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Spectrasonics is doing a great job with its video series introducing its new mega-synth Omnisphere.
This episode looks at the history of the arpeggiator, including lots of great synth porn along the way. The second half of the video digs into the Omnisphere arpeggiator, which looks very intuitive.
If you’ve got a video iPod or iPhone, you […]

If you’re interested in cool free content that’s free to use for VJing or for creating electronic music videos, you should check out the VJ Loops area at the Internet Archive.
It has hundreds of free video loops that are licensed for you to reuse.
Samples below:
via CDM

Remember when I noted Roland’s V-Accordion as one of the the NAMM Show highlights?
You probably were wondering WHO would do WHAT with a MIDI accordion. Here you go:
Uwe Steger presents his extensions for the Roland V-Accordion.
via MusicThing

Here’s a video from the Robotmakers that features some hardcore robot-patching modular synth action:

According to the Robotmakers, “”Building a Robot” is the result of a long evolutionary process that resulted in successive generations of forms, some of which we call music. Natural selection and repeated lethal mutations winnowed the results. We are left with the […]

emutronic’s Victorian Synth demonstrates some ways of generating sounds from crap you have around the house:

But can it play “Lucky Man”?
via Sonic State

If there’s any doubt the we are in the golden age of wireless, check out the Gnarls Barkley Crazy Theremin Jam from the Ether and AEther Experiment:

Nice theremin work and great video production values. Note also the bizarre carpet massage effect.
Here’s how the Ether and AEther Experiment explains the video:
The main theremin was passed […]

In this video, Brian Eno discusses his generative ambient video/music project, 77 Million Paintings:

DJ/Producer Benny Benassi’s latest video, for his track Who’s Your Daddy?, sexes things up just a bit. It’s a provocative (or just sexist, depending on your viewpoint) tribute to 70’s adult films.
Definitely not safe for work!
Note: If you’re offended by the sight of gyrating naked supermodels, a censored version is also available.

We’ve been impressed recently by the variety and quality of electronic music videos that Synthtopia readers are creating and sharing in our electronic music forum. Some of the videos have really blown us away, so we thought we’d highlight a few of them.
Solipsism’s At The Beach features a tripadelic video by Digitalblue:

There was some […]

Lejo demonstrates how to DJ one-handed:

This classic video from the kids’ program 3-2-1 Contact, produced by Children’s Television Workshop, features pioneering synthesist Suzanne Ciani talking about how synthesizers work:

In the video, Ciani is brilliant, gorgeous and geektacular, if you can look beyond the amazing array of sexy classic synth gear.
magneticring via Matrix

British/Norwegian Electronic Pop duo The Green Children are teaming up in a music video released today with the current Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Professor Muhammad Yunus, to support the idea of microcredit loans for the poor.
The musicians are supporting the work of Professor Muhammad Yunus, who is the pioneer responsible for lifting millions of people […]

Bjork is calling on fans to make the video for her new song Innocence. A post on Bjork’s official website is calling upon the help of any budding video makers:
Björk has suggested the idea, that the video to Innocence of Volta is to be made by anyone who wants to. She has asked the Madwebcarpenters […]

The Poteet High School Percussion Ensemble, Director, Mike Myers, do an awesomely faithful adaption of Emerson Lake and Palmer’s Karn Evil 9 - 1st Impression, Part 2, complete with Moog solos and marimba arangements of Keith Emerson riffs.

Diatonis, an LA-based ambient artist, is offering a collection of tracks as free MP3 downloads. Diatonis describes his music as “an eclectic mix of ambient, electronic, and world styles.”
Diatonis is also heavily into surround sound and video. An example is embedded below, and there are many more examples available at his site.
Diatonis’ latest release, perception, […]