. Think Native Instruments Reactor, the original Seer Systems Reality and other module based software synthesizers where you connect various components to create sound. SynthLab is "designed for older children who are ready to venture into more sophisticated sound design, SynthLab is a mini-lab for acoustic- and electronic-circuit construction." Pretty cool.

via John.

PPG Waveterm - Mandozzis album 'Bach-Handel 300'

via Andre
"a scan from the original booklet of Mandozzis album 'Bach-Handel 300'. Do you know this record? Unfortunately it's not available at the moment. I bought it back in 1985 when it came out."

If anyone knows more, feel free to comment.