Saturday, February 26, 2011
Barry Schrader: Moon-Whales
YouTube via ExMachinaPub | Feb 22, 2011 |
"This video is from a 1985 concert at CalArts that dealt with real-time video processing of live performances. This is the final movement of Schrader's "Moon-Whales and Other Moon Songs" (1982-83), based on poems by Ted Huges. Performers include Maurita Phillips-Thormburgh, soprano, and Michael Scroggins, live video processing. The electronic music was created on a Buchla 200 system (Electric Music Box)."
http://www.barryschrader.com/
via Barry Schrader:
"Moon-Whales is the seventh and final movement of my work Moon-Whales and Other Moon-Songs composed in 1982-83, and based on children's poems by the late British Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. It was originally composed for the soprano Maurita Phillips-Thornburgh, who performs in this video. The work was performed several times throughout the U.S. as well as in Europe. The final performance was at the funeral of my friend and colleague, vocalist/composer Frank Royon Le Mée in Marseilles in 1993, at his request. Moon-Whales and Other Moon-Songs was my final non-improvised work with the Buchla 200. Unfortunately, the master tapes, being on Ampex 456, are no longer playable due to the binder problems with that tape formulation. As the masters are, therefore, lost, there will probably never be any more performances of this work. I did do a digital transfer of one of the solo electronic movements, Moon-Wings, for some dance groups many years ago, but, unfortunately, not the other movements of the work. I recently came across this video tape, and although both the video and audio quality are poor, I thought it might be interesting to some people as a documentation of the final movement of the work."
Update: some additional info from Barry Schrader in response to a question from the Buchla 200e list:
"All of the electronic music in Moon-Whales was done on the Buchla 200. The Fairlight referred to is the Fairlight CVI, an early hybrid video processor. The "thanks" is because the CalArts School of Film/Video had one on loan from Fairlight at the time.
[Regarding] the '…melodic 12-tone scale…', the electronic music here, as in all of my works involving live performers, has an "orchestral" accompaniment function. Thus, here, it must support the vocal line, and, yes, it is tonal, in a 20th century, abstracted sort of way. Not all of my music created on the Buchla 200 uses a tempered scale. Then, as now, I use a variety of tunings, some of which are invented for a specific piece or section of a piece. "Monkey King", for example, is entirely pentatonic.
Like most things, the limitations of the Buchla 200 depend on the person using it. Some of the ideas that are important to me in the electronic music I create are the development of new timbres, having a high degree of control over what I'm doing, and trying to go beyond what's been done (both by myself and others) in the past. While little of my analog work is commercially available, the "Lost Atlantis CD" contains music that was entirely done on the Buchla 200 in 1976-77. The booklet that comes with the CD has some technical information. I didn't find it difficult to create any particular type of scale with this synth, as I developed procedures for insuring precise control. For example, with "Moon-Whales", I measured voltage data to 2 decimal places with a VOM, and, using this and other means of notating patch data, I usually was able to faithfully recreate a given patch.
The original version of "Moon-Whales" was quadraphonic, and, on this video, everything is really crushed together. Still, you can get an idea of what it sounds like."
bugtasticalicious
bugtasticalicious from emergencyofstate on Vimeo.
"8==d"
Update:
bugin 2 electric bugaloo
bugin 2 electric bugaloo from emergencyofstate on Vimeo.
"same patch minus the drums."
Eurorack Synth and guitar rs510e EMS trapezoid
YouTube via equinoxoz | Feb 26, 2011 |
"Well, it is Analogue systems VCO and EMS Filter/EMS Trapezoid modules and the guitar is going through reverb and filter, modulated by the trapezoid and gate delay..."
The Korg MS-20: The Control Panel Part 1 (HQ)
YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | Feb 26, 2011 |
custom white MS20
"Here is a higher-quality version of part one of the Korg MS-20 video on the control panel."
Octatrack synth jam
YouTube via dylannau | Feb 26, 2011 |
"A jam with the new Octatrack, Machinedrum, ARP Odyssey, Moog Voyager, xoxbox and a line 6 DL4. Synths are sequenced by the xoxbox, everything is running into Octatrack and straight stereo to Logic with a mastering channel strip on the master buss."
Reactable Videos by tommyZeta
YouTube via tommyzeta - @Zetatwit
Playlist:
"Black" by tommyZeta
Reactable mobile - Tips & Tricks 01
Reactable mobile - Tips & Tricks 02 HD
Reactable on iPad
Reactable mobile
Reactable mobile - Reactable Systems SL
iPads on eBay
MFOS Soundlab DIY Synthesizer
via this auction"'Yellow' Magic Synthesizer based on the MFOS Soundlab. This Synthesizer was encased in a original Pelicase and is just optical but also musically curious.
The used MFOS Soundlab PCB is one original one out of the first Series.
Attention: Currently, there is a MIDIMPLANT from Roman Sowa installed. This is NOT PART of the auction, but it can be bought for 30 EUR additionally ( the original buying price of the MIDI was 55 EUR !)
Details and audio samples are available on the musicfromouterspace.com page.Delivery will be:
- MFOS Soundlab in Pelicase
- Power supply
- Cable for 2 x CV to stereo adapter
- (optional) MIDIMPLANT"
large pics here
Claude Debussy - Clair de Lune (RAC Analog Synthesizer Version)
YouTube via andreanjos | Feb 26, 2011 |
"This is one of the finest pieces of music ever written. It's very cinematic and I was kinda bored on a friday night, so I decided to just make my own version of it.
It's featuring the Minimoog model D, which has some trouble staying in tune, especially on the high notes. The Juno-60 on the chords. I ran the last half of it through this old tape deck, so you kinda get this rough tape hiss and distortion.
I was kinda inspired by this arrangement of another song.
http://soundcloud.com/datashat/arr-da...
I've always been a big fan of David Holmes version as well.
http://www.amazon.com/Oceans-Eleven-D..."
Electric Independence: Morton Subotnick
"In its early days, electronic music wasn’t very musical. Painstakingly put together with wave generators or tiny bits of tape spliced together on splicing blocks by music professors and hobbyists, it was often highly abstract, largely concerned with pitch and timbre, and lacked much rhythm or pattern.
Enter Morton Subotnick.
Back in the sixties, while Robert Moog was developing his pioneering keyboard on the East Coast, Subotnick, Ramon Sender and Don Buchla were toiling away in San Francisco on what would become possibly the world’s first analog synthesizer, the ‘electronic music easel’BUCHLA 100. Instead of a keyboard, it relied on pressure sensitive touch-plates, which controlled individually tuneable keys for limitless micro-tuning possibilities, analog sequencers, and complex waveforms beyond your basic sine, sawtooth, and square waves. You can now find it at the Smithsonian.
Check out more at Motherboard.
See the rest at VBS.TV: Electric Independence: Morton Subotnick - Motherboard | VBS.TV"
Click here for additional posts featuring Moton Subotnick including video of recent performances.
Click here for additional Motherboard TV posts.
Fairlight Instruments open for business
"Following its outstanding debut at the 2011 NAMM show, Fairlight Instruments is ready to accept orders for the CMI-30A.
Only 100 CMI-30As will be made. These $20,000 instruments are hand built, special 30th anniversary editions, which will no doubt become as highly sought after as the original CMIs. They will be sold directly by Fairlight Instruments and shipped anywhere in the world from Sydney, Australia. Authorised agents will provide support and service in most major territories.
The first 100 Purchase Agreements with deposits received on or after 1st March 2011, Australian Eastern Standard Time, will be accepted and fulfilled in order of receipt.
Product specifications and details of how to secure a place on the waiting-list are available at: http://www.fairlightinstruments.com.au/public/downloads.
30 years ago the Fairlight CMI changed the way we make music, forever. The legend has returned."
Only 100 CMI-30As will be made. These $20,000 instruments are hand built, special 30th anniversary editions, which will no doubt become as highly sought after as the original CMIs. They will be sold directly by Fairlight Instruments and shipped anywhere in the world from Sydney, Australia. Authorised agents will provide support and service in most major territories.
The first 100 Purchase Agreements with deposits received on or after 1st March 2011, Australian Eastern Standard Time, will be accepted and fulfilled in order of receipt.
Product specifications and details of how to secure a place on the waiting-list are available at: http://www.fairlightinstruments.com.au/public/downloads.
30 years ago the Fairlight CMI changed the way we make music, forever. The legend has returned."
deadmau5 Goes Gorilla
vid deadmau5's Photos:
"welcomeing the newest little gorilla to the mau5trap family :) thanks to http://gorillabox.bigcartel.com/ for the awesome case! survived the flight just fine."
Free Roland Jupiter 4 Sample Sets
via Rick:
"I’ve recently put together a collection of free Roland Jupiter 4 samples
Part one is available here:
http://modularsamples.com/?q=node/23
Part two (considerably better in terms of quality and quantity):
http://modularsamples.com/?q=node/6
Everything is public domain, so there are no limits on use, you can do whatever you like with them."
"I’ve recently put together a collection of free Roland Jupiter 4 samples
Part one is available here:
http://modularsamples.com/?q=node/23
Part two (considerably better in terms of quality and quantity):
http://modularsamples.com/?q=node/6
Everything is public domain, so there are no limits on use, you can do whatever you like with them."
Micro Moog Vintage Analog Synthesizer With Anvil Fibre Case
via this auction"Serial Number: 7654
Monophonic
32-key keyboard
1 Ribbon controller (Pitch bend)
1 Modulation wheel
Controls for:
Oscillator: Octave, Frequency, Waveshape, Doubling
Noise level
Fliter: Cutoff, Emphasis, Contour
Filter Contour: Attack, Release
Loudness Contour: Attack, Release
Modulation: Rate, Source, Routing
Glide
Volume
Switches for:Release, Oscillator, Filter Mod By Osc, Filter Mode, Filter Sustain, Loudness Sustain, Bypass
Rear Panel:
Outputs: Lo Audio, Hi Audio, S-Trig, KBD, Acc Power (15vdc)
Inputs: Filter, Osc, S-Trig, Audio, Modulation
Fine Tune Control "
Vintage Micromoog Analog Synth
via this auction"This is a monophonic synth. It has a single oscillator and single filter bank. You can modulate various parts of the signal using the wheel and use the ribbon to create crazy pitch effects."
Ableton Live Pack - The Art of Brushes
Ableton Live Pack - The Art of Brushes from The Loop Loft on Vimeo.
"thelooploft.com/products/ableton-live-pack-the-art-of-brushes
We're proud to announce our first Ableton Live Pack - "The Art of Brushes". Taking one of our most popular collections of loops and samples, we meticulously customized every aspect to integrate seamlessly inside of Ableton Live. We produced a complete series of Live Sessions that will get you up and running with a variety of drum grooves and fills instantly and also supplied hundreds of clips, giving you endless options. The drums racks consist of samples taken directly from the loop sessions, providing the ability to create your own beats from scratch or utilize MIDI grooves, keeping the sonic characteristics consistent with the original loops."
The ARP 2600: High Quality Videos by AutomaticGainsay Update
The last of the high quality ARP 2600 videos have been added to this post.
RF checks out Peter Dines' Mirage
YouTube via resonantfilterblog | Feb 26, 2011 |
"Mirage Reaktor ensemble by Peter Dines available thru www.reaktortips.com. Using samples that come with ensemble and others from New Atlantis Audio's Night Shift (available thru rackflip.com) Cheers!"
Mlrv2.1 Jam2
YouTube via kirk95 | Feb 26, 2011 |
"More Mlrv2.1 jamming. Sure wish I could get rewire to work!"
Serge Modular - 8th patch
YouTube via MechaSeb76 | Feb 26, 2011 |
"Serge Modular - 8th patch"
Serge modular & LaunchPad
Yonac Organ+
YouTube via JCRUDESS | Feb 26, 2011 |
"My friend Yonac has a new organ app that came out today. Here it is featured in a little tune that Gianluca put together."
Organ+ - Yonac
iPads on eBay
M-Audio Venom Controlled by TouchOSC Part 2 Update
YouTube via matrixsynth | Feb 24, 2011 | Watch full screen 720HD
You'll find the template posted here.
Some additional info on this one:
"I start on the OSC1 page messing with the different waveforms for oscillator 1. All you are hearing is oscillator 1. At :46 - I flip through to the Oscillator Control page (I briefly hit the OSC3 page) where I have the following settings:
Red - OSC1 Course, Fine, 3>FM, Shape and Keytrack
Green - OSC2 Course, Fine, Keytrack and Sync to OSC1
Blue - OSC3 Course, Fine, Keytrack and Sync to OSC1
Yellow - Start Modulation and Drift
Purple - Mix for OSC1, OSC2, OSC3, Ring, Ext, and Ext Src
Grey - Portamento/Glide On/Off and Rate, Bender Range
I turn OSC1 down and turn OSC2 up. I then flip to the OSC2 page so you can hear it by itself. Note the waveforms although the same sound different in some cases. This is because the envelope setting for OSC2 has a longer sustain than OSC1 so you hear more of each waveform. This is especially noticeable with drum samples. I then go back to the OSC mix page and add OSC1 back in. I adjust waveforms for each in their respective waveform pages so you can hear them work together. I go back to the mix section and add in OSC3. At 2:08 I enable OSC3 sync. I then disable it but it sounds different than before (I'll have to look into that :) Update: this was due to an error in my template which has been fixed). I flip through some of the waveforms again to hear how they mix together. At 3:00 I try OSC3 to OSC1 FM. I set OSC1 to a sine wave so I can hear the effect better. At 3:02 I turn down the levels for OSC2 and OSC3 so I can only hear the effect with only OSC1.
If you watch closely you will see each of the three oscillators has the full 94 waveform sources to select from and you can have them interact with each other. OSC1 can be frequency modulated by OSC3, OSC2 and OSC3 can be synced to OSC1, each can keytrack which means if you disable it the pitch does not track, so if you turn it off for 3 and have it FM 1 it will have a different effect than if it was on. There's also ring mod. You can also set the frequency for an oscillator below audio rate into LFO range. Note there are non standard waveforms including drum waveform samples to chose from, so you can do some really interesting things here. The reason I am creating an iPad editor is because only certain parameters are accessible via the front panel of the synth. You cannot edit OSC waveforms via the synth directly. You have to use the included editor on your PC or go the iPad route."
"Prototype TouchOSC template controlling M-Audio Venom using The Missing Link to translate OSC to MIDI."
Description also added to the original post here.
Full Venom review with tips & tricks here.
M-Audio Venom
The Missing Link - wifimidi.com
iPads on eBay
TouchOSC - hexler
Cats hip-hop jam
YouTube via alkexinstruments | Feb 26, 2011 |
"Mr Kitty and Bessie Jamming on the Alkex instruments minimoog midi controller.
Get yours at www.alkex.com"
Buchla Zeroscillator
YouTube via dkimcg | Feb 26, 2011 |
"My Buchla boat is now complete.
I can't believe it's only been 8 months with the Buchla, what a trip it's been."
Quadelectronic 33: Jez, Willow, Jim
YouTube via synoneiro | Feb 25, 2011 |
"Jez Creek - MicroMoog, effects
Willow Songsmith - E-mu E4K, laptop
Jim Tetlow - laptop with keyboard
Improvisation at Quadelectronic 33, Quad Studios, Leicester, 22nd February 2011
Thanks to Chris Conway and Bob Bryars
http://www.quadstudios.co.uk"
via the forum
t-ibe's handmade synthesizer "Tansu" part-1
YouTube via MOGUSOBA | Nov 2, 2010 |
"http://www.myspace.com/tmpp0015"
CASIO CT-410V Performance
MOGUSOBA | Feb 10, 2011 |
CASIO CT-410V Drum Sound Making
MOGUSOBA | Feb 10, 2011 |
"CASIO CT-410V is king of analog Casiotone ! awesome analog filter makes drum sound"
Also see http://www.t-ibe.com/music_contents/0-all.htmlvia Ian
"somehow I came upon this guy, looking up old casiotones
I find his music strangely addictive"
Lemur multiball tracking bug
YouTube via phantobass | Feb 21, 2010 |
"Why is the Lemur unable to track collisions correctly?"
Roland Sonic Cell demo by S4K - audio usb module seq - space4keys
YouTube via Space4Keys | Feb 26, 2011 |
"Roland Sonic Cell demo by S4K - audio usb module seq - space4keys
Performed by Sion
http://www.space4keys.com"
Synare Sensor
via this auction
"Synare Sensor analog drum synthesizer by Star Instruments. The Synare Sensor can be mounted to the rim of a drum and a tone is triggered by the vibration of a hit. the sensitivity can be adjusted to that it can be played by hand as well. the range of sounds from this little box is wonderful... from deep electro bass drum to high metallic Devo style percussion. the Synare Sensor runs on one 9v battery (not included)"
Roland CR-1000 Digital Drummer with Original Box & Flyer
Roland SH-3A
via this auctionmore pics at the auction and here.
See the seller's other items for more. They have been added to the "Dealers on eBay" section under the More Stuff section the right. RSS feed for those that use them. You can find more feeds on the right.
simplenZAR demo.mov
YouTube via hannesder3te | Feb 26, 2011 |
"simplenZAR Demo
more Info on http://www.roebbeling.de/wordpress/?p..."
Chip Modular
YouTube via crudface | Feb 26, 2011 |
"Self generating chiptune. Level 99 ultimate power."
Hilltree - Diy Ms20 filter clone for stompbox
YouTube via hilltree | Feb 26, 2011 |
"This is my Diy version of the korg Ms20 filter for stombox use. A nice and easy to make filter designed by korg , and modified by tim escobedo , and some extra mods by myself. More about this project at the dutch synthforum and http://www.groenewoudnet.nl"
MODE MACHINES SL-1 Synthlab
video of it in action here"The SYNTHLAB uses a 100% true analog circuitry with subtractive synthesis which is designed in a classic way. This design is not new because it started in the early 70´s with the voltage controlled modular systems. The use of the low pass filter based on the transistor cascade lets the synthlab sound very similar to the well known early Moog synthesizers.
As the SYNTHLAB has a built in MIDI interface you will find it easy to integrate into any MIDI studio setup. The SYNTHLAB also has a built in MIDI-TO-CV/GATE interface which can become very handy, when using vintage equipment. The SYNTHLAB is a hand-made true discrete analogue synthesizer built in Germany. We have used components from the 70s and 80s but also modern technology. There are no DSP´s or such built in, so the sound is true, pure and very experimental like a smal synthesizer laboratory - hence the name: SL-1 SYNTHLAB.The setup of the SL-1 is very easy-to-use if you have played around with other anlogue synthesizers. Every parameter has its own pot for controlling and playing with the modulation and everything can be controlled manually in real-time. The controls of the modules are diveded into groups on the frontplate so they can be visually seperated for easier use. For basic setup you have 2 VCO´s and an external audioinput. The selected signal can be routed through the VCF and VCA before it reaches the audiooutput. For each VCF and VCA you have an own envelope generator. Additonally you have various modulation routing possibilities through the LFO´s.
Features* 2 x VCO´s ( 2 waveforms - saw & pulse)
* 1 x VCF (low pass filter 24dB - Moog cascade)
* 1 x VCA
* 1 x Noise
* 1 x Ringmodulator
* 1 x Suboscillator (-2 octaves)
* 2 x LFO (various waveforms and routings)
* 2 x ENV (ADSR for the VCA and AD for the VCF)
* MIDI-CV-Interface with 2 x CV and GATE
* Audio IN
* Audio OUT
* MIDI IN/THRU
* External PSU included
Technical specification
* POWER: 18V AC 1000mA (PSU included)
* Dimensions: 29.8 cm * 16.5 cm * 6 cm (11.73" * 6.5" * 2.36")
(with packaging: 36.5 cm * 23 cm * 10 cm (14.37" * 9.06" * 3.94"))
* Weight: 1.5 kg (3.31 lb)
(with packaging: 2.1 kg (4.63 lb))"
Dewanatron on NPR's here & now
"'The Social Network,' about Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, is up for a handful of Oscars this weekend. The movie’s Nine Inch Nails soundtrack also got an Oscar nod for the soundtrack, in part thanks to an unusual handmade synthesizer called the Swarmatron."Click on the "Listen to the Story" icon at the top of this here & now post, to the right of the date.
Synthrotek NAND Synth with 555 Timer Mod - DIve Bomb Starve Switch
YouTube via synthrotek | Feb 25, 2011 |
"http://www.synthrotek.com
Our new NAND synth mod with Dive bomb switch, momentary switches and a 555 time. Kill crazy lofi sounds!"
Synthrotek NAND Synth with 555 Timer Mod - DIve Bomb Starve Switch w/ PT2399 DELAY
synthrotek | Feb 25, 2011 |
"http://www.synthrotek.com
Our new NAND synth mod with Dive bomb switch, momentary switches and a 555 timer coupled with our PT2399 Delay MOD. Kill crazy lofi sounds!"
Insects Chatting via Buchla 200e
YouTube via djangosfire | Feb 26, 2011 |
"This patch started out as a test using an external Doepfer Lag module.... and blossomed into "Insects Chatting" :)
General patch notes:
1x 261e OSC w/ cross mod of Timbre & Symmetry from the MOD OSC.
250e CH 1 playing a 4x note sequence (with clock from 077 Pendulum Ratchet - Ratchet time slurred w/ CH 3 from the 250e) through the external Lag Module into the 261e Principle OSC.
266e SOU sending Fluctuating Random Voltages into the same 261e Principle OSC.
261e into a channel of the 292e Quad Dynamics Manager (Low Pass Gates) with the output split into 206e Mixer & Eventide Timefactor with slap-back delay.
The Timefactor signal sent back into another channel of the 292e with the 266e Quantized Random Voltages controlling the mix level of the incoming Timefactor
Thanks for listening/reading - djangosfire"
ether^ra OF COURSE, TREMBLING
YouTube via potterpaint2000 | Feb 25, 2011 |
"alive and looped Buchla 200e improv w/delay and mini-kp. http//etherra.blogspot.com/"
ether^RA CRATER CYCLES
MIDI Controller basics tutorial
MIDI Controller basics tutorial from Rupert Brown on Vimeo.
"This week I cover the basic concept of MIDI and Controllers as I sometimes get asked questions like "Will this controller sound good for bass lines" or "Will this (USB) MIDI controller work with X interface". So I did this episode to point out why they dont effect your sound."
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