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1992 YAMAHA SY85 SYNTHESIZER PRINT AD

1982 OBERHEIM DSX SEQUENCER DMX DRUM MACHINE OB-Xa - SX PRINT AD

TF7 Free FM Synthsizer for iPad

"Ideal for folks who want a user-friendly FM synthesizer to play music!
- No need for music theory - get started playing music right away by playing shapes
- Comes with 20 high-quality free sounds!
- Morph pad allows you to morph your sounds while playing!

For the pros :
- 7 high quality FM algorithms to tinker with
- Access to every component in the algorithms
- 10 pristine effects consisting of Stereo Reverb, Delays, Pitch-shift Delays and more
- Supports Core-midi compatible keyboards like the Korg Nanokeys 2
- Works with Audiobus"

iTunes: TF7 Synth - Pier Lim

Korg MS-20 Mini - 3rd demo recording

Published on Oct 12, 2013 Bruno Ender Lee·125 videos

"recorded on 3 stereo-tracks, October 12. 2013

- sequence (with Doepfer MAQ 16/3 - sequencer & Behringer DD600 delay)
- bass (with delay)
- leads (with delay & chorus)

composed, arranged & performed by Bruno Ender Lee
2013 Velvet Voyage Productions"

KORG MS20 Minis on eBay

Morton Subotnick Interview on NPR

"Morton Subotnick could fairly be called electronic music's first hitmaker. His 1967 album Silver Apples of the Moon was an international sensation. Or, in his words, 'It was like a bombshell.'

Silver Apples was the first piece of electronic music commissioned by a record label and was created on the first synthesizer small enough to sit on a table [the Buchla 100]. Subotnick's Greenwich Village workspace became a drop-in spot for musicians from The Mothers of Invention to The Grateful Dead to The Velvet Underground. One night, unfamiliar visitors arrived..."

Check out the full interview on NPR here.

Also see the recent interview with Audio Central Magazine here.

http://www.mortonsubotnick.com/about.html

via @Earthnick

Omega Man

Published on Oct 12, 2013 retrotechnical·42 videos

"Done on Nintendo Korg DS10...Move over Will Smith, Charlton Heston is the definitive Omega Man..."

DS-10 on eBay | DS-10 on Amazon

MPC Electronics MPC-1 Vintage Analog Drum Machine Demo w MIDI2SDS MIDI Retrofit [mpc1]

Published on Oct 12, 2013 fishjaco·12 videos

"This is an extraordinarily rare MPC Electronics MPC-1 analog drum machine. It is the only vintage analog drum machine I am aware of that is velocity sensitive. The velocity sensitivity is particularly interesting when applied to the toms as it gradually mixes in "skin resonance" which, to me, sounds like a filtered noise source.

The sequencer only records a couple of the drum tones and is thus not useful. I installed the MIDI2SDS retrofit kit from Elby Designs to make it more usable. Unfortunately there are about 10 sounds on the MPC and only 8 triggers on the kit. In this video the Cymbal and Tom 2 are not triggered.

I chose the MIDI2SDS kit because it transmits velocity data (not demoed in this video). I installed it to receive Midi through the Sync In input so that the retrofit is fully reversible.

The primary purpose of this video is to demonstrate the basic functionality of this unit. It is not to demonstrate my (non-existant) beat making genius, so do not expect a rockin jam.

The audio was recorded directly into an Emu 1616m interface.

A link to the images will be posted soon."

Solino String Proto Ensemble mk1 from Tronsonic

Published on Oct 12, 2013

"A closer look at the EQ modulation ensemble effect in the new Solino string proto ensemble mk1 from Tronsonic, for Native Instruments Kontakt 5.2.1 (full version)

www.tronsonic.com"

Update:

Solino Strings Proto Ensemble - Tronsonic - For Kontakt 5
Published on Oct 12, 2013

"An imagined prototype of the Solina string ensemble mk1 - with eq modulation and twin phasers creating an alternative customisable ensemble effect.
Full version of Kontakt 5 required.

www.tronsonic.com
www.synthmagic.co.uk"

Hawkeye - Heavy Mechanoid (Live Commodore 64 SIDStep :-))

Published on Apr 16, 2013 Maelstroem3·37 videos

"Live played Moog LP bass wobbles featuring the awesome MIDIbox MB6582 for layered SID arpeggios :-).
Only very few tracks had been prerecorded on the sequencer, the rest is improvised and performed live - please forgive my not 100% perfect timing!

Video footage filmed on the northwestern end of Fuerteventura, with a FPV Y6 MWC :-).

Synths used:

Moog LP for wobbling bass (live played on upper keyboard) filtered by Polivox VCF
8x 8580 SIDs for layered arpeggios (prerecorded)
Roland V-Synth for lead (prerecorded)
Access Virus C for lead (live played on lower keyboard)
Elektron Machinedrum for 28/32 step percussion (prerecorded and experimental, am unsure, tell me what you think! :-)).

Thanks for watching and have a great time!"

via Peter Knoblach on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Noise in KORG Volca Keys Delay Circuit

Audio Cookbook has a post up on the KORG Volca Keys Delay Circuit and noticeable noise introduced by the circuit. You'll find demos and additional details in the full post. Pic of the Volca Keys signal flow diagram below.

"To illustrate the noise introduced by the delay circuit I created a few versions of a simple test sequence. One without delay, one with the internal delay, one with Ableton’s Simple Delay, and finally one with my Electro-harmonix Memory Man Delay. The sequence sounds pretty clean on its own, but buzzy, high frequency aliasing becomes audible when the Volca’s delay is introduced. In comparison, Ableton’s Simple Delay doesn’t add any noticeable noise, while the Memory Man adds a little noise (and pleasant chorusing), but nowhere near as much as the Volca delay."

via John Keston on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

KORG Volcas on eBay