http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGL4hSC7ek4
Novamusik hooks some Tenori’s up to a Vermona DRM-MKIII and a Doepfer A100 Mini System. I don’t love the song they create but this is the way to use Tenori-On’s! Click to 1:06 in the video to see the great action. Thanks Chuck!
“The guys of Nova Musik playing with some new toys that just came in… First thing we thought of? Can we hook these things up to the modular? The answer is yes, and much much more.” – novamusik.com
Do you want a set up like this too?
This entry was written by , posted on January 13, 2010 at 6:00 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog, Doepfer, DRM1, hardware, Novamusik, sequencer, synthesizer, Tenori-on, Vermona, Yamaha. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
I was flipping through the latest issue of Sound on Sound and came across a cool looking hardware box called the Fucifer from Evolaudio. It’s a distortion synthesizer, mic-pre and EQ. I like what it does and how it looks but how it sounds will determine if it’s worth $2600. More and more I have been returning to hardware lately. Has anyone played with one of these?
“The Evol Fucifier is a distortion synthesizer & sound shaper, designed to give you many colors with which to create and shape your palette of sounds. Everything in the signal chain, from the Mic Pre, the Vintage Germanium Preamp, the Filter, and the inductors in the Equalizer to the output transformer, is designed to be overdriven, saturated, overloaded or distorted in a pleasing way. Mix & match the Vintage Germanium Preamp for a little warmth or overdrive, the Tape Saturation overdrive for a little compression and limiting or a bit of saturation, the Filter/Crossover (which in itself sounds great overdriven or even pushed into self oscillation with a sufficient amount of resonance), the Dual Band Distortion which allows you to mix many different kinds of distortion, and the vintage-style inductor based equalizer to shape the overall tone and color of the sound.” – evolaudio.com
For more info: evolaudio.com
This entry was written by , posted on December 28, 2009 at 1:52 pm, filed under hardware and tagged eq, equalizer, Evol, filter, Fucifer, hardware, Mic Pre. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Ben Houston and Arius Blaze create very interesting musical instruments under the name Foltek. The garden reminds me of my recently acquired Ekdalh Moisterizer. If your looking for a studio toy that no one else has, something that can’t be downloaded or bought at Guitar Center Foltek should be considered. To see some of the Foltek works currently for sale: click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsofGjQtGXw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlLFmeFjp2Y
“The sound very much reflects the asthetic – an electric garden with waves growing from the sound field they’re created from. The sound board and spouts of wire extending from it are picked up with high sensitivity and run through a series of effects intended to reflect the visual aspect of the whole. Every sprig of string has a unique sound and the Garden can be played as a percussion piece or soundscape generator. There is as much musical potential as there is a potential for strange sounds.” – folktek.com
For more info: folktek.com
via Synthtopia
This entry was written by , posted on November 28, 2009 at 7:58 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged Foltek, Foltek Garden, hardware. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Omega 8 as a Drum Machine – Quick Behind the Scenes from Calvin on Vimeo.
Calvin is showing off his great looking Studio Electronics Omega 8 analog polyphonic synth again. This time he teams his orange box up with a Culture Vulture valve distortion unit. For all his audio samples and a full run though of what he did head over to: http://cl516.blogspot.com/
“Well, long gone are my TR-909, TR-808, Machinedrum, Xbase09, MFB-502, and I haven’t picked up those D16 plugins yet. So I decided, why not use the Omega 8?” – cl516.blogspot.com
For more info: www.studioelectronics.com
This entry was written by , posted on October 6, 2009 at 7:44 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog, Calvin Cardiod, Culture Vulture, drum machine, hardware, Omega 8, Studio Electronics. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Novamusik is selling a special version of the Moog Voyager called the “NE”. I think it’s the best looking version of the best looking synth out there. They come in several colors with white-washed cabinets, matching backlighting, matching colored rocker switches and matching capped jack panels. I like the Electric NE above and in a close second the Solar NE below. You can see the other colors at the Novamusik site: click here
They will get you for $3,295. How many weeks pay gets you one? For more info: www.moogmusic.com
This entry was written by , posted on September 19, 2009 at 6:36 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog, colors, hardware, Minimoog, moog, Moog Voyager, Novamusik, synthesizer. 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=L9bsSA-OzH4
Here’s an interesting way to show off the portability of a product. Have you ever heard of “Parkour” or the people who do it often called “traceur’s”? Stephane Vigroux make it look easier than it seems. Wikipedia: “Parkour (sometimes also abbreviated to PK) or l’art du déplacement[1] (English: the art of movement) is a discipline that appeared first in France, more similar to a martial art than to a sport, focused on moving from one point to another as smoothly, efficiently and quickly as possible using the abilities of the human body.”.
I used to run all over the mountain near my house growing up. Would that count? In the end it all leads us to the small Native Instruments audio interface for DJ’s the Audio 2 DJ. It seems to fit the bill nicely if your mixing solely off a laptop.
“Renowned traceur Stephane Vigroux demonstrates the portability of the new Audio 2 DJ interface by free-running through London. A film by Julie Angel” – www.native-instruments.com
For more info: www.native-instruments.com
This entry was written by , posted on August 15, 2009 at 5:41 am, filed under hardware and tagged Audio 2 DJ, dee jay, dj, hardware, interface, native instruments, Stephane Vigroux, traceur. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
If you want a true analog multi-voice multritimbral synthesizer your options have been limited and expensive. Today Dave Smith Instruments drops the price of entry into this field to $799. The new Tetra is essential 4 DSI Mophos in a black box.
“Tetra is our next-generation analog poly synth. Tetra takes the award-winning sound and features of Mopho, multiplies them by four, and packs them in a box less than half an inch larger! Tetra has multiple personalities. It is a four-voice, analog poly synth, a sort of “mini Prophet.” It’s a four-part, multitimbral synth with separate outputs, essentially four Mophos in one very compact box. And it’s a voice expander for other Tetras or the Prophet ’08.” – www.davesmithinstruments.com
You can check out the Tetra operation manual: click here
For more info: www.davesmithinstruments.com
This entry was written by , posted on August 6, 2009 at 7:19 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog, Dave Smith Instruments, hardware, Mopho, synthesizer, Tetra. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
The Studio Electronics Omega 8 is one of those pure analog synths that makes you go wow when you hear one in person. I spent a lot of time with an “O8″ at Schneiders Buero in Berlin. I think it’s up there with a real MiniMoog and Macbeth M5 as far as it’s “WANT!” factor.
“Sound: absolute dream. 8 discrete voices. Analog and fat, yet tight and precise and articulate. None of that “carelessly eating up too much sonic space” stuff. It gets to the point and delivers sonic oomph very efficiently. I’ve yet to perform the auto-tune on it so far. I give it enough time to warm up, and all 8 voices are well-behaved. Sounds alive.” – Calvin Cardioid
Calvin Cardioid has posted a very nice set up samples on his blog cl516 and over on his SoundCloud page.
I think the Calvin’s color choice is excellent. Check out more photos on his blog: http://cl516.blogspot.com/
For more info: www.studioelectronics.com
This entry was written by , posted on August 3, 2009 at 5:54 pm, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged analog, Calvin Cardiod, hardware, Omega 8, Studio Electronics, synthesizer. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Voice of Saturn Synth with vactrol cv mod from Travis Thatcher on Vimeo.
Here’s a mod to tame your Voice of Saturn synth a bit. Hey I want green LEDs and yellow switches on my VOS!
“The Voice of Saturn synthesizer with added vactrol based cv-mod for better range of control.” – Travis Thatcher
For more info: www.curiousinventor.com
Related post: The Voice of Saturn Synthesizer & Sequencer
This entry was written by , posted on July 30, 2009 at 5:13 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged Curious Inventer, hardware, modification, synthesizer, Travis Thatcher, Voice of Saturn. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink and follow any comments with the RSS feed for this post.
Long before the hipster Microkorg hit Williamsburg there was the Korg 700s Minikorg. It was one of Korg’s first synths and to this day it’s one of my favorites. Every time I hear one of its raspy detuned aggressive sounds it makes my brain jump to it’s evil side. Daniel Miller used a 700 to create one of my all time favorite records TVOD/Warm Letherette by The Normal (iTunes link). Daniel soon went on to found Mute Records and sign Depeche Mode.
“It has three ring modulators for some strange sounds and noises. Sometimes a decent bass sound for techno music can be achieved using the MiniKorg’s hi-pass and low-pass filters. The two oscillators can be de-tuned and they offer triangle, sawtooth and square waveforms. There are some strange analog effects built-in as well such as portamento, a rudimentary repeat-delay, auto-bend (bender), vibrato and Chorus and Noise waveforms.” – vintagesynth.org
You can find the Korg 700s MiniKorg on eBay from time to time for a decent price. It’s on my wishlist!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbCHQyEJL7w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8thf7TpZYs
photo credit: drsquidd
This entry was written by , posted on July 7, 2009 at 4:47 am, filed under hardware, synthesizer and tagged 700s, hardware, Korg, Korg 700, Microkorg, synthesizer, synthpunk, The Normal. 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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