#instruments

mkwadee@diasp.eu

After lunch yesterday, we went to the #HistoryOfScienceMuseum in #Oxford. It's not very big but contains some really fascinating exhibits. It is right next to the #SheldonianTheatre and well worth a visit.

Here are wooden models of the #FivePlatonicSolids.
Small platonic solids

This is a beautiful example of #HandWriting in a book. #Writing like this is certainly a lost art these days.
Handwritten book on astronomy

Here I am explaining to my spouse the similarities and differences between #Octants, #Sextants and #Quadrants.
Me explaining something to the camera user.

This wooden box contains some immaculate #brass #DrawingInstruments. Another rarity these days but I do remember learning how to use similar #instruments while studying at university.
A box of brass drawing instruments

A brass #sundial.
A brass sundial in a glass display

Without anything but manual #SurveyingEquipment, humans were able accurately to map out the entire globe. It's amazing what can be achieved when humanity works together. But also, this model is absolutely gorgeous.
A model globe approximately 40 cm in diameter

Not to be outdone, the #astronomers mapped the #sky and here it appears on a companion globe.
Astronomical globe plotting the position of the stars

No computers were around then but the ingenuity of humans to develop calculating instruments to allow them to crunch numbers meant the creation of some devices of stupendous cunning.
A slide rule and a cylinder used to conduct high-precision calculations

To this day, trainee pilots have to master the #CircularSlideRule in order to do calculations for various tasks. Before flying was ever developed, such #SlideRules were in common use.
Circular slide rule

This #camera is another fine example of hand-made instruments. The craft and skill of whoever made it is a marvel.
A wooden box camera

#MyWork #MyPhoto #CCBYSA #Android #Spring #UK #England

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

#SMEM - Le #musée des #synthétiseurs de #Fribourg

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Une archive vivante

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Le smem, Musée #Suisse et centre des #instruments de #Musique #Électroniques, possède l'une des plus grandes et des plus importantes #collections au monde de #synthétiseurs, d' #orgues, de boîtes à rythmes, d'équipements d'effets, de consoles de mixage, d' #amplificateurs et d'équipements de #studio.

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Environ 5000 #instruments et #appareils sont stockés dans son Schaulager dans le centre d'innovation #BlueFactory à Fribourg, en Suisse. Considérée par son équipe comme une archive vivante, la collection se veut accessible aux #artistes, au grand #public et à la #recherche. Une sélection d'instruments de musique électroniques importants peuvent être découverts et employés dans #Playroom du smem.

https://www.smemmusic.ch/fr/propos
#synth #synthesizer #music

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

#Yamaha #DX7, #TX81z, #SY35 and #SY77: The #Ultimate #Review - #OffTheMatrix

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This review compares the #sounds of a DX7, TX81z, SY35 and SY77 side by side. Over 20 years was spent creating the Off The Matrix #patches, so the review will reveal the true strengths of each of the #instruments. The first part will be a #demonstration the DX7, TX81z and SY77 playing the same patches. To my surprise the TX81z sounded better for a couple of the patches. The #video will cover the strengths of the TX81z and SY35 over the DX7. The video will end with demonstrations of the SY77 patches as well as the new SY99 samples. A #TQ5 was used to play the TX81z patches, so through much of the video the SY35 is playing the TX81z patches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RXuozYwupE
#synth #synthétiseur #synthesizer

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

On a trouvé un #SYNTHÉ #FRANÇAIS que vous ne connaissez pas ! (et débrief du #salon) - #Audiofanzine

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obf99-dd5a0

2e jour du #Superbooth. On a fait de superbes #découvertes, un #synthé #français que vous ne connaissez pas, mais qui vous fera penser aux années 80, des #guitares, oui oui des guitares, des #instruments #originaux, de beaux #prototypes et pleins d'autres choses.
0:00 La voix du luthier
3:10 Pickup LesLee
6:21 Deimel guitarworks
8:02 Freqport
9:31 Elektron
14:48 Aodyo
24:59 Kiviak Instru­ments
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29:59 UDO Audio
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34:37 Debrief du superbooth

#synth #synthétiseur #synthesizer

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

#Renoise #tracker on #RaspberryPI - #FloydSteinberg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clpTw6aaa6I

In this video, I briefly walk through Renoise running on #Raspberry PI. Renoise is a tracker-style #DAW which enables you to quickly create #sample groups, #tracks, and incorporate #VST #plugins. This #video shows how to #install Renoise, #configure #Linux for #best #audio #performance, and how to create a song. Also answering some viewer questions, e.g. how to " #ReWire" Renoise into Reaper so you can use Renoise like a plugin. Table of contents:

00:00 hello
00:14 #hardware needed
00:31 #download, installation and #system #setup
02:06 UI #overview
02:44 creating a simple #drum track
04:03 adding a bass track / using VST plugins
05:07 adding more tracks, sidechain compression
06:02 more effects plugins
06:11 assigning samples to the #keyboard ( #multisamples)
06:31 arranging #sequences into a #song
06:50 "ReWire" Renoise to #REAPER
08:23 script extensions
08:57 verdict
09.31 important things to consider!
09:54 #demo track (8 tracks using multiple plugins and samples #instruments)
11:50 bye-bye

Resources:
ZynAddSubFX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIcKMS_lxZ8
Renoise https://www.renoise.com/
Reaper https://www.reaper.fm/

#music #musique #synth

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

#Moist - Under my skin ( #Kebu #remix)

Only #instruments used in creating this remix were #analog #synths and analog #drum machines:
#Roland Alpha Juno 1&2, Juno-60, Jupiter-6, JX-8P, TR-808 & VP-330; #Cyclone Analogic TT-78 & TT-606; #Moog Minimoog & Source; #Oberheim Matrix 1000 (x3); #DaveSmith Tetra; #Hypersynth Xenophone; #Jomox AirBase99; #Korg Mono/Poly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGD1uQCmais
#musique #music #synth #synthesizer #synthétiseur

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

Visionnaires, talentueux, tricheurs : découvrez les #inventeurs de la #musique (avec #LaurentdeWilde) - Monte le son !

Dans le Tempo #26
Pour ce nouvel épisode du #podcast, Salman et Daz reçoivent le génial Laurent de Wilde. #Pianiste de #jazz, #animateur #radio et #écrivain, Laurent est passionné par les #instruments #électroniques et leurs #histoires. C'était donc l'invité idéal pour interroger le rapport entre l' #art et la #technique, et pour se pencher sur "Les fous du son", ces inventeurs fascinants dont Laurent raconte la vie et l' #oeuvre dans son dernier #livre. De #ThomasEdison à #RobertMoog, en passant par #MauriceMartenot, #LéonThérémine et #LaurensHammond, vous allez découvrir des destins incroyables.

00:00 Introduction
08:10 La #fascination #technologique
29:15 Les grands inventeurs
1:05:55 Art et technique, les deux font la paire
1:30:20 Dernière anecdote
1:32:50 Conclusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2fz2FjfF9c
#inventions #musique #interview

bliter@diaspora-fr.org

#DaftPunk, liste des #instruments de #musique pour "Homework" :

#Sequencers

Alesis MMT-8
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Apple Macintosh + EMAGIC MicroLogic
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#Samplers

AKAI S01
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E-MUE III
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E-MU SP-1200
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ENSONIQ ASR-10
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ROLAND S-760
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#Synthesizers

ROLAND Juno-106
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ROLAND MC-202
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ROLAND MKS-80
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ROLAND TB-303
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SEQUENTIAL Prophet-VS
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WALDORF MiniWorks 4-pole
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#Drum Machines

LINN LinnDrum
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ROLAND TR-707
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ROLAND TR-808
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ROLAND TR-909
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#Effects

ALESIS Microverb III
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ALESIS 3630 Compressor
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BEHRINGER Compressor
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BEHRINGER Parametric EQ
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ENSONIQ DP/4+
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LEXICON Vortex
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LEXICON JamMan
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LA Audio Gate/Compressor
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YAMAHA Digital Delay
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#Mixers/Recorders

MACKIE. MS-1202
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MACKIE. CR-1604
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PANASONIC SV-3700
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#Other

IOMEGA Zip Drive
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#synth #synthétiseur #synthetizer