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AIRA Modular Customizer & SCOOPER / TORCIDO / DEMORA / BITRAZER Videos by Dr. Richard Boulanger

Published on Nov 12, 2015 RolandChannel

"Dr. Richard Boulanger of Berklee College of Music hands-on with the AIRA Modular by Roland.

For more information about Modular products, please visit our AIRA Modular Page at
http://www.roland.com/aira/airamodular/"

Note the iPad connection is via the audio jack.

AIRA Modular - SCOOPER / TORCIDO / DEMORA / BITRAZER

Evaton Technologies SDIY MDRONE Kits to Begin Shipping Next Week

The new Evaton Technologies SDIY MDRONE kits will be shipping to dealers next week. The SDIY MDRONE is a do-it-yourself kit with 3 oscillators, bandpass filter, and selectable filter overdrive. It's also well-suited to circuit bending experiments. Parts+PCB kit MSRP $70.

Follow-up to this post where you'll find a video demo of the MDRONE.

Prophets of Doom Ableton Live Pack Prophet 6

Published on Nov 12, 2015 AfroDJMac USA

"This Ableton Live Pack contains 25 instrument racks created with the Sequential Circuits Prophet 6 Analog Synthesizer. The Prophet 6 is one of the best synths I have ever played. The Ableton Live instruments in this Pack capture some of the warm classic sounds this instrument has to offer.

More info and Download: http://afrodjmac.com/blog/prophet6"

System-100 - The Comeback - 64 patches for Roland AIRA plug-out

"Part one (patches 1 to 32 ±)of the demo for The Comeback - 64 patches for Roland AIRA System-100 plug-out available on www.albaecstasy.ro/roland-system-1/

The demo was recorded directly from the Roland System-1 (hardware synth) plug-out."

Roland JD-800 Keyboard/Synthesizer

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Vintage Korg Polysix SN 464228

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"Both UNISON and POLY modes, to create incredibly fat six-VCO soloing and bass sounds as well as versatile six voice polyphonic sounds. Built-in full featured ARPEGGIATOR, with 3 selectable patterns and ranges, and with automatic 'Latch' mode. CHORD MEMORY memorizes intervals and chords, to produce exciting parallel harmonies by depressing single keys. Memorized chords can be arpeggiated as well. HOLD sustains notes and chords indefinitely. Programmable Modulation and Chorus/Ensemble effects create rich, fat sounds."

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MPC 1.9 Overview

Published on Nov 12, 2015 AkaiProVideo

"MPC 1.9 is a major software release introducing a number of new features you asked for including:

-Support for the MPC Touch
-Independent track lengths
-Drastically improved audio performance
-Continuous loop sample audition
-Project Notes
-Individual insert bypass
-Major improvements to master mixer section
-Slice to pad
-Enhanced program pad color assignment capabilities

Download and Learn More: akaipro.com/misc/mpc-software"

Ensoniq EPS Classic Rack - Ambient Beats & Hip-Hop Synthetics

Published on Nov 12, 2015 TheDaydreamSound

"The Rack is pure class! The Ensoniq EPS Classic is such a stealthy sampler.

Visit: http://www.thedaydreamsound.com and pick up a copy of my albums, The Daydream Sound I, II, III & Apparel Sketches for Him & Her and the latest release Gold Revelation!"

Meet The Inventor of The Polivoks - 33rd Anniversary Campaign

Published on Nov 11, 2015 Андрей Старцев

"This is an official video for the Polivoks’ 33rd anniversary crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo.

Polivoks - Demo by its inventor Vladimir Kuzmin.

Published on Nov 11, 2015

"This is a demo of the famous Soviet synthesizer - Polivoks by its inventor, Vladimir Kuzmin. If you want to get an original CD, a t-shirt and a large poster signed by Vladimir Kuzmin and personalized with your name, contribute our champagne at Indiegogo."

"Thirty-three years ago in 1982, mass production began of Polivoks, the best Russian synthesizer ever. Today, Polivoks is very popular among musicians all over the world for its unique sound, reliability and great features. Many studios and great musicians use it for their work. Among them are Franz Ferdinand, Rammstein, Godfrap and many others.

Now we have started a crowdfunding campaign so we can release a CD celebrating Polivoks’ 33rd anniversary. It is a superb collection of unique tracks recorded by great musicians from many countries. Most of them were recorded especially for this CD. As a perk, you will get an original T-shirt and a large poster personally signed by Vladimir Kuzmin.

Some unknown facts about Polivoks:

Polivoks was manufactured at the “Vector” military plant from 1982 until 1991, a total of approximately 20,000 units.

The retail price was 600 rubels (around $850).

Polivoks was never exported from the USSR, and it achieved its popularity abroad only after the “Iron Curtain” came down.

One of colour variants of the synthesizer was supposed to be “khaki,” but it was never produced in this colour.

All the knobs on the front panel have dots marked with white paint.

The first batch of Polivoks have knobs occasionally marked with fluorescent white paint, which was used for military equipment.

They were not changed, so several Polivokses have knobs that glow in the dark."

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Harmonic Tone Generator Exhibit Pics

Click here for some pics, in via Skot Wiedmann, of the debut of the Harmonic Tone Generator exhibit, at the Sousa Museum in Urbana-Champaign

Left: The original Harmonic Tone Generator.

via illinois.edu: "The Sousa Archives acquired one of the earliest instruments that composed synthetic music, created by Professor Emeritus James Beauchamp in 1964.

Beauchamp's machine will be exhibited and preserved at the archives, accompanied by a recreated digital version created by ECE electronics services technician Mark Smart.

The instrument was used to compose some of the earliest compositions in electronic music, such as "Underworld" by Salvatore Martirano [embed below]. This type of music would evolve over the years into today's DJ scene."

You'll find articles about the exhibit at the following links:

https://www.ece.illinois.edu..
https://archives.library.illinois.edu..
https://archives.library.illinois.edu...

Below: "Scott Schwartz, Mark Smart, and Jim Beauchamp with the original Harmonic Tone Generator at the Sousa Archives - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign."

The Sal-Mar is pictured further below. You'll find previous posts including some video of it here.

"The SalMar Construction is displayed next to the Harmonic Tone Generator at the Sousa Archives - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. What an exciting time in electronic music, with such cross disciplinary collaboration on these instruments and music."