NAMM Show Gear Porn
Here’s another set of NAMM Show photos and even a some gear porn videos from the 2009 NAMM Show, via Loud Films. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t miss the 2009 NAMM Show Photo Mother Load.
Category: Electronic Instruments
Extreme Gear Closeups From NAMM, Via Livid Instruments
In case the NAMM Show Mother Load didn’t get you enough gear porn goodness from the 2009 NAMM Show, here’s a nice collection of NAMM photos from Jay Smith of Livid Instruments. Livid makes a very nice line of VJ/DJ controllers, and it shows in Smith’s extreme gear shots of Akai’s APC40 controller for Live,… Read More Extreme Gear Closeups From NAMM, Via Livid Instruments
Virtuosistic Ondes Martenot Performance
via Thomas Bloch: Formule is one of the most virtuosistic piece written for solo ondes Martenot, composed by and played here by the French multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet), who has played as well with Radiohead, Gorillaz and John Cage. Video recorded live in the Barbican Center, London (October 2007). Other names… Read More Virtuosistic Ondes Martenot Performance
The Metasonix R-53 Vacuum-Tube Waveshaper Ringmod
The Metasonix R-53 Vacuum-Tube Waveshaper Ringmod is a unique tube-based synth module for Eurorack modular synthesizers. Description: The r-53 is directly derived from Metasonix’ tm-1 device. It uses a 12af6/bd6 remote-cutoff pentode and a 12av7 dual triode. Waveshaping is provided by a vacuum-tube “pulser” circuit that spits irregular pulses onto the input waveform. They synchronize… Read More The Metasonix R-53 Vacuum-Tube Waveshaper Ringmod
The Metasonix R-52 Vacuum-Tube Multimode Filter
The Metasonix R-52 Vacuum-Tube Multimode Filter is a unique synth module for Eurorack modular synthesizers. Description: The r-52 uses two pentodes, type 12au6. The circuit is derived directly from the Metasonix tm-2 filter, but with all the features of their tm-6 filter. A pair of bandpass filters is swept with a vactrol(tm) control element, a… Read More The Metasonix R-52 Vacuum-Tube Multimode Filter
The Metasonix R51 Eurorack VCA/Distortion Synth Module
The Metasonix R51 VCA/Distortion Synth Module is a unique voltage-controlled VCA for Eurorack modular synthesizers. Description: The r-51 is unique and never before available in any form. It uses two remote-cutoff pentodes, type 26a6. two cv inputs are available for controlling circuit distortion from less than 2% up to more than 40% (varies with individual… Read More The Metasonix R51 Eurorack VCA/Distortion Synth Module
Future Retro Revolution Analog Synth
This video shows you how to change the battery on a Future Retro Revolution Analog Synth, with a lot of extreme gear porn along the way. If you’d rather see the Future Retro Revolution in some analog bassline synth action, check out the video below.
EuroRack Modular Synthesizer Planner Lets You Make Your Plans To Rule The World With Synth Power!
The EuroRack Monster Planner is an online application that lets you make your plans to rule the world with synth power! It’s the crack cocaine of synth fantasies, because you can use the Regular 12U Planner to design a relatively reserved modular synthesizer or you can choose the Monster Planner and plan your TyrannoSynth. Bwa-ha-ha-ha!… Read More EuroRack Modular Synthesizer Planner Lets You Make Your Plans To Rule The World With Synth Power!
Subaquatic Music With Glass Instruments
This beautiful and strange documentary captures the performance of Styx, music by the French electronic music composer Michel Redolfi, inventor of the subaquatic concerts. The concerts took place in Lille swimming pool (France, summer 2004). Glass instruments are played by French multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Thomas Bloch (glassharmonica, cristal Baschet, ondes Martenot) and electronic devices and sounds… Read More Subaquatic Music With Glass Instruments
The Robotic GamelaTron Of Zemi17
You gotta love the Robotic GamelaTron of Zemi17 – and not just because its name makes you think of every cheesy sci fi movie ever made: Zemi17 has augmented Gamelan instruments that he brought back for his time in Indonesia while the LEMUR team has built customized interfaces and robotic mechanisms to enable the playing… Read More The Robotic GamelaTron Of Zemi17
