Hail, Stanford, Hail: Keytar Hero / Guitar Hero

YouTube via tyhsu. This gem sent my way via Ian.
TV commercial from Stanford University, showcasing the FM synthesizer. See http://hailstanford.stanford.edu for more like this."

Three Fracs of Fun

flickr by lesser_inc.

Click here for the full size shot
Click here for mouse overs for each module.

Dueling Retake - Appliancide

Remember Applieancide? Click here for another track featuring his 2 suitcase eurorack modular.
"This one is two passes of the same patch being tweaked as it plays. One pass is panned left and the other right. I didn't set out to do this. I justed wanted to see if I could get a better take and as I was comparing the two (the first one was better of course) I decided that I liked the way they sounded together. Other than EQ and compression, no effects were used/added."

ARP Ensemble Organ

This image was sent into AH via Ivan (link). Anyone know more about this particular unit?

MMM PS Module

Mattson Mini Modular
Power/ MIDI set
MIDI I/O- Mode Select

Note this marks the last module in the series. Click here for the full module list.

5th annual Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting

"The 5th annual Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting will be:

September 29th
10:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Renton Technical College
Building C, The Technology Resource Center Room 111 3000 NE 4th St Renton, WA 98056

Late breaking news: The Mattson Mini Modular will be unveiled at this meeting. Yes, the happily married Jim Patchell will be present.

More information about the meeting is available at www.sound-photo.com. Unfortunately I have not updated the site from last year. Lazy or busy. The room has changed 111 which is the larger room next door.

I know that someone wants to carpool from Vancouver Island. It is probably okay to make one solicitation on these lists. In the past people have carpooled from Portland.

Take care,
John
www.sound-photo.com
www.antenna-farm.com"

Note: This will be the first public appearance of the Mattson Mini Modular, so if you want to see it and you are in the area, please come. If you have a synth to bring, feel free to bring it as well.

Serge Modular

This beauty was sent in via Peter Grenader of Plan b on the AH list. I asked him if I could put it up and he gave me the thumbs up.

1. 24 channel comb filter
(4) Quad VCA
(4) 4 channel unity gain mixers
(4) 2 channel unity gain mixers

2. (8) Extended ADSR

3. (8) Extended ADSR

4, Touch Activated Keyboard, w/mod 16 inputs, 1 output

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Modified Linn LM-1

images via this auction. via Bill.

"Extremely rare, only 500 were ever made. This is the machine that changed the way we record, and became the voice of pop music in the eighties. It’s the classic sound heard on Prince’s When Doves Cry, 1999 and others. It was used by The Human League, Art of Noise, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and just about everybody else back then. It was the first programmable drum machine to feature samples of real drums. It retailed for $4995.00, and is the only piece of equipment that I ever paid list price for—there was a waiting list, and I was lucky to get one! Yes, I am the original owner. Auction includes the original owner’s manual.

About this particular unit, serial no. 00331: It has been sitting in its Anvil case in the garage for about twenty years. Sad, but true, how fickle we are with equipment. It worked perfectly when I put it away, and after bringing it back to life, I am happy to say that it is about 97% fully functional. Here’s what’s going on:

The batteries are possibly (probably) dead, and one of the connecting leads has come away from the battery pack. It appears that a screw is missing. Not being a tech, I don’t want to risk hooking up this lead in case I’m wrong. I don’t have a schematic for the machine, and probably couldn’t read it if I did. Therefore, the machine will not retain anything programmed into it when the power is turned off. Be that as it may, the unit still records, and functions as it did back in the day. I haven’t gone through and tested every single function such as swing, and linking up patterns, but recording a pattern works fine. The sliders on the mixer are a little bit dirty, and the upper conga will disappear from the mix sometimes because of this. It comes back from moving the fader up and down, so I assume a good cleaning will take care of that. I haven’t tested the individual outs, they need cleaning as well. After sitting in the Anvil case all that time, some of the foam from inside the case dried up and stuck to the outputs. The left and right stereo outs work fine, as do the pan switches for each individual channel.

Long ago, I had the machine modified to allow more chips to be installed, and there are three switches on the back panel that change the kick, congas and snare. There are two kicks installed, and the snare channel has a nifty fingersnap sound when one of the switches is thrown. There is also a ¼” unlabeled jack on the back that I have no idea what it’s for—it was all a long time ago.

Cosmetically, it’s not too bad; a few scratches on the top panel, most likely from other gear being set on top of it. This machine was only used in the studio, and only transported in the case, but it IS 25 years old, and shows some wear and tear that you can see in the photos."

HarriL - Electronic Tripping (Live)

video upload by HarriL

NOTE: The above is a 10 minute version of the following:

"Hey again!
No testing this time! Here's a (rather long - 14minutes!) electro-house jam/song mixed with live guitar and harmonica sounds.

Gear used:
Video here (in stereo)
Mp3 here

Gear used:
Quasimidi Rave-o-lution 309, FutureRetro Revolution fed through EMX for effects. ESX for some samples. K-station as an effects unit for the harmonica and the guitar. I had a sequence planned for KS, but actually forgot to play it."

harbinson - ohh the moonshine

YouTube via LukeHarbinson.
The onhand version of the song so you can see whats going on. mp3 available free on myspace"

Alesis A6 Andromeda: Bass sounds

YouTube via YpsilonVector.

JoMoX Sunsyn

images via this auction.

Roland SH-2000

images via this auction.




YouTubes via mavropigi.

E-MU Emulator III

via this auction.

Roland JX-8P

images via this auction.

MAM MB33 II

via this auction.

sample 1
sample 2

• 100% analog audio synthesis
• VCO : Square wave and Sawtooth
• Suboscillator
• 18 dB low-pass filter like the original TB-303
• Pulse width modulation (PWM)
• Distortion effect
• VCF IN (External audio signals can be applied to the VCF IN socket for processing by the MB 33 II.)
• MIDI In / Out / Thru
• MIDI can send/receive controls for the cutoff, resonance, ENV mod, accent, decay, distortion, and autoslide on/off
• Reso adjust
• Autoslide

Plexus Instruments CR-800

via royce on AH.

"the only trick with the triggering is the cr8000 voice boards need a downgoing (positive to negative) trigger. this can be accomplished with an inverter, such as a doepfer or analogue solutions inverter module. i wound up using an elby midi-trigger converter, with a reprogrammed pic. the upside is that THE TRIGGERING IS VELOCITY SENSITIVE. this is fantastic, and allows for subtle nuances."

More images here.