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Patch from Scratch: "Eurorack Ambient"

Published on Nov 21, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"Relax.

The patch for this video was inspired by classic ambient and furniture music, as well as by currently popular ambient modular composers here on YouTube.

Erik Satie first introduced the notion of “furniture music”, music specifically made not to be the center of attention.

He made some other musical innovations that are pertinent to ambient music, including;

1. The removal of bar lines from sheet music. (The experience of playing pieces in this style, such as the 6 Gnossienes, is that of finding the meter that arises between the note durations rather than having it dictated by the outward structure of the piece.)

2. The notion of exact temporal durations in minutes and seconds being prioritized as the main structural element of pieces.

In a letter, John Cage once wrote: “the importance due [Satie] [is], I believe, to have consistently structured his music on lengths of time rather than harmonic relations. I’m sure he was aware of doing this but I doubt whether he knew its real importance, which is real: liberation from the Beethoven yoke, far more real than that granted by S[choenberg] with the 12-tone row.”

The best known pioneer of “ambient music” *as such* is Brian Eno.

For Eno, Ambient music should function equally well in the background and the foreground. “It must be as ignorable as it is interesting.”

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Introducing New HotSawz Synth Algorithm for Eventide's H9

Published on Nov 6, 2018 Eventide Audio

"Transform your instrument into a massive synth with HotSawz, a pitch-tracking, monophonic synth engine for your H9. With six stackable sawtooth oscillators, three modulation sources, and four assignable destinations, HotSawz allows you to create a wide palette of sounds that run the gamut from classic synthwave to a pulsing panorama of bouncing blips, brassy swells, and sub-bass swagger.

The modulation sources include LFO, Envelope Follower, and ADS Gate, while the four assignable destinations are comprised of Filter Cutoff, Volume, Pitch and Oscillator Depth. Each modulation source can be assigned to any of these destinations at a given time. Thus, multiple sources can manipulate the same destination. In fact, there are 64 combinations of source to destination assignments, providing a vast landscape for serious experimentation For example, scope your favorite sci-fi thriller sounds from Blade Runner to Stranger Things, and create 8-bit video game blips, screaming 70s saw leads and undulating bass odysseys on individual tracks.

Too spicy? Dial it back with the global Mix function and maintain some of your original tone. Not spicy enough? Transpose the oscillators up and/or down by one octave for that thick, analog synth sound. Create your own recipe for sonic satisfaction by sprinkling on a bit of HotSawz to excite your auditory taste buds!"

$799 Vintage Steiner-Parker Analog Synthesizer

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Sold for $799?! If it was legit the seller should have gone with an auction for this one.

SNs:
KBDLS 1296
MKB 577

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Arp Solina String Ensemble MK1 1975 SN 0093165

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"Rare, early model Arp Solina! Series 22 which is the ~2nd year of production. Early 1X series did not have the mod/chorus switch and only a few had Gate/trigger out. Arp added the switch to the front panel and gate/trigger out on a few early 2x series, which eventually was done by eminent for the MK2, which are mainly later 2x series and after. You can tell the difference as the MK2 has the chorus button on the right side of the keyboard.

The early MK1s are hard to find, especially with the mod/chorus switch and gate/trigger out. The MK1 has the most classic Solina sound used on countless recordings.

Everything works, all voices, bass, keys, sliders. Body has a few minor scratches but still great for a +40 year old stringer. There is a piece broken off the right front corner, I got it this way and. I was either going to fill it in to reshape it or just sand it flat, but never got around to it. This is an easy cosmetic fix and of course does not effect the sound."

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EMS VCS3 Putney SN 1080

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"Rare EMS VCS3 Putney. Mostly used in Pro Studio since birth.
Very good cosmetic condition for it's age

Pro Serviced by EMS expert Constantin Papageorgiadis. Service report included. 1 Year warranty.

- full calibration (including pots, pins and connectors cleaning, small parts replacement if needed)
- outside and inside cleaning and inserts replacement
- vernier dials replacement
- electrolytic caps replacement
- trimpots replacement
- new oscillators supermatched pair
- tempco to improve stability of osc 1 and 2
- mains neon lamp bulb replacement keeping the original bezel
- selection and replacement of a JFET in the reverb mix
- resoldering of cables + cleaning of the pots lugs
- repair of the meter switch with parts from another Rendar one
- 1V/oct precalibrated switchable input
Serial: 1080"

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