MAKE presents: The Capacitor

YouTube via makemagazine. A look inside one of the parts used to make our synths and sound devices.
The video includes how to make a capacitor.
"Simple yet effective, they come in a dizzying array of forms and materials. Vital to so many circuits for storage, timing, and filtration - the mighty capacitor!

audio and video by Collin Cunningham
makezine.com"

My Very Used Kawai R-50 (Presets)

YouTube via sebasstian33
"One of my all time favorite drum machines. I own two nicknamed Oskar & Felix. One is an R-50 the other an R-50e. I had purchased a sound chip and installed it in Oskar so he sounds a little different than a regular R-50. These machines were a major part of the early Kill Switch...Klick sound. These are the preset rhythms from the machine."

Clavia Nord Electro 3 73

YouTube via MusikSchmidt. The different piano sounds of the Clavia Nord Electro 3.
"http://www.musik-schmidt.de/Clavia-Nord-Electro-3-73.html
Facts des Clavia Nord Electro 3 73: * Klaviatur mit 73-Tasten (6 Octaven) * anschlagdynamische Waterfall-Tastatur * 40 - 60 stimmige Polyphonie * 9 digitale Drawbars (Zugriegel) * 4 Tonewheel Modes * 5 Piano-Typen: Grand, Upright, EPiano, Wurl & Clav/Harpsichord * 185 MB Flash Memory * Unterstützung der Nord Sample Library (basierend auf dem gleichen Sampleformat wie beim Nordstage) * 126 Programme * Orgel Simulation der zweiten Generation * neue Effektsektion * neue Verstärkeremulationen * Compressor und EQ * verbesserte Rotary Speaker Emulation * Monitor Eingang * 2 Audioausgänge * 1 Köpfhörerausgang * 1 Control Pedal Eingang * 1 Sustainpedal Eingang * 1 Rotary-Speaker Pedal Anschluß * MIDI In / Out * USB Inteface zum Laden neuer Sounds * Abmessungen (B x T x H): 112 x 30 x 10 cm * "

Tiny Electric Arc Making The Worst Synthesizer Noises Ever Made TOO LOUD!

YouTube via Photonicinduction
"I need to learn to play that keyboard and get a life. A line output transformer is better to do that with as it can handle a wider frequency, For normal people - ( the dirty bit in the old style telly that makes the HT voltage on the tube )"
See the Tesla Coil label below for more.

circuit bent alesis hr-16 drum machine

via this auction
"circuit bent alesis hr-16 by spunkytoofers
here are the modifications:

1. 2- rotary pad select banks on vintage chicken head knobs

2. 2- trigger rate knobs

3. trigger rate indicator lights via vintage dialco led lenses (lights always on for continuity)

4. 2- trigger lock switches

5. 2 momentary red trigger buttons

6. overall sample rate (pitch) of drum sounds on knob (does not effect midi or tempo)

7. power indicator blue vintage jewel lens with bright led lighting

8. 19 bending switch array (various effects, drum mangles, bit crushers, digital aliasing, filters, etc)

9. new lithium memory battery installed with battery clip mod for easy replacement (battery should last 10-15 years)

10. ac adapter included (north american countries only, if you will be using a convertor and want me to include the adapter for shipping to your country or need more info about the kind of adapter please contact me prior to bidding. you will need a proper adapter as this is a ac power supply and has a smaller barrel type connector then most adapters.

all original functionality retained with all modifications deactivated

all buttons, sliders, menus, menu and jacks has been tested to make sure everything on the unit is fully operational. just a few menu buttons require a little more pressure to operate then the others but everything checks out and is fully operational.

pdf and bend diagram jpeg emailed to winning bidder

this interface is a design to optimize the live playability of the original user interface as well as making the most use of the onboard sequencers as well. the switch array was chosen over a patch system as patching is a bit cumbersome with a rhythmic device.seems like patching is great for set and forget patches but not rhythmic sound manipulation in real time as there are quite alot of variants that can be used at once. the switches were selected to be stable, to provide the most array of sound manipulations, and to avoid redundancy.

the triggering system can be used alone or in conjunction with the onboard pads or with use of the onboard step sequencer. the triggering offers machine gun speed control of drum rolls to a continous control of speed to several seconds via the rate knobs. this allows some interesting drum patterns to be played or recorded on the sequencer in real time as well as some strange polyrhythms to occure. if you are using midi tap tempo you can slave the sequencer and your recorded or live beat creations to tap tempo.

drum pad sounds are selected via chicken head knobs and triggered either momentary with the push of the buttons or locked with the switches. the rate knobs are always flashing so you know where the drum beat lands the moment you activate the drum sounds.

this interface is meant for control and manipulation in real time but is also designed to play chaotically both tonally and rhythmically as well.

midi implementation is well done by alesis as well as customizing pans, sound setups and patterns. this makes it good to integrate in your midi studio or as a stand alone unit."

circuit bent alesis hr 16 drum machine

YouTube via spunkytoofers
"next thing to do is send it midi tap tempo"

circuit bent alesis hr-16 dsi evolver + akai ewi4000s

"circuit bent alesis hr-16 by spunkytoofers has a circuit bending switch array, a triggering interface along with overall pitch control by a getlofi ltc1799 precision oscillator. the bent alesis hr-16 synchs with the evolver on tap tempo. on the dsi breath controls lfos based on breath and pitch ping pong modulates the other lfos along with the foot controllers to effect the sounds from it's onboard sequencer.."

Folktek Arts New Time Machine Collaboration

via the Folktek Arts blog where you will find more images.

"Fresh out of the lab a new co-mission collaboration by Ben Houston and Arius Blaze."

Glamour Box : Pattern processing (by Franck Smith)

YouTube via znshn
"Processing a 7/4 pattern w/ dual analog oscillator Glamour Box (by King Capitol Punishment) used w/ Sleepdrone 5 & Tenori-On. Contents: pattern processing, minimal pulses, signal trajectory, glitch, clicks, noise manufacturing, phonocrafting...

N.B.-Routing :
- Sleepdrone 5 into Glamour Box mix input — on 1 channel.
- Tenori-On sequencing sounds from the Glamour Box (prepared before) — on a 2nd channel.
- 2 channels into Korg Kaoss Pad KP3.

IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Glamour Box (by King Capitol Punishment)
- Sleepdrone 5 (by King Capitol Punishment)
- Tenori-On (Toshio Iwai & Yamaha)
- Kaoss Pad KP3 (by Korg)

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://francksmith.blogspot.com
http://znshn.blogspot.com

Complete video selection on http://www.youtube.com/znshn
........................................
"Franck Smith" alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette "Glamour Box" Tenori-On "Sleepdrone 5" "King Capitol Punishment" Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 Analog Filters dual oscillator phonocrafting noise manufacturing"

Hertz Donut and MATHS

YouTube via tkecni. "Dronez Hert"
http://www.theharvestman.org/
http://makenoisemusic.com/

PatternMusic Song Settings

YouTube via richardlawler On iTunes:
"PatternMusic Music Creation App for the iPhone. Tutorial on song-wide settings including tempo, time signature and scales."

Vocoded Drums - Royksopp style and Drum and bass improv thingy

YouTube via frostedminipete
"Little experiment running a recording of my drums through a vocoder... Getting the drums like Royksopp's "Remind Me," then playing some dnb style rhythms. Sounds good with your bass way up! :D"

My Ancient Yamaha MR10 Drum Machine

YouTube via sebasstian33. Yamaha MR10 on Ebay
"Sounds and samples from this ancient (i.e. early 1980's) non-midi, non-syncable drum machine made by Yamaha. You can play the pads on the front, but they are very plastic feeling, on-off type buttons with no velocity."

Zombie

YouTube via pss50
"Gakken and modular synth played by a zombie."
Tags:
zombieland zombie lf4d2 left fore deadTB 303 tb303 doepfer modular synt qmmg makenoise make noise zorloncannon harvestman zorlon cannon lowpassgate lowpass gate rack a-100 pss50 analogue digital synthesizers eurorack 1986 buchla 292 musik maximum karate Gakken sx150 sx-150

The classic Supersaw - MULAB with MuSynth and MUX

YouTube via benanderson88. http://mutools.com/
"This quick video shows you how I made a supersaw in MULAB using only the pre-packaged MUX and MuSynth units. Who needs 3rd party VST when you have power like this out of the box?

I apologise in advance for I have a natural stutter."

Synth_Prn

flickr by Lars Daniel

KORG MS50

Potentially NSFW

Keyboard Cat

flickr by KNNKT

"Dolly on a CME UF8 with MicroKorg and Korg MS2000 in the background"

Inside a Hammond Novachord

You'll find more images including close-ups at the Hollow Sun blog.

In case you missed this post and this post featuring demos, Hollow Sun is coming out with a sample set of the Novachord.

Michael McDonald - What a Fool Believes 1985

YouTube via randyhercules. Yamaha DX5 and Roland keytars.
"From a television appearance in 1985."
via Josh of Big City Music: "Not one but TWO keytars!" Four if you count the mirrors/reflections! ;)

Thingamagoop Alarm Clock Mod

YouTube via substatica
"A modded Thingamagoop to work with a Neverlate Executive Alarm Clock.

http://www.unmaintained.com...
http://www.bleeplabs.com"

Commercial sessions 2 Optigan track heard through 1 prism

YouTube via RothHandle

"Today was a short but rather effective day...We finished the Optigan ideas from yesterday..added some gran cassa, mellotron cuymbals and of course the schiedmayer celeste...In an attempt to document the occasion I made this short prism drenched film...

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

DSI TETR4 (part 3)

YouTube via Dogboy73. Part 1 and 2 here
"Some more sounds from the Tetra factory sound bank."

M-Z3R0 - circuit bent - HELLRUNNER - kawasaki delay synth

YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0. Drones get good at the :50 mark on. circuit bent on Ebay
"Similar to my older kawasaki keys with extreme pitch, distortion and additional atari punk console. But now fitted with a pt2399 delay circuit. This vid shows the kind of atmospheres and drone you can make with the delay. The delay is set to be able to sweep to much longer intervals that it was meant for which has the bonus of causing the signal to degenerate into harsh glitching. By holding the notes on the keyboard and tweaking the delays feedback and time some huge sounds can be made. On top of this the APC can be faded in and out of them mix for some interesting effects. Ten minutes of it here with a quick demo of the extreme pitch on the drums at the start. This is a very good source of material for experimental genres, noise and drone........

Thanks to wrongbot for the pt2399 layout. Check the end of the vid for contact details."

Pure Analog 2

YouTube via magevers
"Pure analog with the vintage Roland SH-3a + SH-101 + TR-606 and with the Jean michel jarre organ Eminent 310
EFX
Delay: Roland DEP-5,
Reverb: SONAR 8,
Phaser: EH small stone on the Eminent.
Live recorded on 2 audio tracks with SONAR 8"

Octavian Keyboard Calculator Now with Sound

via bitnotic

"We just wrapped up our first update to Octavian. The main feature is the one that almost everyone requested, which is sound. We went to our favorite studio, SuperDigital, in Portland, OR and sampled their Kawai baby grand. We hand-tweaked each note to give it just enough body and a little hammer action, and put in some slick mixing to play back eight note chords without wrecking your iPhone or iPod touch speakers."

Trommelmaschine Mk. 2 - DIY Drum Machine

video upload by GeorgeHurstAV

"Hand built drum machine using a mix of plundered circuitry from a drum machine and hand built circuit boards.

For more like this see my other videos or website: http://www.georgehurst.co.uk"

Trommelmaschine Mk. 1 - Mechanical drum machine


"A working prototype for a large scale sculpture, which will use petrol engines, crankshafts and pistons to play percussion.

This prototype machine uses DC motors to drive Lego Technic crankshafts and pistons which strike piezo transducers to trigger drum sounds from a drum machine circuit board. There are no Lego kits or anything involved in this, it is all hand built.

Thanks to elastic band drive belts this machine works sporadically, as you can see in the video, but it proves the theory, allowing me to move on to developing the large scale 'Trommelmaschine'."

Hellbone in Studio: JoMoX xbase 999 + sherman 2 + ebbe und flut

YouTube via hellbonefilms. via Resonant Filter
"Dark industrial gods HELLBONE experiment with analogue drums of a 999 with analogue filter machines in their studio.

http://www.myspace.com/hell..."

IBANDEVICE (NUJAZZ @ ARKAOS)

YouTube via IBANDEVICE
"track made with korg emx - 1 and performed with bleton live"

Trash Audio Synth 5 meet - Nov 15 2009

flickr set by Rasidel Slika
(click for more)

You might recognize some of these from this post. The full set is now up.

Buchla and Wiard pictured here. You'll find MacBeth, Modcan and more in the set.

AH Bay Area 2009 Recap on Bleepology

on Bleepology

Left: The Mighty 14 Panel Serge

Below: I'm wondering if anyone asked for the Buchla to be moved so they could play pool.

Flight of Harmony: The Sound of Shadows

flickr by Analogue Haven

"Here's a great shot of the new Flight of Harmony The Sound of Shadows delay module. The SoS is a dirty digital delay based on the Princeton chip commonly used in effects pedals. Flight of Harmony has also included a VCA, and of course the module features a feedback loop and a good amount of voltage control. The Sound of Shadows will be available in December and the price will be $195. Photo credit: Soy Sos from Muff Wiggler. Also shown: Make Noise QMMG, Tiptop Audio Z3000, Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer barebones kit built into a DIY panel, Doepfer and MFB modules. LINK for more info and soundclips: www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9878."

http://analoguehaven.com/

u-he ACE

A new synth from u-he is coming:
"Does the world really need another simple synthesizer? We believe it does - but there's a lot more to ACE than meets the eye...

The software synthesizer ACE (Any Cable Everywhere) delivers top quality sound at a highly competitive price. The selection of modules and clear layout make ACE the ideal instrument for newcomers delving into the fascinating world of modular synthesis. The number of ways to connect modules together is practically infinite, and you will soon discover how much more fun it is to make your own sounds in ACE than in a non-modular synthesizer.

* ETA: early December 2009
* pricing: 69EUR (includes 19% VAT, ca. 85 USD net when bought from overseas)
* formats: VST on Windows, VST/AU/RTAS on MacOS X
* system requirments Mac: Apple Macintosh Computer running MacOS X 10.4+ on a G4 processor or newer, Intel Core 2 Duo or better recommended
* system requirments Win: VST2 compatible host software on a PC with SSE2 supporting processor, Intel Core 2 Duo or better recommended
* number of presets and such: tba
* fun factor: high!"

Elektron Machinedrum triggering BOSS SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer pedal

Elektron Machinedrum triggering BOSS SYB-5 Bass Synthesizer pedal from lefthandedheroes on Vimeo.

"Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1 UW GND-SN machine triggering BOSS SYB-5 bass synthesizer pedal. The GND-SN machine routed to an individual out -> Boss SYB-5 -> INP-EA machine for filtering.
Just realized that the first few minutes had that stupid delay on.
All other sounds are machinedrum GND-SN sine machines!
At the time of recording I was first time trying out the pedal, only discovering the possibilities.
The video is to show what kind of sounds you can get triggering the SYB-5 with a GND-SN and was put into an electronic context.
Not a musical statement.
The video was shot with a Nokia N95, the sound quality is far from amazing.

SLEEP LESS :: LOVE MORE"

Sherman Filterbank - Tech Talk on Slices

YouTube via acodike
"a little test drive and some words from the man."

Sherman Filterbank - Tech Talk on Slices - Part 2

Introduction to Max 5

YouTube via cycling74com
"For more information, visit http://www.cycling74.com"

C74 Perspectives: Robert Henke on Max

YouTube via cycling74com

"Robert Henke (Monolake) discusses his history of using Max."

C74 Perspectives: Robert Henke on Max for Live

The Wacom Tablet Theremin

Max for Live - The Wacom Tablet Theremin - Using Max/MSP in Ableton Live, with Akai APC40.
YouTube via rerunnermusic

"Using Max for Live to control the Analog synth instrument in Ableton Live 8. The live.remote~ object passes data at many times the resolution of MIDI (one of the great things about the Wacom tablet and sample accurate modulation from MSP to Ableton Live using the API objects in Max for Live). The Wacom tablet has 5 degrees of hi-res expressive freedom (see below for mappings). Very promising, this is just a quick little study... Cheers.

x axis = pitch (tempered)
y axis = volume
pen pressure =vibrato amount
tilt axis y = vibrato rate
tilt axis x = detune +/- semitone."

Roland TR-909 Drum Machine demo

YouTube via gunnerboy55.

TR-909s on Ebay

What comes with Max for Live

YouTube via AbletonInc
"Max for Live puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Create all the instruments, effects and extensions you've ever wanted."

Beatmangling in Logic Pro

YouTube via rishabhrajan
"This is using a patch called 'Finger' made by Tim Exile for Native Instruments' Reaktor. I set up some objects in the environment to control some of the parameters, still waiting for my touch screen to control this with my 'finger'"

20091115 (RB-338)

YouTube via morimadoka

20091115(RB-338)　 Flying frogs

Doepfer Dark Energy - sequencing ... some dirt ...

YouTube via strongholdbythelake
"A quick improvization on my Doepfer Dark Energy to show how mean this little bad boy is ... some freakout at the end ;)
No postprocessing ... except for some reverb so it's not sounding all too dry.
The Dark Energy is triggered from a MFB Step 64."

Official Korg X-911 Guitar Synthesizer Audio Demo (1979) Part 1

YouTube via xnonsuchx
"Korg demo cassette tape of of the X-911 Guitar Synthesizer (part 1 of 2)...luckily (?) found in a thrift store random cassette bin (also contains a VC-10 Vocoder demo)."

Official Korg X-911 Guitar Synthesizer Audio Demo (1979) Part 2