Oscillators by vgermuse

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 7, 2011
Vega & Precision Model E-310 through Moogerfoogers.
"Exploring two different types of vintage audio test oscillators morphed in real time through a few moogerfoogers et al."

Vgermuse is Todd Barton who will be part of the OPERATOR remix line-up posted on MATRIXSYNTH-P. You can hear some tracks there. OPERATOR is seeking funding on Kickstarter.

oscillator ii

Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 7, 2011

"more experiments with a vintage oscillator, this time going through a moogerfooger freqbox"

oscillators iii

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 8, 2011

"more exploration of vintage oscillators and effects boxes."

oscillators iii

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 8, 2011

"more exploration of vintage oscillators and effects boxes."

Also added to Oscillators by vgermuse

Vgermuse is Todd Barton who will be part of the OPERATOR remix line-up posted on MATRIXSYNTH-P. You can hear some tracks there. OPERATOR is seeking funding on Kickstarter.

EVI Serge by vgermuse Part 3

YouTube via matrixsynth, via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse:
"at the request of many folks on and off line, I have put together a 6 minute piece using just the EVI1000/EWV2000 analog synth. This features sounds I created for my work with Anthony Braxton and the Northwest Creative Orchestra. Sometimes the sounds are sent through Moogerfooger Murf, Moogerfooger Ring Modulator, Boss RC-20 loop and some reverb. I recorded the track via the mixing board so things are pretty clean." You can grab the video and other demos off of vgermuse's website. Follow-up to this post.

buchlaBones

YouTube via matrixsynth

via vgermuse:
"Put on your silly cap! I created this simple little wacky self-propelling 200e patch today and dubbed it into the accompanying video from youtube -- pretty silly!
enjoy!

best,
vgermuse"

the original youtube video:
trombone drama

YouTube via wmtcompany

image via vgermuse

EML 101 Oscillator Noodling

Video and image below sent my way via vgermuse. Make sure to check out the other samples and shots previously sent in via vgermuse. Enjoy. Thanks vgermuse!

Haken Continuum Exploration-1 looped

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Jul 3, 2011

"This is a very brief exploration of Edmund Eagan's internal patch 0 for the Haken Continuum. His patch is amazingly flexible, responsive and sensitive, as are all the sounds/patches he created for the Continuum. I apologize for the poor sound quality -- just a simple flipcam, ugh. Just using a Boss RC-20 to loop the initial pass."

Haken Continuum Free Jazz exploration

Uploaded by vgermuse on Jul 3, 2011

"live performance with Continuum (todd barton), electronics (bruce bayard), saxes (michael vannice) and percussion (terry longshore). Excuse the poor audio -- just a flipcam. Hopefully more professional video/audio soon."

The sleeves of the MATRIXSYNTH T. :)

EVI Serge by vgermuse

YouTube via matrixsynth. Sent my way via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse.
"The EVI 2000 analog synth module of the EVI 1000 is producing long sustained sine tones which are now and then sent through a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator. The EVI is triggering a patch in the Serge that is creating random pitches and drastic timbral shifts. Hope you enjoy."

Update: New video is up here.

signalsStream via vgermuse

YouTube via matrixsynth via vgermuse

buchla 272e exploration

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 29, 2011

"Exploring just a single fm radio station section from the Buchla 272e using just 2 touchplates of the Buchla 223e to morph the attack, decay, filter and freq shifter and 1 touchpad to change the station. . ."

buchla 272e exploration-2

Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 29, 2011

"another exploration of just a single fm radio station section from the Buchla 272e using just 2 touchplates of the Buchla 223e to morph the attack, decay, filter and freq shifter and 1 touchpad to change the station. . ."

More EVI via vgermuse

via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse:
"For those interested in more of my evi stuff I've created a little site at:
link. It has more audio samples and will be updated as the months go by. Many of these audio clips are from the gig I did with the multimedia group, sonoluminescence.

Happy Holidays!
Todd"

This is a follow-up to this post.

291e variation

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Feb 25, 2012

"This is a short variation on my previous 291e-It's Alive video."

291e--Its Alive!

Uploaded by vgermuse on Feb 24, 2012

"continued explorations into the 291e as a triple feedback oscillator this time addressing its on board 8 stage sequencer advance-step-change manually while sending the three "oscillators" random pitch stuff from the 266e and pumping it all through the 296e. . ."

Forbidden Synthacon by vgermuse

mp3 here

via vgermuse:
"Here's my little homage to Bebe and Louis Barron's Forbidden Planet. Synthacon a la concrete techniques. Enjoy!"

Buchla 222e Basic Programming

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Apr 30, 2011

"This is a very, very rough hand-held flipcam video tutorial of just the most basic programming of a few pitches on three touchplates. Be sure to pause the video to check all the knob and light settings. Sorry for the blurring readout of the 223e window but my verbal explanation covers it all. And, yes, I do have a moment of verbal dyslexia and call the 259e the 295e, ugh. Hope this helps."

Buchla 222e Bacic Programming pt. 2


Buchal 222e Basic Programming pt. 3

Uploaded by vgermuse on Apr 30, 2011

"a quick explanation and tutorial on setting up a simple sequence in the arpeggiator section of the Buchal 223e."

Buchla 222e play

Published on Nov 15, 2012 by vgermuse

"a much better audio of a similar performance is available here:
http://soundcloud.com/user7621213/buchla-222e-play"



Update: Just a quick reminder:  Todd Barton aka vgermuse will be broadcasting live this Friday, Nov. 16 at 9 a.m. PST at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/buchlabot a rather complex patch this week.

mostly verbos: inside the drone

YouTube Published on Jun 24, 2012 by vgermuse

"A little 6-space with mainly Verbos modules: 262v, 254v and 288v with a Buchla 281e. Sorry for the poor audio from my flipcam, ugh. But, hopefully, you can enjoy the fun little rhythms from feeding back the 254v and the sweeps of the various stages of the 262v."

Verbos 254v as Source of Uncertainty

Published on Jun 24, 2012 by vgermuse

"exploring a few parameters of the controlled chaos of the Verbos 254v when feedback on itself."

Kandinsky Variations

via vgermuse
"Albany Records just released a new album, An Encounter With the Music of William Kraft. The cover art is Kraft's graphic score for his Kandinsky Variations from 1975. The performance (2006) of that graphic piece is by Todd Barton, Akai EVI and Terry Longshore, Roland Handsonic. Enclosed is a 1:30 crop from that track."

Be sure to check out these videos of vgermuse and the EVI.

oscillatort holiday

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 21, 2011

"seasonal fm-ing from a vintage tube test oscillator"

Also see Oscillators by vgermuse

Morse Code Mangled

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 23, 2011

"In my obsessive exploration of various vintage oscillators...here's a simple Morse Code practice oscillator looped and run through some MoogerFoogers. Enjoy!"

Morse Code Mangled-2

Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 23, 2011

"more exploring with Morse Code practice oscillator, looper and fx."

Alwin Nikolais and the First Moog Modular

via vgermuse:
"2010 is the centennial celebration of the birth of choreographer, composer and visionary, Alwin Nikolais. See this New York Times article for more info on that.

Nikolais purchased the first Moog modular synth according to the book Analog Days by Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco [link to book on Amazon]. In that book they quote Bob Moog saying, 'Alwin Nikolais, the choreographer who does his own scores…shows up (at AES in 1964) and then I heard the words, that I later realized were the magic words: ‘I’ll take one of this, two of this, and that one…’ We took two or three orders at that show.' Nikoloais, with the aid of a Guggenheim Fellowsip, purchased what would become the first ever commercially made Moog synthesizer.

Nikolais’ electronic music is quite amazing for, as I understand it, a sort of home grown, garage band studio of the mid 1960’s onward.

You can also see and hear Nikolais’ work at the Nikolais Louis Foundation for Dance.

Best,
vgermuse"

Tensile Involvement

YouTube via ValeBjork
"Choreography by Alwin Nikolais
Music, sets, costumes and lighting by Alwin Nikolais

The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago
From "The company" by Robert Altman"

You can find Alwin Nikolais' Electronic Dance Music on Amazon here.

serge mad science

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Dec 14, 2011

Note how the panel tilts out.

Update: I forgot to mention vgermuse is Todd Barton who is featured in the OPERATOR EP.