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Published on May 23, 2015 jonzaremba
"Put together this video for my song "Salt Wells" from the album ROZEL...mainly to demonstrate the great Baldwin Discoverer (DS-50) organ. The entire song was made with this organ (all the drums, chords, melody, etc...) with the exception of a Korg M500 for a couple of the synth parts. Everything was sampled and arranged with a Yamaha A3000, then recorded live. No multitracking or VST stuff."
Vintage Baldwin Discoverer DS-50 SN BC2802150 via this auction
"It came out in mid/late 70s (pre-MIDI) and features some control over the synth sounds plus a built in drum machine. The auto-accompany can be turned on or off and split at the keyboard (rhythm vs melody). There's a built in speaker but it can be bypassed using the audio outs. This makes it easy to implement in your home studio. They really built instruments to last in the 70s. The DS-50 is made of metal and really well constructed. Original power cord is included.
If you want to hear how it sounds, here's a song i made from my last album using the DS-50 almost exclusively. It's sampled and processed with some outboard equipment, but you'll get an idea of the cool tones possible here."
"I've had this patched in since Tuesday and finally got a chance to finalise it for a video today. The patch is a Drum & Bass rhythm.
The most notable thing about the patch for me to is that the grinding synth consists of an unfiltered Whimsical Raps Mangrove VCO which is being carefully modulated by a few sources. The Mangrove can be tough to tame sometimes but when you give it time and care it it can produce some amazing timbres or full voices with just modulation. Some reverb and chorus and compression is applied to the voice as a live send in my DAW."
"4ms Peg, QCD/Expander, QPLFO, RCD²
Analogue Systems RS 100², RS110²²,RS 360²
Arp Odyssey 2821 white noise
Bananalogue Serge VCS
Cyndustries Zeroscillator ~0~ quadring ~ solo for Anti²²s
Doepfer R 2m², A101-2², A114², A133², A134²², A143-2,9
A151²², A156², A175²²²,A185-2(14x),A138a²²b²²c²²²
Flame 4Vox, Arpeggiator, Chord Machine² , Q Slider²
foh choices
Make Noise Brains PP², Maths², Moddemix²², Optomix,
QMMG, René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti ²², Unkle²², Jag
Moog Freqbox²², Taurus 2 , MP201
Roland System 100 Sequencer
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z 8000
Toppobrillo Quantimator² (aeolian), Sportmodulator, TWF²
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000
FX : Boss VF-1, Line 6 Echopro, Lexicon PCM 80/90
TC M 3000, M one XL
mackie the mixer²
12/8 drums Roland HPD 15
vid #1511"
"All tracks composed and produced by Ingo Zobel and Bakis Sirros, between 2010 and 2014, in Athens, Greece and Riedstadt, Germany except Legend Silence composed by Ingo Zobel, Bakis Sirros and India Czajkowska (vocals and voice effects). Mastered by Ian Boddy (April 2015)."
"Ingo Zobel (Self Oscillate) and Bakis Sirros (Parallel Worlds) first started collaborating via the internet in 2004. Their first album, “Current Flow”, under the project name 'Interconnected', was released in 2010 on the Belgian VU-US label. Following this a vinyl EP of ambient tracks called 'Mechanic Environments' was released in 2013 on the Dohkonul record label.
For 'World Adapter', their second full collaborative album, Ingo and Bakis are using their more widely known aliases of Self Oscillate and Parallel Worlds respectively. Four years in the making this album is redolent with the sounds and textures of modular analogue synthesisers which both musicians are well known for employing in their music. Ingo uses a large Doepfer / Eurorack system whereas Bakis creates his complex sonic textures with Doepfer, Serge and Buchla systems as employed on his previous DiN releases (Obsessive Surrealism (DiN26), Shade (DiN32), Exit Strategy with Ian Boddy (DiN37) and Morphogenic with Dave Bessell (DiN41)).
Once their modular improvisations are recorded they are micro-edited in Ableton Live to form the ten tracks that make up 'World Adapter'. On the track 'Legend Silence' they collaborate with the Polish singer/composer India Czajkowska whose ethereal voice adds a distinctive flavour to this composition. The album has an IDM flavour, full of complex modulations and intricate rhythms. The duo then hang beguiling, simple melodies around these structures to create another intriguing quality release from the DiN label.
Machines used:
Doepfer, Euro, Serge, Buchla, MOTM, Moon, Blacet, Metalbox, RS-Integrator, Technosaurus & Synthesizers.com modulars.
Oberheim Xpander & OB-Mx.
Korg PE1000, MS20, Mono/Poly & Z1.
Clavia Nord Modular, Nordrack2 & Nordrack3.
Ableton Live & NI Reaktor software.
Roland System-100, Waldorf Microwave and various other string machines, analogue keyboards, tape echoes, reverbs, CV modifiers and generators."
"We’re gathering together on Sunday, for those in and around Boston and the north east. Lots of cool synths and great folks gathering in a really nice venue at Berklee.
Schedule:
11AM - Those bringing gear can start loading in.
Noon - 5PM - The main event
5-6PM - a quick break while we reconfigure the room and get ready for…
6-7:30PM - performances.
I’ve had several folks ask about performing so we should have a nice mix of things in the evening. Lots of cools synths coming too!
"Thanks to Darren at Control in Brooklyn for video taping (and streaming that night)! Here is the full talk/demo/improv. I will also post separately just the improv section for those just wanting to see that. Thanks again to everyone that made this possible!!"
todd at control guided improv
Published on May 13, 2016
This is just the 'guided improv' section from the fuller presentation above.
Follow-up to this post where you'll find a SoundCloud embed of the improv.
"Chords are not the easiest musical element to produce in the Eurorack Modular world, but a clock divider like the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider can provide some interesting results.
"It came out in mid/late 70s (pre-MIDI) and features some control over the synth sounds plus a built in drum machine. The auto-accompany can be turned on or off and split at the keyboard (rhythm vs melody). There's a built in speaker but it can be bypassed using the audio outs. This makes it easy to implement in your home studio. They really built instruments to last in the 70s. The DS-50 is made of metal and really well constructed. Original power cord is included.
