Oberkorn at San Fransisco

flickr by Analogue Solutions
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"Can you take a picture of your Analogue Solutions synth in an unusual or public place, or by a landmark?"

YONU60 - Free VST Synth - vstplanet.com

YouTube via vstplanet | July 25, 2010

"YONU60 - http://www.vstplanet.com/News/10/YONU...
Developer: ldaysynths.blogspot.com"

1Song1Week1Year - Week 30 - Ping

YouTube via DJDJSMusic | July 25, 2010

"Week 30 in my 1Song1Week1Year project to write one new song each week for the year 2010.
This week I reconnected with my muse and everything was finished by Thursday. Though, fo course, I still waited till Saturday to Make and post the video :)

Download Audio file from: http://djdjs.bandcamp.com/track/ping"

NanoStudio with iPad

YouTube via Denkitribe | July 25, 2010

"I think this is the most awesome iPhone app ever."

iPads on Ebay

Skywatchers (Feat: Tara Busch on Korg Monotron) Busk Line, Tramlines Festival, Sheffield, 24th July.

YouTube via tarabusch | July 25, 2010

"Jarrod, Kevin, Philly and Tara on the Busk Line at Tramlines festival, Sheffield"

Hilltree nassmacher [moisturizer clone]

YouTube via hilltree | July 25, 2010

"This is my diy version of the Hilltree nassmacher . This is a moisturizer clone build with components of my diy projects . these components [ synth/ filter/ fuzz] are discribed on my website and on the dutch synthforum. The springtank is a accutronics version. More at http://www.groenewoudnet.nl"

Attack! from the Sunamachi

YouTube via SunamachiSoundSystem | July 25, 2010

"___tebure camera to gogo 4zi no sunamachi ginza street___"

PDX Synth Gathering Weds Nov 3rd 2010

"At the Cleaners at the Ace Hotel

on Wednesday, November 3rd, 4pm to 10pm.

This is an early announcement. The date and time are confirmed, however. The hotel is willing to offer a 10% discount on your room rate if at least 10 people decide to stay in the hotel during the event. More details to follow."

Update: link via dougcl in the comments: http://www.hevanet.com/dougcl/synth/

Merry-go-round

video upload by
YouTube via attorks | July 24, 2010

"It all started last Thursday evening when I saw the 'Comparing PPG 2.2 & Hermann Seib PPG WAVESIM Software' videos on the MATRIXSYNTH website. I downloaded the VSTi from a somewhat confusing website and I tried in in Ableton Live. Very soon I came up with a 4 track sequence with 3 PPG voices (Buzz, Bells and Bass) and some CR78 drums. But at the end of the evening, when trying to save the session, Live hang. The next day I tried to recover the session, which worked. But trying to save the session made Live hang again. After some investigation I found out that the PPG VSTi caused the problem but I could not fix it. This evening I added 2 MIDI tracks for the Creamware MiniMax ASB (track 6 MIDI) and the Waldorf Q Keyboard (track 7 MIDI). I had to decide what to video; me playing the strings and solo or the Live screen. Sorry, but I choose the easiest way. What you see in the video are clips in Ableton Live which are pre-recorded in a loop. I added the strings on the Roland XP-80 and the solo on the Clavia Nord Lead 1. The strings and solo are both played live and not by Live.

The video and music is about 13 minutes long. You can download them from the video section of from my website."

Dewanatron Tripple Slice

via Big City Music

"The first run of hand-wired Dewanatron Triple Slice eurorack modules are starting to trickle in, a few at a time. We are taking pre-orders.

The Dewanatron Triple Slice VCO harmonic metamorphosis module generates a highly stable 1v/octave sine-based waveform that ranges from .5hz thru 16khz.

The initial sine wave passes thru 3 successive slice stages. The end result is a continuously undulating waveform, which yields an ever-changing spectrum of emerging and receding harmonics.

Harmonics are generated by "slicing" a waveform, in which an absolute value function with a variable zero point reverses the polarity and thus reflects the portion of the waveform below it. As this reflecting line passes thru the waveform along the voltage (vertical) axis, various harmonics are generated. The three slice stages are controlled by 3 independent LFOs.

The first slice stage is controlled by either an internal oscillator or the external oscillator input. The frequencies of the LFOs driving the second and third slice stages are derived from this initial LFO signal, and their frequencies relative to each other are adjusted with the "skew" control. The "mix" output sums these three outputs with the original sine wave (these three outputs are also available separately). The resulting final signal contains multiple sets of cascading harmonics."