Update: ELP - Karn Evil 9 3rd Impression

I finally got around to watching this video in entirety. Yes, sometimes I don't even get to see everything I put up. :( Anyway, for any Skinny Puppy fans out there, check out the update.

Synth Scans

Synth Ollie sent me a motherload of 82 scans of various synth articles. I spent a good chunk of the day organizing them into individual flickr sets. Click on the following links for each corresponding one.

ARP 2600
ARP Odyssey
Beatboxes
KORG Mono/Poly
KORG MS20
Valley of the KORGs
Mellotron
Monologue Mono Synths
MOOG Memorymoog
MOOG Modular
MOOG Multimoog
MOOG Polymoog
MOOG Taurus
MOOG The Source



Oberheim SEM
Oberheim OB-Xa
Roland TB-303
Roland Jupiter-8
Roland MC4
Roland MKS-80
Roland SH-7
Roland VP330
Sequential Circuits Pro-One
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Sequential Circuits Prophet-600
Vocoders
Yamaha CS80

Pigtronix Attack Sustain & Electro Harmonix HOG

YouTube via Analogger.
"I used the external trigger input on the Attack Sustain to trigger the decay envelope - which gave me a rhythmic gating effect on my guitar. I fed that into the HOG which I had set to give a sort of organ sound. I used the expression pedal to open and close the filter on the HOG. The result is kind of like what Townshend got when he ran his Lowrey organ thru the VCS3. My expression pedal was taking the place of the VCS3's lfo.

On one midi track on my sequencer I triggered 8th notes on the Virus which was set to a bass drum patch. That was fed into the trigger input on the Attack Sustain - you don't hear that bass drum - it was just used to trigger the envelope on the Attack Sustain. On another midi track I wrote the drum pattern which was in sync with the 8th note trigger sequence.

I had just put new strings on my guitar and had not clipped the ends. The guitar is just out of frame but you'll see my cat Oscar as he climbs up on a table and starts playing with one of the strings. Sometimes Oscar will just lay there and watch me twiddle knobs. He also likes the blinking lights."

monome 4|5 Cycles {alpha preview}

YouTube via avanturb
"Preview of a monome layout for bidule, developed for use on the Heads project. http://avanturb.com for more info."

Korg X-911 w/ guitar - Pt 1

Korg X-911 w/ guitar - Pt 2

YouTube via ZonkOut
"Gary B lends more of his visionary guitaring--this time with detuned bass octave."

KORGS! SQ-10 KR-55 X-911

YouTube via ZonkOut
"KR-55 into the X-911 (dry and wet outputs panned left and right). KR is sending trigger pulse to step the SQ-10, which is sending CV to the X-911."

The synthesizer & electronic keyboard hanbook

via this auction

"by David Crombie, The Synthesizer & electronic keyboard handbook.Dates from 1984. Book is in excellent condition.Excellent articles on analog synthesis among other subjects and great pictures of vintage instruments such as the Mellotron, Fairlight, Moog modular, etc"

Maartist's Music Pack DX-II RAM 4 Cart

via this auction

"This is a Maartist's Music Pack DX-II RAM cartridge for Yamaha keyboards. It reads on the side of the box, "for Yamaha products using RAM 4 cartridges provides 256 RAM memories - 4 times standard cartridges." I believe that these work on DX series keyboards hence the designation of DX-II."

MOOG The Source

images via this auction
"*16 programmable patch memories
*Touch panel for digital precision
*Instant editing and program storage
*Pitch and modulation wheels
*Rear panel tun9ing and interface connections
*2 oscillators & dual ADSR control, Noise generator
*Single & multiple triggers
Two 88 note real time sequencers
*24 note programmable arpeggiator
*digital sample & hold
*programmable sequencing of voice changes
*program storage on standard cassette"

KORG VC10

images via this auction

"in April 1978, Korg unveiled the VC-10, the first vocoding musical instrument that was practical for use on the live stage. Much easier to operate than a synthesizer, anyone can use the VC-10 on the very first try. Just talk into the microphone while playing the keyboard and you'll hear polyphonic music with the unique characteristics of your voice. A wide range of controls lets you mix the "dry" microphone sound with the simulated sound, add vibrato, and even use the octave switch to change a male voice into a female chorus effect.
Instead of playing the keyboard, it's also easy to take any other kind of audio signal (synthesizer, electric guitar, tape recorder, etc.) and make it talk. This is unquestionably the most unique and exciting new instrument in years."


Margie Plays the VC-10 (previously posted here)

"Over a MS-20/Moogerfooger Delay percussion track."

Korg VC-10 "Vocoding itself!"

YouTubes via ZonkOut (BTW, do a search for ZonkOut on the top left of the site and see what comes up. You can do this for any name or for that matter, word on the site)