Secret Project Demo 3

YouTube via Roafus — November 18, 2009 — "Kraftwerk's Das Modell played on the Secret Project"
Sounds like a bard's tune from the middle ages.

Secret Project demo2

"Roafus — November 14, 2009 — Europe`s THE FINAL COUNTDOWN played on the Secret Project"

Secret Project demo1

"Roafus — November 14, 2009 — Rammstein`s Engel played on the Secret Project"

Piantar demo Feb 1994 - Mark Daum - Blast from the Past

YouTube via markdaum — May 19, 2008 — "I'll be posting some new music in a few months, when I'm finished recording this jazz album I'm currently working on...but until that time I'm going to post some older videos under the series title 'Blast from the Past'.
Here's the first one.
Hope it does something for you.
Mark Daum


** a quick note: The 'Piantar' is strictly speaking a controller instrument, so as such the overall sound will always reflect what it's hooked up to. This video demonstrates some of the playing technique with what I call the 'basic Piantar sound', which is akin to playing an acoustic guitar or piano.

This is the best demo of the piantar that was captured on film from that early time period.
I had invented it a couple years earlier in 1992, but it was just an idea until late 1993. The prototype I'm playing here was designed by myself and constructed by my brother Mike and I,
and the footage is from a cable show where I also met Shawn Brush for the first time.
The music itself is an improvisation based around a song taken from my first album 'Piantarist', (which is no longer in print). I think it's called 'By your Side'.
The performance is a bit primitive and rough around the edges compared to what I had envisioned, but I had just started playing it a few months prior to this taping.
I did manage to improve my playing significantly not long after this, but it was short lived as I dislocated both my shoulders within 8 months.
Flew too close I guess.
As you can imagine it took me a while to recover from this, and it took me the better part of a decade and lots of starts and stops, to figure out how to approach it so that I didn't aggravate what turned out to be a somewhat chronic condition.
So if you ever saw me perform around this time, and then wondered later, whatever happened to that guy... well now you know.
I'm glad to say however that despite this fairly major set back, these years were very fruitful for me musically...just in different ways.

Now I'm poised to start exploring the potential of this instrument with much better sonic tools at my disposal than I had ever had before...it should be a lot of fun.
Stay tuned."

circuit bent kawai k1m vector synth

YouTube via spunkytoofers — April 14, 2010 — "all sounds recorded direct and played live. k1m is controlled under midi keyboard and all bends are selectable for manual or midi control. in this demo the bends are under midi matrix modulation via spunkytoofers midi matrix module..

more details to follow at: www.spunktoofers.com"

Sequential Circuits Prophet 610 Synthesizer

via this auction

"The Six-Trak is a 6-voice, polyphonic, multitimbral, programmable analog synthesizer with MIDI, a squencer, an arpeggiator, and a 4-octave, 49-note (C-C) keyboard.

Manufacturer:
Sequential Circuits

Model:
Six-Trak (model 610)

Production period:
1984-85

Also on the back panel is the MIDI interface (IN\OUT), a stereo audio out jack which doubles as a headphone jack, and a footswitch (sustain) jack. The Six-Trak's over all dimensions are 28" x 12" x 4 1/2"."

ARP AXXE vintage analog synthesizer

via this auction

Cwejman vm-1

via this auction



previously posted

Macbeth Dual Oscillator

via this auction
"Macbeth Dual Oscillator for Eurorack Modular synthesizers. For those of you who don't know you need a standard eurorack case to power this unit, doepfer etc. Unit works great it's not very old and in perfect condition. I personally think this is the best sounding euro oscillator module on the market, it has a real classic vintage sound and honestly sounds fatter than a lot of vintage analog oscillators. Completely worth the money, some people gripe about macbeth prices but they are missing out!!! Simply the best and I've owned two macbeth M5s and can tell you the dual oscillator module sounds better, more gooey and warm and breathes with more life than the m5 oscs. I'm thinking this is actually the first used Macbeth Dual Osc to hit ebay??? I'm only selling to fund another big synth purchase and I'm selling off my euro stuff because I don't like patching all that much with little tiny 1/8th cords haha. These are $1299 new and here in CA there is crazy tax so don't miss out on the buy now... always lots of watchers on the modular stuff so act fast and treat yourself to the best analog oscillators around. I must just say that the ring mod on this thing is to die for, it's so freakin warm and good sounding and I've tried a lot of ring mods..."

Macbeth X-Series Dual Oscillator

previously posted

Live At Moog teaser - Amanda Palmer

YouTube via MoogMusicInc — April 14, 2010 — "Amanda Palmer & Her Nervous Cabaret Live at Moog Teaser. Catch Miss Palmers raucous performance shot live in the Moog Music Sound Studio in Asheville, NC Premiering April 21, 2010 exclusively at www.liveatmoog.com."

Dub~Step~Arcade

flickr set by Matt The Modulator
(click for more)

"Dub Step Arcade Atari Punk meets dub Siren Uptown skanking!!"

KITS AVAILABLE MAY 2010 FROM
www.magicmess.co.uk

SCI Prophet VS + Roland Juno-60

YouTube via retrosound72 — April 13, 2010 —

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

'The Guitar Synth'

guitar like rhythm: SCI Prophet VS internal arpeggiator
intro lead and analog strings: Roland Juno-60"