Technicians - NAMM Diaries - Day 4 and 5

Technicians - NAMM Diaries - Day 4

YouTube via museumoftechno. Thought I put these up but apparently not.
Cynthia comes in at 1:41. You can see all episodes here.
"Back in January 2007 we went to California, USA, to attend and report on the NAMM 2007 music trade show, in association with our sponsors, Novation."

Technicians - NAMM Diaries - Day 5

Dave Smith comes it at 1:04

Technicians - Sherry Sessions - Inspiration Part 2

YouTube via museumoftechno. MISC synth spotting. See this link for more with synths.
"Cornwell is in love with a beautiful lady trance DJ whom he has seen on Youtube. He yearns to express his feelings for her through the medium of pop eurotrance, but is having trouble finding inspiration in the techno and electro house that comprise the Technicians' own record collection.

Can Bassrock Records or Mac Melto's tunes help trigger the killer idea for a trance tune?"

Museum of Techno Sherry Sessions 1 - Cheese


"In our Sherry Sessions, the Technicians of the Museum of Techno take time out of their hectic daily schedule to discuss diverse topics relating to science, philosophy, music and current affairs."

buchla tribal

YouTube via emssynthi100

Use Audio Plugiator Demo

YouTube via useaudio
"A brief introduction demo on the Plugiator Tabletop Synthesizer... read more on www.use-audio.com"

Analog Love

flickr by circuitflow

"Saturday jam @ Dima's pad."

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MTC Maestro - MIDI clock generator

flickr by fibra

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"A work in progress design of MIDI clock generator. Keys and key caps will be recycled from old PC keyboard."

x0xb0x panel

flickr by fibra
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Smule Ocarina

image via the iTunes order order page.

You can get Ocarina here:


You can find prior posts with videos, images and more info here.

harmonic field final

YouTube via benpumpkin

Buchla Didgeridoo

YouTube via cray56

SMule: Holiday Greeting for iPhone Ocarina

YouTube via smuleage
"iPhone | Ocarina | SMule.
http://ocarina.smule.com/
Happy Holidays!"
You can get Ocarina here:

Formanta P-432 soviet synthesizer

YouTube via dergach11.

"Formanta P-432 soviet synth in action."

Maestro soviet synth demo

YouTube via dergach11. via nonsolosynth
"Portable futuristic arpeggiodizer by Formanta factory"

Korg Polysix imitating a GX-1

YouTube via VintSynth
"If you can't afford a Yamaha GX-1, the Korg Polysix might be an option. Benny Andersson played this part on his Electone, I do it on my modest Korg."

A Roland D-50 and Jupiter 8 together

YouTube via VintSynth
"Two of the most beautiful Roland synths ever playing around. The JP8 is virtual, though. And a Yamaha DX7 and a Roland D-20 are breaking in shortly."

Moog Little Phatty Demostration: FIRST TIME PLAYING ( PLANETX RIFF)

YouTube via Space4Keys
"Demostration
Keyboard: Moog Little Phatty
Patches: Factory Presets
Performed by S4K
www.space4keys.com"

flurries

via Baghead's sounds channel

"This is good example of Noatikl software driving 4 soft synth instances with some ER-1 drums, I never touched the keyboard, just sat back and let the robot do it...

There are 2 instances of TrackTeam Audio's Aetherwave (presets too, I was lazy) and 2 of SonicCharge Synplant...sorry of for that Kenny G like sax lead , and that big steamboat whistle oh well, got to work on my synplant patches I guess

Also between 1:57 and 2:51 it gets a little put of hand drum wise"

See this post for more info on Noatikl. In short: Noatikl (or noatikl) is a powerful yet easy to use generative music tool that will help you generate new musical ideas.

It uses techniques developed over the last 17 years through our work on the award-winning Koan generative music system, techniques now used in the all-new and superior 'Noatikl'... Many years ago, Brian Eno popularised the term "generative music" to describe music that is ever-different and changing, and that is created by a system."

Tamboura Drone Machine

Not the best images via this CL post, but I thought it would be worth capturing for the description as well.

"Raagini Digital today is the preferred electronic tanpura of hindustani & carnatic musicians young & old, artists & students alike. Raagini Digital Tanpura delivers a real unmatched tanpura sound which has become a bench mark in the music world. It has a stable digitally tuned pitch covering more than an octave. It comes with a dual power mode, battery mode & an inbuilt battery charger. Capable of playing in both hindustani & carnatic style, this electronic tanpura is light weight & compact. Its an acknowledged fact the Raagini Digital helps improve the mood & scope of practice & performance of music vastly." via Roberto. Also see these Tabla posts.

New Sound libraries from Sony and DevineSound

"The Electronic Music Manuscript: A Richard Devine Collection harbors some of the most unique material in the Sony Sound Series catalog. A vast, unparalleled construction kit, The Manuscript is a vault full of pure sonic gold, poured and shaped by a master craftsman in possession of one of the most impressive personal collections of boutique and custom-built electronic instruments in existence. The Electronic Music Manuscript is Premium Collection goods all the way, a 24-bit, 2CD package that features detailed notes and photographs, a collection of ready-to-load Native Instruments Battery kits, and two exclusive videos that describe the creative process behind the making of this extraordinary title. Explore the manuscript and become enlightened to the Richard Devine approach to building new sonic temples of electronic music and sound.

Product Page: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/devinemanuscript

Pulse: Pure Analog Lifeforms is a rare and perfect exhibition of vintage and new school sounds. Created by Richard Devine and Josh Kay, the team that delivered Sony’s top-tier Electronic Music Manuscript title. Pulse contains all the musical maps and charts you need to plan and execute your own fantastic voyage through entire worlds of electronica, hip-hop, and film music. With classic analog sound streams tapped from hot Buchla, Doepfer and Cwejman electronics, and beat structures forged in a deep neural network of today's finest soft synths, Pulse is completely packed with royalty-free sounds, each one organized and fortified with spot-on metadata that ensures seamless playback in ACID software and every other program that supports .wav files. Blend the essential elements in Pure Analog Lifeforms and build formidable music species adaptable to any inner landscape.

Product Page: http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/pulse

ABOUT THE ARTISTS
These libraries were created by DevineSound, a newly formed sound design company that specializes in the creation of audio content for film, television, gaming, audio hardware/software, interactive web-based environments, and everything else in between.

DevineSound is currently building an online sound library database & store from which free samples will be offered regularly. This month they are offering 3 free custom sample kits made from a heavily modded ARP 2600, a bent and abused TR-808 drum machine, and a broken & prepared santur. These kits are available for download from the DEVSND Library page.

Website: http://devsnd.com

PULSE REMIX CONTEST & BONUS CONTENT
A remix contest for the PULSE library has been launched at ACIDPLANET.COM. Prizes include a Kore 2 controller & Kore Soundpacks, a Sony PSP, Sony Media software, and many other prizes, all provided by Sony Media and Native Instruments. Richard and Josh have collaborated on the original track - Pulse Mix, for this composition contest using loops from our new Pulse library. More than 60 free exclusive loops & samples (not included on the PULSE library) are available for free download. Give the track a good listen, and then take the provided contest download and show these two stellar artists that you’ve got the skills to create an amazing mix of your own. Where could the music take you?

Contest Page: http://www.acidplanet.com/devinepulse"

A word on The Moog Archives

via The Bob Moog Foundation newsletter

"Since January 2007, we have been hard at work preserving and restoring Bob's archives. To date, we have moved hundreds of instruments and components to a climate-controlled storage center. These important efforts are supported by The GRAMMY (TM) Foundation and private donors like you.

Learn more: Roger Powell Remembers Bob

YouTube via moogfoundation

Thanks for your ongoing support, as we work to support and honor Bob’s legacy through
documenting, teaching and celebrating innovative thinking in electronic music."

Also, if you are in the giving mood this season:

"To our friends, family & fellow Moogies:

Happy Holidays! We've got an exciting holiday season promotion to tell you about. We want to help you give the gift of Moog to the people in your life who love electronic music, Moog instruments and Bob Moog himself.

The way we see it, we need your support, and you need cool gifts to give friends and family this holiday season. So, we're offering this special holiday promotion. If you make a donation to the Bob Moog Foundation from today through December 15th, you will get our official "Bob's Pocket T-Shirt", which you can give as a gift to a friend or loved one. All of the proceeds from your donation will go to the efforts to restore Bob's Archives*. The choice is yours:

* For your $100 gift, we will send 2 T-Shirts, 2 copies of Mooged Out: Asheville, and 2 Bumper Stickers designed by Asheville artist Jenny Greer (a package value of over $250!!).
* Make a $50 donation to get 1 T-Shirt and 1 copy of Mooged Out: Asheville.

Order now and have your gift to give by Dec 10.**"

Optigan Repair: Fixing Chord Buttons on the 35001

You can find the full post on FakeBook. "If you are like me and are lucky enough to have gotten hold of an Optigan ($40 in the late 90's, whoot!), chances are that you have had a few scratchy keys or buttons. In my case, I have had inoperative chord buttons since I've owned this thing. Not even a crackle or pop could be heard no matter how I jiggled/pressed/molested them, so I always figured the electronics or sensor had gone bad. Well to my surprise, they just needed cleaning! I can't tell you how thrilled I am to have working chord buttons, since they really are 75% of the charm and sound of the Optigan."

Service manual for the Yamaha SY-1 Synthesizer

You can find the manual here.

Custom Orange Yamaha CS01

via CustomSynth

"orange cs-01 with res mod added to the breath control knob"

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Inside the Stand-Alone Polymoog Resonator - (Polymoogerfooger)

This is a follow-up to this post.

via Elhardt on the AH list:
"Now that I got the external power supply and other parts and finished it, I took a photo of the inside, back, and a new one of the front now that there's a red/green LED there which works just like the Moogerfoogers. That means it's green when the unit is enabled, and red when bypassed."

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audio ark.MOV

YouTube via snazelle
"HERE is a test run (minus knobs) of the AUDIO ARK, a handmade box designed for allowing a guitarist to make some very far out noises.

This video is a very basic demo and does not get too heavily into the modulation abilities of the box. Lot's of people have been asking me if it tracks well. I think it does the job. But this box was really meant for WEIRD sounds more than hot licks.

please dont judge based on audio quality, or camera work. and the bad hot licks are simply to show how the machine tracks the guitar.

the audio ark has:
Octave up or down
Interval
ring mod
SSM 2044 filter
Hold function
white noise
sample and hold
vca
ADSR
Special Freak Mode which allows the tracking to get very messed up.
(lag, vibrato, noise,etc)
also has 5 ROTARY cv routing switches
GATE IN
FM IN
CV IN
HOLD FOOTSWITCH

2 lfos with tri and square and CV in.
VCO with SYNC mode (syncs to incoming audio)
can be switched between hold sync or gated

two gate modes
RING MOD which multiplies the tracking signal with a sine wave
also has a LAG function with selectable input
A simple envelope follower
and a bunch of flashing lights.
i think thats it.
this is a custom unit utilizing some ASM2 modules for the ADSR, VCO, VCA, Lag, Ring Mod, and LFO's, as well as 4 home etched circuit boards for the rest.
It was built on request for my friend Charles Lindsay. Based on conversations we had about what he needed, the Ark was built.
this project was given a huge amount of help from the SDIY list community, the DIYSTOMPBOXES community and the Electro MUSIC community.

for more information on (smaller) future projects for sale please contact

dan at

subjectivity at hotmail dot com"

Hot Tellun Neural Agonizer...

Youtube via neandrewthal

"First patch with the Neural Agonizer. Thought it would be fun to see what it could do to a single droning VCO. The 8 VC-able parameters are modulated by noise, LFOs, envelopes, S&Hs & Wogglebug. Mankato filter and PS-3100 resonators are in the 2 effects send paths. CGS sub-oscillator is in the feedback path."

Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer

Voice of Saturn style

"I decided to use a giant sized Voice of Saturn case and had room to add a simple spring reverb module as well. Its pre-patched to take the MPS output, but the jacks are normalled so you can use it with any source."

You can find more info and a demo at The Voice of Saturn blog

Aliens Project Toy of the Month 69 - EDP Wasp

You'll find images and samples at Aliens Project

rock on.

flickr by im_on_tambourine

KORG MicroKORG

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WOK MoogoFilter

"This is a MIDI-controllable filter, that gives all your plugins or synths that famous thick sound you all know well. It is true stereo. Put it as an insert into your audio track or behind your synth plugin. Use the frequency and resonance dial for a static sound, or feed it with MIDI-notes to use the integrated envelope generator!"

Audio demos and download at WOK

Korg NanoPad disassembly

flickr set by Machinecollective.org

inside a KORG NanoPad

James Brown on the Mood Sympathizer

flickr by John Pazdan
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"photo by Rachael"

Update: you can find the post that goes along with this shot on John Pazdan's Music, Art and Politics.

finger BassLine

"The finger BassLine is a musical instrument for the iPhone and the iPod Touch heavily inspired by the legendary Roland TB-303.
It provides a monophonic synthesizer with built-in pattern-based step sequencer.

Synth section features include:
* Oscillator with two waveforms (sawtooth or square)
* Stable low-pass filter allowing high resonance values not leading to self oscillation
* Graphical representation of the filter parameters

Sequencer section features include:
* Individual pattern lengths (up to 64 sixteenths)
* Emphasized notes and pauses
* Smooth transition between notes
* Functions to clear, transpose, shift, and clone patterns

Ideally suited for live performance:
* Realtime modulation of the filter parameters using the intuitive pad-controls
* Pattern switches take effect on downbeat
* Tap-tempo"
You can find the finger BassLine here:

303 Pocket Noise

"Amidio Inc. will release 303 Pocket Noise (name could change in future)

-pattern 303 Emulator
+ Based on Noise.io's Pro Engine
+ 2 waveforms - saw, square
+ 4 Patterns with realtime pattern sequence programming
+ Realtime pattern editing (on loop)
+ Auto-save on quit
+ Slides, 3 octaves
+ Very simple interface: just 2 screens.
+ Modulation surface like in Noise.io Pro
+ swingy BPM
+ effects: delay, distortion
+ .wav export via built-in server (no additional programs needed)
+ direct beatmaker export (hopefully).

We need this app to be a testing playground for new features and if the features prove itself, they will be expanded quickly into Noise.io Pro.

Noise.io Pro will always remain the flagship product and will contain all the features found in smaller products.

303 Pocket Noise will be priced at $0.99 or at $1.99.

Planned date of release: middle or late December 2008."
In the mean time, you can find Noise.io here:

Minimoog + Moog Taurus 1 bass pedals

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

'Moog Solo Mio' ;-)

Lintronics Minimoog (2 VCO`s pulse with pitch modulation) + Electro Harmonix Memory Man Deluxe analog delay;
Moog Taurus 1 bass pedals (self-made variable sound)"

Yamaha TX7 Music and Customized by Morpheus2027

YouTube via morpheus2027
"2° Tx7 versione white, con una soundtrack fatta usando il solo Tx7 ed alcuni suoni del groove agent, il tutto passato in audio e processato mediante qualche plug-in (delay, chorus e reverb)di Cubase SX

http://nonsolosynth.blogspot.com/
http://digilander.libero.it/solurghho..."

Last day with the Juno6

YouTube via benanderson88
"I sold my Juno6 on eBay, I'll be sad to see it go as it was my first hardware synthesizer. But hey! At least I have the funds to buy a 106 now :D"

Jomox XBase999 and M-Resonator

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's a simple beat from the monsterous analog Jomox Xbase999. We're processing it with the Jomox M-Resonator Analog Filter Machine. The M-Resonator has two analog resonant low pass filters interwoven into a feedback matrix that has an envelope section as well. This box is capable of a wide variety of tones. From subtle filter sweeps to extreme feedback, the M-Resonator is a unique piece."