http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXU-_YNUC0 The Korg M3 Music Workstation/Sampler represents the third generation of Music Workstations from Korg. It inherits elements from the company’s flagship OASYS workstation. All second-generation KARMA functions from the OASYS are included. 256 MB of ROM incorporates the “best-of” OASYS ROM into a new soundset. 512 Programs and 384 Combinations are onboard, with space for… Read More The Korg M3 Synthesizer
Totally Wired is a documentary film about Andreas Schneider’s infamous Schneider’s Buero, the boutique electronic musical instrument Mecca in Berlin. The firm explores one man’s electric evangelism, and the interface he has built to connect analogue instrument inventors with their end-users. The film features a selection of inventors and artists, including: Dieter Doepfer Junior Boys… Read More Totally Wired – A Look At Schneider’s Buero
Not sure what to make of this – pask present has created a sort of steampunk electrochemical synthesizer: Pressing a key causes salt solution to flow over a copper and aluminium connection, generating a low signal which is filtered by a capacitor and then amplified, creating a complex white noise, with amazing fluctuating oscillations. The… Read More Steampunk Electrochemical Synthesiser
Jean Michel Jarre, who’s on tour with truckloads of rare vintage keyboards performing his classic Oxygène, says that the old gear posed some unique challenges at his most recent concert: The MemoryMoog went out of tune, the same for the ARP; we had very little time to set up everything. I tried quickly the Moog… Read More Jean Michel Jarre On Vintage Synth Nightmares
Dr. Joseph A. Paradiso’s modular synthesizer is considered by many to be one of the largest and most complex in the world. This modular system, which Paradiso started building over 20 years ago, includes two hand-built modular systems, three Moog keyboard synths, and 3 Casio synths, all integrated and patchable together to make one big… Read More The Twisted Synth Of Dr. Joseph A. Paradiso
This demo, by retrosound, of the Roland VP330 Vocoder Plus, highlights the sound that Vangelis popularized in his soundtrack to Blade Runner and other works. Richard Clews of SOS said this about the VP330: If you ignore the hype and look at this instrument dispassionately, you’ll see it for what it really is — a… Read More ROLAND VP330 Vocoder Plus Demo
H-Pi Instruments is now shippping the TBX1 – a MIDI box designed to make custom keyboard tunings as easy as pushing a button. Attach this little box to a compatible synth and you can make every key play any pitch you want. It comes preloaded with 128 tunings for you to try out, and it… Read More World’s First Microtonal MIDI Keyboard Converter Shipping
Peter Grenader has announced 15 new modules for the Plan B modular synth line. Details at the site.
Synthwood specializes in custom woodworking for synths. Their creations include: Custom Sequential Circuits Prophet T8 Custom Sequential Circuits Pro One Conversion Kit Custom Sequential Circuits Multi-Trak Replacement Nameplates New Mini Moog wood cases Korg MonoPoly and Polysix cases Wall mountable cable holder via Matrix
Remember the Beast in the Basement? It looks like scootermccrae has his own Beast in the Basement: The money quote: Sounds like screaming, barking dogs. I’m very, very pleased with that. It’s the kind of thing that makes me happy. Here’s episode 2: Great gear and interesting, quirky commentary!
