MOOG Manuals on E-Music DIY

Title link takes you to them.

Catsynth.com is Back up - Tribute to JD

Catsynth.com is back online and to my honor, in their 1 year anniversary post, they paid tribute to my cat JD who recently passed away. JD was THE coolest cat ever. Rock solid and my best friend. I'll miss him. Title link takes you to Catsynth.com. And to Catsynth.com, thank you. I put a comment up there on what JD meant to me.

JD passed away on 7.9.07

IWANTYOUTO

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Guess who this is. Via Jez. Previous post.

Update via their MySpace page (the answer as to who this/"I" is, is in the comments of this post):
"Well the band members vary depending on the country I'm in. FB USA is to feature Gino Robair (Electronic Musician Editor and drummer with various outfits including Tom Waits), Mike Brown (From Livewire Electronics- a CA based synth manufacturer) Eric Barbour ( A synth and effects pedal manufacturer who owns Metasonix- they do nice horrible products including The Wretch- a tube based synth, Scrotum Smasher and a fave- the yellow Butt Probe- it's yellow- has cute S&M cartoons on it, and it also has dung on it. Hat's off to Eric) Alessandro Cortini (He plays keyboards currently with Nine Inch Nails, and also is in an outfit called Modwheel Mood.) It's an interesting mix of Artists..."
Their influences are also worth a look.

TYCHOMUSIC

Click here for ISO50's TYCHOMUSIC. You will find a few synth shots in the Gallery, but of course, be sure to check out the music. This is really good stuff - great music to chill to. As for synths, it features a bit of SIEL and more.

Pictured
SIEL OR400
SIEL EXPANDER
SIEL DK600
KORG Mono/Poly


You can find more general info on SIEL on the Siel Synthesizer Website.
Update via Ethan Callender in the comments: "Be sure to check out his awesome design work, too."

YC45D Service Manual

Title link takes you to a 15M PDF of the service manual via Loscha.

Rush - Subdivisions

YouTube via lmpec. Oberheim OB-X, Minimoog and Tempest.

Update: new upload by someone else:

Subdivisions - Rush

YouTube via AirbrushRocks — April 14, 2008 — "'Subdivisions' is a Rush song often considered to be describing feelings of isolation, boredom, conformity, and sadness springing up from teenage life in the suburbs.
"Subdivisions" was released on the 1982 album Signals. Aside from being a perennial fan favourite and a staple of live performances, the song appears on several greatest hits compilations, was released as a single in 1982, and despite doing little serious business in the UK charts, it gained a lot of radio airplay in Britain at the time. It was also played live prior to its release. Pre-release live versions exist on the internet.

The promotional videos scenes were filmed in the Toronto area. The downtown scenes in downtown Toronto, the suburbs scenes in Scarborough, Ontario, near Warden and Finch. The high school scenes were filmed at L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute, in the same area. The student that walks downtown in the video is Dave Glover, a student at the L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute at the time. Near the end of the video, Glover is seen playing the video game Tempest at an arcade, which was reportedly his favourite video game at the time. Info courtesy: wikipedia.org]"

STL VAZ

I just realized I haven't ever put up a post on VAZ, one of the first VA modular soft synths. Pictured here is VAZ Plus, the entry level system. Title link takes you to STL where you will find more info on VAZ Modular, VAZ 2010 and VAZ Plus. Does anyone know if the Sequencer can be used to control external synths or is it meant to sequence VAZ only?

VAZ Plus Synthesizer
The synthesizer architecture, which is much more advanced than its simple appearance suggests, allows unique sounds to be crafted easily and quickly, essential for making your music stand out from the crowd. The quality and diverse range of analogue sounds will surprise you, and there are hundreds of preset sounds included. The synthesizer can be played over MIDI, or using the high resolution timing provided by the VSTi and DXi plugin standards. There is also a handy QWERTY keyboard option for auditioning sounds when no external MIDI keyboard is available.
VAZ Plus Sequencer
The polyphonic VAZ Plus Sequencer combines the best of classic analogue and digital pattern sequencers. In addition to note sequencing it can be used for patterned modulation of parameters such as Filter Cutoff and Resonance. The sequencer can also synchronize with the host directly when used as a VSTi or DXi plugin or via MIDI Clock for the standalone version.

Gattobus

flickr by gattobus.

Gattobus runs on the keyboard

Gattobus Programs KORG Radias

Note how Gattobus clenched his teeth in the bottom shot.

Sonic Transmutation

Title link takes you to more shots and info on the 2004 event. You might recognize a few pieces from Ciat Lonbarde.

via DaleG

Sound Thrasher 2.0 - Analog Noise Box

via this auction.
"This is a 100% original functional art piece, by New York outsider artist Bent-It, which is one from his new Sound Thrasher series. It has two oscillators that modulate eachother making for some tripped out droning, 80's video game-ish, spacey, ring modish, psychedelic analog noise all by itself. But when you plug in anything that's loud enough, like the drum machine i uded in the sound clips, the Sound Thrasher 2.0 will more then live up to it's name and Thrash any incoming sound waves creating really harsh, or beautiful depending on your taste, noise/music. Also you can flip the on-off switch rhythmically for some cool sounds. This piece also comes with a 1/4" input and output. The 1/4" out allows you to plug this thing into all your favorite effects pedals and boards or directly into your amp (but using effects is way cooler and broadens your sound making capabilities astronomically). It runs on a standard boss style 9 volt DC wall-wart adapter"

These samples were made using an amp with a cheesy built in delay effect.
SOUND SAMPLE 1
SOUND SAMPLE 2
SOUND SAMPLE 3

These samples were made with a roland tr-505 drum machine plugged into the Sound Thrasher 2.0's input. The Sound Thrasher 2.0 is plugged into the same amp used to make the clips above.
SOUND SAMPLE 1
SOUND SAMPLE 2"

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Casio CZ-101

via this auction. The CZ-101 Box.

"Comes with the original 3 manuals – casio cz101 manual, the sound data bank maual that has 50 pages of block diagrams that show parameters for many sounds, the sound synthesis handbook that explains these types of syths and sound concepts, and the synth cue chart page. These manuals are very hard to find and are rare to find all bundled. Has cool features such as pitch bender and midi control over channels. Has a ¼” inch output and I will include the power adapter as well. This is a cool little instrument controller that has some great vintage tones, noise mod, ring mod, envelope staging and the best part is that it has guitar strap holders that allow a whole new level of interaction for a keyboard player to get right up there and jam with the rest of the band out front."

MOOG Minimoog

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"On the back it reads Mini Moog Synthesizer Model D, Moog Music Inc. Buffalo NY. Assy. JB 8-28-78 / Insp. 31/8/5 S/N/ M-10677."