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Saturday, September 15, 2018

RIP John Leimseider


Update: "A memorial and celebration of life will be held at Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, this Sunday, September 30 at 5:00 pm in Studio Bell’s Performance Hall (850 4 Street SE).

More info can be found here.

Pictured: John Leimseider on the right with Malcom Cecil from this recent post on the upcoming event, TONTO Week.

It has come to my attention that John Leimseider has passed away. John was the head synth technician at the National Music Centre in Calgary, Canada, and previously the Cantos Music Foundation. He was recently scheduled to give a presentation on TONTO with Malcom Cecil on Nov 17 as part of TONTO Week. Please note, that talk is still scheduled to go on with Malcom Cecil. According to NMC, "TONTO was one of the last major projects of JL’s, so this event has much more significance now that he’s gone. But there will be an enormous void without him."

John Leimseider's influence spread far beyond the museum. Many of you visiting MATRIXSYNTH likely know him. I unfortunately never had the opportunity to meet him in person, however I remember seeing him engage on both the Rhodes Chroma and Yamaha CS80 lists. I still have some of those threads. I was hoping to one day make it out to the National Music Centre and meet him in person.

Below is a short playlist featuring John including his work at the NMC, an introductory video on the Roland System-8 from Roland, a video for The Moog Legacy featuring John, and a fun video featuring Neil Diamond's band paying a visit to the NMC, invited by none other than John Leimseider. He will be sorely missed by the synth community.



Playlist:
National Music Center Mini Doc [be sure to listen in stereo - you can only hear John on the left channel to start]
First Impressions of the Roland SYSTEM-8 with John Leimseider
Virtuality: The Moog Legacy, by Amin Bhatia [John Leimseider comes in at 1:58]
Quarter Note Video Tweet: Neil Diamond's band visits the NMC collection [keep an eye out for John]

You can find a handful of posts mentioning John Leimseider in the archives here. He worked on quite a few synths sold by individuals over the years. It's neat to think each one of those synths were touched by him at some point, and the work he did on them will live on.

Deckard's Dream Players at Knobcon 2018


Published on Sep 12, 2018 Paul Schilling

"A bunch of great people came and played the Deckard's Dream + Kurzweil Midiboard + Linnstrument combo. Here for your viewing and listening pleasure, are some of the highlights. Thank you to all!"

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This video was initially added to this post. Re-posting it here for those that may have missed it.

Demo :: Jupiter 8 + Alesis Quadraverb


Published on Sep 15, 2018 SOLON Music

"Demo of the Jupiter 8's Random LFO modulating the filter. Reverb from the Alesis Quadraverb. The synth is recorded through Heritage Audio's DMA73 preamp."

DX7 & BigSky


Published on Sep 15, 2018 SynthMania

"Yamaha DX7 doing some ambient / sci-fi / soundtrack style noodles through a Strymon BigSky

00:12 Android Voices
01:46 Giant Rabbits
03:19 Twins & Pads
05:12 Planetary Strings
06:53 Trip Around The Cosmos
08:53 DX7 In Space
11:22 Pituitary Gland"

Dog Barking at CAT


This one recently came in to Thesis Audio for restoration.

"We took in an Octave CAT for restoration the other day that had this sticker added to the back. I like it!"

Anyone know what the source of the sticker?

NordLead ZOOM MS50G Sound0916


Published on Sep 15, 2018 ryouichi harada

Red Behringer MS-101 Roland SH-101 Clone Spotted


Video below. These were spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child who heard it will be priced at only $199.

Two pics and the video above via BboyTechReport on Instagram

"bboytechreport#behringerms101 they hit the target dead on. #ms101 #sh101 yup I may as well build a behringer synth shed out back if all of their synths are going to be as good."



Baloran the River, Roland SH1 and Analog Rytm


Published on Sep 15, 2018 coyotesynth

"This video demonstrates the 8 voice Polyphonic Analog synth made by Baloran, driving a SH1 and internal motion sequenced pads."

Future Retro XS


via this auction

Train Station


Published on Sep 15, 2018 Miguel d'Oliveira

"Track from my score for Michael Palin in North Korea
synths used: Prophet VS, Juno-6, Akai AX80 plus the usual suspects: VSTs, etc...
Feat. footage I shot in Japan this summer"
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