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Alesis MidiVerb Demo with General Music S2R Rack

Published on Oct 11, 2014 SynthMania

"Demo of the Alesis MidiVerb (original tabletop version 1), a very cool sounding unit from the '80s. [Sound source: Generalmusic S2R with its onboard effects turned off]"

General Music went out of business in 2009.

Akai Rhythm Wolf VS Korg Volca Bass & Beats

Published on Oct 11, 2014 HardtekStudios

"This video is not a song or jam, but a side by side comparison of the new Akai Rhythm Wolf and the Korg Volca Beats & Volca Bass. Each part is demoed by the Volcas in the left channel and then the Rhythm Wolf in the right channel to compare each units sound quality and functionality. No EQ, compression, or effects were used at all to give a most accurate to in person sound quality possible. Hope you enjoy."

Akai Rhythm Wolfs on eBay | Volcas on eBay

Free Oscilloscope & Spectrum Analyzer & microDAW for Mac from Ju-X

Oscillo (top) & SpeAna (bottom) are a minimal oscilloscope and spectrum analyzer with low cpu consumption. Hosting AU (below) is a free Audio Unit host - microDAW. Hosting AU has been updated. If you are running an older version, be sure to update.

You'll find them here.

Click through for details.

Lee Coombs - Lilly in the Sky - 80's Live dub version

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Lee Coombs

"Lee Coombs + Roland + Moog + Arturia = lots of fun!"

Geektronica #4: The Legend of Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke)

Published on Oct 11, 2014 MotiveMakesaMan Music

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"Princess Mononoke is one of my all time favorite films. The soundtrack has inspired several of my songs, so I wanted to do my rendition of one of my favorite themes from the movie. I hope you enjoy it!

I am going to the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, so if you want to hang out, let totally do that."

Saturday Night Synth Session with CMOS Pattern Generator

Published on Oct 11, 2014 Brendan Byrne

George Mattson Added to Wikipedia

George Mattson of Mattson Mini Modular has been added to Wikipedia. Click through for a bit of synthesizer history.

"He is credited with the invention of the Syntar, the first fully self-contained 'keytar', in 1978, and is founder and owner of Mattson Mini Modular."

Pictured here is George with his monster EML system featuring his own custom modules, his original EML 101, and a small Mattson Mini Modular system to the right of the EML.

See the channel labels at the bottom of this post for more on each as well as the Syntar.

MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO Featured in Roland Decibel Festival Video

AIRA - Decibel Festival Seattle 2014 Published on Oct 11, 2014 Roland U.S.

Synth Petting Zoo at :59 followed by 1:46.

"The AIRA Crew hit Seattle for the Decibel International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Visual Art and New Media. DJ Pierre and DJ Spank of PHUTURE participated with Roland on a panel discussing the origins of acid house, how the TB-303 was instrumental in defining the genre, and why they love the TB-3 and TR-8. PHUTURE played a historic live set that, along with other groundbreaking artists like KiNK and Black Asteroid, incorporated the latest AIRA gear into their dynamic live performances."