Modular Wild Presents PROFILE-Evaton Technologies CLX

Published on Sep 24, 2015 Modular Wild

"A short Overview of the features and functions of the Evaton Technologies CLX eurorack module. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

http://www.evatontechnologies.com/

'Driving Home' from IKEA MS-20 mini - Electribe ESX-1 - Poly 800 - Volcas - Monotribe

Published on Sep 24, 2015 Arrayzable

"Music from the heart - car ride from IKEA
This is the finished track which I gave a little teaser of in my last video with the Solina B106.
As always live play with synths and sequencers.

Used in this track:

Korg MS-20 mini
Korg Electribe ESX-1
Volca Keys
Volca Bass
Monotribe
Korg Poly 800
miniKaossPad2"

New 2015 Optigan Disc Set - TRIPLE HEADER 2

Published on Sep 24, 2015 optigandotcom

"Now available for pre-order at www.optigan.com!

TRIPLE HEADER 2 is a new 3-disc set available at a special bundle price of $199.99. By popular demand, we've ported three more Orchestron sounds to the Optigan, and have also dug into the Optigan master tape archives for more unreleased material recorded 40+ years ago, and only now seeing the light of day.

CELLESTE features the Orchestron CELLO scale, along with a newly arranged and recorded accompaniment featuring Celeste and Glockenspiel in 3/4. These light sounds complement the bass tones of the cello nicely.

FOLK GUITAR & FLUTE pairs the Orchestron FLUTE scale with an unreleased rolling guitar accompaniment and drums/percussion from the Optigan master tapes.

LATIN GUITAR & TRUMPET features the Orchestron TRUMPET scale, along with more previously unreleased guitar/drums/percussion accompaniments from the Optigan master tapes.

These three discs represent the open/simple sound of many of the original Optigan disc titles- sounds that have become perennial favorites due to their wide applicability and haunting qualities."

TOM ELLARD MEETS THE PDP-12 AT THE LIVING COMPUTER MUSEUM

Published on Sep 24, 2015 Redmartian

"Tom was introduced to the PDP-12 while Stephen Jones was working through the restoration effort in the summer of 2013. Stephen sent videos to Tom and it made an appearance in the interactive fiction game [H.H.] Here Tom is experiencing the PDP-12 for the first time running a program called Kaleidoscope in which the user manipulates two dials (X and Y) which are then sampled and used in producing the image on the screen. The -12 has a speaker and every time accumulator 0 is used a flip flop generates a pulse or square wave. Based on how quickly this occurs you will usually hear this square wave in the audio range. The speaker has been amplified for this video."

I asked Red Martian when the PDP-12 came out and how it produced audio:

"1971, though it goes back to the LINC and LINC-8 computers starting in 1960. It has an analog to digital converter which can sample from 8 multi-turn pots and 8 1/4" jacks as well as a bank of 6 relays for switching things. The tone you hear is a flip flop producing a square wave at a frequencing in the audio range everytime accumlator 0 is used. So depending on how busy the system is doing the calculations for plotting points on the X/Y display in kaleidoscope you get a different frequency, sometimes FMish sounding.

I bypassed the speaker and wired in an amplifier for the sake of Severed Head's visit."

PDP stands for Programmed Data Processor. Wikipedia has page on it that goes through the history of the PDP line. On the PDP-12: "Descendant of the LINC-8; with slight redesign, and different livery, officially followed by, and marketed as, the 'Lab-8'."

http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org

FORMANTA UDS - soviet analog drum synth. FULL SET WITH PADS AND STANDS

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via this auction

"Here's the the full set Formanta UDS analog drum synth with a very-very fat soviet sound and some of the filters identical to polivoks synth (they were made on the same factory). It includes the synth itself, the pads, pedal and stands. In other words - everything that you see on the pictures.

"Electronic percussion instrument "Rokton UDS" (Formanta UDS) consists of synthesizing block on the stand, 7 drum pads with velocity sensetvity on 3 stands and on holder for pedal of bass drum. There is a pedal to control high-hat and to turn synthesis on. There are also built in functions of autorhythm in synthesizing block with 16 programmed patterns (rock 1-4, rumba, samba, bassanova, begin, waltz, slow rock, swing, lezginka, march, disco, tango, 16 beat).

Controls on the front panel:

ï (5 channels with identical parametrs - snare, small tom-tom, middle tom-tom, big tom-tom, bass drum)
o sensitivity
o tone (up/down)
o duration
o range (up/down)
o balance (tone/noise)
o filter
o attack
o volume
o sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)

ï (1 channel - cymbals)
o sensitivity
o duration
o volume
o sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)

ï (1 channel - high-hat)
o sensitivity
o volume 1
o volume 2
o sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)

ï Autorhythm:
o switch synthesis/autorhythm mode
o start/stop
o tempo
o volume
o 8 knobs (select styles)

ï General
o out ON
o volume
o volume phones - out phones.
o synhesis ON.
o mains indicator
ï Connectors on rear panel:
o IN (1-7) - snare, small tom-tom, middle tom-tom, big tom-tom, bass drum, cymbal, high-hat
o IN pedal (1-2) - synthesis, high-hat
o out stereo (1-4) - R,L (jack/5 DIN)
o out mono (1-2) - jack/5 DIN
o power on/off"

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Sputnik - Four-Tap Delay / Dual Crossfader

Published on Sep 24, 2015 DivKidMusic

"Here's the awesome Sputnik Modular Delay and Crossfader module! Presented to you with a lovely cough and soar throat! The amount of coughs I had to edit out of the voice over made for a fun audio edit! :)"

Tellus Ebb

Published on Sep 24, 2015 wellurban

"A dark ambient/glitch/IDM piece, using Roland's Demora to create rhythmic patterns."

http://www.roland.com/aira/airamodular/

Hard Mod Modular synth -tiny version-

Modular synth -tiny version- from Hard-Mod on Vimeo.

"The trick from this patch is that the S&H is controlling the VCLFO frequency and even is pressed a key (monomachine) the S&H in receive a different voltage signal. And then you can listen a single voice arpeggio, some percussion sound (VCO, SV VCF & log VCA) finally a pitch detuning."

Barry Schrader CalArts Farewell Concert This Saturday!

This is just a quick a reminder that Barry Schrader's CalArts Farewell Concert is this Saturday in Valencia, CA. You can find the previous post with details on the event here.  Remember you can also listen in online.

Be sure to check out the beginning of my interview with Barry Schrader posted here.

Novation // Start Something

Published on Sep 24, 2015 NovationTV

Follow-up to this post.

"It's one of the hardest things to do: to create something from nothing.
We spoke to some of our friends, asking them what exactly it is that helps them get past that initial barrier; "how do you start something?"

On October 1st, we're starting something big.
Find out what it is: http://bit.ly/Start-Something

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Featured in this video (in order of appearance):

Gifted & Blessed | IG: giftedandblessed
FOXTROTT | IG: @iamfoxtrott
Mike Slott | IG: @mikeslott
Nick Hook | IG: @nickhook
Georgia | IG: @georgiauk
Neff-U | IG: @ronfeemster
Gorgon City | IG: @gorgoncity
Goldie | IG: @mrgoldie
Second Storey | IG: @second_storey
Érica Alves | IG: @ericacalves"