Speak of the Devil - Synths and The Head of The Church of Satan

via f * mass via Strange Flowers

"The 1995 documentary Speak of the Devil addresses the life and lore of Satanist Anton LaVey. The head of the Church of Satan, who died 15 years ago today [October 29, 1997], proves very difficult to dislike in this account as he jauntily fingers his calliope, evoking a vanished world of burlesque, circuses and comic book novelties. LaVey never denied, in fact readily conceded, the sideshow component of his world view, locating the origin of his attraction to occult practice in travelling carnivals."

Added to the Synths in TV & Film post.

New Endeavour Evo Videos

introducing the evo from endeavour on Vimeo.

"The evo is a pure keyboard controller that is connected to a computer via an Ethernet interface, and that communicates via Midi or OSC with synthesizers, sequencers or similar. The keys are the special feature here. Every single key is equipped with a sensor that allows evo to read the finger position on a certain area of the key surface. Thus, every key has, in addition to pitch and velocity, another level of the polyphonic data input that can be used for continuous control via cutoff, resonance, pitch other. And now. Think about a precise, continuous control of polyphone properties. Everything that previously affected notes equally using controllers and buttons can now be executed with simple moves of the finger on the keys for each individual note. In the future you will play chords and move one finger to emphasize one single note by changing the acoustic pattern, or to change the pitch regardless of the other notes."


Standard MIDI Synthesizers and The evo from endeavour on Vimeo.

"The evo is backward compatible to MIDI and other protocols. MIDI Synthesizers however sometimes do not feature things like Polyphonic Aftertouch. In general, they sometimes do not feature next to pitch and velocity any additional control over expression. Our evo2midi tool has some kind of special mode. The voice mode. Once activated every single note will be transmitted using a different MIDI Channel. In this video we are explaining how this affects your MIDI Synthesizers."


the evo - Native Max/MSP Support from endeavour on Vimeo.

"As a type of modular programming language, Max/MSP offers enormous potential for the development of audio software. In order to ensure the configuration-free and direct use of evo within the programming environment, we developed an “external” - which is written in “C” and handles the communication with evo in the background using its own threads."

See the Endeavour label below for more.

Keith McMillen QuNexus Smart Sensor Keyboard Controller

On Kickstarter - be sure to watch this video in full for some Synth Trivia: Keith McMillen was the man behind the Oberheim OB-Mx & Echoplex digital pro.

"QuNexus is a controller that everyone can have fun with. 25 vividly illuminated, touch-sensitive keys invite the beginner to explore, and provide valuable performance feedback for the professional.

Smart Sensor keys detect pressure, location, and velocity giving you unprecedented musical control.

Great for beginners and educators
Together with popular software apps, beginners can learn to play quickly and easily with QuNexus’ game-like blue and white glowing keys, creating a fun and interactive learning experience. Now anyone can play the piano.

Pro functionality
QuNexus is the first keyboard controller to unite four generations of synthesis: MIDI, Control Voltage, OSC and USB.

25 Smart Sensor Keys detect Pressure, Location, and Velocity
Polyphonic Aftertouch
7 Octave range
Pitch Bend Pad
2 CV/Gate Inputs
Gate and 3 CV Outputs (16-bit)
Blue and White LED Illumination with 16 levels of brightness
Portable: 14 oz, 3.5" x 10" x .5 "
Plug and Play: USB powered, no drivers needed
MacOS, Windows, iOS, Android, Linux

QuNexus is fully designed and prototyped. We are reaching out to you on Kickstarter to help us raise the funds for tooling and production.

Last year we successfully funded QuNeo on Kickstarter, raising more than $165,000 on our way to becoming the most funded music technology project in Kickstarter history at the time. In a poll taken after our project fulfillment, 94% of our backers said they would participate in another KMI Kickstarter project. Since the conclusion of our project QuNeo has continued its success, and we are very excited to launch our newest project, QuNexus..." Additional details on Kickstarter here.

Vintage Synthesizers I Moog Minimoog

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by MusicMarketingTV

"A voyage into the heart of the Moog Minimoog from the year 1970.
Exploration by Marko Ettlich (RetroSound)

monophonic analog synthesis 3 VCO I Saw, Square, Spaced Saw, Pulse,
Filter - 24dB lowpass
44 keys, single-trigger, low-note priority"

Vintage Synthesizers I Moog Source

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by MusicMarketingTV

"A voyage into the heart of the Moog Source from the year 1981.
Exploration by Marko Ettlich (RetroSound)

monophonic analog synthesis 2 VCO I Saw, Square, PWM,
Filter - 24dB lowpass
sample/hold
step sequencer, arpeggiator
and more"

Techno with Nanoloop + synchronized Monotron analog filter

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by KrassesZeug

"Both, a cuicuit-bent Korg Monotron and a Nanoloop (Synthesizer and Sequencer on Nintendo Gameboy) are synced by the trigger impulses sent by a Roland TR-626 drum computer.

This allows to filter the raw chiptune sound of Nanoloop by the analog filter of the Monotron. The retrigger of the Monotron LFO is the red wire. The sync mod is done like shown here: http://stevewoodward.posterous.com/lfo-reset-point-on-korg-monotron"

monotrons on eBay

Korg m1 ambient demo

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by vintagesynthlover

"some pad and fx sounds. recorded and mixed in logic. some effects used."

8 KOMA Kommander monster set-up!

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by KOMA Elektronik

"Winter is coming soon, we are all a bit down. How to keep the spirit up at the KOMA Elektronik office? Very simple! With a 8 piece KOMMANDER Eurorack freak out!"

More information:
http://www.koma-elektronik.com/products/kommander/
https://www.facebook.com/KOMAelektronik

SEM Pro + uScale 2 + etc = Basic Eurorack Patch Breakdown

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by n3bsvid

[ http://citizenpark.bandcamp.com ]

Demo of a basic patch featuring a few eurorack modules and a SEM Pro.

Hardware:
Make Noise Optomix
Make Noise Wogglebug
Make Noise Echophon
Intellijel uScale 2
Tom Oberheim SEM Pro

Vintage Synthesizers I Roland JD-800

Published on Nov 1, 2012 by MusicMarketingTV

"A voyage into the heart of the Roland JD-800 from the year 1991.
Exploration by Marko Ettlich (RetroSound)

rom sample based digital synth
24 voices
6 part multitimbral
multimode filter, lfo
61 keys with velocity and aftertouch"