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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Future Is Now - track produced entirely on the iPhone


YouTube via AmidioInc
"Amidio has got a secret technology called ioLibrary that allows data sharing between our audio apps and Intua Beatmaker (for sequencing). This way, anyone can create impressive tracks using nothing but the iPhone! http://amidio.com"

Noise.io on iTunes:
Noise.io? Pro Synth

BeatMaker on iTunes:
BeatMaker

Tara Busch Visits Moog Music

see the post with more pics on AnalogSuicide.

Linn Electronics LinnDrum

via this auction




Roland JSQ-60

via this auction



MOOG Little Phatty Stage II Analog Synthesizer

via this auction






Karl Ekdahl Feature on the Baltimore City Paper

The Baltimore City Paper has a great article on Karl Ekdahl and the Moisturizer. You might remember the Moisturizer from this post featuring video of the device. The following is just an excerpt from the BCP article, be sure to see it for more.

"'I want to present a box to people, and the knobs will have names on them that people have never seen before," he continues. "And not do that to be funny, but because those knobs have never existed before, so I had to make them up. And I think that's much more interesting, or much more challenging. Right now, there are a trillion and one pedal businesses out there, and they're all making another fuzz box. And that's not really interesting. Because there's so much out there. What I'm aiming to do, generally, is make new things, or things particularly broken or erroneous. I don't think the world needs another distortion box not from me anyway.'" Image credit: Michael Northrup

Red Roland SH-101 Cake

via Veqtor's corner where you will find more shots.

check out the Synth Cake label below for others.


Updated Postcards Released

via the BugBrand mailing list:

"Hi all,

In the last bug-mail I mentioned that newly updated PostcardWeevils would be arriving shortly...
Well - they're now here!

Description & Shop
On the Blog

I am very happy with the update - the overall feel and appearance have been nicely improved.
Better dials - better line-output - better presentation -- but, of course, maintaining the same wondrous sonic world of the previous version!
The only slight down is that the price has also had to rise a bit due to improved parts and a slightly longer construction..

The first batch is available now - further batches are likely towards the end of August.
There are also just a couple more BoardWeevils currently available too - again, further batches sometime in August.

** **
Some people may also be interested to see the YouTube clip of the freshly updated CTL1 - Touch Panel, one of the core goodies of the BugModular range.
http://bugbrand.blogspot.com/2009/07/ctl1-touch-panel-version2.html
** **

So ends July...
Cheers & best to all!
Tom / BugBrand"

Charlotte the cat inspects Farfisa organ

via Lee

"What's this, more keyboard clutter?

Here are a few pics of Charlotte the cat inspecting a recently
acquired Farfisa Fast 5 organ, that is in my studio / living room.

Note - seen under plastic in the background, top to bottom:
Roland SH-101, Korg MS-2000 and Ensoniq EPS sampler / workstation."

Serge Modular

via this auction
6 - DUAL TRANSIENT GENERATORS ( one has been pulled out )
2 - DUAL COMPS
1 - DUAL PROCESSOR
2 - WILSON ANALOG DELAYS
1 - VOLTAGE CONTROLLED STEREO MIXER
2 - AUDIO MIXERS
2 - PRECISION VCOs
2 - NEW TIMBRAL OSCILLATORS
2 - 16 UN USED BANANA JACK SPACES ( USED AT ONE TIME FOR A COMPUTER INTERFACE)
2 - VARIABLE Q VCFs

Roland System100M


via these auctions

Top: System 100M B
- 1 module 110 VCO/VCF/VCA
- 1 module 140 Dual ADSR / VCLFO
- 1 module 150 Ring Mod. / S&H / Noise / VCLFO
- 1 cabinet 190
- 5 DIN cables and a few patch cables.

Bottom: System 100M D
- 1 module 112 Dual VCO
- 1 modules 121 Dual VCF
- 1 module 130 Dual VCA
- 1 module 140 Dual ADSR / VCLFO
- 1 module 150 Ring Mod. / S&H / Noise / VCLFO
- 1 cabinet 191J
- 5 DIN cables and a few patch cables.


PPG Wave 2.3 Synth

via this auction via the forum

see these videos of the actual unit for sale.

note the background city view in the shots.

Suckerfish and Electribe

flickr by _kzr

Clavia Nord Rack

flickr by _kzr
(click for more)

Dark Night

Dark Night from Pearls For Swines on Vimeo.


"Dark Night

Pearls For Swines
Plaupez

12-02-2009

Inside Out - Liège - Belgium

Smith'n Hack - Pace maker"

Percussa Audio Cubes


"Borfoabomba" Pearls For Swines / N.D. Monroe

"Borfoabomba" Pearls For Swines / N.D. Monroe from Pearls For Swines on Vimeo.


"This track was made by Pearls For Swines with the audio cubes.
N.D. Monroe (IT) provided some of the samples and Swine played with them, add some more & transform them using Percussa & AbletonLive.

Thanks N.D. !!!

If you want to know more about the audiocubes, please, go on their website percussa.com

Enjoy !"

Loop shaper tutorial

Loop shaper tutorial from Pearls For Swines on Vimeo.


"It is the loop shaper tutorial.
In less than 4 min., it teaches you step after step how to use Loop shaper with your AudioCubes !

Once the basics understood, be creative with Loop shaper & Percussa !!!

For more info about the AudioCubes & other demos, please check :
percussa.com/

Thanks a lot !!!"

emx1 rough/noisy techno


YouTube via 909techno
"going through various effects and tweaks on the korg emx1"

Star Noise synth by ::vtol::


YouTube via Vtolus

"special version of my ::8-bit noise synth::

read about - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru..."

some images via ::vtol:: C-3PO R2-D2 Star Wars:


Robosynth's Chameleon

DIY synth based on Ray Wilson's MFOS designs. Be sure to see Robosynth for more info.

"The unit contains the following MFOS boards:
- Noise and Random Gate generator
- Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) with extensive routing possibilities to the other modules
- Sample and Hold (S&H )
- Stereo Auto-Panner with custom modifications for status & rate LEDs
- 2 State Variable Voltage Controlled Filters (SV VCFs)
- 2 Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release generators (ADSRs) with custom modifications for ADSR LEDs and an auto-repeat circuit
- 2 Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (VCAs)"

4ms Pedals - Triwave Picogenerator

via the Big City Music blog where you'll find more pedals coming from 4ms. See these posts and scroll for video and earlier incarnations of the Triwave Picogenerator.

Phazeform

sample pack via puremagnetik

"A captivating library of instruments and phrases based on Casio's Phase Distortion technology of the CZ-1. Additionally, Phazeform includes a collection of looped phrases from the SK-1 and VL-Tone classics."

via brian c

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

CANCEL CABLE- Screwin' Around on the SP


YouTube via Handcancel
"Oh nothing.. just messing around with a stock SP-606. I didn't even use any samples, it's just the oscillator (pad) effect 44 with some D-Beam synth & filter tweaking and some BPM Slice & Flange thrown in for good measure."

CANCEL CABLE- Bangin' Around on the X


YouTube via Handcancel
"Just to show how cool the stock ARS-X Pro sounded. I banged around using the 'Rock' kit through Insert Effect 21 'DDL-Flanger'."

Alesis Micron Virtual Analog Synth


via this auction

click the images for the full size shots.

AudioCube test #1


YouTube via AlloyElectric
"Here's a little preview of the new stuff I'm developing for Percussa. Their AudioCubes are really amazing controllers and offer a unique opportunity to design music interfaces that are truly original. Here's my first step in that direction..."

AudioCube test #2

"Here's some further progress on the AudioCubes software I've been working on for Percussa. Here I've added a looping feature, so whenever the player is not immediately interacting with the cube, the most recent interactions are looped. Also I added a VST host so that any VSTi can be loaded and manipulated with this patch."

ResoDrum 1


YouTube via AlloyElectric
"This is an electronic instrument played like a hand drum. It is both sensor and speaker. The sounds you are hearing are coming from the ResoDrum itself via a transducer bolted to the underside. Tap on it lightly and you get small percussion sounds; hit it hard and it goes berserk.

(Note that the audio and video are slightly out of sync. The ResoDrum reacts without noticeable latency.)"

ResoDrum 2

Muff Wiggler Forum July 2009 Gathering


YouTube via scootermccrae

"On July 18th, 2009, I had a number of strangers who I know (or know of) from the muggwiggler.com forum come to my apartment to have fun working with the modular analog audio equipment I had lying around or the machinery they brought over themselves to integrate into whatever systems we were spontaneously creating.

So there was much drunken debauchery and noise-making to be had amongst the participants.

Keep in mind that this is just a non-linear overview of the day that demonstrates how people traveled from one room to another to patch cables and twiddled knobs. Over the course of the nine hours that people spent in my apartment, there were many audio breakthroughs and learning experiences that would be impossible to document here without a far more thorough camerperson than myself at the helm.

Needless to say, as the cameraperson, I'm not in this video -- so it's NOT a Mondo Modular episode (so I apologize to any subscribers expecting otherwise).

Please enjoy and thanks as always for checking this out.

Scooter McCrae"

The Amazing Spectralis II -Now part of the DIV digital rig


YouTube via kipptumor
"This is the Spectralis II (brand new model) taking it's clock signal from Red Voyager Beat extractor that is literally listening to the mix coming from the laptop/Ableton set-up. Once you understand what exactly is going on in this video the top of your skull will pop off and your mind will do a 360 in mid-air, returning to its original position, but altered in a permanent state of "you're kidding". This is the bare-boned digital system (without the Kaoss pad, Kaossilator, or Percussa audio cubes, and, obviously, without the video gear), using only the Logitech joystick to cherry-pick through the on-screen clips & activate the effects for each channel, the Novation X Station to fade the 8 channels on screen up and down and its joystick to control Ableton's effects' parameters, and, of course, the amazing Spectralis II from Radikal technologies. The silkscreening is still a little tacky it's so new (just kidding-it is beautiful). This is just me finally getting the hang of this thing (sort of) at 1:30 in the morning. The music is a mixture of the Spectralis' other-worldly sounds, our own MIDI mixes (original compositions), other artists' music, and a lot of beats, grooves, and loops at all times. I even demonstrate the ability to "jam" along on the X Station's built-in 300-voice digital synthesizer. Enjoy! More thrills await you at www.divelectro.com"

flolktek Modified Omnichord om-250


"The Mod unit features a 25 point magnetic patchbay and 12 patchable keys. Any point combination or multiple point combos create glitched out beats and various effects. The patchable keys create a pallete of effects at you finger tips. Patches effect the beats as well as the strum plate and chords."

See folktek for samples and more. via the folktek blog.

DefCon 17 badge already hacked!


YouTube via shagghie. Also hacked by shagghie in 2006.
"days before the party even starts, the DefCon 17 badge is already hacked! not even storms in china nor inverted buffers can keep us from playing our Simonez Dice!
And that's just the beginning!
(not responsible for whatever happens for publishing this!)"

Trip to Hoover dam ( Music by Pepe Mogt )


YouTube via pepemogt
"Here is some footage i filmed at the Hoover Dam .
Enjoy!

Music by Pepe Mogt(Nortec Collective, Fussible)
Song: Ginger
Equipment used: Tenori-on and LL Electronics Rozzbox V2
Filmed with Nikon D90 and 70-300mm and 50mm Lenses"

Radikal Technologies Spectralis 2 - Demo Song #2


YouTube via bigcitymusic. http://bigcitymusic.com
"First of all, youtube audio will not do this amazing machine justice. This is by far one of the best sounding all in one packages ever conceived. Here's a cool demo song from the new Spectralis 2 utilizing samples, analog synths and a killer filterbank. Available now! More videos coming soon. Thanks for watching."

Flight of Harmony: Choices + Plague Bearers


YouTube via thedeepelement
"I've been meaning to make a quick video of the Choices and Plague Bearer modules together for some time because they're quite a dangerous combo. The patch is a bit complicated but essentially both the X and the Y axis outputs are going into mults, those mults are plugged into the Plague Bearers along with a Tip Top Audio Z2040 Cutoff. The audio sources are coming from Tip Top Audio Z3000's FMing each other. I used a combination of the room and line audio so a fan is audible.
http://trashaudio.blogspot.com/"

Metasonix: rack your KV-100 Assblaster!

flickr by Analogue Haven

"The Metasonix KV-100 Assblaster is an awesome machine for sound generation and signal processing. It comes from the manufacturer built into a "tacklebox" for tabletop use. Some modular customers have asked us about rackmounting them next to their racked modulars. It is definitely possible, but instead of offering a kit Metasonix have posted straightforward instructions about rackmounting it on their website. LINK: metasonix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&... (see "Rackmounting your KV100")."

Sherman / Rodec: Restyler

flickr by Analogue Haven

"This is the Restyler, a collaboration between Sherman and Rodec. Actually shown here are two Restylers, mounted in a rack, ready for some filter action. These should be available sometime in the next couple of months- we already have one of the first production units and it sounds great."

ElbyDesigns: ED109 TGTSH

flickr by Analogue Haven

"The Elby Designs ED109 TGTSH is now in-stock. This module is the second collaboration between Laurie Biddulph of Elby Designs and Ian Fritz ( home.comcast.net/~ijfritz/index.htm ). The first collaboration was with the popular ChaQuO ( www.analoguehaven.com/elbydesigns/chaquo/ ).

The TGTSH combines two important synthesizer functions. It produces trigger and gate signals whenever a "timing" signal input crosses a user-defined threshold. At the same time, the trigger pulse fires a high-performance sample-and-hold circuit that samples a second "main" signal input. The module is only 10 HP in size and requires very little power to operate. LINK: www.analoguehaven.com/elbydesigns/ed109/."

ARP and friends

flickr by jobenbelgium
(click for more)

"Some Minimoogs + Sample & Hold controller,EMS VCS-3 and a ARP 2500 hangin' around.
Having a chat on who will do the bassline in the next track.And who will do the weird stuff."

PPG Wave 2.2 processor board (PROZ)

flickr by krunkwerke

Top: component side
Bottom: solder side

"Broadwave" Modular Synthesizer

via this auction
Note this is not an ARP 2600 clone.
"This synth is almost entirely made from Ray Wilson's designs and his high quality PCB's (www.musicfromouterspace.com). It's a completely home made affair, and as such I would prefer bidders to be familiar with Synth DIY techniques, as calibration and trouble shooting is not for the feint of heart : )

No keyboard is supplied, and as such you will need either a MIDI to CV converter or Keyboard capable of delivering the standard 1v/Oct, Gate and Trigger.

The case is made from 12mm, black Tolex covered MDF (unfortunately the Tolex on the back panel has started to lift, so will need to be re-glued), with protected corners and carrying handle. All the panels are made from 2mm aluminium with dye sublimated graphics directly onto a 0.5mm aluminium substrate. As you can see from the pics, the panels are mounted quite crudely onto the MDF frame and would benefit from someone who's prepared to spend a bit of TLC on it. All circuit schematics and calibration info is included.

The measurements are: 215mm (D) x 840mm (W) x 490 (H) and weighs 16 kilos

As it stands, all modules are fully working and consists of the following:

4 x VCO - 3 x CV Mod inputs, 1 x Linear FM input, 2 x PWM CV inputs, Sync in/out, Saw, Square, Triangle, Sine outs

1 x 24dB Low Pass VCF - 4 x Signal inputs, 2 x CV Mod inputs, 1 x Resonance CV Mod input, VCF out

1 x 12dB State Variable VCF - As above but with Low, Band and High Pass outputs

2 x VCA - Signal in, 2 x CV Mod inputs, Log/Lin select, VCA out

3 x ADSR - Gate in, Trigger in, Short/Long Time switch, Gate indicator, ADSR out

2 x Voltage Controlled LFO - 2 x CV Mod in, 1 x PWM CV Mod in, Saw, Square, Ramp, Triangle outs

1 x Noise Module - White, High Pass, Low and Grainy out, Random Trigger out

1 x Sample & Hold with Lag - Sample in, CV for Clock Rate, Trigger out, Sync in, CV Out

2 x Ring Mod - 1 x AC Coupled, 1 x DC Coupled

4 Channel AC/DC Mixer/Inverter - Each channel has 3 inputs, Inverted output available

2 x Lag Processor

4 x Buffers (1 in 4 out)

4 x Passive Multiples (4 groups of 5, normalised for 2 groups of 10)

8 x Passive Multiples

1 x +/- 15 volt, 1A PSU - Internally mounted (From a Crumar Stratus, but does the job admirably!)

20 Patch leads to get you going!

One Module is incomplete, which was made for MIDI to CV. The panel and sockets are in place, but no electronics are supplied." See the Broadwave label below for more.


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