Metasonix Wretch Machine + Moog Delay

YouTube via plague1715 | October 28, 2010

"The Make Noise Pressure Points is acting as a manual gate for the Wretch. When the cable is plugged in, the Moog Voyager's slewed sample and hold signal modulates the pitch of the wretch. Wretch output is going into the Moogerfooger MF-104z Analog Delay, whose rate is modulated by an attenuated triangle wave from the Voyager."

KORG KAOSSILATOR PRO まるわかりムービー Returns 004 : Play with WAVEDRUM (2)

YouTube via KORGINC | October 28, 2010

"ダイナミック・フレーズ・シンセサイザー / ループ・レコーダー KAOSSILATOR PROの全貌を披露する、大人気シリーズ・ムービーが復活！


高いポテンシャルを持つKAOSSILATOR PRO。その秘めたる可能性をまだまだ追及します！第四回では前回に引き続き、話題の­ダイナミック・­パーカッション・シンセサイザー WAVEDRUMと組み合わせての演奏をご紹介。"

Googlish:
"Dynamic Phrase Synthesizer / loop recorder KAOSSILATOR PRO to showcase the whole picture, movie popular series is back!

Have a high potential KAOSSILATOR PRO. Still pursuing the possibility that the Secret! Following the fourth time in the last dynamic percussion synthesizer WAVEDRUM introduce the topic in conjunction with performances."

OBP TV Interview with Composer Todd Barton

via OBP

"He’s the man behind much of the music at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. And he says, it’s OK if you don’t even notice the music. Todd Barton’s goal is to affect the mood without being obvious."

Some synth spotting in an interview with Todd Barton aka vgermuse. You should recognize the name from numerous posts. Metasynth, the Waterphone, and a pocket theremenin get a mention along with various other instruments.

Todd is currently working on the premiere of an adaptation of Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood in NYC by Ping Chong.

MOOG SOURCE

via this auction

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Yamaha Portasound VSS-30 Keyboard with Digital Voice Sampler

YouTube via bobzbay | October 13, 2010

"Demonstration of VSS-30 using a short voice sample"

via this auction

PolyMoog Synthesizer

via this auction

" * PROFESSIONALLY TUNED BY DELTRONICS (chicago)
* SERIAL # 3908 and MODEL# 203A
* Polyphony - Unlimited
* Oscillators - 2 VCOs
* LFO - Rate, Amount Attack
* Filter - (Moog filter) High and Low Pass
* VCA - ADSR
* Keyboard - 71 keys
* Control - CV / Gate
* Date Produced - 1975

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Hexaphone FREE through 31 Oct

"To celebrate Moogfest, Hexaphone is FREE from now through October 31st.



And - if you haven't seen it yet, make sure you check the Moog-inspired resonant lowpass motion filter demo:"

Hexaphone - Motion Filter

YouTube via hexaphonejam | September 22, 2010

"Hexaphone's Motion Filter is like a wah-wah pedal that uses your accelerometer to filter the sound of the keyboard.

The filter is a 24db Resonant Lowpass filter - you can adjust the filter's resonance ("Q") with the SETUP - FILTER REZ slider - this makes the sound 'wetter'."

iPod Touch on Ebay
iPod Touch on Amazon

Nearby Sirius (Plogue Bidule + Doepfer Dark Energy + AS Semblance + Moog FreqBox)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | October 28, 2010

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. The music has been made in one take with Plogue Bidule (sequencer, mixer and various delay effects), an Analogue Solutions Semblance, and a Doepfer Dark Energy driving a Moog FreqBox. Enjoy !
http://www.myspace.com/fredericgercha..."

1986 Music & Electronics Magazine Cassette

via Pea Hicks of http://optigan.com/
"i stumbled across this old cassette i picked up somewhere, thought you might like to post it on the blog. it goes along with the first issue of a very obscure music tech rag from the mid-80s called "Music & Electronics" magazine. it was published by the same folks that brought you "99'er" and "Home Computer" magazines. It may not have survived past its first issue, as I've never actually seen a copy and a google search brings up nothing.

anyway, i only have the tape, which features musical examples to go along with the magazine articles. synths include Casio CZ-101, Yamaha DX7, Roland TR-707, etc. note that the first couple minutes of side b were recorded over by the previous owner, so i just faded in after the missing bit.

would be great to hear if anyone out there has a copy of the magazine itself!"


Update: Note the reference to "Techno Bach" at 32:15. According to wikipedia, "The first recorded use of the word techno, in reference to a genre of music, was in 1988." Yes, this is not Techno techno, but interesting. I wonder when the term "Techno" was first used in reference to any music.

If anyone out there has more info feel free to comment or send me an email and I'll updated the post.

Update:

via pea in the comments:
"YMO, "Technopolis," 1979
Kraftwerk, "Techno-Pop," 1986
the terms "techno-pop" and "techno-rock" were definitely in use before Kraftwerk's usage, though."

via electric454 in the comments:
"the b side of the Buggles single Clean, Clean from 1980 was a song called Technopop"

via Jim W on AH:
"In 1978 I co-founded Tekno Tunes indie label, Tekno Town Studio (Northampton, MA), and Tekno Tours booking. We booked acts as diverse as Buddy Rich, DNA, The Slits, Pere Ubu, & WKGB among others. The music I wrote & played from 77 - 83 as The Scientific Americans was described as " techno punk" by several major publications.

So far I haven't found an earlier instance, so for now I claim naming rights for techno as a musical genre. Actually, my music partner, Craig O'Donnell (author of Cool MAC Sounds) came up with it. We used it constantly for 5 years."

via C.R. in the comments: "The song "Techno City" is from 1984.

I think that's the first use of "techno" in the sense of techno music."

Maximize Your Moogfest Experience

"GET THE MAXIMUM MOOG AT MOOGFEST 2010 HALLOWEEN WEEKEND – 10/29-10/31 IN ASHEVILLE, NC

Going to Moogfest 2010? Be sure to get the most out of your festival experience. You’ll enjoy the music even more if you take advantage of these unique opportunities to immerse yourself in the world of Moog:

PROJEK MOOG
Saturday, 6:00pm – 6:50pm at The Orange Peel

A stellar lineup of some of today’s most proficient multi-instrumentalists (including Moog Chief Engineer, Cyril Lance), Projek Moog has composed a specific piece of music for Moogfest, one that highlights the various instruments for which Moog Music is renowned. Joining the group will be Brian Kehew, a close friend of Bob Moog’s and best known for his work in the Moog Cookbook as well as being the historian for the Moog Foundation. If you want to see the many facets of Moog Music at work, this has to be on your must-see list.

The inspiration in creating this show was to feature new instruments and the artists whose valuable input helped perfect them. Both Brian Kehew and fellow Projek Moog musician Billy Cardine have been involved in helping create instruments that are truly inspirational. Brian has been associated with Moog for years and Billy recently helped with a brand new stringed instrument which will make its debut at Moogfest.

Having these great musicians involved in product development is emblematic of what Bob was all about and the legacy of Moog Music. Instruments are collaborative - they need to be intuitive and soulful. Brian and Billy's involvement have kept this spirit alive and Projek Moog is about celebrating that legacy.

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