Technos 16 π

The Technos Acxel (2nd picture below) came up on AH recently, so I went looking for more info on it. While looking I ran into the Technos 16 π. I totally forgot about this synth. I wonder how many of these were made if any, and who has it. Hopefully it didn't end up in a garbage bin or scrapped for parts. According to Synth Museum there might only be one in existence as Technos shifted focus to the Acxel Resynthesizer. You can see the scratch pad looking interface on the Technos 16 π like the Acxel Resynthesizer. Both were additive synths where the harmonics were represented by red LEDs on the pad, like a big red Lite Brite! You could draw your harmonics and then play them. Hmmm... Someone needs to make a Matrix Pin patch controller like an EMS Synthi but with Lite Brite glass colored pins. Woah...... Or a step sequencer where you can have different glass colored pins instead of LEDs, representing different steps doing different things. Man that would be beautiful. Someone do it please! : )

Technos 16 π (click here for a bigger picture).

Technos Acxel Resynthesizer (two sketch pad looking things on top. Click here for a bigger picture):

Check out this Engadget/Music Thing post for a good article on the Acxel Resynthesizer.

Buy a CD Help the Red Cross

Udpate: Watch out for scams when donating (click this for an article on Boing Boing).

John P of m/n/m/l. Posted this on AH. I thought it was pretty cool. My prayers and well wishes go out to people hit by Katrina. I simply can't imagine what they might be going through.


Click here for the synthy section of the cds, you can click the all genres link to see others.

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All my CD sales thru the end of September will go to the Red Cross for
hurricane relief.
If you hate my stuff there's other electronics available too....

http://cdbaby.com/group/redcross


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surreal electronic music, sound, noise
http://www.mnmlnoise.com

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Or the Red Cross directly:

Moog Memorial September 4th

Just found out about this. Missed the show yesterday, but there is still a chance to hear it on September 4th. Click through for more.

"In this special edition of Echoes, we hear comments on Robert Moog and his invention from Wendy Carlos, Redshift's Mark Shreeve, Sun Ra, Klaus Schulze, Robert Margouleff from Tonto's Expanding Headband, Jan Hammer and Jimmy Lavalle of The Album Leaf."

Focusrite Stolen Gear

If you haven't heard, apparently a bunch of stock gear was stolen from Focusrite including Novation gear. Focusrite has a list up with serial numbers. It's simple. If they don't get paid for their work, they can't afford to work. If they can't afford to work they don't make our products. We lose in the end. Keep an eye out for this gear, either via matching serial numbers or missing ones. This is just plain bullshit.

More Noise Machines via GetLoFi

Click through for more.

One Bit Synth in CD Case

Via Boing Boing. The One Bit Synth in a CD case. Apparently it plays "minimalist glitch electronica." : )



Update:
From the man himself, Tristan Perich, via the comments:
"Just read about the One Bit Synth from this article. My One Bit Music project has been in development since May 2004, just to be clear. It has 11 programmed tracks in 1-bit stereo."

Synth Park at the c/o pop - New Flickr Shots

http://www.flickr.com/photos/indeed/38735341/

Wow. Synthesizer heaven. Anyone know more about this?

Update via the comments:

"The C/O Pop Festival is an art/music festival at the "Panoramahaus" in Cologne. It runs 8/30 thru 9/05. The official website is:
http://www.c-o-pop.de/"