This one via Jeff and Mark Pulver on AH. The direct link to the recording is here, courtesy of Jeff and posted on the MIDIWall gear page by Mark Pulver. Be sure to check out the MIDIWall gear page for more synth goodness. You might recognize the name Synthesizer Von Gestern from these prior posts.
Update via peterwendt in the comments:
"Great. I have the vol. 1 and vol. 2 CDs that include this track. I love listening to them and I think they give a good account of the characters of the instruments that I know. Vol. 2 includes the System 700 and a wonderful performance by Oskar Sala on his Mixtur-Trautonium.
There is a vol. 3 disc that I really want (Buchla, Prophet VS, ...).
The German CD label has interesting pages on the CDs and the project here:
http://www.originaltonwest.de/vintage%20synths%20vol.1.html
http://www.originaltonwest.de/vintage%20synths%20vol.2.html
http://www.originaltonwest.de/vintage%20synths%20vol.3.html
Dang. If only I had bought that System 700 cheap in Japan."
links also via Jeff on AH.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Inside an Oberheim Matrix-12
Note the "Xpander and Matrix Pot Board." images mirrored here.
ESI K.ON
via ESI. Click the image for a supersized shot.
"K.ON is our new expandable USB controller keyboard with 88 hammer action keys.
Equipped with a stable aluminium cabinet, K.ON is not only stylish, but perfectly optimized for professional usage live on stage or in any studio environment. Various faders and dials as controllers are provided, allowing remote control of software and hardware synthesizers. K.ON has a total of 4 expansion slots, compatible with existing synth modules from other vendors.
Features
* 3 digit LED display
* 9 endles dials
* 9 faders
* modulation wheel / pitch bend
* numeric keypad
* transport control buttons
* varios editing functions for programming
* power supplied via USB or optional external power supply
* expandable via 4 expansion slots on backside
* Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Mac OS X 10.3 (and higher) compatible
* bundled with Steinberg Cubase LE 4.0 for PC and Mac"
Synthesizer-Magazin Heft 6 Vorschau
Issue 6 of Synthesizer Magazin features the following:" * Analoge Polyphone Synthesizer von heute
* Yamaha Tenori-On - Geheimwaffe oder Spielzeug?
* NI Kontakt 3 - Sampling 3.0?
* Roland SH201 - Kann der was?
* Bob Moog Foundation und Hintergründe
* Goldfrapp
* Alec Empire
* Karlheinz Stockhausen
* Ringmodulator in Theorie
* Bending Korg DDD1/5
* Elektronische Musik im Film Serie"
Synthesizer-Magazin via sequencer.de.
Sparky's Magic Piano
Another one via Tara Busch of AnalogSuicide. I actually missed this in the last post, so here it is.Sparky's Magic Piano is a surreal trip back in time. It was "Written and produced by Alan Livingston With Henry Blair, narrated by Verne Smith Music by Billy May." Most importantly it features the Sonovox.
It's such an odd bit of synth vocoder history I thought I should put up a new post vs. just updating the last (so you do not miss it). Comments disabled to keep them all on the previous post.
Do be sure to check out AnalogSuicide for more info on the Solovox including some links to other sites, and be sure to check out Sparky. Creepy stuff. :)
Yamaha YS-100 presets demo
video upload by vlad1gavrilchik
"The keyboard of my YS-100 is now of little help because of it's age and bad state. So I used my Korg SP-200 digital piano as a controller here to show some sounds. The Yamaha YS-100 is 4-op 8 voice polyphonic FM synth with some extra source waveforms and a simple effect processor."
Triwave Picogenerator TB303 TB-303 TR-606 BOSTICH NORTEC
YouTube via bostich1.
"Ramon Bostich (NORTEC)working with the Triwave Picogenerator , TB-303 and a Roland TR-606.
Triwave Picogenerator
Roland TB-303 the BORG MOD
Roland TR606 MODIFICATION ROUND UP
http://www.myspace.com/bostichnortec
http://www.myspace.com/nortecbostichf...
http://www.myspace.com/bostichpointloma
www.bostich.org"
Incredible Sonovox - Kay Kyser - 1940 film "You'll Find Out"
YouTube via MisterScott99. via AnalogSuicide (click for more info including a sample of the Sonovox featured in Sparky's Magic Piano."
"Amazing device that gives voice to musical instruments. The Sonovox consists of one or two louspeakers placed on the throat that play the source sound. The performer whispers the words while the speakers stand in for the voice box. Used for the talking train in Disney's Dumbo, uncountable radio promos, a tube-in-the-mouth version "Talk Box" was used by Frampton to make his guitar sing, and all-electronic "Vocoder" versions are still used in current pop music."
Girls Aloud - Oberheim OB-1
Another image of one of the girls from the Brittish pop band Girls Aloud. This one via Guy. You can see the previous image here. As always, be sure to click the image for the full size shot. Check out the crazy pitch bender on the OB-1.
Navs' Modular Lab - Polivoks Punch Up
"Gutsy, metallic and fiendishly unstable - but do you need it?Check out The Harvestman's Polivoks Filter clone in the Modular Lab."
MTI Auto-Orchestra
via this craigslist post
"This vintage synthesizer is designed as a one-man-band rhythm accompaniment for vocalist or soloist. It is complete with two operation pedals, rack stand, cables and memory expansion accessory. Please see photo. The Auto-Orchestra is fully-functional and sounds great. Its analog synth voicings are incredibly rich and full."
You can find more info on the MTI Auto-Orchestra here.
JMJ Interview on Strellis.com
click here for the interview."I was pleasantly surprised to see Jean-Michel Jarre featured in a magazine included with the British Sunday newspaper The Mail On Sunday dated 13th January 2008. I thought I'd share it with you too as it was a nice treat :)"
The Dirty Heartbeat of the Golden Age
Click here for an article on the E-mu SP-1200 on village voice."In the summer of 1987, E-mu Systems released the SP-1200, a drum machine and sampler designed for dance-music producers. An update of a previous model known as the SP-12, the souped-up edition allowed for the recording and manipulation of a 10.07-second sample with gritty 12-bit sound quality—now you could craft a complete instrumental on one portable machine."
stranger weather
MOOG Little PhattyClick here for some trippy music by stranger weather. "The second song is all done with a Casio Cz-101 and a Line 6 Delay Pedal."
Admin: Note on YouTube Vids
Not sure if this is happening to anyone else, but I'm noticing that once I start a video, if I do not move my mouse it stops loading and once the video reaches the last part loaded it hangs until I move my mouse again - you can see the little grey load progress bar stop and start based on your mouse movement. Anyway, I just thought I'd throw this out there in case anyone else was seeing the same.
How we get girls (To leave the room)
YouTube via justjustjustmcg. via trash_audio.
"Surachai and Justin, masters at getting girls....to leave."
Thought this was pretty funny.
Update via jm in the comments: "Surachai is rocking an 808 (On the left, it's not an MS2000), I am rocking gmedia's oddity soft synth."
Hapkit - a virtual drum
YouTube via peterdbennett.
"A haptic force feedback device that simulates the feel of a drum. Was designed as part of my MEng in Cybernetics at the University of Reading."
BeatBearing demo
YouTube via peterdbennett.
via Nusonica.
"A tangible rhythm sequencer. Ball bearings are used to trigger drum sounds. Visual feedback is displayed from underneath to indicate the current time and the state of each ball bearing."
Beatbearing
"First working prototype of the BeatBearing sequencer system. When a ball is placed in an indent a sound loop is triggered. The body of the device is fashioned from clay and wire, and the software is written in Processing and MaxMSP."
christopher cross - ride like the wind
YouTube via bweyne. Sent my way via Dustin. Oberheim 4 Voice and OB-X.
- KLAUSS - Analog synthesizer jam session
- KLAUSS - Analog Synthesizers jam session Part2
YouTube via wutierson
"Excerpt from the jam session of Ernesto Romeo + Sergio Koval + Lucas Romeo, playing with analog synthesizers and no digital control, only hands and analog sequencers. This was done on 08-10-2005 in Cadi hall, Esplugues (Barcelona)"
Sequential Circuits Prophet-10, MOOG Minimoog, EMS Synthi, Roland System 100, ARP 2600. Spot the rest.
PAIA Modules
images via via this auction
Modules include:
PAiA Modular 2720-3B Band Pass Filter
PAIA 2720-4 FUNCTION GENERATOR
PAIA 2720-12 INVERTER/BUFFER
PAIA 4711 4/2 MIXER (pictured)
PAIA 2720-3L LOW PASS FILTER
PAIA 2720-5 CONTROL OSCILLATOR
KORG Z1
images via this auction"This is a stunning example of a wonderful physical modeling synthesizer that originally came out in 1997. Unlike some others you might find for sale, this particular unit contains the additional 6 voice polyphony expansion board (an expensive option). The Korg Z1 has a great, fat sound. It's very expressive, with a lot of control capabilities (including a very nice arpeggiator). Construction is VERY solid (i.e. this is not a light, flimsy piece of equipment like some products on the market)."
Roland MKS-70
images via this auction"The Roland MKS-70 is an identical rack-mount version of the JX-10 synthesizer. Released in 1985 it combines two individual JX-8P synth engines for an outstanding warm and analog sound which is used in many modern studios all over the world. It comes with on-board effects like Chorus and Delay and offers a wider range of programming using the optional PG-800 Programmer."
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