wash out

flickr by skilite

full size

KORG MicroKORG

Kaoss Pad I

flickr by el daverino

full size

http://www.readmeansrun.com/blog/2009/05/kaoss_pad_i

Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking

"The new edition of Nic Collins' book, Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking, is out! Lots of new circuits and illustrations, more examples of artists’ designs, and a DVD with 87 1-minute video clips by hackers from all over the globe, as well as a series of step-by-step video tutorials by Nic.

Saturday, May 2, at 3PM Quimby’s Bookstore (1854 W. North Avenue) is hosting a book release party. Nic will screen some videos from the book's DVD (one of which is an animated tutorial on how to hack together a safetypin potentiometer by Roth Mobot), Nic will sign books, and the Chicago Symphacking Orchestra (CSO) will perform. See http://quimbys.com/blog/store-events/handmade-electronic-music-event/

It's free, I hope to see you at there."

via www.RothMobot.com

Moog Micromoog Manual

via this auction

"The manual was written by Tom Rhea. Tom Rhea is a legend of electronic music and a expert on the subject of synthesizers and sound synthesis—just google him to find out.

I like to think of this manual as a glossary of sound synthesis as well as a concise manual for the MICROMOOG. It gets straight to the point.

If only today’s manuals were as well detailed and illustrated as well as bound as this one. The manual starts with actual sound patches, so the user can start “playing” the instrument—instead of today’s programming language user interface crapola digital hell or going through tons of preset sounds before you can start creating. The manual was meant for getting into the synthesizer first and from that point learning the basics of sound synthesis. It may not come as a surprise knowing that Tom Rhea had a big hand in the development of many analog synthesizer models. His first hand experience was key in writing an incredibly useful and informative manual.

Besides being well-written it is a valuable resource for anyone entering into analog synthesis and/or analog synthesizers. The manual has a brief, but detailed explanation of sound, sound synthesis and practice—the explanations are easy enough for someone new to understand and detailed enough for the experienced individual to appreciate. Even if you do not own a MOOG, then you would still learn a great deal from this manual alone—a good place to start.

The manual consists of 8 sections as well as a full schematic at a total of 100 pages.

SECTIONS
1. Introduction
2. Getting a Sound
3. Sound Charts
4. Do-It-Yourself
5. Guided Synthesizer Tour
6. Open System
7. Review of Functions
8. Field Tuning and Technical Data
Plus the full Schematic"

Khoral's Uniforms of Snow

via khoral

"Just wanted to announce you I've got a new free instrumental album released, mostly done with the Moog Little Phatty and Microkorg, in 70's vintage electro style..."

click here

Roland TR-606

via this auction
as always, click on the image for the full size shot.

"Vintage Analog drum machine from 1982.

This is the best looking and smallest drum machine from the legandary roland tr series. Originally designed to be coupled with a TB-303 the TR-606 drumatix is your portable drum machine."

Clavia Nord Lead 2

via this auction

Serge Gator & Creature

YouTube via hexenduction
"This is the Serge Gator M-odule and Serge Creature M-odule by Sound Transform Systems. All sound was generated by the Gator and Creature.
A touch of delay was added by the Moog MF104.
Shot with a Kodak Zi6 in Macro."

casperelectronics Drone Lab

YouTube via bubagoo
"This is the new Casperelectronics Drone Lab. The Drone Lab is an analog sound module specially designed for making dense, rich drones.
This is a video of three going at once.
For more info including ordering info and schematics (build your own!) go to:
http://casperelectronics.com/finished...
You can also download a higher quality version of the full 12 minute audio recording from this video at the above address.

Each unit has:
-4 oscillators. 2 can be pitch modulated by dividers. 2 can be volume modulated by dividers.
-1 resonant low pass filter
-2 band pass filters
-1 fuzz circuit
-1 pulse generator LFO
-2 adjustable pulse dividers for making rhythmic sequences."

The Equal-Tempered Atari 2600

YouTube via littlescale
"This afternoon I've been working on a way of increasing the number of pitches that the Atari 2600 can play. The native pitch range of the device is actually rather limited (for example - read up here: http://qotile.net/files/2600_music_gu... For this setup, I'm using Atari 2600 hardware. It's MIDI controlled. The pitch range is now from around C1 to a G8, although the tuning is good it could still be better.
http://little-scale.blogspot.com"

MCG DJ Setup

YouTube via ggijs
"It tends to chrash.. but is quite fun to play with!
http://gieskes.nl/modding/?file=gameboy"

GTA Vice City Montage III

YouTube via xxxogchris. Lync Keytar at :17. Jan Hammer reference as "Jack Hammer." Kraftwerk
"This is the third montage and probably the last for a while.I'm going to work on GTA 3(my fave) and probably GTA SA."

Circuit bent digital camera MK II by Oceanus

YouTube via xd515
"This is my second attempt at bending a digital camera. It now has 2 controls, one for colour saturation and the other for 'melting'. The music is a casio SK-1 and me playing badly on guitar.

Best Wishes, Oceanus :-)"

Squarewave Parade BLINK

YouTube via opsysbug
"Yea that's it. It BLINKS. Screws up your whole mix and sounds like a shorted cable. Why make NICE if you can make
MESSY !?
Buy one now and stop trying to be so GOOD !
www.thesquarewaveparade.com"

Muzik 4 Machines - Moving Pi Studio Timelapse

YouTube via muzik4machines
"moving my studio
MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/86nxph
booking: http://muzik4machines.com/book.html
Twitter: http://twitter.com/muzik4machines
Podcast: http://muzik4machines.com/2ztc7w

gear used
Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums
Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)
Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)
Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping
Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay
Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter
Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)
Korg ER1: Distorted Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Boss V-Wha-Mixer)
DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)
Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)
Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess
DBX MC 6: Output Compressor

NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition"

Phaseur Moire from 4ms Pedals

YouTube via 4mspedals
"The Phaseur Moire is a 3 LFO resonant phase-shifting filter, with vibrato, chorus-esque, and sweeping phaser sounds. This video demonstrates how the LFOs work together. At 1:26 I start to play with the different filtering sounds, and if you want to hear more of that, listen to the Phaseur Fleur youtube video.

Explanation of knobs:
The Aux A LFO adds to the main LFO (the left stomp turns it on/off and the knobs above that are its Speed and Depth). The Aux B LFO modulates the speed of the main LFO (the right stomp and two knobs). The top center knob is the main LFO speed, and to the left of that is main LFO Depth, and dead center on the box is the main LFO waveshaper (square to triangle wave). The remaining knobs control the sound of the filter: Height (center-upper-right), Vibrato-blend (center-lower-left), and Ring/resonance (center-lower-right).

There are also CV inputs which are demonstrated in a different video!"

Raw Beat - Massivebeatz Tweaks

YouTube via massivebeatzz
"Mc 09 , xBase 09 Raw Beat"

MOOG TAURUS I BASS PEDALS

via this auction

Moog Minimoog Model D

via this auction

Moog Music - Factory Tour

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"A quick walk through the Moog factory in Asheville, NC. This is Moog Central. It's all made here!"

Eddie Listens To "Freak-A-Zoid" By Midnight Star

YouTube via VoiceEncoder.

follow-up to these posts.
Eddie "listening", "enjoying", and relaxing to "Freak-A-Zoid" by Midnight Star...featuring a Roland SVC-350 Vocoder!!!!

Eddie and the Roland SVC-350 Vocoder Info-Sheet


"Eddie "listening" to and "enjoying" the Roland SVC-350 Vocoder information sheet."

Rectools02

YouTube via udoinc

"Rectools02 for iPhone/iPod touch
(http://www.yudo.jp/music/rectools/r02)

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Yudo rectools is a stereo compatible linear PCM recorder that is perfectly suited for recording live concerts, your surroundings, meetings and much more. Unlike WMA or MP3 rectools uses a linear PCM format which means that no data will get lost due to compression. The original sound will stay intact, with rectools its possible to make recordings with the same high quality as a music CD. Furthermore rectools is tested and compatible with several external 3rd party iPhone/iPod microphones. Also an optional limiter that protects you from sound deformation due to too load input and a high pass filter that filters away low frequencies is adapted. Moreover rectools includes a wave editor which makes it possible to easily process and edit your recordings."

Solar Powered "Cricket" Circuit - Phil Stearns (Pixel Form)

YouTube via pixelform
"Documentation:

Prototype of a VERY SIMPLE - Solar powered "cricket" circuit -

Solar cells charge two wireless phone battery packs during the day, then when it's dark the circuit starts chirping away.

The cricket is made using a single 4093 quad NAND gate and a few resistors and capacitors. Amplification provided by a single transistor, LED used to debug (no pun intended)."

Synthesizers.com works togheter with the Moog Little Phatty, Mini moog & V Synth

YouTube via Synthiefrau
"Hi Folks, Synths are my big love. The Q 119 from Dot.com for example it `s a very nice Sequenzer. Analog full power meets digital power. I want a Spectralis II, my next dreamsynth."

Throbbing Gristle - The Gristleizer

Throbbing Gristle - The Gristleizer from Bret Calder on Vimeo.

"Here's Throbbing Gristle using their new Gristleizers for the first time live on April 28th in Brooklyn, NY. I am not affiliated with Smashing Guitars Ashville. The small ad at the end of the video was just something I put there to give them props. Enjoy the noisy goodness!" via Bret

Avid Presents: M-Audio and Digidesign Listen Up! World Tour 2009

"Free music creation workshops allow attendees to learn valuable techniques, meet top artists and visit a world-class recording studio

WHAT:
Listen Up! World Tour 2009

WHEN:
Tour starts May 7, 2009 and continues throughout the year

WHERE:
San Francisco, CA May 7 Pyramind
New York City, NY May 12 The Cutting Room
Miami, FL May 19 South Beach Studios @ Marlin
Los Angeles, CA May 26 Sanctum Studios

All events take place from 5:00pm-8:00pm.

Additional Listen Up! World Tour stops are scheduled throughout the US as well as France, Germany, the United Kingdom and The Netherlands. Stay tuned to Avid.com for additional dates and locations.

DETAILS:
The 2009 Listen Up! World Tour offers customers a chance to learn new studio production techniques, meet top recording artists and interact with A-list engineers in a small, intimate group setting. Each event takes place at a world-class recording studio—giving attendees an exclusive look inside a high-end professional facility. M-Audio® and Digidesign® will be on hand showcasing the latest in music technology, including a live studio monitor listening experience. Customers will learn valuable techniques for mixing and mastering music, plus advanced Pro Tools® 8 tips and tricks. There will even be exclusive gear discounts and special product offers for attendees only. Although this event is free, space is extremely limited—interested ones are encouraged to RSVP now for chance to attend this one-of-a-kind workshop.

To attend one of these events, RSVP Here."

Throbbing Gristle SF 4 23 09

YouTube via mtheadded. "Genesis talking to crowd"

Throbbing Gristle part 2 SF 4 23 09

"part of a song, not very good quality"

Star Melody for iPhone

YouTube via AmidioInc
"Ambient generative music sequencer. Also known as 'Bloom on steroids'."
Available on iTunes here:


Star Piano for iPhone

Fully automatic piano with intelligent Soloist module. All played with one single thumb!
Available on iTunes here:

New Serge M-odule Released: The 'Dual 'Q' Filter' M-odule

via Bakis

"a new Serge M-odule has been released:

the 'Dual 'Q' Filter' M-odule. Price is 1600 USD

it contains the following modules (from Left to Right):

AC-coupled 3-channel audio mixer, Variable Q VCF, Variable Q VCF, Dual VCA (one vca is AC-coupled the other vca is DC-coupled), and a Mix Processor (DC-coupled).

with that M-odule, you can create various filtering slopes (12db and even 24db, with a patch described in detail here and also, of course, you get various filter responses (BP, LP, HP, Notch). the VCFQ module has a slope of 12db/oct. the filters can be patched to self-oscillate and they have a trigger In socket, for exciting them to produce various percussive sounds. By exciting the resonant filters in 'Lo' mode, you can use them as interesting modulation sources. by combining them in parallel, you can get a twin Q peak also. or, by connecting them in series, you can get a BP filter with variable bandwidth and twin Q peaks also, etc... also you get two vca's for your audio, AM, and inter-patch modulation index needs, plus a mix processor for scaling, mixing and inverting cv's."

largoclip - Waldorf Largo Video

YouTube via matrixsynth
"Short Waldorf Largo clip via Stephan Trippler"

Ableton Live "live"

YouTube via salzmanufaktur. http://ableton.com/
"Foolin' around with a bunch of loops and 3 Operator synths in Live's Session View. That's why they call it 'Live'"

CASIO PT-82 by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION S-CAT/PHONICPOTION on Ebay
"CIRCUIT BENT WITH 12 MODIFICATIONS"

DIRT-BOX DISTORTION by S-CAT

MC-202 comes it at 3:00

'Tonori' on Yamaha Tenori-On

YouTube via Tonneman
"Me performing my first finished track on the Yamaha Tenori-On. The track uses only the built-in sounds of the Tenori, no samples or external devices have been used.
Have fun!"

Bend Matrix JOYTOY demo 1

YouTube via 4mspedals
"From http://www.4msPedals.com

Bend Matrix sequencer with a kiddie keyboard and a drum toy inside. The red matrix controls the keyboard and the green matrix controls the drum toy. This entire video is only a single 8-step patch, different knob effects are used to modulate the sound. Each toy has a variety of circuit-bending switches and knobs. Stereo internal speakers make this a super-portable glitch-core in a box!

It also has MIDI in/out which is not used here, but shown in other videos..."

Update: more vids:
Bend Matrix Toy Joy (simple loop)


Bend Matrix JoyToy Intro

filippas sh 2000

YouTube via mavropigi
"filippas taximi roland sh-2000 style sarantis saleas"

Brian Comnes at Dorkbot Chicago

see the post on Dorkbot Chicago.

WALDORF BLOFELD LICENSE SL SAMPLE UPG

A couple shots of the packaging for the Waldorf Blofeld sample upgrade via http://www.thomann.de"

serge frogs with sticks, drone

serge frogs with sticks, drone by b3nsf

"zombie frogs with sticks and a drone, these guys are up to something. All Serge modular, 3 takes of dual osc, wave proc, creature and quad slope. Reverb added."

Roland System 700 Modular

via this auction where you'll find a ton of more images.

abre ojos - elements

abre ojos - elements release on Darkwinter.com

Elements are a series of improvised audio-visual tracks based around the four alchemical elements of Earth, Air, Water & Fire. Drawing on the aesthetics of the Crowley Tarot painted by Lady Frieda Harris with imagery drawn from 50’s propaganda films these pieces combine long evolving drones from modular synths with sound reactive looping visuals and animated mandalas to create an immersive synaesthetic experience to give time for reflection and meditation.

Each week, for four weeks, a new element track will be released culminating in the fourth week with a limited edition DVD compiling all four tracks as well as an extra bonus fifth track, Spirit, which will only be available on the DVD. Purchase and ordering information will be found on Darkwinter.com or abreojos.net"

Lou Reed Uses The Haken Continuum

This one sent in via John:
"Was reading the music reviews in the New York Times and found this:

Music Review | Lou Reed
All Those Sounds From the Stage: Processed, and Not Always Pretty

'Although for half of the show, before picking up a guitar, he played a Continuum Fingerboard, a touch-sensitive instrument that depends on outside sound sources; it wasn’t clear whether Mr. Reed’s were guitar-related or not.'"

image: Chad Batka for The New York Times click for the full review. http://www.hakenaudio.com

MATRIXSYNTH by Daniel

KORG Radias

Synthwood Roland Juno-60 Full Case on subatomicglue

Note this is a full case done in mahogany, not just the side panels. You can find project details including more images on subatomicglue.

Note the bottom shot is a comparison of the Juno-60 wood panel with the Juno-106 also in mahogany.

http://synthwood.com

Beam Music

Beam Music from Bruno Mathez on Vimeo.

"A sound and light installation. When we're not there, this attic is playing a new genre of industrial symphony.....

What you're seeing is a dark attic space in which the frames of wood and the pipes are being lit by a very precise ray of light, giving us the illusion that the light comes from inside the object.

Each lit object has its own individual sound.

This was made in the attic of The Pavilion in Bexhyl on Sea, England. This is my first experiment, I'm preparing an exhibition for the Brighton Fringe based on this idea. I'm collaborating with Mike Blow who will put light sensors on each lit object to react with sound. The sonic result is amazing as it directly reacts to the ligh projected.

Come and see the exhbition called "Sonic Art" at The Blank Gallery in Brighton, between the 2nd and 16th May.
For more infos: brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk/ticketing/index.aspx?q=sonic%20art&et=0&tt=0&va=0&dayStart=0&dayEnd=0&offers=0

About the Gallery: blankstudios.org/"

Bob Moog 75th Birthday Tee

"Limited Run - Collectors Item

In honor of Bob Moog's 75th Birthday! This limited run T-shirt is only available for purchase in the month of May, 2009. All profits go directly to The Bob Moog Foundation to support construction of the Moogseum."

Available at Moogwear

Moog Taurus 3 Bass Pedals Tee Shirt

"The Taurus is back with a vengeance and we've got the t-shirt (and the cojones) to prove it! With the upcoming release of the Taurus 3 Bass Pedals, we thought we'd start celebrating with this 70's style t-shirt. Perfect for any Moog-wearing cat!"

Available at Moogwear

Moogfest Moves To Asheville, NC in 2009

"MoogFest – the annual event honoring the remarkable vision of Robert Moog and his amazing musical inventions that changed the course of music – is reinventing itself. This year, Moogfest will move from New York City to Asheville, NC – the place Bob Moog called his home for the last 30 years of his life – during the weekend of September 11 – 13, 2009. MoogFest will host artists and audiences from throughout the world in different venues throughout Asheville’s beautiful, historic downtown.

MoogFest 2009 will celebrate Bob Moog’s legacy as a sonic pioneer, which will be the thread that unites the festival’s rich array of musical offerings. Moogfest 2009 also plans to incorporate elements of the EtherMusic Festival – showcasing the theremin, the world’s first electronic music instrument." http://moogmusic.com/

Alesis Andromeda - Blade Runner Opening Titles

YouTube via nanobotdex
"Alesis Andromeda, playing Vangelis' Blade Runner opening titles melody. No external effects used, just some built-in digital delay (which I typically avoid).

Please checkout http://www.myspace.com/northernlabourparty as there's Andromeda all over our tunes.."

Ableton Operator (1)

YouTube via salzmanufaktur
"Modulations with pitch envelope and LFO."

SYNARE 3 vintage drum synthesizer

via this auction

".....way cool vintage electronic drum sythesizer by Star Instruments. This thing is a doozie man....it has oscillator 1 and oscillator 2 ....filter....and amplifier with decay. I believe this gem is responsible for the genius early 80s sounds of bands like Joy Division, Prince, Devo, Kim Karnes and probably many others."