Monday, February 25, 2008
Circuit bent mechanical furby sequencer - The Furby Gurdy!
YouTube via thenervoussquirrel on the forum.
"Each furby has 4 controls: mute, crash, loop and reset. The handle turns 8 cams which operate corresponding microswitches to create interesting rhythmic patterns. Part of the 'setting up' section at the beginning has been fast forwarded. Please commission me to make lots more of these machines!"
Von Haulshoven on space
YouTube via vonhaulshoven. Spot the synths (list on electro-music.com).
"playing space music while traveling into a black hole"
Sleepy Eyes of Death
flickr by kjten22(click for the full set)
KORG Mono/Poly
Linn Drum
MOOG Opus 3 x 2
top full size
bottom full size
http://www.sleepyeyesofdeath.com/
Rozzbox with Monome controller
YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is the 5-voice RozzBox being controlled with a Monome. Our friend Kylee was kind enough to bring his new Monome by our shop."
Alesis Micron Synth Demo By Tony 2008
YouTube via acaruso36
"My first demo of my new additon to my arsenal of Keyboards. The Alesis Micron Synth. I used a preset from the Mircon and improvised a Techno Ballad Song."
Blancmange 'Blind Vision' 1982
YouTube via AGESOFTHEROD. Roland Jupiter-8.
"performing on The Tube UK TV pop show ... 31 December 1982"
5 Minute Romp thru the IP
YouTube via evltube
"(1971) This is one of the movies that document the early history of the research that resulted in the creation of the EVL Lab.
This is an early video piece staring Dan Sandin in which he explains, in general terms, the functionality of the Sandin Analogue Image Processor (IP). This was the instructional video that accompanied the modules for constructing you own Sandin IP.
Sandin was an advocate of education and espoused a non-commercial philosophy, emphasizing a public access to processing methods and the machines that assist in generating the images. Accordingly, he placed the circuit board layouts for the IP with a commercial circuit board company and freely published schematics and other documentation.
The IP is a general-purpose patch programmable analogue computer, which is different from a regular digital computer, and is optimized to process video/television signals and sound. The video is processed through the IP "live" so that the viewer is able to see the effect on video signals. Initially the video is B&W, at the end Sandin debuts the 'Color IP'.
More information can be found on the EVL website"
Update: http://scanimate.zfx.com/ for more video synthesis.
Tokyo Shops and Magazines
via peterwendt. follow-up to this post.
"Urban Music - Hammonds and vintage synths. I didn't find the place.
Sofmap Creator's Land (in Googlish)
Sofmap is a big PC/software/etc. chain. "Creators Land" denotes their shops for audio, MIDI, desktop video, etc. There are some big "generic" Sofmap shops in Akihabara and a multistory Creators Land. I seem to remember:
1st floor = desktop music (Edirol, etc.)
2nd floor = new hardware
3rd and 4th floors = used
There is another Creators Land in Shinjuku, I think; the selection of used stuff wasn't as good.
There was a new+vintage shop called Modern Tools in northern Tokyo, but I can't find their WWW site anymore. They had a Roland System 100m, Yamaha CS-50, and lots more.
RockOn in Shibuya had a very small used selection, but I liked it for new stuff. Sort of a combination of Analog Haven and GC Pro. Doepfer, Jomox, and Studio Electronics in one corner; big control surfaces and high-end preamps at the other end. They were the Japanese agents for Technosaurus, and they had the "small" Sony Oxford digital mixer (RMX-100).
I visited a few more grungy little used stores, but I can't really recommend them.
Japanese musicians' magazines:
Sound&Recording (in Googlish)
Keyboard (in Googlish)
DTM (in Googlish)
At least you can see what the covers look like.
Where to get the magazines: Kinokinuya Bookstores (in Googlish)
Buy the magazines here and drool over the ads.
Searching for deals and shops in Japan: Digimart (like eBay for musicians) (in Googlish)
Sorry, this is all in Japanese. You can convert it too Googlish, or ...
A lot of the terms are actually in phonetic (Japanese) English! The angular "letters" are the Japanese katakana "alphabet". Find a basic study outline about Japanese with a table of katakana symbols. Using the table, you can find terms like "synzesiza", "osciray-ta", "keybodo", "kontro-ra", and "fil-ta". Even if you don't want to learn Japanese in general, this will help you a lot. Browse www.fiveg.net, and you can learn the characters for "used", etc., from the links.
Oh, and if you visit ... Shibuya caters to techno and DJ stuff, and J-pop; it's a 20-something place. There are DJ-focused gear shops (including Echigoya Music), huge billboards of the latest female J-pop stars, and the "young and fashionable" department stores will have videos of battle DJs in the display windows. After 9-10 PM, there were young rock bands playing on the street corners. The sea of humanity on the weekends is unbelievable.
I hope this is useful.
Regards,
Peter"
"Urban Music - Hammonds and vintage synths. I didn't find the place.
Sofmap Creator's Land (in Googlish)
Sofmap is a big PC/software/etc. chain. "Creators Land" denotes their shops for audio, MIDI, desktop video, etc. There are some big "generic" Sofmap shops in Akihabara and a multistory Creators Land. I seem to remember:
1st floor = desktop music (Edirol, etc.)
2nd floor = new hardware
3rd and 4th floors = used
There is another Creators Land in Shinjuku, I think; the selection of used stuff wasn't as good.
There was a new+vintage shop called Modern Tools in northern Tokyo, but I can't find their WWW site anymore. They had a Roland System 100m, Yamaha CS-50, and lots more.
RockOn in Shibuya had a very small used selection, but I liked it for new stuff. Sort of a combination of Analog Haven and GC Pro. Doepfer, Jomox, and Studio Electronics in one corner; big control surfaces and high-end preamps at the other end. They were the Japanese agents for Technosaurus, and they had the "small" Sony Oxford digital mixer (RMX-100).
I visited a few more grungy little used stores, but I can't really recommend them.
Japanese musicians' magazines:
Sound&Recording (in Googlish)
Keyboard (in Googlish)
DTM (in Googlish)
At least you can see what the covers look like.
Where to get the magazines: Kinokinuya Bookstores (in Googlish)
Buy the magazines here and drool over the ads.
Searching for deals and shops in Japan: Digimart (like eBay for musicians) (in Googlish)
Sorry, this is all in Japanese. You can convert it too Googlish, or ...
A lot of the terms are actually in phonetic (Japanese) English! The angular "letters" are the Japanese katakana "alphabet". Find a basic study outline about Japanese with a table of katakana symbols. Using the table, you can find terms like "synzesiza", "osciray-ta", "keybodo", "kontro-ra", and "fil-ta". Even if you don't want to learn Japanese in general, this will help you a lot. Browse www.fiveg.net, and you can learn the characters for "used", etc., from the links.
Oh, and if you visit ... Shibuya caters to techno and DJ stuff, and J-pop; it's a 20-something place. There are DJ-focused gear shops (including Echigoya Music), huge billboards of the latest female J-pop stars, and the "young and fashionable" department stores will have videos of battle DJs in the display windows. After 9-10 PM, there were young rock bands playing on the street corners. The sea of humanity on the weekends is unbelievable.
I hope this is useful.
Regards,
Peter"
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