Friday, December 31, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
new UFO Press Conference September , 2010.
part 2 was removed but it's probably still online somewhere.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
The History of the Realistic MG-1 MOOG Synthesizer
here's 1 of a series of demos of this underestimated synthesizer.
he made a series of more on this one synth alone. the person known as 'AutomaticGainsay" has a huge collection of very cool vintage synthesizer youtube demo videos, and even one accidental ghost video, maybe
Paul S. designed the Radio Shack Moog! I'll be damned.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Since this pops up every now and then, and I'm taking a break bagging up
7,620 resistors, here is the "story".
Radio Shack has no engineering. Rather, that falls (er...'fell') under TSD
(Tandy Systems Design). Also, twice a year Radio Shack holds a private version
of COMDEX/CES, just for them! Vendors line up 50 deep and present their wares.
Back then (early '80s) about 40% of gear in a Radio Shack was bought 'outside'.
Most electronics was made in a Korean factory that Tandy owned a majority
share called EnCal (EnCal made all of Pioneer's and Alpine's car stereos
there).
So, during one of these mini-trade shows who is on the presentation list
(which TSD got in advance) but a one 'Dr. D. Luce'. Well, when I saw Mr.
PolyMoog on the list I had to see this. So sure enough here he wanders in
with a hand-made small synth. He demos it. Bernie Appel, the #1 decision maker
(er...the *ONLY* decision maker of what went in the store or not) had this type
of conversation (I am giving not exact, but the general idea. It was 16-17
years ago!)
BA: What the f*** is that piece of s***? (BA enjoyed treating all new
vendors this way. This was his equivalent of "Hello.")
DDL: It's a music synthesizer prototype. [Proceeds on a 3 minute demo. You
had 5 minutes to present. Period!!]
BA: (interested, but certainly not going to show it to the Yankee geek) How
the hell do you plug it in?
DDL points out the 1/4" jack.
BA: Where in the holy hell, in my store (they were always referred to as "my
stores") does that thing go? Up my ass?
See, RS had not a single piece of gear that had 1/4" jacks! All RCA. BA knew
this.
DDL at this point looks like he's gonna puke. He's quivering & sweating like
a whore in church (sorry, that's another BA expression!)
BA: Play me a tune. [DDL one-fingers a classical thingy.]
BA: That damn thing busted? What's with this 1 finger shit?
[DDL explains about monophonic blah blah blah.]
BA turns to me.
BA: You know what the hell he's talking about?
Me: (thinking this is a trick question) Err...yeah.
BA to DDL: We'll look at it. NEXT!!!!
So began the Luce/Schreiber effort. What he had was the boards out of a
Minimoog, no A440 osc, no noise, in a box. So, I got handed that, designed
the MG-1 version (added the organ stuff BECAUSE BA was convinced that typical
RS customers wanted more than 1 note). Added RCA jacks, ring mod do-dad. Then,
had to specify parts that Moog never had to use: cheapo pots. I'll admit it:
CHEAPO. They were ALPS and I think we paid (back then) about 23 cents apiece.
That is because the RS gross profit margin was an unheard of 63% (the
average of ALL the Forture 500 is like 8%) and lastly, I spent about 3 weeks
on just the panel layout and color scheme & wrote the Owner's Manual along
with, oddly enough, Steve Leininger who designed the TRS-80. He played a Vox
in a jazz band and BA wanted his opinion as well.
Luce and I went back & forth about 5 months until they delivered the
"pre-production" units. Moog made them, Tandy supplied most of the parts (we
had a company in Japan that bought parts and resold them to Tandy. One day
I'll tell my funny modem capacitor story.)
So, the story was:
a) Moog presented the original idea to RS
b) They dumped it on me. I had to make it "Radio Shack compliant". Which
meant a re-design. Used the 3046 + Tel Labs tempco for the VCO. More
Electronotes than Moog! Moog ladder filter, 3080 VCA. Prototype had mod
wheel; *PUNT!*. Cost like $3. Get real.
c) Moog built it.
d) Tandy had 18 months exclusive. Moog then made the Rogue which is my
design without the organ/ring mod, wheels back on.
e) No, I didn't get a free MG-1 or a Rogue.
f) No, I didn't get alot of money. At that time I was making about $21,500/yr.
Final note: NO!!! I DID NOT pick that stupid black felt that lays over the
sliders, then turns to tar. That was Luce's deal. But, I DID get Luce to send
me *every* piece of Moog literature at the time: still have it!
Paul Schreiber
Synthesis Technology
he made a series of more on this one synth alone. the person known as 'AutomaticGainsay" has a huge collection of very cool vintage synthesizer youtube demo videos, and even one accidental ghost video, maybe
Paul S. designed the Radio Shack Moog! I'll be damned.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Since this pops up every now and then, and I'm taking a break bagging up
7,620 resistors, here is the "story".
Radio Shack has no engineering. Rather, that falls (er...'fell') under TSD
(Tandy Systems Design). Also, twice a year Radio Shack holds a private version
of COMDEX/CES, just for them! Vendors line up 50 deep and present their wares.
Back then (early '80s) about 40% of gear in a Radio Shack was bought 'outside'.
Most electronics was made in a Korean factory that Tandy owned a majority
share called EnCal (EnCal made all of Pioneer's and Alpine's car stereos
there).
So, during one of these mini-trade shows who is on the presentation list
(which TSD got in advance) but a one 'Dr. D. Luce'. Well, when I saw Mr.
PolyMoog on the list I had to see this. So sure enough here he wanders in
with a hand-made small synth. He demos it. Bernie Appel, the #1 decision maker
(er...the *ONLY* decision maker of what went in the store or not) had this type
of conversation (I am giving not exact, but the general idea. It was 16-17
years ago!)
BA: What the f*** is that piece of s***? (BA enjoyed treating all new
vendors this way. This was his equivalent of "Hello.")
DDL: It's a music synthesizer prototype. [Proceeds on a 3 minute demo. You
had 5 minutes to present. Period!!]
BA: (interested, but certainly not going to show it to the Yankee geek) How
the hell do you plug it in?
DDL points out the 1/4" jack.
BA: Where in the holy hell, in my store (they were always referred to as "my
stores") does that thing go? Up my ass?
See, RS had not a single piece of gear that had 1/4" jacks! All RCA. BA knew
this.
DDL at this point looks like he's gonna puke. He's quivering & sweating like
a whore in church (sorry, that's another BA expression!)
BA: Play me a tune. [DDL one-fingers a classical thingy.]
BA: That damn thing busted? What's with this 1 finger shit?
[DDL explains about monophonic blah blah blah.]
BA turns to me.
BA: You know what the hell he's talking about?
Me: (thinking this is a trick question) Err...yeah.
BA to DDL: We'll look at it. NEXT!!!!
So began the Luce/Schreiber effort. What he had was the boards out of a
Minimoog, no A440 osc, no noise, in a box. So, I got handed that, designed
the MG-1 version (added the organ stuff BECAUSE BA was convinced that typical
RS customers wanted more than 1 note). Added RCA jacks, ring mod do-dad. Then,
had to specify parts that Moog never had to use: cheapo pots. I'll admit it:
CHEAPO. They were ALPS and I think we paid (back then) about 23 cents apiece.
That is because the RS gross profit margin was an unheard of 63% (the
average of ALL the Forture 500 is like 8%) and lastly, I spent about 3 weeks
on just the panel layout and color scheme & wrote the Owner's Manual along
with, oddly enough, Steve Leininger who designed the TRS-80. He played a Vox
in a jazz band and BA wanted his opinion as well.
Luce and I went back & forth about 5 months until they delivered the
"pre-production" units. Moog made them, Tandy supplied most of the parts (we
had a company in Japan that bought parts and resold them to Tandy. One day
I'll tell my funny modem capacitor story.)
So, the story was:
a) Moog presented the original idea to RS
b) They dumped it on me. I had to make it "Radio Shack compliant". Which
meant a re-design. Used the 3046 + Tel Labs tempco for the VCO. More
Electronotes than Moog! Moog ladder filter, 3080 VCA. Prototype had mod
wheel; *PUNT!*. Cost like $3. Get real.
c) Moog built it.
d) Tandy had 18 months exclusive. Moog then made the Rogue which is my
design without the organ/ring mod, wheels back on.
e) No, I didn't get a free MG-1 or a Rogue.
f) No, I didn't get alot of money. At that time I was making about $21,500/yr.
Final note: NO!!! I DID NOT pick that stupid black felt that lays over the
sliders, then turns to tar. That was Luce's deal. But, I DID get Luce to send
me *every* piece of Moog literature at the time: still have it!
Paul Schreiber
Synthesis Technology
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Lothar and The Hand People
Lothar was the name given to the Theremin in the band, which i think Pere Ubu now owns.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDUFaRiUwsk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_and_the_Hand_People
'Lothar and the Hand People was a late-1960s psychedelic rock band known for its spacey music and pioneering use of the theremin[1] and Moog modular sy...nthesizer.[2]
The band was notable for being "the first rockers to tour and record
using synthesizers, thereby inspiring the generation of electronic
music-makers who immediately followed them."[3] Formed in Denver in 1965, Lothar and the Hand People relocated to New York in 1966. The band played gigs with groups such as The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, The Lovin' Spoonful and Chambers Brothers; the band jammed with Jimi Hendrix.'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDUFaRiUwsk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar_and_the_Hand_People
'Lothar and the Hand People was a late-1960s psychedelic rock band known for its spacey music and pioneering use of the theremin[1] and Moog modular sy...nthesizer.[2]
The band was notable for being "the first rockers to tour and record
using synthesizers, thereby inspiring the generation of electronic
music-makers who immediately followed them."[3] Formed in Denver in 1965, Lothar and the Hand People relocated to New York in 1966. The band played gigs with groups such as The Byrds, Grateful Dead, Canned Heat, The Lovin' Spoonful and Chambers Brothers; the band jammed with Jimi Hendrix.'
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
The Six Finger Satellite Machine Cuisine Companion Cassette
i want this. this is one of my favorite records. in case You didn't know, Six Finger Satellite pretended to be a grunge band, and made a fake demo and sent it in to SubPop at the height of the Seattle hype escapade. SubPop liked it so much they signed SFS and put out their demo as a record. Only SFS were not a grunge b...and. So when it came time to make their next record, they busted out the Goods. Like Devo on a bad mushroom trip or Kraftwerk in hell. Machine Cuisine is a 10" record full of awesome. One of My favorites. they just put out a cassette of some of the material that was unreleased from this album. Recorded by Steve Albini, son. this is teh superawesome
http://anchorbrain.com/real-music-from-real-people/six-finger-satellites-machine-cuisine-companion-cassette-out-now/
this is not from that album but hey, whatever, i love this band.
http://anchorbrain.com/real-music-from-real-people/six-finger-satellites-machine-cuisine-companion-cassette-out-now/
this is not from that album but hey, whatever, i love this band.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Korg Monotron Update
So i just recently acquired this marvel of modern tech for the awesome price of $60 -ish - and found all these freaks who are already makking little modular bends, tooo cool.
http://www.synthgear.com/2010/synthesizers/we-love-korg-monotron/
http://www.synthgear.com/2010/synthesizers/korg-monotron-vs-korg-ms-20/
these things are really cool. similar to the Gakken , but a little more sturdy,
super fun
http://www.synthgear.com/2010/synthesizers/we-love-korg-monotron/
http://www.synthgear.com/2010/synthesizers/korg-monotron-vs-korg-ms-20/
these things are really cool. similar to the Gakken , but a little more sturdy,
super fun
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
DISNEY'S SUPER STRANGE 1995 UFO PSY-OP
http://www.personalgrowthcourses.net/video/ufos_disney_alien_encounters_video
I remember this, the sad part is when all was said and done, it was actually an ad for their new 'Alien Abduction' Ride at Disney Land. some stunning footage, and disclosure by Clifford Stone, mixed with this ad for 'New Tomorrowland' is just freaking strange. Bluebeam indeed, I remember watching this and going what the hell? and then yeah, it was never shown again. i don't know anyone else who saw it. i was flipping out. i still am i guess, haa. this is the quote that got Me; "Disney's top engineers have designed a way to prepare humans for their INEVITABLE ALIEN ENCOUNTER" WTF?????? WITH dISNEY'S TIES to the Military Industrial Complex, one has to wonder what the hell this was,,, WATCH IT!
I remember this, the sad part is when all was said and done, it was actually an ad for their new 'Alien Abduction' Ride at Disney Land. some stunning footage, and disclosure by Clifford Stone, mixed with this ad for 'New Tomorrowland' is just freaking strange. Bluebeam indeed, I remember watching this and going what the hell? and then yeah, it was never shown again. i don't know anyone else who saw it. i was flipping out. i still am i guess, haa. this is the quote that got Me; "Disney's top engineers have designed a way to prepare humans for their INEVITABLE ALIEN ENCOUNTER" WTF?????? WITH dISNEY'S TIES to the Military Industrial Complex, one has to wonder what the hell this was,,, WATCH IT!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
A Radio Tribute to Delia Derbyshire, this is good.
http://www.carosnatch.com/2010/06/delias-darlings-a-radio-piece-made-for-radialx-2010/
Friday, July 2, 2010
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Playable Electronic Guitar T-Shirt
http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/interactive/c498/?gwo=gtt
NO DREAM TOO SMALL -
This is a Short Documentary on Midgets and Dwarves in Cinema History By David Mosca. He used some of My music for the soundtrack. 2001.
'No Dream Too Small'
GORB | MySpace Music Videos
'No Dream Too Small'
GORB | MySpace Music Videos
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer
more demos here, very cool http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2010/03/23/new-teenage-engineering-op-1-synthesizer-demos/
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
TONTO! Read! Watch!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TONTO%27s_Expanding_Head_Band#The_TONTO_synthesizer
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Thursday, March 4, 2010
4MS Bend Matrix demo
4MS are now Austin based. I have the Green Fuzz Jade, which is probably the most evil distortion box i have ever heard. I Love it.
Monday, March 1, 2010
* Products * Info * In Stores * DrBleep@bleeplabs.com PicoPaso picopaso-strip-600 The PicoPaso is a stepped tone noise noise synt
The Church of The Friendly Ghost and Handmade Austin and a few very cool local super genius guys have been putting on a series of workshops for beginners to novice electronics, building these strange tiny synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines, some of which interact with each other and sync up through infrared lights, this one may be a little different, but I'll let you go to their sight for more details, i can say , that i kind of hate myself for already missing the first 4 or 5 of these events, i was going to sign up for the next one and just realized i already missed it.
go to their website for details
http://www.churchofthefriendlyghost.org/
http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/
http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/category/handmade-music-austin/
there are 2 more events scheduled so far, sign up while you can.
go to their website for details
http://www.churchofthefriendlyghost.org/
http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/
http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/category/handmade-music-austin/
there are 2 more events scheduled so far, sign up while you can.
in Case You didn't Know about Texas Based Synthesizers.com
very cool company our of Tyler Texas, You can build Your own ultimate Modular Synthesizer! - there's even a monthly plan so you can start building, or go for the gold and order the biggest system, fill up your living room, and lose all of your friends , heh, while you explore audio space forever...
http://www.synthesizers.com/
here's a demo of one of the monthly plan systems complete + more...
http://www.synthesizers.com/
here's a demo of one of the monthly plan systems complete + more...
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
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