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Friday, February 15, 2019

New England Winter Synthesizer Festival Set for Saturday, March 2 in Burlington, Massachusetts


This one is in via Kent. You can full details on the event here.

"The New England Winter Synthesizer Festival will happen Saturday, March 2, 2019, 12pm to 6pm, at the Microsoft Technology Center, 5 Wayside Road, in lovely Burlington, Massachusetts. Free admission. Please come enjoy a wide selection of new and old, analog and digital, audio and video, professionals and hobbyists, modular and monolithic, synthesizers and synthesizer nuts."

Panoptigon plays Philip Glass - Einstein On The Beach - Orchestron & Optigan Discs


Published on Feb 15, 2019 optigandotcom

"While Panoptigon isn't particularly suited to overdubbing entire arrangements with itself, we thought it'd be fun to do a quick excerpt from Philip Glass' Einstein On The Beach (Train 1), since all the basic sounds required already exist on Orchestron / Optigan discs. Heard here are the Orchestron Flute, Saxophone, Solo Female Voice, and Pipe Organ discs, as well as the organ sound from the Optigan Nashville Country disc. The Flute disc was pitch bent an octave up to simulate the piccolo called for in the score, and the bass line of the Pipe Organ disc was pitch bent an octave down to get the low notes needed. A bit of reverb was added to the mix, but there was no EQ or other processing applied. You can find info about pre-ordering a Panoptigon here: http://optigan.com/2019/01/panoptigon..."

Oddly enough the following just went up:

Philip Glass on His Collaboration With Aphex Twin | Red Bull Music Academy

Published on Feb 15, 2019 Red Bull Music Academy

"The celebrated composer Philip Glass recalls meeting a young Richard D. James, AKA Aphex Twin, in New York City and collaborating with the producer on a handful of tracks and combining their unique approaches. #composition #aphextwin

Watch the full lecture - [below] - to hear Philip Glass wax nostalgic on his time spent in Paris, musical tradition, collaborations with Aphex Twin, David Byrne and Ornette Coleman and the art of performance.

It’s hard to overstate the influence of New York City composer Philip Glass. Along with Steve Reich, his minimalist compositions transformed the world of classical music and, eventually, popular music in general. Glass’ early epiphanies occurred in Paris during his time in the mid-’60s studying under Nadia Boulanger and in New York when he heard Steve Reich’s “Piano Phase.” These events helped set Glass on a course toward the repetitive, dramatic, and conceptually rigorous style that has become his trademark. Throughout the ’70s Glass refined his work, resulting in career-defining compositions like Music In Twelve Parts and Einstein On The Beach. In the process, he became a popular sensation, a serious composer who wasn’t willfully obscure or too difficult to understand. Glass’ stunning soundtrack work for films like The Thin Blue Line and The Hours, and a symphony based on David Bowie’s album Heroes, has only elevated his standing as one of America’s most popular living composers.

Red Bull Music Academy is the educational pillar of the Red Bull Music program. It is a global institution that for 20 years has been committed to fostering creativity in music by collaborating with those who are shaping our musical landscape and creating spaces for music makers to learn and immerse themselves."

And the full interview from 2015:

Philip Glass on Working with Aphex Twin, David Byrne and Koyaanisqatsi | Red Bull Music Academy

Published on Jul 22, 2015 Red Bull Music Academy

Thaw


Published on Feb 15, 2019 ValhallaDSP

"We're thinking about snow.

Composition by Sean Costello
Video editing by Kristin Costello

Tools used:

Moog Sirin
Ableton Live
ValhallaDelay (coming soon from Valhalla DSP)

Footage from Pexels Videos (videos.pexels.com)"

Padding with the Delta CEP A


Published on Feb 15, 2019 Jörg Schaaf

"Some 'padding' with the Delta CEP A. Not bad for a "monophonic" synth ;-)
I did two snapshots for that sound. One of them uses only the Bandpass Filter and the other the Bandpass and the lowpass filter at the same time. The second sound also changes the waveform from a Sawtooth to a pulse. But the main sound animation comes from the modulation of the digital stereo multimode filter. The cutoff frequencies are modulated with opposite LFO phases to get this nice stereo animation in the sound.
The Delta CEP A has two different paraphonic modes. One retriggers the envelope everytime a new note message comes in. And the other mode only adds the two additional oscillators per voice without triggering the envelope.
At the end I am adding a little bit EFFEXX stuff to the sound.
Last but not least. In case you don't know this mode in the Delta. The paraphonic mode has 4 voices with two oscillators each. Just enough to create some phat pads with the Delta.

The DELTA CEP A is a new semimodular musicsynthesizer with monophonic and paraphonic playmodes, preset memories and snapshot automation. The DELTA CEP A is the perfect starting point into the EURORACK world and will become available soon as desktop standalone synthesizer and EURORACK module. The DELTA CEP A works just out of the box without any cable patching. If you are looking for a EURORACK FX unit or for POLYPHONY within your cabinet, you should also have a closer look as well. Are you curious about connectivity with your other gear? The DELTA CEP A has a MIDI interface and connects to every MIDI gear (MIDI sequencers, Keyboards etc.) The desktop version comes with standard 1/4 inch jack inputs and outputs."

Korg Volca Modular Patch Demo 12 Mins


Published on Feb 15, 2019 Dj Puzzle

"Just got a Kord Volca Modular and had some time to experiment with it for the first time today. This is pretty much my very fisrt impression. Created this patch and then turned knobs to get many different variations and sounds. Yes it’s a lot of wild and crazy synth noises but that’s what it’s all about baby! Lots of fun. I got it from Amazon here"

Waldorf Q+ Ruby Red

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"Studio use only. This version has the analog filters.

Comes with the memory card.

Fully functional but end-cheek was dinged
when shipped to us.

Recently had all its encoders replaced a few years ago."

Innisfree Picasso CRT Image Synthesizer

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For those into video processing and video synthesis. Not much info in the listing:

"Innisfree Picasso CRT Image Synthesizer. Condition is Used.
Seems to work however cannot test full functionality and is sold as-is."

1978 ARP OMNI-2 Vintage Analog String Machine

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Published on Feb 15, 2019 keyboard resource


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"1978 ARP OMNI-2 Vintage Analog String Machine & Synthesizer + Hybrid Hard Case

LFO slider is intermittent. See video. Otherwise works good.

This is the more desirable second version. Metal case. Built like a tank.

Includes Hybrid hard case, original Service Manual and a color print of the Owner's Manual."

Roland JD-800

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"Early 90s Roland synths are notorious for having a horrible red glue under the Key weights, which years later started to leak and cause sticky keys and other problems. I bought this synth with that problem fixed, most of the red glue was replaced or sealed away by new hot glue. As you can see from the pictures the glue hasn't leaked and is under control, most JD800 auctions won't contain pictures of underneath the keys for this reason! Also comes with original box (not pictured)"

Jomox Sunsyn MK1 Desktop Synthesizer

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"Undoubtedly one of the fattest sounding synths we've heard, and it's loaded with versatility. There's a reason why Aphex Twin decided to use not just one, but two of these to produce Syro."

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