NAMM: Markus demo 2.mov

YouTube via MellotronMovie

"Markus Resch of Mellotron Archives shows under the hood of his new digital Mellotron"
Note this will feature Chamberlin and Optigan sounds as well.

DJ Rap Moog Theremin Little Phatty Demo

YouTube via cecinestpasunepipe
"Amos demonstrates the Moog Etherwave Plus theremin as a live controller for the Little Phatty Stage II synthesizer, especially for new friend DJ Rap (Charissa Saverio). Original so-called music by Amos Gaynes."

Thrilling MS20.wmv

YouTube via pascalum
"the Gentle art of making thrilling sounds with a Ms20"

Interview with Ralph Dyck, Godfather of the Roland MC-8

via Pea Hicks

"Recently I’ve been in touch with Ralph Dyck, the man responsible for cobbling together a home-brew sequencer that eventually served as the basis for the design of the Roland MC-8. I’ll be posting lots of photos, music and technical documents that Ralph has been very generously emailing me. This is all very important stuff in the history of programmable sequencers. First off, we’ll start with a brief email interview. All photos are provided by Ralph Dyck, all music is copyright Ralph Dyck and registered by SOCAN Canada."

You can find the full interview on the Roland MC-8 Micro-Composer blog here. Check out the DIY modular.

NAMM: Efrain Toro and Geoff Brown play the Korg Wavedrum at NAMM 2010.

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos
"The Wavedrum was one of the biggest hits at Winter NAMM 2010. Here, we have percussion master Efrain Toro and Korg demonstrator Geoff Brown providing an exhilarating performance as a thoroughly captivated Alex Acuna looks on!"

x0xb0x

YouTube via narki86 "The x0x is in the house!"

Update:

Distorted x0xb0x

"x0xb0x with lots of trim on the mixer input (Behringer Xenyx 1202FX) gave a really nice distorted sound, used a bit of the delay as well :) With real recorded sound."

rokton.avi

YouTube via mikeonop

Brian Eno and his broken Yamaha DX7 synths

YouTube via Artmuzz. 7 DX7s. Funny vid.

Eardrill Periodicity and ModuleModule Buchla

"Periodicity
The Buchla 281(e) quad function generators are the unsung heroes of the Buchla Electric Music Box. They perform all sorts of transient and cyclic duties. They are among my most-touched modules. That said, I still feel the need for some dedicated LFOs."

"ModuleModule
Buchla cabinets represent some expensive module real estate. There have been a bunch of little utility functions that I have wanted from time to time in my Buchla system, but gathering just the right combination of functions into a universally loved utility module seemed virtually impossible.
My solution? The ModuleModule

The ModuleModule is a normal Buchla-format module that implements a frame that can hold up to four "standard" mini-modules; "ModuleModule modules", if you will."

You can find more details on each via each link above. via Chris Muir of Eardrill on the SDIY list.

Inside Alesis A6 Andromeda

via Ibsendesign where you'll find more pics.

"Here are some pics I’ve shot during the reconnaissance inside my A6 (taking some measures before pimping it with some custom made wooden cheeks). It’s quite surprising that it’s guts are not that complicated as it may seem looking at it’s interface. Very clean layout and good engineering (with tons of silicone glue, WTF?)."