Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
diy Modular.
'Here's a clip of the performance synth I built over the summer of 2011. I just added an awesome rhythm section prototype circuit based on Eric archers amazing andromeda drum modules. The drum sequencer is basically just two CD4089 binary rate multipliers. I added a CD4024 binary counter for making more complex rhythm sequences and also added a CD40106 for inverting various signals to put everything in phase.'
Monday, December 5, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
this is really neato - a wrist Theremin/ Sampler.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Monday, November 28, 2011
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Gotharman's rebuild Moog Voyager
"Tweaking my rebuild Moog Voyager Oldschool. The voiceboard from it is build in to a modular Eurorack case from chinese Modular World. Everything is connected to minijacks. VCO's, filters and mixer are interconnected, when nothing is in the jacks."
Monday, November 7, 2011
Friday, November 4, 2011
Thursday, November 3, 2011
New Moon
A realtime modular synthesizer piece. Ambient drone with pitched tones. Faster sequences done with two CGS01 sub oscillator/harmonic sequencer modules. A third CGS01 was used for subharmonic drone sounds.
The background drone is a single Oakley vco. One channel is saw wave through an Oakley Discontinuity wavefolder, to an Ian Fritz 5 Pulser, to a J Haible Tau Phaser and finally into a DD400 digital delay. The second portion of the drone is the same Oakley vco's sine wave out into a CatGirl Synth CGS01 sub oscillator. I pulled up some sub octaves to send through a Synthetic Sound Labs 1310 digital delay which was voltage controlled by a MegaOhm Audio LFO2.
Other static repeating sequences are various voices from Q960, Q119, STG time suite and Moon 554 & 563.
The faster broken repeating line in the mid section is a third CGS01 in harmonic sequencer mode. I got the control voltages from another MegaOhm Audio LFO2 which was reset synchronized to itself. The lower LFO section sent a slow square wave into the upper section which was a faster triangle wave. This output along with the slower sine wave out went to the CGS01. The output B of the CGS01 was mixed with a B output from another CGS01 with faster subdivisions and sent through a vca which was lfo controlled. This set up a varying fast and slow pattern which repeated due to the sync of the LFO2 against the vca filtered 2nd CGS01. All voltages from the CGS01's were sent through several Q171 quantizers before going to the vco's.
The patch utilized a variation on an idea from Hans Munz (a.k.a consumed) in a muffwiggler topic from a few years back. Essentially it was an FM and AM patch and you can see me mixing in the AM into it and changing the AM octave properties on the Q106 vco.
FX included Strymon ElCapistan, Blue Sky, Lexicon MX200, Behringer DD400 and TC Electronics D-Two.
The Oakley vco, discontinuity wavefolder and 5 Pulser were all vc modified from an Ian Fritz ChaQuO chaos generator oscillator. A subtle but big effect there.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
a Bob MOOG prototype from his garage
I took a photo of this from a video that is no longer available anywhere. After Bob died, they walked through his garage and found all sorts of wonderful things. They took down the video for some reason. glad I took this snapshot, inspiring.
Going Modular - Test 7 (The Great Wave)
Doepfer MAQ 16/3: Sequence and FM Sequence at 4:00. Transposing with a midi keyboard that's not in the frame.
Theis Modular System: Synth.
TC Electronic M300: Delay.
Alesis Midiverb: Reverb.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
i want you should eat my fuck berzerker.....
The Berserker is a synthesizer module built and sold by Zerosum Inertia. It is a collaboration with Eric Barbour of Metasonix, who designed the circuitry.
Flight of Harmony
Flight of Harmony Choices to Malekko Jag
Jag outs to Make Noise Moddemix ( cv in Wogglebug Sportmodulator A 149
Noisering )mixed by A 138m to
Analogue Systems RS 100 RS110 RS 360
Doepfer R2 m A 114 A 134 and more
Make Noise Brains Maths Optomix Pressure Points QMMG René
Malekko AO Uncle Noisering
Moog FreqBox CF 251 MP 201
Roland System 104 sequencer
Toppobrillo Quantimator Sport Modulator
Logic Master clock via Kenton Pro 2000II and 4ms RDC
Jag outs to Make Noise Moddemix ( cv in Wogglebug Sportmodulator A 149
Noisering )mixed by A 138m to
Analogue Systems RS 100 RS110 RS 360
Doepfer R2 m A 114 A 134 and more
Make Noise Brains Maths Optomix Pressure Points QMMG René
Malekko AO Uncle Noisering
Moog FreqBox CF 251 MP 201
Roland System 104 sequencer
Toppobrillo Quantimator Sport Modulator
Logic Master clock via Kenton Pro 2000II and 4ms RDC
Monday, October 31, 2011
Modularized Oberheim Double SEM System
A short demo of a custom double-SEM + two associated patchbays in one wooden cabinet. These SEMs has been slightly modified (some of its control ranges has been enhanced) and the patchbays (one per SEM) exteriorize all the inputs/outputs/controls of the SEM structure. In addition, some extra features has been added in the patchbays area, such as an inverter, a modulation VCA, a 2x4 multiple, and several amount pots of external control signals.
The patchbays' panels were hand-made manufactured, and they were painted and serigraphied in the same style as the SEMs colour and graphics.
All the work (except the custom wood cabinet) was made by Synthoma ( www.synthoma.net )
1 Circuit Bent Casio
the only Casio I bent. found a nasty phat moog bass sound and just left it at that. I think I traded this for a mint SK-1 and SK-5. not for bending.
Vlern demonstartes the STRAWBERREMIN
this is the only digital theremin I built. ugly, ugly, sound. I liked it.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
The Aristocratic Mouse
A 1960s Space-Age/Lounge style song with Yamaha YPT-400, Moog Memorymoog, Synthesizers.com modular and Fender Stratocaster.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Guardians Of The Sky - Concert for Sean Part 03 - totally reptarded
I used to secretly record Sean playing the drums, and then would add a bunch of MOOG and stuff all over it for one of my pretend tardspace bands 'The Plankton'
www.myspace.com/planktonik
anyways, this is just me trying to rock through the heartbreak of the loss of My friend. too many genius guru band friends gone.
www.myspace.com/planktonik
anyways, this is just me trying to rock through the heartbreak of the loss of My friend. too many genius guru band friends gone.
Guardians Of The Sky - Concert for Sean Part 04
I had to stay busy through one of the worst weekend in my life, ever.
grok seq acid box modular synth test
one thing I find strange is when people spend all this money on a modular analogue synthesizer, then plug into some digital effects. lame. keep it analogue. for this reason, I bought an Electro Harmonix Memory Boy Analogue Delay for my Modular. very fun. that's just me though.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
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VCO's Wiard 4x AO 4x Uncle 2x Moog FreqBox cv by René
Toppobrillo Quantimator chord cv by Brains PP
Analogue Systems RS 110 4x cv by Wogglebug
Make Noise QMMG cv by 2x Math
Panning Doepfer A 134 cv Moog MP 201
Master clock Logic Kenon Pro 2000 II
Drums Ultrabeat
Toppobrillo Quantimator chord cv by Brains PP
Analogue Systems RS 110 4x cv by Wogglebug
Make Noise QMMG cv by 2x Math
Panning Doepfer A 134 cv Moog MP 201
Master clock Logic Kenon Pro 2000 II
Drums Ultrabeat
New Order Slaughter
"Warning! Some people may find this clip offensive due to it's microtonality in the middle part. For all the others, this is a demo of the four MU-format Oakley modules pictured, and of their use in plain subtractive synthesis in true 80's style. The LFO and the ADSR are working together to bring back that infamous bass pattern."
Friday, September 23, 2011
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Synth-Tard Interviews Ryan from BABYDICK
the SynthTard (-Me-) interview with Ryan from BABYDICK.
I have no memory of how, when, or where I met Ryan many years ago but I do know it was before his band, with Hedona, Dicko, and Jeffro, The ROCKBUSTERS, totally exploded here in Austin, and had everyone singing along to such hits as 'suck my dick', and 'life in the fat lane'. As Many of You know, I'm a life long die hard fan of Russel and Sean and all things FUCKEMOS. Their new band, BABYDICK, is My favorite band in town, hands down. I decided to interview Ryan for my geeky synthesizer blahh-g, and send it to my friend Chad of Whoopsy Magazine to publish or throw away or use as toilet paper, what you can't do that with an email. can you? hmmm. Bringing this idea up led me to the sad news that Ryan is leaving the band, his last show with Babydick is set for the CAVITY REUNION at the BROKEN NECK. 9-23-11.
No, I don't get to be their new synthtard, yes, of course I asked. That slot has been filled.
so first of all , Thanks Ryan, this is a super geeky blah-gg about synthesizers, so I must start with the obligatory gear PRON questions. You play an Alesis Micron through some giant stack. details please...
R:Alesis Micron through a PV bass pre, Behringer Virtualizer 2024, Alesis 3630 Comp, Nady XA-900, into a PV 2-15 PA cab.
explain why you're leaving the band.
R:I quit because Rusty refuses to do Joe Walsh's 'In The City.' I don't suffer fools who so willingly commit career suicide.
do you recycle?
R:I'm a lapsed Unitardian. I recycle religiously. Bottles, cans, and idears.
do you think Dick Cheney is a Reptarded Alien?
R:Who knows? Dick knows. Dick shot a man in the face & made him apologize to Dick. Power like that makes me hard
favorite Babydick show?
R: Fave BD show? Whoopsy's SXSW gigs. Power like that makes me tumescent.
do you own any heat vision goggles?
R: No heat vision goggles but I do have one taped nipple. Shiny. Black. Electricians. Taped.
what do you do in real life? or make something up because it's none of anyone's business.
R:I work in a harshly lit, ice cold, Man In The Gray Flannel Suit-esque 200 x 100 yard cube farm, facing a windowless corner with huge blank white walls on which hangs nothing but one tiny rectangle of diamond plate aluminum with a single bullet hole put in it's center by William S Burroughs. I'm the new Charles Ives. Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true..
do you have any superpowers other than Bass and Synthesizer?
R: Stupor-powers? I'm not your average horticulturist.
discuss the experience of writing or learning songs with Russell. or not.
R: Rusty's a lyrical miracle. He rarely suggests, but always approves/denies riffs. Rusty in 4 words: great ears, sotto voce.
do you know where strawberry milk comes from?
R: Strawberry milk comes from the female carton in that Coffee & TV video. She's with the angels now.
do you believe in cheese? i heard it was a hoax.
R: Yo creo con queso. Thick, gooey, golden globules of melted molten mancheco graciously glide gulletward.
your favorite animal ever, personal pet, or famous.
R: My Maine Coon Bob. He showed up at the back door half dead from sinus mofungo. He blew thick, gooey, green snot rockets the size of Bic Pens all over the house until antibiotics cleared it up a coupla months later. The only cat I've had that ran down squirrels for catch & release kicks. Spastic & the size of a small dog. A great furr-son. RIP Bob.
is this getting annoying yet?
R: Not annoying. Yet.
will you be doing any solo synthesizer or other music in the future?
R:When the day job work slows down years in the distant future, I'll get reacquainted with my Electribes. I'll do some electro-c&w along the lines of Chip & Tony from Rank and File's Blackbird project. They did a fine high & lonesome cover of Kraftwerk's Neon Lights. A hi-tech redneck thing & call it Loose Livestock.
add one more thing.
R: One more thing? Find a high look out spot downtown. Spend several nights &/or days looking down, observing how cops catch people. Notice how beat & riot cops walk up to a corner, stop before rounding it & peek around the corner looking up the block or down the alley. Sneaky & smart. Cops train to not walk around a corner out into the open & put themselves in view of whoever is up the block/down the alley. Next time you wanna have a little chat in the alley, do some non-sanctioned exploring, or throw a brick at a Klan rally, whatever, think about where to not place yourself. Frustration is the mother of crime.
Thank You sir, rock, er Synth on.
(google video search the words 'Vlern' and 'Babydick' for some more footage I've been filming for the last few years, then go see BABYDICK and rock your snazzy pants off. )
I have no memory of how, when, or where I met Ryan many years ago but I do know it was before his band, with Hedona, Dicko, and Jeffro, The ROCKBUSTERS, totally exploded here in Austin, and had everyone singing along to such hits as 'suck my dick', and 'life in the fat lane'. As Many of You know, I'm a life long die hard fan of Russel and Sean and all things FUCKEMOS. Their new band, BABYDICK, is My favorite band in town, hands down. I decided to interview Ryan for my geeky synthesizer blahh-g, and send it to my friend Chad of Whoopsy Magazine to publish or throw away or use as toilet paper, what you can't do that with an email. can you? hmmm. Bringing this idea up led me to the sad news that Ryan is leaving the band, his last show with Babydick is set for the CAVITY REUNION at the BROKEN NECK. 9-23-11.
No, I don't get to be their new synthtard, yes, of course I asked. That slot has been filled.
so first of all , Thanks Ryan, this is a super geeky blah-gg about synthesizers, so I must start with the obligatory gear PRON questions. You play an Alesis Micron through some giant stack. details please...
R:Alesis Micron through a PV bass pre, Behringer Virtualizer 2024, Alesis 3630 Comp, Nady XA-900, into a PV 2-15 PA cab.
explain why you're leaving the band.
R:I quit because Rusty refuses to do Joe Walsh's 'In The City.' I don't suffer fools who so willingly commit career suicide.
do you recycle?
R:I'm a lapsed Unitardian. I recycle religiously. Bottles, cans, and idears.
do you think Dick Cheney is a Reptarded Alien?
R:Who knows? Dick knows. Dick shot a man in the face & made him apologize to Dick. Power like that makes me hard
favorite Babydick show?
R: Fave BD show? Whoopsy's SXSW gigs. Power like that makes me tumescent.
do you own any heat vision goggles?
R: No heat vision goggles but I do have one taped nipple. Shiny. Black. Electricians. Taped.
what do you do in real life? or make something up because it's none of anyone's business.
R:I work in a harshly lit, ice cold, Man In The Gray Flannel Suit-esque 200 x 100 yard cube farm, facing a windowless corner with huge blank white walls on which hangs nothing but one tiny rectangle of diamond plate aluminum with a single bullet hole put in it's center by William S Burroughs. I'm the new Charles Ives. Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true..
do you have any superpowers other than Bass and Synthesizer?
R: Stupor-powers? I'm not your average horticulturist.
discuss the experience of writing or learning songs with Russell. or not.
R: Rusty's a lyrical miracle. He rarely suggests, but always approves/denies riffs. Rusty in 4 words: great ears, sotto voce.
do you know where strawberry milk comes from?
R: Strawberry milk comes from the female carton in that Coffee & TV video. She's with the angels now.
do you believe in cheese? i heard it was a hoax.
R: Yo creo con queso. Thick, gooey, golden globules of melted molten mancheco graciously glide gulletward.
your favorite animal ever, personal pet, or famous.
R: My Maine Coon Bob. He showed up at the back door half dead from sinus mofungo. He blew thick, gooey, green snot rockets the size of Bic Pens all over the house until antibiotics cleared it up a coupla months later. The only cat I've had that ran down squirrels for catch & release kicks. Spastic & the size of a small dog. A great furr-son. RIP Bob.
is this getting annoying yet?
R: Not annoying. Yet.
will you be doing any solo synthesizer or other music in the future?
R:When the day job work slows down years in the distant future, I'll get reacquainted with my Electribes. I'll do some electro-c&w along the lines of Chip & Tony from Rank and File's Blackbird project. They did a fine high & lonesome cover of Kraftwerk's Neon Lights. A hi-tech redneck thing & call it Loose Livestock.
add one more thing.
R: One more thing? Find a high look out spot downtown. Spend several nights &/or days looking down, observing how cops catch people. Notice how beat & riot cops walk up to a corner, stop before rounding it & peek around the corner looking up the block or down the alley. Sneaky & smart. Cops train to not walk around a corner out into the open & put themselves in view of whoever is up the block/down the alley. Next time you wanna have a little chat in the alley, do some non-sanctioned exploring, or throw a brick at a Klan rally, whatever, think about where to not place yourself. Frustration is the mother of crime.
Thank You sir, rock, er Synth on.
(google video search the words 'Vlern' and 'Babydick' for some more footage I've been filming for the last few years, then go see BABYDICK and rock your snazzy pants off. )
Friday, September 9, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Friday, September 2, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Zyntetix recording session
Zyntetix Recording
Doepfer a-155 sequense the drums analogue solutions BD88, SD88, HH88
And one of the cv rows goes to A-152 Track and hold funktions that goes to two A-111-5 (modularversion of Dark Energy) thats the melodic part that goes to A-138m matrix mixer that controls the input and output of A-112 in reverse delay mode so I could control the amount of feedback. Make noise Rene controls the kind of random bas that i made with A-110 and A-106-1.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
the 'one modular challenge?
Ok, I'm in.
from the poster of this video : There is a thread currently being discussed on muffwiggler, what can you do with one module! Hertz Donut with a little reverb added from a Vox Tonelab ST. Alot of Sync feedback going on!
from the poster of this video : There is a thread currently being discussed on muffwiggler, what can you do with one module! Hertz Donut with a little reverb added from a Vox Tonelab ST. Alot of Sync feedback going on!
Monday, August 22, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Monday, August 15, 2011
Raymond Scott - IBM Probe
Raymond Scott - IBM Probe - from the compilation Manhattan Research Inc
"This collection of Raymond Scott's electronic music is your ticket to uncharted realms. These 1953-'69 recordings were performed by Raymond Scott on pioneering music machines designed and built by Scott, such as the Clavivox, Electronium, Circle Machine, and Bandito the Bongo Artist."
davidryle
A live performance. A 137 space modular synthesizer, Waldorf MicroWaveXT, Dave Smith Prophet 08, Nord Lead 2X, Yamaha TX816, DX7II, and Oberheim Matrix 6.
All synthesizers are controlled either with Numerology 3 Pro or from the modular synth on-board sequencers. Recorded in Cubase 4 from Steinberg
MacBeth Mk1 Portable Test 1
Here's a video that I did on the landing of the apartment where I stay. I wanted to show the somewhat portable nature of the MacBeth Mk1 modules in action. What you see here is 8 Mk1 modules sitting on a music stand. I'm using a Korg Prophecy as a keyboard controller and the sound is blended with ping-pong echo! Musically- well, it's not much- but it does give you an impression of what could be done outside of the studio
Teenage Girl had anoise band in the 30s -
http://www.regurgitron.com/grandma.htm
As far as I can tell, there's no written record of the first noise band, however, a couple transcription discs and a few wire recordings are said to exist - along with some blurry rumors and ancient rural folk tales. So, how did a teenage girl start the first noise band back in the 1930's and is she still living among us today? I spent quite a bit of time researching the possibility and here's what I came up with:
gramophone
The Great Depression
In 1933, "Grandma" was typical of most 11 to 13 year old girls. She lived in a small midwest town and was part of a poor rural family. Like most, she struggled during the Great Depression. Money was scarce, jobs almost nonexistent, and an overall feeling of hopelessness prevailed especially in what was then known as the "dustbowl". And, yet, from this impoverished setting, would come a form of entertainment that was decades ahead of its time.
Although the stories are sketchy, it seems that around 1933, a young girl, we'll call "Grandma" comes across a discarded radio on the side of a dirt road - probably the victim of a pothole which dislodged it from its baggage carrier. It's a strong possibility, as many families back then packed up everything they owned and drove to California to find work. The radio was typical of that era, a wood enclosure with rudimentary tube electronics that enabled it to receive and amplify AM and shortwave signals. This was a significant find as Grandma's family didn't have a radio. The legend then says that Grandma made her way home to the tin roofed shack that her family of 10 shared. She plugs in the radio only to find that it doesn't work. No sound comes from it at all, but she notices that the tuning dial lights up, so she believes that it "sort of" works. She decides that she'll fix it and then her family will be able to listen to radio shows and get the news. They'll be able to hear President Roosevelt himself as he speaks to the struggling nation and unveils his "New Deal".
antique noise meters
Proto Circuit Bending
Grandma opens up the radio. She's looking at a complete mystery. Wires, tubes, strange metal objects, and other stuff, for lack of a better term, inhabit this wooden box. Bewildered by this proto-electronic maze, she shakes her head. What's Grandma to do? Well, folklore describes her poking around in the radio for hours, then days. First with sticks and twigs, then with metal, possibly bicycle wheel spokes or something similar. Remember, this is "depression era" rural USA, tools and supplies are very hard to come by.
Not one to be discouraged, and who of the "greatest generation" was ever easily discouraged, Grandma worked intensely. She stopped at nothing to get her radio working, bridging connections with wheel spokes and other found objects. She connected things that she thought needed to be connected. It's even said that Grandma got her hands on a crank phone and other trashed radios and then added their parts to her prized device.
Weeks went by as Grandma became even more obsessed with fixing her radio. Finally, all her efforts paid off. The results of pure luck, crude experimentation, childhood curiosity, and home-grown American ingenuity were heard by Grandma as a blistering noise spewed from the partially functioning radio's speaker. She turned the tuning knob which unveiled a deep palate of noise flavors from a shearing wash to gurgles and static pops. Keep in mind that this is 1933, and Grandma has essentially circuit bent a radio some 34 years before Reed Ghazala - or so the legend has it.
A New Deal - of Noise
Grandma had turned a broken radio into a radical noisemaker and although that wasn't her goal, she was proud nonetheless. She would lose herself for hours on end playing with her new noisemaker. She was constantly filling her family's small shack with all kinds of distressful noise. Later, she began to "entertain" her family by putting on Vaudeville inspired shows where she would pretend to be all kinds of new and wonderful characters. These "characters" would touch the insides of the radio which belted out all kinds of different flavors of noise as they sang and danced, sometimes in a seizure like fashion. After a few shows, her family would have no more of this mess. They pressured Grandma to dismantle her creation and go back to school, but it was too late. Grandma had been bitten by the "noise bug" and there was no going back. Grandma took her noisemaking radio and ran away.
Legend has it that she made her way to Chicago, playing gigs wherever she could. Sometimes at general stores or bars. Sometimes outside on street corners. Though she did generate quite a bit of attention, her shows were never that well received. One story tells of a small crowd in Kansas City that is seen throwing rotting vegetables at a teenage girl who carried a loud radio. Other similar tales crop up in parts of Nebraska, Missouri, Kentucky and Illinois during the mid and late 1930's. There was even talk of Alan Lomax types of field recordings being made of a young woman who "played" a radio back in 1937. Then, nothing.
No More Noise Deal
Information about Grandma and her noise band stops around 1941. Why? Did the US entry into World War II have something to do with it? What did Grandma do as part of the war effort? Was she a nurse in the Army? Was she part of the USO? Or did she just get married and "settle down"? Did she have any children? Is she still living among us? We may never know. But, we do know this, Grandma had a noise band in the 1930's and she is said to have spewed out a noise of such wholesome goodness that only a Grandma could make. If you have any further information about Grandma and her noise band, please contact me.
mike@regurgitron.com thanks mike, for this.
Pioneering '50s Synthesizer unearthed in French Barn
Oramics from Nick Street on Vimeo.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/13/kraftwerk-who-pioneering-50s-synthesizer-unearthed-in-french/
So there Dr. Mick Grierson was, wandering around a French barn, minding his own business when all of a sudden he happened upon an antique: one of the earliest modern synthesizers. Grierson, a professor at Goldsmiths University in London did what any expert in the field of electronic music would do, and whisked it back to the motherland for restoration. The Oram "Oramics" Synthesiser (sic) was built by Daphne Oram in 1957, a year before she co-founded the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to research and develop electronic music. Political wrangling within the corporation forced her to leave in 1959, and she retreated to a farm in nearby Kent to tinker with her invention. After her departure, the Workshop shot to fame for creating the original electronic theme to Doctor Who. In order to create music on the Oram, a composer painted waveforms directly onto 35mm film strips which were fed into the machine. Inside, photo-electronic cells read the light pattern and interpreted it as sound. Check out the video to see the arrival of the machinery back into England where it'll be on display all the way through December 2012. If you're really interested you can tap Dr Grierson's homebrewed Oramics iPhone app (linked below for your downloading pleasure) to create your own futuristic theme songs, '57-style.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Vintage Synth Demo - Moog System 55 Analog Modular
Vintage Synths Vol 1 - Moog System 55 Modular, German synth historian Matthias Becker produced a CD series back in 1990 with tracks made with one synth only. The CDs were named "Synthesizers Von Gestern Vol 1/2/3". This track was recorded at Originalton West Studio / Köln.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Switched-On Bach (Wendy Carlos) - Two-Part Invention in F Major (Pioneer RT-707)
Switched-On Bach (Wendy Carlos) - Two-Part Invention in F Major (Pioneer RT-707)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
The Intruders aka The UFO Incident 1975
based on the true story of Betty and Barney Hill, this hard to find, made for TV film, brought the alien abduction scenario to the masses. Before you dismiss their story, it must be acknowledged that Betty correctly identified Zeti Reticuli as a binary star system -from a map 'they ' showed her- a few years before mainstream astronomy discovered that to be true. this film shows up on the internet and disappears from time to time. it's not for sale or available anywhere. Large amounts of money went into the budget, leading some to speculate about involving government disinformation. watch it while You can. soon after this, James Earl Jones went on to become DARTH VADER . - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhlWqMam4ew&feature=related -
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
MOOG MiniMoog Voyager XL Demo
I got to mess around with one of these for a few moments, I think I prefer the Little Phatty or the Old School MiniMoog
Monday, July 11, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Mindflex / Teletron first set up
'The Mindflex (big white thing), "reads" your brainwaves which then controls the voltage of a small fan. This voltage can be used to control the pitch of many analog instruments. In this video I'm controlling the pitch of a circuit bent Leap Frog Alphabet Pal, then I'm using an Alesis GuitarFX to effect the tone. Off camera I am wearing the headset that reads my brain activity. I'm also reading Webster's Pocket Computer Dictionary (1997).
Near the end you can hear what it sounds like without any post effects, the blue box will read "CO".'
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
The Wolf Computer
My Guitarist, Sean, has one of these, and it sounds like my 3 favorite pedals rolled into one.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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Chad Allen from Switched On Austin helping Me learn some more Modular Synthesis
If You are not interested in Modular Analogue Synthesizers, this might not be super exciting for You, but it's something I am clearly interested in learning more about. My friend Chad Allen from Switched On Austin was kind enough to come over and sit down and do some patching with Me, as This Synth Tard still has so much to Learn. I filmed quite a bit of footage, because I want to absorb as much as possible. I will be putting all of what I filmed on Here for reference. It's not any sort of professional thing, just some more synth stuff to learn about. Through the course of the day, We Plugged in an older AKAI Keyboard as a Midi source, Then we plugged in The Thereguin, The Moog MG-1, and some music from the mactop all into the Instrument interface. Fun and Educational, Thanks Again, Chad. SWITCHED ON FOR LIFE! eternally grateful.
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Chad encouraged Me to make My own patch, learn by doing. I hope this is informational and educational and fun as it was for me. Chad is an excellent source of Modular Synthesis. dig in . Syntn forth!
and also...
if You are in Austin and have any questions at all about synthesizers at all, or want to see one of the coolest stores ever, go to 1111 east 11th street, and tell them Vlern sent ya.
yes.
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Chad encouraged Me to make My own patch, learn by doing. I hope this is informational and educational and fun as it was for me. Chad is an excellent source of Modular Synthesis. dig in . Syntn forth!
and also...
if You are in Austin and have any questions at all about synthesizers at all, or want to see one of the coolest stores ever, go to 1111 east 11th street, and tell them Vlern sent ya.
yes.
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