Zeroscillator FM VCO from Cynthia

Via Cynthia on AH.

"Announcing...

The revolutionary new ~Zeroscillator~ FM VCO from Cynthia.
Available now in a variety of popular modular synthesizer formats!

http://www.cyndustries.com/

***** PRESS RELEASE 12/08/05 *****

They said it couldn't be done...
but Team Cynthia went and figured it out anyway!

Cyndustries.Com announces

The Amazing New Zeroscillator!

A Liquid Smooth All Analog Through-Zero FM Oscillator for Modular Synthesizers. For the first time traditional digital FM synthesis is possible in an all analog signal path. http://www.cyndustries.com/

Features Include:

Through-zero Linear FM Operation.
AC & DC Linear FM Inputs with 4-Quadrant Dynamic Depth VCA.
Separate Outputs for All Traditional Waveforms.
Voltage Controlled Bi-Phasic Waveform Morphing in Four-Phase Quadrature.
Variable Synch.
Precision Ten-Turn Tuning Knob
Switchable Linear Bias
Modulation Depth and Polarity LEDs.
Unique Time Reversal Input!

What does all this mean?
It means incredibly rich and alive sonic textures are now available to you!
It means that brass, woodwinds, percussion and exotic electronic mayhem are just a
knob-twist away without need of filtering or other spectral post-processing!
It means a whole new, exciting way of synthesizing sound on your modular!

Advanced engineering and the very latest in exotic semiconductors enable the amazing
Zeroscillator to create classic (digital) Linear FM Synthesis on your modular with
reliable, all-analog ("Look Ma, no aliasing!") circuitry.

Physically, the Zeroscillator's design and build quality are stratospheric.
The finest components are employed using high-quality 4-layer circuit boards, NKK
Switches and Switchcraft connectors. All chips are in military-grade type gold
sockets, and gold connectors are used internally for years of trouble-free maintainance.

Sonically, Zeroscillators produce crystaline FM textures without the assorted noises and grit of digital. Zeroscillators increase the sophistication of your music because each use is a delightful journey into undiscovered, exciting new dimensions!

Learn for yourself what the "Through-Zero" & "Dynamic Linear FM"
buzz is all about using actual analog synthesizers. Sieze this opportunity
to invigorate your music with this breakthrough in electronic technology
by equipping yourself with exciting new Zeroscillators today!

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Mode Zero

Title link takes you to Modezero, a site dedicated to vintage audio effects including pics and samples. Via Ivan on AH.

This Blog

Thought I'd put up a post on what this blog is and what it is not. Why? I always find things a bit more enjoyable when I know what they are about, and I've noticed from a few comments that some might not know what this site is about.

What it is: A repository for synth stuff I come across on the web.
What it is not: a "News" blog.

Will there be news now and then? Yep. If I come across it and post it. Will I be the first to post stuff? Depends. If stuff is sent to me that's not currently on the web, or I come across it before others then yes, otherwise all of this stuff is already out there, even when I come across it first. What might be "news-like" is any additional information I might add and/or a different perspective. What is also news is anything someone might add to the post. It just depends. I'm not trying to be a news blog, but what's interesting is a lot of this can come across as news. What's really interesting is if it is news to you then it's just that, news to you. A lot of this stuff like Vogelscheiss' site or Tapelab.org have been around for some time, but I had no idea until I visited them. I'm not on all the lists and my guess is neither are most of you as we only have so much time in the day to explore the synth universe. So, I use this blog to track all of that. It's my pulse on the synth world and I hope you find some if not all of it worthwhile. Will there be posts you brush over? Of course! We all have different interests; some will overlap, some won't. You might be on some of the same lists as me and you might not. If you saw a particular post already, think of the others that haven't. What also fascinates me is that in the synth world, old news can be new news. Think of all the history that fascinates us. For example, recently someone on the Synth Sights list was trying to find the infamous OBMx and Gibson story. People remembered seeing it but didn't remember where to find it. Well, it so happened that I put up a post with a link to it a while back, so I was able to find it and send it quickly.

So what is this blog to you? A place where you can see stuff about synths, old and new. Every now and then I hope you find a nugget or two worth your wile. : )

OMG - New Flickr Shot

Yeah, I would say that's an appropriately titled shot.

Update: More info on the shot via Analog Industries.

Vogelscheiss

I've been listening to various bits of vogelscheiss coming in on the lists lately, including the sample I put up on my last post and some previous posts. Well, I finally took the time to visit the root of his site. Wow. This was another one of those how did I miss this for so long moments. There is a seemingly endless amount of mp3s on his site, studio photos, equipment list and more. On the MP3 page there is a News section pointing out his music has been featured in Chris Romero's "Patch" and the "Ultimate Matrix Collection" DVD box set. Pretty impressive. Title link takes you there.

Vermona Perfourmer Sample

Another in via Vogelscheiss on AH. Enjoy.



Umm, sounds pretty special to me. : )
"This demo's nothing special but it shows some of what's so kewl about the
Perfourmer. The Perfourmer's set to Poly mode, with voices 1-3 set to MIDI
channel 1 and set to different patches (and pannings), one an octave up,
taking turns playing arpeggiated notes or occasionally combining in chords,
while voice 4 is set to MIDI channel 4 and playing a bassline. Drums are
Stylus RMX."

G2 Minimoog Samples

Title link takes you to some samples created by Jose Sogo Flores of a Minimoog and a Clavia G2. In each sample he goes back and forth between the two. These are pretty amazing. Note that Jose calls out below that this is not meant to be a comparison in sound quality but rather an excersize in programming. Enjoy. BTW, please right click and download a file before listening to each. : )

Some notes from Jose:

- You hear always the Mini and then the Clavia G2.
- On every mp3 files, there is many comparisons. Sometimes only an isolate
note on both instruments, sometimes a group of notes. Because of the many
examples and very similar sound, you'll have to listening carefully to the
mp3 or you won't know if you are listening to the Mini or G2.
- This is silly hand playing and there is timing differences between the
Mini and the G2. So don't take timing differences for sound differences!
- I made the G2 patch in a couple of minutes, using simple modules
and -lacking programming skills- without taking into account important sound
features of the Mini like filter saturation or different resonance response
depending on input frecuencies. That means, the G2 patch can be even
improved with some more effort.
- I stopped programming the G2 patch as soon as I thought the sound was
interesting enough to record some examples. Because of my lazyness, filter
tracking on the G2 was not matching perfectly the one in the Mini. On some
examples, where you listen to the same sound spread across several keyboard
octaves, differences in sound are mostly only slight differences in filter
cutoff due on different filter tracking. Our ear is very sensitive to cutoff
differences.
- Please don't understand the A/B comparison as a sound quality question.
Instrument and sound emulation is a way to learn your gear and expand your
programming capabilities. No winner here. Also no loser.

If you want to host the files and make them available for all people, please
feel free to copy and post the considerations above to AH.

Best Regards

Jose