d16 group Audio Software - Drumazon

"Take a look on our newest product - the Drumazon. It's virtual drum synthesizer emulating the well-known classic drum machine.
Drumazon will be released on December 15-th but it's available now in special pre-order offer (read below). More details on Drumazon soon... Visit the audio samples section and hear it now. You can also take a look on its GUI"

Title link takes you there. Via SIGHUP a brand new blog.


And the PHOSCYON


virtual 909
virtual 303

Music Gear Repair and Hacking

http://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/gearhack.html

Included pages on:
1. ARP Axxe
2. ARP Omni
3. ARP Quadra
4. Electric Sitar
5. Fender Lace VI
6. Guitar Feedback Generator
7. Jazz Looping Pedalboard
1. Copeland Hex Pickup
2. Fenderizer Amp Simulator Pedal
3. Split Guitar Pickup Experiments
8. Pogo Studio Moog Modular
9. Roland GR-300 Guitar Synth
10. Roland GR-50 Guitar Synth - Sustain Modification

Clarity RETRO polyphonic MIDI - to -CV converter

No title link. Three shots via this auction. Not much as far as details (note the Clarion typo):

"here we have a CLARION RETRO, a polyphonic MIDI-to-CV converter that also acts as 4 seperate LFO with variable waveforms if needed :)

i used this unit with my modular for the past 4 years with NO complaints. the buttons function smoothly with no resistance or double triggering. the input and outputs are all dust free and connect firmly. since i recently sold me modular i now have no need to take this with me so i'm hoping it can go to a good home."

ROLAND MC-8 MICROCOMPOSER ANALOG SEQUENCER

Title link takes you to an article on Sound on Sound. This image and the details below were pulled from this auction.

"INFORMATION > The Roland MC-8 MicroComposer was introduced in 1977 at a price of around $8000 as the world's first digital microprocessor driven, VC (Voltage Control) unit, (a pre-MIDI sequencing method used for electronic music). The MicroComposer could precisely adjust multiple sound producing and effects elements of a synthesizer, such as the VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator), the VCF (Voltage-controlled filter), and other voltage controlled components very rapidly, which is nearly impossible to do manually by a performer. The MC-8 was designed to work with the large complex modular synthesizers such as the Roland System 100 and System 700. It could also be used during a live performance to control lighting by using pre-programmed, timed pulses, and pre-programmed timed voltage levels."

via sonicbrat.

Jessica Rylan in Chicago

This one in via Alex. If you are in the Chicago area this might be interesting. Title link takes you to more info including a map.

JESSICA RYLAN
Nov 18 9pm 6ODUM

Something new from JR … synthesizer blurpage and campfire vocals … mysteries nested like Russian dolls … homemade and heart-wrenching. Masters of the Ellipsis, we are.

Rylan (b. 1974, London) is a sound artist and electronic musician who lives and works in the Boston area. She builds analog synthesizers, which she uses for sound installations at galleries (LIST Visual Art Center at MIT, the Boston Center for the Arts, Bard College) and also in her high energy musical performances. Her recordings are available on RRRecords and Ultra Eczema, as well as her own IRFP label. In 2005, Rylan was named Research Affiliate at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT to study chaotic synthesizer design. She has lectured at Bard College, Boston University, Harvard and Smith College.

Via Alex

Vaco Loco MIDI2SDS

"A handy module for converting MIDI data to trigger pulses, suitable for driving the Simmons SDS range. The module can also be used to trigger any drum machine that requires a short pulse of a variable level to trigger."

Title link takes you there. More on Simmons here.

Update via Paul in the comments:
"Thanks for the link, If you want, you can buy the kit from elby-designs ;-"

Synth P*rn on SoNiCbRaT

Sherman Filterbank II


Roland JUNO-106


ROLAND RS09


Alesis ION


Kawai K5000W

Roland SH-101 Modded

Click each link for more.

Waldorf File Archive

The Waldorf File Archive is up. Title link takes you there.

Waldorf Edition Update v1.2.3

30/10/2006:

This update is strongly recommended for all users of the new Waldorf Edition package published by Waldorf. It addresses the following issues:

*Saving and loading of Sounds and Banks on computers with Intel processors (Windows and Intel Mac) with the PPG Wave 2.V. The resulting files had some wrong values that might result in wrong behaviour or even crashes when loading them or opening song projects. Note that the PPG Wave 2.V 1.2.3 can load these erroneous Sounds or Banks and saves them back properly if wanted.
*Opening the PPG Wave 2.V as AudioUnit in Logic might result in up to 32 output channels assigned to the PPG Wave 2.V when run as a multi out instrument. On these outputs, digital noise might have occured.

Title link takes you there.

PAiA Modular

Title link takes you to some shots from this sale. I also backed them up here in case the images disappear.

via Gord.

Update: More via Music of Plexus.

Analog Systems

Title link takes you to shots pulled via these auction.

via Mark.

Yamaha TX81Z

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. I need to stop with the box fetish...

via loscha

Waldorf MicroWave 1 Demo Sounds

Title link takes you to Dr. Georg Mueller's MicroWave 1 Demo Sound page. Tons of samples and some descriptions after the hop. Enjoy.

Yamaha CS15D

flickr via polaranta.

Moog Sonic Six

flickr by Heath Finnie.

Click here for more.

Magic Smoke Electronics Mankato

"Magic Smoke is the exclusive licensed source of Thomas Henry's books on do-it-yourself musical electronics as well as the source for exclusive analog synthesizer modules and kits. For starters, we're bringing out Thomas's classic books plus his fantastic new voltage controlled filter."

The Mankato!

Designed by well known synth DIY guru Thomas Henry, the TH-201 is a low-pass VCF with some unusual operating modes. Magic Smoke will be producing kits for a four output model (TH-201/4) and an eight output model (TH-201/8). With the Resonance control turned all the way up, these filters will self-oscillate, operating as multi-phase LFOs or VCOs.

Both DC-coupled and AC-coupled inputs are available. The DC-coupled inputs allow the TH-201 to operate as a voltage-controlled lag processor (slew limiter). All outputs are buffered and have standard 1k impedance.

The TH-201 VCF will be produced as a kit in Euro Rack and Frac Rack panel formats. The PCB will be available separately for those who want to package the TH-201 in other formats.

The Mankato covers a very wide frequency range -- around 0.005Hz (200 seconds/cycle) to beyond 20kHz without range switches. Changing the timing capacitors can provide extended low frequency operation.

TH-201/4
• 12 and 24 dB outputs
• inverted 12 and 24 dB outputs
• 90 degrees of phase difference between each output
• quadrature sine wave oscillator

TH-201/8
• 6, 12, 18, and 24 dB outputs
• inverted 6, 12, 18, and 24 dB outputs
• 45 degrees of phase difference between each output
• 8-phase sine wave oscillator

The following is one via this gallery of this year's AH Bay Area Synth Gathering.

AH Bay Area Gathering 2006 via Electronic Musician

The synth gathering made the Electronic Musician blog. Our own Brian Comnes got a mention as well. Pretty cool. : )

"List member Brian Comnes, who coordinated the gathering, set up a raffle to raise money for the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation. The donated prizes included hats and shirts from RobotSpeak, a Metasonix TM-6, a gift certificate to Analogue Haven, and a vintage Korg MonoPoly synth (donated by sound-designer and EM author Nick Peck).

Personally, the most interesting aspect of an AHCali meeting is hearing what people have to say about their instruments, finding out what they like most about them, and hearing how they use them. I was particularly interested in learning more about the Buchla 200e, and Chris Muir was patient enough to explain some its deep feature-set to me."

Update: I realized I didn't give the celebrity list for the event. Here it is:

"Instrument designers visiting the show included Don Buchla, Dave Smith, Mike Brown (LiveWire), and Eric Barbour of Metasonix. Composer/performer Robert Rich was kind enough to bring along his large MOTM system. And San Francisco-based retailer Robot Speak was also present with plenty of Moog-related hardware and software items on display."

PAiA midi2cv8 MIDI to CV converter

Bookmarking this one for me to look up when I need one.

"This freshly updated MIDI to CV converter from PAiA is an economical and versatile solution for interfacing MIDI to the world of analog synthesis and control. It is an easy to build and use system with eight analog outputs that can be Control Voltages, Gates, Triggers, even variable amplitude pulses for triggering analog drum sets. The newly revised firmware allows Multi assignment of notes by midi channel and a DIN sync mode that can also control of one or two synths while sync is running."

Title link takes you there. via brian comnes.

"my favorite now if I did it over again wpould be that PAIA MIDI2CV8 kit. This thing gives you 8 separate CV outs that can be configured in several ways - coolest is the mono with pitch. gate, and 6 more assigned CC controllers (think about that ) , or 4 channel pitch and gate only , it's a trip ..... you can build one for about $130 or check the 1U rack mount with the pair horizontal , can you imagine 16 CV channels and a computer sequencer on a modular?? ..woohoo ....except no LFO, you have to get that somewhere else, also the M2CV8 has power circuit on it (wall wart too) , the other modules get their pawer from the M2CV8 or separate supply"