Buchla B-Sides via Chris Muir

As most of you know, I've been putting up Chris Muir's new Buchla 200e tracks as they come in. Each track get's added to Chris's 200e Noodles page. Well, it turns out Chris has more that's he's put on a B-sides page for the time being, while he thinks about what he wants to do with them. Until then, I say enjoy. Title link takes you to them.

MOOG Station

via Voltage Controlled

"Just picked up a Frostwave Resonator - what an awesome filter. It really gives the Voyager a unique sound. Basically I have things connected (most of the time) as follows: Voyager right out loops back into its mix-in for distortion effect. Voyager left out to ZVex Fuzz Factory to MF-102 Ring Mod to Frostwave Resonator to Deluxe Memory Man to mixer. It's all in mono but even so there is something really special about the sound this setup produces. I also have a Moog pedal plugged into the Voyager filter input. I tend to use the LFO on the MF-102 to manipulate the LPF frequency on the Resonator which gives it some nice movement - this is attenuated via the VX-351 for more control. I optionally use the same LFO or the one from the Voyager (via the VX-351) to control the HPF frequency on the Resonator - also attenuated. The Resonator also allows you to control (via CV) the LPF and HPF resonance which makes it a great addition to any analog setup. So anyway...there it is...note the empty space to the left of the Memory Man...hmmm... :-)"

Update: "MP3

The bass sound is the frostwave HPF frequency being modulated by the LFO on the MF-102 with the Resonance set just right.

The "distorted nuclear alarm" sound is the Voyager (Um...either Funk It or Chick's ROM Warrior...I forget...slightly tweaked) running through the Frostwave at the same time as the bass sound is being generated.

Drums are a loop from Ableton Live. Rhodes is the Nord Electro 2. Whole thing run through a quick and dirty Izotope Ozone preset."

Akai AX80

Click here for shots via this auction. "This is a vintage AKAI AX80 programmable polyphonic (analog) synthesizer, the first keyboard manufactured by AKAI (1984-87). It has a 5-octave, 61 note velocity- sensitive keyboard; 8 voice with 2 DCO per voice, 96 memory locations (32 pre-set, 64 user-writable). Other features include pitch bend, modulation, hold and chord memory."

Check out the OSC graph. Click the image for a bigger shot.

Sound Destruction Unit Videos

first sample


second sample

YouTubes via farnea. Via maxfarnea in the comments of this post.

Modular synth PCBs

flickr by Equaliser.

"Oakley PSU and Dizzy, a couple of Ray Wilson VCOs, a VC-LFO, a ADSR, the Dual-VCA, and Marc Bareille's Polivoks filter clone."

Cirocco Modular Synthesizers

Modular system by Phil Cirocco. Title link takes you there. These are available now. Be sure to check out these previous CMS posts. CMS specializes in ARP repair and restoration and Phil fully restored a Hammond Novachord, a polyphonic synthesizer by Hammond from 1939. There are samples on the Novachord Restoration Project site.

Access Virus TI Polar Demo

Title link takes you to the demo on Gearwire. This one is all demo, no talking.

Delayed Korg MS-20

YouTube via Newueel.

The Ultimate Keytar

Who needs a Syntar when you can have this! Click here for more shots via this auction.

Details:
"This is a vintage 80's toy called Hit Guitar. The neck piece straps to your hand allowing you to play a twelve note scale! The guitar part straps to your belt. This strange devise is hard to find and should be circuit bent with a pitch pot so you can tune it fat and low! However it does have a tone knob on it which is actually a tune knob. You can bend the pitch up or down and when you let go of it the note you're playing will snap back to it's original pitch. This has an analog chip in it and will make an excellent stage instrument if it falls in the right hands...I'm only selling this cause I'm swimming in heaps of gear I've collected and something must go! It works well (I played a few farewell solos today) but the battery cover is missing. Snap this gem to bend up if you like it!"

BTW, if you know anything about the "analog chip" feel free to comment. I'm guessing it's not actually analog, but who knows...

Studio Electronics SE-1

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Inside an Oberheim OB-Mx

"This Oberheim OB-Mx rackmount analog synth was purchased new in 1995 and was played by Rick Wakeman on the YES album "Keys to Ascension" (I was a recording engineer on the project). It has three (3) voice expansion cards, and has been in a controlled storage environment since 1996. Front panel, knobs, LCD, output jacks, etc. are in excellent condition. The memory backup battery expired some time ago, and as a result, all internal presets are lost/scrambled. I do not have a users manual or any documentation. ROM version is 1.04."

Title link takes you to shots of the inside via this auction.

Roland System 100m

Title link takes you to more shots via this auction.

-112 2 VCO’S (SERIAL No. 102075)
-121 2 VCF’S (SERIAL No 941053)
-130 2 VCA’S (SERIAL No 790378)
-140 ENV AND LFO (SERIAL No 364316)
-150 LFO. (SERIAL No 102075)
-181 MODULAR KEYBOARD

AY-3-8910A Synth Sound Efx Chip

"This is a AY-3-8910A Synth Sound Efx Chip used in a LOT of old school coin-op video games. It is NOS (New-Old Stock), and comes with all documentation and Datasheets. It is a pretty wild chip - 3 oscillators, 1 noise generator, envelope controls, and 3 mixers, all under CPU control. (it is a register-based chip)."

via this auction and this auction.

PAiA 4700 Modular

via this auction

THIS SYSTEM INCLUDES:
2 piece folding Paia cabinet
4720 oscillator
4720 oscillator
4720 oscillator
4710 balanced modulator
4710 balanced modulator
4711 mixer 4/2
4730 vcf (multimode filter)
4730 vcf (multimode filter)
4740 envelope generator
4712 reverb
4750 control oscillator noise
envelope follower
8780 equally tempered d/a converter
8781 quash
4771 regulated power
4761 wing
4761 wing

Ensoniq Voice-80

via this auction.

Details:
"Rare ENSONIQ ESQ VOICE-80 Vol. 5 Cartridge. Plug this cartridge into an ENSONIQ ESQ-1 Synthesizer/ Workstation.

80 varied sounds in 8 banks. Pianos, basses, percussion, vox, layered, etc.

A1: DGPNO2, BRCSYN, DG-BR1, KEBASS, TWOBEL, PSYNTO, PLKVOX, SLOBEL, SQRSWP, BEN

A2: DGWHO?, SQREEJ, BRAUN, BASTE 2, HIPLSE, BRTSTR, MUSVOX, TUBES, STARK, METLSD

A3: CLAV 2, DRORG2, LOG S1, SEQ 3, CWBEL2, STRBEL, LOWAHH, STARS3, PLUCK, SPLSH1

A4: ALPHA1, SYNPNO, RESPRO, PAPRBS, TMBALE, JSTRING, SENTRY, DG, WIZZLE, CARDBD,

B1: PARIS1, FUNK, RLBRSS, P BASS, BARREL, GEGEE, SING, VOXBEL, AMBO, FALOUT

B2: HRPS14, HARMN, BLUE, METB52, PERCUS, HELIO2, FLUTE4, VOXHAL, PRMPNO, BNG 1

B3: GRIST2, BENDVX, MONOLG, FGRBAS, GISNR2, TODD’S, TRFLT1, QUEST, GEGEE2, SPLUCK

B4: DGLADY, TWEAK, MINIM3, PBASS2, GTDSNS, STRK 2, DIGBSN, RIPPLE, TOQ, PULSAR"