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SynthFest France 2018 Set for Friday, March 30 - Sunday, April 1 in Nantes

You can find full details on the event website.

"This event will host many manufacturers, such as Korg, Yamaha, Roland, Arturia, UVI... Other smaller manufacturer will be there, like Mutable Instruments with its new line of modules, Baloran with his wonderful 8 voice polyphonic River that will be demonstrated by myself, as I program the preset sounds on it at the moment.

Many Vintage synths also: Jupiter 8, OSCar, Prophet VS, Sequential Studio 440, Kobol, Synclavier 2, Korg 770, Roland SH3A…"

"The SynthFest France 2018 (5th edition) will be held in Nantes from Friday, March 30 to Sunday, April 1, 2018. As in past years, many exhibitors will be present. This year the light will be on the French manufacturers who will be many to make the trip. The SynthFest France welcomes more visitors over the years, 3 concerts are organized this year, instead of the usual two. Showcases during the day will also be scheduled to allow everyone to come and see and listen to as many artists as possible. Thank you to the already faithful public who makes the trip to Nantes every year and without whom the SynthFest would not exist, and welcome to the new ones."

System Cartesian/0-Coast - to nan

Published on Feb 15, 2018 Jae Ryan

"I wanted to try and make a little ambient soundscape with this system as you don't see a ton of it with Make Noise stuff.

I just took some stills of the gear used in the patch for the 'video' as I imagine anyone that actually takes the time to listen to this will just let it play in the background (as intended).

I'm far too lazy to list everything about the patch and hardly ever know whats going on anyways, but if you leave a comment I'm always happy to chat :)"

Moog Music Brings Back the Classic Modular IIIp Synthesizer

"Synth fans everywhere are rejoicing as Moog Music has announced today that they will be creating a limited edition replica of the classic IIIp Synthesizer. With only 40 new IIIp units available worldwide, this is an extremely limited release. Vintage King has a small number of these synthesizers and we are starting to take pre-orders as of today.

What can you expect from the new IIIp reproduction? As with the other recent systems that Moog has recreated, the brand is dedicated to replicating the original down to the smallest details. Built based on original documentation, circuit board and art files, the IIIp will feature 37 hand-built modules, including 10 901-Series oscillators, the 905 Spring Reverb and the 984 Matrix Mixer.

The history of the Moog IIIp is a storied one. Dr. Robert Moog, the beloved genius behind the namesake brand, began working with hundreds of musicians in the 1960s to develop a method of expanding electronic music. The idea was to push beyond the basic sound generators that had previously been created using old radio and recording studio equipment.

After years of research, the results of Bob's efforts led to him to start building individual models and custom modular systems. As orders grew in numbers, Bob began assembling a team of ten techs who would help him handbuild these early synthesizers in his New York-based storefront space.

While the original three synthesizers (Synthesizer I, II and III), were built into large cabinets meant for use in studios, the IIIp was designed to be more mobile. Bob would take the formula of the previously released IIIc pre-configured synth and put into a portable 3-cabinet unit that would make up the IIIp.

Moog synthesizers are world renowned for having ushered in a new era in the sonic exploration of music, thanks in part to users like Wendy Carlos, Isao Tomita, Kraftwerk, Gary Numan and beyond. Perhaps the best use of the IIIp synthesizer would be in The Beatles' 'Here Comes The Sun,' as George Harrison and Manfred Mann's Mike Vickers programmed a piece of synth magic for one of the pop world's most beloved songs."

This one spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Dark Souls Menu Theme (Moog Mother 64)

Published on Feb 15, 2018 RemixSample

"Having a monophonic synth play all the notes of the Dark Souls menu theme song got a little weird but this is what it sounds like. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯"

Octatrack + Analog Four - Now I know who you are (live/jam)

Published on Feb 15, 2018 MrGOFIOvideos

"Hi guys! I just want to share another captured moment with elektron gadgets. Basically I toggle between a few patterns on the Analog Four which is managing the melody while the Octatrack generates the rythm and drum sounds. I've programmed an easy scene which modifies some of them.

The structure of the 'track' is very simple, it starts growing up until a break point and then fall down, but it seems an interesting result to me, so here we are again.

Please, let me know what do you think about it. In case you're really tired of my stupid videos, let me know too ;)
cheers!"