Critter and Guitari Pocket Piano GR SN D1204

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"From Critter and Guitari: Green aluminum case + extra sound. The Pocket Piano GR is the same great instrument as the regular Pocket Piano with an added special mode! In addition to the six sound modes of the standard piano, the GR has a seventh mode: a monophonic 4 oscillator beating synthesizer with glide. 7 modes total: • Vibrato Synth • Harmonic Sweeper • Two-Octave Arpeggiator • Octave Cascade • Mono FM Synth • FM Arpeggiator • MONO GLIDER GReat new sound for low phasing glides like a prop plane and distorted 'mid-leads' soloing. Green anodized aluminum enclosure, wood keys, powered by 9V battery or a 9VDC power supply, 1/4" output jack, built-in 3-watt speaker..."

Crumar 'Stringman' Analogue Synth

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"Lovely original 1970's analogue String synthesizer, made by Crumar one of the innovators of early synth technology. Brilliant sounding synth with 'Contrac Bass', 'Cello' & 'Violin' sounds which can all be affected with the individual timbres controls and modulators 'Chorus & Delay'..."

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Early Production Alesis A6 Andromeda Synthesizer

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VLOG #2 - Theremin and Jupiter-6 - Rene Splinter

Published on Jul 5, 2013 Rene Splinter·20 videos

"My latest acquirement is the magnificent Roland Jupiter-6. It's been something I have been dreaming of for a long time, and it's here, making my dream(s) come true.

Also, I had the privilege to be able to borrow a Moog Etherwave Theremin. It was previously owned by the Dutch cabaret group Het Groot Niet Te Vermijden (http://www.youtube.com/user/hetGNTV). On it's transit to a new owner, it ended up in my studio.

See how I managed to bring these instruments together in this unrehearsed and improvised footage.
Many thanks to Arie Vuyk (http://www.youtube.com/user/arievuyk) for making this video possible."

VLOG #3 - Another Theremin Experiment - Rene Splinter

Published on Aug 11, 2013

"The idea came into my mind to put the Theremin's audio output through a ringmodulator, as I thought it could result into something interesting. For this, I have used the ringmodulator module of the Nord MicroModular.

The result of this experiment is more than satisfying and I like sharing it with you.
I'll be using this idea in a forthcoming production that is going to work as a background soundscape at an art exhibition in downtown Rotterdam.

This VLOG features an exclusive clip from that track. So far, the sounds you here were generated with the Yamaha FS1R, the Waldorf Microwave, the Roland Jupiter-6 and the Moog Etherwave Theremin.

I'll update you on that subject as soon as possible.

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You can find my regular website here:
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STEIM Cracklebox: VLOG #4 - Kraakdoos and Modern Ruins - Rene Splinter

Published on Oct 3, 2013

"New video blog, again featuring another unusual electronic musical instrument. This time it's the 'Kraakdoos', or 'Cracklebox'. Designed by late Michel Waisvisz from STEIM Foundation Amsterdam, generating sounds by disturbing the electronic circuitry of the device with the skin of your fingers.

More info:
Michel Waisvisc:
http://www.crackle.org

STEIM Foundation:
http://www.steim.org

The track "Modern Ruins" features on my album 'Modern Ruins' (2013). It's available at Groove Unlimited by following this link:
http://www.groove.nl/jump2.php?artnum=gr-199

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Moog Modular, Aries Modular, ARP 2600 #mtnoasis

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Gary Numan & Michelle Moog-Koussa at Mountain Oasis Fesitval

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"Michelle Moog-Koussa and Gary Numan Official take a photo together tonight at #mtnoasis festival in Asheville, NC."

On the minimoog couch!  Minimoog off to the right as well.

Synth Kid at Mountain Oasis with a Minibrute

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"The Bob Moog Foundation inspiring young minds."

I'm guessing this was at the Dr. Bob's Interactive Sonic Experience posted here.

See the Mountain Oasis channel below for more.

Modular Kitten

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"Happy CV Sunday! Love, your friends at #Moog"

Arturia MicroBrute Analog Synth Demo

Published on Oct 24, 2013 SourceDistributionTV·69 videos

"Skip to 4:07 for Sounds, 8:23 for Sequences, 11:39 for Drum Processing! Questions? Read on:

MicroBrute is NOW SHIPPING TO THE UK & IRELAND. ORDER NOW AT A DEALER HERE: http://sourcedistribution.co.uk/deale...

With an RRP of £269 inc VAT, Arturia's new MicroBrute is a crazy deal for a musician who wants an immediate, hands on analog synth with sequencer, modular flexibility and tons of character. Alex from Source Distribution UK puts it through its paces in a hands on video.

Why is MicroBrute such a big deal? It packs an insane amount of features for the price into a very small package, and with a character that's properly its own.

It's got an (up to) 64 note sequencer (with tap tempo!) so you can program and loop complex melodic ideas on it (with rests), and you can use that sequencer to sequence other analogue gear (and while the sequencer doesn't output MIDI - the keyboard, via USB, can be used as a convenient little DAW master keyboard with velocity - and obviously you can send MIDI INTO it). You can advance the sequencer using an external analogue gate source, or use the sequencer gate out to drive other analogue gear (rests do not output a gate, which can be cool if you want to output irregular gate patterns). You can transpose the sequence in real time using the keyboard, MIDI, USB and CV - that's fun done live as you see here.

It's semi modular so you decide where to apply the LFO and ENV. You can drive up to about 4 CV destinations using those outputs (without signal drop) and you can send CV to multiple destinations with any old headphone splitter as Alex mentions (it doesn't have to be some special type). This would mean you can use the MicroBrute ENV and LFO to send to external analogue gear, to a MiniBrute for example! You can also try putting them into the expression inputs of compatible guitar pedals to add modulation. Or of course to your modular!

You can use the audio input to expand the oscillator section. Want to add a noise generator to help make snare drums etc? Stick the output of a tiny portable radio tuned between stations into the audio input and off you go! Tune it TO a station and remix Miley Cyrus! Well, maybe not that. One super cool trick is using your computer, running a sample of your voice, or a softsynth with the filter fully open, and making it so that both the MicroBrute and software are being triggered at the same time and the same pitch (perhaps by the MicroBrute's own keyboard, that's easy to do) - you can detune the external source and it becomes a two (or two hundred) oscillator synth. To be honest though with the complexity of the inbuilt oscillator (it can sound HUGE), you may not even need to. Notice a tiny sneak peek of an external analogue modular oscillator being added at 0:30

At some points in the video you can see some red cables with 'pass-throughs' built into them being used, these are TipTop Audio 'Stackcables' (not included sadly - but you do get the two small orange patch cables!)."