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Sunday, October 15, 2017

Soldering 0805 Caps for Deckard's Dream part 2 - Iron or Hot Air


Published on Oct 15, 2017 TjimmyChonga

http://www.deckardsdream.com - Deckard's Dream is now available in both kit and pre-built form as announced here.

"Aside from 4000 through-hole components, the Deckard's Dream DIY synth requires soldering almost 700 very small surface mount capacitors.
Should you do that with a soldering iron or a smd hot air rework station? You decide!"

Part 1 here.

Deerman - live (with EMS VCS3)


Published on Oct 15, 2017 brassmonkey

"A beautifully sonic rich performance by deerman (aka Steve Williams) at Long Play in Melbourne, Australia - October 2017.

Live visuals performed by Ben Willis. Clip recorded and edited by Ben Willis."

GRP A2 & A4


Published on Aug 9, 2017 Thomas Neyens

"A simple jam I made when exploring the GRP A2 for the first time. I used both GRP's internal sequencers and the Cirklon to sequence the other synths. Except for the BigSky and Chorus Echo, there are no effects and I didn't do any post-editing of sounds.

Apologies for the bad IMovie skillzzzz. I just wanted to show how intuitive the GRP's are.

Synths used:
GRP A2 (+ Strymon BigSky)
GRP A4 (+ Strymon BigSky)
Roland TR-808 (+ Roland RE-501)
Roland MKS-80 (+ Strymon BigSky)"

This one in via John L Rice.

Barton's Aleph versus Husted's SP-4DP


Published on Oct 15, 2017 jdanielcramer

"Todd Barton's latest bit of patching genius in a grudge match with James Husted of Synthwerks fame's ultimate fader controller. Oh the humanity!"

Reminder: Todd Barton is currently on tour. You can find a list of shows here.

Buchla music easel solo with EHX Canyon Delay on cassette


Published on Oct 15, 2017 Ritchie DeCarlo

"Working on some songs for my Cassette release"

WALDORF PULSE 1 Quick Demo

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Published on Oct 13, 2017 Rob Welt

"a very quick demo of my WALDORF PULSE 1, a German 3 0SC analog Synth from the mid 90ies. With great matrix for quick programming. Very versatile, very fat, hard & loud!"


SN 740222209

via this auction

Waldorf Microwave XT 30 Voice Synthesizer SN 010730175

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via this auction

Mutable Instruments Ambika 4P Filter Synthesizer

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via this auction

You can see the individual voice boards in the images below.

"This is a fresh built Mutable Instruments Ambika, Fully Loaded with 6x 4P Filter Voice Boards. Custom enclosure with white infilled Raster Etched top legend and a Power Switch built into the AC Jack.


-Light Smoke Custom Acrylic Enclosure.
-Green Backlight LCD Display.
-Tight & Wobble Free Metal Shaft Pots & Encoder.
-AC Jack w/ Power Switch.
-AC Power Adapter Included.
-Efficient Switching Regulator on the 5v Rail.
-2GB SD Card Included!"

Vintage 80s Yamaha DX1 FM Synthesizer SN 1199

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via this auction

Some notes from the listing on the sound of the DX1 compared to other Yamaha DX synths:

"There will always be people that say that the DX1 is just two DX7s under one roof but having owned four DX1s in my lifetime, (I'm old) multiple DX5s, and DX7s this does not ring true to me. The DX1 has 5 microprocessors and 13 circuit boards inside it's heavy gauge steel body. It was built out of the highest quality components available. It just sounds better in my opinion. I am sure it is in the components used. This entire package is wrapped up in a Brazilian rosewood and heavy gauge steel housing.

I like the first generation of FM synths and how they have a darker more organic sound. If you can't afford a DX1 then get a brown MKI DX7 or a DX5. They all sound fantastic but the DX1 sounds the best to my ears.

I was comparing the sound of the DX5 and DX1 side by side today and the difference in sound is shocking (not just through the headphone amp). When you switch from the DX5 to the DX1 it sounds like someone took a wet blanket off your studio monitors. Also, Being able to program so quickly and use the velocity and after touch as a performance tool makes it special to me and dear to my heart. I have always had a thing for the DX1. I am only selling this because I am moving and have another. It sounds "better" than other FM synths in the same way a guitar or recording console sounds 'better' than another. It is hard to quantify.

Everything on this instrument functions like it should and it looks sharp. It has always been kept in a climate controlled environment. It has two very small cosmetic flaws that are not immediately noticeable but I wanted to mention them. It has a light one inch scratch below the Yamaha logo closest to the keys and a small cosmetic imperfection about the size of a pencil eraser or cigarette butt end on the left hand side. (to the right of the data entry buttons above key #15 on the face of the instrument) Other than those two cosmetic imperfections it looks incredible and would belong in a museum. The inside of the instrument is also extremely clean. It has never been abused or abandoned. Everything on this instrument works perfectly, there are no noisy pots or problem of any kind and I know these machines very well. If you are crazy enough to take this on a tour, every performance would go off without a hitch. It's a very nice machine.

They only made 140 of these. My guess is only 75-100 remain in good functioning condition. It's hard to find a DX1 for sale period, I would say it's even harder to find one in this condition that wasn't set aside to get dusty in some garage somewhere, when all the cheaper and lighter rompler keyboards came around in the early 90s."

"Unholy Blends" - Novation Peak, Digitakt, Analog Rytm, A4, Monomachine, Op-1, Monologue, Mother 32


Published on Oct 15, 2017 lostsystems1
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