Hollow Sun TriOSC

"Adding to the Music Laboratory Machines series, TriOsc is styled on equipment retrieved from an ancient, disused rocket launch control centre and features three oscillators with samples of valve sine and triangle waveforms taken from a rack of vintage test equipment to create dense clusters of retro sci-fi electronica.

Unique to TriOsc is the 'SERENDIPITY' button (labeled '?'). You see, TriOsc has a mind and being of its own. Clicking this button generates new patches and sounds randomly created by TriOsc that instantly evoke the spirit and electronic tonalities of the early Radiophonic Workshop, 'Forbidden Planet' and other classic sci-fi movies, Morton Subotnick, Tristram Cary and other early electronic music pioneers working with primitive equipment - an astonishing source of inspiration which can lead you down different roads of musical ideas and exploration. The randomly generated sounds can then be tweaked and shaped to your own particular needs using the comprehensive panel. They can even be saved as normal NKIs for future use.

ROUGH AND READY DEMO

The quick audio demo above is not from the Krell's music library archive but was recorded in one take, no overdubs or trickery, just clicking on the SERENDIPITY button.

Available at the end of this week.

Price - $TBA" via KVR http://hollowsun.com/

This one in via Atomic Shadow who had the following to say: "I just spent the evening with an advanced copy and it is brilliant. This one is called TriOsc. As you might expect it uses three oscillators (sampled from my vintage test equipment). It has a good effects section and the oscillators can be modulated in various ways.

Here is a link to the demo I recorded earlier. It's called Misson To Kolchab. 100% TriOsc"

And a little on Steve Hollow: "He was the main sound designer at Akai since the S950. If you do a bit of Googling you can find his name on the credits to The Last Temptation of Christ soundtrack. Oh yes, he did sound design for Peter Gabriel."

New Moog Moogerfooger MF-108M Cluster Flux Chorus / Flanger

"What is it?? It's an analog BBD based chorus flanger w/ Tap Tempo modulation for guitar players, and extensive MIDI control for keyboardists, recording, etc. This new Moogerfooger takes the Chorus/Flanger to a completely new level, significantly expands the musician's sonic palette; and is CV as well as MIDI controllable.

This will be a limited availability product. The MF-108M Cluster Flux uses BBD (Bucket Brigade Device) chips that were specifically designed for the short delay times associated with chorus / flanger type effects. But like all BBD devices (e.g. the MF-104 Analog Delay) the availability of this chip is very limited. We are constantly looking for more supply but as with the MF-104, the supply will be limited by chip availability.

Features:

The Cluster Flux provides warm, great sounding analog chorus / flanger / vibrato effects. In addition, it has a much wider (and wilder) range of modulated delay line effects than traditional chorus / flangers due to the extended range of front panel controls, the multi-waveform LFO, and the extensive CV and MIDI control.
The LFO has six waveforms. Use sine or triangle for classic chorus flanger effects. Check out the Sample and Hold, Square, Sawtooth, and Ramp for radical new sounds. There are no analog chorus / flangers that have a sample and hold capability
In Flange mode, you adjust the delay time from approx. .6 to 10 milliseconds. In Chorus mode, from approx. 5 to 50 milliseconds.
The Feedback control is continuously bi-polar for both non-inverted and inverted feedback for flanging with even or odd harmonics.
The MF-108M has both input drive and output level control so you can use it from instrument to line level.
Parameters are MIDI controllable and the MF-108M will ship with an application editor for managing the array of possibilities. Just one example of the many applications: Control the delay time with MIDI notes for "tuned" flanger comb-filter effects.
There's a Feedback Insert jack on the back for external processing of just the wet signal just after the BBD's.
The design includes high voltage MN3007 BBD's for their superior headroom and excellent signal to noise ratio.

Pricing and Availability:

Expected to begin shipping in late summer."
http://moogmusic.com/
Spotted on Sonic State

Update: Moog Music preview page is up.

Gary Chang's Custom Wiard Modular

via Gary Chang's Photos where you'll find some back and forth between Gary and George Mattson. Gary shared this pic after seeing George's monster EML. Don't miss the modular in FU Studio.

On the Wiard:
"the Wiard system is my own design of aluminum cabinetry, which is of a monocoque construction - the top, back and bottom of the cabinet is one piece of aluminum, bent to form to fit the module shape, but also the bends provide natural strength without interior supports. The end pieces are welded onto this, and, when the modules are mounted in the cabinet, they provide a very strong, yet ultra lightweight structure. The case is powder coated blue (of course) which gives it a durable finish that should last for years...!"

Also worth mentioning is the stand:
"It is a Freedom Breakdown Stand, which is, by far, the most stable stand on the market. Aside from the stability, the other key features include 1). foot pedal actuated motorized adjusted height, which is great when getting around a big system, and 2). for as hefty a load that this stand can support, it can be completely taken apart for moving." http://www.solidstand.com/

Jomox T-Resonator Analog Filter Delay Synth Effect with Original Box

via this auction
"Here is a fabulously powerful analog filter box/delay effect/synthesizer from Jomox...

Inside its heavy-duty metal casing, it's a pair of excellent sounding analog Moog filters, LFO, envelope follower, and delay lines. But it's a lot more than that.

I called this device a synthesizer because you can use the feedback routings to generate tones.

You can feed almost everything into everything else, and there is some frequency modulation going on too. There are probably more routings in this box than in any other analog device of the same side without menus. All the controls are completely 1-knob-per-function.

When you start using this machine, you stop thinking of it as a pair of filters. And it starts to become in your mind an organism of interwoven, feedback-based tone generators. You learn to subtly play the feedback. You can make some incredibly beautiful, ethereal sounds when you carefully tweak the knobs to make a delicate matrix of filtering, delays, and feedback.

The sounds of the the original input can become just one theme in a beautiful shifting landscape of sound.

And the various delay-based algorithms sound great. The delays are digital (all the other audio circuitry is analog) and they always pass through the analog filters before feeding back, so you never have harsh or thin delay sounds. . . though they can be shimmering and lovely.

I recommend this instrument to guitarists who are looking for something really, really different, for experimentalists, for digital musicians looking for something really warm and organic to process or create sound, and for anyone who loves sound design and tweaking.

Can take a line level or instrument level input.

S/N 20080218

-Stereo In
-Stereo Out
-Envelope follower with LFO
-2 analog filters
-2 delay lines /chorus /reverb
-8 Algorithms
-Positive feedback loops
-Cross feedback
-FM feedback
-Power 9V~ AC

The following description is written by the creator of the T-Resonator, J. Michaelis.

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ARP AXXE SYNTHESIZER MODEL 2323 SN 1824

via this auction

SN 23231824

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Solvent modular crunch MFB Seq-02 + WMD Geiger Counter

YouTube Uploaded by s0LVentCIty on Jun 14, 2011

"Hello my name is Solvent, and I just made this crunchy IDM Hip Hop beat on my Eurorack modular.

Everything is being sequenced by the MFB Seq-02, which is being clocked from a trigger coming out of Logic/Silent Way/ES-3. I locked it to Logic so that it'll be easier to chop up into loops later, if I decide to develop this track further.

Outside of the modular, I've got the kick from my Jomox MBase-01, and the snare is from my modified Boss DR-55. The occasional analog delay is from my Boss DM-100. The white noise in the HH sound is coming from my MS-20 since I don't have a noise source module yet.

More than half of the modules in my case are being used here, so I'll just point out the ones that are contributing most prominently to the sound:
- the glitchy Autechre-ish part in the HH comes from the Flight of Harmony Sound of Shadows digital delay module, with it's delay time being sequenced by the MFB
- VCO is Tip Top Audio Z3000
- VCO goes into the Bubblesound Sem20 VCF, before being destroyed by the WMD Geiger Counter Wave Table distortion / bit reduction module. The Sem20 actually plays a big part in the sound, as the WMD responds drastically to LP vs HP, and to Resonance amount.
- Geiger's wavetable is changing via a VC input, sequenced by the MFB.
- Post Geiger filter is an EMS Synthi VCF clone, DIY'd by a guy named Cameron from Chicago, which is similar to the STG's Sea Devil Filter module. Filter Cutoff is being modulated by the MFB.
- Synthwerks MG-1 module is being used to trigger the MFB's reset in, which I'm using to create manual fills, which remain perfectly in time on account of the MFB being clocked externally."

cebec - trunks

via cebec
trunks - "previously CD-only and available through Hidden, is now on bandcamp for preview or download. The distributor sold out so this is currently the only way to get it. It's 100% improvised with my Serge Modular."

Also see collection by cebec.

Strange Fender Rhodes

YouTube Uploaded by Ascent68 on Jun 12, 2011

"A demo of my Fender Rhodes with FX only.
No Synthesizer..."

Some additional info via Ascent68:
"Not jazz, soul or other standard Fender Rhodes music. I try to make sounds like a soundtrack of old Scifi movie (forbbiden planet for exemple) but without synthesizer. Only an Electric Piano, reverb, analog delay and equalizer."

Custom PAiA model 1550 Stringz'n'Thingz Expansion

via stefanv.com where you'll find the full details.

"Here's what I added:
44-key Yamaha keyboard (7 additional notes).
Octave-switchable crystal-controlled master oscillator.
Separate cello and violin level controls.
Switchable string chorus modes.
Split keyboard for the piano.
Proper circuitry for the high C note block.
Polyphonic flute voice (almost sine waves).
Effects section operating on the flute voice:
Wave folder to add harmonics (an "unfilter"), modulated by an LFO and/or envelope generator.
LFO modulated VCA to provide tremolo.
Envelope generator modulated VCA to provide attack-decay.
Overall volume control.
Fused AC voltage and a safer power switch (no AC on 1550C board)."

Buchla 200e

flickr By rick604

Black case.

Midibox SID v2 tune

YouTube Uploaded by joonaus on Jun 5, 2011

"Visit http://www.ucapps.de to find more about Midibox."

Super synth drum test

YouTube Uploaded by bubagoo on Jun 14, 2011

"Here's a demo of some drum sequences using my new analog/digital DIY modular synth. A lot of the rhythmic control is coming from electric Druids tap tempo LFO. It's an amazing chip. read about it here:
http://www.electricdruid.net/index.php?page=projects.taplfo"

c64 turned into a sampler

YouTube Uploaded by SPFXsynthesisers on Jun 14, 2011

"Messing around with a C64 8 bit machine with an old 8 bit sampler. Makes great lo-fi drones."

jp8000 synth sounds demo.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by SPFXsynthesisers on Jun 14, 2011

"Quick demo of some sounds I made on the JP8000.
I love the JP8000,I think it is a great synth."

°building federation

°building federation from Eldancer on Vimeo.

"in order of appearance ,
Micromoog & Arp Axxe , 261e , 259e , noise from the 266e , Xpander and then Pro one"

Rastko Plays The Cocostuber

Rastko Plays The Cocostuber from Rastko Lazic on Vimeo.

"This is my recently acquired Cocostuber.
It is a hand made effect/instrument created by Peter Blasser.

It is a double delay/sample device with two low pass filters.
The modulation possibilities and the expressiveness of this instrument is unbelievable and beautiful.

Yes, I like it.

The sequenced sound is coming from the Serge modular synth and everything else is the Cocostuber wich is modulating the sound.

More info about the instrument can be obtained from Peters site : ciat-lonbarde.net"

MARK JENKINS "Supernova" Planetarium show

YouTube Uploaded by MarkJenkinsMusic on Jun 14, 2011

follow-up to this post

"MARK JENKINS performs two shows live at the VANDERBILT PLANETARIUM, CENTERPORT N.Y. on Saturday July 23rd 2011. Tickets from www.vanderbiltmuseum.org and more information from www.markjenkins.co

The show "Supernova" is a 48-minute space fantasy with live narrative voiceover. The two performances also include music from the world's first all-iPad CD "The iPad Album" including some well-known sci-fi soundtrack music.

Seen and heard; EMS Synthi Aks, Sequential Prophet 600, Ensoniq SQ80, Roland JD900 and various modules. This track is "Starless and Bible Black" originally from the CD "Mexico Rising" which is available by mail worldwide through Amazon (click the link at the bottom of my YouTube profile page to order)."

Emu Drumulator vintage drum machine

via this auction

SN 3103

See onkloud9 (RSS) for more.

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Alesis MMT-8 vintage sequencer

via this auction

SN MT 516969

See onkloud9 (RSS) for more.

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Ensoniq EPS16 Plus sampler with SCSI

via this auction

SN EPS-13038

See onkloud9 (RSS) for more.

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Korg MS-20 analog semi-modular synthesizer

via this auction

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Akai MPC 2000XL 8 OUTS, EFFECTS BOARD & 32MB

via this auction

SN 60225-00703

See conwayair (RSS) for more.

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Roland SP-404 Sample Looper

via this auction

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Realton Variophon Gig wind synth

via this auction

"Made in West Germany early eighties, 1980/1982. Comes with the Martinetta wind blower and 6 voice cards: sax, tuba, oboe, panflote, trompet, horn."

Roland SH-101 analog monophonic synthesizer

via this auction

See abertronix (RSS) for more.

Moog Multimoog Synthesizer

via this auction

"Moog Multimoog Synthesizer Serial # 1058, only 1000 of these were made and the serials started at 1000 so, this is the 58th one out of a thousand made."

Some pics of the inside at the auction and below.

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Acid Soup

YouTube Uploaded by popitem on Jun 14, 2011

"3 sequences on the z8000 are driving two mfb triple osc, those are ringmodded then runned thru 2 mfb 24db filter and a doepfer vcf8 (bandpass then switched to lo pass). Trigs & clocks are the mfb seq-01."

late night roland synth madness

YouTube Uploaded by elektrovolt on Jun 14, 2011

"jupiter-4, sh-101 and multivox tape delay"

ether^ra HIGHWAY

YouTube Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Jun 14, 2011

"a Buchla 200e improv. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

Accessibility In the Studio

YouTube Uploaded by MsMotif6 on Jun 14, 2011

"Here is a short tour of the studio and a discussion of the accommodations used. Our system includes Braille, raised markings and specialized audio equipment for the hearing impaired."

Quantum Clockwork's Instrumental for iPad Now Available

video posted here
"Launch Special!! 50% off until June 21!!

Instrumental is a Wi-Fi MIDI Virtual Control Surface

Use your iPad with your favorite MIDI software as a 4x4 Drum Pad, Wicki-Hayden Hex-Keyboard, or full-feedback mixing desk.

Like a USB piano keyboard, except all the controls have full feedback, text readouts and dynamic labels, and you're not limited to just a piano layout. The Wicki-Hayden hexagonal layout is a great way to inspire your compositions.

Important Note: Instrumental does not make any sound on its own. It connects via Wi-Fi to MIDI software running on your computer.

See the website for demonstration videos and more information, including the complete user manual.

Instrumental includes 6 highly configurable surfaces, all with plenty of configurable, labelled controls:
- a piano
- a wicki-hayden hexagonal keyboard
- a 4x4 drumpad
- a 16 channel mixer
- 2 completely generic pages for controlling random devices like equalizers, compressors and other effects.

Compatible with any MIDI software, it works best when the controls are automatically labelled by the host software by sending MIDI SYSEX messages.

Drivers for Propellerhead's Reason and Record provide control maps for every Reason and Record device, with automatic control labels that update even when you override controls on the fly!

Features include:
- modular control panels that can be swapped around quickly and easily
- all controls can have labels and text readouts provided by the host, or edited on the fly
- all controls have feedback from the host, so you know exactly where everything is set
- supports the QB Conductor Protocol for reliable low-latency MIDI over Wi-Fi. Conductor servers are available for both Mac and Windows.
- supports the Apple Network MIDI Protocol, available on every Mac.
- connect multiple iPads to the same computer; have your whole band playing through one computer.
- musical layouts with customisable response curves"


Instrumental - Continental Laboratories - iTunes
iPads on eBay

SENSES June 18 special guest: Mark de Clive-Lowe

YouTube Uploaded by anoriginalknockoff on Jun 11, 2011

"Mark de Clive-Lowe will be performing this Saturday June 18 at The Drink @ Fox Theater in Downtown Pomona. RSVP at www.thenoiseacademy.com/rsvp

We got to sit down with Mark de Clive-Lowe and see what his project REMIX: LIVE was all about."

Olegtron 4060 proto test 2

YouTube Uploaded by jjuup on Jun 14, 2011

Joystick Journeys: The VCS3 Collection

Sample set via The Electronic Garden

"Welcome to the weird, whacky and wonderful world of the EMS VCS3. This unusual instrument was developed by EMS in the late Sixties and intended as a portable electronic music studio. Unlike more famous instruments of the day, the VCS3 was initially released without an accompanying keyboard. As such, it was embraced (often by those under the influence of certain mood enhancers) as a resource for special effects. It became an electronic voice for space rockers, psychedelic bands and sound designers. The VCS3 and its big brother the Synthi 100 were used by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop to create effects for many programs, including of course, Doctor Who. With clever marketing ("every nun needs a Synthi"), the VCS3 and its electronically identical suitcased brother the Synthi A became mainstays of the European rock scene. EMS itself was a hot spot, visited by many musical stars of the day.

What made the VCS3 so endearing? Why does it claim ridiculously high secondhand prices to this day? Perhaps because, keyboard-free, it invited atonal experimentation. Or maybe because it looked like the flight deck from a Gallifreyan time machine. It certainly wasn't because it stayed in tune! In fact, when the keyboard was eventually released, many musicians quickly discovered that its oscillators were hopelessly undependable, drifting and wobbling like spec of cosmic dust in a solar storm. Maybe its appeal came courtesy of that crazy push-pin routing matrix (which took the place of patch cords, but traded 'em for some pretty nutty cross-talk). It's an awful lot of fun to blindly stab pins into that thing and see what happens!"

Catgirl Synth (CGS) Opens Serge Site

via It's Full of Stars
"I have just supplied pictures of my Serge Modular system to Ken Stone, he of Catgirlsynth fame. He is into the early (pre-STS era) Serge synths, which are easily recognised by their paper-faced and laminated modules. So he has put together a website serge.synth.net which is a growing resource for these rare and beautiful beasts, with pictures of known systems, catalogs, manuals and stuff

If you have any pictures and info about other Serge paper-faces get in touch with Ken via his site..."

Studio Avalanche

flickr By J.Rai

"Final resting palce."

Beatie Bop Percussion Synthesizer

via this auction

"A handmade and unique Analog Drum Synth and Optical Theremin. Create cool spacey sounds, bangin' bass drums, ethereal spookiness, synth drones and more. It can be triggered by the onboard drum pad, voltage input, or audio input. Pitch can be controlled by the light-sensor!! Wave your hands in the air."

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RKY M-185 Analog Sequencer Module 5U MOTM

via this auction

"Rare M-185 sequencer from RYK, as published on the Electro Music forums, it is based on the Roland Sytem 100M modular synth 185 sequencer module, follows the same basic principle but adds many features. An absolute killer analog sequencer!

There was only a very limited number of pcb's, pics and switch sets available for this project so this now very desirable indeed for anyone with a 5U MOTM Style modular synth.

The panel has been assembled with all switches, including really nice feeling tactile click switches for start/stop and other primary functions. I have also fully assembled the PCB with all parts including V2.1 firmware pic chip. Just needs wiring up and its ready to go! You will need to be reasonably experienced at assembling synth modules to complete this, it is not a project for beginners!

More details of this module and assembly instructions are in the (Rather long!) thread on the Electro Music Forum:

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27157

This is part of a huge 5U modular synthesiser I was building, but due to moving house and changing jobs I no longer have time to persue this project, so I'm selling up everything in a full life laundry. All of the components have been fitted to the pcb, it has been powered up but will require final testing and calibration. I am a very skilled at electronics and have built many synth modules over the years, I am also selling an Elby Pixie synth which is of rather higher complexity and this module is built with the same attention to detail - all of the components fitted have been checked three times to eliminate the possibility of a wrongly fitted or incorrect value component. Because I didn't get round to installing and calibrating this module I'm selling it as a project with no warranty with no returns rather than a finished item."

J Haible Frequency Shifter FS-1A PCB & Panel 5U MOTM

via this auction

"Jurgen Haible Frequency shifter, 2 pcb's with all components fitted, all caps and resistors carefully selected as per build instructions. Also includes Bridechamber MOTM style panel. Like all of Jurgen Haible's designs this is absolutely the best you can get, this will be a really superb frequency shifter when completed."

1983 E-mu Drumulator

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PlanB M26 CV Processor

via this auction

"PlanB M26 Multitask Control Voltage Processor for sale! Quite a rare item for ebay, I never see Plan B modules on here and they haven't been manufactured for several years so now's your chance to grab a great bit of equipment!

Fully working and in great condition. This module is awesome, seriously! 10HP panel including a Logic gate (brilliant for combining clock sources to create interesting modulations/rhythms etc), a voltage mirror which produces an exact mirror image copy of whatever source is plugged in (a unique way of voltate inversion) and a slew limiter with a range switch (normal time to 10x which is very very slow, excellent for slow modulations!).

For such a small space, this module packs a real punch and I used it all the time. Sold my entire modular now and this and the other modules in my sales are the only ones left. The Plan B stuff was the hardest to let go compared to the Doepfer stuff, there's something special about Plan B modules! They are a great addition to a Doepfer system as it adds a new complimenting flavour to the already brilliant designs from Doepfer.

This retailed at $195 and aren't made anymore so grab it while you can, they don't crop up too often."

Crumar Trilogy

via this auction

"This synth is best known for it's string sound which is similar to the ARP Solina. The synth section is not the greatest but quite fun nonetheless. It has seven presets (which can be manually edited if you are prepared to lift the lid!) and one user patch.
It is 100% analog, the resonance on the VCF can seriously damage your speakers if you are not careful. The synth section is useable but could do with a half decent effects unit to add a bit of depth."