"It was also in Rome that John Eaton met the electronic engineer Paul Ketoff, inventor of the famous and legendary Syn-Ket [pictured below], in 1964. With the Syn-Ket, John Eaton has conducted more than a thousand presentations around the world and was at one of these presentations, in 1966 at Columbia University, where he met Robert Moog, who fixed the Syn-Ket, damaged during a flight, and also built a synthesizer Moog especially for Eaton! The partnership of John Eaton and Robert Moog also created the Eaton-Moog Multiple-Touch Sensitive Keyboard [left] (which John briefly explained in the interview below)."
You'll find the interview on Austronauta Pinguim in English here and Portuguese here.
Update: I added a Moog-Eaton label below for all posts mentioning John Eaton. Do check it out. You'll find a number of posts including this post with a link to an old video of John Eaton and the Eaton-Moog Multiple-Touch Sensitive Keyboard. You'll find a newer demo towards the bottom of this Animoog post. The virtual keyboard in Animoog is based on the Eaton-Moog Multiple-Touch Sensitive Keyboard.
Spoken parts chosen and selected from some Trent Reznor's interview after release of Social Network.
Hardware only setup. Live play. Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1UW, Elektron Monomachine SFX-60+, x0xb0x, Roland SP-555, Korg Radias, Microkorg XL, Korg Electribe EMX-1, Edirol M-16DX, Lexicon MX200, Lexicon MX400, Korg Kaoss Pad.
"I wasted several years playing another people bands and working at the studios, doing things... That is because I didn't know if I had anything to say. I didn't know, what I was saying, I didn't know, what I was talking about... It was me not being me, it was me writing about the things... I felt like I didn't fill in, I was lonely and I needed to do something... That was the older current version of me, that was me a few years ago. Like an older version of me. It did almost feel like a natural evolution. I wanna make a music, that feel like a music I had to make. I have tryied to give the individual records their identity, but I needed to kind of force my hand to make a change. The struggle on the beggining of any product like that is to try to find what is it, that inspires you, what feels like you own to something, that you have to pursuit, because that is all about. Then I realised, that actually it had a power, it resonated beyond, reflecting."
"Sonically, the ARP ODYSSEY is in the same range as the Moog Minimoog. Unlike earlier models, this version includes 1/4" outputs, XLR outputs for a more professional level of patching."
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"It was just serviced to include key contacts cleaned, front panel switches cleaned, checked the power supply voltages, calibrated to A440, and tuned the oscillators."
It looks like the Korg EX label was removed as well.
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via this auction via the listing: "Arp 2600 grey face synthesizer, 2600P. I believe it is a V3 and has the Moog 4012 filter. It is working but could use a servicing as it has a few intermittent problems. I will be getting it serviced in a couple of weeks and might put it back up for sale at a higher price if it doesn't sell now, but thought I would offer it at a cheaper price to someone who may be up for the task. Here are a few of the issues:
There appears to be a short somewhere in the audio chain regarding the VCF, VCA, mixer/reverb sections. These do not pass audio as they normally should; sometimes they work, sometimes they cut out (maybe just a short somewhere in there?). When patching directly from VCO's bypassing the hardwired, everything seems to work (all three VCO's and all their waveforms sound correct, ring mod works, filter works, S/h and noise works, etc). One slider's shaft on the VCO2 pulse width is broken, though you can still use it. Regarding cosmetics; the tolex is refinished, pretty good job and looks nice. The important part is the front panel looks near mint, graphics are all very bright and is amazingly clean. Due to these issue it is sold AS-IS. A capable tech should be able to fix it up"
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"Korg 707 digital FM synthesizer. I bought it in the late 1990's and mainly used it to trigger a hardware sampler, but I also used some of its internal sounds for recording music. It has In, Out and Thru MIDI ports, so if you have a MIDI interface, it can be used to play software instruments in a DAW.
It has 99 built-in sounds that can be tweaked with hardware controls. Not all of the sounds are great, but there are some gems, and things get really interesting when you start messing with the parameters. Additional sounds can be loaded if you get ahold of some ROM cards (people sell ROM cards for the 707 right here on eBay).
The 707 features guitar strap hooks on either side of it, so it can be used as a keytar. It's not in mint condition, there are some mars, scratches and dings, but overall it's in nice shape. With its blue color, keytar strap hooks and feel-good sounds, this is just an all-around fun instrument.
It comes with the original power supply. I do not have the manual or the original box."
"Recorded with minimal human intervention. A small collection of musical artifacts and research... Headphones recommended. credits released 12 December 2012"
"This video demonstrates the MIDI RESYNC capability of the Quicksilver 303 CPU. MIDI RESYNC allows the Quicksilver 303 to switch back and forth between an external MIDI clock and the internal clock without stopping the sequencer. For more information: http://www.socialentropy.com/quicksilver"
"New instrument built in June 2012. Features 9 sensors that act as string modelers, 2 joysticks, 2 force sensitive resistors, many knobs, many buttons and some really bright blue and red LEDs. Designed and built by Nick Demopoulos, but credit goes to Ranjit Bhatnagar for programming the 2 arduinos that are inside of it, Malcolm Pepin for fabricating the wood body and Josh Dotson for consulting in many design issues. More info at www.nickdemopoulos.com"
New Oberheim SEM Filter module. New Voice Modulator module inspired by the classic Oberheim 8-Voice. Multi FX Mode introducing a new FX routing with 2 Inserts per channel, 2 Auxiliaries, and 2 Master Bus. New Tonewheel percussion parameter. Trig inputs now accept any modulation."
"Hello to all. This Electronic Music/Experimental Music/Electro-Acoustic Music event, herein known as the BALTIMORE ELECTRONIC MUSIC 2012 SUMMERFEST CONCERT, is being sponsored by the Baltimore SDIY Group & Friends. This will be a really nice musical endeavor, so we are really looking forward to this event.
Please come out & join us for a really fantastic night of knob twisting, pitch bending, wiring mazes, sound shaping & visual explosions that will coincide with an absolutely awesome musical voyage into another galaxy of sound alterations.
Thanks to The Windup Space for booking us again for our 3rd performance at this venue. We greatly appreciate your generosity.
This concert will consist of 4 performance sets of our standard electronic music, then 4 continuous performance sets of our newly incorporated electronic dance music. Check out the performance schedule & list of performers below.
"Directly across the street from where the original Serge Modular Music Systems store was on Haight st. in the 70s and 80s Robotspeak is celebrating its 10th year anniversary as a store and independant center for music technology learning. With encouragement from Ken Stone and Serge him self the second official Serge module building workshop at Robotspeak will focus on the Serge 1973 Negative Slew. One of Serge Tcherepinin's many contributions to the art of music and synthesis. The Negative Slew is the perfect example of a multi use Serge module. The predecessor and the back bone to what became west coast synthesis. It can be an Envelope Generator, an Envelope Follower, a Voltage Controlled Oscillator, an LFO and a Slope Generator. This multi functional approach to producing modules was an integral part in the design of the circuits being built at robotspeak. An innovation made 40 years ago by Serge Tcherepinin's and celebrated today with Ken Stone's recent re-release of the original 1970s circuit on PCB. The monthly organized group of builders at Robotspeak affectionately named The Church Of The Super Serge are dedicated to the preservation of the lower haight area's rich synthesizer history and the revival of the modular synth hey day in the district. Catch one of these workshops any 3rd saturday 589 1/2 Haight Street San Francisco, CA" http://www.robotspeak.com/
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"In 1986 Ensoniq released the ESQ-1 synthesizer at a list of $1,395. The ESQ-1 became a big seller and continued the company’s good fortune they had with the Mirage. Due to this success, Ensoniq released the ESQ-M, a rack mount of the ESQ-1 which had all the features of the ESQ-1 except for the sequencer, 5 octave keyboard , and the 80 character display. However the ESQ-M allowed you to set individual volumes for each track (patch) of a mix.
The ESQ-M features eight voice polyphony and is eight part multitimbral with dynamic voice allocation. It can also do basic splits and layers which can be saved as part of a patch and split key is designated by the user. (Very impressive for a synth that was released in 86/87.) The unit features no on-board effects but does allow you program the pan position of a voice and the position may be modulated any modulation source. Also ingenious (other manufacturers please note) is that while you are playing a voice you may change the voice and the original will continue to sound and any new keys will reflected the newly selected voice. While using the unit in full multitimbral operation I did not notice audible delays in the machine’s performance.
"This is my build of the Korgasmatron III Dual VCF, designed by David Dixon who kindly provided my with hand-etched PCBs. It is an emulation of the Korg MS-20 filter set, with some added features."
"And here's another happy snap of the micromac-D. The 3U version frontpanels are in production and all the PCBs for both the 3U version and the desktop version may well be here next week!"
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"Here's a quick demo of Analogue Solutions TBX Bass Line that I have for sale. Forgive the sound quality as it's shot through my iphone but hopefully there's enough in here to give you an idea of the scope of this thing - it's a real sound monster ;) All sounds are from the TBX. Lots of drum type noise and weird sounds too. I've shown my 303 to give you some perspective on the size of the TBX - it's more or less the same size as the TB."
"Some scapes made with the Jupiter 80. In my opinion a very warm and good sounding instrument with plenty of usable sounds and a good synth engine. I tried to put almost everything to this demo, but it`s hard and this demo should have one hour :)"
"Just got my hands on this synth and could spend like 2,5 hours with it. Short time but I tried to dig as deep as its possible in it. No EQ, compression or external Fx."
"All sounds from DSI Poly Evolver. No effects. Plus a simple video to show how the instrument looks :) ( Maybe not the best but maybe it will do it :) )
www.myspace.com/esersound"
Dave Smith Poly Evolver Demo, Part 2
Uploaded by esersound1 on Apr 6, 2011
"A shorter demo with the sound of the Poly Evolver PE. This time I had the chance to dig deeper within the sound."
Dave Smith Mono Evolver Keyboard Demo
Uploaded by esersound1 on Apr 6, 2011
"A short demo of the Mono Evolver Keyboard. No FX, EQ or compression ."
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"The synth has been fully tested, everything works great, and it sounds amazing. The Pro-One was just professionally serviced including: -new bypass caps, 4049 gate IC, bushings, fuse, and fuseholder. -cleaning the pots, switches, and key contacts -tuned & scaled This Pro-One has the J-wire keyboard."
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"The synth has been fully tested, everything works great, and it sounds amazing.
The Prophet 5 was just professionally serviced including:
-new keyboard bushings, bypass caps, and battery
-cleaning the pots, switches, and key contacts
-loading the factory patches
Included in the auction is the Prophet 5 Rev 3.0 as pictured, as well as the original manual."
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"This is an Oberheim Xpander 6-Voice polyphonic analog synth. From the markings and serial number I believe this is a USA model. All six voices tune properly (VCO's, PWM, Res, VCF and VCA see pic for proof). The VFD screens still look sharp and bright and all buttons and encoders work without problems! I'm the second owner of this unit and I started collecting a long term survival kit of hard to find parts which are included with this auction: 6 CEM3372 Rev D VCF chips 1 DAC chip (70$!) 8 replacement buttons with caps 8 replacement encoders"
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"TWO Oberheim Matrix 1000's in a nice carpet covered rack (handle on the side.) Connected together with midi cables you now have a 12 voice MONSTER synth!"
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via the seller: "I bought this directly from Jim Gilmour who is the keyboard player from the Canadian band SAGA. He used it in the studio and live on Tour during the early 90's.
It includes the following: - MicroWave Rack - RAM Card (battery still retains sounds used on SAGA '92 Tour) - Original Owners Manuals"
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via this auction "On offer is a set of Panther modules, in housing with power supply.
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"The JP-8080 Analog Modeling Synthesizer Module offers an advanced Analog Modeling sound engine with 10-note polyphony, powerful External Audio Synthesis, a unique built-in Voice Modulator and SmartMedia storage capability—all in a cool, retro-styled 6U rackmount module with tons of knobs and sliders for easy sound shaping."
"This video details the features of the Super Tape Drums Ableton Live Pack created by AfroDJMac.
Features: -450+ drum sounds recorded to a Tascam 8 Track Reel to Reel Machine -30+ Ableton Live Racks of Drums and Effects Organized for efficiency and usability -5 Ableton Live Sets -Inspiring Instrument and effects, and super warm drum samples
It's Available Wednesday June 27th @: http://afrodjmac.com
Visit my site for more stuff like this, including Live Instrument downloads and music! http://www.afrodjmac.com
"Brett Domino and Steven Peavis cover LMFAO's smash hit using only a MicroKORG, Mini Kaoss Pad II, and Kaossilator II. Twitter the Trio: @BrettDomino and @StevenPeavis."
"Trying to get that swarming, buzzing sound ... dissonant clusters made famous by the swarmatron. I'm using 4 VCOs here. I think the swarmatron uses 8.
Serge creature and NonLinear Circuits synth. . Everything ( including the 2 sequencers & monotribe) is clocked fron the Serge Smooth/stepped generator."
"Sampled Rickenbacker-bass. Played by a MachineDrum through Moogerfoogers (FreqBox, Lowpass and Phaser) while trigging the Moogerfooger CP-251 for sample & hold CV-values that control Cutoff on Lowpass and 3 out of 6 poles on the Phaser.
The bass sound from the MachineDrum isn´t that good, quite distorted but I used what I already had in there. This was just to show how a S&H-synthbass sound could be done."
Up to 6 voices, each with an individual output — in addition to a global mix output. MIDI channels/patches/voices are distinct entities, allowing many different flexible configurations, from 6 independent monophonic parts each on a different MIDI channel, to 1 polysynth, with everything in-between (unison, keyboard split, layering, voice doubling). Connectors for up to 6 voicecards. In true Mutable Instruments spirit, you can mix and match voicecards with different filters, and in the future with different synthesis engines. Easy to use sound programming interface with a large 2x40 LCD display, 8 knobs, 8 switches and 15 bicolor LEDs. Each module of the synthesis engine has a page, each page has a direct access button. Massive patch memory, easy backup/data exchange, fast firmware upgrades with the integrated SD card reader. And there might be other things you’ll load from the SD card in the future… Patch versioning and undo/compare/redo of editing operations. Sequencer, arpeggiator and rhythmic chord generator available for each part. 2 step-sequences per part. Each part can be clocked at a different multiple of the MIDI clock. And of course: DIY friendly, through-hole assembly.
Each voice is on its own circuit board. Yes, it’s huge and it draws a lot of power! The first 3 voicecards that will be released are based on a maxed-out version of the Shruthi-1 sound engine.
All the Shruthi-1 oscillators goodness – classic analog waveforms, FM, wavetables, vowel synthesis, low-fi tones. More z-family oscillator waveshapes, with digital emulations of analog waveforms sent through resonant LP/BP/HP filters. “Wavequence” mode for individually addressing the content of the wave memory (wavequence + step sequencer = wave sequencing). New mixer with adjustable overdrive and bitcrusher effects, independent of the mixing mode. 3 synchronized LFOs shared by all voices in a patch with new waveforms, and 1 desynchronized, per-voice LFO for subtle voice modulation effects. 3 ADSR envelopes with times up to 60s. Large modulation matrix (14 slots, 4 modifiers), with new modulation sources and destinations. Improved sound richness/brightness and extended filter range. 3 flavours of voicecards: Warm and classic 4-pole low-pass (OTA-C with Darlington buffers), sweet and liquid 4-pole low-pass (SSM2164), 2-pole multimode (SSM2164).
What will come after that? Voicecards offering a few channels of drum sounds. The following voicecards are in development:
Multi-channel drum samples ROMpler. Analog drum module (2 instruments per voicecard).
How does it sound? You can listen to many sound clips here [embed below].
Ambika is a DIY project, all the technical choices have been made to make it accessible to DIYers, and it will be sold primarily as kits.
