thomas p. heckmann @ studio 1/2

YouTube via obotstv. some synth spotting. Note the working PPG Waveterm
"2007 fall
taken from slices issue 4-07
http://www.eb-slices.net"

thomas p. heckmann @ studio 2/2

Serge Like Synth DIY - Panel 2 Test 1

YouTube via pickleinn
"The second panel is finished - its the upper panel in the test. It contains, from left to right: 3 VCO's, 3 channel mixer, dual low pass gate, steiner filter, bi-n-tic filter, cascading band pass filter. In this video I am testing the bi-n-tic and LPG using some control voltage from the sequencer panel. The Yellow geiger counter is the power supply."

Serge Like Synth DIY - Panel 2 Test 2


Serge DIY Synth - 2 panel test 1

"Here is the complete system put together. Only the top and bottom panels are wired so far, but the middle panel will be wired up soon.

Its a DIY synth built with mostly cgs pcb's and a few others. the case is a buchla inspired folding case but i havent routed power between each boat yet."

Serge DIY Synth - 2 panel test 2

"same patch as the video "Serge DIY Synth - 2 panel test 1 " but with some more trigger/logic going to the programmer."

KORG DS-10 PLUS JAM

YouTube via cyberspacecowboys
"My First KORG DS-10 PLUS Post.
Performanced by S_Ishimaru.

KORG DS-10 PLUS can play 12 synths on DSi.
We can play more big and colorful sonds.

This video background is iTunes Visualizer image that play this song on iTunes.

This songs called 'Millenium'.
I met Denkitribe in a DS-10 event that held with small club of Tokyo.
He performed a wonderful tune 'Sentinels'.
I was impressed by his performance. However, his name of a song has been forgotten.
I said to him, "It is a wonderful tune, 'Millenium'!!".
Mr.Denkitribe laughed.
"It is a good name of a song:-)"

I recalled that, and named this tune "Millenium":-)"

Class-E Plasmasonic Audio Modulated Tesla Coil 4MHz

YouTube via eastvoltresearch. Something to play your synths through.
"The next generation of Plasmasonic Tesla Coils, a Class-E Topology system running at 4MHz which produces nearly perfect audio reproduction from a nearly silent arc. Connects directly to any line-level output source such as a CD or DVD player. Onboard potentiometers and VU Meter aid in the tuning of the device."

Update: and a laser microphone from the inventor of the MP3 to go with it:

New Mic Proof of Concept

YouTube via imon2nd
"United States Patent 7580533 issued on 25 August 2009 for a new type of microphone based on a laser-photocell pair used for detection of sound pressure waves in a stream of particles suspended in a stream of air. The stream could be synthetic smoke or fog.

This video shows one of the early bench top devices being demonstrated by David Schwartz of Schwartz Engineering & Design."

Simmons Digital Clap Trap Demo

YouTube via zibbybone. "Quick run though of a rare percussion synthezier."

Über Monster Micron v3.0 + Guitar

YouTube via rincewind801
"174 285 396 417 528 639 741 852 936"

Circuit bent Akai XR-10 drum machine by exfade

YouTube via wotatwaat
"4 6 position rotary switches make this already brilliant drum machine even better! Some preset rhythms getting mashed by the bends. www.exfade.org"

Waldorf Q Synthesizer Demo 2000 Videoclip

YouTube via ozashikiTECHNO
"Waldorf Q Synthesizer Demo 2000 Videoclip"

Slice demo II

YouTube via TheStrangeAgency
"Slice, the straight-illest beat-juggling app, is coming soon to an iPhone or iPod touch near you!"

David Vorhaus Analogue Electronic Music 1979

YouTube via JeffreyPlaide

"In this historical video excerpt, David Vorhaus talks about two of his analogue inventions - the MANIAC analogue sequencer, and the Kaleidophon from 1979. The MANIAC (Multiphasic Analog Inter-Active Chromataphonic (sequencer)) was an analogue sequencer having variable step lengths, and the ability to split sequences into several smaller groupings giving considerable sonic potentiality. Addition and subtraction of events was possible, as well as the possibility to chromatically correct the output during performance. David could program his MANIAC sequencer to play a background rhythm or combination of musical events, to then improvise over the top with another instrument or synthesizer. The Kaleidophon was a double-bass-like instrument using four velocity-sensitive ribbon controllers instead of strings. The instrument is played entirely using the left hand, leaving the right hand free to manipulate the sound via a number of controllers and a joystick. David speaks about the processes of making electronic music, and the developments that such possibilities can provide for the imaginative electronic musician. This excerpt is taken from the BBC 1979 documentary entitled "The New Sound of Music" hosted by Michael Rodd."  

Update via Mark Jenkins in the comments: "David Vorhaus now has a new version of the M.A.N.I.A.C. sequencer designed as a complete music system on a PC, and a new custom built MIDI version of the Kaleidophon controller. We've been performing as a duo with this setup for a couple of years, including shows in Holland, Germany, China and France as well as the UK. And yes, we have been playing "Cygnus Constellation", the piece heard at the end of this clip :-) The next show is in London on Saturday November 28th at the Greenwich Planetarium, where we'll be performing new White Noise music, and my own planetarium show "Supernova" which has a complete computer graphic backing. Tickets from the National Maritime Museum (£18.00 I think if sales aren't already live on their website www.nmm.ac.uk) and there are early and late shows the same evening. Hope to see some of you there - Mark Jenkins"  

Update: also see this post. via Dustin.

MATRIXSYNTH On National TV!!!

via electraumatisme
"I think you should find this interesting.

This was a report on geek culture during a wide national audience TV Show. At 01:03, we can clearly see that, like most of us, the guy is checking Matrixsynth while having his breakfast!"

WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!!!

NO F'ING WAY!!! :)

video description in French:
"Connaissez-vous la tribu des geek ? Passionné de communication, de technologie, d’internet, de high-tech, le geek est aussi un fan de comics, de séries cultes, de jeux de rôle, de mangas et de science-fiction. Immersion dans ce monde de la cyberculture et approche d’un phénomène."

and Googlish:
"Do you know the geek tribe? Passionate about communication, technology, internet, high-tech geek is also a fan of comics, cult series of role-playing, eating [manga] and science fiction. Immersion in this world of cyberspace and approaching a phenomenon."

Note: if you are on a Mac you might need flip4mac to view the video. You can get it here or just follow the instructions when you get there.

STEIM "Zwarte Dozen Systeem" Modular

via Electronic Battle

"I visited Steim recently (www.steim.org, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Nico there very kindly allowed me to photograph their Black Box System, a modular synthesiser one-off built by Rob van de Poel in 1972."

Click on the images for the full size shots.

MISC KORG and EMS Info

click here and explore

via Electronic Battle

Inside a KORG PS3100
Synthi AKS

Invader - Yamaha CS80 Track

Invader by Lennox
"Ambient space chill analog synthesizer movie sci fi
experimental sci fi soundtrack, not yet finished!"

Moog Equalizer MKPE 3 Band EQ

via this auction

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Plane Ad From 1981

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the details and more synth ads.

Catsynth stack!

via Davide

"Pallina has been caught stomping on my MS20, she was trying to scramble away!!!!!!

Featuring a Juno106, a Solton Project100, Zoom pedal, eeepc and some diy modules under construction!!!"

Chicory Tip 1972 - Son of my Father

YouTube via pecuscap

BILLY CORGAN'S ICHABOD - A MATTSON MINI MODULAR - FIRST SEQUENCE

BILLY CORGAN'S ICHABOD - A MATTSON MINI MODULAR - FIRST SEQUENCER AND LIVE IMPROV

YouTube via redmartian. Remember to click on the Ichabod link below for all posts.
"With Ichabod on the burn in test bench earlier in the Summer at MMM headquarters working with the breadboarded sequencer (will be available in a few months) and two foot pedals to control the filters and volume control. I'm using the Voltage Controlled Control Voltage mixers with some gate mixing to produce the triggers for the percussion sounds. Audio was direct to 2 track stereo with some reverb."
http://mattsonminimodular.com

John Short Synth Render

John Short

MFB-503

flickr by Tech Star

"The awesome MFB-503 analogue drum machine. Could be compared to a 909 in some ways. Really great bit of gear."

Be sure to check out Tech Star's Studio set for more synth pics.

Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Vol.7 Reverb Tricks

YouTube via Effectology
" Electro-Harmonix Effectology, Vol.7 Reverb Tricks

Welcome to Electro-Harmonix's "Effectology" series, in which we create a remarkable collection of sounds using just a regular guitar and EHX effect pedals!
No keyboards,samplers or midi pickups were used.

In today's episode studio musician Bill Ruppert demonstrates some old and new effects using reverb.

Each one of the four sounds in this video has the reverb positioned in unusual places within the signal chainproof once again there is no correct way to order your effect pedals.

There is a clip of the new Cathedral Stereo reverb using the brilliant "Infinite" switch.
Its really a beautiful sounding reverb.

EHX Pedals featured:Soul Preacher,Holy Grail,MicroSynth,English Muff'n, Stereo Memory Man.

For more information on these pedals and actual settings please vist the Electro- Harmonix Forum:
http://www.ehx.com"

"The settings for the pedals can be found here."

Vermona Perfourmer Drone

YouTube via zaphid
"as title says. Vermona processed with lexicon mx400 & Lxp1"

Mono Evolver Demo

YouTube via RanKirlian. flickr shots here
"A little demo showing and tweaking some presets of my recently adquired DSI Mono Evolver keyboard. No real playing, just checking sounds that includes leads and sequences and at 7:30 min aprox starts drones."

Moog Little Phatty demo

YouTube via RanKirlian. follow-up to this post.
"Just got my Moog Little Phatty and this is me getting some fun tweaking the presets (stage 2 sound bank). The reverb effect is from the DAW."

King Capitol Punishment - Sleepdrone 5

via this auction

"The Sleepdrone 5 from King Capitol Punishment is a four oscillator drone machine. Each oscillator features: discrete output pitch tuning pitch range selection volume level added tweak bus feature muting on/off control The output of the oscillators are summed together and inter-(ring)modulated into a fifth 'mix out' with master volume control."

Vintage PAiA Modules

via this auction

Paia mdl 2720 Envelope Follower
PAiA mdl 2720 low pass filter
PAiA mdl 2720 Control Oscillator and Noise Source
PAiA mdl 4730 Multi Mode Filter featuring lowpass, bandpass and highpass filters in one module.

For use with the Paia 2700 or 4700 series modular sythesizers.

Flight of Harmony - INM - MODULAR SYNTH NOISE MACHINE

via this auction

"Flight of Harmony - Infernal Noise Machine! - Domains (frequency range groups) 4 switch-selected Frequency adjustment Coarse and Fine Fine scaling adjustment (relative to Coarse) - 5:1 to 25:1 Range adjustment (range of frequency variance within domain) Coarse and Fine Fine scaling adjustment (relative to Coarse) - 5:1 to 25:1 Low-Pass Filter Bypassable Variable cutoff Control Voltage (CV) inputs Frequency: 0 to +5V Range: 0 to +5V Output variable I.N.M. Everything above plus the following: Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO): Waveforms Triangle Square Frequency Modulation Variable base frequency Selectable modulation source Signal from Imp External signal CV input: ±12V Variable modulation depth External signal input Level control Buffer Dual Voltage-Controlled Bandpass Filter (VCBPF), each channel: Selectable Input VCO Triangle VCO Square Imp signal External signal Center Frequency (fc) Variable base fc CV input: ±12V Selectable control Internal, CV, both Filter bypass Variable gain and Q Dual Voltage-Controlled Amplifier (VCA), each channel: Variable level CV input: ±12V"

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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Analog Synthesizer Rev3.3

via this auction

"Model 1000 Rev 3.3. Serial # 1000-5732. Mint working condition. Serviced by Wine Country Sequential in San Jose, CA within the past 30 days. The unit went through a thorough diagnostic check at Wine Country Sequential in August 2009, by some of the original technicians from Sequential Circuits. The back-up battery was replaced and a new RAM IC board was installed, along with the original 120 factory preset programs. All 61 rubber keystops for the keyboard were replaced with new ones. The playing action is beautifully liquid now. A regulatory reliability modification was also done (regulator connection was reinforced with J-wires to prevent damage during transport). This was highly recommended by the Wine Country technician.

This unit looks, sounds, and plays phenominal. It has the following features:
* 120 editable factory presets with incredible sounds ranging from pianos and organs to string and brass instruments
* 5 polyphonic voices (each voice contains 2 voltage-controlled oscillators)
* Separate pitch and modulation wheels
* Analog (5 pin) and Digital (4 pin) system interface connection jacks
* Four jacks for monophonic digital sequencer interface connections
* Release footswitch jack
* 115V electric supply"

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Hobnox Nudge brings social media Tenori-On fun to the web

YouTube via Torley

"DOWNLOAD MY MUSIC @ http://torley.com/music
MY MIC = ZOOM H4N"

1u LPG front

flickr by sduck409
(click for more)

"Here's my 1u motm format version of the Thomas White Buchla tribute 292c clone Low Pass Gate."

Little Phatty 06

flickr by Ran Kirlian
(click for more)

http://www.moogmusic.com

Update: one more shot below.

Roland System 100M User report 1984 (3 of 3)

flickr by Neil Vance
(click for more)

Jean Michel Jarre

flickr by Neil Vance
(click for more)

Some JMJ synth spotting. Click the image for a larger shot.

Uni on keys!

flickr by Torley

via CatSynth

Tears Above

Tears Above by g64
"waldorf, blofeld, korg, kp3, microx

Mostly a blofeld track composed of my usual sounds I designed, i played around alil with some microX strings and voices which sound pleasant
again, the over use of Cm and ping pong delay
please check out my myspace aswell, www.myspace.com/harmonicdimension"

vtol "Stethoscopic"

"Tracks that are on this record claim musicianship no more than birds may with their singing - sound is nothing but a product of objective reality, captured on
record, representing a loosely structured harmony of motion

this work is a sort of abstract, intimate observation of my studio, which is also a workshop where I work on my self-made synthesizers

i just let several devices run freely, almost without intervening in the process of sound extraction, but rather taking on the role of an observer, or even a witness"

You can download the album and check out a couple of tracks here. See the vtol label below for prior posts featuring vtol's devices.

堤谷直子 - 空色 - Live Movie

YouTube via y2gRecords. Chromatone chromatic keyboard. More vids here.

Native Instruments Releases Version 1.2 of TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO and TRAKTOR PRO

"Berlin, September 21st, 2009 - Native Instruments recently released TRAKTOR PRO 1.2, a free software update for the latest generation of its digital DJ products including the DUO and LE versions. The update brings many improvements that make the latest TRAKTOR generation even more powerful and convenient, including extended performance effects, state-of-the-art keylock quality, advanced controller display support and more.

To give DJs even more possibilities for creative sound shaping, the comprehensive performance effects section of TRAKTOR PRO has been further expanded in version 1.2. The number of independent effect sections has been doubled from two to four, now allowing users to assign different multi-FX configurations to each of the four full-featured decks. The comprehensive list of effect types in TRAKTOR PRO has also been expanded further with the introduction of the new Formant Filter, Peak Filter and the powerful Beat Slicer.

Keylock quality has been improved once more in TRAKTOR PRO 1.2 with the addition of the latest Z-Plane Elastique timestretching technology. The new version also utilizes the advanced functions of the Pioneer CDJ-400 and Denon HC-4500 controller hardware including display support, and marks the first and only DJ software platform that offers user-customizable HID controller assignments.

Further improvements in version 1.2 include enhanced cue point handling, a new deck caching technology with reduced memory footprint, a wide range of further optimizations for the unparalleled MIDI control features of TRAKTOR, and much more. Most improvements of the 1.2 version are also included in the corresponding TRAKTOR SCRATCH DUO, TRAKTOR DUO and TRAKTOR LE updates.

The 1.2 update is now available as a free download for all owners of TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO and TRAKTOR PRO as well as the DUO and LE versions.

More information on the new version can be found at
http://www.native-instruments.com/traktorpro12.info

Demonstration videos with Chris Liebing and Speedy J showcasing the new features of TRAKTOR PRO 1.2 will also be available on the NI website in the near future.

About Native Instruments:

Native Instruments is a leading manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based music production and performance. The company's mission is to develop innovative, fully integrated solutions for all professions, styles and genres. The resulting products regularly push technological boundaries and open up new creative horizons for professionals and amateurs alike."

Judi Chicago - Fun City

Judi Chicago - Fun City from Judi Chicago on Vimeo.

Some synth spotting via Travis: "if you look closely in the back you'll see an mg1, and my serge modular clone."
http://www.judichicago.com
http://www.myspace.com/judichicago
http://www.recompas.com
http://voiceofsaturn.blogspot.com

Video details:
"Whynatte & Esperanza Present
Fun City with Judi Chicago
The Glenn Hotel
Saturday September 26th 2009
110 Marietta Street Atlanta GA 30303
9 PM / FREE / 21 +
Throw on your shiniest spandex suit and saddle up your sphinx! Whynatte & Esperanza have joined forces with the best in show to bring to you Judi Chicago's Fun City Single Release & Video Premier Party at The Glenn Hotel Saturday September 26th. This is a free ride to Fun City. Two floors of fun. Special live performances by Judi Chicago and Social Studies. DJ Sets by Jeff Myers, AustinIsNoRobot, Black Dominoes, and Noot d' Noot." more details and links at Vimeo.

The Classic Synth Makers T Locked

See the comments of this post. Note there was discussion on the AH list as well. It was decided to keep the shirt less cluttered and focused on the main synth makers.

Wogglebug & 512 BBD Randomness

YouTube via qu0ne
"A self generating patch courtesy the Make Noise Wogglebug, going into a Doepfer BBD with some filter help by the Livewire Frequensteiner."
http://www.makenoisemusic.com/modular.html
http://www.livewire-synthesizers.com
http://www.doepfer.de/home.htm