Sequenox 5000 and MIDI Sphere

Sequenox 5000
MIDI Sphere below

via opticallightpipe.com. Not much info, just shots. When you get there mouse over the sections on the left. Third one down should be Tactile. Click on it. If anyone has more info on these, please comment.

This one in via Robert.

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creamware Prodyssey

flickr by pac209.

This one kept popping up on my blog reader so I guess it really wants a post. ;)

click here for the full size shot. There is one more in the flickr set.

Also, according to the description of the shot, it looks like it's actually for sale.

"the Prodyssey (sold only 2006 and 2007) is a VA remake of the Arp Odyssey II. It has 12 voices and 127x user memory. The filter is switchable between ARP and Minimoog style 24dB charakter."

Buchla Sighting - DJ Heather Heart

Buchla Music Easel. This one sent my way via vgermuse.
"Here's a little clip from the DVD Better Living Through Circuitry by Jon Reiss. The clip is of the DJ Heather Heart and has a brief but nice panning shot of what looks to be a pristine Buchla Music Easel."

Update: found the DVD on Amazon

More info on imdb.

If anyone has an official website for the DVD, post it in the comments and I'll update the post.

Roland JP8000 Jarre

Roland JP8000 Demo

YouTube via oxygene65.
"Crap demo of the JP8000 doing the solo to Jean Michel Jarre's Overture, from The Concerts In China. Massive apologies for the really bad solo. This was using the Soaring Mini patch. You can listen to my proper cover version of Overture on my soundclick page."

jp 8000 jarre

"concert in china jp 8000"
YouTube via graal7.

Buchla 259e

Looks like there's one up this auction. You don't see these come up often.

Design: Fotosis No. 005

"Fotosis instrument No. oo5 will be a hybrid guitar / synth, but not 80's keytar style. Actually it will have everything our previous instruments had with a special sort of experimental guitar added to the control panel. That means square wave noise maker section, optical theremin, passive ring modulator and a weird stringed instrument all in one. The picture on the left is my first drawing of the proposed device. I suppose it'll look and play a bit like a lap steel guitar."

Title link takes you there.

Podcast: Sonic TALK 057 - Prophet 08, Logic 8 Leak

"First we get excited about the new synthesizer from Dave Smith Instruments - the Prophet 08, then Noneric gives us some second-hand but reliable information on the new Logic Pro imminent update, then we're off to the world of quad core laptops, OS upgrades ain't what they used to be, and as Jazz Mutant demo their first mulit-touch PC, how do we feel about using that as an interface?"

Title link takes you there. The Prophet '08 talk, actually doesn't come in for bit but the talk leading up to it is entertaining as usual. There is some mention of the Waldorf Blofeld and the recent Musotalk vids. Great podcast and... Matrixsynth got a plug. : ) Very cool. Thanks guys.

MOTM 300 Ultra VCO

Title link takes you to some words and a sample of the MOTM 300 Ultra VCO on My Synthesis Technology.

Doepfer-Modular Analog

YouTube via DavideModu.

Livewire Dual Cyclotron+Doepfer A-100

YouTube via DavideModu.

acidlab bassline 2 programming

YouTube via pac209.

Cwejman Res-4 Quad Resonator Demo

via REwire
"Tune/Demo using the new Cwejman Res-4 Quad Resonator exclusively. It is four BP/Notch Resonant Filters in array with knob controls for Freq, Bandwidth and Level of all four filters and 14 CV ins as well for all controls and Master Freq and Level. It acts as a Filter Bank, Formant Filter and stereo effects processor as the BP and Notch outputs are available simultaneously to create cool stereo effects.

Every sound in my demo is through the Filter and nothing else except a little Reverb in my DAW. I ran drum loops through the filter and just a Pulse from a Plan-B Model 15 and Saw from an ASys RS-95 Osc. All the Modulating was done by LFO's and Envs to the filters but the most useful module here is the Cwejman PH-4 Phase Modulator which sends four phased LFO's to all four Resonators for swirling Flanging and Chorus effects. Many of the ghostly ringing sounds are the Resonators Self Oscillating and me playing it by Keyboard CV. The Res-4 really allows any sound to be dialed in easily and twisted to hell."

Demo (mp3 4:06):
http://www.REwireMusic.com/Audio/Demos/REwire_-_Cwejman-Res-4_Demo.mp3
REwire (http://www.REwireMusic.com)
Previous REwire posts

New monomes are Coming

No that actually isn't the new monome. Via the monome site:
"this mold is used to make the little conductive rings in the new keypad design. we were optimistic and a bit ahead of ourselves with our projected release date (posted vaguely and quietly on the forums some time ago.) we currently expect to ship the two fifty six (256) mid-october. we will take pre-orders two weeks before. the good news is that the 128 and 64 will follow close behind (6-8 weeks.)


pricing (USD):
* two fifty six: $1400
* one twenty eight: $800
* sixty four: $450"

Via CDM where you will find more monome goodness including images, video and some pretty nice DIY.

IMG_3465 - Matrixsynth by stylinghead

flickr by stylinghead.

click here for the full size shot.

Elektron Machinedrum

MusoTalk 67 - Arturia Jupiter 8 V

YouTube via musotalk. Be sure to check out the others.
via the comments of this post.

KORG KAOSS Guitar

Yet another custom design by §ILLON§. A KORG KAOSS pad built into a guitar. Title link takes you to two more shots.

He's got a virus

YouTube via CosmicD. Sent my way via Jared.

The Rentals: Friends of P

YouTube via Cloudburst. Guess the MOOG. The Rentals.

Update: One more via BetterButler in the comments. Note this one gives the MOOG away.
Answer also in the comments.

SID 6581

via this auction.

" This is a hand made Analog Synth with SID 6581 as the sound engine. It has a 2x16 Blue LCD, blue LED power and midi in indicator There are (6) Big Black Buttons to select menu functions. There are midi in and outs on this unit.
-All internal wiring is CAT5 and hot glued down at the solder locations to survive a very long lifespan
-the front and back panels are very thick clear and Transparent Blue plexiglass.
-12v AC power adapter is included WALLWART
-a HEATSINK is on the SID6581 for cooling and heat management.
-It can be edited via CC midi messaging."

Sequential Circuits SIEL Piano Forte

via this auction.

Reviews on HC

Inside the First Drum Machine - The Wurlitzer Sideman

Or rather rhythm machine. Title link takes you to some posts on Deviant Synth.

Be sure to check out the posts here as well for a video of one and some shots pulled from an auction.