Jean Michel Jarre On Vintage Gear & Happy Accidents
In a new interview, synth music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre explains why, despite all the advances in electronic music technology, he still has a love for vintage gear:
In a new interview, synth music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre explains why, despite all the advances in electronic music technology, he still has a love for vintage gear:
Arturia has released, iMini, a software recreation of the classic Minimoog for the iPad. iMini is based on Arturia Mini V software, originally created in partnership with Dr. Robert Moog, back in 2003. iMini comes with a large collection of preset sounds, created by Klaus Schulze (Tangerine Dream), Geoff Downes (Asia) and other sound designers.… Read More Arturia iMini – A Virtual Minimoog Synth For The iPad
Saturday Synth Porn: Ever clean out the attic, and find a vintage Moog Minimoog that you’d forgotten about? Probably not – unless you’re Gary Numan: “Clearing out my garage loft yesterday, cut away some ivy creepers & found this!” tweets Gary Numan. “Original spec MiniMoog!” Our take on this is that, if you’ve never owned an… Read More Gary Numan Cleans Out His Attic, Finds Cooler Stuff Than We’ve Got In Our Attic
Saturday Synth Porn: A Lego Minimoog, via xpfloyd.
Open Mic: Get any group of synthesists together, and discussion eventually turns to the classic synths of past. Synths like the original Moog modular synthesizer, the Minimoog, the Korg MS-20, the Yamaha CS-80, the Roland Jupiter 8 and many others. While it’s easy to recognize classic synths of the past, we sometimes take for granted the great… Read More Open Mic: Which Synthesizers Are The New Classics?
Doctor Who Theme Tune on Minimoog by Hyperdust was uploaded by: hyperdust7
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Velvet VOYAGER (part 1) was uploaded by: synthypnosis
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The Arvo Brothers created this impressive Moog Minimoog synthesizer – out of Legos. Amazingly, it’s a working model – not as a synth, but as a MIDI controller. More shots at the Arvo Brothers’ Flickr page.
Moog Music today introduced a new version of their website – and it’s more than just a facelift. The new site is designed to position Moog as a company that is unique, creating instruments that carry on a legacy from the earliest days of synthesizers. And while the point of the new site is obviously… Read More Moog Music Updates Its Site
Gert Emmens’ Metamorphosis is a lush album of synth music, featuring a collection of longer melodic electronic tracks that should appeal to fans of classic synth bands and vintage synths alike. In making Metamorphosis, Emmens used old analog instruments only, without MIDI. Only CV/GATE was used, on the sequences. Emmens explains: During the summer of… Read More Gert Emmens’ Metamorphosis A Treat For Vintage Synth Fans