Yamaha VL1 samples

http://www.kbspace.com/vl1m/audio/index.html

This one came in from a thread in the friendly Gas station pump on sonicstate.com. Link to the thread below. The link above will take you to a dedicated site with some samples. The VL1 is a physical modeling synth that reproduces the physics of real world, and not so real world instruments. It's different than sample based digital synths that play back recordings of real world instruments. The Korg Prophecy was another notable physical modeling synth that came out around the same time as the VL1. Needless to say, the VL1 sounds amazing.

Link to gas station thread: http://www.the-gas-station.com/messages.cfm?Type=normal&thread_id=61217&lastdays=999

Ninjam

Not really sound synthesis, but interesting nonetheless. Ninjam lets you jam with others on the net. Latency sucks on the net, so Ninjam works by increasing that latency. Seems bizarre, but very interesting in that what you are playing to has that extra bit of unpredictability. More, including some samples after the hop.

Polyevolver Demos from Stefan Trippler

http://www.trippler.net

I don't know what I'm more impressed by, Stefan or the Polyevolver. Someone needs to snag this guy and make him do some sound scores. Now off to listen to them...

http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/destdist.mp3.
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/rhythmcombos.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/subsonicloops.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/overfourtybeat.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/evogabba.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/poly/polymush.mp3
http://www.trippler.net/files/pek/pek+rmx.mp3

Midi Sofa

http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/07/musical_midi_so.html

Talk about an A/D converter...

Moog Delay Pedals...

Wonder how these will compare sonically to the limitted edition 104s fetching insane markups on the bay. The original 104 was limitted to a run of 1000 units due to a part (Panasonic MN300x BBDs) that was discontinued when the units were ready for production.

via http://namm.harmony-central.com/SNAMM05/Content/Moog/PR/MF-104Z-Analog-Delay.html

Polyevolver Demo

Came in via AH: evolver deomo 10loop.mp3.

The Rebirth of Computer Music by Analog Signal Processing

Click here for a paper by Adrian Feed on the advantages of analog signal processing.

"The goal of this paper is to encourage a re-examination of analog signal processing techniques for computer music applications in the context of mixed signal VLSI technology and new results in nonlinear models of musical instruments. "

Hello World...

Wish Bob well: Caring Bridge.