SuperBooth 16: The first annual SUPERBOOTH 16 – a new electronic music & gear exhibition- will be held in Berlin later this week, March 31st – April 2nd. The event grew out of Berlin-based gear retailer SchneidersBuero’s Superbooth synth area at the annual Frankfurt Musikmesse. It will now be an independent event, featuring more than 100 synth manufacturers and… Read More Superbooth 16 May Be The Largest Dedicated Synth Event Ever
TAG/TRAUM has released a sneak preview, below, for a planned Tangerine Dream documentary:
Moog Music today posted a statement on their site, objecting to North Carolina HB2 (pdf), a new law that overrides local laws banning discrimination against members of the LGBT community; and limiting anti-discrimination law to ‘biological sex’, eliminating protection for transgender people:
This video, via AnalogAudio1, is a demo of the iconic sound of the Solina String Ensemble. The Solina String Ensemble, like other 70s string synths has limited synthesis options. But what it does, it does well, offering lush sound and full 49-key polyphony.
The Bob Moog Foundation has announced that they are raffling off a gorgeous vintage Moog Minimoog Model D synthesizer, with proceeds to benefit the Foundation. The Minimoog Model D being offered, serial number 3731 was built at Moog Music’s Williamsville, NY factory on February 7, 1974. It is in excellent technical and physical condition and has been… Read More Support The Bob Moog Foundation & You Could Win A Vintage Minimoog
SoundForce Controllers has announced DIY kits for building MIDI controllers for vintage synth plugins. Two kits are available:
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures a live version of Gary Numan‘s Cars by I Speak Machine (Tara Busch and Maf Lewis). Recorded live October 1, 2015 at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, where I Speak Machine performed, supporting Gary Numan.
We recently featured the Lawrence, Kansas Public Library, which has a recording studio you can check out and is getting a large-format monster synth. Another library that is innovating by letting you check out creative tools is the Ann Arbor District Library. The library features the usual books, DVDs & CDs – but they also… Read More Ann Arbor’s Synth Lending Library Lets You Check Out Synths, Drum Machines, A Theremin & More
This video, via Exploring Audio, takes a look at identifying and fixing voice chip issues with the Roland Juno-106 synthesizer. If you’ve done similar repairs with keyboard voice chips, share your experience with this in the comments!
Robin Rimbaud, aka Scanner, shared this track, No Point Talking, from the score of a new BBC Radio 4 production of a story of the same name, by sci-fi writer Geoff Ryman that investigates the portrayal of gender in utopian science fiction. “I scored the new work and a separate documentary exploring the subject,” notes Rimbaud “This is… Read More Scanner Scores The Future
