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ARP 2600 Keyboard for Legendary Synth

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"- Sliders - a bit sticky but functional
- all slider caps and knobs intact and present
- internal circuitry very clean
- keys of keyboard: action feels as it did new.
- selling as is - for the vintage synth aficionado."

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YAMAHA SS30 Vintage Analog String Synth SN 2430

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Casio XW-P1 Unboxing

YouTube Published on Mar 29, 2012 by MrAj1aj1

"unboxing the new Casio XW-P1"

CASIO XW-P1 SOUNDS

Published on Mar 31, 2012 by MrAj1aj1

"Casio XW-P1 SOUNDS AND DRUM LOOPS"

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Wednesday Jams with Lee-Ann Lovelace - "The Shape of My Heart"

YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by lucyzeke12
First post featuring the Casio XW-P1 used in a live set.

"Lee-Ann joins drummer Eddie Bast of Pandemonium, along with Jimmy Hat bandmates Marc Brunetti (guitar), JP Philbin (upright bass), and Bryan Clark (keys), to cover Sting's "The Shape of My Heart" in this artsy warehouse jam."

You might recognize Lee-Ann from Wednesday Jams with Lee-Ann Lovelace & The Latest Packrat

DIY Meeting in Linz - University Of Arts (2012) - Snapshots

YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by elohess2

"We had a workshop meeting in the university of arts in Linz (Austria) this week. This video is a compilation of snapshot I made during the meeting.

During the meeting I've made a workshop about 'Arduino' and 'Physical Comuting'."

Max Mathews Radio Baton Demonstration

YouTube Uploaded by ComputerHistory on Jul 16, 2010

"[Recorded: April 7, 2010]
In the late 1950s computer music pioneer Dr. Max Mathews created MUSIC, the first widely used music synthesis program while working in the Acoustic Research Group at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Over the next forty years at Bell Labs and then at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University, Mathews advanced and refined digital computer music synthesis.
In this video Mathews describes and demonstrates his Radio Baton Controller and Conductor software program and performs brief selections by Bach, Chopin, Beethoven and Appleton.
A Radio Baton is an electronic instrument with two baton controllers and a receiving base called the antenna. In the end of each baton is a small radio transmitter. As the batons are moved over the receiving base, four antennas in the base are able to determine the batons' location in three-dimensional space. The movement of the batons through space are converted into instructions determining how the music is to be synthesized.
The Radio Baton Conductor Model uses the model of an orchestra conductor controlling the musical tempo, dynamics and expression of the piece. The Conductor program puts the pitches and the durations of the notes in a score that the computer reads as a sequence of beats in the computer memory. The conductor can move the batons around with his two hands, controlling six variables, and assign these variables to whatever functions in the music are important at any instant of the music.
When asked if the radio baton was a successful instrument, Mathews answered, 'I suspect actually it was too successful. It may have made music too easy to play. But my vision there, and the vision I think I got from John Chowning was that everyone could have his own orchestra and could interpret music according to his particular feelings about it. And that this might be a much more satisfying way than simply sitting and listening to a recording or simply listening to a concert in a concert hall.'"

via Computer Music Guide who has a small write-up on Max Mathews.

Roland System100m Drone - Another

YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by nvanzoeren

"Another drone from my system100m.

Its just the system100m you hearing. I made a stereo patch and the left channel goes thru a Ibanez AD202 and the right channel is going thru a Ibanez UE405 of which i only use the delay. At the end of the signal i push it through a Fostex stereo spring-verb. The whole patch is build around 3 sounds. The first is a pink-noise thru the phaser and audio-delay to create the pseudo-stereo effect on it. The second sound is a ring-mod percussive sound which get triggers thru a gate-delay which makes it pretty unpredictable. And the last sound is the "melody" type of sound, build up from 3 oscillators on which each one has it own LFO on the CV-in. Giving each oscillator his own LFO was a idea i saw in the dwanatron.

Hope you guys enjoy it, so sit back, put on those headphones, press play, close your eyes and listen. Thanks"

WaveSynth Pro

YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by crimsontechnology

"WaveSynth Pro is "easy and full-fledged musical instrument app specialized in performance", a wave table, 16 multi-timbral synthesizer application for iPad with 128 preset sound tones and 1 drum set defined by General MIDI specification.

http://www.facebook.com/crimsontech.jp"

Not sure if this is a new version for the iPad. Looking at the App Store I only see the following iPhone version. The specs appear to be the same.

iPads on eBay

iPod Touch on eBay

"WaveSynth is a wave table, 16 multitimbral synthesizer application for iPhone / iPod touch with 128 preset sound tones and 1 drum set defined by General MIDI specification.

It is possible to play various musical instruments sound tone such as piano, guitar, trumpet, strings, flute, drums, percussions and so on.

The keyboard can be selected by 1 octave keyboard or 2 octave keyboard on the display. In every sound tone, most suitable octave is assigned automatically or to be chosen by manual.

In addition to normal keyboard play, various expressions could be added by the Pitch Bend Controller, Portamento, Mono Mode.
Vibrato(Modulation) effect is available if you shake the body.

Also WaveSynth supports LINE6 MIDI Mobilizer for full 16 channel MIDI Input / Output. Please use your iPhone as a perfectly GM sound module !

Be sure the mode is in silent mode if the sound is null.

Specifications:
* 128 preset sounds and 1 drum set defined by General MIDI specification
* Pitch Bend Change Control
* Portamento ON/ OFF
* Mono Mode ON/OFF
* Reverb / Chorus Effect"

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