Sunday, January 14, 2007
Analogue Haven on Doepfer
Thought this was kind of interesting. I went over to the Doepfer site after checking out these videos. I see the image to the left and click on it. I scroll not really paying attention and start reading the news: "december 21st, 2006 : happy holidays! it's our second holiday season and there is much to be excited and thankful about. for you modular fans, it has been one wild year with the explosion of new modular makers in the eurorack and frac rack lines and enough energy and ideas to keep things very exciting into 2007. for you analog keyboard fans, this year saw the release of new synths by bob moog (little phatty) and dave smith (mono evolver) as well as by up and coming legend ken macbeth (m5). for fans of virtual analog and digital synthesis, the virus ti and korg radias proved to be worth the wait and new boxes by creamware (prophet 12 & arp odyssey) are showing why soft synths and va's are best with real knobs and being outside of your main box." It goes on to list other manufacturers, and I'm thinking, ???, this is pretty cool of Doepfer showing their support for other manufacturers, and then I see a listing for a Korg Kaoss Pad 3 for sale. That's when it clicks. I scroll back up and see Analogue Haven in the header. It's not just a section on the US distributor, but the actual Analogue Haven site. The odd thing is I'm still on the Doepfer site. Analogue Haven is just embedded on the right. Eentwesting... The Deutsch (German) site does the same which is even more interesting when you think about it. Anyway, it just seemed a little odd to me.
Roland RS-09 Sample
Title link takes you to a sample of the RS-09 by donaldm via this VSE thread. Note it is not a musical track but just examples of what the RS-09 sounds like. Many of the examples is just holding down the keys so you can get a sense of the movement.
Metal Banjo
Click here for a 5.1M mp3, featuring nothing but the Buchla 200e by Matt. I asked Matt if I could put it up along with a mirror, and he gave the all clear. I thought the title was kind of funny because nearly every time I put up a 200e sample, a certain someone comments on how it sounds like a banjo. Apparently Matt named this track because he read the comments too. Too funny. : ) Enjoy the track.
Previous 200e posts
Matt's "la belle aurore" featuring more Buchla - really good stuff.
Korg ER-1 Disk?
Check out these two shots pulled via this auction. Look at the disk. Mine didn't come with one. Apparently it has a copy of the owner's manual.
JSH Pro Rhythm Mini Synth
No title link. Just two shots pulled via this auction.
Anyone know more about these?
Update via RyBread in the comments:
"They're a percussion synth that was marketed for actual drummers. the mounts allowed it to be mounted to a drum stand for live use. The Schemo can be found at [link].
I've been trying to find the time to build one for more than a year now."
Anyone know more about these?
Update via RyBread in the comments:
"They're a percussion synth that was marketed for actual drummers. the mounts allowed it to be mounted to a drum stand for live use. The Schemo can be found at [link].
I've been trying to find the time to build one for more than a year now."
DK Synergy
I just put this one up on MATRIXSYNTH-B, and decided to put it up here as well, as you just don't see these come up often. The DK Synergy is 100% digital, but the one I played sounded very warm - very nice.
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.
This one being sold by 123synthland.
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.
This one being sold by 123synthland.
Prophei on YouTube
prophei - mono/poly through xtreme filter
prophei - tr-808 being spanked by my 188-2 bbd delay
[This one reminded me of an Ultravox tune. I forget the name of the track.]
prophei - dual cyclotron fun
[note the cwejman modules]
Title link takes you to more.
prophei - tr-808 being spanked by my 188-2 bbd delay
[This one reminded me of an Ultravox tune. I forget the name of the track.]
prophei - dual cyclotron fun
[note the cwejman modules]
Title link takes you to more.
Orbit III Synthesizer
flickr by ncwdigital010.
Hammond organ and synth on top. The caption reads Orbit III Synthesizer. Anyone know more about this one?
Title link takes you to one more.
Hammond organ and synth on top. The caption reads Orbit III Synthesizer. Anyone know more about this one?
Title link takes you to one more.
Doug Curtis Obit
And it's confirmed...
"Douglas Curtis
Passed gently from this world on January 10 following a five month battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, and mourned by extended family including two sisters, two nephews and a niece.
Doug is known to the music industry as the founder of Curtis Electromusic Specialties where he developed twenty signal-processing products for electronic music synthesizers and audio equipment. He holds three patents for various elements of his signal processing methodology. Several more patents in his name are assigned for chips designed into various commercial products.
When the advent of digital technology and software changed the electronic music industry, Doug broadened his focus beyond synthesizers forming OnChip Systems. He was recently inducted in to the San Jose Rocks Hall of Fame.
Doug was known for his intelligence, love of family and nature, and his steadfastness. A funeral mass will be held at St. Mary's Church in Los Gatos. Donations in his honor may be directed to PANCAN."
via Det3.
"Douglas Curtis
Passed gently from this world on January 10 following a five month battle with pancreatic cancer. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, and mourned by extended family including two sisters, two nephews and a niece.
Doug is known to the music industry as the founder of Curtis Electromusic Specialties where he developed twenty signal-processing products for electronic music synthesizers and audio equipment. He holds three patents for various elements of his signal processing methodology. Several more patents in his name are assigned for chips designed into various commercial products.
When the advent of digital technology and software changed the electronic music industry, Doug broadened his focus beyond synthesizers forming OnChip Systems. He was recently inducted in to the San Jose Rocks Hall of Fame.
Doug was known for his intelligence, love of family and nature, and his steadfastness. A funeral mass will be held at St. Mary's Church in Los Gatos. Donations in his honor may be directed to PANCAN."
via Det3.
DACS FREQue II Ring Modulator with Oscillator
DACS FREQue II Details
FREQueII (pronounced FREAK) two ring modulators and two oscillators with external CV inputs which work concurrently with the internal variable FM. Frequency Shifting adds and subtracts the oscillator frequency to the frequency of each harmonic component of the music inputs, and outputs them separately - the possibilities are virtually infinite. Balanced inputs and outputs.
Title link takes you to DACS. Description via Front End Audio.
via Doktor Future in the comments of this post.
FREQueII (pronounced FREAK) two ring modulators and two oscillators with external CV inputs which work concurrently with the internal variable FM. Frequency Shifting adds and subtracts the oscillator frequency to the frequency of each harmonic component of the music inputs, and outputs them separately - the possibilities are virtually infinite. Balanced inputs and outputs.
Title link takes you to DACS. Description via Front End Audio.
via Doktor Future in the comments of this post.
Matrixsynth by JAmes
Yamaha TX81Z
Title link takes you to one more shot.
It's also up for auction.
Thanks JAmes!
Previous Matrixsynth by posts
Title link takes you to one more shot.
It's also up for auction.
Thanks JAmes!
Previous Matrixsynth by posts
Roland TB-303 Chord Wheel
No title link. Just this shot via this auction.
"This is a brand new Roland chord shift scale for the TB-303."
I forgot about these things.
"This is a brand new Roland chord shift scale for the TB-303."
I forgot about these things.
GuruOne GOMP
"GuruOneMP (GOMP) Jr is a VST MIDI FX Plugin. It is a musical scripting language, taking the best from traditional programming languages adding high-level functions / concepts using standard music theory
New 1.5 Features:
. Two views of GOMP now available. One basic for performance mode and the other advanced for programming mode
. Line/ascii editing. Now Mac users can take full advantage!
. RND and Reset buttons to respectively mess-up and restore parameters
. C.C.# variable to allow easier handling of continuous controller events
. Temporary variables to avoid having to borrow valuable parameters
. Quick number and list entry
. RAW midi import
Features:
. Runs on Mac/OS X (10.2.8 to 10.4 universal) or PC/WinALL
. Full support for the MIDI standard including CCs
. In-built logic and math
. Sixteen fully-automatable parameters
. Infinite mapping possibilities
. MIDI import. Play entire MIDI sequences from single keys
. Smart Note Off
. Modular - Multiple instances can be used to expand functionality
. Includes a set of powerful in-built scripts ranging from utilities to easy chord players and rhythm/glitch (see Downloads page for more info.)
Limitations:
BASIC support package. In other words, GuruOne.biz will help you to create your own scripts, but not write them for you. Also, small upgrade fee may apply
Listen to GOMP here OR test-drive the demo here"
Title link takes you there. via Rich
New 1.5 Features:
. Two views of GOMP now available. One basic for performance mode and the other advanced for programming mode
. Line/ascii editing. Now Mac users can take full advantage!
. RND and Reset buttons to respectively mess-up and restore parameters
. C.C.# variable to allow easier handling of continuous controller events
. Temporary variables to avoid having to borrow valuable parameters
. Quick number and list entry
. RAW midi import
Features:
. Runs on Mac/OS X (10.2.8 to 10.4 universal) or PC/WinALL
. Full support for the MIDI standard including CCs
. In-built logic and math
. Sixteen fully-automatable parameters
. Infinite mapping possibilities
. MIDI import. Play entire MIDI sequences from single keys
. Smart Note Off
. Modular - Multiple instances can be used to expand functionality
. Includes a set of powerful in-built scripts ranging from utilities to easy chord players and rhythm/glitch (see Downloads page for more info.)
Limitations:
BASIC support package. In other words, GuruOne.biz will help you to create your own scripts, but not write them for you. Also, small upgrade fee may apply
Listen to GOMP here OR test-drive the demo here"
Title link takes you there. via Rich
Fruity Loops Poizone
Features :
-2 oscillators that can produce the two most popular and useful shapes for subtractive synthesis: fat, bright SAW and PULSE shapes, with adjustable pulse width.
-Noise generator.
-Ring modulation
-Sync modulation
-16 voice polyphony
-4 voice UNISON with user-adjustable stereo panning and 'Octaver'. The Octaver expands the harmonic range and flexibility of the unison sound to support the creation of realistic 'vox-like' effects
-2 ADSR envelope generators. One for traditional envelope duties, the other can be user assigned
-3 FILTER modes - low pass, band pass and high pass. PoiZone features a warm, super-trooper-extra-analog-moog-like-mega filter with self oscillation. Special attention has been given to precise filter tuning so that when KEYTRK is set to maximum, the PoiZone filter will track keyboard frequency precisely so it can be used as an oscillator. The PoiZone filter has bright and clean sound or it can be 'grungy' and 'angry' when resonance is introduced as it features some light distortion. And even with distortion the filter sounds clean on high frequencies as it has no aliasing
-Keyboard and Velocity tracking for the filter
-Multi-mode Arpeggiator
-Noise Gate with an adjustable 16 step pattern. The gate features smoothness control and the ability to import/export patterns to .fxp files
-DELAY effect, with tempo-synced click-free stereo delays and delay time modulation. Lo-cut and hi-cut for trancers!
-CHORUS with a warm sound with great unison emulation
-MIDI learn feature with the ability to save/load MIDI setups to/from a patch
-LFO and MOD WHEEL modulation. Can be assigned to a wide range of performance parameters in PoiZone
via Brian Comnes
-2 oscillators that can produce the two most popular and useful shapes for subtractive synthesis: fat, bright SAW and PULSE shapes, with adjustable pulse width.
-Noise generator.
-Ring modulation
-Sync modulation
-16 voice polyphony
-4 voice UNISON with user-adjustable stereo panning and 'Octaver'. The Octaver expands the harmonic range and flexibility of the unison sound to support the creation of realistic 'vox-like' effects
-2 ADSR envelope generators. One for traditional envelope duties, the other can be user assigned
-3 FILTER modes - low pass, band pass and high pass. PoiZone features a warm, super-trooper-extra-analog-moog-like-mega filter with self oscillation. Special attention has been given to precise filter tuning so that when KEYTRK is set to maximum, the PoiZone filter will track keyboard frequency precisely so it can be used as an oscillator. The PoiZone filter has bright and clean sound or it can be 'grungy' and 'angry' when resonance is introduced as it features some light distortion. And even with distortion the filter sounds clean on high frequencies as it has no aliasing
-Keyboard and Velocity tracking for the filter
-Multi-mode Arpeggiator
-Noise Gate with an adjustable 16 step pattern. The gate features smoothness control and the ability to import/export patterns to .fxp files
-DELAY effect, with tempo-synced click-free stereo delays and delay time modulation. Lo-cut and hi-cut for trancers!
-CHORUS with a warm sound with great unison emulation
-MIDI learn feature with the ability to save/load MIDI setups to/from a patch
-LFO and MOD WHEEL modulation. Can be assigned to a wide range of performance parameters in PoiZone
via Brian Comnes
SHERMAN FILTER BANK II
Studio Electronics Omega
Nice shot of the Studio Electronics Omega via this thread. There are some other really nice gear shots of PPG and more. I was about to put up a post on them, but realized they looked very familiar. Title link takes you to Post Pop Music, the site hosting this Omega image.
This one via George Mattson.
This one via George Mattson.
Zeit in the Flesh
corbu
flickr by empty commercial spaces.
"my first analog synth on top, stolen from my roomate."
Novation Remote SL
"my first analog synth on top, stolen from my roomate."
Novation Remote SL
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