STG Gate Delay

A little Holiday cheer from Suit and Tie Guy: "it's a yusynth.com module i'm building and selling with the license of Yves Usson. it's a custom board designed by Detachment 3 Engineering which utilizes the Synthesizers.com conventions of having the connections to the front panel on standardized MTA100 connectors, and adds an MOTM/Frac style power connector which makes this module electrically compatible with a majority of currently- produced American modular formats, in addition to being physically compatible with both Moog and Arrick systems. the front panel is consistent with the conventions of Trumansburg-era Moog modules." Title link takes you to a page with more info to come. You can find more images here, pulled via this auction

BTW, check out the STG logo at the bottom. Very nice.

KORG Radias "Matrixsynth Edition"

This one via Wingo. Click image for full shot. Cool LCD. : )

Howard Goodall

Just thought this was a pretty classy shot. Click image for the full effect. I found it on this VSE post. The synths are a Roland 100m, T8 and P5. Title link take's you to Howard Goodall's website.

C o N v E r S a T i O n S

Title link takes you to a recording of a transistor radio being fed through a MOOG Moogerfooger MURF on SoNiCbRaT.

ZeroPoint on Synthwire

Title link takes you to a post on Synthwire on ZeroPoint, an artist with some interesting homebrew gear. Pictured here is two square wave oscillator. You can find more after the hop.

BTW, if do not regularly check out Synthwire, you might want to start checking back more often. Some recent entries include "A warning to those buying ASys modules in the US," "Free 10 Minute Classic Electronic Track" [gas0095 - this is really, really good stuff], and "Maintenance" [MOOG 960 sequencer chips]. BTW, if you want to post on Synthwire, shoot me an email and I'll add you. Title link takes you there.

More Fairlight on DVDBORN

Title link takes you to a post on DVDBORN with a number of videos featuring the Fairlight and a few resource links. Above is Revolting Cocks - TV Mind (Live sept'87). You can see the Fairlight monitor in the keyboard rig. I saw them live in 1990 . I don't remember seeing the Fairlight, but then again, my memory of that time is pretty fuzzy. : )

The ATARI Hotz MIDI Translator

Click here for the ATARI Hotz MIDI Translator page on the Atari Museum site [BTW, do check out the rest of the site for more retro Atari goodness]. You can find two more images of the Hotz MIDI Translator on Sendling.

If you look at the image in this post you will see the translator on the left. Note how much thinner it is than the unit on the right with the ATARI logo. If anyone knows what the unit on the right is, please feel free to comment.

Update: Check out the comments for more links. The unit with the ATARI logo is the same as the other. It's just the back, and it's tilted up for a flat surface.

PAiA Programmable Drum Set

Click here for images via this auction

Some of the Details pulled:
"From the manual:

'"While most electronic rhythm units offer only a limited choice of pre-determined rhythm patterns, the PAIA Programmable Drum Set allows the user to tailor the pattern, time signature and drum sounds to each application. Among the unique features provided by the unit are touch sensitive electronic controls and the provision for an independently structured bridge rhythm."

From an interview with John Simonton (founder of PAIA)
"'That's been credited as the first programmable drum machine, and it may be. For about a year, it was dominant, because there weren't any other programmable drum sets."

Larry Fast (Synergy) wrote:

"1978 I built one of John's Programmable Drum machines from a PAiA kit. As far as I know, that was the first ever drum box that the user could program patterns into and store them in battery backed up RAM. I showed it to Peter Gabriel who loved the concept. Marvin Jones put together another one for Peter to keep. That became the basis for all of the electronic drums on PG#3 (Games Without Frontiers, Biko and many others). From that came the LinnDrum a few years later. Thanks John, for single-handedly changing how we make records."

My comments:

You can program drum patterns, and store them. This was a new beginning for electronic drums and sequencing.

I built this unit from a kit in 1980.

I have been an electronics hobbyist and musician for over 40 years. When I first saw this unit, I knew I had to have one. I saw it as an opportunity to learn about touch switches, drum patterns, analog sound sources (oscillators, white noise generators), and digital logic. I also imagined using the logic control circuit to trigger other analog sound sources. The term sequencing had yet to be used on drum machines because prior to this unit the previous electronic drum machines only played fixed patterns. I built some other sound sources, but never integrated them into this unit. I preferred the internal sounds. This drum synth has a unique sound."