Moog Song Producer

Remember the Moog Song Producer? Click here for more shots pulled via this auction.

via adrien.

Details from the auction:
"It is a midi interface(4out / 1in / 1 thru) for the Commodore 64. It also has 8 trigger outs, clock in/out and foot switch control. It has a faux cartridge which is how it interfaces with the c64. It includes software an extensive manual and schematics."

Update via Gerald in the comments:
"I have one of these. Someone found a warehouse of them and put them up on ebay a couple years ago. You can tell this one is from this lot by the box's water damage. Although it is cool beyond cool, it doesn't work with any of the existing SID-midi software such as Triad's Midislave. I believe that it would be next to trivial for Midislave to be changed to work with the Moog, but alas the author seemed annoyed by the request. Since there are at least 20-30 of these midi interfaces in existence, it may in fact out number the Sequential Circuits, Datel, and Passport catridges.

The software is painful... not particularly graphical, with keyboard shortcuts galore. The best thing about the software is that it is an early example of open source... they encourage you to copy as often as you like."

Back to the Future

Remember this post on "The Great Bleep Forward?" Title link takes you to more synth content on the BBC's 6 Music. It looks like they are on a synth run at the moment. Also note a new episode for The Great Bleep Forward is up, so be sure to check back on these.

Stramp Synthchanger on Aliens Project

Title link takes you to more synth goodness on Aliens Project.

via sequencer.de.

Update via walkathon in the comments: "From the look, I guessed Germany '78 - turns out I wasn't too far off.

buchhhhhie

flickr by ica~icarus.

One more here.

Buchla

Roland Juno-60

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Korg MicroKorg Flight Case

Nice case.

Two shots via this auction.

Roland SH-101

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Trippler.Net

It's been almost a year since I put up this post on Trippler.Net, however I've put up a number of posts featuring Stefan Trippler since I started this blog. Stefan recently posted a few links to his Evolver pages on AH. I decided to check them out again, along with the rest of his site. If you haven't been there, I highly recommend checking it out. As of this post you will find tons of info and samples of the following synths: Waldorf MicroQ, DSI Evolver (all versions), MiniMax ASB, and Virsyn Tera 2. What's great about his samples is that they are pretty diverse, and usually utiliz the given synth for all tracks in the piece. Really good stuff.

AH Bay Area Gathering 2006 Gallery on alt-mode

Title link takes you to the gallery by alt-mode, just sent to AH today.

Two EMS Synthis pictured.

Magnus EMS Page

Title link takes you to the Magnus EMS Page where you will find a number of datasheets, fliers, the Synthi User Manual, support material, and pictures. While there, be sure to check out the top nav links for more synth content on Magnus.

Front cover of the Synthi Users Manual pictured.

Matrixsynth by Javier

No title link. Image sent my way via Javier.

Alesis Andromeda A6

Thanks Javier!

ASM-2 Wizard on Synthwire

Click here for a post by VCO on Synthwire on building the ASM-2 Wizard. You might recognize the ASM-2 from these previous posts.

Jona Lewie - "In the Kitchen at Parties" on TOTP

YouTube via ZonkOut. Features Oberheim Four Voice System and ARP Odyssey.

New upload:


YouTue via JonaLewieOfficial
"JONAH LEWIE - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties

Famous for his Christmas hit single Stop the Cavalry, Jona Lewie penned You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties with fellow Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts member Keef Trouble. Both were also members of Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs and acheived hits with Seaside Shuffle and On A Saturday Night."

Alternative Synthesizer Tunings Group

"A group for those interested in alternative non-12TET/EDO electronic synthesizer tunings and/or alternative key-frequency "mappings" within the standard 12TET/EDO tuning."

Title link takes you there.

The Great Bleep Forward

Title link takes you to "The Great Bleep Forward," a four part documentory on synthesizers and their impact on music. Parts 1 and 2 are currently online. The links are on the right nav when you get there. Enjoy.

MISC on Sendling

Looks like Sendling is on a roll:


Natural M2 Vocoder by MarcMarc


Kenton Killamix mini USB controller


Baby 10 sequencer (click through for a scanned article on this one).

Leisure Cove and The Shamblers - Moog Rogue

via The Shambler's MySpace page. The track "Revs Cost" features a Moog Rogue "filtering a lap steel and feeding a Tapco 4400." Interesting track. Reminds me of something Tom Waits might do minus the vocals. The image of the Moog Rogue comes from The Shamblers blog, Leisure Cove, where you will find a few more shots.

Fox The Fox - Precious Little Diamond

YouTube via xuanxusep. Sent my way via JZ.
Features a Moog Memorymoog, Roland SH-101, and Yamaha DX7.

BuzzOut Synth

YouTube via enjoime. Features Korg MS2000.

Yamaha DX7IId

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Retarded Animal Babies - 11

Title link takes you to a flash toon via Dave of the classic synth comic strip, The Packrat.

WARNING: This is not The Packrat. It's Retarded Animal Babies. A whole different ballgame. If you are easily offended skip this one. It's a flash toon filled with obscene language, nudity and... synths. Not work safe. If you are not easily offended enjoy.

Synths: Nord, Roland JD800, Moog, Roland Jupiter 8, Triton Extreme, Roland JX-3P?, Yamaha DX7, Access Virus Keyboard, Waldorf Yellow Q, Oberheim, Korg, and a Roland Axis MIDI controller if you pick the donkey at the end.

The Thomas Henry XR VCO

"The XR VCO is a voltage controlled oscillator based off of the XR2206 function generator IC. It was designed by Thomas Henry in June of 2006, and is presented here for the enjoyment of all. Feel free to build it, modify it and apply it to any of your DIY projects."

Title link takes you there. You will find samples and more. Be sure to check out the left nav when you get there. Via cp productions where you will find more samples. Also note this modular had XR VCOs.

Hartmann Neuron VS

You don't see these too often. Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. Unfortunately they aren't the greatest shots, but, there you have it. Nice packaging.

Moog Taurus II Pedals

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. They aren't the greatest shots, however I thought this one was kind of interesting. I didn't realize the unit itself was the case.

Oberheim OB-8

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

modular synth diy

Title link takes you to matthias [fonik] herrmann's modular synth DIY site where you will find more info on this modular along with samples.

via sendling

Ryuichi Sakamoto & his Fairlight 1984

Ryuichi Sakamoto of YMO. Be sure to check out the YMO videos in these posts as well. Via DVDBORN, where you will also find this interesting Japanese clip featuring the Fairlight CMI Series 2..

360 Systems SEMs?

Title link takes you to a post on sequencer.de which alludes to this 360 Systems Spectre module as being an Oberheim SEM in disguise. If you know anything about this unit, feel free to comment.

BTW, check out sequencer.de for a few other tasty synth posts including the Akai AX60 and Roland S330 editing interface.

Update via retrosynth in the comments:
"It's an SEM along with some really poor pitch to CV tracking and an envelope follower thrown in. There's normally a cable for a hex pickup on the far left but on this unit the cable had been cut. This unit had the CV/gate output jacks switched to CV/gate inputs. Unfortunately the amplitude envelope is modified for input from the envelope follower so it only has an attack control, no decay or sustain. It could easily be fixed though. Pictures of the internals here.

Update via Sequenberheim in the comments:
"I worked there.
It tracked even worse than you say.
It was the SEM module. They had a deal with Oberheim to buy and use them.

They didn't have much for gear archives but they did have the very rare 6 SEM guitar synth there too. It was 6 separate SEM modules with 6 of the pitch glitchers as I called them.

They also made a programable parametric EQ that is very rare. The 360 frequency shifter is a rare one too."

Phelios / Stephen Parsick @ Wuppertal 24.11.2006

flickr via Moogulator.

This was previously posted on Moogulator's sequencer.de, but I skipped it at the time. It just keeps coming back so I think it's some sign that I must post it. I just love the color in the shot and the Technics WSA1 always intrigued me. The Prophet VS isn't too shabby either.

Mammal - These are the Salad Days of the Future

YouTube via channelbenjie. Sent my way via frederic.

Original Synth Docs, Books and Mags

Looks like minime123 is auctioning off a motherload of synthesizer docs, books and magazines. Title link takes you to the shots pulled via the auctions for future reference.

Update: minime informed me that these are all originals and not just scans. I updated the title to reflect this as well.

Casio CZ-2000S

I knew about the CZ-1000, CZ-3000, and CZ-5000 Phase Distortion synths from Casio, but not the CZ-2000S. Check out the built in speakers. It looks like the home keyboard version of the CZ series. Title link takes you to some more shots pulled from this Chinese auction sent my way via Sonicbrat. Sonicbrat was on the hunt for Chinese synths and found a few including this one. The majority of what he did find on Chinese auctions were home keyboards and arranger style workstations. If he puts a post up I'll be sure to link to it. BTW, if you know of any Chinese synths please feel free to comment.

The Ultimate Filter List

Title link takes you to the largest list of filters I've seen to date on one site. There's info and images on each. via sequencer.de.

Akai MFC42

Circuit Bent Sega

Title link takes you there. This one sent in via Gijs who brought us this Casio SK-1.

MIDI Resources

No title link. Just the following three links sent into AH by Chris Strellis. If you know of more, feel free to comment. Bookmarking these for a rainy day.

http://253.ccarh.org/handout/controllers/
http://www.tweakheadz.com/midi_controllers.htm
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/1995_articles/oct95/midibasics3.html

One Hell of a Knob

flickr by heckadecimal.

Roland TR-707

Title link takes you to more gear shots.

Free Roland TR-808!

Via this auction. Yeah....

Roland SH-7

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Yamaha TG33

Title link takes you to a couple of shots pulled via this auction. The auction states it's an FM synth, but my understanding is it is a Wavetable, vector synth like the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS and Korg Wavestation line of synths. I believe the people that worked on the Prophet VS spent a short time at Yamaha after SCI went under, followed by Korg. If you know more, feel free to comment. It's been a while since I read the full story. The Yamaha TG33 is fully digital.

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments:
"It's a vector synth but the twist is two of the four waves are ROM and the other two are 2 Operator FM, so while it's arguably one of Yamaha's most minimal FM implementations, it does contain FM sounds. It has preset envelopes going on the FM if I recall. There isn't even a digital filter (like the Wavestation), so the FM capability helps fill the void a bit in terms of controlling brightness in timbre. Anyway, as with most Yamaha gear you can download a PDF manual to see what it has in terms of features."

ARP Quartet

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"The Quartet is a 49 note polyphony keyboard with 4 main oscillators (Brass, Strings, Organ, Piano). Each sound can be played individually or grouped in pairs for different sounds. The String sounds are similar to the other ARP models, with this model being more affordable then the rest. One LFO is included, a low pass filter and attack / sustain control. All sounds are controlled by color coded switches (all present and accounted for)."

Crumar Symphonizer

Title link takes you to more shots, also mirrored here.

Tara Busch - 'Over The Radio' home rehearsal

"On Rhodes piano with Moogerfooger 12 stage phaser"

YouTube via tarabusch. Sent my way via frederic.

The Kawai XC1 and Other Odd Modules

Title link takes you to a post on Shipitology where Grondo lists a number of the lesser known synth modules. More car stereos...

New MPC3000 OS by Rohan Mansell

Includes the following plus bug fixes:
"ADDED FEATURES:

1: MIDI CLOCK can be sent to ALL 4 MIDI output ports simultaneously. ( See photo above )
2: MIDI TIME CODE can be sent to ALL 4 MIDI output ports simultaneously. ( See photo above )
3: SAMPLE EDIT screen now features a TRUNC SFT ST+END function. ( See photo above )
4: Samples can now be real-time edited and/or processed while the sequencer is Playing or Recording.
5: New "Timing Correct / Step Size" options.
6: New BOOT SCREEN shows Software Version and License status then after approximately five seconds; SEQUENCE MEMORY, SAMPLE MEMORY and SMPTE I0055 option IC status.
7: Disk menu now features a robust sector at a time disk copier. "

Title link takes you there. via DVDBorn.

The Rise of the Machines

Title link takes you to a Real Audio video of RTE Publishing's "This Note's For You" episode six, "The Rise of the Machines." It's a great video with tons of synths. The synths come in around 3:39 and are throughout the video from that point on. I checked YouTube and Google Video to see if I could find it to embed in the post, but no such luck, so the title link it is. Enjoy.

Virtual Ensoniq SQ-80

Just saw this on Synthwire. Wow. This would cover the Ensoniq ESQ-1 as well. The 80 included more waveforms and polyphonic aftertouch. Title link takes you to the post with links to the software and audio comparisons with the original. Nice catch Carbon111!

Update: This one appears to be free folks. I just listened to the comparisons. They are spot on. Pretty amazing.

JoMoX in Black

XBASE999

More black after the hop.

god forgive me

flickr by polaranta.

I was trying to figure out why this shot was titled "god forgive me," then I realized why. I think it actually looks pretty cool.

Custom Korg Polysix

Tektron Logic Lab

Unfortunately this is not an actual synth, but we can pretend. : ) Title link takes you to the post on Space Time Modulator.

Western Brass - Rhodes Chroma Sample by N_PHAY

Title link takes you to N_PHAY's MySpace page. The track Western Brass features the Rhodes Chroma.

Burlap Synth

Yep, burlap. Title link takes you to the post on GetLoFi. Hmm... Kind of like cross-stitching synths.

Update via nsputnik in the comments:
"I saw this in person too. It would just kind of sit there and squeak. I have some more photos of it at [link]"

Yamaha CS70M

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Update: you can find an audio demo of the CS70M here.

Synare Sensor

No title link. Just this shot and details pulled via this auction.

Details:
"Superb old analogue drum synth, fully working, the knobs are: Tune, Mod, Sweep, Freq, Decay & volume. Needs a 9 volt battery, bolts to the edge of your drum - makes funky psychedelic space-age bleeps & bloops!"

25 Years of SCD

I previously put up a post on Boele Gerkes SCD (Something Completely Different). Boele let me know he is considering something very, very cool for his 25 year anniversary of SCD - a double DVD with every recording he ever did along with notes for each track. The notes will include the gear used, the story behind the song and Boele's thoughts on the track. Boele is thinking about creating a pressed version with printed label, booklet, inlay, etc. However, to do that he would need at least 30-40 people willing to pay 20-25 Euro's for the DVD. If you are interested, let him know. Title link takes you to his site with more info - click on the image pictured here when you get there. Boele can sign me up.