Ian Fritz 5Pulser Waveshaper

YouTube via attorks. via the Bridechamber Fritz 5Pulser page.
"A short demonstration of the Ian Fritz 5Pulser Waveshaper. Bought it as a full kit from the Bride Chamber (www.bridechamber.com). Building it was fairly simple and took about 4 hours."

Cwejman Scope Analyze at Electrypnose labs

YouTube via lebarde1
"Pretty waveform show with the Cwejman S1 analog synth, playing in a track building process."

CME u-key mobiltone USB keyboard & MIDI controller

via this auction
Be sure to see the comments of this post for some notes on quality.
I don't think I ever realized/ registered that these had an internal speakers and joystick. It was announced at Winter NAMM back in 2006.

Details from the auction (note the two speakers were removed on this one):
"CMU u-key midi keyboard and controller. It comes with a MIDI cable. It's been slightly modified, and there's a couple of things I want to point out about it before selling it:

1. The internal speakers have been removed. The sound output still works fine.
2. The keyboard has been updated to the latest firmware.
3. The "CME" and "u-key" logos that were on the top left and right side of the keyboard have been removed. Not abrasively, they actually rubbed off when I was cleaning it.
4. Three black keys make a little more noise than the others when you play them. There is nothing wrong with them - they transmit velocity just as evenly as the other keys. There's a rubber strip that runs underneath the keybed to stop the keys in the event that they "travel" further down for some reason, thus, the noise.

All that aside, everything else is like new and functions as such. Full information can be found here"

From CME:
U-Key uses ultra-thin full-action semi-weighted keys to give a total thickness of only 3.7cm. Yet the key touch of U-Key is the same as keyboards of standard thickness. U-Key has a built-in 64-polyphony high quality mobile phone sound module, and internal high fidelity speaker driven by a digital amplifier. U-Key also has many MIDI songs built in with accompaniment in different styles, including loop variation and chord change. These have been carefully made by professional musicians and can be sprung by U-Key's unique 'PadStyle'. All MIDI songs and styles can be downloaded from Internet and transferred into U-Key via USB. U-Key contains a brand new Game mode, users can use this function and music books with U-Key to test their skill of performance, and students can learn many tips from using this mode. U-Key is the first mobiltone keyboard that has build in muiti ethical scales from around the world, and you may be surprised to learn that you can even play Arabian music or Asian music. U-CTRL is a brand new concept by CME, it provides the easiest way to communicate between controller and music software. You do not need to load template or presets, just press U-CTRL button and all the controllers you use for software control will be ready.

U-Key offers more than 20 user-defined controllers in different styles, including joystick, trigger pads, encoder for data entry, pedals. All controllers are programmable and all functions of U-Key can be quickly and easily set up by pressing certain keys. User can save their controller settings into U-Key and load them any time they want. U-Key has plug and play USB MIDI drivers for Windows XP / MAC OSX, and it can be USB powered.
With U-Key's line out, phone out and compact size U-Keys is ideal for composers who are ‘on the move’."

Akai's MPK49 Nominated for International Dance Music Award

"AKAI PROFESSIONAL MPK49 PERFORMANCE CONTROLLER NOMINATED FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL DANCE MUSIC AWARD

Winners Selected by DJs and Producers
to be Announced at Winter Music Conference

Cumberland, R.I. (March 12, 2009) – Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces that the MPK49 performance controller has been nominated for an International Dance Music Award.

The MPK49, nominated as the Best Keyboard or Sampler, is a category defining musical instrument for DJs, keyboard players, producers and other music creators. It marries Akai Professional’s exclusive MPC pads and assignable Q-Link controllers with a 49-key keybed and some key MPC technologies. The MIDI-over-USB controller contains an arpeggiator, MPC Note Repeat and MPC Swing for the creative sequencing feel that has made Akai Professional’s MPC series so important to music production.

The 24th Annual International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) will be presented on March 26, 2009, at the Winter Music Conference in Miami Beach, Fla. The IDMA is the premier awards show for the dance and electronic music industry worldwide. DJs and producers cast their ballots for the most pioneering and elite artists, technology and professionals in the dance-music business.

“The MPK49 has been tremendously successful,” said Adam Cohen, Director of Business Development, Akai Professional. “We are proud to be nominated for this award.”"

Lostbahnhof Presents E-MU Pipeline in conjunction with Shook Mag

via Benjamin:
"Saturday March 14th, LIFE, 2-4 Old St, EC1V 9AA, 9pm-2am, £4

This Saturday we are hosting a number of concerts which will be powered entirely by prototype models of the new E-MU PIPEline wireless system. The prototypes have been sent directly from the factory in Japan, where they were constructed a few days ago. Musicians will transmit to each other via wireless, and a mix will then be broadcast live to the audience, equipped with wireless packs and headphones. The venue is LIFE Bar on Old St (Nearest Tube Barbican!), which resides in the basement of an excellent Japanese Sushi restaurant.

Unboxing pictures of the PIPEline units, just taken, can be found here

Silent Concerts
In the second room of LIFE bar, which doubles up as a shop selling all manner of Japanese goodies and gizmos during the day, we are teaming up with Shook magazine to host some very special Silent Concerts. Between 9pm and 12am a number of very special guests, including experimental touch electronics specialists Oscillatorial Binnage, will be performing to audiences of 20 at a time, streaming audio direct to headphones via wireless. Formed in 2005, Oscillatorial Binnage is a London-based electroacoustic improvisation trio with a neo-primitivistic approach, composed of Fari Bradley, Toby Clarkson, Chris Weaver and Dan Wilson. They work with homemade instruments, video projection, biofeedback, just intonation, gestural interfaces and destabilized equipment responsive to touch.

Some pictures of the instruments they use can be found here

If you drop in, come and say hello, I am Benjamin and I edit the music tech section for Shook Mag, amongst other things.

Facebook event listing is here.

Cheers,
Benjamin

--
http://soundcloud.com/semtek"

Roland SH-101 + TR-808 + Juno-60

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Roland SH-101 Analog Synthesizer;
internal sequencer is triggered by the Roland TR-808:
sweep-sound @ 4.00: Roland Juno-60
drums: Roland TR-808"

Future Retro ORB + Leipzig Keyboard

YouTube via modularsquare
"Quick demo of the ORB from Future retro sequencing a Leipzig from Analogue solutions - In stock Now..."

experimental pattern generator

YouTube via EA78751
"sneak preview of something I'm prototyping. the patterns react to motion in the space over the lights. too bad the camera's shutter makes it look choppy. thanks to matt thies for shootin' this vid."

Percussion samples filtering w/ Sherman Filterbank & TENORI-ON [Quick test] (by Smith)

YouTube via znshn
"(very) Quick test with traditional percussion samples on TENORI-ON filtered w/ Sherman Filterbank 2 + digital manipulations via Korg Kaoss Pad KP3. Contents : micro-pulses and timbric percussion patterns. See also continuation video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYua0i... (...) titled "Tuning percussion samples pulses" IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- TENORI-ON
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Korg Kaoss Pad KP3

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://www.myspace.com/znshn

See also http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette"

Cinematic session 4 recording the Yamaha GS 2 with Murf Noise rhythm

YouTube via RothHandle

"Hey hey,

These are some short films recorded during the sessions for a soundtrack that me and
Matti Bye are working on. The score is for a Norwegian film called Vegas. It is about three young kids in Bergen, Norway and it really is a moving thoughtful and sometimes feverish film. Its a great film to work with and we are turning the Studio inside out trying to find motifs, moods and atmospheres. So far we have recorded 17 pieces and we feel very confident and pleased with how it is turning out.

This film shows Matti recording the studios Yamaha GS-2. A very odd and interesting FM synth.

This film was shot at my studio, Roth Händle studios. The studio is located in Sundbyberg, Sweden 10 min from the center of Stockholm. The studio is based around the collection of odd instruments, effects and sonics. If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu If you are curious about the music that is made there search for Molesome on Myspace.

Thank you for watching."

Cinematic session 4 recording the Casio SK 1 flute