synthesizers

Sound technology pioneer Bob Moog’s birthday is May 23, and just about the whole Web will be in on the celebration.

Play Google like a Minimoog: Google’s Doodle, the image you see on their homepage, is one of their best yet: it’s a fully interactive, playable Minimoog synthesizer. You can even record and playback little musical sketches and share with friends. Since the Earth is round, Google Japan gets an early scoop. (Yes, the Moog sun will rise first on the land of Roland, Yamaha, and KORG.)

Get swag, save cash, benefit the Moog Foundation: Rags and riches will be on sale for your shopping pleasure, including a benefit for the Moog Foundation on Moog-logo merchandise and clothes, with 50% of proceeds going to the Foundation’s educational and historical mission, which goes far beyond just Bob Moog to synthesis in general. That one-day birthday sale includes the lovely new Moog travel mug (I need one, after mine sadly broke in the mail to Germany), and a huge knob on a t-shirt (nice). See image, below.

Moog Music is also discounting their iOS apps, in case you missed discount pricing on their superb Animoog synth.

I Want My Moog TV. But let’s get back to the man himself, with a series of videos shared by the folks at Moog Music.

From an 80s BBC TV special, here’s Bob Moog demonstrating the synthesizer:

Moog Music are painting their spiritual father and founder’s image on their offices in North Carolina; see a timelapse of this gorgeous mural:

And in the sweetest gesture for the day:

To #celebratebob on what would have been his his 78th birthday local Asheville piano teacher, Kim Roney, brought two of her pupils to the Moog Store to perform a song in celebration of Bob Moog’s life and legacy. Bob Moog is still inspiring creative exploration in children of all ages. Thank you Dr. Moog, Happy Birthday! How has Bob Moog inspired you? #celebratebob

Finally, here’s a five-part series on synthesis fundamentals that uses the Moog Voyager. That seems, perhaps, the best way to celebrate Bob Moog’s legacy: it’s a chance to learn ideas about sound that can allow you to unlock the world of electronic music. With that knowledge, you can use any synthesis, anywhere, with or without a Moog logo on it – or use your imagination to invent the next great music technology, something Bob Moog I’m sure would have loved to see you build.

Moog Music Inc. is proud to present Dr. Joseph Akins’ five part series on the fundamentals of synthesizer programming. Dr. Akins is an associate professor at Middle Tennessee State University and strives to teach his students a complete understanding of synthesizers and computers as tools for modern music production. In this five part series Dr. Akins uses a Voyager to teach the process through which a synthesizer’s sound is generated and the techniques needed to program your own sounds and sonic experiments. In part one of this five part series Dr. Akins gives a brief history of synthesizers, goes over basic synthesizer theory, and overviews basic signal flow.

http://www.moogfoundation.org/

Here’s how interfaces normally break down. You’ve got your conventional, tactile interfaces, like a knob. You’ve got your touch interfaces, which lack tactile feedback (you touch them, but they don’t push back). You’ve got your gestural interfaces, which have you waving your hands in the air without touching anything and without any tactile feedback. (They’re generally the most challenging, because your brain has no feedback for what it’s doing.)

Syntact creates an entirely new category. It’s a gestural interface, of the “waving your hands around in the air” sort. But while your hand is in mid-air and isn’t touching anything, it does provide tactile feedback. It pushes back as you move your hand around, giving you interactive feedback. The way it pulls it off: sound. 121 ultrasonic transducers beam sound at a particular point, so that you feel something as you move.

You can see a bit of what this means in the new video, above. I’m hoping to get a hands-on (erm, hands-off) demo soon from the designer. The basic specs:

• Optical analysis of gestures, using a USB camera built into the interface
• MIDI control, for use with any live performance or music making rig (or other media)
• A control panel for selecting different sonic images and adjusting scaling.
• A built-in music solution visualizes sound and makes it easier to map to your own MIDI files.

More information: http://www.ultrasonic-audio.com/products/syntact.html

Also well worth checking out the directional speaker tech from these Slovenia-based developers – directional sound is another huge area of innovation. http://www.ultrasonic-audio.com/products/acouspade.html

If you want to try this in person, it’ll be at the Beam Festival in London in late June.

Side note: Yes, I’m looking into that LEAP thing, for more gestures, albeit without tactile feedback. Stay tuned.

flickr by Ramcur"CS serie parts for sale ( KENTON MIDI KIT AVAILABLE )The synth is working perfectly . All parts are for sale you can email the owner Jared at : spaceman.west@gmail.comjaredtauben@gmail.com( NO YAMAHA YM LSI ICS FOR SALE WE WILL KEEP THOSE IN MONTREAL )"This is a tough one to post. Does it make more sense to keep a fully functioning CS60 intact or to part it out to bring other

"The DP-1 is a one knob compressor with additional features for dynamic treatment of music material in standard and some unique ways. The module consist of three main parts:CompressorThe compressor is build around a high performance VCA circuit with low distortion and low noise floor. Instead of two controllers it has only one RATIO controller which compensate the signal loss at increased

"A library of old-school computer sounds captured from a late 1970s 8-bit Apple ][ with an Alpha Syntauri music system."Available at PuremagnetikThis set comes from Chris Randall of Analog Industries & Audio Damage, with more to follow: "It is a heavily re-tooled and much improved version of the sample set I used to have here that I made from the alphaSyntauri. They are much, much better at that

Playing Monnix synth app over modulars from cv slime 800 on Vimeo. Description from chrisjeffs.com/monnix : "This live performance synthesizer uses three points of touch to control the distribution of up to 16 harmonics, allowing for unique sound effects. Movements can be played back in the Replay page and the pitch altered by tilting the device forward. The Sample & Hold screen freezes the

Vimeo by richard scott"Serge and Bugbrand Modular Synthesizer"

New codes for the Z-DSP by Broken Silicon spcs via tiptopaudio.com/New video from cray56 below and be sure to catch the earlier one from Richard Devine here. The first demo with Broken Silicon's Error Codes #1 was in this teaser for the Tiptop 909 Hats.Published on May 21, 2012 by cray56"Snazzy FX Ardcore and The Broken Silicon chip for the ZSDP filmed by CV Slime"

YouTube Published on May 21, 2012 by squeakyfromme69"livewire afg, doepfer a130, homemade ad env, OPTOFILTER VCF, midiverb4, ableton. hopefully making a small production run of 10 units soon."

via this auction

via this auction"The guitar runs on either 6 C batteries or an AC adapter. Everything pictured is included. There is no strap present. The speaker is not super high quality - but it is a fun piece!"Update via Loscha in the comments: "This has a Yamaha YM3812 or similar sound chip in it, the same as an AdLib sound card.The drum patterns are those classic sounds, as are the patches.The biggest

via this auction"This is a wave multiplier / grinder synth module (CGS 29 rev 2) , built by Metalbox I believe. Excellent for waveshaping and complex distortion under voltage control. Comes with cable for connecting to a Blacet/Paia power supply (+/- 15v) and screws for attaching to a frac rack."

YouTube Published on May 21, 2012 by musicgearvideos909"Music Ipad Iphone App demo of Dubstep Music Studio. Lots of variation and heaps to play around with."iPads on eBay "Do you want to make it wobble like a pro DJ? Do you have the rhythm but don't have the money for over-priced machines? Dubstep Music Studio is the hottest new mobile Dubstep production tool!Check out Dubstep Music Studio few

YouTube Published on May 21, 2012 by djangosfire"Improv with some Buchla modules."

via Innerclock SystemsPackage Includes:-Sync-Gen IILS ModuleSync-Gen II Software Installers – All Formats – AU/VST/RTAS – Win/Mac 32 and 64 bitM.25 and M3 Black Hex Mounting Hardware and Black Nylon WashersEuro Ribbon CableMOTM +/- 15VDC Style Power HarnessColour Printed Operation Manual$545 AUD RRP Additional pics and videos at Innerclock Systems here.

oliverchesler has added a photo to the pool:

"a brief "journey" through a few newly created Buchla 200e presets; just strolling through the sonic terrain of these patches in real time. enjoy! for better audio go to soundcloud.com/user7621213/more-buchla-transmissions"

oliverchesler has added a photo to the pool:

oliverchesler has added a photo to the pool:

I took this photo to remember some settings. No patch memory here!

Key Mapping in Ableton Live is very easy. However did you know you could use it to compare plug-in settings? Watch the video above and Berkley’s Loudon Stearns shows you how to do it at 3:30 in.

“This video includes step-by-step instruction on the keymapping process, setting up a default template with important key mappings, using keymappings to compare plug-in settings, working with keyboard MIDI input, the basics of MIDI mapping, and using MIDI mapping to record and perform single handedly.” – youtube.com/user/berkleemusic

For more info: youtube.com/berkleemusic

via ableton.com/blog