Roland TR-707

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VeryShortBITchenSequencerPreview-Aug3010.AVI

YouTube via dolphinicus | August 30, 2010

"This IS a very, very short preview of the Eighth BITchen Deathlehem Sequencer. The main portion of it, is up and running in my test. I thought I'd catch it to video briefly, as I were enjoying the current 'patch' on the 101010. More later. :)"

This Second Sleep - Air Scratch Two

YouTube via arthurpainter | August 30, 2010

"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
A live outing using my Serge Creature/Seq A."

Waldorf Blofeld Techno stab sound

YouTube via vinyljunkie07 | August 30, 2010

"Similar to my PPG Wave video this time the sound is from the Blofeld..played live from my MPC as usual and recorded to tape."

A DURAS PENAS

A DURAS PENAS from kero on Vimeo.

"Rose City Sessions at Kero's place."

Day 175 / New Features!

Day 175 / New Features! from Charlie Visnic on Vimeo.

"This video is just a quick demonstration of some new features that I've added to my Monome app 64(video)Fingers. The new features include live quantization as well as a toggle mode for individual clips.

The toggle mode allows you to create a rhythm synced to the tempo aiding the ability to record patterns over it.

The video is cut up a little because I am pretty horrible at performing on the monome without practicing a bunch.

This was my creative thing for my creative thing-a-day blog at: theb-roll.com"

The Chemical Brothers at the Hollywood Bowl

via Amateur Chemist where you'll find more pics.

Richard Devine - Objects Of Granularity on Curtis for iPad

Objects Of Granularity by RichardDevine
"This track was composed for the "Curtis" (iphone/ipod/ipad) app by The Strange Agency. This piece is a Acousmatic composition based on everyday found objects. I recorded various wine glasses, gears, metal, motors, Ratchets, chimes, croaking frog scraper, Indian bells, Tibetan Singing Bowls, Santoor, waterphone, piano, hematite magnets, processed voice, underwater ambiances, computer, and sprinkled bits of Buchla 200e/Doepfer Euro rack Modular.

All of the sounds originally captured at 24-bit 96khz with a Neumann RSM 191 A/S stereo shotgun mic, SMK4060 Stereo Matched 4060-BM Miniature Omnidirectional Microphones and Sound Devices 702 recorder. Download the wave in 16-bit 44.1khz wave:)

Process and further granulate my piece with the"Curtis" app version 1.1 here on the itunes store."

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Genovation Keypad MIDI Patch Changer

Programmable MIDI Preset Keypad via Genovation
Update via Grant B in the comments: "www.musictechnologiesgroup.com is the new home for this device."

"The Genovation MIDI Patch Changer is the perfect solution when you need to control MIDI presets for one or more devices, but you don't want to use a giant keyboard controller, MIDI footswitch or MIDI pedalboard. The MIDI Patch Changer has all the features you'd expect in a full-featured patch changing controller.

* Programmable, compact and easy to use.
* Manual mode lets you send Program Change as well as optional Bank Select MSB and LSB.
* Preset performance mode sends program-change-per-MIDI-channel as well as Bank Select on all 16 channels simultaneously -- per preset.
* Send 16 bytes of MIDI data of your choice (anything!) per Preset.
* 1 x 16 super-twist back-lit LCD.
* Detachable cabling for 5-pin DIN MIDI and USB-MIDI.
* "Flash" memory holds patches and config data.
* Firmware upgradeable (using MIDIOX or similar).
* 1 year warranty.

Dimension: 15.5cm x 9.6cm x 3.5cm (6.1" x 3.75" x 1.5")
Weight: 0.3 kg (0.65 lbs)
Manual Mode: For changing patches on the fly, you can select your MIDI Channel, optional Bank Selects* and Patch Change value(s).

The values can be typed in on the number pad or use the up/down keys to scroll through presets. When the patch number rolls over 0, enabled bank selects are automatically incremented or decremented. Move through hundreds of patches with ease.

The unit allows you to send the MIDI commands instantly as-you-type-them or prepare them first and execute them later with one keypress.

Bank Selects can be quickly disabled/muted when not needed or desired.

16 bytes of Arbitrary MIDI Data can be used for sending controller data, system exclusive, RPN, NRPN or anything you need.

When power is interrupted, the unit remembers exactly where you left off.

* MIDI Controller values 0 and 32.
Preset Mode: You can configure 100 performance presets each containing:

* 16x (one for each MIDI channel) bank MSB, bank LSB, patch change.
* 16 bytes of arbitray MIDI data -- send what you want.
* Name for the LCD.
* Sys Ex implementation allows for setting up presets on a PC.

Extras: You can upgrade the flash firmware so that your MIDI Patch Changer is always up to date.

Free Windows PC software for creating the Sys Ex files is available."

Goldbaby SuperAnalog808 Sample Set

Samples on Gooldbaby here

"SuperAnalog808 - 24 bit / 96kHz

Punchy, warm, analog drums with Round Robin Layering. Using high-end outboard and a compulsive attention to detail... this 808 sample set is pure analog drum heaven.

Why have you created another TR-808 sample set?

For a start the 808 is one of my favorite drum machines! Secondly I thought I could offer something a little different. This sample pack has been recorded at a higher sampler rate and has extensive Round Robin treatment to recreate the feel and movement of an analog drum machine. The Tape808 used tape to give it extra Mojo... this time I have used some new high end outboard. Tasty...


Is there anything else that is different?

Yes there certainly is. This pack has tuned chromatic BD and Conga patches. So you can play them on your keyboard!"

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Mooger Fooger MuRF MF-105

YouTube via edpoulsen9191 | July 19, 2009

"messing around with a Moog MF-105. Saw alot of posts saying there aren't enough demos of this pedal. Hope this is a good one. Even saw one comment that said the MuRF was just an expensive phaser...... couldn't be further from the truth. Remember, this isn't a pedal in your typical sense of the word, it's a synthesizer being controlled by a guitar. It's used to give the SOUND (not simply the guitar sound) width and dimension, or to completely tear the sound apart and reconstruct it in any manner of your choosing. Keep on moogin'."

moogs+noisegenerator.m4v

edpoulsen9191 | August 29, 2010

"messing around with a few moogs again, sorry about the static, i'm not sure if it's the pre-amp i'm using or the new mixing software, or both. I'm using a dotcom noise generator (the low frequency setting), then running it through the murf, then the freqbox (i bypass it though) and then through the ringmod and finally the lpf. I was trying to go for a synth drum sample sound and while there is no "fail" when making sounds with foogers i've decided to call this one 'It was late, and I was tired'"

Return to Swiss Mountain

YouTube via Allerian1 | August 11, 2010

"Ride along on a derivative music adventure through the Alps."

The new 2164 Korgasmatron Dual VCF

via Dr. Sketch-n-Etch on Muff's

"I wanted to show off my new MS-20 filter clone. Like the MOTM 420, the Frostwave Resonator, and several others, this filter is based on the later version of the MS-20 filter. However, unlike all the other clones, this one is not a direct (or indirect) copy of the LM13600 OTAs-and-buffers topology of the original. Instead, it is based on the SSM2164 quad VCA chip, and realizes the same transfer function with a VCAs-and-integrators topology. The exponential CV response of the 2164 VCAs obviates the need for exponential converter circuitry. Also, unlike the LM13600-based designs, this filter does not add dc offsets to the signal, and therefore does not require AC coupling capacitors in the signal path.

I've also added a new feature: adjustable limiting voltages in the resonance feedback loops. One problem with the original design (and the clones, I think) is that the resonance amplitude is limited to only 1.8V, and as a result the input signal attenuator has to be set pretty low in order to hear any resonance at all in lowpass mode. My new amplitude control eliminates this problem, and now robust resonance can be obtained without sacrificing signal strength.

Finally, the PCB contains two complete MS-20 style filter circuits, each with all the same features of other popular clones, but with a few additional features as well, including both unipolar and bipolar CV controls, separate three-channel mixer output with optional level control, and optional fine tuning.

A picture of my 4U prototype panel is shown below. This is just one of many panel possibilities, and even this one is missing some of the features available on the PCB for lack of space.

I've also attached some sound clips for your listening pleasure. I'm not much of a production engineer, and all I've got is a little Behringer mixer with no effects and an obsolete version of Cakewalk, so apologies in advance for the crappy sound quality. The last one is my shameless attempt to reproduce the second soundclip on the MOTM 420 webpage with a single filter (the one on the right, if you're curious). This was recorded as a .wav but converted later to an .mp3, so the sound isn't so good, but hopefully the character of the filter still comes through. The other three make use of a triple LFO and my recently redesigned version of Ken Stone's CGS analog shift register, and show some of the formant effects one can achieve with the two Korgasmatron filters in series. However, these only scratch the surface of what this beasty is capable of.

Let me know if you're interested in a handmade PCB."

Bode exhibit at Estey Organ Museum & a Note on The First Modulars

via el macaco on the AH list:

"I had the opportunity to check this exhibit out this past weekend, and I would recommend it to anyone in the Brattleboro, VT area to stop by and check it out. It is mostly pictures and text, with some of Harald Bode's notebooks and such, and some audio files from his tape recordings of his experiments. The organ museum is small but it has many old organs you can play and a walk through pipe organ, which is really the highlight of the place IMO.

I have heard so many times that Bob Moog and Don Buchla independently and at the same time came up with voltage controlled music circuits and a modular format for their synthesizers/electric music boxes around 1963. But Bode had built a voltage controlled modular system with integrated tape echo and reverb in 1960, and had published an article in Electronics magazine in 1961 about 'transistorized modular synthesis circuits. The web sites this article as a big influence on Bob Moog, and I am sure Don Buchla was aware of the article or at least of Bode's work stretching back to his 1937 formant organ and the melocord built for and used by Stockhausen. Bode appears to have built the first barberpole phaser so the influence on Buchla seems plausible. I would love to read the 1961 article, but I haven't found it in my websearches, if anyone has it please let me know.

It seems odd to me, because it wouldn't take anything away from Bob or Don, but it does take away the truth and the legacy of Harald Bode. It always seemed odd that they both came up with such similar systems independently, but it makes sense if they were drawing from the existing state of electronic design. So it seems to me, first voltage controlled modular synthesizer, Harald Bode 1960.

Anywho, they put out a CD of some of Bode's demonstration tapes which is available at the museum or through amazon. [LINK]

some beautiful music and some interesting demonstrations of his devices."

Update via haroldbodenews in the comments:

"Thanks for this great review!

We just posted the 1961 Electronics Magazine article for download.

http://haraldbodenews.wordpress.com/2010/08/31/123/

enjoy!

bests,
rp"

Music for the eyes (Plogue Bidule)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | August 30, 2010

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. This is just music to watch, music for the eyes. It has been made with Plogue Bidule Enjoy !
http://www.myspace.com/fredericgercha..."

Akai Mpc 60 beat set on analog fire

YouTube via michal23pl | August 30, 2010

"gear used

Akai Mpc 60: drums and sequencing,
Akai s2000: rhodes piano 73 emulation from Scarbee.
Cheetah ms6: synth
Fat FB383: bassline

Tasam 22-2 tape recorder

thanks for watching"

Red Roland SH-101 with Bag and Sound Direction Series 2 Book / Magazine

via this auction

"The synth comes complete with red Mod Grip, original Japanese Owner's Manual and soft carry case."

Anyone confirm that's the Japanese owner's manual? Anyone know what it is?

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Synton Fenix Modular Synthesizer

via this auction

"This is a very rare dutch made modular synthesizer produced by the original Synton team in the late 1990s. Only 75 units were made (there was a first run of 25 and then a second run of 50. This is part of the second run) This unit for sale is serial number 1129. It is in excellent condition and comes with the power supply and the SKB case.

Specs can be found here

And a review from 1999 is here"

Yamaha SHS-10 Digital FM synth with MIDI

via this auction
"(a musical keyboard that can be held like a guitar)It has 32 minikeys and a pitch-bend wheel, vibrato and sustain buttons, an internal frequency modulation offering 25 different voices with 6-note polyphony, two operators, and a chord sequencer It also has an internal loudspeaker

It supports MIDI, which allows the keyboard to control external MIDI equipment. It does not have a MIDI In connector. The keytar's MIDI out features are very powerful. It has several drum rhythms and accompaniment and tempos can be adjusted.

It includes the following sounds:
synthesizer, violin, flute, jazz organ, cello, piano, rock guitar, electric piano, trombone, trumpet, and many more (25-total sounds)"

Roland Jupiter 6

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Clavia Nord Lead 3

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Hammond Melody Maker synthesizer endblock

via this auction

"This is a used Hammond Melody Maker synthesizer control endblock assy with PC board. PC board number is 124-000566."

Thomas Organ Company 1970's MOOG SATELLITE SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"This auction is for an early Moog synthesizer. A single VCO monophonic preset. By today's standards this is probably considered an inferior synthesizer. I fiddled around with it for a few hours before posting for sale, seems like a nice vintage instrument that could still have a pratical purpose, although simplistic."

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MEMORYMOOG PLUS

via this auction
"This synth has XLR output and built in midi functionality (i.e. Memorymoog PLUS) for superior recording capabilities. In fact the functionality of this analog polysynth is almost second to none as far as 80s polysynths went. The features this synth has far exceed those of say a Roland Jupiter 8, having a built in sequencer with full clock control, interactive LED display, intuitive functionality, and a slew of extra modifiable parameters. Also, as you can see, the frequency knobs for two of the oscillators have fine tunable potentiometers, which are a feature that you do not see very often and reinforces the point that this was Moog’s last synth creation from the original company, and that they pulled off all the stops to develop this machine. This is one legendary synthesizer and can create some of the most miraculous analog sounds from gurgling basses to enchanting strings. There are even a couple of well programmed choir patches that will blow you away. This synth works equally well as a polysynth as a lead monosynth and has the legendary Moog sounds that make it cut through and liven up any boring modern mix."

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FuzzHugger(fx) AB-Synth Dream(Alternative Graphic) New

via this auction
See the seller's other items for more.

"FuzzHugger(fx) AB-Synth Dream(Alt. Graphics)

The AB-Synth Dream is one of the craziest and most versatile designs to come from FuzzHugger Effects! It starts with the full five-knob AB-Synth, adds a Voice toggle (for a whole new side to the oscillation mode, as well as more bass response), AND an independently-switchable third mode in front of it--FuzzHugger's Phantom Octave!

The AB-Synth is a harmonic-blasting, liquidy, light-sabery, layered fuzz--with tone-shaping Fuzz and Texture controls that take you from smooth and searing to splattery! From there, add a mind-altering second mode with wild oscillation, whale calls, blips, self- arpeggiation, more synth tones, and fat octave down! ...but don't stop there! The AB-Synth Dream adds a fifth-knob, giving you full control over gain and clean-up! You can also use it to "gate" the oscillation. Super versatile in both modes!

The Phantom Octave side can be run by itself or into the AB-Synth, bringing an incredibly amount of added tones--from octave down to fuzz-glitch ring mod tones, to smooth fuzz (all by adjusting your guitar's Tone controls!). Highly interactive with your pickups and guitar's Tone control.

The Controls!
Gain: Reduces gain and fuzz! Majorly cleans things up, allows for some sputtery tones, and lets you gate/adjust the oscillation.
Fuzz: This control takes you from high-gain to higher, while increasing focus and sizzle! Harmonic open fuzz, to overfuzzed, compressed, sizzling synth!
Texture: Lets you control the texture and response of the fuzz. Hard left is gainier, and hard right is looser. Lots of tones and responses to dial in! (slight scratch as circuit rebiases).
Level: Your master volume control...with a huge amount of available volume!
2nd Footswitch: Oscillation mode on/off (operates independently from on/off footswitch).
Trip: In Oscillation mode, this knob is your main oscillation control.

In Oscillation mode, Gain, Fuzz, and Texture controls become additional oscillation tuners with the Trip knob being your main oscillation flavor control. For synth bass, roll back on your guitar's volume knob! The oscillation mode requires passive pickups."

Junost 21 Soviet Rare Strings Synth with Original Case and Manual

via this auction

"Soviet Strings Synthesizer Junost (Unost) - 21.

Specifications:
* Formation of envelope in volume with attack and fading duration control.
* Formation of envelope in timbre with attack duration control, fading, level and depth of timbre control.
* Frequency and timbre vibrato in depth, frequency, pre- delay control.
* Transposing on an octave (continuous and coarse)
* Tuning of the musical range.
* There is a filter with continuous range, depth and sharpness control.
* Possibility to control cutoff frequency of filter by the keyboard.
* Fixed choice of chorus and unison sounding.
* Volume control
* The power unit of the instrument has an electric indicator of ON mains. "

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I Love Analogue Kids: P Mama Vs. The Thereguin (Live From Switched On Austin)

YouTube via iloveanalogue | August 30, 2010

"On a recent visit to Switched On Austin, P-Mama and A-Train discovered the magic of the Theremin by playing The Thereguin. More information about I Love Analogue Kids http://www.iloveanalogue.blogspot.com or http://www.twitter.com/robbieryanmusik"

Code Controller Preview

YouTube via lividTV | August 30, 2010

"Here is a quick preview of our code controller. It is a grid based encoder controller, where each encoder act's a a button and knob. I am running Live here with the first knob in each row controlling the level for that column, and the effects for that column on the next 3 knobs. Each knobs also launches a different clip."

Soundsdivine's Soft Synth Videos

YouTube via SoundsDivine111

Playlist:
Soundsdivine's 'Silver Chord' Presets - XILS 3.mov
Soundsdivine's 'Soul Design' Presets - XILS 3.mov
Soundsdivine's 'Chakra' Presets - ImpOSCar
Soundsdivine's 'Raw Feedback' Presets - Minimonsta
Soundsdivine's 'Soul Design' Presets - Timewarp 2600
Soundsdivine's 'Spacetime' Presets - Waldorf Largo
Soundsdivine's Vintage Electronic' Presets - Strobe
Soundsdivine's 'Rough Edge' Presets - Omnisphere
Soundsdivine's 'Earth Magic' Presets - Omnisphere
Soundsdivine's 'Classic Tone' Presets (Synth) - PSP84
Soundsdivine's 'Classic Tone' Presets (Guitar) - PSP84
Soundsdivine's 'Deeper Love' Presets - Vanguard
Soundsdivine's 'Joy Of Sound' Presets 1 - ACE.mov
Soundsdivine's 'New Analogue' Presets - Sawer.mov
Soundsdivine's 'Super Funk' Presets - PSP Nitro.mov
Soundsdivine's 'New Retro' Presets - Strobe.mov

XILS 3 Effect Processor.flv

YouTube via xilslab | May 13, 2010
EMS Soft Synth Emulator
"The XILS 3 can be used as an effect processor (see the June 2010 EQ's review)"

PolyKB Demo Soundsdivine.flv

YouTube via xilslab | May 03, 2010

"PolyKB plays Soundsdivine presets"

PolyKB The Krell.flv

xilslab | May 04, 2010

"The PolyKB is playing The Drew Neumann preset "The Krell"
more information, more music, more presets from Drew Neuman on www.droomusic.com"

Go Underneath - State Shirt [video song] - univox el capistan

YouTube via stateshirt | August 29, 2010

"This piece started out with just an old Univox drum machine running through a couple effects pedals (strymon el capistan and bluesky). I ended up adding some other elements and followed jack conte's "video song" format, where:
'1. What you see is what you hear (no lip-syncing for instruments or voice).
2. If you hear it, at some point you see it (no hidden sounds).'"
via Resonant Filter

Pil & Galia Kollectiv

flickr By frode skjold

"'Kunsthall Oslo'. August 29th 2010.

www.myspace.com/pilandgalia"

KORG M01 - M1 Workstation for the Nintendo DS

YouTube via DETUNEltd | August 28, 2010

"'KORG M01' is a palm-sized Music Workstation for
Nintendo DS! You can make a wide variety of music with 8 tracks sequencer and more than 300 sounds including the legendary Korg's M1 sounds. Anyone can generate musical notes, chords, and drums by Touch control screen without music knowledge.
ニンテンドーDSで実現する「手のひらの中のミュージック・ワークステーション」。KORG DS-10開発スタッフとコルグ社が再び集結。あの銘器、KORG M1をモデルに、誰でも・いつでも・どこでも曲作りを楽しむことができるシンセサイザー＋シーケンサーがついに登場！http://www.detune.co.jp/"

Nintendo DS on Ebay - refine search on left when you get there.
Update via MrLonghair in the comments: DSi and DSiXL prices are expected to drop by $20 in September. Confirmed on Gizmodo here.


flickr by Jet Daisuke

ROLAND JUPITER 6

via this auction

"The Jupiter 6 has 6 voice polyphony, and came with an early version of MIDI, from the Roland factory.This is a USA 117 volt model."

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Moog Memorymoog with Manual and Schematics

via this auction

CEM 3340 / 3345 VCO Circuit Block and Connection Diagram

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Markbass Super Synth Bass Pedal

via this auction

Debussy might have liked this

YouTube via Audanika | August 30, 2010

"A composition with the upcoming release of SoundPrism. We've made it even more harmonic.

SoundPrism is available now.

Friend us at http://www.facebook.com/audanika and follow us on http://twitter.com/audanika for news about SoundPrism."


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SunVox: autumn 2009

YouTube via NightRadio2007 | August 29, 2010


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iPod Touch on Ebay

AS Oberkorn Sequencer + MIDI (Using an analog sequencer with your DAW)

YouTube via rezfilter | August 30, 2010

"HOW TO:

Use an AS Oberkorn analogue sequencer [www.analoguesolutions.com] with your DAW. This is but one of many ways to integrate an analogue sequencer with a computer and other MIDI + analog gear.

The method described here is quite flexible, as any rhythm or pattern imaginable can trigger the Oberkorn via MIDI notes, which in turn can control the variable parameters (filters, envelopes) of attached synths.

For those so inclined, steps are triggered via E, and reset is triggered via F by default."

yah

zackdagoba | August 30, 2010

"messing about on the doepfer analog modular synth. http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot...."

Moogerfooger patch

YouTube via modularsynthguy | August 29, 2010

"Ch.1 MF-101 Low Pass filter. Bass line.
Ch.2 MF-102 Ring Modulator. Cross patched.
LFO Rate modulated with gate out of the Frostwave Fat Controller.
Ch.3 &4 MF-107 Freqbox into MF-105 Murf.
Ch.5 Doepfer Dark Energy into MF-104z Analog Delay.
Time input is modulated with triangle out of CP-251.
Sequenced by Frostwave Fat Controller."

Smomid: Wives and Lovers

YouTube via nicnut210 | August 30, 2010

"Here's a version of Nick Demopoulos performing the Burt Bacharach composition "Wives and Lovers" on the Smomid. The Smomid is an instrument created by Nick Demopoulos and it's name is an acronym for "String Modeling Midi Device. For more info about Nick D. please visit: http://www.nickdemopoulos.com/ and for info about the Smomid please visit: http://www.nickdemopoulos.com/smomide..."

"game of life" midi sequencer

YouTube via shaolinmonk01 | August 29, 2010

Propellerhead Reason 5 Teil 1

YouTube via musotalk | August 30, 2010

"Reason, das schwedische Audio-Rack mit Hardware Vorbild, ist mit der neuen Version 5 wieder ein Stück besser geworden. Auch wenn nicht alles sensationell neu ist, so sind es doch immer sinnvolle Reason-Erweiterungen.

Wir checken die neuen Features: Blocks, Dr. Octo Rex, Kong und den neuen Sampling Input ausführlich an.

Wir klären für wen es sich definitiv lohnt die Demo von Reason 5 anzuchecken."

Propellerhead Reason 5 Teil 2


Propellerhead Reason 5 Teil 3

The iPad Orchestra

YouTube via AmidioInc | August 30, 2010

""Sweet Dream" performed live for audience on 20.08.2010 by "The iPad Orchestra" on 4 iPads running app Seline HD by Amidio. http://ipad-orchestra.com"

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TouchAble for iPad controlling Ableton Live from 100 meters

YouTube via touchAbleapp | August 30, 2010

"touchAble allows live users to walk away from their computer and perform live from anywhere within Wi-Fi range while keeping latency at a minimum.
Here a little demonstration around 100 meters from the laptop, in a public parc in Berlin.

check http://www/touch-able.com for more infos and details.

Music: Le K ( http://www.soundcloud.com

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RIP David Hillel Wilson - Curator of the New England Synthesizer Museum

via Jay Williston of Synthmuseum.com

"Dave Wilson, of the New England Synthesizer Museum has just passed away.

Dave was our inspiration for starting the Synthmuseum.com web site some 15 years ago.

So many of us in the electronic music field have made a trip up to see him in Nashua and his amazing collection. He is one of us and will be fondly remembered and missed.


http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/obituaries/836148-225/david-hillel-wilson.html

-Jay (of Synthmuseum.com)"

He was only 49:

"David Hillel Wilson, 49, passed away Friday, August 27th, 2010, in his Nashua home. Dave was born in Bronx, NY, on December 12, 1960, and grew up in Fairfield, CT. He was curator and founder of the New England Synthesizer Museum in Nashua. Dave is survived by his parents, Jay & Vivian Wilson, and his 3 siblings, Rebecca, Ruth and Daniel. A graveside service is planned for August 30th at 1 p.m. at the Agudas Achim cemetery on Reid Street in Fairfield, CT."

I was fortunate enough to visit Dave at the museum and communicated with him off and on via email. You can see all posts featuring Dave and the museum here [update: Blogger search appears to be broken; use the Google search box on the right]. He was extremely kind and gracious. Some might consider him a bit eccentric, but how could he not be. He lived literally surrounded by synths. For what it's worth I consider myself a bit eccentric and most of the people I appreciate in life are as well. The one thing that stood out for me overall though, was that he was just plain nice. It's something I value more than anything else in people I meet. The ability to just be nice to others. He was just one of those guys you liked knowing was out there doing his thing.

He loved synths as much if not more than anyone I've met and he loved ALL synths, not just the rare and the analog. I'll never forget him wailing the Star Wars theme and Emmerson's Lucky Man for me on the Yamaha DX7 with the Rhodes Chroma Polaris by it's side. I remember wondering why he chose those two out of everything else he had in the museum to play for me. I knew many of the pieces needed work, but he genuinely appreciated the DX7 and the Polaris for what they were. He told me a little about the two and the significance of the DX7. Of course he showed me all of the other synths in the museum including the very first ARP 2500 featured here.

He'd often pop up on the AH list with interesting bits of info. He always promptly replied to my inquiries via email. He was just a very kind, giving, and gentle soul. I remember asking him if he ever worried about people stealing from the museum. He told me a story about some kid trying to walk out with an SEM under his jacket. Dave didn't seem angry in telling me the story. It was just something to be aware of. I remember leaving the museum, dropping somewhere for a quick bite to eat and then popping back on the freeway back to Connecticut with my wife. Right as I was heading off a ramp to another freeway, I see a purple PT Cruiser with a SYNTHE license plate driving by. It was Dave! I remember thinking how cool is that! He didn't see me and he continued on while I went on the other freeway. I was hoping to visit him again some day. That unfortunately will never happen. 49 is way too young. Although I did not know him well, I will miss him very, very much. Dave, wherever you are, may the synths be with you. Today's posts are for you.


David Camlin

"The late David Wilson, curator of the New England Synthesizer Museum, discusses his collection of analogue synthesizers."video from October 2007

Note: This post went up at 10:50 AM. I post stamped it at 11:59 PM so it stays on top all day. As this literally was the first thing I woke to, I will put new posts up today below this one. Update via BexElttil in the comments: "Hi, Dave's sister Beckie here.. I would like to shed some light on how Dave died. He was in and out of the hospital since May 20th, they finally diagnosed him with amyloid AL. Basically, and extra protein attaches and grows to internal organs, there was no cure. We, the family did think he was going to beat it with chemo, God had other plans. He ultimately died of a heart attack on Friday afternoon. I guess they needed a really good synth engineer in heaven, and called for the best. If not for his friend checking on him daily and more than once a day, he might have been left there for days instead of hours. The museum does have a board, and my other brother Dan will be contacting them regarding what to do with the machines. Thank you, everyone for your kind words. I am awed by how many have known, loved, and respected Dave. I too, even as his sister, never had the chance to visit the museum. Blessings to you all. Beckie (Wilson) Basehore" Update via RuthsHere in the comments: "Hi there, (the OTHER sister chimes in.)
I hope you are all well. David was a pack rat(a family trait). It was a bit "sanford and son" over there. He knew what was important to him. Lack of funding kept the place in a little bit of a shambles. It's just how it was. Things could have been different, but that's not important anymore.

I am assisting Dan with organizing his material possessions. I had been in the "trenches" before and cleaned there a few times. I had ideas for his museum, but he really just wanted to do it his way.

Nothing is new to me when it comes to David except how much of an impact he has made on the world. I doubt he can ever be replaced, but I hope someone is able to finish repairs he started on some of the machines.

Thanks for everyone for their support and admiration. It's been a very pleasant surprise for his family.

Ruth Wilson"

FMO Vintage Keyboard Studio

via @AnalogTom of For Musicians Only. You'll find more pics and info here.

"I've been working on the studio for almost two years with "Keyboard Mike" Thompson. We've rearranged the studio several times since we started, usually when a new vintage keyboard or analog synth has been brought into the fold."

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 600

via this auction

"With 2 detunable VCOs, 2 ADSR, LFO, Filter FM, Pulse Width Modulation, Arpeggiator, dual Sequencer, Pitch and Mod Wheels, and the world's first MIDI, it's extremely fully featured. Each VCO has three waveforms: Saw, Triangle, and Pulse (Square), and each of these is available simultaneously"

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