Boland Synthesizer Featured in South Park Season 1 Episode 3

Check it out. Boland.

Via Lyle.

The Roland S-50 on wire to the ear

"The Roland S-50 was a futuristic looking black metal monolith with a fluorescent screen. It felt long and had 61 keys. Compare that with the measly cheap feeling two octave Oxygen 8 I use now! You could hook it up to an external monitor. I had mine hooked up to a 13″ green CRT poised on a three tier Ultimate Keyboard Rack. It also came with a digitizing tablet and pen similar to a Wacom tablet. This allowed you to draw waveforms but it was more gimmick than useful.

It was 4 part multitimbral and 16 voice polyphonic. It had a 3.5″ disc drive and 750k internal memory. You could sample at 12-bit at 15-30kHz." Click here for the full post on the Roland S-50 on wire to the ear.

Computer Music (Synthesizers, Synclavier) 1986

Computer Music (Synthesizers, Synclavier) 1986 Pt. 1

YouTube via cowsill2x2.

via Nusonica.

"Outdated but still interesting. Features news on "new" music making machines, including the Synclavier II. Max Matthews, Ronald Surak and Richard Head discuss sampling. Mason Gross. Rutgers. MIDI. PBS. Innovation"

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Vocoder Videos via intromix

Vocoder What Is It? EMS 2000 Demo w/ Oberheim OB-8

YouTube via intromix. via Nusonica.
"Here is how an analog vocoder works. I am not going to use technical "jibberish" so I will speak normal vocabulary. This is the legendary EMS Vocoder 2000 (from 1977) which soundwise compares against Sennheiser, Moog(Bode), Synton, Roland, Korg. I will give a basic demonstration on how to use a vocoder and how a vocoder functions to give it that "robotic" sound. I used an Oberheim OB-8 Keyboard to trigger the pitch on the vocoder"

Sennheiser VSM-201 Vocoder Audio Samples

"Here are some audio samples dedicated to the usage of the legendary Sennheiser VSM-201 Vocoder. Being that there is hardly any info on the web in reference to this unit, I took the initiative to be probably the first person to post audio samples of this vintage dinosaur....ENJOY!!!"

Cylon Costume With Vocoder Sample

"Here is a sample of what my Cylon costume sounds like with the vocoder and red eye warble sound."

astrolab studio

YouTube via ohrspace.
"a virtual visit of "astrolab" recording studio. http://www.myspace.com/astrolabstudio"

Yamaha DX-7 II + SCI Pro-One + Roland TR-707 (audio)

YouTube via retrosound72.
"short synth demo
Reso-Bass: SCI Pro-One
Melody: Yamaha DX-7 II
Drums: Roland TR-707
hand-played
more info: www.retrosound.de"

Smooth Electech - MC-909 LIVE (Part 6)

YouTube via siedgey.
"Hi everyone,

Thanks a lot for continuing to watch and enjoy my videos on Youtube, brings a tear to my (incredibly manly) eye.

I don't really know what genre this track is - if anyone has any ideas then comment! It was made in 1 night, recorded the next night. Smooth, rolling, melodic, highly compressed, slightly French...I could go on...

For some reason, the sound quality is far worse on the upload than the recorded video - apologies for that. Kinda makes it sound quite bass-heavy...ach well!

If you have any comments or questions, I'd love to hear them. Thanks again for watching...enjoy." Access Virus Classic.

minimoog bassline demo of Madonna - Get into the groove

YouTube via lewisjp8young.
"here's a demo clip of the bassline for the song (into the groove)it needs cleaning up with the correct notes etc. the sound is created by using very short decay times. the minimoog's 2 oscillator were very finely tuned by myself to get that grit sound that the minimoog growls out. if you know what i mean. these synths sound much better in real life."

Studio Winter 2007 2

flickr by Wzrdry.

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MOOG Voyager

Korg RADIUS

flickr by dpcamp.

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Sunday @ UMF 2007

YouTube via jjuup. Via Music Thing.
10 Roland TB-303s.
"Alle markan teevee presents: UMF Sunday 5.Aug.2007 Finnish maestro Jori Hulkkonen spent his sunday afternoon with his friends and ten 303s.

Jori Hulkkonen, Jesper Dahlbeck, Perttu Häkkinen, Aku Raski, Petri Salonen, Tin Man, Kimmo Oksanen, J-P Parikka, Tatu Peltonen, Janne Puurunen ja Tuomas Toivonen.

Sorry about the very crap sound. I am accepting donations for a better camera. There was a lot of pro cameras and mics around the stage, so there will be other hifi sources available, don't worry...

Turku Finland Europe. Tku10.net"

bent not broken-a circuit bending doc

YouTube via caseyjclark. via GetLoFi.
"a short documentary about a group of circuit benders. recorded in chicago, usa. produced by Casey Clark."

After watching this I came to the epiphany that Circuit Bending is like the anti-christ of DIY. "Not that there's anything wrong with that..." A Seinfeld reference for any fans.

Access Polar TI Giveaway on Novamusik

Looks like Novamusik is giving away an Access Polar TI. Click here for more info. BTW, I have always had the best service from Novamusik - highly recommended.

via brian c

Music & Recording - Digisound 80 Modular Synthesizer

"Somewhere in proffessor Elektrovolt's studio,in the vruchtenbuurt,the Hague we can find a huge, rare british modular synthesizer from the early 80s, the Digisound 80 modular. Invented and designed by Charles Blackley who would print the designs in the Electronics Today International and Electronics & Music Maker (E&MM) magazines. As obscure and extrentic as the EMS synthesizers the company from Blackpool faded away in the early 1990s."

Click here for more including images and a demo. BTW, the Music & Recording header image on top of the page is worth a visit alone.
via Pete.

MOOG Liberation Funds Syntar

images via this auction.
Here's an interesting auction. A MOOG Liberation being sold to fund a Syntar. Note the Syntar actually predated the MOOG Liberation as the first keytar ever, a interesting bit of synth history. The Syntar featured an amazingly expressive control interface on the neck that has yet to be reproduced and it did sound quite nice. You can read more about the Syntar on Carbon111's excellent Syntar Page as well as this interview here on MATRIXSYNTH.

It's worth noting that the person behind the Syntar was George Mattson who is currently the man behind the new Mattson Mini Modular.

As for this Liberation, here are the details from the auction:
"# This auction is only for a complete MOOG Liberation Analogue Synthesizer
# In good physical and playing condition with checking and dents in the wood
# Please click on the images below to see larger photos to inspect physical condition
# NEW chipforbrains slider caps
# NEW chipforbrains sliders installed by analogsynthservice.com
# Foam sheet over PCB has been removed and PCB has been cleaned!
# Rackmountable power/CV unit
# Control Cable has not nicks or cuts
# Hardshell carrying case
# Print outs of the owners and service manuals
# Shipping is $50 in the USA, $150 elsewhere
# Interested? All offers will be considered. The chipforbrains sliders are meant to be drop in replacements. However CY has stated that some Liberations will behave slightly differently in the Envelope Generators. If you're familiar with the Rogue or the Liberation, you will notice a difference in the behavior.

I am selling my Moog Liberation because I asked George Mattson to build me one of his unfinished SYNTARs that has sat idle nearly 30 years. As you can imagine it took quite a bit of money to convince him to dust off the SYNTAR and continue working on it. Subsequent interest in the SYNTAR has brought along his latest project: the Mattson Mini Modular .. I order two populated cabinets, so you can see, I need to LIBERATE myself of this Moog to pay Mr. Mattson."

Cynthia Saw Animator Eurorack

These are expected to be available via Analogue Haven around December 15th. Other formats will follow including MOTM Dotcom and Modcan A.

Analogue mouth to mouth - Tara Busch Live @ Tangier (LA)

YouTube via tarabusch. Sent my way via Ellen. SCI Pro-One.
"Analogue mouth to mouth - Tara Busch Live @ Tangier (LA)
http://cdbaby.com/cd/tarabusch
www.tarabusch.com"

Dom f Scab

YouTube via boty81.
Grabación de studio 2005

Farfisa Professional 88

YouTube via zioguido.
"Before I ship this to the new owner, I had the idea to film it because... well, it sounds cheesy but this tone represents a nice remembrance of my childhood for me.
Enjoy! :-) "

Novation K-Station Synth Growling Sound Demo

YouTube via PlastikOD.
"A short demo of a growling noisesound from my K-Station (filmed and played on the fly)."

Klee Wood

Wood panel version of the Klee Sequencer.

via Sendling.

korg

flickr by ExcuseMySarcasm.

Also see Korg Scull.

Oberheim OB-1

images via this auction

MOOG Prodigy - Signed by Bob MOOG

images via this auction

Details (not me):
"I met Bob Moog in the winter of 1996 at the Zounds store in Chicago. He signed this synth for me. Bob was an amazing man. A humble man, A true scientist with a spiritual side that ran deep. There are those who would insist on a minimoog model D. But the prodigy is much more stable. This is my very first piece of gear. I learned about synthesis on this prodigy. This is truley my prized possesion. Flawless condition. Moog bass sounds that cannot be replicated anywhere."