Friday, July 04, 2008
HiTSPACE I. szintetizátortalálkozó
YouTube via hitspacetv. Clavia Nord Wave and G2.
"http://www.hitspace.hu Kaltenecker Zsolti Nord G2 és Nord Wave bemutatója a partnertalálkozónkon."
JAPAN SYNTHESIZER BAND COSMOS
YouTube via yaoyasan. Yamaha CS01, GS1. Anyone ID the knob laden one? via Failed Muso where you'll find a nice shot of a GS1.
"SYNTHESIZER BAND COSMOS YAMAHA"
Jetlag 1987
YouTube via TomEllard (of Severed Heads)
"Video made by Stephen R Jones using home brew video synthesiser + oscilloscope + Fairlight CVI + vision mixer. I did some of the clouds and a bit of Fairlight. You can tell when the CVI is used - the image gets smaller. As requested. This is on the Palaeolithic DVD"
Roland Juno-60 + Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
YouTube via retrosound72
"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound
bassline: Roland Juno-60 arpeggiator (hold mode) triggered by the TR-707
fx, pad and lead sounds: SCI Prophet VS
drums: Roland TR-707
no overdubbing, no playback, no sequencer software used"
KORG MS20 Legacy and MMV Papercraft
via CustomSynth
click the image on the left to scale.
You can find a pdf of the Arturia Moog Modular V (MMV) papercraft here, also via custom synth.
Update via Sasa Rasa in the comments: "I sent in exactly the same a year ago"
HARDSID 4u
via this auction
"Via it's USB connection, it can be used as a MIDI style analog sounding synthesizer via any VST compatible sequencer, or simply as a SID music player. If you want the authentic sound of the SID chip in your music without having to mess around with old floppy disk drives, blurred RF outputs and dodgy power supplies, then this is the little guy for you! Official site here: http://www.hardsid.com The HardSID 4U is the most powerful SID synthesizer since the legendary C64!"
Boss Dr-110 with sync-in modification
YouTube via glumc
"Boss DR-110 with an additional Sync-in modification! Kit is available at www.acidlab.de !"
Oberheim DX with Sync-In modification
YouTube via glumc
"Oberheim DX with Sync-In modification, synced with an acidlab bassline2. Kit is available at acidlab.de !"
Linndrum with Sync-In modification
YouTube via glumc
"Linndrum with Sync-In modification, synced with an acidlab bassline2. Kit is available at acidlab.de !"
Serge-style DIY rack panel
"MFOS VCOThomas Henry XRVCO
CGS Wave Multipliers
Warp633 Ringmod
2x MS20 VCF
2x CGS VCA
1x CGS Mixer
2x CGS Utility LFO
2x MFOS ADSR"
via this thread on electro-music.com where you will find more info.
Sunny Day Sets Fire
via Amateur Chemist where you will find the full review and more images. I've been looking for a reason to put up a Sunny Day Sets Fire post for a while now. They are a really great band. My favorite track from them is Teenagers Talking which apparently has not been released as a single yet. It is on the new album though. Below are two videos for their first singles."Onyee (Vocals/Synthesizers) was switching between her Nord Electro and Roland SH-201 and occasional sprinkles of xylophone. 'Stranger' accelerated the pace and knocked me over with a hypnotic guitar solo and soaring vocal harmonies."
Sunny Day Sets Fire 'Brainless'
YouTube via BrikabrakRecs
"Sunny Day Sets FIre's debut single"
YouTube via jeancoffey
"Sunny Day Sets Fire "Wilderness"
directed by Sunny Day Sets Fire
Wi45 Recordings"
Monty Python Moog Vocoder
images via this auction"Our MONTY PYTHON collection of Studio Equipment
MOOG VOCODER - as used on many Monty Python productions
The Gear Garage is very proud to be presenting a fine collection of Monty Python Equipment in very good condition, well looked after and featured on many famous recordings with a unique heritage.
The Moog Vocoder we have here is recognisable from their recording of 'Here comes another one.'
Besides from being a superb and rare instrument it is a piece of history unlike any other. Anyone looking to buy such an article may consider this as an investment as well as a creative tool. Very likely to gain in value on both counts. NOW WITH ORIGINAL MANUAL!"
ELEKTRONIKA EM-04 Analog Synth String
images via this auction
"EM-04 HAS A FOUR MAIN SECTIONS OF CONTROL:1-st GROUP (left manual) - attack, sustain, bass, violin, alto, string, orchestral, brass
BRASS FILTER - attack, sustain (level, on/off), cutoff, resonance
2-nd GROUP (right manual) - attack, sustain, bass, violin, alto, string, orchestral, brass
MASTER - fine tuning, main volume level, tone (brightness), slalom (pitch slide), hawaii (finger pitch controller).
• There is a one master oscillator in this instrument. Due to this oscillator a possibility of instrument detuning in the process of operation is eliminated.
• Because of split of the manual into 2 sections, the volume of each group may be adjusted.
FILTER GENERATOR IS FOR BRASS SECTION ONLY.
• Connection on the rear panel: Audio OUTPUT with standard 1/4' jack, power wire connection (220/240V 2 pin euro), fuse (0,5A) ."
Red, White and Blue
Happy 4th of July to those in the US!click here for a few more Red, White and Blue shots sent in by Mike.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Bleep Labs Thing-a-ma-kits!
"Now noisy makers can assemble and modify their own light controlled analog noise friend!All the sounds of Thingamagoop plus
Triangle wave LEDacle with shape and speed control.
Second photocell patchable to modulator and photocell rate.
Square and Triangle wave output.
The satisfaction for making an noise monster with your own soldering iron!
Comes with:
* detailed instructions
* fully labeled components
* simply layed out circuit board with minimal hand wiring.
* 2 ready to blink LEDacles
* control panel and face stickers
Find a box and make your own analog junk monster or use our "stompbox" style enclosure.
Movie coming july 4th. In the meantime, post your pics to the Thingamakit Flickr group!
The novice maker should read some basic soldering tips.
Note: Special prices through the weekend! On Monday the prices will change to $60 with the enclosure or $50 for the bare kit." Bleep Labs' Thing-a-ma-kits page. (previous post)
WALL∙E “A Space Journey in Sound”
YouTube via WallEMovie. The man that brought us R2D2 on the ARP 2600.
"In this behind-the-scenes clip, Andrew Stanton, Jim Morris, and Ben Burtt discuss the sound effects used in the film.
What if mankind had to leave Earth and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? WALL∙E, a robot, spends every day doing what he was made for. But soon, he will discover what he was meant for. From Academy Award®-winning writer-director, Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”), Disney∙Pixar’s WALL∙E is the story of one robot's comic adventures as he chases his dream across the galaxy.
WALL∙E comes to theaters on June 27, 2008! Visit www.wall-e.com for more information!"
Best Wedding Cake EVER!!!
This one in via Jeff:"can you belive the groom cake I got at my wedding? Don't think i've seen a better synth cake. Someone even tried to play it! feel free to share as long as Kasha's Sugar Art gets credit and Ian "Capital I" says it's ok to share. But i'm sure he doesn't mind at all. But the baker sure deserves credit: www.kashassugarart.com/"
What's funny about this one is I actually saw it in my flickr feed yesterday. I was going to put a post up on how the gnome jumped off and broke that key. The funny thing is I didn't realize it was a cake until Jeff wrote in!!! Glancing at the image I just thought it was a mini with a wonky keyboard. This is definitely one of the best synth cakes I have ever seen. Click on the cake label below for more.
The Electronic Century Part I: Beginnings
This one in via brian c. EM (Electronic Musician) has a series up on the history of electronic musical instruments. You can find part 1 here. On the right of the site under the "Must Read" section you will find links to parts 1-4."The early years of electronic musical instruments set the tone for a century.
FIG. 1: Thaddeus Cahill's Telharmonium was installed in New York in 1906. It was transported from its home in Massachusetts in more than a dozen railway boxcars.
As we enter the 21st century, electronic music is fast approaching its 100th anniversary. This is a good time to look at our roots and get to know how we came to be where we are. This is the first in a series of four articles in which EM explores the instruments, artistic ideas, business concepts, musicians and entrepreneurs, and technical breakthroughs of the century—from the first technological achievements to the synthesizers of tomorrow.
The focus throughout the series is on the technologies that have been used by musicians to expand on the resources available in traditional, acoustic instruments. Where appropriate, each article will also document important musical compositions that have employed these technologies. There's a rich and deep tradition to uncover, so let's begin our journey!"
Recorder - Synth Bots
"We play live, using the following: Open Labs NeKo LX, Korg Radias, Roland Juno G, Akai MPC 1000, Theremin, and, occasionally, an Atari 2600 SynthCart. Nothing vintage, just good synthetic fun."Recorder on MySpace
Recorder on YouTube
Recorder - Satellite
YouTube via recordermusic
"'Space Alone' animation by Ilias Sounas, used with permission"
Machinedrum Internal Delay (Stereo)
YouTube via bigcitymusic
"There's a great delay built in to both Elektron Machinedrums. It capable of robotic, dubby, modulated and super-long delay sounds. There's also a filter with adjustable width so you can shape the tone of the delay. Each instrument has it's own send to the delay (and reverb for that matter) so you can decide just how much you want."
sexy keyboards
YouTube via marcswadel
"Mark Duff and myself model some seriously hot keyboards in the mid 90's - Emulators.. Moogs, Sequential Circuits T-10 and T-8, Clavinets, Rhodes, And a dozen Rolands and Yamahas!"
Cluster Live
YouTube via lopemon. via sequencer.de.
Theremin comes it at 3:33.
"Cluster (Moebius & Roedelius) performing live at Dampfzentrale Bern 15. September 2007 feat. Dorit Chrysler on Theremin."
ofxParamterUI scope
ofxParamterUI scope from stiwi on Vimeo.
"This is a very basic synth made with openframeworks just to demo the new scope control for ofxParamterUI. The audio is rendered in realtime with openframeworks. The sound recording is very bad because i had to use my build-in mic. :-( I could not figure out how to record openframeworks audio with the system output. Sorry."
Experimentalists Anonymous Mini-Optosynth demo 2, Vs. Amen Break
Experimentalists Anonymous Mini-Optosynth demo 2, Vs. Amen Break from Experimentalists Anonymous on Vimeo.
"The mini-optosynth is a pocketsized tone generator/distortion box, whose frequency can be controlled by a photocell, some buttons, or an external input. This video shows the optosynth with the classic amen break as an input. I turn the lights off mid-way to show what it's like with the built-in LED as a light source. For more information, please visit experimentalistsanonymous.com/"
Four Analog Delays
YouTube via thedeepelement
"I received my Electro-Harmonix Deluxe memory man today and thought I would get it used to the walls of sound it'll be a part of. I just send a single signal from the cwejman and tested feedback on all the units. The signal flow is as follows: Cwejman VM-1 (source) into Doepfer A-188-2 Tapped BBD Module into Ibanez AD9 into Moog MF104z into Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man"
Weather Report - Birdland
YouTube via Palle016. Spot the synths. via The Stetta Procedure.
"This is from the Stadthalle Offenbach Concert that took place 1978."
New TR-707
YouTube via underneath0skin. Pretty cool.
"Yes. That's my sister in the background. Sorry the sound quality is bad. The kick sounds crunchy."
Theremug
Theremug from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo.
"Instructions for turning a mug of tea into a Theremin:
1 Prepare some tea
2 Expose the L/R leads on an 1/8" cable
3 Immerse leads in tea
4 Plug cable into audio input
5 Start up max/pd/processing/etc. and average every 735 samples (882 if you're in Europe/running on 50Hz)
6 Scale value and drive oscillator
(The tea should not be neglected, be sure to drink it once you're done making noise.)
My camera's been acting funny, hence the jitter.
See the Max patch for a more in-depth explanation: flickr.com/photos/kylemcdonald/2126494098/"
HE ROLAND SYSTEM 100 - A SHORT(ISH) DEMO
YouTube via armalyte
"THIS SHORT(ISH) DEMONSTRATION OF THE ROLAND SYSTEM 100 SYNTHESIZER IS ACTUALLY SPREAD OUT OVER 4 PARTS (oops..hence "short-ish"), SO KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED FOR THE OTHER SECTIONS. ALL DEMOS CONTAIN THE 101(synthesizer), 102 (expnader) AND 104 (sequencer) COMPONENTS
Peace,
Shekhar
www.juicyaudio.com"
KORG Polysix Parts
The following are up for auction via loscha.Pictured in the following order:
Voice Board
CPU Board
Buttons and Knobs PCBs with Buttons on
Inside a KORG Polysix
Moog Source
via this auction
"The Moog Source is a 2-VCO, micro-processor-controlled, programmable monophonic synthesizer, with 16 memory locations, and a 3-octave, 37-note (C-C) keyboard.
It features an arpeggiator and a digital sequencer with memory for two seqences of up to 64 notes.
The Source was one of the first to use digital parameter access for programming, a method now commonly found in today's synthesizers, using membrane switches, a two-digit LED display and a single data knob.Both VCOs have three available waveforms (sawtooth, triangle, and pulse; with pulse width modulation) and three available octaves (32', 16', and 8'). VCO2 can be detuned at fixed intervals and it can be also synced to VCO1.
The mixer section features levels for VCO1, VCO2 and Noise.
The VCF (24dB/octave) has parameters for keyboard tracking (off, 1/2, and full), cutoff frequency, resonance, and contour (Moog's word for envelope) amount.
There are two ADSR envelope generators, one for the VCF and one for the VCA. The envelopes can be set in single or multi trigger modes. The LFO (triangle and square waveforms) can be routed to the VCOs and the VCF.
The Source also features a sample-and-hold which can be routed to the VCF. To the left of the keyboard is the pitch bend and the modulation wheel, along with two octave-switching buttons.
These and a volume knob are the only dedicated controls. On the back panel are the audio out, cassette interface, a pitch knob (for fine tuning), and CV and S-trigger inputs and outputs.
The 16 factory pre-sets are: Lead 1, Lead 2, Horn, Flute, Clav Bass, Vibes, String Bass, Harpsichord, Organ, Trill Voice, Taurus, Synthevox, Sax, Wind, Snare Drum, and Lead 1 (duplicated here so that if you wanted to, you could use this extra slot to move patches around). Programs are saved and loaded via a cassette interface."
Moog Minimoog
images via this auction"Serial number is 6760 and it has the original version osc board. The date of manufacter is written on the metal plate behind the front panel as 1/29/75."
CORON DS7
via this auction"An infinitely tweakable array of electronic percussion sounds are available from sub bass kicks to searing filter sweeps with seven knobs for LFO rate, decay length, Mode/timbre, VCO, sweep depth, intensity and volume. The synth is built into a sturdy enamelled metal box and features a clamp for mounting on the rim of a drum."
CV Proto
flickr by Collin Mel(click for more)
full size
"Proto-style control voltage keyboard for analog synth testing and convenient fun."
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
MAM WARP 9 Demo
via brian c:
"it starts as a simple 3 note 4 bar matrix 1000 patch #220 and that patch and sequence stays the same throughout, the only variations after that is from the filter, it ends with the basic patch one more time, I threw in a simple drum for interest too
the warp 9 is a mono 2 pole filter so it does not self resonate but there are some features that make it very attractive
the filter envelope can be triggered by a midi note on signal (or audio signal if you prefer) so you can control triggers with a sequence, then you can very the trigger patterns and the LFO recycle can also be linked to the triggers on varying combinations, there are a variety of LFO shapes, algorithms and a sample and hold
from there it goes to stage two where you control cutoff, resonance and modulation strength and you can throw in some distortion of you want ( I rarely do)
in the demo I got it going and then tweeked a few parameters - kinda nice IMHO, this thing can make the matrix 1000 a lot more interesting
best part is there are 32 memory slots so when you get a good filter set up you can save it all and recall it later - way cool , and it will transit knob movements out to midi of you want to take it that far
the negatives are that each knob is used for three different parameters so it is quite confusing, the patch ids are also in binary light combinations not in numbers, blecch
all in all this has been the hardest piece in my rig to learn to control but I,m getting it"
"it starts as a simple 3 note 4 bar matrix 1000 patch #220 and that patch and sequence stays the same throughout, the only variations after that is from the filter, it ends with the basic patch one more time, I threw in a simple drum for interest too
the warp 9 is a mono 2 pole filter so it does not self resonate but there are some features that make it very attractive
the filter envelope can be triggered by a midi note on signal (or audio signal if you prefer) so you can control triggers with a sequence, then you can very the trigger patterns and the LFO recycle can also be linked to the triggers on varying combinations, there are a variety of LFO shapes, algorithms and a sample and hold
from there it goes to stage two where you control cutoff, resonance and modulation strength and you can throw in some distortion of you want ( I rarely do)
in the demo I got it going and then tweeked a few parameters - kinda nice IMHO, this thing can make the matrix 1000 a lot more interesting
best part is there are 32 memory slots so when you get a good filter set up you can save it all and recall it later - way cool , and it will transit knob movements out to midi of you want to take it that far
the negatives are that each knob is used for three different parameters so it is quite confusing, the patch ids are also in binary light combinations not in numbers, blecch
all in all this has been the hardest piece in my rig to learn to control but I,m getting it"
Curetronic Roland 100m 121 VCF
"VCF of Rolandsystem 100M - Modul121the PCB is available in two versions:
a: for original IC BA662
b: for BA6110
PCBsize: 160x50mm
instruction: vcf100mm121.pdf
PCB/drilled: 9 euro+shipment"
You can find more info on the Curetronic website. There is also a Jen SX1000 VCF.
via synth ollie
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