giannini 80s keyboard

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"giannini GK 6110 keyboard - 80s magazine (Bizz) "

anyone know more about Giannini?

Update via SynBlog in the comments: "Gianinni is an old brazilian manufacturer of musical instruments.
They built guitars , acoustic guitars ( very good ones), amplifiers ( Fender copies) , p.a. equipment , etc.
Their keyboard line was built under license of Siel ( synths) , Crumar ( pianos & strings) and maybe Seiko ( home keyboards)."

and via williampaiva: "I had one of these. By that time I was 11 and used to take Organ lessons. Once I saw my music teacher with a brand new Yamaha PSR-6300 and asked my father for a keyboard like that. And he gave me a Gianinni GK-6110. Even a 11 years old kid would get bored with this Gianinni after a few months. It was built in a cheap plastic, the keys used to get stuck and the pontentiometers were really crappy. After a year of use, the volume potentiometer got worn out, so I had to play at the maximum level. Playing at a loud level used to make the cheap plastic case and the entire body of the instrument shake like an earthquake. The crazy thing came when the BPM potentiometer got worn out too, because playing at loud volume caused subtle tempo changes. The Gianinni GK-6110 had only 12 popular rhythms with automatic chords and basslines (only half were really usable) and when the fill-in button got stuck, the instrument started to generate drum fills randomly."

Audiotouch - Multitouch Table @ UCSD Music Center

YouTube via cerupcat. Music application comes in at 1:00.
"A preview of Audiotouch @ UCSD's Music Center Opening House on May 9th.

For more information see: sethsandler.com

Thanks to all that made it out for the event!"

Oberheim OB-MX

via this auction

"Vintage rare Oberheim OB-MX synth module. This unit comes with 4 cards (8 voice). It has 2 empty spaces for cards."

Analogue Solutions Telemark SEM Modular Synthesizer

via this noisebug auction

"Manufacturer Description:

Telemark is a rack mount version of the Semblance mononsynth with the addition of signal patch points. Will run from MIDI or sequence it the analogue way - use our Oberkorn, ideal partnership! Comes with rack mount brackets. Optional wood sides coming soon...

Semblance Specs:
Inspired by the Oberheim SEM, this monophonic module features 2 audio osc + seperate lfo, a complicated multimode filter, mixer and 2 env generators. It also features a POLY mode allowing you to chain 4 SEMblances."

Malekko / Wiard Borg Filter Episode 2 - Modes & Modulation

YouTube via bigcitymusic. follow-up to this post.
"Here we have the Cwejman VCO-2RM saw wave output running into the Borg. We're modulating the "Key In" with a slow sine wave LFO. This jack does a pretty good job of tracking 1v/oct actually! We are also running the sample & hold output of the Analogue Systems rs40 into the "Control In". You can hear how good this filter sounds when we start to crank up the resonance.

The bottom knob sweeps from low pass to high pass and you can hear the Korg part of the name Borg come out. Cool. The resonance is really really close to the MS-20. Halfway through you can see we pull the jumper off the back pcb and unleash the resonant fury! We then pull the slow LFO out and you can hear the cutoff bounce around to the S&H. Love it! Sorry about the weird glitch at the beginning."

Theremin Kaddish For Clara

YouTube via copperleaves
"This is a short kaddish for Clara Rockmore. I wrote it on March 9, 2009, which would have been Clara's 98th birthday. What she achieved during her lifetime continues to be a tremendous inspiration to many people who find they have an affinity with the theremin, the instrument to which she dedicated her life and career. It is because of Clara's efforts, and those of her dear friend the late Robert Moog, that the theremin exists today and is more popular than it has ever been.

I wrote this as a vocal improvisation which I played and sang at the keyboard. I then took the vocal out and replaced it with the theremin which you hear on this video.

The instrument I am playing is the 1929 RCA theremin that once belonged to thereminist Dr. Samuel Hoffman. If you would like to hear this piece without the YouTube audio distortion, you can find it at:

peterpringle.com/thereminmp3s.html"

Theremin Gymnopedie


"The GYMNOPEDIE #1 by French composer Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) transcribed for theremin and piano."

You can find more performances here: http://www.youtube.com/user/copperleaves

Chris Muir Pendulum/Ratchet Module 077

via eardrill modules where you will find more info.

"I always though that my Buchla system would benefit from a dedicated module to generate a bunch of correlated pulses. Sure, you can use sequencers and function generators for this sort of thing, but having a clock source generating a wide variety of pulses of different flavors was very appealing to me, so to that end, I came up with the Pendulum/Ratchet."

Update via wavedeform in the comments: "Just a note to say that this run is moving forward. I'm taking deposits until 6/15/09, after which I'll order board sets and panels.

-Chris"

VIRTUALITY Video: Part 3 Inside the Computer

YouTube via interstellarcrew. Part 1 here, Part 2 here.
"The third installment of the Virtuality podcasts explores the possibility of making videos using the album as underscore. With the help of Music Academy Online and Second Life we are shown one interpretation of the virtual world - one where people can travel into the album. Interviewed guests include Patrick Moraz, Steve Porcaro, Ari Posner, Michelle Moog-Koussa, and (SL) Benton Wunderlich as well as producers, engineers and musicians from "Virtuality." The podcast series was directed and edited by Saul Pincus and Mark Dwyer with contributions from cinematographers and journalists all over the world. Special thanks to the crew at Full Sail University, as well as the Bob Moog Foundation and the offices of Steve Porcaro, Patrick Moraz, Bhatia Music, Splice Heist and Second Life. Please visit aminbhatia.com for more on the album and artist."

Review: MoPho Analog Synthesizer by Dave Smith Instruments

YouTube via insidesynthesis
"Overview of the MoPho by DSI. All of the music and sounds in this review were created using the MoPho (including drums). Any multitracking used Apple Logic with minimal effects."

Charles & Jim on Vintage Synths - Explorer Part One

YouTube via oneamongmany10
"Oberheim Matrix 12 and Sequential Circuits T8 vintage analog synthesizers. We were messing around, trying to come up with some compositions that we could pair up on, in real time, ala late-70s early-80s Tangerine Dream or Steve Roach. The sound is coming through a couple of Martin Logans. We should get better over time as we get the hang of real-time composition on these instruments. But they are fun to play!"

Charles & Jim on Vintage Synths - Explorer Part Two