Skoulaman Live

YouTube via skoulaman
"A synthesizer track composed with a arpeggiator loop from the Kurzweil Midiboard connected with the Kawai k1r and the Waldorf micro Q. The solo vibe sounds are from a Yamaha CX5M computer and the Korg Lamda in combination with a Moogerfooger . Accords played om the Juno 106 and on the Korg Lamda."

Skoulaman introduction

"In this video I am showing some instruments I use for my music."

Roland System-100M feedback oscillation

Roland System-100M feedback oscillation from macumbista on Vimeo.

"Synth-pr0n from my trip to London during March 2009.

Somehow, no matter what machine I sit down in front of, I always try out the same patch--a big VCO feedback system, with a little sample-and-hold noise thrown in for good measure.

Thanks to Mick Grierson and Ian Stonehouse at Goldsmiths University for access to this fantastic piece of gear!

[Sound is from built in camera mic and is pretty low, anybody know some simple tool to normalize volume of a Quicktime clip?]"

TONEWHEELS workshop, DA Festival, Sofia Bulgaria

TONEWHEELS workshop, DA Festival, Sofia Bulgaria from macumbista on Vimeo.

"TONEWHEELS is an experiment in converting graphical imagery to sound, inspired by some of the pioneering 20th Century electronic music inventions.

In this three day workshop from 24-27 October 2009, participants built a simple light-to-sound converter and DC motor controller, and then began to experiment with drawing sounds onto transparent "tonewheels". The workshop ended in a group performance and an invitation to the audience to try out the instruments for themselves.

As you can see, both the participants and the audience had a great time with this. I did too! My thanks go to Galina Dimitrova, Rene Beekman, Prof. Svetoslav Kokalov, Venelin Shurelov, DA Festival, National Academy of the Arts Sofia, Elena Kaludova and all the participants for a fantastic workshop in Bulgaria!"

AHBA 2009

flickr set by Yotsuba&!
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Buchla 200e with 222e Multi Dimensional Kinesthetic Input Port and Lightning Wands

Don Buchla

Wiard Modular Synthesizer with Blacet

Serge Modular Synthesizer

Polyphonic.

flickr by zx9

"Oberheim Polyphonic Keyboard in the Horniman Museum music gallery Forest Hill South London."

KORG MS-10 HQ SOUND DEMO - vintage synthesizer 1978

YouTube via AnalogAudio1

"The semimodular monophonic Korg MS-10 hit the market 1978 and was the small brother of the popular MS-20. It can be seen as a cutdown version of the MS-20. It has 1 VCO, 1 VCF, 1 ADSR, 1 LFO and an ADSR envelope. It has one feature, that the MS-20 doesn't has: PWM - pulse width modulation. It can be modulated by the LFO, ADSR, Keyboard, Noise or any other external source. It also has an input jack for external signals - which can be treated with the filter and envelopes.

It has a 12 dB filter - similar to the MS-20 lowpass filter. The possibilities are not endless, but you can think of it like an useful expansion to your MS20. If you don't have a MS-20, don't worry - the MS-10 delivers some typical MS-20 sounds - but only a fraction of them. However, the MS-10 sounds great - raw, electronic basses, dirty leads, interesting FX... and you can treat sounds with the filter.

In this demo, I played the MS-10 with Roland DEP-5 (delay) and Lexicon MPX 500 (reverb)."

Novation V-Station - Classic Trance Lead Tutorial (1/2)

YouTube via VstCafe
"designasound.com - in this tutorial, I would like to show you how to create Classic Trance Lead with two instances of Novation V-Station virtual synth and my favourite DAW - Ableton Live.

The concept is very simple - I'm starting with an Init Bank sound and step by step I'm going to explain some few tricks about sound synthesis. The subtitles are available but they're pretty small - be sure to watch at full screen.

These sounds and whole soundbank with 114 sounds is available at www.designasound.com"

Novation V-Station - Classic Trance Lead Tutorial (2/2)

Korg Karma Workstation Trak Entitled After The Bomb by Electronic Pop Artist Anjelicas Baby

YouTube via AnjelicasBaby
"Hi Paul Leishman from British new wave, dance, electronic pop and synthpop music artist Anjelicas Baby here. Just been experimenting with my Korg Karma Music Workstation combinations in cubase. Here is a piece entitled After The Bomb as part of a play by Stuart Goodwin performed at TCAT Telford College of Arts and Technology, Shropshire, UK. All sounds are off the Korg Karma.

Anjelicas baby music can now be downloaded or listen to from the following sites. iTunes U.S., iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, Amazon MP3, Lala, Shockhound, Amie Street, last.fm, indiestore.com, play.fm, limewire,"

Homemade Multitouch Surface

YouTube via rishabhrajan
"Multi touch surface based on Seth Sander's MTMini design. Not completely finished yet, some issues with blob recognition and losing some blobs."

The Bongotnik

YouTube via MirlitronOne.

Definitely sounds like a bongo. :)

"Another audio device from the Mirlitrons' sonic armoury, courtesy of the Mirlisonics Studio. This bongo-playing analogue computer is based on the Popular Electronics 'Audio Artist' which can be found here: http://www.synthdiy.com/show/?id=1654"