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Monday, June 29, 2009
Cat Stevens ~ Was Dog a Doughnut 1977 Disco Purrfection Version
video upload by DJDiscoCat
Cat Stevens goes electro. 1977
via Wikipedia: "# Cat Stevens - electric guitar, acoustic guitar, steel guitar, classical guitar, lead guitar, ovation guitar, epiphone casino, guitar synthesizer, bouzouki, keyboards, acoustic piano, piano, celesta, harpsichord, wurlitzer electric piano, fender rhodes, polymoog, moog synthesizer, minimoog, arp string synthesizer, electric harpsichord, yahama cs-80, sequencer, drums, percussion, harmonica, strings, brass, arrangements, vocals"
Update via Micke in the comments: "*CS-80* is a typo I think, it should read GX-1. The album was recorded in March '77 and that's a bit too early for the CS-80 unless they had access to the prototype or a pre-production unit."
iPhone Music Apps
YouTube via thehighams. via Palm Sounds
"This new video again explores the idea of composing music inside the timeline of Final Cut Pro, it features the following nine iPhone music apps - Melodica, Easy Guitar, NLog Synth Free, iRockGuitar Lite, Mobilesynth, Drum Kit Lite, Kalimba Free, Junglist Lite and the mighty Bebot.
It was shot on mini DV (canon XL1s) and was sliced up in FCP, there's a detailed walkthrough of the entire process up at the blog. The blog is at http://www.foilface.com and my twitter username is at the end of the video. Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions or suggestions for the next one!
There's a better quality version over at v i m e o where you can also download a HD 60fps Quicktime version.
Be sure to swing by www.foilface.com for more random creative wibblings, we've got a lot going on over there currently!
Thanks for reading and watching
Paul"
Folktek Time Scape Sequencer by Arius Blaze
YouTube via benpumpkin
"First, thank you for the support of FOLKTEK and be sure to check our blog where you can keep up with our doings if you feel: folktek.blogspot.com...New work by Arius Blaze. This piece allows for thousands of methods of automated sample fuqwithing. Everything from sample stutters, granulation, modulation and bursts of noise etc. Of course it also doubles as a very sweet dub style echo. The range is insane and could not be captured proper in our short videos. In the videos, for the most part, the patches are set according to what I had been playing with prior. The keys are patchable and each part of the sequence is patchable. Time range is from .005 to about 5.5 sec with a noticably lower quality toward about the 3.5 sec mark. This work is expensive but it is also available. More photos and more info on the bloog and the site"
via the Folktek blog where you will find more info.
Origin Round 2 on cl516
"Arturia Origin again. Just wanted to continue from the previous post, and put up some cleaner sounding demos. Less analog emulation here - reduced the voice detune, and reduced the TAE engine parameter. The point of these two posts is just to hear the basic tone of the machine. Here are a few unrelated points I'd like to add."click here for more info and the sound samples.
follow-up to this post.
Admin: Winning Bids
Just a heads up, selectivepressure is posting the winning bids for old auction posts in the comments as he has time. If you search for "this auction" on the top left and scroll down to older posts, you will see some. He's been a bit more active on MATRIXSYNTH-B, so be sure to check there as well. The B site is auction only, so obviously you don't need to search on "this auction" however you can search on specific gear if you are curious. Also, if the winning bid is not in the comments, you can try clicking on the auction link to see if it is still up. When you click on an auction link and it states it has ended, just scroll down on that page to see the winning bid. Unfortunately Ebay does remove listings all together in time. BTW, feel free to send in your auction listings if you like. The best pics and rare items go up here, everything else goes up on MATRIXSYNTH-B.
Big City Music Folktech Circuit Bent Instruments: Art And Technology Collide
YouTube via gearwire
"We see some Folktech products courtesy of Big City Music at the Winter NAMM Show. These circuit bent beauties combine futuristic functionality with antique box aesthetics."
Cynthia Photon
YouTube via hexenduction
"This is the Photon Interface module by Cynthia. The positive CV output from the Photon is controlling the filter frequency of the Serge Creature and later the tempo of the Cynthia VC Tabla. The lower half of the module features a highly sensitive photocell with its own dedicated voltage processor which makes for a great performance controller when your hand passes between photocell and lamp. The gate out from the VC Tabla is triggering the Pulse Divider on the Serge Gator. These divisions are doing various tone changes in the Creature. 2 of the Malekko Echo Bright 600 pedals are being used for delay."
Metasonix KV100 Assblaster (Ahem) Tears It Up At Winter NAMM 2008
YouTube via gearwire
"Whether you are into multi-effects systems or proctology, the Metasonix KV100, might be right up your alley, as it were. The unit was designed by Metasonix owner, Eric Barber, about whom [scatophile] we have absolutely nothing derogatory to say."
http://metasonix.com/
http://umop.com/
CASIO SA-5 by S-CAT
YouTube via PHONICPOTION. S-CAT/spacecataudiotechnologies on Ebay
"CIRCUIT BENT WITH 2 MODIFICATIONS"
ARIA SHORT DELAY by S-CAT
"CIRCUIT BENT WITH 3 MODIFICATIONS"
CASIO SA-2 by S-CAT
Sunsyn OS 2 Now Available
via the SunSyn site"The SunSyn has to be sent to Jomox in order to perform the V 2.0 Update. Before doing so, we ask you to schedule the updating with Jomox by phone call or email and purchase this article in the Jomox webshop and pay the amount in advance as advised in the cash desk process.
Then please send the SunSyn to our home adress in Berlin.
The update includes all modifications, the firmware, recalibration and testing. Little repairs might be included if not too timeconsuming.
What's new?
BIOS
1. The SunSyn 2.0 contains a firmware based boot BIOS, which is executing under any circumstances. Most problems with SunSyns in the past came up by wrong OS midi sysex dumpings which, in some cases, led to non-booting and dead devices. This is not possible any more.
RCOs
1. Own waves or short samples can be transferred to the SunSyn by sysex midi dump.
2. We provide an editor (PC/MAC) that can convert any WAV or AIFF files on the computer and transfer them to the SunSyn. Each RCO bank can be transferred separately.
3. The RCO loops now always restart syncronous to a note trigger.
4. You can define a start point and a loop length, to which the RCO jumps back after reaching the end of the bank. Thus you are able to play back short samples of about 1.5 sec length if both old binary loop parameters (Course and Fine Loop) are set to 16.
5. RCO 1 can FM modulate RCO 2 now. However, the processing power of the old DSP is limited so that only one way is possible at an acceptable aliasing and tuning range.
6. The background noise of the RCOs is much improved by a hardware modification in order to let samples being played back much more clean.
More importantly, that improves the whole noise situation of the SunSyn in general.
VCOs
1. The tuning algorithm has been reworked, The VCOs are tuned much cleaner now.
2. The envelopes have got an automatic tuning algorithm, too. The tricky manual envelope tuning is history now.
3. The Pitch Bend Range now is adjustable in semitones across +/- one octave. Also the over- and underrange pitch playing when the VCOs are crossing the borders of the 6 octave keyboard CV range is well performed now.
4. Glide has been completely reworked. Now it works logarithmic as known from old analog synthesizers and has a much more musical knob range.
Multimode
1. The voice card allocation in multimode is cyclic now in order to let releasing voices decay properly even though another voice is triggered.
2. Latency of notes has been much improved and the pipelining has been completely new structured so that hanging and missing notes should be history now.
3. The multimode bugs like wrong output switching, wrong release, routing assignment interdependence, attack and RCO switching have been fixed. However, still there are some limitations for multimode as there are some parameters global and may affect other voices during context switching. These are: Glide, RCO Bank, RCO FM, RCO Start Point and Loop Length. If one of these parameters are different on two multis, changing of sound may occur between sounding voices."
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Ensoniq SQ-80 Demo Song: "Free Rein"
YouTube via derekaggs11
"A simple song showing off some patches I recently made: the filter sweep (wheel controlled), a rich synth brass, electric piano and bass."
Microkorg Piano patch tutorial
YouTube via hdebbache2000
"Please rate..
Hey there. I got a lot of requests to explain how I made the piano patch from one of my videos. I dont understant why someone would want to make a piano on an analog synth, the instrument of the future!! Whatever, here are the instructions, just follow the annotations and you'll have a wonderful paddy-piano-ish sound to mess with. Cheers!
Note: This is not a real piano! so it will be realistic only on a limited range of notes
Note 2: yeah it's a digital wave on OSC1, meaning the sound is not analog.. But for analog freaks, changing it to saw or triangle will be close enought, and it will be analog"
Microkorg custom patches: Pink Floyd Improv, electric guitar, strings
YouTube via hdebbache2000
"Watch in high quality! A little improv on Pink floyd "Shine on you crazy diamonds", and a demo of some new sounds i've figured out."
Microkorg custom patches: Brass, piano, lead and arpeggio, and blade runner blues cover
"The purpose is to demonstrate some of the patches i have accumulated since i bought the thing, six months ago. I tried to replace the Enter Shikari style patches with more vintage ones. And there is an attempt at imitating Vangelis at 1:10.... Enjoy!"
Microkorg custom patches 2: Lead, distorted inter-modulation
"I've just discovered the inter-modulation feature, which lets you modulate a sine wave of osc 1 using osc 2 (as in a digital synth I suppose?). The result is a dirty distorted sound, as shown in some of the segments. Sorry for the lousy sound quality, it is recorded using the webcam's software, from a thinkpad laptop... anyways, enjoy!"
Microkorg: Daft Punk, Vintage and Pad stuff
"This time, I created some patches designed to emulate some of Daft Punk's well known sounds while adding something of my own (Da Funk, Short Circuit). Drums are made using Ableton. This synth is very powerful, and is definitely not a toy, sadly it is used mostly by amateurs. Also, some film themes, pad improvisation etc. Enjoy in High Def!"
Microkorg patches: more Vangelis, pads, leads brass etc, high quality
"Watch in high quality to hear good quality sounds, the difference is amazing." Click the HQ button.
Synth Blues Improv with Alesis Micron
YouTube via hdebbache2000. A bit JMJ (specifically at :38).
"Rate/Comment please. Hey there, here is a blues jam obviously inspired by Vangelis Blade Runner, but it is'nt a cover. It is to show the Micron's amazing capabilities. The sounds are custom, and I'm especially proud of the brass patch. In a while I'll start doing some more rythmic pieces like jarre and such, for now I just wanted to master this synth, so here is a relatively simple improv. Enjoy! And watch in high quality, the sound quality is worth it."
Blade Runner Main Titles Synth Cover with Alesis Micron
"Hey, I just got my Micron, and wanted to test it. I created a setup with a pad, a CS80 like lead, and some glass keys. I think the lead sound is close enought. The Micron is really a powerful synth... Only thing lacking is aftertouch. The playing is slow due to manipulations (expression, octave change etc). Enjoy!"
Synthesizer Studio Hamburg
YouTube via sunnyvollherbst
a walk through the SYNTHESIZER STUDIO HAMBURG.
38 analoge synthesizer and 20
drum machines are waiting for your recording....
more fotos and infos:
www.myspace.com/synthesizerpar k"
Ted's Noise Synth
flickr by crayxax(click for mouse-overs and more)
"Someone asked me to build them a custom noise synth and this is the result. Kind of a combination of my last two, with some added tweaks, it sounds very harsh. Has some weird personality traits when you switch on the ring mod function and depending on how much voltage you starve, certain controls start affecting other controls. I'm very pleased with it. Not sure if I'll keep these knobs or go for metal ones I used on my last box.
Sounds"Synth.nl 'Apollo' Studio 2009
You can find more pics and the list at Synth.nl's Apollo Studio page. Massive.Click here and scroll to see some prior posts on the making of Apollo Studio. Be sure to click through the links in the posts.
Inside Mathew Jonson's Berlin studio
YouTube via beatport. via goldwill.
"Mathew Jonson was kind enough to film this tour of his Berlin studio to compliment our in-depth interview with him"
Prototype Moog Rogue Synth Housing / Case
via this auction"This is a Prototype Housing. A development unit...s/n D1008.
It consists of the top panel with sides and the bottom plate.
The Pitch and Mod wheels are also attached along with the associated LHC wiring.
Two of the rubber feet are attached and the other two are packed loose. (They are mounted when the keyboard is installed)
When looking at the rear panel, it appears that the screening was redone to accommodate the following changes.The rear panel 'Moog' Logo was originally positioned where it now says 'The Rogue' and vice versa. (see rear pic.)
There looks to be some overspray on the front panel left area.(see pic)
There are some scratches and imperfections, as it is a Moog Prototype unit."
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