animalvideo - sell my pussy [KORG ELECTRIBE-SX + mini-KP + ...]

YouTube via churulin | July 30, 2010

"●website
http://sound.jp/airechoes/animal_video/ (PC)
http://pksp.jp/animalvideo/ (Mobile)

●MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/animalvideo

●J-KEN(着うた)
http://music.j-ken.ne.jp/_avavavav"

animalvideo - AV PARTY!! [KORG ELECTRIBE-SX + KAOSSILATOR + ...]

soft circuit keyboard tie

soft circuit keyboard tie from Maureen Grant on Vimeo.

"taking the vintage keyboard tie one step further - an actual keyboard! this is my first experiment in wearable technology - made with soft circuits - thanks to opensoftwear for the tutorial."

Rare Pictures of EML Circuit Modules

Pics courtesy via George Mattson of Mattson Mini Modular. These are the circuit boards George purchased from EML to build his first Syntar prototype. Also see the original Syntar brochures on Retro Synth Ads.

In order:
EML ADSR-1 Envelope Generator
EML DVCA-1 Dual Voltage Controlled Amplifier
EML EA-1 Exponential Amplifier Mixer
EML EF-1 Envelope Follower-Preamp
EML LFO-1 Low Frequency Oscillator
EML MX-1 4 Input Mixer
EML NS-1 Noise Source
EML SH1 Sample and Hold
EML SVCA-1 Single Voltage Controlled Amplifier
EML VCF-1 VC Filter
EML VCO-1 VC Oscillator Circuit Module

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Quick Trip to Hong Kong

Quick Trip to Hong Kong from Calvin Cardioid on Vimeo.

"bit.ly/​9VhNxv

Footage from my recent trip to Hong Kong. Music is an original piece titled "The Commute Home" and can be found on Soundcloud. (Sped-up part on HD fullscreen is quite enjoyable. Turn it up!) Music features heavy use of Machinedrum Userwave MkII, Voyager, and Omega 8.

soundcloud.com/​calvincardioid/​thecommutehome

cl516.blogspot.com"

Optigan "Musique Concrete"

via the Optigan email list:

"Hi all, just a quick reminder that sound submissions for our upcoming Optigan "Musique Concrete" disc are due Nov. 1st. You can find out more information here.

Also, the Orchestron "Organ" and "Solo Female Voice" discs just went in the mail yesterday, so if you ordered them, you'll have them soon! And if you haven't, we've still got some left, as well as "Violin" and "Pipe Organ," and Optigan "Sitar" and "Surf Rock" discs: [link]

Cheers!
Pea"

Musique Concrete

YouTube via JeffreyPlaide | March 25, 2009

"Musique Concrete is the experimental technique of musical composition using recorded sounds as raw material. The principle uses the assemblage of various natural sounds to produce an aural montage. A precursor to the use of electronically generated sound, musique concrete was among the earliest uses of electronic means to extend the composer's sound resources. Before the days of sampling and computer manipulation of sounds, musicians used analogue tape recorders to record natural sounds and tape splicing techniques. Music concrete uses natural sounds to create aural compositions. This excerpt is taken from the BBC 1979 documentary 'The New Sound of Music'."

Edgard Varêse and Le Corbusier - Poême électronique (1958)

YouTube via mjsebit | September 20, 2007

"Edgard Varêse and Le Corbusier - Poême électronique (1958)"

Mike Hall's & Vince Clarke's EMS Polysynthi For Auction

via this auction

"[The seller is] selling this Polysynthi on behalf of it's owner, Mike Hall, who used to be synth technician for the previous owner of this eccentric electrical item, a certain Mr. Vincent Clarke of Basildon - former founder member of Depeche Mode, and Yazoo, and currently with Erasure.

Mike bought the synth on behalf of Vince in 1990 from the latter day Mr EMS himself Robin Wood (a scan of the letter from Robin confirming which is included in the photos in this listing) but he literally ended up rescuing it from Vince's rubbish skip, after having been both surprised and shocked to hear Vince claim it was 'the worst sounding synth ever made' and had decided to get rid of it. Mike was to be its saviour, and he whisked it away to the safety of his abode - this Polysynthi has subsequently been used by fellow Mute Records artists Komputer (previously known as I Start Counting) who've borrowed it from Mike occasionally, as indeed have I for my own musical exploits.

For corroborative purposes, take a look at this link to the official Erasure website (circa late 1990s), which features an interview with Mike, where he mentions the very Polysynthi for sale here...

Sadly, the time has finally come, and Mike has decided to sell his beloved Polysynthi. Fair enough really, seeing as he rarely uses it himself!

The EMS POLYSYNTHI

Made in 1979 by the legendary EMS, alledgedly no more then 29 were ever produced. Size-wise, it's bloody massive, and it really looks the business, despite its multicoloured, toytown style exterior. It houses the first ever (only?) velocity sensitive, aftertouch responsive 100% POLYPHONIC keyboard - if you've enough fingers and toes, you can play every single one of its 49 notes at the same time. The keyboard has a totally unique velocity sensitivity and aftertouch implementation - the entire keyboard itself moves as one mechanical piece. And, it has to be said, the Polysynthi also has one of the most difficult to fathom control surfaces ever to appear on any synthesizer!

It uses a switchable bus matrix system to determine, amongst other things, the signal and modulation sources, which can also be variably assigned to velocity and/or aftertouch. This switchable bus system on the Polysynthi is quite frankly bonkers. When I've used it in the past, to be honest, there have been times where I really couldn't make head nor tail of what was actually happening - but I'm sure(-ish) that this was probably just my own ignorance of it's more intricate workings!

As you can see from the specifications below, it has a somewhat standard set of synthesizing functions, but it does have some additional useful abilities too. The two ADSRs onboard are also routable and patchable through the bus system, though take some getting used to, and there's an external audio input, routable through the filter section and modulation matrix, as well as a fantastic analogue delay line. This delay was the original design for what became the ElectroHarmonix Memory Man, and produces very peculiar and interesting effects indeed, especially with higher feedback settings - you seriously have to watch out for your bass bins when using it.

It's in really good condition despite it's age, apart from a couple of scratches in the decal, and one cap is missing from a knob on the delay line. We're also including it's very own, high quality, custom-made flight case, so you can take it on the road to wow synth-nerds with at your gigs.

What else can I say? There's nothing else like it. It's weird. It's at times frustrating. It's great though - even if Vince does hate it.

Specifications
4 Octave velocity sensitive keyboard
100% FULLY POLYPHONIC Oscillator Bank - Sine, Square and Triangle Waveforms
Noise and External input with envelope follower
2 x VC LFO
2 x VC ADSR
VCF: 2 pole (12db per octave) /4 pole (24db per octave) resonant filters
Switchable Modulation Bus matrix system
VC Analogue Delay
Designed by Graham Hinton
Delay Unit designed by David Cockerell

(For full specifications, see the included photo of the original promotional leaflet)

Previously owned by:
Vince Clarke

As used by:
Komputer
Mechanical Cabaret
LCD Soundsystem"

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EMS Synthi Sequencer256 For Sale

flickr set by rick403
(click for more)

This is for sale. If interested contact echo7even at yahoo.com

"Rare EMS Digital Sequencer - 1971

3 Layers (or tracks) with Key Voltage, Velocity Voltage and Key (gate)

4th layer called "Key 4" is a trigger control track used for system clock control (stop/reset) etc.

Before repair and restoration."

inside an EMS Sequencer 256

Pittsburgh Modular: Timetable

flickr By Analogue Haven

more info via Muff's:

"Coming Soon...

The Pittsburgh Modular Timetable is a combination of a basic clock divider (the left hand section) and a voltage controlled pattern generator (for lack of a better term).

The divider produces quarter, half, whole & double whole-note divisions of the input signal. The patterns generated in the 2nd section range from the simple (or mundane, even an exact replica of the divider outputs) to the convoluted, depending on several factors - some adjustable in real time, some not.

Even in its basic configuration the Timetable is 'bent by design' it takes advantage of what could (should?) be considered errors to provide variations and unpredictable (but not random or chaotic) changes... all tied to a clock. The user can also take the "bends" further by swapping out one, or both, of the CMOS logic chips in the core of the circuit. Changing the logic chip changes the functionality of the Timetable creating a new set of behaviors to explore.

The primary intention of Timetable is to provide timed events, both predictable & inconsistent... a little like the average public transport system.

In practice, you can use the module to provide a set of straightforward divisions or as a whacked out gate spewing lunatic... and of course something, somewhere in the middle. It loves feedback. Sending one of the many outputs back into its CV or Digital control inputs will make it jerk and twist. A Binary system that sometimes gets stuck somewhere between 1 and 0.

Here is some audio of the Timetable in action. A basic oscillator and filter are used with the Timetable in this demo. The pitch of the oscillator, frequency of the filter, and the divider within the Timetable are all CV'd from different voltages available on the Timetable.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/252415/UNC_SEQ_TT_RND1.mp3

Complete sets of CMOS chips will be available separately so it will be easy to try different combinations of logic. The sets will include a pair of 5 different logic chips. (NOR, NAND, XOR, XNOR, AND).

The Timetable was designed by Thomas O'Connor (DGTom on Muff). His designs are a unique combination of utility and chaos. A perfect match for the VILFO! If you check the Muff archives, he has published a few of his great designs in the Music Tech DIY section. I am excited to have him on the team!
_________________
www.pittsburghmodular.com"

Code Remote Script

Code Remote Script from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"Just another little Friday mix testing the remote script in Live. The music isn't the focus here people, the script is, and it works great!"

" Time Run " Electronic Impressionen Part II

YouTube via Korgator | October 08, 2010
part 1 here
"1.Korg Triton Le 61"Pad"
2.Polymorph "Mellotron"
3.Start the Sequence from Roland JP 8080
4.play Solo with the Korg Mono Poly"