arduino synth prototype

flickr by frumin

Buchla Clone

via this electric-music thread

Customized micoKORG: The MK-101

YouTube via PolaroidsPyramids
"This is my customized microKORG. It was largely inspired by the Roland SH-101 and other vintage synths. It's a blast to play. You can hear it used in some songs and find pictures of it at the Polaroids of the Pyramids MySpace page: www.myspace.com/polaroidsofthepyramids
The work was performed by Custom Synth."

Live From Waves of Inspiration. The Legacy of Moog

via the Museum of Making Music:

"Live at the Museum of Making Music plus your chance to get an autographed Bob Moog Foundation 2010 Calendar

We're here in Carlsbad, CA enjoying the opening weekend of our first full exhibit of Bob Moog's Archives, Waves of Inspiration. The Legacy of Moog., at the Museum of Making Music. Last night the museum opened its doors for a private opening for its members. The response was enthusiastic and everyone was impressed with the depth and breadth of materials displayed. Tonight we're thrilled to attend a musical celebration of the public opening of the exhibit with synth legends Keith Emerson and Erik Norlander.

You can join us tomorrow by streaming the discussion Conversations in the Key of Moog with Brian Kehew (The Moog Cookbook, The Who) and Larry Fast (Synergy, Peter Gabriel). Just visit the www.MuseumOfMakingMusic.org at 1:00PM PST (4:00PM EST) to see the live video.

To celebrate the occasion, we're giving away two of our brand new 2010 Bob Moog Foundation calendars that have been signed by several of our "rockstar" guests this weekend. To get one of these calendars for free, all you have to do is spread the word about the live talk tomorrow on your Twitter or Facebook pages and send us an email letting us know.

Enter now:
Comment on our Facebook page
Tweet us on Twitter

Then email us at info moogfoundation.org with a link to you post.

That's it!

Winners will be selected at random from all participants and notified via Facebook or Twitter."

follow-up to this post.

Bart and an F.A.T. FB383

via Dan303 where you'll find more synth shots.

How to Play Kraftwerk The Telephone Call Tutorial

YouTube via PolaroidsPyramids
"Hopefully this will be useful for someone learning Kraftwerk's The Telephone Call. It's not intended to be an exact replication of the original recording, but a simple version that captures the essence of the song.

Tempo is 125 bpm
These are the notes:

Main part:
Left hand chords: [GG] [GBbD] [CC] [EbGC] (Gmin and Cmin - hitting octaves of the roots then the chords)
Right hand melody: DEbBb DEbG DEbDBbDBbG DEbBb DEbG DEbDCCBb

Other part:
Left hand: [BbBb] FGD [EbEb] FGD
Right hand: DFGDFFGD - the melody above is also incorporated at the end."

How to Play Kraftwerk Trans Europe Express Tutorial

"This is a quick tutorial for Kraftwerk's Trans Europe Express. It's not intended to be an exact replication of the original recording, but a simple version that captures the essence of the song.

I don't recommend using the fingering shown in the video. I was trying to most clearly show the keys I'm hitting.

I didn't spend a whole lot of time making this video - thanks to everyone who has provided such positive feedback so far!

Tempo is 105 bpm.
These are the notes:

Chords (Bass is Eb when playing): BbEb EbAb AbDb DbGb GbB BE BbEb

Doppler Chord: BbEbGb that bends down 3 half steps

1st Melody (Bass is C): G Ab Db C G Ab C Bb G Ab Db C Bb C

Percussive note: Eb

2nd Melody (Bass is Eb): Bb B E Eb Bb B Eb Db Bb B E Eb Db Eb"

Euro Modular Delayed Some

YouTube via opsysbug
"Swing and Swish Modular with well made dirty Herscheltronics delay. A match made in heaven !"

More euro modular Sawing and tapping.

"all the good stuff zorlon cannon wogglebug tipyop z3000"

Some weird Sawing and Tapping. Euro Modular

"Euro-Zorlon Cannon,Wogglebug,Toptop Z3000 and others. This one has a nice life of it's own !"

Sounds of the Moog Minimoog

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay.

"Here is a demonstration of a number of sounds generated by the Moog Minimoog. The Minimoog was recorded direct without any effects or equalization."

otama 2009 7 22

YouTube via MAYWADENKI. stylophone meets theremin meets nightmare before christmas.
"えー、それではみなさん、おやすみなさい。"

Diabolical Modified TR-707 circuit-bent.com

Diabolical Modified TR-707 circuit-bent.com from Meadows Ling on Vimeo.

via this auction
"Roland TR-707 with added pitch controls for ALL drum sounds/groups.
Each pitch control has a bypass switch and a bi-color (red/blue) LED to indicate pitch status. There is also a 12 point circuit-bending patch bay (stackable banana jacks, when these are activated you can generate a variety of ring-mod, distorted and bit reduced, and delayed effects. Blue LED color change and improved layout give this 707 a cool new look. Also check out the audio samples on our web site. Audio Samples are at: www.circuit-bent.com"

Kawai SX-240 Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer

via this auction

"The synthesizer is similar to a Roland Juno-60 and has the following features: Keyboard 61-keys, 2 DCOs, Noise, Polyphonic Modes for 8 voices, 4 voices and Monophonic mode, VCF, VCA, VCF Envelope Generator, LFO, High Pass Filter, Low Pass Filter and a extremely rich Chorus. The synthesizer also holds up to 48 memory positions and is multitimbral and features split key functionality. In addition there is a built in sequencer and chord memory."

Waldorf Blofeld S&H Distortion

via Boele of SCD:
"http://www.synthmusic.info/mpdries/S&H+distortion.mp3

This is one single Blofeld patch, without external processing (well only AIFF-mp3 conversion)

My two hands, a Blofeld keyboard and it's modwheel was all it took.

I find the warm distortion Blofeld can produce really unbelievable. I have a few distortion, fuzz and overdrive pedals here (analog and tube driven), but Blofeld just doesn't need them :-)

The rhythmic effect in the track is caused by a Sample and Hold LFO modulating the filter cutoffs and filter panning, where LFO sync is on (all LFOs start at the same phase).

What a machine..."

ANALOG SYNTH TRIPLE A/R GEN. FRAC RACK MODULE

via this auction
"Here is a TRIPLE ATTACK/ RELEASE GENERATOR on a Frac Rack American Panel. The Panel Dimension is 5.25" inches High and 6" inches wide. The panel is 0.125" inches thick 6061 ALUMINUM. The jacks are 3.5mm type.

Wires are nicely wrapped with Aerospace grade aluminum shielding.

There are (3) ATTACK/RELEASE GENERATORS. THEY HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED FOR 15V FORMAT ONLY.
THE UNIT WAS BUILT FRIDAY AUG. 28 AND TESTED/VERIFIED FULLY WITH BUTTON RESPONSE AND EXTERNAL GATE INPUT ON BOTH TRIG AND GATE MODES FOR ALL (3) GENERATORS.

The pots are 6mm Knurled type for those that want to get there own knobs. Pot spacing is 1". There is a good amount of room to turn the dial compared to the 0.75" inch space commonly used.

here are each AR GEN. specs:
-(2) OUTPUTS OF 0V TO 10V OUTPUT LEVEL
-(1) GATE INPUT
-(1) OUTPUT LEVEL ATTENUATOR KNOB THAT CONTROLS BOTH 3.5mm JACK OUTPUTS.
-HAS A SWITCH THAT WILL CONVERT GATE INTO TRIG RESPONSE.
-HAS A SWITCH THAT GIVES YOU (3) TIME LENGTHS OF THE ENVELOPE.
-HAS A BUTTON TO ACTIVATE THE ENVELOPE"

Keith Emerson on KORG OASYS and Moog's Waves of Inspiration Opening

Keith Emerson & Marc Bonilla(Live)
by wonders465

This one in via Josh of Big City Music who reminds us Keith will be playing at the upcoming Moog Museum Waves of Inspiration opening today!

"The opening weekend (August 29 -31) will kick off with a launch of the Moog exhibition featuring an intimate musical performances by Keith Emerson and Erik Norlander and talks by Larry Fast and Brian Kehew."

via the Museum of Making Music.
"On August 29 at 6 PM, the public is invited to view the new exhibition "Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog," and enjoy the music of The Volt Per Octaves during a wine & cheese reception. Following the reception, the museum presents a demonstration with Keith Emerson and music by Erik Norlander. Emerson, the personification of the Moog legacy and maverick of the Moog synthesizer, will demonstrate his “Monster Moog” modular system. Norlander is a prolific artist who pushes the Moog tradition into the future with an evocative synthesizer technique. His perpetual live use of vintage instruments—Moog synthesizers in particular—give his performances a depth of sound seldom seen. Don't miss this memorable evening!

Click to learn more about the special exhibition"

EMI Harmony Vocoder Demo

YouTube via VoiceEncoder. via the forum

VINTAGE USSR SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER KVINTET

via this auction
"KVINTET is a transistor portable polyphonic electromusic instrument produced by Katchkanar radio equipment factory "Formanta", which is the manufacturer of such well-known makes of synthesizers as Polivoks, Formanta, Manual, Maestro etc. It bears the same logo on the package and retains some of its most impressive capabilities.

KVINTET HAS A GREAT FAT AND WARM ANALOG SOUNDS LIKE JUNO-TYPE SYNTHS AND MUCH MORE, BASICALLY IT IS A SYN-STRING-BRASS-PIANO KEYBOARD, VERY GOOD TO USE FOR THE PAD TEXTURES, PUNCHED BRASS FILLS, LONG DECAY POLY SOUNDS, SOLOS AND PIANO... IT HAS AN AWESOME ANALOG CHORUS, VIBRATO FUNCTIONS, POWER FILTER, IT IS FULLY POLYPHONIC WITH THE SAME KEYBOARD AS ON THE POLIVOKS! MODERN NOW SILVER DESIGN!

Specifications:
— 5 Octave Keyboard
— Controls on the front panel:
Volume control, Sustain, Brass timbre, Vibrato frequency, Vibrato depth, Detune
— Section of effects (ON): brass, organ, piano, clavesin, chorus, vibrato delay
— Voltage 220 V, 50 Hz
— Weight with case, kg

Samples:
1) BigSynth
2) EnvSynth
3) JunoSyn
4) KlaviSyn
5) ModSolo
6) OldBrass
7) RezPad
8) SawBass
9) StabPad
10) SynPiano
11) Texture
12) VintPad

Fender CHROMA POLARIS ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible in Sweden

YouTube via pepemogt. spot the synths
"En blandning av techno och tradittionelt mexikanskt.."

see 1:38 in this video on how to turn multiple knobs at once.
Search on Nortec Collective, search on Bostich, search on Fussible, search on Latinsizer for more.

Chimera bc8 via kuyanov

Sonomute-sonoscape.1 by kuyanov
"nano step micro digital electronic minimal live
live session performed with Chimera bc8 and ipod touch."

Sonomute-sonoscape.2 by kuyanov
"nano step micro digital electronic minimal live
recording of live performance."

via Timur in the comments of this post.

Obscotch Studio

www.myspace.com/obscotch

CME U-Key MIDI Controller
Elektron Machine Drum
Elektron Monomachine
Korg Kaoss Pad 3
Akai MPC 1000
Scott Turntable
Korg Kaoss Pad 2
Yamaha MG 124c Mixer
Korg MS2000
Nord Lead 2X
Macbook Laptop
Inspire 1394 Soundcard

Minimoog Clone

more images here

Polymoog Resonantor Clone PCB preview

via JH

"I'm taking pre-orders for these PCBs now.

(See http://www.jhaible.de/resonator/resonator.html for details about the project.)

Pricing is EUR 27.00 per board plus a single EUR 6.00 shipping flat charge for worldwide shipping, regardless how many boards you are ordering and where you live.

It does *not* include any customs fees or tax that you may (or may not) have to pay in your county.

What you get is a double-sided printed circuit board with component overlay, approx. size 160mm x 100mmm.

You have to buy the electronic components for this, and build the device, yourself. (Check the above website regularly for updates and building hints, bill of matrials etc.)

I reserve the right to cancel orders if a certain number of total orders isn't reached.

But I will not take any money before I actually have th emanufactured boards in my hands!

If you want to place a pre-order, please send me an email to the following adress:

jhaible debitel.net

and use the FOLLOWING FORM (fill in your data instead of [], for instance: "2 Boards" instead of "[quantity] Boards")

===== Start of Email Order Form ===============

Email Subject line: Polymoog Resonator order: [quantity] boards

Email text:

I'm ordering [quantity] pieces of the Polymoog Resonator PCB for EUR 27.00 per board + EUR 6.00 single shipping flat charge for any number of boards.

I'm aware that I may have to pay additional amounts of customs and tax in my country.

I'm also aware that I'm only buying blank PCBs that may help me building an electonic module - I'm *not* buying a diy kit, not a "project" - just pieces of FR4 with copper traces.

I know how to build electronic circuits and I am trained in electrical safety matters.

The seller of these PCBs will not be held responsible for any damage that results from these PCBs, directly or indirectly.

My shipping adress is

[Your Name]

[Your street, number, city, ZIP code, in exactly the form that is generally used in your country]

[your country]

My paypal adress is [your paypal adress].

I===== End of Email Order Form =========

Looking forward to hear fom you :)

JH."

"Hello Eddie" says My Roland SVC-350 Vocoder...

YouTube via VoiceEncoder
"to Eddie, the dog. With my Korg Poly-800 Synthesizer as its carrier input. Blank-screen video, audio-only."

LFO AM

LFO AM from Pete Shambler on Vimeo.

"Using the Sine out of our new Tip Top Z3000 VCO to modulate the top channel of a Doepfer A-132-3, the input of which is a fixed tone from a Plan B ELF LFO.

The Stepped Out of a Wogglebug is controlling the Z3000's pitch, which is set low enough to act as an LFO.

The Clock Out from the Wogglebug is triggering a Doepfer A-160 Clock Divider, the /4 output of which is gating an A-140. The envelope from the A-140 is modulating the other 132-3 channel, the input of which is the Colored output of the A-118.

So far so good with the Z3000! I look forward to running it through the paces, as this is the first proper VCO in our system. Very exciting!

I apologize for the audio and video being a hair out of sync. If at all possible, ignore it.

theshamblers.blogspot.com"

ARP 2500 with AS TH48 Sequencer

flickr by jobenbelgium
(click for more)

"ARP 2500 with the Analogue Systems TH48 Analogue Sequencer.Check the same knobs used on the sequencer as on the ARP 2500 modular synthesizer.Knobs should still be for sale at Analogue Systems. Check out the site."

Note the Roland System 700 on the right.

ROLAND SH-2 & TR-707

flickr by lainheath

"My analog bass beast, the Roland SH-2 and my neat little drum machine the TR-707."

Wiard Boogie Filter

via this auction
"Wiard Boogie Filter in Blacet Frac Rack format"

Roland Alpha Juno 1 Vintage Synthesizer

via this auction

Waldorf Rack Attack Drum Machine Percussive Synthesizer

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via this auction

the knob looks empty compared to this one.

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CMI C.M.I Fairlight IIX 2X Vintage Sampler Synthesizer

via this auction
"This listing is for a CMI Fairlight 2X sampling system. The CPU and keyboards are functional but unfortunately the monitor included with this system is suffering from the bubbling problem and the light pen doesn't seem to work properly...

This particular unit was one of 2 systems that went on the Michael Jackson's "Bad" tour of 1987."