Harlem Nights
Harlem Nights – I have a MOOG! (MG-1, Electribe TR-808).
this is of course a typical “gear show” video, but worth to listen to, it’s nice..
Moog in bikinis
“Right now my foot’s getting painted with some of the special connective paint which is going to turn me into a sort of like human wire.” – Calvin Harris
Zunk plays a Moog Etherwave Theremin
Richard Lainhart and Thomas Zunk perform live at Avantgarde Festival Schiphorst 2010.
In this free improvisation, Zunk plays a Moog Etherwave Theremin with a variety of processing pedals, and Lainhart plays a Buchla 200e analog modular synthesizer controlled by a Haken Continuum three-dimensional keyboard controller.
The musical sculptures seen in the background are the creations of Ferdinand Försch.
Recorded July 4, 2010, in Schiphorst, Germany.
Time for MoogFest
Festival organizers AC Entertainment, producer of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Big Ears Festival, and Vegoose, announced today MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog.
MoogFest 2010 will be held Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC. Yes – you can come dressed as your favorite Moog player!
Confirmed artists Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation will be joined by over 25 additional acts, performing in multiple venues throughout downtown Asheville, including the Asheville Civic Center Arena, the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and Asheville’s renowned world-class club, the Orange Peel.
In addition to the festival’s musical offerings, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in workshops, engage with artists in panel discussions, enjoy visual art exhibitions, installations and film screenings, and explore their own musical creativity with a variety of Moog instruments.
The complete schedule of artists and events for MoogFest 2010 will be announced on July 27th. Tickets will go on sale July 30th.
‘Bob Moog changed the course of music as we know it,” says AC Entertainment’s founder, Ashley Capps. “He put new worlds of sound literally at the fingertips of musicians, unleashing a creative revolution. We’re thrilled and honored to be able to celebrate his extraordinary legacy in the place that he called home and we hope to do so for many years to come.’
Details will be posted at the MoogFest site.
Polymoog VST
If the last post made you want to play a Polymoog but you don’t have one lying around there’s only one software option available AFAIK: the Reaktor ensemble Polymojo.
This imitation is mainly a Polymoog Synthesizer BUT the blue buttons are from the cut down/preset version Polymoog Keyboard. It does not include the MODE-filters. Hence there is no fader for that in the Master/mix section.
The Polymoog is a bit difficult to understand as there are 3 different filter sections and also a signal direct from the oscillator without filter. One of the limitations of the Polymoog was the lack of polyphonic dynamic filters. The MODE filter is polyphonic but it’s not possible to control it by an envelope. There’s a 4 pole LP filter – but it’s monophonic. And there bank of 3 resonant filters but these are also monophonic. The keyboard can be split in two different ways to create more sounds variation over the range of the keyboard but it’s also makes it a bit difficult to program. Each voice has 2 oscillator BUT they only have one waveform each – saw and pulse respectively. Not very flexible and quite limiting when sculpting sound.
One quite unique feature of it’s time however contributed to the lush sound called Vox Humana which could be said to be Gary Numan’s signature sound. The 2 oscillators per voice have each a separate LFO for frequency modulation which opens for wide and lush sounds. Also the Pulse Width has it’s own LFO.
If you are a Reaktor user this is not to be missed: check it out
The secrets of the PolyMoog
Still just a promo but pretty amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rtVFpA-AAk
Fantastic to see Chick Corea from his glory days when he made his Best album the Romantic Warrior with Return to Forever.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlN04_Q14zo
Tour the new Moog factory
Moog Music – Recently, Moog Music relocated to Asheville NC. I found this cool video on the Moog site that gives a tour of the facilities.
A quick walk through the Moog factory in Asheville, NC. This is Moog Central. It’s all made here!
Sometimes we spend so much time enjoying the end result that we forget all the hard work, confusion, labor, and time that goes into making these devices. Guys like Bob Moog, for instance, come from such humble roots, are driven by a unique curiosity for sound, and devoted their lives to create some of your favorite toys. So next time you are wailing on your favorite guitar, stomping on your fuzz box, or creating some wacky tones on your synthesizer, take a second to appreciate what goes into making these products. Because without these masters of experimentation and the masses of people who help realize their ideas, the music as we know it wouldnt have gotten very far at all.
Thanks to MTZ
Looking for classic 8 bit game sounds??
Morbius demonstrates pattern bussing with Moog-style modular step sequencers.
This is NOT a music-video. It’s a patching demonstration ONLY.
After more requests for additional info, I’ve made ‘another’ “Pattern Bussing” demo. (Sorry- no hi-def or someone to operate the cam for close-ups). I suggest that you simply watch the sequencer lamps and listen to the pattern changes, to get an idea of what this technique can do for you, either LIVE ‘on-the-fly’, or in the studio.
This patch allows you to change the sequenced patterns heard to many different-sounding patterns, and even changing the time-signatures (and back again) WITHOUT loosing either the ‘pulse-sync’ between the two Q960’s, or the ‘time-signature sync’, musically speaking… like- changing from a 4/4, to a 6/4, to a 3/4, to a 2/4, and back to any one, including the original 4/4. You can make it sound like you have a large number of ‘DIFFERENT’ patterns (and you could use these different patterns in different songs, or sections of songs)… and all, “ad-Lib”, improvised, on-the-fly, or any way you want.
None of the patching needs to be done DURING the performance… so everything can be preset and tuned, and you can use a written chart for specific changes you may want at specific places in the music.
Yeah… digital sequencers have some advantages, without any doubt. But- none will let you control, and actually ‘play the instrument’, like this. If you wanted to change the usual patterns played, in an improvisational way, live on stage… a digital will be extremely limiting, only allowing what has been preloaded. With this analog technique, you decide and alter any part, in any way, at any time, backwards, half back & half forward… your creativity is the only limitation.
After many months of experimenting, I found that using only FOUR return buses back to the Master sequencer are needed, even though, from one through eight are possible.
This is not a Moog Modular, but rather a Synthesizers.com Analog Modular system, and I’m using the Q960 Sequencers (2) (clones of Moog’s 960). There are several ways and modules which work well for switching the buses. The Q963 is ideal, and to do this, you’ll need two Q963’s, ‘daisy-chained’ in series, BOTH connected to the ‘SLAVE’ Q960.
Other modules that either WILL work, or will LIKELY work (and this would be for using FOUR buses, as I do here): a ‘patchable’ A/B trigger Bus; two Q149 Signal Selectors; two Q113 Mixers (or four Q112 Mixers); two Q962 Sequential Switches (although there are advantages, there CAN be some unexpected results when used manually); four Multiples (using the switch between the upper and middle jack groups; or- just build your own on a ‘blank-panel’.
Moogus Operandi
Norlander explored the boundaries of the legendary Moog sound and captured the creative, analog-based vibe that is Moog.
One Moogus Operandi attendee summed it up when he was asked by another “What do you think of the music”? to which the response was simply “Goosebumps”.
This image of Erik Norlander performing on his recently reconfigured Wall Of Doom modular synthesizer is taken from a collection of photos by Jon Leidel of the recent Moogus Operandi concert.
About the show that was held on April 19th
The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to announce its spring concert event Moogus Operandi, honoring the pioneering work and legacy of synthesizer maverick Robert Moog, to be held on May 27, 2010 at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina. The event will be a celebration of the Moog legacy through music, art and mulitmedia entertainment. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door the night of the event.
Northern California based synthesizer virtuoso Erik Norlander (ASIA featuring John Payne, Rocket Scientists, Lana Lane) will headline the evening, performing songs from his new album, The Galactic Collective. Norlander, an accomplished rock, electronic and symphonic keyboardist known for his command of vintage and cutting edge synthesizer technology alike will bring the Moog legacy alive with his synth-heavy instrumentals and his “Wall of Doom” modular synthesizer (so named by his roadies). The Wall of Doom, a massive analog modular synthesizer with restored 1967 Moog modules at its heart, will grace the stage of the Orange Peel as the musical and historical representation of Bob Moog’s legacy of pushing the boundaries of sonic reality. This marks Norlander’s first performance in Western North Carolina.
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