Throbbing Gristle's Gristleizer On Boing Boing

Check out the post on Boing Boing.

MATRIXSYNTH got a mention as well. Pretty cool...

For those not familiar with Boing Boing, see this article on Wikipedia. They started in 1988 as a zine. They have a huge reader base and cover a myriad of topics ranging from politics to medicine, to drunken partying snowmen. :) You can find a few posts featured here including a tribute to Raymond Scott and a visit with David Byrne by Xeni Jardin. I've been reading Boing Boing since before I started MATRIXSYNTH. It's my favorite non-exclusivly-synth centric site. It's cool seeing them cover this.

Boing

Boing from Abel Flaubert on Vimeo.

"boing
boing
boing boing boing ..."

Haptic Synapses and Antacid Crew playing a live set at Nexus Boing Boing Boing Boing!!

YouTube Uploaded by stevecooley on Mar 18, 2012

"Live, unrehearsed, improvised techno!"

Synth spotting & a MATRIXSYNT T sighting. :)

Update via haptic: "There are glimpses of synthseqr, the new sequencer project I'm working on, which is very fun to use with beatseqr."

ttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Antacid-Crew/268949855868
http://hapticsynapses.com/blog/

Boing Boing Offworld Looking for Chiptuners

Boing Boing has come into possession of some retro Atari Computer Camp videos without audio. They are looking for people to score some chiptunes for them. See Offworld for details.

RIP: Morgan Sparks, transistor inventor

via Boing Boing

"Stephanie Holinka of Sandia National Laboratories tells Boing Boing,

'We are sad to report the death of former Sandia Labs Director Morgan Sparks. He's best known as the Bell Labs researcher who invented the first practical transistor. His work made possible so many other inventions. Without transistors, one cannot begin to imagine personal computers, cell phones, DVD players and the many other electronic devices we rely on daily. His contributions are pretty humbling to mere English majors like me.'"

Report on his passing
Profile on PBS

Boing Boing Video: The Throbbing Gristle Interview

Click dead center to start. See the write-up and images on Boing Boing.

Raymond Scott: The First 100 Years on BoingBoing

Cool to see something from our neck of the woods on Boing Boing. The following is just an excerpt. Be sure to check out the full post on Boing Boing for more.

"Since Scott couldn't hire the perfect musicians, he built them. From the 1940s thru the 1970s, Scott, whose recording studios doubled as science labs, worked increasingly with home-built techno sound generators. He's one of the great overlooked pioneers of electronica, with US patents to prove it. His 1963 Soothing Sounds for Baby series of repetitive, high-tech nap-inducers set the template for ambient music. In 1970, Motown founder Berry Gordy was so impressed with Scott's Electronium, an analog console that composed by artificial intelligence, that he commissioned a unit. Two years later, Gordy hired Scott at Motown-L.A., where the mad scientist toiled until 1977."

MATRIXSYNTH Swag & Hall of Fame!!!

MATRISYNTH Ts are $20 in the US and $25 outside the US. This includes the shipping cost, three MATRIXSYNTH cards and one magnet.  A set of three cards and one magnet, minus the T, is $5.

The T-Shirts are from Gorilla Screen Printing - highly recommended. If you get Ts done by them, let them know you found out about them here.

Paypal any amount to matrixsynth *at* gmail.com. Be sure to include the shipping address, size and whether you'd like long or short sleeves.

Below are some MATRIXSYNTH Ts and cards spotted in the wild. If you have them, send them in!

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altoids APC (different version)

YouTube via puffhandy
"this is a custom built atari punk console, i noticed that when i use it i almost always have the one knob at full resistance and i just use the other knob for the stepped tones rather than the boing, boing boing knob i also had a problem fitting three knobs (one for the filter) on the altoids and still making it look good, the other one had three knobs really close together. this time i omitted one pot and in it's place there's a 470k resistor."

puffhandy on eBay

Two Launchpads & Boing

YouTube via Uploaded by evenfloyd on Mar 11, 2011

"something that came out while messing around with two Launchpads and Boing

aren't they beautiful?

Launchpads/Monomeemu/Boing"

Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker (Soul Train 1980)

YouTube Uploaded by MixCessation on Dec 15, 2010

"Yellow Magic Orchestra - Firecracker (Soul Train 1980)"

via Boing Boing

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 x 2 & Fender Rhodes. Looks like an ARP for bass.

Update: 2/1/2012: RIP Don Cornelius

A Russian Theremin Builder Named Gene?

Spotted this one on Boing Boing.

Welcome to LA is a podcast on a slice of what it's like to experience the "real Los Angeles". I actually grew up in LA away from all the "glamor and stardom," so out of curiosity I thought I'd check it out. The trailer embedded further below starts with the mention of a Russian theremin builder named Gene. I've never heard of him, so I thought this would definitely warrant a post. :) If anyone knows who Gene is, let us know!


"Often when people think of Hollywood and Los Angeles, they perceive it to be glitzy and glamorous. The bubble is thick, but what is L.A. life really like?

In KCRW's new podcast Welcome to L.A., host David Weinberg bursts that bubble to examine what's really going on in (native-or-not) Angeleno culture."





"Host David Weinberg moves to Los Angeles and on his first day in town ends up on a yacht, attending a birthday party for a Russian theremin builder and his musician friends. But their pleasure cruise turns disastrous and the party goers have to be rescued by boat police. The ill-fated pleasure cruise is woven into the story of Léon Theremin, a brilliant inventor and Soviet spy."

You can listen to the rest on KCRW here.

Apple II Concert - Saturday, June 25th, 2011 6PM

via Machine Project via Boing Boing where you'll find the stream once it starts. Not sure what timezone though.

snip from Machine Project:
"The Apple II’s sound system, unlike contemporaries such as the Atari 800 or Commodore 64, did not use a discreet sound chip, but rather a simple timer circuit that could be coaxed into creating square-wave tones. Most chiptune musicians tend to use sound-chip based systems, but there is a certain charm to square-wave tones. Some may define this charm as “annoyance.”

So, as a grand “musical” experiment, noted loon Jason Torchinsky has written a crude 16-step sequencer for the Apple II, and is seeking to gather up as many Apple IIs as possible to construct an orchestra which will then perform a live, dynamic concert/musical event. Machine’s resident music guru, Chris Kallmyer, will be on hand to discuss the nature of music, why some of the Apple’s 256 tones are notes and some are not, and generally help make things somewhat listenable."

That's one impressive keytar.

Marc Marc TD Cross Generator

"The TD Cross Generator is a modular analog device based on classical synthesizer techniques and featuring 'rare' options which intend to stimulate the joy for exploring experimental concepts in electronically generated music. This application is fully hand made (BTW: a XX Cross Generator also can be made with dull colors ;-)." More info on Marc Marc. via Tipper via Boing Boing Gadgets.

Happy Up Here

Happy Up Here from Röyksopp on Vimeo.
"Official video for the first single from 'Junior'!
Directed by Reuben Sutherland
royksopp.com/music/happy-up-here"
Space Invaders and some miniature art synths and oscilloscopes.
via Offworld via Boing Boing

IHOP commercial - 1969

YouTube via rwells2265. Based on the year, I'm guessing Moog. Apologies for the nightmares.
"This one defies description. Methinks someone was a little too Rooty Tooty on the Fresh and Fruity. Could this be Alvin singing? (perhaps trying to pay the rent after Dave Seville told him to hit the road)"
via the always excellent Boing Boing.

DIY Water Based Oscilloscope

Amazing Water & Sound Experiment #2
Published on Mar 11, 2013

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Ever since I created the first version of this video a year ago I've been wanting to try it again with more water and better lighting / footage. This is a really fun project and when you first see the results, chances are your jaw will drop. The main thing to keep in mind for this project is that you need a camera that shoots 24 fps.

The effect that you are seeing can't be seen with the naked eye. The effect only works through the camera. However, there is a version of the project you can do where the effect would be visible with the naked eye. For that project, you'd have to use a strobe light.

For this project you'll need:

A powered speaker
Water source
Soft rubber hose
Tone generating software
24 fps camera
Tape.

Run the rubber hose down past the speaker so that the hose touches the speaker. Leave about 1 or 2 inches of the hose hanging past the bottom of the speaker. Secure the hose to the speaker with tape or whatever works best for you. The goal is to make sure the hose is touching the actual speaker so that when the speaker produces sound (vibrates) it will vibrate the hose.

Set up your camera and switch it to 24 fps. The higher the shutter speed the better the results. But also keep in the mind that the higher your shutter speed, the more light you need. Run an audio cable from your computer to the speaker. Set your tone generating software to 24hz and hit play.Turn on the water. Now look through the camera and watch the magic begin. If you want the water to look like it's moving backward set the
frequency to 23hz. If you want to look like it's moving forward in slow motion set it to 25hz.

Have fun!"

via Boing Boing

Moogfest 2014 Presenters Include Makers Roger Linn, Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim, Don Buchla, Forest Mims & More

"Moogfest 2014 Announces Daytime Presenters Including Futurists, Musicians, Scientists, Authors, Filmmakers, and Pioneers of Electronic Music Instrument Design

Phase 1 tickets start at $199 for 5-Day General Admission, and $499 for 5-Day VIP Admission while supplies last through December 19 when Phase 2 GA tickets go up to $299. All prices exclusive of applicable fees.

ASHEVILLE, NC – November 14, 2013 – Moogfest is a five-day festival dedicated to the synthesis of technology, art and music. Since its inception in 2004, Moogfest has been a magnet for artists, engineers, and enthusiasts of Bob Moog. With an experimental lineup of daytime conference programming featuring cultural, artistic and technological luminaries and punctuated by a diverse line up of landmark nightly performances, Moogfest honors the creativity and inventiveness of Dr. Robert Moog and pays tribute to the legacy of the analog synthesizer. This is no ordinary festival.

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Roger Roger - Musique Idiote

via a review on discogs

"This is truly a Dada Musical Masterpiece of witty and inventive moog sounds from what we can approx to the year 1968.
Just imagine that year and this innovation made with that sense of absurdness and trickery that only Roger can do."

Available on Amazon & eBay. You can find additional tracks on YouTube.

via Boing Boing

Synth Sounds of Baby Crocodiles

Published on Sep 17, 2019 Published on Sep 17, 2019

via Boing Boing