MATRIXSYNTH

NEW!! Play Piano Keyboard Like a Pro INSTANTLY!! No Lessons!

YouTube via promusicnow
"NEW!! Play INSTANTLY at www.ProMusicNow.com Play Like A Pro!! Total Creative Control!! No More Lessons...EVER!! PATENTED BREAKTHROUGH!!"

FUZZTRON "Touch Landingpad"

YouTube via RaoulDave
"Original music and video by Fuzztron. Thank you Arconauts and Arcosanti, and Paul Katan for camera at Arcosanti."

see the flickr set here

"a) 2x8 / 1 x 16 sequencer with 3,5mm plugs. Originally auctioned from vemia as non-working, i fixed the power supply and the other issues.
since i got a klee, a 960, a 119 and a mobius, this has become obsolete. asking 300 EUR (price negotiable)

b) Peter Forrest's A-Z of Analogue Synthesizers. Both Books (A-M) and
(N-Z) from the limited edition. (#1 -- 1891/6000 and #2 -- 1065/6000)
asking 60 EUR per book (or 100 you take both).

c) Sharp MD-R2 (MD recorder) with about 30 medias. best offer price.
d) Moog Modular power supply (vintage) best offer price, please more than 20 EUR.
Items are located in germany."

via JanVanVolt.

NOTE to others: I put posts up for the shots and info, not because they are for sale, so if you want me to post something, send me good shots like this.

The Borg TB-303

YouTube via cram993
"a long audio+visual description of a Roland TB-303 with the Borg modifications by Analogue Solutions. also in the mix is a TR-808, acting as the master with a little verb, the 303 is 100% dry. this is for sale on Ebay." images here

Four sound effects that made TV history

You can find the full article from the BBC with video here. Remember to watch the video in full screen mode when you get there by clicking on the box in the bottom right of the player.

"The BBC's Radiophonic Workshop, a pioneering force in sound effects, would have been 50 this month. Ten years after it was disbanded, what remains of its former glory?

Deep in the bowels of BBC Maida Vale studios, behind a door marked B11, is all that's left of an institution in British television history.

A green lampshade, an immersion tank and half a guitar lie forlornly on a shelf, above a couple of old synthesisers in a room full of electrical bric-a-brac.

These are the sad remnants of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, set up 50 years ago to create innovative sound effects and incidental music for radio and television."
via metrosonus and Alex.

'Totally Wired'

Trailer for 'Totally Wired' from niamhahern on Vimeo.
"This is the trailer for the forthcoming documentary ‘Totally Wired’. Enjoy!"
"A documentary film about Andreas Schneider's infamous 'Schneider's Buero' [Schneidersbuero], the boutique electronic musical instrument shop in Berlin.

'Totally Wired' explores one man's electric evangelism, and the interface he has built to connect analogue instrument inventors with their end-users.

The film features an informed selection of inventors and artists alike, including Dieter Doepfer, Junior Boys, Ken MacBeth, Anthony Rother, Jessica Rylan, Daniel Miller, Wowa Cwejmann, Per Salzwedel, Ricardo Villalobos, Magda, Marc Houle and many more."
http://totallywired.tumblr.com/
via wire to the ear.

Roland Jupiter-4 + Juno-60 by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

bass: Roland Jupiter-4 triggered by the TR-707;
at 1:37 I switch on the JP4 arpeggiator
pad sounds: Roland Juno-60
drums: Roland TR-707

live played, no overdubbing, no sequencer software used"

klee-firstImpression2

klee-firstImpression2 from loopcycle on Vimeo.
"The CV output A is feeding the pitch of oscillator A. The CV output B is feeding the pitch of oscillator B. Gate busses 1, 2, 3 are triggering three envelopes, which are opening two filters and one VCA. The Klee is running in 16x1 mode."

Workspace and Environment: Michael Fakesch

You can find the full interview on trash_audio

"What is your current favorite piece of hardware?
My favourite toy is a brandnew Acidlab Bassline. It's a on-the-fly-programmable 303 clone, which was build by a old schoolfriend of mine (www.acidlab.de) it sounds like the original, looks cool, is cheap and the super intuitive programming is much better than on the original."