Roland SH-1000

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.
"It has 10 preset sounds and a synth section for creating your own sounds. On the synth section there are 9 synth selectors giving a range from 32' to 2' each of which can be combined for generating more complex waveforms. It also has a VCF and VCA. Effects include Vibrato, Tremelo, Portamento, Glide, Growl, Waw and Random Note which plays "accidental" random notes, interesting effect. There is also White and Pink noise."

Philips PMC100 Tiny Portable Synth

No title link. Shot and details pulled via this auction.

"This auction is for my Philips PMC100. It comes with its original box, a shoulder strap that clips on, a set of earphones with spare foam covers, the original manual in German, and a photocopy of an English manual. There are also some other little booklets to go with it that are in German.

It is in very good condition and works well - although I must point out that I'm not really sure what it does! As far as I can tell it works fine.

It can work on either 6 AA batteries, or a 9 volt multi adapter, neither of which are included.

It has a tape recorder built into it, that enables you to save your compositions like how old computers used to work. The tape recorder also allows you to record audio.

Connection wise it has a headphone/line out socket, a microphone socket and the external power input socket.

The PMC100 has 100 instrument or "melody" voices, and another 15 "melody and accompaniment" voices.

The keyboard is touch sensitive in a similar way to the EDP Wasp.

There is not much more to say abouth the PMC really, I couldn't find much info about it on the net and I know very little about it myself. As it is portable and can be run on batteries, I did wonder whether it may be of use to circuit benders?

Here's what I did find about it on the net:

Its based on the Yamaha FM sound chip, was launched in 1986, it had a nine-channel FM synth with a 100 presets, a membrane keyboard, 8k of ram, a built in cassette recorder, and buttons for a strap. It was designed by British PC music pioneer Lyndsay Williams, who claims to have designed the first ever PC soundcard, for an Olivetti in 1987."

Update via Andreas in the comments: picture of a white PMC100 via link.

Lord of the Korg

This goes out to the people who took the time out to comment in this post. ; ) For those of you that appreciate the video, check out Yanni Live!

The Yamaha HX1

Click here for a site dedicated to the Yamaha HX1, including samples, sent my way via Loscha. The site also includes the following modules: CVS-10, AVS-10, MDR-2/3/4/10, FVX-1, AVX-1, VEX-1/VEX-10, MBS-10 and more.

"The Yamaha HX is an electronic organ (musical instrument with keyboards) usually refered as an Electone - electronic tone (sound) generator. It is used not only for playing church pieces as with traditional organ or harmonium, but also for contemporary music such as jazz, rock etc. along with auto accompaniment and rhythm patterns. The first HX was introduced in 1987 and was the first electone equiped with Yamaha's new AWM tone generator (sampeled acoustinc sound). (EL and AR series are almost entirely AWM based).

The HX has warm sounds and beutiful figure (as can be seen in the Modular page). The tone generators of that series supported FM (Frequant Modulation),WM (Wave Memory - sampled organ sounds) and AWM (Advenced Wave Memory - sampled acoustinc sounds). As far as I know, only the HX (and FVX-1) series had 8/16 operatores for each FM sound, the famouse Yamaha DX-7 and SY-77 had only 6 operatores for each FM/AFM element. The HX has:
- 90 presets + 8 user (programmable) FM polyphonic voices (8 op. each),
- 54 presets + 6 user (programmable) FM monophonic voices (16 (!!) op. each),
- 16 presets + 16 user (programmable) WM polyphonic voices (Sampeled Drawbars),
- 5 presets AWM polyphonic voices (U/L keyboard),
- 5 presets AWM monophonic voices (bass),
- 60 Percussion AWM sounds."

Spoogeworld - Yamaha Resource Site

This one via Loscha. Title link takes you to a Yamaha resource site with manuals, patches and a book on FM Theory & Application written by the creators of FM synthesis.

Waldorf Wave Demo Take 2

Remember this WAVE demo? OH is back with one more:

"i have posted a link to a song [risong] with many sounds from the waldorf WAVE. a larger version is now available at: link

it is now called "resurrect me"

it is not finished yet but there are many beautiful WAVE sounds at the beginning and above all in the slow break."

Shadow Wave pictured.

Korg Z1 Demos by Suit & Tie Guy

Two demos by Suit & Tie Guy:
demo_world.mp3
"a Ligeti-ish take on 'What a wonderful world,' with synths. it's Numerology controlling 6 voices of a Z1 and a pluck sound on the MS2000. the pitch bend module in Numerology is used to make the notes glide from note to note over a one-measure period."

demo_dnb_world.mp3
"the phaser on the Z1 is coming from the Digitech Studio 400, and any delay or reverb is off the TSR-24. the sequencing was done with a very very early version of Numerology, probably the freshest alpha as of Jan 28, 2003. the bass on the dnb version is from the Bass Station and the drum samples are off the S2800, and i'm pretty sure are my own samples of a local indie rock drummer at his kit."

CV LED Plugs

via daddio:
recipe:
1/8" or 1/4" plug
100k resistor
led
shrink wrap

Plug into CV out and watch the lights pulse, ramp up and down, etc.
Multicolored blinky light heaven.

Similar to: link.

Buchla Phases out 259e & 249e?

Via the Buchla list.

Bryan notes:
"Looks like the 249e might be gone as well. Both modules have been removed from the systems on the price list. I bet there aren't as many orders for them now that the 261e and 250e came out. I haven't got my hands on either of the DARFs yet to prefer one over the other but I do like the 259e just as much as the 261e. Maybe more..."

Two prior posts specifically mentioning the 259e Oscillator (I didn't find any I put up for the 249e):
Buchla Breaking the Mold
Buchla 200e Analog vs. Digital

Update via Ezra Buchla:
"- something very much like the probability fields in the 249 can be
programmed with the 250 and the lower section of the 266. try it!

- keep up the feedback. it is not impossible to make more of these,
especially the 259. i love that module, because i love crazy extreme digital
sounds. these very same sounds have been bad-mouthed a lot in the press, so
if you enjoy them, let us know.

- the 249 is a beast to assemble, and we've had few enough orders that it's
hard to justify continuing firmware support for it (a lot of work would be
needed to really root out all the bugs.)"

Another update from Ezra:
"hi everyone, a couple things:

- we're not taking orders for either of these modules right now (and here
are good reasons). we will fill orders on the waitlist. i can't say if we
will make more of them ever.

- if you were considering ordering a 249, i would not dismiss the 250. it
lacks some functions but adds other important ones: 32x stationary knob
bank, 16x sample and hold, new voltage integration uses... if you miss the
259's probability fields, it is possible to program the same behaviors with
a 250 and 266 combo."

The Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music

Newsletter #2:

"Greetings from The Bob Moog Foundation! Thanks so much to all of you who helped make the launching of our website a success. We've had over 6,000 visitors to the site and over 1,100 downloads of our podcast featuring the band Perpetual Groove. The podcast series has also helped us to reach out to the community of musicians playing Moog instruments.

Over the past month, we have been hard at work building our base of support and we need your help! We are planning to distribute brochures about the Foundation to music venues across the U.S. to put backstage, encouraging bands to get involved. In order to accomplish this, we need to raise $5,000.00. Please consider making a $50.00 gift to aid in this effort. Every contribution counts. We need yours.

As we continue to work at cultivating support, we also have a couple of exciting Moogcasts coming up. Look for a podcast featuring Aron Magner, keyboardist from the Disco Biscuits, coming soon. Upcoming artists include progressive rock legend Keith Emerson.

We all miss Bob, but in these podcasts we get a chance to see the music live on through these great musicians.

We thank you for joining us in supporting the Moog legacy of electronic music innovation.

Moog lives. Rock on.

Michelle Moog-Koussa
Director, The Bob Moog Foundation

Spread the word!

Like Michelle mentioned, it's critical that we spread the word about The Moog Foundation in key music venues and studios around the country. With development, printing and production we need to raise $5,000 to make this happen. Will you help?

Donate Now

Moog in Japanese?

Thanks to our good friend Keiichi Goto, we now have translations of several key components of the www.moogfoundation.org translated into Japanese.

Look for the site to be updated in the coming weeks. Down the road, we hope to launch a Moog Foundation Japan site.

Thanks Keiichi!

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