Basic Vocoding with Photoshop

YouTube via Photosounder
"http://photosounder.com
http://photosounder.com/blog/2009/09/...
This is how to perform basic vocoding with Photosounder and Photoshop. The carrier signal (a saw wave) and the modulator (HAL 9000's voice) are turned into images using Photosounder. Then in Photoshop, the voice is vertically blurred as to fuse the different harmonics together, then it's pasted on top of the image of the saw wave by multiplication. The result is then loaded into Photosounder in lossless mode with the sound of the carrier as a reference signal, giving the vocoded voice as a result."

Metasonix TM-6 Multimode Tube Filter

via this auction

"Metasonix all analog multimode tube filter/pedal box in excellent like new condition. The Metasonix gear is all about uniqueness and this unit is dripping with it. It's got creamy and buttery character to the hilt. It's the only tube based analog filter available (from any manufacturer!) and sounds fantastic on synths, guitars, loops, bass, really anything you run through it. It's also got options for patching with CV (control voltage) gear. TM-6's are coveted and this badboy is very hard to find these days."

Sounds of the Juno 106 Song #1

YouTube via ShakerCuda71
"Ok, the sound quality was great until I uploaded onto Youtube and now its so bad I wanna puke. How do I get better sound quality?

All synthesizer sounds in this song come from a Juno 106. No individual effects used. I did use some EQ and a master effect to brighten up the sound overall.

It was recorded and mixed on a Korg D12. Kawai Q-80 used to sequnce. Drums come from an Alesis SR-16."

Sounds of the Juno 106 Song #2

Korg DS-10 Synthesizer "Flow" (remix)

YouTube via AMOproductionz
"Produced with the Nintendo DS: Korg DS-10 Synthesizer, this is called Flow, originally composed by my friend Richard. I will work on a project with this song in the future, with real music production. Other than that, please enjoy!"

korg ds-10 track 23

YouTube via korgds10
"100% Korg DS-10. Please visit the home of the Korg DS-10 at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com for more about the Nintendo Korg DS-10 synthesizer/sequencer."

LCD Electronic Piano Watch

via oldmanfury

"I was really really excited to get this freakishly large "watch"/synth even though it looks absolutely ridiculous on my skinny-ass wrist. I took it home, opened it up, cleaned off the battery contact, and stuck a new battery in it..."

arpeggicat - cat based note randomization

YouTube via ChrisLody
"Okay, so this is one of my more strange experimental ideas. The keyboard at the top of the screen (a Yamaha SY-35) is midi'd into the lower keyboard (a Novation KS-5). The KS-5 is programmed with a simple arpeggio patch I created which can be played from the SY-35. Then I covered the keys of the SY-35 with cat biscuits and let my kitten Daisy loose on it. I was then able to control some aspects of the sound with conrols on the KS-5. I think she got wise to me about half way through as she stopped standing on the keys. Damn kitty!"

Sleepdrone 5, MBase 01, Filterbank 2, M-Resonator + Tenori on (by Smith)

YouTube via znshn
"Testing Sleepdrone 5 w/ Jomox MBase 01, Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator + Tenori on. Contents : analog filtering, micro-pulses, clicks, glitches...

N.B. This video follows : • "Sleepdrone 5 w/ Filterbank 2, M-Resonator + Tenori-On" previously uploaded on this channel.

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Sleepdrone 5 (via main output)
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Jomox M-Resonator
- Jomax MBase 01
- TENORI-ON

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

Complete video selection on http://www.youtube.com/znshn
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Modcan Noise

YouTube via scaffbeat

Modified Korg Poly-61Synthesizer

YouTube via rolandsh1000

"Demo of my modified Korg Poly-61. I got it for cheap off local Craigslist because of some issues. The most problematic was the non-triggering keyboard. I swapped out the keyboard PCB from a dead Korg DW-6000 and now it works perfectly (I recommend if you can find a dead DW6k and you're trying to repair a Polysix or Poly-61, you'll be amazed how much better the DW6k keyboard works).

Anyway, the P-61 is a lot like a Juno-60 or -106, in that each voice has one real digitally-controlled sawtooth core oscillator (DCO), VCF, and VCF. So it's essentially an analog polysynth under digital control. What it has over the Junos: an extra true-digital oscillator (fairly lame, but useful for some things), real analog envelopes, two LFOs. What the Junos have over the P61: chorus and, most importantly, analog controls to tweak all parameters.

The P61 designers apparently wanted to save money and followed the lead of the Rhodes Chroma and Moog Source in the user interface, so the P61 used a digital button interface to adjust parameters settings. IMO, this sucked because 1) it inhibited sound exploration 2) the resolution on the voice and modulation parameters was limited.

So, I decided to bring out a lot of these parameters of the P61 out to the panel and convert them to true analog control. This meant that these parameters could not be stored in patches (though other parameters still would be), but I was willing to forgo that since I basically just play for fun, not on stage. The parameters I brought out were the global ones (changes made by the microprocessor to all voices at once), which made it easy to have one knob or switch control all voices - all my mods are either switches or resistors/pots, no active electronics were added. I think you could make ALL of the parameters under analog control, but to go beyond what I did, you'd have to modify each voice circuit, which is a lot more work. :)

Controls added:
DCO1 waveform switch (saw, pulse)
DCO1 PW/PWM switch
DCO1 PWM amount
DCO2 on/off 'harmonic' switches: 2', 4', 8', 16'
VCF cutoff
VCF resonance
VCF keyboard tracking switch
VCA EG/gate switch
MG frequency
MG waveform (tri, squ)
MG DCO amount
MG VCF amount
Joystick:
- LFO2 waveform (tri, squ)
- LFO2/cutoff switch
- Joystick/Knob select switch (vertical joystick disabled in favor of rotary knobs)
- LFO2 DCO amount
- LFO2 VCF amount

In sum, these synths seem quite inexpensive for what's inside and with this added analog control (now it's somewhere between a Juno-6 and -60 as far as patch storage and user control), it's a lot more fun to play!"