909techno's webcam recorded Video - September 11, 2009, 10:30 PM

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"909techno's webcam recorded Video - September 11, 2009, 10:30 PM"

Ensoniq SQ-80 Demo Song: "Sunset Blue"

YouTube via derekaggs11
"An ambient track created entirely on the SQ-80 with only the Alesis MIDIVERB III adding some reverb."

Castlevania_8bit KORG DS

flickr by Javarnanda

Orgatron I

via John:

"I've had this thing for several years-- found it at a pawn shop-- but never thought to look it up. It's an old monophonic electronic organ. It says "Orgatron I" on the front. There are four switches: 1. Power 2. Vibrato (On/Off) 3. Volume (Slider) 4. Voice (Flute, Reed, Brass, Horn). The last switch appears to be some sort of preset variable filter. It would be awesome to mod it to be continuous, but that's beyond me, and I wouldn't want to open it up. It will run on 6 C batteries, but also has a standard AC power adapter plug similar to the Casio SK-1. Anyone know more info on this? All I could find was this:" "Here is a vintage Orgatron I which is a battery operated organ or you can use an AC adapter for electricity instead of batteries. It takes 6 “C” batteries which are not included. This organ comes in the original box and there are 5 music folio’s included. They have 8 sheets of music with a song on each side and there is quite a large variety of music. The first folio also has the instruction sheet and it is dated ©1973 GTR Products, Inc.

Here is a list of some of the songs available to play on this organ. Little Brown Jug, Pop Goes the Weasel, Old Dan Tucker, Ten Little Indians, Skip to My Lou, Red Roses For a Blue Lady, A Hot Time in the Old Town, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Greensleeves, Fascination, Animal Fair, This Old Man, with some religious songs along with a few Christmas and so many more... It measures 15 ½” long x 8” wide x 2” tall."

Update via pea in the comments: "this is the same thing as a GE Tote-a-Tune"

and video via JohnnyJohny:

General Electric's Tote-A-Tune (1971)

YouTube via matiaslaporte

A sliding theme

YouTube via attorks

"I wanted to show off with a second hand Doepfer R2M ribbon controller I bought 2 days ago. I hope you excuse me for the odd false note because it is not easy to get the pitch right. I have put some marks with a pencil on the side to have some guidance.

In the beginning you hear the 8-step sequences from the self-built Modular and the Creamware MiniMax ASB (not visible). After that the 3rd sequence is added which drives the Clavia Nord Lead 1 generating a brass-type sound. This is a 12-step sequence but the timing is different as for rows 1 and 2.

The Solina-like strings is produced by the Waldorf Q keyboard. The solo comes from the Synthesizers.com Modular which is driven by the CV1, CV2 and gate outputs from the Doepfer R2M. The CV1 is for the pitch and CV2 (pressure) is for the pulsewidth of the pulse wave. The bass in the last part also comes from the Nord Lead 1."

Looks like I posted this one already here.

Spectretest1

Spectretest1 by cartesia
"waldorf blofeld license sl sample upgrade demo
Just reupping this to show someone,

Here is a very basic overview of some things that can be done with spectre and drum samples..
All drums were loaded as a single oscillator - so they all get effected together.

I dont think I played with any of the FM settings etc in this.. that's where you can get really crazy - FM two drum kits together for example..

Just a note: when you modulate the pitch on a multisample kit, it will flip up to the next sample once it gets half a semitone up (if the next sample is on the next semitone) - so you will hear the drum track changing once I put pitch modulation on, as parts get shifted to different samples. Another cool thing to do is chop a break into 16ths (or whatever), load it in order - then use the arpeggiator to play it back.

Anyhow, here is me playing with different modulations, effects, filtering, while a basic drumloop plays... Hopefully gives you some idea of the range that is possible!"

via gavin on the waldorf list:
"Hey, here's a quick little demo I put together of 808 samples all loaded as a single oscillator on the Blofeld..
Just me playing with various modulations/parameters while a basic pattern loops over and over.

There are some big things I hadn't touched on when I recorded this - things like loading a different drumkit in each oscillator, then FM'ing them together, things like that.. I'm actually making up a whole lot of sample drumkits in spectre right now, to have a play with today :) So maybe I'll try and make something that is more like a track than a random parameter-tweak.

Anyhow, might give you some idea that loading drum samples into the blofeld is AWESOME... one of the reasons at the end of the day I couldn't bring myself to sell it... probably THE reason!"

carsten nicolai

Link
"sub vision brings together two elements: the sounds of the Subharchord, an electro-acoustic instrument developed during the 1960s in East Berlin and a processed visualization of illustrations of scientific experiments by Werner Meyer-Eppler, a German physicist and theoretician of electro-acoustics.

In the installation, the Subharchord’s tonal landscapes and constantly modulating tonal spectra are directly transposed into a real-time visual transposition derived from Meyer-Eppler’s illustrations. The visualization is projected onto the wall behind the instrument, thus combining sound and image in the same space.
The installation does not only call in question modes of perception and the significance of multi-sensory presentations. It also opens up discussion of the definitiveness of scientific and artistic standpoints whose outer form is often strikingly similar. Purely scientific observation interacts with artistic impulse so that immediately it is no longer possible to distinguish between them. Art makes use of scientific logic and science successfully deploys aesthetic premises."

FORMANTA EMS-01 USSR SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

video here

"FORMANTA EMS-01 was produced by Katchkanar radio equipment factory "Formanta", which is the manufacturer of such well-known makes of synthesizers as Polivoks, Formanta, Manual, Maestro etc. It bears the same logo on the package and retains some of its most impressive capabilities.

FORMANTA EMS-01 is an electronical music instrument combining a polyphonic organ and a monophonic synthesizer. It is designed to perform music of all genres and to create various sound effects while recording soundtracks for movies and plays, or studio recording. The organ has a 5-octave keyboard, 6 preset sound timbres, frequency vibrato with adjustable vibrato delay, decay adjustment and a stereophaser (both for organ and synthesizer). The "vibrato delay" scheme is activated again only after all the previously pressed keys are released. In the "legato" mode the "vibrato delay" scheme is not activated.

Synthesizer has:
— 3-octave keyboard;
— modulator, modulation voltage from which is applied to frequency modulator, width modulator, filter, and amplifier;
— broad band oscillators 1 and 2 (with various waveforms);
— mixer, designed for summation of signals from oscillators 1 and 2, noise generator, external source, and ring modulator;
— filter, designed for dynamic and static changing of the spectrum of summarized signal from mixer output;
— amplifier, designed for making the sound corresponding to various parameters of the envelope;

Organ has:
— 5-octave keyboard;
— 6 Waveforms;
— Freq vibrato with- Rate, Depth and Delay
— Stereo Phaser (For both organ and synth) with rez level
— Sustain level

Visual division of the synthesizer panel into the above listed sections and their lay-out make it more easy to orientate oneself while setting the required timbre. Besides, the synthesizer is able to simultaneously control one more similar synthesizer through a special cable and connectors CONTR IN and CONTR OUT.

The instrument provides the opportunity of connecting stereo headphones; the volume in headphones doesn't change in case of changing the volume of the instrument from zero to maximum at all the outputs of the instrument with the foot pedal; thanks to this, preliminary control of timbre through the headphones before applying it to amplifiers is possible. By switching on PHASER into the channel of organ or synthesizer, it is possible to get stereo sound in the outputs STEREO L and STEREO P. In case PHASER is switched off, both channels will function in MONO mode.

Specifications:

— 3-octave synthesizer keyboard;
— 5-octave organ keyboard;
— Sound range - 9 octaves;
— Organ band from 43,65 Hz (F controctave) to 1318 Hz (E in three-line octave);
— Operating conditions: temperature 15-35 C, humidity 65%, barometric pressure 86,6 - 106,6 kPa;
— Relative frequency deviation after 4 hours of uninterrupted operation within 0,5%;
— Adjustment range for organ and synthesizer + 6% (+ 0,5 tone);
— Minimal range of continuous detuning of oscillator 2 regarding oscillator 1 - 1 octave;
— Range of adjustment of filter cutoff frequency 100- 1500 Hz;
— Minimal dynamic range - 55 dB;
— Supply voltage AC 220+10V, 50 Hz;
— Power consumption within 75 VA;
— Weight, < 30 kg (66 Pounds)"

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Buchla 140 Pulser Schematic

Link

via Romeo on the SDIY list

Is That a Flute in My Pocket or am I Just Happy to Synthesize You?

ALL ABOUT YOU -THE SQUARE- (copy play on lyricon)

YouTube via yoshmeme. Sorry, one of the few times I had to hijack the title.
"リリコン吹いてみました。
Driverの基本的・一般的接続方法も説明してます。

lyricon blew.
It explains the method of Driver of a basic, general connection.

***equipment
Computone Windsinthesizer-Driver
Anarogue Systems RS Integrator Series-Modules & Doepfer A-100 Analog modular System. yoshmeme Edition. Signature "Yoshcon-1"
(AS→RS-90×2,RS-95,RS-100,RS-110,RS-180,R S-230,RS-170)
(Doepfer→A-100G-3U Base Frame + P.S. ,A180)
KORG SDD-1200
t.c.electronic m300"
Square Wave Found