RIP Richard Wright

via Pink Floyd.com
"Richard Wright
15 Sep 2008
The family of Richard Wright, founder member of Pink Floyd, announce with great sadness, that Richard died today after a short struggle with cancer.

The family have asked that their privacy is respected at this difficult time.

Richard Wright
Born 28 July 1943 (65)"

flickr by syd*barrett

via BBC News
"Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died aged 65 from cancer.

Wright appeared on the group's first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967 alongside lead guitarist Syd Barrett, Roger Waters and Nick Mason.

Dave Gilmour joined the band at the start of 1968 while Barrett left the group shortly afterwards.

Gilmour said: 'He was such a lovely, gentle, genuine man and will be missed terribly by so many who loved him.'"

Two video documentaries to remember his impact by:

The Making Of The Dark Side Of The Moon Part 1 - 6

YouTube via foresthillier

Pink Floyd - Behind the Wall 1-7

YouTube via sabeltann
"This documentary looks at the conception, design and live shows of The Wall performed by Pink Floyd in 1980 and 1981. It features in-depth 1980s era interviews with Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Richard Wright and Nick Mason and shows footage of The Wall performed at Earl's Court in 1980. It also features archival footage of the Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd and discusses how David Gilmour was brought into the band to initially augment their live shows when Syd became unreliable due to his drug problem and how Gilmour ultimately replaced him. A short retrospective of Pink Floyd post-Syd in included. The documentary also discusses is how Roger Waters' concept of The Wall came about and how Pink Floyd, the band, were on the verge of breaking up while performing The Wall concerts. Included are interviews with Mark Fisher (stage designer), Jonathan Park (stage designer), Gerald Scarfe (animation designer and director) and Bob Geldof and Alan Parker in relation to the making of The Wall Movie."

This post will remain on top out of respect and memory of Richard Wright. See below for new posts throughout the day. Originally postedd 9/15/08 11:15 AM at 11:50 AM.

Richard Wright Tribute RIP

YouTube via PhahtFluury
"Richard Wright of Pink Floyd passed away 9/15/08. I felt like making a tribute for him because of his contribution to music let alone Pink Floyd. Rick contributed in Keyboards, Organ, Piano, Synthesizer, Trombone, Vocals, Guitar, Fiddle, Harpsicord, Saxophone, Cello, Mellotron, Farfisa, Vibraphone"

Hardcore Modular Synthesizer Porn

YouTube via synthesizerman
"Nasty sounds vomit out of this modular sythesizer. The drums are analog Roland Dr. Pad I thru III, triggerd from the Moon 563; the snare was chanel if you cant tell."

Powertran Transcendent 2000

images via this auction
"This is an ETI (Electronics Today International) magazine project I built back in the very early 80's.
I used this synth for several years at home and remember it had been fully working before putting into long term storage (20 years) in my loft. I have recently replaced the mains transformer but that did not get it up and running. I now believe the fault to be a component on the power supply circuit board. This could be a lucrative project for anyone with knowledge of testing and repair of electronic circuit boards.

The Synthersizer is complete and externally in a clean condition, I have included the original filter sweep foot pedel. There are a couple of pages missing from the ETI project instruction manual but I have found and printed the pages from a file (which I can forward on in pdf format allowing you to zoom in for greater detail) on the internet which I believe completes the information. The original Powertran 79/80 catalogue has some writing on but is complete and is also included."

buchla 200e led exposure

flickr by citizenmori
(click for more)

full size

"12 panel buchla 200e. octopus pirate."

and

model 208 in 200e cabinet

full size

Cwejman S1 Demos

via doctorvague on electro-music.com

"Demos of the S1Mk2 controlled by 2 Doepfer A-155 sequencers and a few other support modules including a Modcan dual quantizer. The sound is S1Mk2 with no patch cords other than Gate/Trigger and CV in. Nothing on the audio except a UA 140 plate reverb and a stock plug-in limiter to bring levels in line. Triggers generated by a DIY interface described geekily here: http://www.electro-music.com/forum/topic-28737.html"

demos here

Kawai SX-210 synthesizer

YouTube via oggdawg

MochikaMIDI + Roland + Korg = IntiWarp

YouTube via atomolab. Mochika on Ebay
"Live jam IntiWarp by 'El hangar de los mecanicos'. Thanks to Dante Droid and Max Autobahn303"

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 Analog Synthesizer

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

The first synth with midi!

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 Analog Synthesizer (demo of various filter and envelope settings, PWM, Sync, VCF-FM, Crossmodulation and more);
sequenced by the MFB Step64 step sequencer and sync with the Roland TR-707;
drums: Roland TR-707

This video demo is not a musical statement, only demonstration of the sound possibilities of the instrument."

ARP Avatar

This one is for sale via Todd. You can reach him at sines_tr at scale.gs.

"$850 or $950 with a Doepfer MCV-4 MIDI to CV converter [which can do both linear and logarithmic CV control, plus gate & trigger output].

Here are the links I have for the Arp stuff:

Phil Cirocco
discretesynthesizers

Here's the guy in the Netherlands that does a ton of Mods: link

These are some general Odyssey mods that can most likely be applied to the Avatar: link"



YouTube via scalenyc
"me testing out the ARP Avatar and running a drum loop through it."

Update via Todd in the comments: "It's been sold.. thanks for everyone's interest."