Vocoder Experiment 1 by chrisstack
"A quick-and-dirty recording of some dual vocal processors in action... simultaneously playing an Alesis Micron vocoder through a Moog MF-101 Low Pass Filter (controlled by an expression pedal) and a TC Helicon Voiceworks controlled by a MIDI keyboard. Background is Moog Voyager and Little Phatty, Yamaha MO8 and Korg MicroX (both non-Moog run through MF-101s)"
Update: Chris Stack is the Marketing Director for Moog Music
Update:
Vocoder Experiment #2
Vocoder Experiment #2 by chrisstack
"Further experiments in multiple vocal processors. Alesis Micron vocoder through Moog MF-101 Low Pass Filter w/ expression pedal, TC Helicon Voiceworks controlled by MIDI keyboard, bass is Moog Little Phatty. Rest is Yamaha MO8 through 2 Moog MF-101s and Kurzweil K2000 through Moog MIDI MuRF."
Sunday, January 09, 2011
Tereshkova Synth Multi-Track Demo
Tereshkova Synth Multi-Track Demo from Calvin Cardioid on Vimeo.
"bit.ly/i2Gt3z
Visual accompaniment for Multi-Track Demo of Analogue Solutions Tereshkova Suitcase Synthesizer"
Luna cube
YouTube via grandtippler | January 09, 2011 |
"http://www.etsy.com/listing/65614630/ The Luna Cube is a small hand held synth that makes a large range of electronic noises.""The Luna Cube is a small hand held synth that uses light to make a large range of electronic noises.
The light sensor inputs allow you to get a full range of sounds very quickly, they work as fast a you can move your fingers across the sensors.
Main controls:
Pitch: the pitch control allows you to make, 127 tones and 127 white noise variations using the right hand light sensor as an input. For crazy effect use a small LED torch that has a strobe function.
Chopper: The chopper control changes the frequency of the sound up and down. The speed of these changes is dependent on left hand side light sensor. The more light that enters the sensor the faster the sound moment, until the point where sound is chopped up.
The output is via a 3.5mm stereo socket which can be plugged into earphones, a computer sound card, mixer or amplifier.
I hope that gives you a basic idea about how the Luna Cube works, if you have any questions please feel free to convo me.
Happy noise making,
RareBeasts"
Vintage DIY Modular Analog Synth
"I purchased this sweet guy at a yard sale and started working on it but I really have too many projects. It is a clearly homemade but nice quality modular analog synthesizer from the mid-1970's. This is an awesome piece for the collector! Vintage components are used throughout for maximum analog mojo. There are multiple components to this system. Here's a description of what is included:
1.) KEYBOARD CONTROLLER The keyboard controller is a two octave keyboard that is made from a chopped-off upright piano! This give it a really nice, unique feel. It has CV and gate outputs.
2.) TWO MODULAR CABINETS The two modular cabinets include three VCO modules (V/oct near as I can tell), a module with two summers and a noise source, a quad VCA module, a filter module, an ASDR module, a mixer module, and a power supply module (+/- 15V). The modules are chock full of vintage metal can CA3080 OTAs and other cool components. All jacks are RCA. The cabinets are made from pine and plywood for maximum 1970s homemade vibe.
3.) LARGE PILE OF RCA PATCH CORDS Various lenghts to match the RCA jacks used on the modules
Here is a list of what I have done to this synth since I bought it:
- Cleaned the keyboard contacts and set the keyboard potentiomenters for V/octave response.
- Cleaned all module potentiometers to remove nasty grease from pot shafts (I noticed when taking the pictures that a few (2-3) of the pots are still nto turning quite freeley. I managed to get the rest woring well with pot cleaner so I am sure that is all they need)
- Replaced a bad rotary switch in one of the VCO modules
- Verified the operation of the power supply, labeled power bus, and replaced some broken wires.
- Verified that all modules do not release any magic smoke when power is applied
- Verified that all modules work with the exception of the filter (lack of time on my part, plus I can't figure out the connections)
- Made some cool noises"
VINTAGE 70s ARP SYNTHESIZER RARE DEALER SALES BANNER
via this auction
"This vintage 1970s Arp dealer sales banner is in mint condition. Never displayed and no fading. Measures 33"x22 and includes the gold tasseled hang cord. Great for your studio, gear room, or man cave."
Virus TI OS 4.5 Preview Movie 1
Virus TI OS 4.5 Preview Movie 1 from access music on Vimeo.
"This is a little preview to one of the new things we will present at the NAMM show in 2011.
We will show you a preview version of the forth coming OS 4.5 for the entire Virus TI series."
via Soviet Space Child via this thread on infekted.org.
Also see:
New Access Virus TI Polar WhiteOut Special Edition - Back in Black
And of course don't miss the NAMM list post (all updates in red) and the NAMM label.
Update:
NAMM 2011 - Access Music Synth Products Overview
DeMenTia laBs- ANCIENT ASTRONAUT ll
YouTube via SuperRoss007 | January 08, 2011
via this auction
"dementia labs-rare art sythesizer ANCIENT ASTRONAUT ll this one has a LFO that has a patch bay that chanfes around the capacitors makin trippy sounds it also has a vactrol tremolo hooked to the clock resistor ran by an optical cell.the keyboard itself is also pitch bent and this one has a custom built up to 5 second digital sampler that can be looped and then pitch bent.also 2 1/4 output plugs."
Alesis Fusion Hd6 workstation synth - Impro demo by space4keys
YouTube via Space4Keys | January 09, 2011 |
"Alesis Fusion Hd6 workstation synth - Impro demo by space4keys"
Alesis Fusion on eBay
Misa Kitara - CES Hot Stuff award winner
YouTube via stuffmagazine | January 08, 2011 |
"It was tough, but we've passed judgement on 10 of the hottest and coolest gadgets at CES 2011. The Kitara is a futuristic electronic guitar with a multi-touch screen, gesture recognition and a library of over 100 different sounds. Remember http://stuff.tv is the place to go for all the latest CES 2011 coverage."
Monotonic Labs TYPE-U73 Synthesizer Oscillator
via this auction"Type U-73 synthesizer. The synth is the same size as a standard effectes pedal and has simple 1/4" power (in addition to 9V battery) and 1/4" output to your amp, effects board, or mixing board... The synth is pretty interesting and function more like an oscillator with an x and y axis. Turning the knobs creates a theremin-like sound that can be altered and affected as you "play". This thing is great at adding background drones to recordings or cool affects and noise. Add a tremelo and have a cool-sounding drone similar to an old korg. These were made in small quantities and are a great addition to any studio. Perfect for circuit benders and pro studios alike. Here are the manufacturers details:
'There is no input, only an output (line level quarter inch mono). The Type-U73 synthesizer creates low frequency sweeps, areggiated stepped tones, feedback, thermin noises, etc. There are 2 knobs labeled [x] and f[x]. f[x] serves as the rate for the oscillator, and [x] plays off the position of f[x] doing sweeps, stepped tones, etc. Wherever f[x] is set will determine what [x] sounds like. f[x] also serves as pitch control.'"
Ableton Live Novation Launchpad: Progtronica live glitch performance dj'ing with Drums
Ableton Live Novation Launchpad: Progtronica live glitch performance dj'ing with Drums from Nigel Sifantus on Vimeo.
"nigelsifantus.com A new live video performance from Progtronica, the "Futuristic One Man Drum Ninja Band". Using Ableton live software, a Novation Launchpad, ZeRo SL MKII, and live electronic Roland V-Drums, producer/film maker Nigel Sifantus delivers a blazing yet glitchy live track complete with ambient atmospherics, crackling drums, and melodic chords. This piece was put together immediately after the news broke of the assassination attempt on Rep.Gabbrielle Giffords in an attempt to say "all will be ok...really" Don't give in to fear! Become a fan of "Progtronica" on facebook and follow @nsifantus and @progtronica on twitter for regular updates."
EMX-jazz-test
EMX-jazz-test by rh2y
"A quick experiment to try out something more jazz-styled on the EMX1"
via Russ who brought us the EMX Cannon Test
"A quick experiment to try out something more jazz-styled on the EMX1"
via Russ who brought us the EMX Cannon Test
Two portable cabinets and a 184
via Heath Finnie's The Secret Life of Daytime
"This is a portion of the system as it will be. Truth be told, it already looks different as since the photo I changed the layout and added some modules that were not present in this photo. A fourth oscillator, Steiner filter, STG sea devils filter (EMS Synthi clone) and STG Post-Lawsuit filter ('clone' of the 4072 in the ARP 2600). The left cabinet is now pretty much comprised of nothing but oscillators and filters."
Piston Honda says, "I love global blast"
YouTube via crudface | January 09, 2011 |
"I recorded myself uttering this inside joke about global blasting, cut it up into micro samples, loaded it into the PH, and then made a patch to reconstruct it."
Global Blast Abstracted
crudface | January 09, 2011 |
"A more abstract approach to the vocal sample."
Make Noise Brains and Pressure Points is an Oscillator
crudface | January 09, 2011 |
"Try it, it's awesome."
Buchla Chords
YouTube via boobtube356 | January 09, 2011 |
"This is a test inspired by pickleinn. 2x259e and 261e. Sorry for the clipping there at 0:17. Oh well."
Space Rhapsody by Alba Ecstasy
YouTube via adimsimion | January 09, 2011 |
"Just testing my Blofeld in MULTI MODE: arpeggiators and FX are played with it. This is the first time when I play with Blofeld in multi mode and I found it very useful and easy to obtain extraordinary sounds and combinations.
Footages are courtesy of Hubble: http://hubblesite.org/.
http://www.albaecstasy.ro"
JEN BRIO 49-P Organ Synth with Rhthm Machine
via this auction"Technical details:
4-octave range 49 keys
Detachable stand
Built-in speaker
Line out
Tibia 16
Tibia 8
Tibia 4
Trombone 16
Trumpet 8
Oboe 8
String 8
Piano
preset rhythms with the function of combining these
Car Bass
Auto chord, or of chords (major, minor, dominant 7th and minor 7th)"
Korg SIGMA
via this auctionNote the wood piece that extends from the back. I'm guessing this is to hold sheet music.
Moog Prodigy
via this auction
minimoog vs prodigy
YouTube via lesingemonotone | May 03, 2010 | previously posted
"A sonic comparisson between two classic moog models."
1970s U.K. SYNTHESIZER MAGAZINES
via this auction
"2 x 1970s PRACTICAL ELECTRONICS magazines
1. Feb 1973: How to build your own SOUND SYNTHESISER
2. Nov 1977: How to build a 128 NOTE SEQUENCER for SYNTHESISERS
Magazines are in VG condition."
MULTIVOX MX-150 BaskyII
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this auction
"The Multivox MX-150 Basky-II bass synthesizer is an affordable alternative to Moog's Taurus bass pedals. This set of synthesized bass pedals was made in Japan in the late 1970's. Although not as fat sounding as the Taurus, it is a true analog synthesizer, very warm sounding, with a nice array of features. Octave, hold, sustain (decay), expansion (filter) and attack (sharp or soft), are all selectable by footswitches. Controls include volume, tuning, tone, sustain and expand. Very simple for the user to create sounds and use in performance situations..."
via this auction
"The Multivox MX-150 Basky-II bass synthesizer is an affordable alternative to Moog's Taurus bass pedals. This set of synthesized bass pedals was made in Japan in the late 1970's. Although not as fat sounding as the Taurus, it is a true analog synthesizer, very warm sounding, with a nice array of features. Octave, hold, sustain (decay), expansion (filter) and attack (sharp or soft), are all selectable by footswitches. Controls include volume, tuning, tone, sustain and expand. Very simple for the user to create sounds and use in performance situations..."
Bit crushed modular drum
YouTube via popitem | January 09, 2011 |
"Testing the doepfer A-189-1 bit crusher on a set of MFB drum modul."
AKAI VX-90
YouTube via synthmaven | January 09, 2011 |
"Akai VX-90 playing back a MIDI track."
Update:
Doepfer Filter Demo
YouTube via TheVoltageControl | January 09, 2011 |
"Doepfer modular filter demonstration. Filters used: A-120 (lowpass filter), A-106-1 Xtreme Filter (MS20 clone low- and highpass filter), A-106-5 (low-, band- and highpass 12dB SEM filter)."
Tiptop Audio Numberz the Z-DSP Programmer
"Numbers digital audio lab for the Z-DSPSo what is Numberz?
Numberz is a USB device that communicates with a software front-end (for PC) and can be used to download DSP programs and display text to blank, non-volatile cartridges for use with the Z-DSP.
This allows us to use a wide variety of DSP programs that are freely available on the Web, many excellent examples of which are available from the Spin Semi website. There are even more on the Spin Semi forum where FV-1 users were kind enough to share their creations.
Some of those programs are very cool and some are not, it really depend on what you are looking for. I really like some of the Reverbs, but not everything appeals to my personal sonic tastes.
How does it work? Before using it for the first time you will have to install drivers, but then just connect the USB cable, place Numberz in front of you, and insert a blank or used cartridge into the Numberz’s cartridge socket. Then, with a few mouse clicks and the help of SpinAsm and Pickit2 software, you can 'burn' a cartridge. You can burn a single program or a complete project with up to eight programs and write your own text that will appear on the Z-DSP display.
(The downloads currently available on the Spin Semi website do not contain the text file for the display, but users can write their own and we’ll talk more about it as Numberz becomes available.)
Numberz can also act as a real-time programmer for the Z-DSP. Just connect the USB cable, insert a cartridge into the Numberz’s cartridge socket, flip the Numberz unit over so the cartridge is facing down and insert Numberz into the cartridge socket of your Z-DSP. The Z-DSP will 'see' Numberz and communicate with it.
This will let you use Numberz to write, test, and debug programs and hear the results in real-time. No need to power cycle, just write your code, click 'Download' and Numberz will do it all for you. The Z-DSP will load the new program and you will hear your changes instantly.
Numberz is intended to be an open source development environment, so anyone out there interested in developing new DSP programs, or even tools for Numberz is invited and encouraged to do so. You are free to do whatever you want: share, sell, no restrictions.
Numberz will be sold with three blank cartridges that are good for approximately 10,000 “burns”.
Additional blank cartridges will be available from our distributors.
I also wanted to talk a little bit about the FV-1 DSP chip and its capabilities and limitations. This is important to me because I want to make sure people know what to expect to avoid any frustration or disappointment.
The FV-1 DSP processor is not intended to match the processing power of your computer or high-end multi-effect boxes, so don't expect intensive DSP vocoder or heavy granular effects like you might find in your plug-ins.
The Z-DSP as a whole is built to do something very different with DSP code. It has CV inputs, program-execution/sample rate clock input, stereo analog VC-Feedbacks, analog VC-Mix, and VC/Gate program switching; all these were made so that digital audio can be bent/stretched/deformed/distorted by interacting with your modules. So, all of a sudden, a digital delay does not sound like a delay but something completely different. That is the concept.
Numberz is designed to help to push this concept to the next level by providing the tools for the talented minds in our vibrant and some time crazy little community to come up and further extend the library of these digital audio algorithms.
Numberz will probably be in the range of $150 and blank cartridges should run for a couple of bucks.
Sorry it took so long and I really appreciate those who were patient and supportive! At the same time, I fully understand those who didn't want to wait any longer. This was a complex project that went through a lot of ups and downs, not the least of which was the sudden death of Keith Barr, the designer of the FV-1 DSP chip and the owner of Spin Semi.
Numberz is dedicated to the memory of Keith Barr."
http://tiptopaudio.com/
New Fairlight CMI Will Incorporate an iPod Touch
If you looked at the closely at the keyboard control panel in this post, you would have noticed something a little off. It's an iPod Touch! via Peter Vogel on Facebook:
"The keypad at the right hand end of the music keyboard is now a general purpose multi-touch controller"
This one in via wheat. Mars caught it in the comments of the previous post.
Digitana Synthi AKS KS Expander Prototype
"via Digitana where you'll find additional details.
'I have completed the prototype of a new module project I have been developing for a while, namely an 'Expansion' unit for the Synthi AKS Keyboard Sequencer (KS). It could work equally with an EMS TKS (the version of the KS EMS made as a standalone unit to be used with a VCS3 mk2). Infact the prototype was tested using a KS connected to my VCS3(mk2). The KS is a great feature of the Synthi AKS and while its no shakes compared to modern hardware sequencers its what makes the Synthi AKS arguably the most desirable of all the portable Synthi's. What the KS offers is 3 channels of CV into the Synthi Matrix: two pitch CV channels via Input Ch1 and the Seq Input (the latter recordable via the sequencer the former real time via the touch sensitive keyboard) in addition to a dynamic envelope CV via Input Ch2 whose amplitude varies with how hard the touch keys are played.'"
Elka X-705 Jean Michel Jarre Organ Synthesizer
via this auction
"The Jean Michel Jarre organ / synth
Elka X-705 organ
m. analog synthesizer
Watkins WEM amplifier PA 100
Allsound Leslie"
Elka X-705 organ, which has incorporated as a special feature a real analog synthesizer. The nature sounds and organ sounds are great. It comes together with the old system, a Allsound Leslie and a WEM 100 PA amp The organ is complete with the bass pedal and a rocker pedal, both original and also there are two chrome-plated legs and a cover, so that it can be transported in a Flighcase."
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