Knob Geeks

10:00 am - Synthrepairs.com : Korg Polysix

I’ve been hanging out with Steve Jones - he knows EVERY analogue synth (literally) inside-out)…he’s Australia’s most respected vintage synthesizer technician!

I have been following Steve around his workshop with a video camera and have put together a few little videos. In this video Steve talks about the common problems of the Korg PolySix.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMnVC5WM7eg

www.synthrepairs.com

09:30 am - Pre-order "Hideous and Perfect"

Angelspit are very excited to unveil the cover image for their new 12 track CD Hideous and Perfect, which is now available for pre-order. Purchase the CD alone, or combine with another Angelspit CD for a discount.
Artwork Details: 3 gate fold wallet, 16 page booklet (exclusive design for Australia/Europe), 36cm x 36cm double sided poster. The 2 preorder packages available are described here:
https://angelspit.net/hairsurgeon/Store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=178

09:19 am - ANGELSPIT : New Remix CD Artwork Revealed

Angelspit's long awaited Remix album features 13 tracks from leading Electro/Industrial artists with exquisite artwork.

Featuring KMFDM, Alec Empire, Ayria, Implant, Ego Likeness, Dave Foreman, The Mercy Cage, v01d , I:Scintilla, A Is For Arsenic, The Erektor, Left Spine Down, BAAL

A great deal of attention has been paid to aesthetics and visual production values. Black Kingdom Red Kingdom includes the remix disc, a CD inset and four 12cm x 65cm panoramic posters. The visual language behind Blood Death Ivory was reinterpreted and remixed within these graphic panoramas.Two of the posters are printed in Angelspit's signature red and two are printed in black. The CD wallet features deluxe spot UV printing on a matte laminated cardboard.

More information:
https://angelspit.net/hairsurgeon/Store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=62&products_id=1186

www.angelspit.net

12:25 am - For all of you who have last.fm

Last.fm Artist Community
... Of numerous recurring ideas of many social networks and p2p communities, one is to connect the artists and their audience, that is, to avail people to new art, thus extending the artists’ presence in the noosphere.
Since Last.fm is positioned as a catalyst for musical revolution, the above described idea is most certainly included and I see it necessary for artists themselves to take actions towards it; this was the primary reason for this community to be created.

If you are an artist who sees social networks as a way of self-promotion, you are most welcome to join this community.
If you are a listener who likes to discover new music, wish to contribute valuable artist connections, ir interested in reviewing, you are indeed welcome here as well.
If you are strictly a “scene” artist (e.g. idm, post-rock, emo, rap, trance, indie, black metal, bluegrass you name it), you are best advised to cling to your scene, which would be most effective for you, but not forbidden to join this community if you believe your music presents interest outside your scene.

09:44 am - New song by N3wT, Daydream

Just wrote this last night and made a live recording of it as a practice for a show I have this coming weekend. I was pretty happy with how it turned out so I thought I would pass it a long to anyone who might enjoy it, kind of reminds me of something in between early autechre and underworld.

It wasnt multitracked, just a stereo live recording on an all hardware setup, so some of the mixes are a little off...nothing too bothersome though.
Hope you enjoy

N3wT-Daydream

03:33 pm - field samplers

what do you use for taking field samples? pros/cons?

11:44 pm

Hey everyone, I'm completely green with everything that this community is about which is why I joined. I'm aware of what MIDI stands for and looked up what an oscillator is on Wikipedia once but overall I've found synth related things tough to get into. So I hope to learn a lot here. I play all sorts of instruments but don't have a lot of experience mixing them with computers aside from doing quick demos for my band so I'm here to absorb your wondrous knowledge.

I do have one question that I've been scouring the internet for answers and has probably been asked to death here, so I'm sorry in advance if it has. I have a M-Audio Oxygen8 V2 controller and I'm using it with garageband (which is a miserable experience in general) and while it works in a very basic way, I can't get any of the knobs to do anything. What I'd like to do is mess with the "Sync Modulation" and things like that while I play. Is that possible? So far I've tried a program called Enigma which looks useful but doesn't seem to actually change anything no matter what I upload. I just want to make some cool synth noises to accent some songs, is that too much for a guy to ask?

Thanks, sorry for the long-windedness and the possible repeat question

-Chris

08:16 pm - 2 NEW BLIPVERTS!

BLIPVERT #10 : Destroyx Interview #2 of 3
Destroyx answers questions from members of Angelspit's Forum. Questions include: Personal Life; Saying "F*CK YOU!" to the Mainstream; Boots.
View Destroyx's blog for details: http://destroyx.com/2008/12/27/destroy-o-vision-2/

BLIPVERT #9 : Modular Bleep Fest
Zoog from Angelspit makes horrid bleeps using their modular synthesizer. These audio files are available for download. We would be honored if you use this recording of our bleeps in your music!
View ZooG's blog for details: http://angelspit.net/zoog/2008/12/blipvert-9-modular-bleep-fest/
More Information about this Blipvert:
http://www.angelspit.net/blipvert09-bleepfest.htm

Check out Angelspit's other Blipverts here:
http://www.angelspit.net/blipvert/

Remember to check out Angelspit's Blogs:
ZooG's blog
http://www.angelspit.net/zoog/
Destroyx's blog:
http://www.destroyx.com/

ROCK!
www.angelspit.net

09:04 am - New N3wT song/video

for some reason the audio quality went to crap while uploading to youtube, but its not horrible

merry christmas

06:43 pm

for a first time buyer, what's a good sampler (hardware) to learn on? im just a kid with no job and high aspirations, so i dont want to spend too much money but i also want something fairly versatile. otherwise, no requirements. just something to use while i dip my toes in. thanks lots.

05:13 pm - music equipment for sale in Buffalo, Ny

heres the deal, I want to upgrade both of these synths...so I can only sell one right now.
I want a virus TI, and I want a V-synth XT



Access Virus Indigo, Mint, comes with a disc of hundreds of sounds. $800

Roland v-synth v2 ,has a few scratches on it, and one key needs to be pushed harder then the others (its probably the contact, but I dont feel confident in taking my synth apart)
comes with an ATA flight case which cost me a pretty penny
$1000

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2 technics m3d turntables (mint) with ortofon digitrack needles, (one has a broken arm, a zip tie is in its place and does the job), denon dnx800 mixer , plus odessey flight cases for the turntables, $750 (will sell each part individually too)

hartke transient XL 4X10 bass cab, one handle is broken $175


prices dont include shipping, I have good feedback on vintagesynth.com, livepa.org, and on ebay- n3wt15

located in Buffalo, NY

10:44 pm

Does anyone here own a Korg ER-1 MkII? I 've had mine for a few months now, and honestly I don't put it to much use because of a terrible latency problem. I'd estimate that when trying to sync it to other MIDI gear, it lags by as much as .20- .25 seconds. I have a Virus Indigo II and a Nord Lead 2x that I sync without issue. I tried replacing the ER's midi cable to no avail. Any suggestions?

02:33 am - like-new nord lead 2!

hello all!

i've just listed my mint clavia nord lead 2 synthesizer on ebay starting at $499 with $35 shipping via fedex. i'm sorry to see it go, but i never use it.

here's hoping you'll want to adopt it:



clavia nord lead 2 synth - like new.

09:14 am - on ebay SCSI CDROM drive for your sampler

RELIST OF AUCTION. BUYER FLAKED.
SCSI CDrom drive for Your Sampler.
This will be going cheap, I started the auction for 5 bucks
I used this with my Yamaha A3000, and Kurz k2500.
Comes with power cable and scsi terminator.

SCSI External CDROM Drive for your sampler</a

09:27 pm

I am a god damned synth geek. I love them. Right now, I'm currently working with a Korg MS2000B, Roland JP8080, Roland Juno-106, and a Korg Triton Le workstation. I have previously owned a Yamaha An1x, Korg MicroKorg, and an Alesis Micron. I have also used a Roland XP-80, Access Virus TI, Alesis Ion, and Korg Radias. Here is some of my music with the current synth setup.



Digital Sacrilege is dark, orchestral electro-industrial, which I like to refer to as either Electro-Noir or AggroTrance. It includes lots of strings, choruses, sometimes pianos and bells. However, it also utilizes the pounding, rapid fire beats and ripping, acidic synths of electro-industrial and EBM.

Area 51: This is a mix of house, goa, and psy trance. Very fun project, usually gets the giggles out of my system before producing some of my darker material.

04:38 am - old VST plug in that did Real time analyzing

I am trying to remeber a name of a plug in that was on the market around 1998 when I was a wee lad working at Guitar Center.

It was a VST audio plug in that did Real TIme Frequency Analyzing. What made this plug in great was the save feature where you could save a the analyzation of one song, and use that as a template on another song.

This was fun because you could tack a track that you liked the sound of, analyze it and use the template on an original song to get close to the same sound.

If no one knows the name of it, please suggest another software plug in that will do this.

12:17 am - to whom it may interest

the stage edition of the moog LP hath snuck out from the secrecy!

http://www.moogmusic.com/detail.php?main_product_id=254

behold the beauty! looks like they'll be going for $1,250 retail as opposed to the tribute edition @ hundred bucks more. 's a nice price drop, and the thing is still gorgeous, love the new look. i 'spose people hoping for a more drastic price drop might be a little annoyed, but it's an incredible machine, totally worth it.

04:36 pm - New synth

Two questions:

1) Does anyone know where I can get voice chips for the Roland Juno 106? I had one replaced from Roland spares before the chips in Australia ran out, but need another three voices...

2) What is everyone's common idea of a good stage synth? It would need to be in the 500-1000 AU$ (times 1.5 for US)...lots of knobs, analogue or modelled, reliable and multitimbral a plus...for a electro-pop/rock-pop band.

Thankyou kindly!

12:22 pm - Help!

Hi guys, hope everyones ok.

I'm trying to get my music to a wider audience and want to start playing live... my band is lacking members but my music is a wall of sound but I've been trying to avoid the 'laptop band' route for months now. Besides I don't really need a laptop because I have a perfectly good desktop!

What I'm thinking is using a digital multitrack recorder, something small and portable like the boss BR-600, and then wacking a big compact flashcard in there, bouncing all the parts me and my musical collegues need to the tracks on there and running it through the PA.

Does this sound like a good idea or a recipe for disaster? Any horror stories trying this technique? Any recommendations on what else I can try? I've got a pretty flexible budget (I work in a pro audio store so get good staff rates on gear) so any recommendations any of you have would be fantastic! If anyone says laptop I may come at them with a rusty pen knife.

Cheers!

Matt

04:50 pm - this almost makes me cry

http://www.art-offer.com/rd_p?p=113082&t=1091&c=190083&gift=10886&a=10886-analog%20synth

Current Mood: moogtastic