MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, January 2, 2006

The Nonesuch Guide to Electronic Music

Interesting. Never heard of this double LP before. Via gm on AH.

"Excellent 2-LP boxed set as in introduction to and survey of electronic music, circa late 1960s.
All work realised on the Moog Series III Synthesiser.
Apart from the first and last track listed, each section is broken down into various examples. "

Octave CAT Demo Disk

Octave CAT demo record up on the bay. But before you bid, check out the free dowloadable copy and more on Audio Playground, posted back on 11/09/05. Title link takes you there. Also check out the Serge Musician's Tape, posted on 10/13/05.

ARP and Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Nice video of Philip Dodds (head of engineering for ARP) and the ARP 2500 in the film, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Click here then here for a couple of interviews with Dodds on the Rhodes Chroma site that mentions how he ended up in the actual film and a "close encounter" with George Lucas who came to check out the set after completing the post production of Star Wars. Amazing bit of synth history. If you haven't actually seen Close Encounters of the Third kind, rent it. It's a great sci-fi film of the era.

Brothers Separated at Birth?

Update: More keeps coming in the comments. Make sure to check em out.

Update: And the twin via the comments of the post:

Casio Rap-Man

Interesting Flickr shot of the Casio SK1 and the Realistic Rap-Master with a cpation states the Rap-Master was a copy of the SK1. Who knows... I bet some circuit benders out there would. If you know, feel free to comment.

Yamaha CS2X - New Flickr Shots

Title link takes you to a couple more. Love the blue knobs, and I actually like how these shots are blurry. Adds a little warmth to the crisp digital of the synth.

DVDBORN

David Vanenborn sent me an email announcing a new synth blog he just set up inspired by Matrixsynth! Very cool. I am flattered. It looks like he is off to a great start including a post on the Fairlight CMI Demo Tape with an mp3 sample. Definitely worth checking out. Pictured below is the first shot on his first post. Title link takes you there. Update: DVDBORN added to my blogroll on the right.