EMS-Rehberg Video Synthesizer

This popped up on my randomn picture viewer. I checked the EMS site (title link) and couldn't find this exact unit. I see the EMS Spectre, but it doesn't quite look like this. I did a quick search and didn't find much. If you know anything about it or a good site on it, please feel free to comment.

Emax SE Page and Tribute

Chris Strellis put up a page on his Emax SE with a really nice track featuring nothing but the Emax SE. Nice and gritty. Has a very heavy weight to it. Not completely 4AD, but the weight on tracks of This Mortal Coil definitely come to mind. Well worth checking out. Title link takes you there.

The PorchBoard - Analog Bass

Trip. In via Synth80 on AH, via Harmony Central.



"Designed to revive the lost art of self accompaniment, the Porchboard Bass is an analog rhythm instrument designed to allow low-end, player controlled, self accompaniment using the natural technique of foot tapping. Because it's player controlled, the Porchboard Bass is legitimately accepted in the concert venue. Each tap of the foot produces a low-end, full-bodied, bassy beat that is more percussive than a bass guitar, yet sounds fuller and more resonant than most bass drums."

TR-909 Mod Page

Via Jonodo on AH. Title link takes you there.



The following mods extend the range of the Tune and Decay controls, and add three new controls:

Pitch - controls the frequency of the bass drum oscillator
Drive - allows waveform adjust from normal to square, for hard clipped sounds
Tune Depth - varies the amount of initial pitch sweep (decay set by TUNE control)

Jiggity's XOXBOX

Via this post on Sonic State's the-gas-station. Damn, that looks nice.

Moog Satellite - New Flickr Shot

Korg OASYS on Sonic State

Sonic State on the Korg OASYS update. Includes their video coverage during Winter NAMM 2005. Worth checking out if you haven't already.

Chocopoolp

I swear my blog reader must be busted, because I don't remember seeing this post on Music Thing. Chocopoolp (nice name) makes a couple of music apps for the Palm. The first is Bhajis Loops a sampler/sequencer and Microbe (1 drum machine, 2 synthesizers, and 18 effects). Click here for choco-poop, chocolate poop, I mean Chocopoolp.com.

Roland TB-303 Acid Twin Silver Sticker

Title link takes you to auction on the *bay. Good idea. Someone should make faceplates for other classic synths minus the sticky. I'm picturing the weight and consistency one of those flexible magnet type sheets you can put your own images on. A lot of beat up synth could use a new faceplate.



"This is a new silkscreen die cut face sticker for old worn Roland tb 303's. For all you knob twiddlers you can also use it as a protective cover. This sticker is the same thing as what you see on the Minimoog Voyager and PK4 Poly Evolver. It is made to last!"