Políssonos and More

Políssonos from Rui Penha on Vimeo.
"Políssonos is a loop-based midi sequencer that elicits the relation between the rhythmical division of time and the shapes of polygons. It was developed in September 2007, for the month of "Music + Mathematics", in October 2007, at Casa da Música. A simple midi sequencer at its core, Políssonos is mainly a proposal for a loop orientated alternative to the traditional “piano roll” interface. Políssonos was awarded with an honorable mention at Lomus 2008 - International Music Software Contest."
You can find this and more software made with Processing and Max/MSP for free here.

Untensed Time - The Long Goodbye

YouTube via ZonkOut. "Nanobangbang version."
Blacet/Bananalogue/Modcan modular for the bass line and a Multivox FR-6 drum machine (through a Moogerfooger Ringmod).

Vice Vostok

click here for another Vostok sample via Califaudio.

layout200e

flickr by cray5656

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Buchla 200e

Vangelis on Yamaha CS80

flickr by Neil Vance

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"Also in photo, Korg Poly Ensemble, ARP Pro-soloist, Farfisa Syntorchestra, Clavinet D6 and Fender Rhodes 88"

Surachai Modular Loops

"The current modular tour setup is:
Livewire Dalek
Cwejman VM-1
Doepfer A-188-2 BBD
Doepfer A-142-3 Quad LFO
Doepfer A-155 Sequencer
Harvestman Malgorithm
Harvestman Polivoks VCF
Plan B Mixer"

click here for the post with audio on Trash_Audio.

Flame Clockwork Mini-Workshop (deutsch)

YouTube via flameampere. via sequencer.de.
"Mini Workshop with Daniel Dorsch from Berlin (to use Kaoss Pad 2, Flame Clockwork, Moogerfooger LowPass Filter and Electribe EM-1) - specify the Shift function and CV/Gate outs for moogerfooger Filter control.
The Flame play three drum sounds of the Electribe (via fixed NoteOns of the Clockwork tracks) and filter the sounds with the moogerfooger.
All music tracks in this video are parts of a theater music by Daniel Dorsch, playing exclusive in this configuration."

KaossPad2+Clockwork+Moogerfooger+Electribe

click here for more.
"Short cut of session with Daniel Dorsch from Berlin (to use Kaoss Pad 2, Flame Clockwork, Moogerfooger LowPass Filter and Electribe EM-1)"

Mellowtron

flickr by lightgazer

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Note the desktop Prophet-5 minus keys in the background and the Minimoog's knobs.

"The Beatles used a Mellowtron prominently in "Strawberry Fields Forever"

The heart of the instrument is a bank of magnetic audio tapes. Each tape has approximately eight seconds of playing time. Playback heads (underneath each key) enable the playing of pre-recorded sounds."

Casio Rapman RAP-1 Sample Kit

Samples, pics and thoughts on The Midi Mechanics Showroom

"The Casio Rapman is probably the most bizarre of all Casio toy keyboards from the 80s and 90s. The RAP-1 is the first of the two Rap-themed keyboards from the big 'C' and was released in 1991...

The two main features of this fun little machine are the neat pseudo-vocoder effect and the surprisingly good drums. You can either trigger kick, snare and cowbell yourself with little orange rubber-pads or play 25 pre-programmed rhythms and create wacky breaks with a scratchweel. Some of those beats even come with a funky bassline and sound like they were pulled from some lost "Prince of Bel Air" soundtrack or a never released Vanilla Ice comeback album... Wouldn't it be nice to have those sounds on your MPC or Machinedrum or load them in Battery?"

Duran Duran and the Prophet-5

Duran Duran - Their First Live TV appearance 1981

YouTube via Blockbuster9002. Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. Anyone ID the second synth? I'm guessing the Roland Promars.
"Another gem from Block's tape archives. Here is Duran Duran performing Careless Memory on the BBC Midlands TV show Look Hear! March 10th 1981. They played 3 numbers in total but I've just put one of them up here for you to enjoy."

Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version)

YouTube via samegirl.
"1981 The Night Version video with lots of fabulous New Romantics"
Some brief synth shots in this one.
Just a couple of videos inspired by AnalogSuicide. It reminded me that their first synth of choice was actually the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, not the Roland Jupiter-8 which came later.