November, 2003 archive

Klaus Schulze is a musician, composer, player and performer, a producer and record artist who was one of the pioneers of popular electronic music.
His site documents all of his prodigious output, his equipment, and his current activities.
Check out Synthtopia’s artist feature on Klaus Schulze, too!

This site belongs to Wendy Carlos, one of the pioneers of electronic music. The site has a discography of Carlos’ albums, and she provides commentary on each one.
The site provides a great deal of insight into Wendy Carlos as a person, in addition to her music. There is a photo archive. This is interesting from [...]

Frank Trocco, Trevor Pinch
This book is a must-buy for any synth-fan or electronic music lover.
This book tells the history of the origin of the synthesizer. But it doesn’t just tell the dates and stories. Instead, it gives you insight into the people that built the first synthesizers. It gives you a feel for the times, [...]

One of the nicest things about the MOTM format is that it has become a de facto open standard for modern modular systems. Synthesis Technology’s high standards for their designs, and the way they’ve refined classic designs, has made the format the cadillac of analog synthesis.
Compatible module designs are being made by Oakley Sound, Wise [...]

Encore Electronics provides MIDI controllers, MIDI/CV converters, MIDI retrofits and analog modular synthesizer modules to the electronic music community.
For MOTM-compatible modular systems, they make a Frequency Shifter, and sequencer/8-step envelope generator/LFO called the Universal Event Generator.

This album is unusual for SynthTopia. Instead of being synth heavy electronica, the tracks are almost entirely acoustic instruments. But they are acoustic instruments most of us have never heard before, playing in a style that fits right in with the modern pop-rock electronica sensibility.
And it is, of all things, a Concept Album. We hadn’t [...]

For years, there have been convincing electronic versions of many conventional instruments. The human voice, though, has alway been elusive.
Yamaha hopes to change that with Vocaloid, a new technology that lets you write vocal lines and have your computer sing them. The results are surprisingly realistic.
Yamaha is working with Zero-G and other companies to create [...]

Oakley Sound Systems supplies analogue synthesizer modules that conform to the MOTM standard. These high quality and popular modules can also be bought as partial kits for you to build yourself.
Oakley Sound Systems is the trading name of Tony Allgood, an electronics engineer, musician, and synth aficionado.

Hot Rod MOTM is an excellent reference site for MOTM users from one of the MOTM ’stooges’, and the online home of the the Synth of Doom.

Synthesis Technology is the home of the MOTM Analog Modular Synthesizer.
Synthesis Technology is a respected manufacturer of analog modular synthesizer equipment. Their modules are exceptionally well-made both physically and electricly. They have a well-deserved reputation for being the Cadillac of electronic music. Their equipment is not cheap in any sense of the term. Instead it [...]