Perpetuum Möbile

Pierre Henry Ou L’Art Des Sons DVD

Alfred — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:56:34 +0000

Here’s a DVD documentary about one of the greates composers of electroacoustic music, Pierre Henry.

It’s called The Art Of Sounds and it was made in 2006. Buy it here (amazon.co.uk)

MFB Dominion X Synth

Alfred — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:47:29 +0000

MFB has recently posted some Soundcloud demos of the forthcoming MFB Dominion X synthesizer. Here’s an example:

The synth sounds little bit Moogy. It’s got 3 oscillators, 2 LFOs, 2 EGs and an included Schippman filter. It’s also got 9 patchpoints too hook it up to your euro-style modular synth. And it’s also possible to save patches, a great feature.

John Foxx in the studio

Alfred — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:21:42 +0000

Video here

More electric independence videos from Motherboard at this location

New fruit-based MIDI-controller

Alfred — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:08:47 +0000

Check out this video with Dr. Robert Schneider and Elijah Wood presenting a new kind of synth controller:

By the way, the new Apples in Stereo record is here

Snazzy FX Tracer City

Alfred — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:17:57 +0000

Snazzy FX makes some of the coolest stompboxes. The Tracer City is one of them. Here is a short demo:

Snazzy FX homepage

It will cost you about 500$ and can be bought from

Analogue Haven in the US and
Schneiders Buero in Berlin

Telemark vs. SEM

Alfred — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:25:03 +0000

I really like the looks of the new Telemark synth from Analogue Solutions. After selling my small synthesizers.com modular I’m looking into buying a new modular, and maybe the Telemark could be the start of a new system?

Anyway, here’s a great demo of the new synth. Below is a demo of the original Oberheim SEM that Telemark is modelled after.

Music Radar has a review of the Telemark synth, read it here

Native Instruments gives The Finger

Alfred — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:01:14 +0000

The Finger is a new live multieffect for NI Kore and Reaktor platforms. In this video you’ll see Tim Exile presenting the software he’s made:

Check out Tim Exiles blog here
Go to Native Instruments

Waldorf Largo demo

Alfred — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:27:00 +0000

A 30 day demo version of Largo fram Waldorf has been released. Register and download the free demo from this location.

Largo is the VST version of their hardware Blofeld synth. I’ve got two Waldorf synths myself; Pulse and MicroQ, both geat sounding modules. I’ve also got the Waldorf Edition synth + effects pack, and the PPG emulaton I’ve used quite a lot. I look forward to trying out Largo.

More about Largo here

Auduino DIY Synth

Alfred — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:41:05 +0000

If you’re into DIY and got an Arduino board, why not try to make the FOF/granular based Auduino synth in this video?

Instructions are here

Here’s another example, using the stylus controller from the Gakken SX-150 synth kit:

Terrarium Interactive Installation

Alfred — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:00:06 +0000

This is a video from an interactive installation made by Emily Gobeille and Theodore Watson. The software is made with openFrameworks. Participants can interact with the sonic ecosystem by speaking into a microphone. It’s very beautiful. More pictures here and here