"without doubt the most important and detailed book about electronic sound creation and analogue synthesis ever written. This spiral bound book is in excellent condition and this is the 2nd Edition."
"a good fun patch with tons to play with the 4ms rcd and scm clocked from 155/154 and driveing the anti osc and 2 diff kicks and some hh clappy noise thing. just good old noisy noise fun"
"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/ Another bit of knob twiddling featuring my Sequential Circuits Pro One, Critter & Guitari Pocket Piano, and Chimera bC16 patchable Synth."
Discographic works by Zn'shñ: * Zn'shñ, "Butoh sweets" (July 2010) * Zn'shñ, "II" (September 2009) * Zn'shñ, "++" (April 2009)
Operating as a dual noise-manufacturing unit, specialized in electronics, Zn'shñ is designed for soundtrack production, live performances and audiovisual works. Created by Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith.
........................................ Zn'shñ, "Franck Smith", "Elvire Bastendorff", double electronic music, Sleepdrone, Odiolorgnette, Glamour Box, Kaossilator Pro, Korg, Sherman, Rodec, Restyler, Biscuit, Oto Machines, 8-bit, Analog Filters, king capitol, space echo, noise manufacturing"
Update:
Zn'shñ + Morihide Sawada @ Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan
"Live performance of Zn'shñ (Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff: electronics) + Morihide Sawada (drums, voice) @ Next Sunday, Tokyo, Japan. (Recorded September 10th, 2010) * N.B.- drums & voice parts are not shown on screen."
Zn'shñ + Morihide Sawada @ Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan
"Live performance of Zn'shñ (Franck Smith & Elvire Bastendorff: electronics) + Morihide Sawada (drums) @ Koenji High, Tokyo, Japan. (Recorded September 7th, 2010)"
"had a great shoot w/ the inspirational MICHELLE MOOG-KOUSA, executive director of the Bob Moog Foundation, look for the story in the October issue of Verve Magazine..."
"Erik Norlander of Sonic Reality, accomplished keyboardist, composer, producer, engineer, and artist, uses AmpliTube iRig to plug his KEYBOARD into his iPhone in this video. Watch Erik play some great sounds on his keyboard through AmpliTube iRig, including playing along with DrummerTracks too.
AmpliTube iRig is a combination of an easy-to-use instrument interface adapter and guitar and bass tone mobile software.
With AmpliTube iRig, you can plug your guitar into your iPhone/iPod touch/iPad and jam anywhere with world class guitar and bass tone right in the palm of your hand - from the leader in studio-class guitar and bass software.
Simply plug the iRig interface into your mobile device, plug your instrument into the appropriate input jack, plug in your headphones, amp or powered speakers, download AmpliTube for iPhone Free and start rocking!" iPads on Ebay iPads on Amazon
"www.audiovapor.com Chicago producer Alan Stuart (Anomaly, Shotgun Start) returns with "Descender," a mellow, bass-heavy album of hypnotic synthesizer melodies and organic electronic grunge."
Originally posted on MATRIXSYNTH-C. I just received the gear list and decided to put it up here as well as it showcases the TS-808.
"All of the drums on the album are from the TS-808 plug-in. The rest was made using energyXT, Absynth, and other soft synths."
Note the TS-808 appears to be free with a Donate button.
via this auction "3 VCO-Module, 2 ADSR-Module, 1 Noise Gate, 1 LFO-Modul, 1 VCF-Modul, 1 Dual-VCA-Modul. Diese Module haben alle irgenwann einmal funktioniert. Weiterhin erkennt man folgende leere Frontplatten für: 1 VCF-24dB-Modul, 1 RFM- sowie 1 COM-Modul."
"ARP ODYSSEY MKII 2813 DUO-PHONIC SYNTHESIZER WITH (WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD) THE 4035 FILTER (MOOG 24DB COPY)
FURTHER INFORMATION
2813 Model 2
Have boards inside # A-II,B-II, C-II & PWR SUP-II
Some Odyssey-2 models employ the older style B-1 board
Pitch change by a knob.
Black faced with gold lettering.
New style power switch.
Wrap around vinyl bottom cover
24 DB/octave filter (4035 or 4075)
Improved S/H memory circuit design.
Better power supply."
via this auction
"An extremely rare chance to bid on a MacBeth M5N (less than 100 ever made) semi modular synthesiser designed by Ken MacBeth. This is the latest version of the M5 with the modded envelopes which are a lot "snappier" and the filters have been modded to improve S/N. Otherwise the M5N is just a new paintjob and and new slider caps. The sound of the MacBeth is just phenominal...from some of the videos and interviews on the web it seems that Ken took the best of his favourite synths (EMS VCS3, Arp 2600 and MiniMoog) and created a real analogue from scratch using discrete components (no chips) and to my ears this is a real success...its got the qualities of all of the synths which is weird as you end up saying things like "thin but warm", "fat and ethereal" which just doesnt make sense...until you hear the M5N.
Steel housing with three VCOs each with Subosc, Sync function and diverse Waveforms,
Ext. In,
Lag processor,
Two LFOs,
S&H,
24dB Filter,
12dB Filter,
VCA (x2),
Noise,
Ringmodulation,
panning module and diverse connection possibilities.
60 Dials and Switches,
minimum 62 partly self-switching patch sockets and more.
Internal Power supply is expected
Internal Spring Reverb
no midi."
YouTube via EnvelopeGenerator | September 29, 2010
"Blank tongues ablaze!
Here's a fancy version of Solid State Survivor (ソリッド・ステイト・サヴァイヴァー) by Yellow Magic Orchestra, complete with a very silly video of greenscreen, some of my film photos, Super 8 footage, video feedback and a few shots of YMO I found on Google Images.
This is also my first HD video despite the fact that I still don't have an HD camera - the video clips are stitched together from multiple SD shots (if you look closely at the first shot you can see the seams). This is also probably going to be the last video I make for a while because I'm going to university next week, so enjoy - it could possibly be the last ever Envelope Generator production!
Song by Yukihiro Takahashi with lyrics by Chris Mosdell."
"Klaus Schulze performs 'For Barry Graves' - live concert 1977. Unique and rare footage. Video re-edited for better image quality and sound remastered for better clearity and stereo imaging. - Nimanty -
Details: See Klaus Schulze using the Moog D synthesizer, switching the added white noise off at 6:20. Enjoy!"
Update via Qwave in the comments: ""... the Moog D synthesizer, ..." ;-)
The official CD release ("For Barry Graves", La Vie Electronique 5) is not that much emphased on the higher mid-range frequency. BTW: the black sequencer behind Klaus' head at 0:59 is the very first Synthanorma by Matten&Wiechers. Some german info about it here: http://www.elektropolis.de/ssb_vorgeschichte2.htm. You need a translation?" [Googlish for now as long as we get the gist of it.]
YouTube via VideoArchives1964 | February 15, 2009 Anyone ID the white keyboard next to the Captain? At 2:19 it's making the reso synth bass sounds. "Here is a vintage clip of Captain & Tennille. I love the old clips where Toni is playing piano and singing ...She is extremely talented!!!!" via Analog Suicide
"Strings a fraction of the thickness of a human hair, with microscopic weights to pluck them: researchers and students from the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente have succeeded in constructing the first musical instrument with dimensions measured in mere micrometres - a 'micronium' - that produces audible tones. A composition specially written for the instrument was performed in Enschede on Sunday 26 September."
"Here is a short demo of the Cwejman RES-4 Quad VC Resonators module.
This patch involve 3 intermodulating oscillators (Wiard Oscillator in LFO mode, Wiard Anti-Oscillator as a modulator, Tiptop Audio Z3000 as a modulator), which are filtered by a Wiard Boogie filter, itself modulated by the Wiard Oscilator.
12 dB/oct output of the Boogie filter is connected to the Cwejman RES-4. The tip was to modulate two bands of the RES-4 by an envelope (Wiard Envelator), which is trigged by a pulse rhythm created with the Intellijel uStep (clock signal is provided by the End output of a Bananalogue Serge VCS).
EFX processing through a nice Eventide Eclipse patch ;-) which give a Steve ROACH's like sound IMO."
"Hi lovely Synthfolk, this is a theme from Giogios Moroders "Chase", sorry for my f....play but my synthcat "Cleo" disturb me...The sequences are from my lovely GRP A 8, Effects comes from the Dark Energie and Juno 60, the leadsound is from the Minimoog"
YouTube via Space4Keys | September 29, 2010 More on YouTube here - Remember, you can click through any video once it starts to get to YouTube. "This is a high quality "plug&play" collection of the best known Dream Theater's songs, and some from the keyboard player of the band, Jordan Rudess. It consist in the essential leads, pads, organs, pianos and splits used by the band. If you looked at this as it was impossible, you'll be now glad to note it's a reality, and you'll feel like Rudess himself when you'll play these amazing sounds. The collection was created analyzing the real sounds of the displayed songs/sounds, and adapting them to run on X50 and compatible workstations .
Combis: (every combi folder has inside the necessary layers to function)
A 001: Rudess Lead unforgettable and legendary Lead tone from the Scenes From a Memory and very similar to his Kurzweil Lead.
A002: Solitary Shell Lead this is another excellent lead, more liquid and dark but with a lot of presence.
A003: Wah Lead it's the strongest Lead sound, ready to be wah-controlled and to give the expression you need in your most wildest solos.
A004: 6:00 Lead an excellent emulation of this abstract sound, very fat and powerful, get ready to play this song and greatest hits with this.
A 005: Wah Pig Riff this is a monster Pig Riff, adapted to have wah wah Control, it would be the most heavy and rough sound in your Key.
A006: Pull me Under Lead the best emulation of this sound, astonish your listener with this tone, also very used in others.
A007: Another Day Piano a very similar sound of Great Acoustic Piano, very used in DT songs but identically of the Piano on Another Day.
A008: Forsaken Piano this is the exact replica of the sound used in this song, you would belive it, and also works for DT with dark-mezzo Pianos and atmospheres.
A009: The Spirit Carries On Piano this a tone its alike to the Kurzweil Piano, maked so famous by Rudess and excellent for this and many others DT songs
A010: Erotomania Organ a nice and useful Organ sound, very equally to the one used in this song, also very powerful allows you to control the wah/phaser effect at your
A011: Learning To Live Intro a great layering with optimized programs for using this sound with many others songs, give the Rudess touch to your composition with this sound
A012: Surrounded Intro high quality Key Split, that let you play this amazing song with no problems at all, very easy to use and play
A013: Metropolis Intro a nice strings sound, exact the same used in this song and with many effects you can control
A014: Take The Time Intro another excellent creation followed the exact sound of the original song, this it's the time for you with this patch
A015: Octavarium Pad this is an exact duplication of the famous song, also ready to be used in your own creations .Never feel lack of pads again with this and the others Strings/Atmosphere sounds of this patch
A016: Octavarium Continuum a gold piece in the patch, why speding money on this expensive Gear if you can have it for less cost, you can have the Hakken Continuum power in your favourite key. Also very easy to control the portamento and heaviest than ever!
Update via Crossmod in the comments: "This video should carry an Epileptic seizure warning." Good call.
"An analog vs a digital voice of the Sequential Prophet 5 (rev 3) synthesizer (1978):
- L channel = Sequential Pro One synth (1981)
- R channel = Creamware Pro 12 synth module (2006), in single voice mode
Mostly focusing on basic sonic quality, not features. Envelopes and filter levels were matched to eachother by ear (the number settings differ). It appeared to me that the Pro 12 has linear potmeters whereas in the Pro One the change rate increases when you turn the knobs. The Pro 12 was played with an EMU Xboard 61. No added fx or EQ. Both were recorded through the same mixer and soundcard.
There's quite a lack of proper Pro 12 demos on internet, hence I made this one for others deciding about it... A HQ mp3 of the test can be found at: www.harlemnightsmusic.com/PRO_ONE_VS_PRO_12.mp3
To my ears, the Pro 12 held up surprisingly well in this test against a famous analog bass synth, on just a single voice. Main sonic differences were in the filter and pulse width range, and the Pro One has a slightly rawer 'alive' feel esp in pulse wave sounds. But for most sounds mixed in in a track this all may not matter that much. Also, the Pro 12's unison can make up for much of it, with its added controls for number of unison voices / polyphony and voice detuning.
"Don Buchla and Alessandro Cortini. Photos by Michael Zelner."
"They began the set with a piece for “dueling Buchlas” by Cortini entitled Everything Ends Here. It opened with low notes and filtered analog drones, followed by sounds that were more windy and wispy before becoming more defined. There was a pattern with suspending major harmonies, then loud noises, moments of massive distortion, and then very low “sub bass” tones..."
"An adaptation of the German Lieder "Wohin", by Franz Schubert, for Magic Piano and voice performed by Smule's CEO and The Artist Formerly Known As "The Mule". This performance commemorates the arrival of Smule's new CMO and is representative of the journey she embarked on before landing the job.
We all pray that she doesn't meet the same fate that ultimately awaited the main character of the song cycle Die Schöne Müllerin.
find Smule on facebook at http://facebook.com/smule and let us know what you think about our apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, or about anything else. Smule you later.
P.S. Sorry if the German pronunciation isn't perfect. The Mule has a very American "R" that he just can't shake. He's quite self-conscious of it really."
"'Red Stripe Down' is a song a friend of mine and I did for the Social Network remix contest. The challenge is to remix one of two of the soundtrack songs by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. They will pick the winner from the top 20, and the winner gets to meet them and go to the movie premiere.