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ALLINAIRE Live - Good Space Block Party (Monome Norns + ARC + Zoia + Bluebox)

video by Allinaire

"Reconstructed Live Video from the Good Space Block Party (29th May 2021, The Rocks, Sydney). Using Monome Norns with ARC controller & 16n Faderbank giving Granular control of several sound sources.
1010 Bluebox is used as the mixer and is streaming field recordings of ocean waves, wind, bells, sticks and other assorted noises being processed via Empress Effects ZOIA through a custom Granular and Ring Mod patch and Bluebox's own effects and filters - using a Zone K2 Midi Controller fully mapped to Bluebox and ZOIA.

The track is an extended, modified and live version of my track 'Nrem REM' from the Album 'Heiro' available on Bandcamp: https://allinaire.bandcamp.com/album/...

Note: This video is reconstructed from 2 takes. About half way through the live set on the night the 1010 Bluebox froze and became unresponsive (most likely due to a power issue - working with Aaron of 1010 now to sort out the issue) meaning all the mixing, half the field recording and audio sources with all internal effects, and the effect send to Zoia were unavailable. Rather than stop completely I was forced to carry on with what was still working which changed the final outcome completely. Obviously very disapointing but it just shows that gear failures can happen anytime - I'll need to reconsider some gear choices and power sources due to this issue.

For the purposes of completeness I decided to use an earlier live rehearsal recording to add back the 'missing' pieces by splicing it in about half way - so the video is not fully 'live' in that regard. The first half has also been edited in a couple of places to make this a shorter video. I've tried to match the video to the correct audio but a couple of inconsistencies may be evident.

I'd like to thank VJ 'ATTM' for the excellent Live video projection and live video feed and the amazing Luke Snarl for facilitating this part of the Good Space event and running the sound. Thanks to Good Space for hosting the event.

Video footage of the night by Dee plus some taken from the Live Stream."

Performance with XAOC Moskwa, Ostankino, Noise Engineering

video by Red Means Recording

"From my Moskwa video here! [2nd video here]

XAOC Moskwa II and Ostankino sequence the Noise Engineering Cusus, Basimilus, and Loquelic Iteritas. Effects from Tip-Top z5000, 4ms DLD, and NE Imitor Versio running Electus firmware."

Using the Felt Instruments Rysy with VCV Rack and Eurorack

video by Omri Cohen

Felt Instruments - https://feltinstruments.com/
Here are the WAV files - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uCj8...

00:00 - Introduction
01:22 - VCV Rack Patch 1
06:02 - VCV Rack Patch 2
10:39 - Eurorack Patch
19:15 - Performance

Omri Links:

"If you just want to buy me a coffee :) - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/omricohen
Consider joining me on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/omricohen
Patching techniques and ideas that I continue updating - https://bit.ly/3o1Q3Sg

FITTING A MIDI KIT TO A SOVIET AELITA SYNTHESIZER

video by Mindburner

"I needed to fit a MIDI kit to this synth and ended up repairing the keyboard and recapping the power supply. A bit of a labour of love."

Ultimate Amstrad CPC MIDI Sound & MIDI Interface Card

This one is in via Michael Wessel who has been featured on the site previously.

"I am bulding a GM MIDI sound + interface card for the Amstrad CPC, using the STM32 BluePill microcontroller (well, it's really a System on a Chip...), an S2 Waveblaster from Serdashop, and the Adafruit MIDI Featherwing. Also the CPC itself is turned into a MIDI instrument, as shown here (3voice polyphonic CPC sound chip sound; it responds to the NOTE ON / NOTE OFF messages, using its internal AY-3-8912 soundchip). The S2 is also playing along:

Ultimate Amstrad CPC MIDI Sound & MIDI Interface Card - MIDI IN Demo

video by Michael Wessel

"The firmware of the Blue Pill & S2-based MIDI Sound & MIDI Interface Card for the CPC is now able to receive incoming MIDI message over the MIDI IN input and present / relay it to the CPC via (input) ports &FBEE and &FBFE. That latter indicates that a MIDI byte has been received and waiting to be fetched from the input buffer via INP(&FBEE). I am demoing a simple CPC MIDI synthesizer here - incoming MIDI NOTE ON / OFF messages are being played back by the CPC sound chip (AY-3-8912). MIDI Data is received over MIDI IN from a PC MIDI USB interface."

S2 playback only, using more complex MIDs (Canyon.mid and Descent2), without the CPC playing along:

Creating the ultimate MIDI Sound Card for the Amstrad CPC

"As shown in the video, the S2 on board can get its MIDI input either directly from the MIDI IN DIN socket ("MIDI SOFT THRU" via Blue Pill firmware), or from the CPC over the expansion port, and I can merge both MIDI stream 'on the fly'.

We are also working on a MIDI Realtime Sequencer (Record + Playback at the same time) for the CPC, and a MID file player for the CPC. Currently, the MID songs are being "streamed" from the PC over a MIDI USB Cable into the MIDI DIN socket of the board, and then into the Blue Pill and into the S2.

The idea is to make a "lazy engineering" kind of expansion board for the CPC. The final PCB will just have three sockets - one for the BluePill, one for the S2 Waveblaster, one for the Adafruit MIDI Featherwing module (optional for folks that want a real MIDI Interface on their CPC - if you just use it as a GM Soundcard, there is no need for MIDI DIN sockets of course). In addition, I will only need one chip on that board - an address decoder. This is necessary because the Blu Pill does not have enough 5V-compatible GPIOs to do the address decoding. Everything else is done in software - the 72 MHz Blue Pill is fast enough to respond to the IOREAD and IOWRITE requests from the CPC using Interupt Handlers. No extra circuitry / glue logic (flip flops, bus drivers, ...) is required for that.

Cheers, all the best,

Michael"

Access Virus A Demo- Favorite Patches - Bank A

video by Nicolas Melis

"Access Virus A - Favorite Patches - Bank A

0:00 A2 VIRUS
0:17 A15 VI BASS
0:34 A16 VI SYNC
0:47 A26 NO AGE
1:05 A8 RAVEPAD 2
1:17 A26 NO AGE
1:29 A18 POLARIS
1:50 A19 COMPRESS
2:08 A1 FIRST"

Waldorf Microwave I Rev.A

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Oberheim Xpander SN G42704

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"It is in great condition, tunes up and sounds amazing. It's US made model, which is a better design internally, and way easier to service than the Japanese models."

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Moog Model 15 Modular Analog Synthesizer Serial Number: 128/150 w/ Daft Punk Sticker

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"If the number 128 holds special significance to you read on:

Listing includes:
Moog Model 15 Modular Analog Synthesizer Serial Number: 128/150
Moog 953 Duophonic 61 note Keyboard
Assorted 1/4" TS Switchcraft Cables (See photos)
Assorted Cinch Jones Connectors (See Photos)
Moog Modular Synthesizer Owner's Manual
Moog 963 Duophonic Keyboard Manual
Certificate of Authenticity Signed by Michael J. Adams President, Moog Music, Inc.
Expired Warranty Documentation
Modular Systems Serial Number Log - Master - M15 SN Log
Ultra Rare Daft Punk Official Merchandise Sticker (Will disintegrate if removed)

For Sale by the Original Owner. All modules function as intended, pots are clean, jack connections are secure and firm. Kept in a smoke-free environment. List of all included, hand stuffed, hand soldered modules is included in the photos section."

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