MATRIXSYNTH

at 7/09/2006 07:45:00 PM

One more by devowski. I just like this one.

at 7/09/2006 07:41:00 PM

Another via devowski. I'm begining to wonder when I might actually run into one of these in public. BTW, if you ever run into one of these or other in public and have a digital camera handy, send me a picture and I'll put up a post. I'll call it Synthspotting.

Update via devowski in the comments:

"lately ive just been painting in upstate new york and ontario, as well as on freight trains which go all over the continent. i do however have a few of these guys hanging out in sweden and france.

for the love of synths indeed.
if anyone is interested in a painting or something id gladly sell or trade. "

at 7/09/2006 07:35:00 PM

Ok, is it just me or has anyone else noticed old gear being let go for less than a year or two ago? I recently saw a Roland SH-101 listed for $375, a Kawai SX240 for $200 and now this, a Roland Juno 106 for $275. Title link takes you to the sale on Craigslist. I'm begining to wonder if people are dropping thier old gear in favor of new analogs, soft synths, and VAs. If this trend continues I just might get me an SH-101. : )

at 7/09/2006 07:23:00 PM

I just came across this post on VSE. I grabbed the shots and put them here for posterity. I didn't realize this was a DCO based analog synth. According to Sealed's HT-6000 site, the "HT-6000 is a 4DCO analog synth with a ring modulator. VCF became polyphonic, and white/metallic noise can be controlled by an independent DCA."

Title link takes you to more info including samples.

at 7/09/2006 07:08:00 PM

flickr by synthfanKH. Looks like synthfanKH put up a bunch of new synth shots. Title link takes you to the current set.

at 7/09/2006 07:02:00 PM

flickr by synthfanKH.

at 7/09/2006 06:59:00 PM

flickr via janvanvolt. Title link takes you to more shots including module faceplates.

at 7/09/2006 02:06:00 AM

Update: Click here.

Somone stole Evergreen State College's Music Easel (pictured). If you know anything please contact pbr. To the person who stole this: if you managed to sneak it out of there, sneak it back in. You suck. This is the one Easel, that those of us who can't afford, can actually hope to see one day; I was hoping to see it. Other bloggers and site owners out there who read this site, please feel free to post this as well. Maybe someone that reads your site can help.

"Yes indeed we had our wonderful easel stolen this week. I am heartbroken as it was one of my first instruments here at the college. They did not get the top, so someone has an easel without the top in their possession. We have a possible suspect who I will release his name once the cops finish their initial investigation.

Please circulate this information as widely as you can.

Thanks.
pbr"

at 7/09/2006 02:05:00 AM

Title link takes you to more shots on electro-music.com.

Update via the comments:

"You can find mp3s in this thread here"

at 7/09/2006 02:04:00 AM

Brian Moore dropped me a line about a Yamaha VL1 up for auction. I asked him if he had seen the VP1. He did and he mentioned that he was thinking of picking up the Yamaha S-YXG100 a softsynth with the VL physical modelling. I knew about the Korg OASYS PCI but not this. Brian sent me a couple of links (one, two) and a zip of the demo. Only thing is like the OASYS PCI it only runs on Windows 95/98. Here's the 1999 press release from Harmony Central:

"February 17, 1999
Yamaha Corporation, the world' s largest manufacturer of musical instruments, today announced the development of the SoftSynthesizer Poly-VL which further enhances Yamaha’s SoftSynthesizer software for creating polyphonic sound with a Virtual Acoustic (VA) synthesizer. The Poly-VL, a plug-in module for the SoftSynthesizer S-YXG100, is designed to take advantage of the performance of Intel’ s Pentium® III processor. As a result, it can reproduce music approaching the realism of a live music performance.

"We are delighted with this development," said Yamaha Corporation President Kazukiyo Ishimura. "Thanks to the power of Intel’ s new Pentium III processor, everybody can now enjoy music in their own homes as if it is performed by real musical instruments. We will start introducing this software to all major computer manufacturers to bundle it on their new computers."

Yamaha SoftSynthesizer embodies software technology that enables the playback of MIDI data even without dedicated hardware such as an external tone generator or a sound card. At present, Yamaha has shipped over eight million units of its acclaimed SoftSynthesizer S-YXG50 for preinstallation on computers made by manufacturers worldwide.

WaveTable synthesis is widely used in musical instruments and software synthesizers, and this technology is based on playback of pre-sampled waveforms. On the other hand, Virtual Acoustic synthesis utilizes a model that builds a virtual instrument and then creates sound by simulating the behavior of sound generation in a real musical instrument. Because VA recreates the sound generating mechanism of a musical instrument itself, users can create sounds that replicate both the timbre and expression of real instruments much more closely than is possible with an ordinary synthesizer. New and unusual combinations can even be created, such as a timbre that simulates a flute with brass mouthpiece being played with a cello bow.

The new Poly-VL utilizes the power of the Pentium III processor to generate eight-voice polyphony with VA synthesis, allowing users to recreate— for example— the sound of a brass ensemble of up to eight voices, including saxes, trombones, and trumpets. The percussion and keyboard sounds that are generated using Wave Table synthesis and orchestral timbre generated with VA synthesis results in a powerfully expressive music performance."