Ever wanted to see a Minimoog demoed live? Switched on Synthesizer hosts a Youtube video of hvrhd1000u. Don’t miss the related videos of the same guy. Enjoy!
Archive for the ‘Musical Instruments’ Category
Sabber geifer lechz – Minimoog Demo
Monday, January 26th, 2009
CrunchPad – an open source tablet computer
Monday, January 19th, 2009Keith Emerson at his very best?!?
Sunday, January 11th, 2009Not that I am a fan of destroying things, but well, it’s part of the rock’n'roll history: Keith Emerson treating his Hammond in 1971 :) .
Manufacturer IDs in the MIDI standard
Sunday, December 21st, 2008Sequence 15 shares some interesting details about the system exclusive manufacturer IDs in the MIDI specification. It reminds me of the days when I wrote SimpleSysexxer (see the products section of this page), a tool that allows to backup and restore the memory contents of MIDI instruments. (more…)
Who owns the first Minimoog ever sold?
Saturday, November 1st, 2008Dave Cornutt over at Sequence 15 shares some interesting details about the “prototype” and “production” Minimoog with the serial number 1001. Though nobody knows if he’s right, the post sounds plausible. Unfortunately, we cannot ask the master himself.
BTW: I just read that his Great-grandfather originated from Marburg, germany, and that he preferred his name to be pronounced as [moːk] (german) over [muːg] (anglo-saxon).
Flexible musical keyboard
Friday, October 24th, 2008As a hobby musician, this is something which will serve me well as soon as I gonna retire and want to make some noise out in the green :) .
Some organ porn
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008Via synthtopia.com I found this nice post about an A100 Hammond organ. Having never owned a real Hammond (but a Suzuki-Hammond XB-1 digital emulation) I enjoyed the valuable knowlede Dave provides, and he even spiced it up with some cool images. I especially liked the details about the preset patch panel. I guess that having a digital organ instead of oily fingers is not that bad either :) . Don’t miss the archives of his blog for more cool vintage synth stuff.
DIY MIDI controller board
Friday, October 10th, 2008Jazzbands at the annual Rock-Shop-Party
Saturday, October 4th, 2008At the annual party of the local “trumpet shop”, there have been two impressive Jazz Bands.
The »Andy Lehmann Quartett« (which unfortunately does not seem to provide a web presence) did a great job. I especially enjoyed the sound of the real, wooden Hammond and its rotary cabinet.
Electric Outlet did sound much harder, “emulating” the “typical 70th jazzrock sound” (what ever it is) . Tom Aeschbacher played a Yamaha Tyros, a Roland VR-760 and an Access Virus. If you are a fan of Billy Cobham, Herbie Hancock etc., you will likely like Electric Outlet.
Playing (with) the Korg Z1
Sunday, September 21st, 2008Over the last decades, I programmed and played several synths. Nowadays, I have less time for this hobby. Nevertheless, I bought a used Korg Z1 last year. This synth commercially was unsuccessful, thus it soon has been discontinued and now is available as a used instrument at a reasonable price.
So why the heck did I buy this instrument? Well, it simply is an excellent and outstanding synthesizer. To explain this, let’s have a look back in synth history. (more…)
Eric Ross playing the Theremin
Sunday, May 1st, 2005Yesterday there was an event in the »Badischer Kunstverein« where Eric Ross played the Theremin. I was not convinced about the music, but the Theremin was really an interesting instrument. I already knew and heard it before, but never live.
Eric also played an Roland XP 80 and the guitar.The Theremin was connected to an guitar effects processor and he used a lot of reverb and delays. The Theremin was manufactured by Big Briar, the new company of Robert Moog who originally invented the analog synthesizers in the middle of the last century.