JJ Abrams Synthwood Sequential Circuits Pro-One

Yes, this JJ Abrams

THE JJ Abrams of Bad Robot that brought us Alias, Lost, Fringe and is about to bring us the new Star Trek film. If you were a fan of Music Thing you might remember that JJ Abrams is actually a synth aficionado from this post.

THIS IS his Pro-One redone by Synthwood. You can find more images of it here.

So... My question is... When are we going to see an obscure synth on Lost! Come on JJ, it would fit right in, you can do it! :)

Labeling this one as "Featured." If it's not worthy of the label, I don't know what is... Think about it, the guy behind Bad Robot is into synths! [Lost is my favorite show on TV BTW]

Note the inscription on the modwheel casing in the bottom shot.

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Serge Creature

YouTube via hexenduction
"This is the Serge Creature M-odule by Sound Transform Systems. All sound was generated by the Creature.
A touch of delay was added by the Moog MF104 on some sections.
Shot with a Kodak Zi6 in Macro."

A series of (Metasonix) tubes

YouTube via hexenduction
"Metasonix gas tube oscillator (TM3) and vacuum tube multimode filter (TM6) in action. The TM3 has 2 thyratron tube oscillators and a sub circuit that sounds bone crushingly bone crushing. The multimode filter is very unique sounding, especially with modulation into the resonance and it sounds warm-warm-warm.

TM3 triggered by Mobius and modulated by the envelope of the Red Square. Filter resonance and tune are being modulated by CP251 and Red Square LFO. Output into MF104 delay."

A Different Angle - Muzik 4 Machines Live Electro Tech

YouTube via muzik4machines
"MP3, Forum
gear used
Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums
Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)
Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)
Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping
Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay
Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter
Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)
Korg ER1: Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Boss V-Wha-Mixer)
DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)
Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)
Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess
DBX MC 6: Output Compressor

NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition"

acidlab miami

YouTube via pac209
"similar pattern to the mfb 522 demo(hence no live programming here)! please check both out, simply for the sound"


YouTube via nirvanabeach

Update via synthetic in the comments: "This appears to be a better recording of the MFB-522 demo. It sounds much better than the YouTube version to me:

http://greenempire.hypnotix.de/download/mfb/522_B.mp3"

SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS TOM - 8-bit vintage drum machine 1985

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"The Sequential (Circuits) TOM is a great drum machine - similar to the SCI Drumtraks. Also it could be the little brother of the Studio 440. It has a decent MIDI implementation and understands MIDI SysEx. The TOM's memory contains 8 samples; inserting a sound cartridge, you can have 7 additional samples. The crispy 8-bit samples sound great. In this video you will hear the following cartridges: "basic percussion", "special effects", "latin percussion" and "contemporary"."

Access Virus Indigo 1, # 2

YouTube via alex540live. follow-up to this post
"Another improvisation with my Virus Indigo 1. Enjoy!
AD"

solid-dx-21-house

YouTube via f...ngharpsichord
"very loopy and boring housy video. with yamaha dx 21, alesis mmt 8 and electribe."
I remember when the mmt8 was the standard in sequencers.

Delfy Creations SS-1

YouTube via robodelfy
"go to www.delfycreations.com for more info or to buy stuff!"

Delfy Creations Square Stepper

xoxbox meets fss decade counter

YouTube via erasemusic
"the fss decade counter gets trigs from the xoxbox and in return fires off envelopes that control other modules that modulates the xoxbox sound. www.erasemusic.com'

Addicted to weird sounds and colors

flickr by sebilden

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KORG KAOSSILLATOR

Audio Damage BigSeq2 Released

"BigSeq2 is a massive extension to the feature set of our popular BigSeq gate effect. With twelve sequencers controlling ten effects in six blocks, BigSeq2 is capable of everything from short staccato gate sequences to long, evolving filter sweeps and frequency shifts, and everything in between.

The six effect "Blocks" contain ten effects in total, and these Blocks can be re-arranged simply by dragging them, giving you full control over the routing of the effects. Each effect Block has a gate sequencer and a modulation sequencer. The gate sequencer turns that effect on and off (or in the case of the delay Block, activates the "send" control), while the modulation sequencer can affect any and all parameters in that block." You can find more info including samples at Audio Damage

theremin bra/audio artists

YouTube via audioartists
"alice malloy of ny's audio artists and her homemade theremin bra.
myspace.com/audioartists
audioartists.org"

Nurse Electro

from Amy @ http://www.zombiedimples.deviantart.com/
via Jake @ http://www.myspace.com/obscotch

Venetian Snares Modular

via TRASH_AUDIO

spot the gear

Anyone know what the red outlines are from?

Vocal Filter PCB stuffed

flickr by fonitronik

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note the Jim Patchell on the PCB

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Korg Radias-R

flickr by pan1615

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Studio

flickr by Robotkid

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Roland Systems 100

via this auction

"System includes: 191J CASE, 112 DUAL OSCILLATOR, 121 DUAL FILTER, 130 DUAL VCA, 140 DUAL ENVELOPE GENERATOR AND LFO, 150 S&H/LFO/NOISE AND 181 CV/GATE KEYBOARD WITH PITCH BEND WHEEL."

Future Retro XS Semi - Modular Analog Synth

via this auction

SIEL DK600 / OPERA 6 SYNTH SIDE PANELS

via this auction

"Space-Age Polycarbonate Synthesizer End Cheeks!
Well, to be honest I'm not quite sure what these are made of, but if your Siel's sides are cracked and broken, these are just the thing to spruce the old girl up! In excellent condition, just a couple of minor scuffs on the edges, and no breaks or cracks. Includes original mounting screws, four per side, and easily user installable in about 10 minutes!
Check my other listings for more hard-to-find SIEL spare parts! Please note, these all come from a DK600, but it is my understanding that they are all compatible with the Opera 6 and KIWI as well, but I cannot confirm this personally."

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Sunday Modcan Aleatory

"100% aleatoric (randomly generated) music generated while doing studio maintenance. No MIDI or sequencers are used for composition or playback. All modules are Modcan except for a Cynthia dual ADSR and a Synthesis Technology patch/multiple module."

Update via SteveL in the comments: "you can find more here: http://modularland.com"

Red MacBeth M5N

via Heath Finnie who has two new albums out. Ironically they do not feature the M5N, but it will be featured in a new release.

http://heathfinnie.com/

Some notes on the current albums:
"Two of my albums are now available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc. These are made of of songs/fragments that were worked on over the last few years. So these are compilations, but of things that have never been for sale before. "Sounds From Beneath the Floorboards" is a full albums worth of louder and nosier songs, and the ep "Moments Before the Eclipse" is a mix of some louder and some more melodic songs. I'm putting together "The Leaves that are Brown" which is a compilation from the same period but will feature more mellow and even ambient recordings from the same time period. "

Synths used:
ARP Odyssey MK1
EML 101
EML 200
EML 400/401
EMS Synthi A
Korg MS-10
Korg MS-20
Moog Memorymoog Plus
Oberheim Matrix-12
Roland System 700
SCI Prophet 10

JH Variable Slope Filter / Phaser

via JH on the AH list:
"I'm thinking about making PCBs for this.

A mean little module from my JH-3 Modular.

6 filter poles, realzed with OTAs and combined FET / Bipolar buffer stages.

Variable Slope function for 6-pole VC LPF.
Voltage controlled Pole Spread for Phaser mode.
Zeroes switcahbel in pairs, i.e. a lot of combinations of all pass and low
pass stages. Positive and negative feedback. Positive and negative wet/dry
mix. Rather special overdrive behaviour (Dirty!), and (IMO) pleasant way of
breaking into oscillation.

Old picture (from JH-3) [pictured]

Demo 1 (Arpeggio from OB-8, with delay and reverb. First few seconds dry - then playing with phaser.):
http://electro-music.com/forum/download.php?id=16715

Demo 2 ( This is something I recorded a few years ago. I don't remember all the details. But it was a Split on the OB-8, bass sound on left hand and organ sound on right hand, and the whole thing was processed with the Variable Slope Phaser / Filter to get that "pulsating" sound. Lots of delay and reverb as well, obviously.):
http://electro-music.com/forum/phpbb-files/oct_06_zwischenstand_edit_189.mp3

JH."

Belinda Bedekovic

http://www.belindabedekovic.com

You might remember Belinda from this video.

SSVC 1 video

YouTube via robodelfy
"go to www.delfycreations.com for more info or to buy stuff!"

jazzmutant lemur controlling a machinedrum

YouTube via erasemusic. follow-up to this post.

Admin: Top Navigation Updates

Some updates to the top nav:
1. I removed the VIDEO link. The link was just to the VIDEO label. Considering how often videos go up, it was redundant - you can find the VIDEO link at the bottom of each video post.
2. I added a new label called FEATURED. I post like a madman (30+ posts a day). One of the problems with this is some of the "more" interesting posts get buried quickly. I decided to create a FEATURED label for the posts I think stand out, and by stand out, I mean really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really stand out for me. Sorry I caught the really, really, really bug from my daughter. I'll be adding to the FEATURED label in time, so be sure to check it out now and then. This will hopefully make more posts sticky.
3. I added TWITTER, FLICKR, FLICKR POOL and EBAY to the top. FLICKR is a link to my flickr account with images people have sent in over time and including all the old auction images and more. FLICKR POOL is the new flickr group I set up for people to share their picks, and EBAY is a link to the US Ebay auctions I parse every night. I put it up there to make it easier for me.
4. I'm looking at a way to add a link to all comments for the site. That way you can see when people leave comments. If anyone knows of an easy way to do this in Blogger. Let me know.

Lainhart Live: Buchla and Films, March 28 Troy NY

via Richard Lainhart:
"Friends,
On Saturday, March 28 at 8 PM, I'll be presenting a solo concert of live electronic music at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, featuring new works and improvisations for high-definition film projection and synthesizer in quadraphonic sound. I will be performing with my Buchla 200e modular analog synthesizer, controlled by the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, an innovative 3-dimensional keyboard. I hope to see you there.

— Richard
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart"

Photo: Jamie Allen

Solaris - The Rotors

Update: videos pulled from Vimeo and are now on YouTube, posted here.

my synth lover

via myriam pas de E's photostream

Roland TR-505 (note the different colored buttons)
Roland TR-808

Update on the buttons via JB: "my friend painted the buttons when attempting to make it an Ableton Live controller!"

yr3wk39 moog opus 3 & roland juno 6

yr3wk39 moog opus 3 & roland juno 6 from longcat on Vimeo.
via longcat on the forum

Traxxpad "Year 2066"

YouTube via shaun1978hailey.

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Roland promars monophonic synthersizer

YouTube via abertronic. "demo of the promars"

acxel resynthesizer acxelisation

YouTube via erasemusic. follow-up to this post.

"analysing the vocal intro of the track "bootsequence" by erase, the track plays along whilst acxelisation process takes place and the video ends with the acxelized sound."

Korg Wavestation A/D & Korg Radias playing around with pads #1

YouTube via hoeppc
"This is a Korg Wavestation A/D and Radias with a beat which I finished at 3 o'clock in the morning. Also starring: my poor little digital camera beeing able to record the very first three minutes of a video... so the end was ripped off :("

ULT-SOUND DS-4 + MIDI

YouTube via denha. "MIDI to Trigger I/F test."

lemur meets machinedrum

YouTube via erasemusic
"jazzmutant lemur controlling a machinedrum"

Roland SH-32 Drone

YouTube via hilltree
"Roland SH-32 4 parts Synthesizer stack filter drone.
With some additional fx
The drone was made with the 4 part multitimbral synth stacking posibilities ,and twiddling with the filter resonance and cutoff.
More at www.groenewoudnet"

TR-808 internal sequencer vs. MIDI from Ableton

YouTube via pac209
"this short video shows the 808 first running on its own sequencer, then with MIDI notes coming from Ableton (with internal 808 sequencer stopped). The Ableton pattern has also typical shuffle quantize.
Both modes (traditional 808 with sync in/ out OR special MIDI control of notes with some limited velocity and MIDI clock controlling the 808 sequencer) are possible with the built in interface."

A Fix for Optigan Pitch Problems

"Pitch stability is one of the biggest problems for Optigans. The rubber on the idler wheel gets hard or worn over the years, which makes the wheel slip against the tapered motor shaft. Old wheels can have other problems including notches or flat spots, which cause a knocking or grinding sound when the discs are played. I’ve tried to recondition the rubber and restore the gripping surface with chemicals and fine sandpaper, only to have the pitch problems return a few weeks later."

You can find the full post including the fix on optigan.com blogitan!

Frida doodling the Korg on her DS

flickr by now u see it [nowuseit]

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Andromeda Control 2

flickr by brotherloco
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Pics from SXSW 2009 - Giant synthesizer machine thing at dorkbot

flickr by gserafini

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