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ROLAND VP330 Vocoder Plus Demo

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

April 23, 2008Leave a comment

Eboman Demos SenSorSuit Video Sampling

Remember Eboman’s car crash music? Eboman specialises in the production of audiovisual sample compositions (which he calls Sample madnesS), the development of audiovisual sampling software and hardware and performances as a DVJ or with his SenSorSuit. This is a compilation of clips of an Eboman performance in Utrecht in April 2008: Guillermo uses the video… Read More Eboman Demos SenSorSuit Video Sampling

April 23, 2008April 23, 2008Leave a comment

World’s First Microtonal MIDI Keyboard Converter Shipping

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

April 22, 2008Leave a comment

£50,000 For Brain Music

The £50,000 PRS New Music Award has been given to the Fragmented Orchestra, a project designed to work in reflection of the neural functions of our brains. The Fragmented Orchestra is a huge distributed musical structure modeled on the firing of neurons within the brain’s cortex. It is designed by its composers to perform a… Read More £50,000 For Brain Music

April 22, 2008Leave a comment

Buchla Music Easel Demo

This colorful video features sound artist Charles Cohen improvising on a 1970’s Buchla Music Easel. This extremely rare instrument is one of Don Buchla’s 200 series. Buchla (a pioneer of audio synthesis) only manufactured 14 of these units. The entire film was edited from an hour-long set of free improvisation, with audio was taken directly… Read More Buchla Music Easel Demo

April 21, 2008April 21, 20082 Comments

15 New Modules From Plan B

Peter Grenader has announced 15 new modules for the Plan B modular synth line.  Details at the site.

April 21, 2008Leave a comment

PAiA Fatman Electronic Synthesizer Jam


PAiA Fatman Analog Synthesizer Jam/Test was uploaded by: DigitalExtremist
Duration: 213
Rating: … Read More PAiA Fatman Electronic Synthesizer Jam

April 20, 2008February 20, 2009Leave a comment

Synthwood Offers Custom Woodworking For Synths

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

April 20, 2008April 20, 20082 Comments

Future Retro Revolution as an Audio Processor

Nice demo of using the Future Retro Revolution as an audio processor. With an analog resonant filter, envelope, overdrive, and DSP effects, the Revolution makes a powerful effects processor. The Elektron is slaved to the Revolution’s MIDI. via BigCityMusic

April 20, 2008Leave a comment

Five Boring Tenori-On Videos

Why is it that, despite a well-executed PR campaign, so many videos of the Tenori-On are so boring? Here are five Tenori-On videos that are not just visually boring, but they suggest that the Tenori-On encourages a certain sameness of sound: I Am Robot And Proud @ Cruising Iris Making MIDI Music with the Yamaha… Read More Five Boring Tenori-On Videos

April 20, 20082 Comments

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