Mammal - These are the Salad Days of the Future

YouTube via channelbenjie. Sent my way via frederic.

Original Synth Docs, Books and Mags

Looks like minime123 is auctioning off a motherload of synthesizer docs, books and magazines. Title link takes you to the shots pulled via the auctions for future reference.

Update: minime informed me that these are all originals and not just scans. I updated the title to reflect this as well.

Casio CZ-2000S

I knew about the CZ-1000, CZ-3000, and CZ-5000 Phase Distortion synths from Casio, but not the CZ-2000S. Check out the built in speakers. It looks like the home keyboard version of the CZ series. Title link takes you to some more shots pulled from this Chinese auction sent my way via Sonicbrat. Sonicbrat was on the hunt for Chinese synths and found a few including this one. The majority of what he did find on Chinese auctions were home keyboards and arranger style workstations. If he puts a post up I'll be sure to link to it. BTW, if you know of any Chinese synths please feel free to comment.

The Ultimate Filter List

Title link takes you to the largest list of filters I've seen to date on one site. There's info and images on each. via sequencer.de.

Akai MFC42

Circuit Bent Sega

Title link takes you there. This one sent in via Gijs who brought us this Casio SK-1.

MIDI Resources

No title link. Just the following three links sent into AH by Chris Strellis. If you know of more, feel free to comment. Bookmarking these for a rainy day.

http://253.ccarh.org/handout/controllers/
http://www.tweakheadz.com/midi_controllers.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/oct95/midibasics3.html

One Hell of a Knob

flickr by heckadecimal.

Roland TR-707

Title link takes you to more gear shots.

Free Roland TR-808!

Via this auction. Yeah....

Roland SH-7

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Yamaha TG33

Title link takes you to a couple of shots pulled via this auction. The auction states it's an FM synth, but my understanding is it is a Wavetable, vector synth like the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS and Korg Wavestation line of synths. I believe the people that worked on the Prophet VS spent a short time at Yamaha after SCI went under, followed by Korg. If you know more, feel free to comment. It's been a while since I read the full story. The Yamaha TG33 is fully digital.

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments:
"It's a vector synth but the twist is two of the four waves are ROM and the other two are 2 Operator FM, so while it's arguably one of Yamaha's most minimal FM implementations, it does contain FM sounds. It has preset envelopes going on the FM if I recall. There isn't even a digital filter (like the Wavestation), so the FM capability helps fill the void a bit in terms of controlling brightness in timbre. Anyway, as with most Yamaha gear you can download a PDF manual to see what it has in terms of features."

ARP Quartet

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"The Quartet is a 49 note polyphony keyboard with 4 main oscillators (Brass, Strings, Organ, Piano). Each sound can be played individually or grouped in pairs for different sounds. The String sounds are similar to the other ARP models, with this model being more affordable then the rest. One LFO is included, a low pass filter and attack / sustain control. All sounds are controlled by color coded switches (all present and accounted for)."

Crumar Symphonizer

Title link takes you to more shots, also mirrored here.

Tara Busch - 'Over The Radio' home rehearsal

"On Rhodes piano with Moogerfooger 12 stage phaser"

YouTube via tarabusch. Sent my way via frederic.

The Kawai XC1 and Other Odd Modules

Title link takes you to a post on Shipitology where Grondo lists a number of the lesser known synth modules. More car stereos...

New MPC3000 OS by Rohan Mansell

Includes the following plus bug fixes:
"ADDED FEATURES:

1: MIDI CLOCK can be sent to ALL 4 MIDI output ports simultaneously. ( See photo above )
2: MIDI TIME CODE can be sent to ALL 4 MIDI output ports simultaneously. ( See photo above )
3: SAMPLE EDIT screen now features a TRUNC SFT ST+END function. ( See photo above )
4: Samples can now be real-time edited and/or processed while the sequencer is Playing or Recording.
5: New "Timing Correct / Step Size" options.
6: New BOOT SCREEN shows Software Version and License status then after approximately five seconds; SEQUENCE MEMORY, SAMPLE MEMORY and SMPTE I0055 option IC status.
7: Disk menu now features a robust sector at a time disk copier. "

Title link takes you there. via DVDBorn.

The Rise of the Machines

Title link takes you to a Real Audio video of RTE Publishing's "This Note's For You" episode six, "The Rise of the Machines." It's a great video with tons of synths. The synths come in around 3:39 and are throughout the video from that point on. I checked YouTube and Google Video to see if I could find it to embed in the post, but no such luck, so the title link it is. Enjoy.