Splice 404 Page

Title link takes you to the best 404 page ever. via Music Thing.
For the archives: spoiler: here's an image of what was on it when I put this post up.

tapete

YouTube via BoiaUniversallis.
"música pelos pés / music through feet smartjoy interface; dance mat; junxion; live 6"

Sacré bleu!... TD live in Paris in 1973

via The Archive Plus where you will find everything Tangerine Dream.

EMS Synthi

Model 15 Calibration procedure

YouTube via petergrenader.
"A step by step audio/visual guideline which details the proper procedure for calibrating your M15' to 1V/oct tracking."

Mighty Boosh Season 2 Episode 2 Priest and the Beast 1 of 3

YouTube via pradera. Sent my way via Ben Shannon.

worrydream - Bret Victor's website

Title link takes you to worrydream, Bret Victor's website. Bret created the synthesis engine for the ION, Micron and Fusion.

via mhz

Triadex Muse Sample

Sample of the Triadex Muse sent into AH via Scott. Posted here with permission. Big thanks to Scott. This is the first time I've heard one. Note the Triadex Muse is considered to be the first digital synth. It was produced in 1972. One is also featured as a prop in the movie Brainstorm staring Christopher Walken. You can find more info on the Muse via the Triadex (Muse) link below as with all posts. You can download the mp3 of the above here or here.


Click on the MORE Triadex (Muse) link directly below for more posts on the Triadex Muse.

Buchla 200e-12

The inside of a Buchla 200e case. Title link takes you to more shots. Looks like it and a Neuron VS are for sale.

Dr. Device

Dr. Device is now available.

"Dr. Device is two (two! two!) hi-octane analog-style effects in one. First in the chain is a multi-mode filter, featuring our own private reserve 4-pole lowpass, along with 5 other tasty musical modes. Then, your audio takes a trip through our true-stereo analog delay. Couple these effects with a two-node XYZ pad, motion recording, and kinetics (you have to see it to believe it) and you've got an effect well-suited for both live performance and studio tweaking.

Dr. Device is available as a VST effect for Windows, and as an AudioUnit/VST effect bundle for OSX Universal Binary. Note that you must have OSX 10.3.9 or greater to use the Macintosh version of this plugin."

Title link takes you there. You'll find samples and more.

Synths in TV and Film

Note: some of the videos below have been pulled from YouTube, but I'm keeping mention of them up as a reference that they are out there.

Let the page load before scrolling - it's a long one.
Be sure to see the Synth Movies list and see the Synth Movies and Synth TV and Film labels for more.

1. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Synths: ARP 2500 played by Phillip Dodds, head of ARP Engineering, Yamaha CS-?.


2. Fame Synths: ARP 2600, MOOG Minimoog

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Breakin' - Turbo's Broom-Dance

YouTube via retropunk.
"Turbo's famous broom-dance to Tour de France by Kraftwerk
Trivia - Turbo has been credited for teaching Michael Jackson the 'Moonwalk'"

Synth content? A while back I heard synths were featured in the film Breakin' and/or Breakin2' Electric Boogaloo. I think it was mentioned on a gas-station thread. I was wondering if anyone out there has seen the movies and can comment on any synth content. These along with Fame are on my list of movies with synth cameos I must see one day. Hmm... Synth movie list post coming up...

Solar Powered Modular

via bugbrand on electro-music:

"I had some old posts mentioning synths on batteries and with a view to solar. Well, through developments I've worked some things out and really should post some ideas/findings up -- I've found it interesting working out a system and how things work (or don't) and now I'm looking forward to doing some more shows with such a system (hint - it chucks out ever evolving techno-wobbles!).

So, here's a picture of my latest frame (..and the frames have been changing a lot over the last months - but this one was built from scratch so finally made to measure)

Finally outside! ..I just need to build a power amp into this frame.!. &, actually, this pic is a little faked --> the solar panels (big'uns!) feed into external charge controllers & SLA batteries before powering the frame.

52 frac unit space! & it should be possible to take it on a flight tomorrow as a carry on musical instrument!"

Latinsizer / live at Sunrise

YouTube via pepemogt.

Be sure to check out this post followed by these for more.

"playing live at sunrise, Rosarito beach, Mexico.

playing the song TRISINE followed by a jam with 303 bass lines and linndrum beats(more info about 303 and linn below).

Latinsizer
Pepe Mogt In this project Pepe Mogt works with a very synthetic and basic set of musical tools to create a quirky approach to electronic music exemplified by "Ritmo 55", the first track released by Latinsizer which appeared on the Nortec Experimental CD. This approach could be described as a combination of the melodic work of early synth Pop classics such as Eno-era Roxy Music and Switched on Bach, modular synth based artists like Tangerine Dream and the grit of urban Tijuana, Latinsizer "live at MUtek CD" has a more noise dance oriented aproach without loosing his analog roots

Latinsizer becomes an alternate project to Nortec, and particularly, to Fussible, recently playing at experimental and dance music festivals like Mutek or Decibel, currently is working on his new album and EP, Celofán is a video of his latest works.

The TB-303 is THE sound of acid and techno house music! It's a monophonic analog bass synthesizer married to a pattern-based step sequencer released in 1982. It features a single analog oscillator with two waveforms (ramp or square) and has a simple but excellent VCF filter with resonance, cut-off, and envelope controls. There are also knobs to adjust tuning, envelope decay, tempo and accent amount.

How does it work? Well, it's not a performance synthesizer because you have to program a pattern of notes and timing info into it (sort of like a drum machine). Patterns can then be linked into songs. It was originally made to accompany a drum machine, the TR-606 specifically, and provide bass-line accompaniment to guitarists, keyboard players, etc. It was not a successful product in its time. As a result, creative DJs and aspiring electronic musicians found them for next to no money and began using them for techno and acid music. Usually a single pattern is continuously played while the performer tweaks the knobs creating an exciting and expressive musical event.

The TB-303 has become one of the most sought after vintage synths ever! It has helped develop and stylize many forms of electronic music including House, Acid, Trance and Ambient. If ever there was a need for a repetitive bassline/groove or an extremely resonant and bubbly sound, the 303 is KING. Truly a unique machine with a very identifiable sound! It has spun off several imitators as well: Novation BassStation, ReBirth, Doepfer MS-404, MAM MB-33, Syntecno TeeBee, and more (see Related & Alternative Gear sidebar).

Ironically, these days it's become trendy to dislike the 303 again, now because of over-use. But I don't and you shouldn't either because it is one-of-a-kind and it's just got that sound that everyone loves! Fatboy Slim says it best in his song "Everybody Needs A 303".

The LinnDrum was the second machine from Linn Electronics. It's basically an upgraded version of the original LM-1 with added crash and ride cymbals to the kit. The LinnDrum uses samples of acoustic drum sounds. At the time, they sounded great and much more realistic and they were a fresh alternative to the analog drum sounds of the '80's drum machines. The LinnDrum also had a handy upgrade option, a well designed layout and interface, and live drum trigger inputs.

The LinnDrum had beefed up the sampled sounds from 28 to a 35kHz sample rate. It features 15 sounds including bass, snare, rimshot, hihat, crash, ride, three toms, cabasa, tambourine, high and low congas, cowbell, and clap. Up to 12 sounds are available simultaneously. Individual controls are available to tune, pan, and mix each drum sound via dedicated knobs and sliders. An Accent is available for the kick, snare and hats. The handy upgrade options involve inserting new chips containing new sets of sampled drum sounds created by many session drummers of the time.

The sequencer had some innovative features (for the time) such as swing, quantizing and memory storage! Two-bar patterns can be recorded in real or step time, with or without quantizing. There are 56 user patterns for storing your drum patterns. There are also 42 preset drum patterns. Patterns can be arranged into Songs for which there are 49 memory locations. Old songs and patterns can be off-loaded to cassette tape for storage. Designed for the studio, there are 15 individual outputs for each sound around the back as well as external sync and trigger but no MIDI (unless modified by a 3rd party). The LinnDrum's features made it the most professional drum machine of its time. It was widely used throughout the 1980s and there are about 5,000 of them which have been used by professionals (such as Sting, Prince, Jean-Michel Jarre, Sheila E., Todd Rundgren, Jimmy Edgar, Jan Hammer, Peter Gabriel), hobbyists, and educators alike!"

TB-303 sequencing an OB-SX

YouTube via zamisers7k.
"Hooked up through CV/Gate, don't know if hooked up properly or not, my first time trying cv/gate, but seemed to work OK. Towels under TB cause I've repainted OBs top, pretty again, don't want scratches. Enjoy it or not screwballs!"

Going for a walk with ER-1

YouTube via Denkitribe.
"Summer is coming. Do it outside."

Anne Moo at the WORM - CEM Studio in Rotterdam

YouTube via diekleinekuh. Sent my way via Kris.
"The Lonesomes' keyboard player Anne Moo playing the Arp 2500, Korg MS20 and Ems Synth in her session at the WORM - CEM studio in Rotterdam."

The Lonesomes' Anne Moo working her Yamaha CS40m

YouTube via diekleinekuh.

"The Lonesomes' keyboardist Anne Moo going at it with her Yamaha CS40m."

ARP Odyssey 2810

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"Arp Odyssey synthesizer model 2810, also known as the type II. This perticular Odyssey was purchased by myself over 8 years ago from an arp representative who traveled around the country with it, lugging it about to trade shows in the 1970's showing off its fantastic analog capabilities... very low serial number odyssey. #0018 to be exact."