Waldorf Rocket Review Part 1 - Features Rundown

Published on Mar 21, 2013 TheManWithTheSynth·1 video

Quick notes: Oscillator can be set to Saw or Pulse wave.   There are two knobs for them.  Wave on the left and Tune on the right.  In Saw mode, when Wave is below the 12 o'clock position you can add additional oscillators one at a time by turning the Wave knob.  You use the Tune knob to detune them.  At the 12 o'clock position the oscillators go into musical intervals.  For Saw you have unison with paraphonic polyphony mode when both Wave & Tune knobs are turned fully to the right. In Pulse mode the Wave knob adjusts the pulse width below 12 o'clock, after 12 applies LFO for pulse width modulation.  The Tune knob in Pulse mode adds an extra oscillator and musical intervals after the 12 position.  Analog Lowpass, Bandpass and Highpass filter modes with keyboard tracking and resonance. Boost circuit is raunchy.  LFO goes into low audio range.  The Arp has some interesting functionality, again above the 12 o'clock position of it's Depth/Range knob.   Envelop is instant on so no slow attacks.  Switch for quick attacks.  Two envelopes but they share the same Decay.  The Rocket also supports velocity and aftertouch.  For full specs and clarifications download the full manual here.

"In the first part of my Waldorf Rocket review I am doing a quick rundown of the features of the synthesizer. Mind that I am not trying to create beautiful sounds and the audio setup is rather amateurish - this video is just features presentation for those of you who are too lazy to download and read the manual ;) I will do a proper sound demo in about two days. While I know quite a bit about synthesizers this is my first youtube video, so I apologize for any technical shortcomings."

Waldorf Rocket review part 2 - sound demo

Published on Mar 29, 2013 TheManWithTheSynth·2 videos

"Following the feature rundown I am now giving you a sound demo of the Waldorf Rocket with some commentary on how I produced the sounds. The signal path is synthesizer going directly into the audio interface with the exception of lead sounds where I use Boss Space Echo (the modern emulated version) for delay."

Circuit Abbey "Impulse Drive" : the Hidden VCA

Published on Mar 27, 2013 signalflowonline·12 videos

"In this video I demonstrate how, by using a negative envelope and bending the design of the Injector Select circuit, you get a VCA out of the Circuit Abbey 'Impulse Drive.' Also - when using it as a VCA with percussive elements, you can get some really weird gates and noise bursts."

Squidfanny - Circuit Bended KAWAI R-50 Drum MAchine (march 2013)

Published on Mar 27, 2013 squidfanny·138 videos

"Kawai R-50 Drum Machine, circa. late 1980's. Dripping with Lo-Fi charm & Character.
Circuit Bent & Re-fitted with the legendary Kawai 'Electronic' ROM as well as the infamous 'R-100' ROM.

Just a quick vid, to show off the sounds and features.

In my humble opinion, the Kawai's are the greatest digital drum machines ever made - the features are staggering, especially for such a small little piece of 80's technology. The sound sets are phenomenal, the sequencer is rock solid and it feels really nice to use.

On the downside, it's quite noisy and there's not much pattern memory. Doesn't work too well as a midi slave either, but works fine as a master. Also the manual has a couple of annoying errors, which will chew up loads of time trying to figure out.

Do you own one? Then hat's off to you sir... You've got a really nice piece of Lo-Fi 80's technology."

Dreamwalking - CL Tetrax Solo 1

Published on Mar 27, 2013 7numan7·73 videos

"This is my first recording of the amazing Ciat Lonbarde Tetrax instrument (or any CL instrument for that matter - I'm usually having too much fun when I play them to record anything). You play it by pressing wooden barres. And it can be played with a variety of performance gestures (such as the violin-like "cad. It is easier to tune than the older version (Tetrazzi) and can be patched with banana cables, as I demonstrate here.

Enjoy!"

Lord, forgive me for my synths

"Dig gold shimmer ink? You're in luck. You've been a bad boy. Printed on American Apparel 100% black cotton. Designed by Raleigh Moncrief."

T-Shirt available on anticon.

This one in via Roland.

Rare Waldorf Microwave 1 "Mean Green Machine" SN 61 of 99 with S-RAM Card

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Crazy little cone feet.

This one spotted by Raj.

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 SN 260

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Ensoniq Fizmo SN FIZMO-11247 Video

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"This is not intended to be any sort of demonstration of anything vaguely musical that can come out of an Ensoniq Fizmo, just to demonstrate that it is in good working order."




via this auction

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Alesis A6 Andromeda Synthesizer

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ESTRADIN EFFEKT-2 PHASER

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Pics of the inside below.

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Soviet PX-1000 SOVIET REVERB DELAY CHORUS

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mechanical animals

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ELEKTRONIKA 12-011- VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG MULTI EFFECTS PROCESSOR

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"Up for sale is extremely rare soviet analog multieffect pedal Elektronika 12-011.This unit was produced in the middle 80s by one of the biggest soviet music equipment brands - "Elektronika" (famous for its Elektronika EM-25 synth, EM-26 Vocoder, FL-1 Flanger etc). It has wah and autowah (tremolo) effects, vibrato, noise gate, phaser and compressor effects. This pedal can work as the line amplifier with attack volume and noise gate with threshold. Effect parameters can be controlled by foot pedal, knobs and regulators. All effects can be used simultaneously or in any combination.

CONTROL PANEL PARAMETERS:

Wah-Wah: Foot pedal - mod depth, Noise gate threshold knob.
Vibrato: depth, frequency (rate), pedal control - signal level, effect on/off knob.
Phaser: speed (rate), accent (depth), pedal control - signal level, effect on/off knob.
Compressor: line volume, level (comp.ratio), timbre, effect on/off knob.

Input & output sockets are common 1/4TRS "Jacks". It can be powered by standard 9 volt power adapter (not included).

"Elektronika 12-011" pedal produces vintage warm analog effects with it`s own character that can`t be reproduced by modern digital units."

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Roland Space Echo RE-501 SN 104739 w/ Chorus + Spring Reverb

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"Certainly one of the nicer 501's around today. This chorus echo has been well maintained and is in excellent condition. All the electrolytic capacitors on power circuit board were recently replaced with new ones. It's running a new Ampex loop as well. It's not mint --- the previous owner etched his name on the inside, and it's got some blemishes in the tolex --- these are shown in the pictures. It's a really nice, clean example of a well cared for 501. After owning the RE-201, RE-301 and SE-500, and the RE-501 / SRE-555 model is, in my opinion, the nicest of the lot..."

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Korg MonoPoly SN 379878

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EDP Wasp with Original Box & Manual

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Shared System Series: Printing the Covers for MNR002

Published on Mar 27, 2013

"Up at 7 Ton Letterpress Studio printing the covers for Make Noise Records MNR002, Shared System Series: Alessandro Cortini."

A little off topic, but fun to see. The Make Noise Shared System of course is on topic.

Pulsu(m) Plantae _ project presentation

Pulsu(m) Plantae _ project presentation from LessNullVoid on Vimeo.

"open hardware project by Leslie Garcia
http://lessnullvoid.cc/pulsum" Googlish here.

"The patterns obtained from the study on various specimens of plants serve as the basis for designing a sound of coded communication system. The design aesthetics of Pulsu (m) Plant is based on the idea chaosmosis coined by the Italian philosopher Felix Guatarri, who proposes aesthetic subjectivity as a method for generating referential links. Pulsu (m) Plant provides a series of interactive experiences where technology application gives subjects of tools to enhance their ability to perceive the environment..."

Follow-up to this post.

Furthurrr generator

Published on Mar 27, 2013

"Furthurrr generator and tr606"

Carl Oliver - Experiment Fifteen

Published on Mar 27, 2013 Carl Oliver·15 videos

"A Video Series of Short Eurorack Modular Impromptu Experiments and Improvisations."

Anvil Machine !

Published on Mar 27, 2013 Arthur Joly·131 videos

RICHARD LAINHART LUX

Another release by the late Richard Lainhart featuring Buchla & Haken Continuum available at Important Records. You can find a video for LUX previously posted here.

"Printed inkless in memorium, marking the death of a sensitive and innovative artist. Edition of 100.

Side 1 (38:25, with 2-second gap between tracks)

1. LUX (19:21)
2. Still of Noon (19:03)

Side 2 (39:03, with 2-second gap between tracks)

3. Twenty Chords (13:08)
4. The Line of the Horizon (16:13)
5. Oraison (9:40)
(by Olivier Messaien,1937, transcribed and performed by Richard Lainhart.)

Performed and recorded in realtime, without edits or overdubs, on a Buchla 200e system controlled with a Haken Continuum multidimensional keyboard.

© 2011 Richard Lainhart"

Follow-up to Richard Lainhart & Lucio Menegon - An Abandoned Garden Now Available

Harlem Shake vs. Kennys Death

Published on Mar 27, 2013 KennysDeathFX·9 videos

"You can order Kenny here: www.facebook.com/kennysdeathfx
Kenny's Death is the most kaputt sounding Fuzz-Workstation ever! 195€ + shipping."

The Synthmobile!

via David Lovelace on Facebook

"Jeff Shea donated a bit extra to get a quaint, understated Anything Napkin describing the subtle nuances of his reserved demeanor as a notable synthespian. AnythingNapkin.com"

Synths and the batmobile!

BTW, I created an AnythingNapkin label for these.

Carbon111 on AnythingNapkin.com

via James Maier on Facebook.

"Dave nailed it! :D"

http://www.carbon111.com
http://anythingnapkin.com

Spot the synths...

Modular Packrat on AnythingNapkin.com

"I'm only kidding about the kitten. Keep those crazy, demanding, gear-filled requests coming... as long as the donations are equally "involved." ;-) AnythingNapkin.com"

Atomic Shadow Panoramic Wave Generator Audio Demo

"This is a demo track for the first official Atomic Shadow instrument for the Kontakt sampler, the Panoramic Wave Generator. Details about the PWG may be found at www.atomicshadow.com"

Follow-up to this post.

more buchlabot loops

Follow-up to this post.

all sounds from the casio VL-Tone

"only sounds from my bended Casio VL-Tone with some reverb and delay"

via Mario Bronco on
The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Demo 2 here

New Doepfer A-157 Trigger Sequencer Subsystem - Mini Schaltwerk

via Doepfer:
Note the pic is 157-1.
"A-157 is a trigger sequencer subsystem that is used to generate up to eight trigger signals controlled by a 8x16 LED/button matrix (some customers call it "Miniature Schaltwerk" as it is based on the same matrix as the no longer available Schaltwerk). The system is still in the prototype state. Consequently the specifications on this page are still preliminary !

The subsystem will probably contain several modules:

the LED/button matrix module A-157-1
the trigger output module A-157-2
one of the control modules (A-157-3, A-157-4 ...)
The LED/button matrix module A-157-1 is the core of the subsystem. It is used to set or reset the trigger event on each of the 16 steps of each of the 8 rows.
The trigger output module A-157-2 outputs the 8 trigger signals and has an LED display for each trigger. We will probably add a mute button or mute switch for each row that allows to turn the trigger output off/on independent for each row.
In the final version the modules A-157-1 and A-157-2 will be probably merged into one module only because both modules are essential for the subsystem.

The module A-157-1/2 (or the merged module that will contain both units) can be connected to a simple control module or a more sophisticated control module which is planned for the future (similar to the A-155 and A-154 conceptual design where the A-155 includes a simple control unit that can be replaced by the A-154 which offers a lot of additional functions).

At the beginning a simple control module A-157-3 similar to the A-155 control unit will be available. It offers only the functions clock, start/stop and reset (both with manual controls and control inputs). For this standard control unit the tempo (clock) is the same for all 8 rows, the direction is forward and the length of each row is 16.

We also plan a more complex control module A-157-4 that allows additional functions like 128 memories for trigger sequences, different clock/start/stop/reset for 2 or 4 groups of rows (e.g. common for rows 1-4 and 5-8, or in pairs), independent first/last step for each row, independent direction (forward/backward/pendulum/random) for each row, one-shot mode, LC display and so on. But these ideas are very preliminary and we will have to find out which functions are essential.

There are also plans for a stand-alone version adapted to the design of Dark Energy and Dark Time with the same case dimensions and wooden side panels (provisional name "Dark Flow")

release date: ~ fall 2013 (only A-157-1 ... 3, so far there is no release date available for the planned module A-157-4 and the stand-alone unit Dark Flow !)
All features, specifications, prices and release date are still without any obligation !"

Bottom pic: "Picture of the first prototype (only 8x8 matrix)
with an alternative display at the left side which will be not realized !"

via Patchpierre, via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

ROLAND MKS-80 SUPER JUPITER (rev 4) & MPG-80

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"It is serial number 501689 which makes it a rev4 with the CEM VCO chips.

It's an awesome synth - the programmer [SN 470743] really opens it up. Also included is a Roland M64 memory cartridge and a very long connecting cable for the programmer."

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KORG MONOTRIBE MOD - acidotribe plus

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Details on the mods here.

Monotribe on ZZounds
monotribes on eBay

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Rhodes Chroma Enabler Bar Napkin Synth Art

via David Lovelace on Facebook

"My good friend Randel Osborne ordered up a super-deluxe full-color (read: a lot more than five bucks!) Anything Napkin featuring his awesome Enabler knob-box! AnythingNapkin.com"

Packrat's Juno-106

Playlist:

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 1 Published on Mar 27, 2013

"I don't normally do repairs for others, but this is a very special case: In this playlist I service and recondition the actual Juno-106 that was the inspiration for one of my fave Packrat comic strips by the infamous artist David C. Lovelace of UMOP dot COM fame.

Don't worry. This is the only time on the Syntegrator channel that I will read a comic out loud to you complete with character voices. That said, it's nice to know those two years I spent at acting school in my youth finally came in handy for something... ;-)"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 2 Published on Mar 27, 2013
"A quick once-over of this fairly pristine unit. The reverence shown by Packrat to his 'True Love' definitely applied to the real synthesizer behind the comic strip!"

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Analogue electronica studio jam - rozz3r Live: inSpiral

Published on Mar 27, 2013 rozz3r·13 videos

"Another live studio jam. The first using the Sequentix Cirklon as the main sequencer. Other gear used:

Elektron Octatrack
Dave Smith Tempest
Moog Little Phatty
Dave Smith Evolver
Kurzweil PC3
Eurorack Modular
Akai S5000 with Boxed Ear Mighty M5 samples
Eventide Space
Eventide TimeFactor"

Oberheim OB-12 Virtual Analog Synthesizer

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Two sets of shots. One via this auction and one via this auction.

"The Oberheim OB-12 is a analog-emulation professional synthesizer. This blue beauty digitally recreates and emulates the classic sounds and tone of the original Oberheim analog filters. The OB-12 is a 12 voice synth with 4-part physical modeling synthesis. Loads of real-time knobs (22), sliders (24), and buttons (33) with a traditional layout give you fast hands-on access and control of most parameters. Extra hands-on goodies include a ribbon controller, pitch bend and modulation wheel."

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Dementia Labs Hing Hon Circuit Bent Modular

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Video at the auction and previously posted here.

"new dementia labs custom built fantasy art synth HING HON CIRCUIT BENT LUNETTA STYLE has filters and filter modulation for the keyboard ,extreme pitch bent with vactols that modulate the ptch..6 oscillators and a 24 patch ping pong seq..really sweet .these are not real synth modules but a single panel created.."

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Teenage Engineering OP-1 with Radio Antenna

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KORG MS-20 Vintage Analog Semi-Modular Synthesizer

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KORG Poly-800 SN 000167 Reverse Keys with Case

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KORG PolySix SN 385494

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Alesis Ion Render

Flickr By Brendan Peters

"Created entirely in photoshop, the Alesis Ion reconstruction took 30 hours to complete and contains over 1500 layers. Strictly done for fun and technical practice.

Visit www.brendanpeters.ca to learn more about me."

Bob Moog's Hands

Flickr By Pete Woodhead

"Famous hands. This time belonging to the god that was Bob Moog. Hollywood, USA"

SynxsS Studio – Impressionen 2013

MOST. INSANE. STUDIO. EVER. You'll find tons of shots at Aliens Project here.