december drone

Published on Dec 1, 2013 Ebotronix·868 videos

4ms Peg, OCD Beta Test 38, RCD
Analogue Systems RS100²,RS110²²,RS 170,RS 360²,RS500e²
Bananalogue VCS
Cyndustries ZO²
DoepferA 101-2, A114, A134²², A141,A143-9 ,A 149-1,
A151²²,A156², A175²²,A185-2, A 138c
Flame Chord Machine²
Grendel Formant Filter²
foh choices
Make Noise Brains,PP², Maths²,Moddemix,Optomix,QMMG,Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti Oscillator²² ,Uncle³,Jag
Moog Freqbox²²,CP251,MP201
Roland 104 Sequencer
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo Quantimator², Sportmodulator
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000² to QCD,Peg, RCD
FX :Boss VF 1,Lexicon PCM90,TC M one XL
mackie the mixer²

SNAZZY FX:MAJOR GENERAL TEASER

Published on Dec 1, 2013 snazelle·113 videos

"all sounds from the major general
including gate generation"

MS 20

Uploaded on Nov 30, 2013 Frank Plughoff·7 videos

via @Earthnik

"My first 5 minutes with my new #MS20"

Buchla Style 277 Delay

Published on Dec 1, 2013 Todd Barton·139 videos

"A beautiful delay unit by Roman Filippov. It is Buchla style faceplate and power. I've only had it for a couple of hours and already it provides a huge range of delays from chorusing to saturated tape-like feedback and everything in between. more to come..."

Buchla style Delay 277 FM

Published on Feb 14, 2014 Todd Barton·147 videos

"Looking at the FM portion of the Roman Buchla style Delay unit 277. This is part two of this original demo: http://youtu.be/KMCv1xN95lg"

PseudoSequencer

"Using 2 square wave LFO's of different magnitudes, summed together to control the CV in on a Doepfer A-110 VCO, gives 4 different pitches. Add some Analogue Solutions SY03 filter on the output, some Lexicon MX200 ping-pong delay, and season with some polysynth chords from the MicroKorg."

This reminded me of Inside Synthesis Episode 2: Sequencing drums and melodies using LFOs.

November Acid Pattern 2013

via Dylan Davis on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge


"The November pattern was from Manic D.

15 tracks of acid goodness, a mix of styles from some hard acid to some slow mellow tunes, even a bit of jungle acid from John Faustus

For the synth nerds amongst you there are details of gear used for each track, where the producer has supplied it.

Some software and lots of hardware goodness all over this compilation."

Rheyne - Live Jam #93 & #94

Rheyne - Live Jam #93 (live looping with Ableton Live)

Published on Nov 30, 2013 Rheyne·128 videos

Rheyne - Live Jam #94

Published on Dec 1, 2013 Rheyne·128 videos

"Live looping with Ableton Live. Lighting controlled by Max for Live and an Enttec DMXIS. Nothing was pre-recorded.

Equipment:
Novation Launchpad S
2x iPads running Lemur (one w/ iConnectMIDI)
KMI QuNeo triggering Battery (drums)
KMI QuNexus triggering Kontakt (piano)
MBP running Ableton Live / M4L

Lighting:
2x Chauvet Slim Par 56
Enttec DMXIS

Cameras and audio:
Zoon Q3HD (audio)
Canon T3i
iPad 3rd gen (video)"

Halim El-Dabh - Pest Control, Tape Manipulation & The RCA Synthesizer

Astronauta Pinguim has published yet another interview with one of the pioneers of electronic music.  This time around we have an interview with Halim El-Dabh (Portuguese version here).  It is a fascinating read.  He was the first person to create a musical composition using tape manipulation, and the source of his inspiration came from his work in agriculture.

"'My first exposure to electronic sound devices was back in 1943. As an agriculturist studying pest control, I wanted to see if sound-emitting devices could control tiny beetles that attack wheat, corn, alfalfa and beans. I thought that rather than getting rid of the beetles, we could distract them. I used to experiment with clanging together iron rods like bells; then I tried scratching the rods together to see if it discouraged the bugs.'"

"In 1944 Halim decided to record the ceremony of the Zaar (a female religious ceremony), he then treated the recordings he made on the ceremony using studio techniques and electronic devices and voilà, the first piece of tape manipulation in the world was born! (Note that it happened four years before Pierre Schaeffer released his first published works in France). The Expression Of The Zaar was Halim's only piece to be published from this period, but he created another pieces of tape manipulation mostly of street vendors in Cairo."

In essence, this was the birth of musique concrete.

On The RCA Synthesizer: "'The synthesizer was an innovation that gave us a larger expansion of sound manipulation. We used punch cards to input and receive sound from the machine. It took up a whole wall, it was huge. We were able to get very clear sounds of whatever we synthesized whether it was trumpet, violin or any other sound. I especially liked to input my voice. Luening did an input of his piccolo to transform it. I did an input of my drum to transform it and then took the sounds back from the synthesizer.'"

Be sure to read the full interview on Astronauta Pinguim here.   You can find links to additional interviews on Astronauta Pinguim here.

via Fabricio Carvalho aka Astronauta Pinguim on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Modular Wild Presents 12 days of Modular 2013

Modular Wild Presents 12 days of Modular 2013-Day 1-Wavetables
Published on Dec 1, 2013 Modular Wild·77 videos

"First in a series of 12 videos during the month of December. Each video's music started with a different foundation of Modular Sounds. This video began as an exploration of wavetables. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

Modular Wild Presents 12 days of Modular 2013-Day 2-VCOs
Published on Dec 2, 2013 Modular Wild·80 videos

"Second in a series of 12 videos during the month of December. Each video's music started with a different foundation of Modular Sounds. This video began as an exploration of VCOs. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

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Plan B Model 10 Polyphonic Envelope Module

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"Very rare opportunity to get your hands on a Plan B Model 10 Polyphonic Envelope module. These haven’t been in production for years and rarely come up for sale. I believe this is a mark one version which are even more sought after. I’ve just checked this and it is working perfectly. This is a fantastic module, the reason why they called it “polyphonic” is because it can output 4 different type of voltage “envelope” at the same time. You can manually trigger the envelope or it can be switched to cycle so it can act as an LFO with variable shape and can also go into audio range. It’s even got a cycle input so it can act as a burst generator."