I’ve been creating some music with Tom Carpenter. He’s the man behind the wonderful Analogue Solutions synths and modules. He did an unexpected “nice” for me and printed my alias The Horrorist on his upcoming Spring Reverb modules. So I guess I broke some new here… yeah AS has a new Spring Reverb module coming up. If you follow Tom on Facebook you can also see his new very nice looking Telemark Keyboard. The first song we recorded is called “Forever for You” although we could change it to Cold Wave.. what do you think Tom? My friend Gabri is also doing a mix and there will be some other tracks. Samples coming soon…
“Your name is imortalised on the new spring reverb circuit board. hopefully it will be released in a few months!” – Tom Carpenter
For more info: thehorrorist.com and analoguesolutions.org.uk/v2/
This entry was written by , posted on January 27, 2012 at 12:41 pm, filed under hardware, music and tagged Analogue Solutions, circuit board, Richter, spring reverb, The Horrorist, Things to Come Records, Tom Carpenter. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Analogue Solutions Telemark Unboxing from Oliver Chesler on Vimeo.
I received a delivery from Noisebug yesterday and made the above unboxing video for you. I was also inspired to add the Analogue Solutions Telemark to an EBM song I am working on for my next album. You can hear the song in the video above. It still needs plenty of work and of course vocals. You’re also hearing a Jomox Brane 11 and the sequences are being fired off by a Doepfer Dark Time. The Telemark is created in the UK by Tom J Carpenter. He recently repaired some of Alan Wilder’s (Depeche Mode) equipment for an auction. The Telemark starts off as an Oberheim SEM clone but adds Noise (to me VERY important) and some other goodies. It’s a large beautiful synth and it sounds incredible.
“More features than the original SEM such as Sample and Hold, LFO Square wave, Noise, extra inputs, many more signal modulation options via rotary switches.” – analoguesolutions.org.uk
To see a full set of Telemark photos: click here
This entry was written by , posted on November 19, 2011 at 4:38 pm, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged Alan Wilder, Analogue Solutions, clone, Jomox, Mbrane 11, Oberheim, SEM, Telemark, The Horrorist, Things to Come Records, Tom J. Carpenter, unboxing. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
French company Arturia will release a software recreation of the Oberheim SEM on October 25th. The original SEM’s trick was a 2-pole multimode filter which along with low-pass had high-pass, band-pass and band-reject settings. This gave the unit some wicked sharp sounds. For a while the SEM sound could only be had if you hit eBay. Then Tom Oberheim followed in Bob Moog and Dave Smith’s footsteps and got things going again. I have to mention my favorite SEM sounding synth the Analogue Solutions Telemark which I had a chance to play with recently. It adds a few tricks to the mix including in my opinion a very important feature: noise. It’s good to see Arturia back in the game emulating classic synths because I think it’s what they do best. It’s going to be tough for them to get the sharp filters right on the SEM. That said, the plug-ins are a good stepping stone to get people into hardware or for when you need SEM on an airplane, beach, hotel room, etc… They sure look very pretty too!
“After years without any addition to their Synthesizer Anthology series, Arturia has announced that it will soon bring back to life in software format one of the world’s most sough-after synthesizers. The Oberheim SEM V accurately emulates the famous sound and interface of the original Synthesizer Expander Module introduced by Oberheim Electronics in 1974. Faithfully reproducing the tone, waveshapes, multi-mode 12dB/octave filter and other detailed characteristics, the Oberheim SEM V also brings the benefits of polyphony, MIDI control, arpeggiation and some innovative functionalities such as the 8-voice programmer, or the advanced keyboard follow.” -kvraudio.com
For more info: arturia.com, tomoberheim.com and analoguesolutions.org.uk/v2
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This entry was written by , posted on October 9, 2011 at 6:52 am, filed under plug-ins, synthesizer and tagged Analogue Solutions, Arturia, filter, hardware, Oberheim, SEM, synthesizer, Telemark, Tom Oberheim. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Vostok ::: MIDI to CV + Patches from arthur joly on Vimeo.
Yeah a nice track from Arthur Joly on an Analogue Solutions Vostok suitcase synth. Follow the man who created this machine on Facebook: Tom J Carpenter. Read a review of the Vostok at Sound on Sound: click here.
“Creating some music.” – arthur joly
For more info: recohead.com.br and Analogue Solutions
This entry was written by , posted on October 1, 2011 at 6:05 pm, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged Analogue Solutions, Arthur Joly, patch cable, synthesizer, Tom J. Carpenter, Vostok. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Analogue Solutions makes very good synths. I think they are often overlooked. Their stuff also has a vintage detuned edge that other newbie synths miss. I love this killer promo video for their new Telemetry. Some great features of this synth include:
Pure analogue voice circuitry. Mini Pin Matrix patch panel to eliminate the use of some patch cables. MIDI In for software sequencer / keyboard control. White Noise. X/Y non-sprung Joystick.
For more info: analoguesolutions.org.uk
This entry was written by , posted on July 21, 2011 at 7:57 pm, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged Analogue Solutions, synthesizer, Telemetry. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The Analogue Solutions Leipzig is a Moogish clone that sounds more like an original Mini than a Voyager. It’s the synth to buy if you want a vintage synth new. I played with one at Schneider’s Beuro in Berlin and it does sound quite good. The “R” version you see above has been discontinued and a new “S” class is coming out soon. The new S has an 8 step sequencer, 2 full ADSRs and MIDI sync. Looks like it will be a tasty EBM machine.
“Leipzig-r (rack version) is now discontinued, but in about 2 months will have a new version called Leipzig-s.” – midician.be
via sequencer.de
This entry was written by , posted on March 2, 2011 at 3:50 am, filed under synthesizer and tagged Analogue Solutions, Leipzig, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Every time I see an Analogue Solutions Europa Sequencer demo I know I have to get one soon. It’s a good time machine especially here set up with Depeche Mode’s People are People drum kit. By the way if you haven’t heard the B-Side “In Your Memory” and your a DM fan go find it… it’s good.
“The beat was created using Europa’s Internal mode (not synced to MIDI clock or using outside sequencers). An Ensoniq ASR-10 was providing the drum samples in this case. The Europa was also used to sequence the AS Telemark synthesizer at the end of the video and uses the Europa’s velocity controls (per step key) to control the Telemark’s filter (velocity to filter). At the end of the vid, Europa is put into External clock mode and synced to MIDI clock (DAW sequencer). At this point, Europa will start/stop when the computer sequencer starts/stops. Europa also is sending sync to the AS Oberkorn MK3 sequencer, which is controlling the SE ObieRack.” – rezfilter
photo credit: Affendaddy
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This entry was written by , posted on October 17, 2010 at 8:02 pm, filed under drum machine, hardware, song writing and tagged Analogue Solutions, Depeche Mode, Europa, sequencer, Telemark. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Here we have an Analogue Solutions Oberkorn sequencer getting down with a Telemark SEM clone and Leipzig monosynth. I like the Analogue Solutions stuff because it sounds aged out of the box. Most new analog gear sticks on perfect pitch missing the point.
“CVM module. Sequencer is an analogue Oberkorn. Playing two MIDI synths; Telemark (making the crazy sound) and Leipzig-r (warm synth sound). Oberkorn is also controlling velocity (in turn changing the filter cut-off). Joystick just adding a little transpose. Also here you can glimpse my white Red Square.” – ASUKLTD
For more info: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~concuss/
This entry was written by , posted on August 16, 2010 at 5:28 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog sequencer, Analogue Solutions, Leipzig, Oberkorn, synthesizer, Telemark. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The Tama Techstar is not too far from a Pearl Syncussion SY1. Paired with a new Analog Solutions Europa hardware TR style sequencer and you have vintage drum machine awesomeness! I need to get this set up myself… it’s certainly unique.
The TAMA TS-305 is a 6 channel drum synth module. It can be used as a desktop module or a massive 7u 19″ Rackmount. Each channel is a mini analogue synth drum module, capable of producing a wide range of electronic drum sounds, and since every parameter is defined by a knob, it’s highly tweakable.” – cykong.com
Would you spend around a grand for a set up like this?
This entry was written by , posted on April 8, 2010 at 3:48 am, filed under hardware and tagged Analogue Solutions, Europa, Tama Techstar. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TywnYgaA_3c
Looking for a Roland TR style sequencer you can use with anything? Viola the new Europa Sequencer has got what you need. If it had a random mode I would have bought one on the spot. I can see a lot of Vermona DRM1 owners grabbing these. Price: UK £499
“This is the pre-prod unjit (99% finished), used here with Blofeld adn DR670 drums. Showing drum editing, octave shift, mute, transpose. This sequencer is really easy to use and tunes can be created so quickly.” – ASUKLTD
For more info: www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~concuss/
This entry was written by , posted on February 3, 2010 at 5:20 am, filed under hardware and tagged Analogue Solutions, Europa Sequencer, sequencer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
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