Building The Krell Muzak Patch

Building The Krell Muzak Patch from todd barton on Vimeo.

"Here's a patch cord by patch cord demonstration of setting up the Krell Muzak 1 patch from scratch on a Buchla 200e with the following modules: 261e, 266e, 281e, 292e, and 291e. A photo of the original patch, audio and video can be accessed here: http://m.matrixsynth.com/2012/08/krell-muzak-by-todd-barton-on-buchla.html"

Doepfer A188-2 Tapped BBD Delay Karplus Strong Patch

YouTube Published on Aug 30, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"A description of a Karplus Strong Patch using the Doepfer A188-2 Tapped BBD Delay. This type patch is used to synthesize wind and plucked string sounds. A155 is used for triggering CV and applying tempo.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

Stephen Hawking with Orbital Featuring MacBeth M5N, Moog Voyager RME & DSI Tempest at Paralympics Opening Ceremony

Orbital - Where Is It Going? - Paralympics

YouTube Published on Aug 30, 2012 by gary

"Orbital performing "Where Is It Going?" at the 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony"

via Ken MacBeth on Facebook

"I just saw this article in today's Guardian! Stephen Hawking at the front and the Hartnoll Bros at the rear....with the MacxBeth M5N!"

How cool is that!

You can find the article here.

Two Pints of Moog

via Moog Music Inc. on Facebook

"A Minimoog Pint Glass for your favorite FILTERED ale..."

2-Korg MS-20 acting very strange

YouTube Published on Aug 29, 2012 by GruithuisenCityMan

"Korg MS-20 Series :
Ten ways to have fun with a Korg MS-20

1-Basic Plogue Bidule polysynth passing through the filters of my Korg MS-20
2-Korg MS-20 acting very strange
3-Duophonic Korg MS-20
4-Duophonic Korg MS-20 (2)
5-Korg MS-20 complexely arpeggiated by Plogue Bidule
6-Korg MS-20 arpeggiated - Filters's resonance only !
7-FM-like sounds with a Korg MS-20
8-Crazy feedback loop with a Korg MS-20
9-Let's jam ! Korg MS-20 sequenced by Plogue Bidule
10-Let's jam again ! Korg MS-20 sequenced by Plogue Bidule

Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made in one take using a Korg MS-20, Plogue Bidule and Audacity. Enjoy !"

Vintage Oscillators

via Rod Mitchell aka Atomic Shadow on Facebook

"The upper right unit is a really old RCA sine wave machine, full of tubes. Sounds beautiful."

http://www.atomicshadow.com/

Raymond Scott in Self-Built Studio - 1950s

via Jeff E. Winner on
The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

http://raymondscott.com/
"Raymond Scott in his self-built recording studio, early-1950s, New York City."

Note this is where Bob Moog and his father first visited Raymond Scott. See this post. Don't miss Raymond Scott's machine shop in the linked article.

Update: A family photo of the exterior and a few pics of the studio via Jeff:

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Note the last two added below:

"Raymond Scott's self-built electronic music equipment, including The Karloff"

and

"Raymond demonstrates his video/audio invention, The Videola.

From a 1950s POPULAR MECHANICS article:

'For writing film scores, Raymond Scott has developed an instrument which he calls the 'VIDEOLA.' The mechanism operates a movie film in a projection room in another part of the house by remote control. The movie is flashed on a television screen, so that Scott can watch the film as he composes appropriate music. A recording apparatus is hooked up to the VIDEOLA, as well, so that he can stop, play back, listen, rub out, and rewrite.'"

You can find more images on Facebook here.

For those that do not know there is a critically acclaimed documentary on Raymond Scott titled "Deconstructing Dad". You can find it on http://raymondscott.com/.

DEVOBOTS DEVO Synthesizer on Kickstarter

On Kickstarter.
This one in via Lorne Hammond aka kidtronic.

Snip for the archives:

"MECHANICAL MAN IS YOUR FREEDOM OF CHOICE :

This is the first ever DEVO App utilizing one of the most influential bands of the last 40 years. The App includes never-before-heard music and sounds remastered from the DEVO archives that you can use to create new music plus thousands of artistic assets that you can utilize to create your very own DEVOBOT Robot, digital or Vinyl. This is the DEVO App that fans have been waiting for.

KIT ROBOT in collaboration with DEVO:

DEVO Modular Synthesizer featuring unreleased Devo music & sounds from their archives, coupled with a Devo Robot Maker: A TWO in ONE App Available for your device...

The Story:

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Lexicon 200 and Linn 9000

YouTube Published on Aug 30, 2012 by SynthManiaDotCom

"The Lexicon model 200, a great-sounding, classic reverberator from 1984. Driven by the Linn 9000, a classic drum machine of the '80s, pinnacle of the Linn series and predecessor of the MPC-60."

FOLKTEK ARTS One Million Dollar Synth The Impossible Box Update

via FOLKTEK ARTS where you'll find more pics. You might remember this one from this previous post. Be sure to see Folktek on eBay (RSS) for some other unique creations currently listed.

Details captured for the archives:

"It's been a long time coming and a busy summer but it's time to shed a little light on the impossible box.

I made this for myself in consideration of the fact that after making instruments and inventing oddities for ten or twelve years or whatever it's been, I was never really capable of having my own works for making music/playing with sound. So in January of last year I started compiling a list of works I've created that I've always wanted to be able to consistently work with - to get back into music with. Initially the list was a few things (a time machine, a garden, some drum synthesis and sequencing, etc) but in further consideration it occured to me that I'd be happier making multiples of those things, diving into new realms, expanding on sequencing and so on. Eventually the list was admittedly a bit out of control but rather than crossing off a few ideas, I said fuck it and went for it.

At first I was uncertain about exactly how it would all work together and I spent a solid month agonizing over all of it, drawing plans and even dreaming about the details so that when I woke I was able to write it all out. It was terrible, honestly. I was also not so confident in my woodworking skills and the box was a bit beyond me but I pieced away at it and it all worked out nicely.

The project took a year to "complete", though there are still a few things I'm working on before I can call it a done deal. It was more work than I had ever anticipated, it came out larger and more full of sound than I had considered and in the end I couldn't be happier.

details;
The folding box is oak with walnut splines - measuring about 4' wide with each inner panel (lower and upper) at 2' deep, essentially making a 4' square if it were all laid out.

Each module panel is done with player piano music paper and labeled on my Corona typewriter. This took a helluva lot of planning. The modules are also all lined with brass and I created almost all of the switches, keys, lamps and buttons.

the modules;

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