White Clavia Nord Lead 3 by Forat

Another custom white synth via Forat where you can find more custom work.

via Chris in the comments of this post.

Roland V-Synth from Madonna Tour with Custom FORAT Mod

via this auction

Here's the white V-Synth mentioned in this post.

"Roland V-Synth which was used by Madonna's longtime keyboardist Marcus Brown on Madonna's recent "Confessions" Tour. It was personally customized by FORAT himself as part of Marcus' unique white Roland setup for the tour. This whole rig has a stunning customized white & black paint design. To see an article about this setup, and more pictures, go to this Roland Web site page. The FORAT modifications for the V-Synth cost $1,000."

Note this was picked up by Dave of umop/Parallax.

Inside a Waldorf Q

click here for more images and info.

novelty synth

YouTube via noystoise. Anyone know more about this one?

One more from noystoise.

filter


Update: Diagram image of the novelty synth's functions

Moog Music Voyager Old School

YouTube via griffinavid
"Winter NAMM 08 coverage by Producer's Edge Magazine namm.org ProducersEdgeMagazine.com"

REASON SUBTRACTOR

YouTube via eurondigital. REASON 3.0...subtractor

Roland TR-606 "Drumatix" through Moog Minimoog

YouTube via retrosound72

"synth demo by RetroSound (with better sound quality) Roland TR-606 analogue drum machine through Minimoog VCF with different filter and "LFO" (OSC3) settings"

Roland SH-201 from Madonna Tour with Custom FORAT Mod

via this auction. Looks like it ended with a BIN of $800.

"Roland SH-201 which was used by Madonna's longtime keyboardist Marcus Brown on Madonna's recent "Confessions" Tour. It was personally customized by FORAT himself as part of Marcus' unique white Roland setup for the tour. This whole rig has a stunning customized white & black paint design. To see an article about this setup, and more pictures, go to this Roland Web site page. The FORAT modifications for the SH-201 cost $1,000. This is your chance to own a piece of Rock & Roll history and is a one-of-a-kind keyboard, like no other available on the planet. I also have the FORAT-customized white Roland V-Synth from Marcus' tour setup, shown on the Roland Web site" I didn't see the V-Synth listed as of this post.

via Gord.

Zeit Desktop Sequencer

click here for more pics of the Zeit. Be sure to check these out full size.

More info on the Zeit:
Forum
Website

Also check out the Zeit label link below for previous posts here.

Mark Salud on Yourself Presents

YouTube via peahix. Sent my way via Pea Hicks.
"amiga desktop mod techno, performed live on san diego public access tv show 'yourself presents!'"

Moog Minimoog Analog Synthesizer by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"synth demo with some typical minimoog sounds (bass,lead,fm-sounds and more) by RetroSound a little bit reverb and delay used"

Pigtronix Echolution vs. Electrix Filter Factory

YouTube via Analogger.
"I strummed a chord on my SG which was in DADGAD tuning. I used the Echolution tap switches 1/2 & 3/4 then hit the loop switch. I fed that loop thru the Filter Factory - I manually changed the filter cutoff, and also used the envelope follower. I added some Evolver stuff - a lead and a bass patch. Robbie the Robot monitored the session."

Casio SK-1 Circuit Bent Live and Raw

YouTube via electricinsect1.
"I finally get the sound I am looking for at the last 30 seconds. The best thing I have found with these type machines is always be recording. You never know what amazing, unique sound you might stumble across. And more importantly, its nearly impossible to get it again. Although I have found it can be done. All these sounds were created from a voice sample I had just made that said 'the battle of the locust.'"

NAMM 2008 - Big City Music - LL Electronics RozzBox!(3)

YouTube via bigcitymusic.
"Here's some more video footage of the LL Electronics polyphonic RozzBox V2 with our friends Shagghie and Victor. The audio with the built-in mic on the camcorder isn't great but we figured people would want to see it anyway. www.bigcitymusic.com"

L.L. Electronics Polyphonic RozzBox V2 Menu Screens

"We took a video scrolling through the menu pages. It should give you an idea or ideas of just what this little monster can do. The sounds are overdubbed is a patch from the Rozz, duh. www.bigcitymusic.com "

Moog Taurus Mk1 analog bass pedals by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"Moog Taurus 1 synth demo by RetroSound (with much better audio quality)

The presets of the Moog Taurus Mk1 bass pedals:
- Taurus (long decay)
- Tuba (only one oscillator)
- Bass (short decay)
- Variable (variable settings)

'I really believe that you've not heard 'deep' bass until you've heard the Taurus in full flight. I have no measurements to illustrate the frequencies that the Taurus reaches, but these kind of sub-sonics are beyond the scope of any digital synth that I've come across, and even put a lot of good analogue ones to shame." (Published in SOS June 1995)

used by Rush, Genesis, Asia, The Police, J.-M. Jarre, Marillion, U2, Phil Collins, Saga, Steve Hackett, Yes, Led Zeppelin and more"

Studio Electroncs SE-1

images via this auction

KORG Polysix

images via this auction

Ghielmetti Matrix

images via this auction

"-36 x 36 Ghielmetti Matrix Pin Patch board as used in EMS Synthi Clone or Analogue Solutions VOSTOK
-16x Pins.

GHIELMETTI is a competent partner for customized matrix boards and High- Performance patch systems."

Check out the Ghielmetti tag below for two prior posts including one integrated in a modular system.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000

images via this auction

Two Rhodes Chromas and an Odyssey in this picture as well.

"Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 Sampler/Synthesizer. One of the finest samplers of her day. Excellent keyboard maping and looping functions, even for today. 12Bit sampling and 256K memory, so no slouch in sound re-generation. Many upgrade options are still available. Just ask the helpful folks at Wine Country

Includes all the basic synthesizer sound building blocks available to apply to your sample, and the famous Matrix programming front panel. Velocity sensing 61 note keyboard. Microphone & Line sample inputs. Stereo outputs. DSDD upgraded floppy drive.

Check out this excellent review from the original studio programmer.

Wine Country Sequential Classic Analog Keyboard 5 disk set - Samples of Minimoog, PPG, Phrophet 5, Oberheim Matrix 12 & OB8."

Quasimidi The Raven

images via this auction

"Built in 8 track sequencer on the Sirus/Polymorph tip. You can layer up to 4 sounds Built in samples are absolutely nutty, 303, 909, etc... It also functions as a great controller keyboard, just ask Kraftwerk This Raven Max is in great condition and 100% functional The Max expansion adds twice as much onboard samples and presets"

Update via Qwave in the comments:
"Notice the picture of the manual: it does show the Quasimidi in the studio of Klaus Schulze. One of the R&D persons of Quasimidi is Jörg Schaaf (now Mr. Spectralis) is a friend to Klaus. So he drop in from time to time and showed Klaus the new Quasimidi stuff then. Klaus Schulze still uses a Quasimidi as his main keyboard in a drawer below the mixer and the computer displays.
Here are more pictures of Klaus studio with Quasimidi keyboard shown:
studio1.htm
studio5.htm
a502.htm
a601.htm"

FORMANTA MINI

images via this auction

"SOVIET EXTREMELY RARE GUITAR-LIKE DIGITAL-ANALOG POLY SYNTH!!!! IT LOOKS LIKE MOOG LIBERATION OR SIMILAR... IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN SAME FORMANTA POLIVOKS FACTORY, THIS MODEL ARE FROM THE LATEST FORMANTA SYNTHS LINE AS KVINTET, MAESTRO, FORMANTA P-432, IT HAS 32 VERY UNIQUE AND POWERFULL PRESET SOUNDS, 8 VOICES POLYPHONY, UNISON MODE, MODULATION CONTROL AND OTHER FUNCTIONS.

PANEL FUNCTIONS:
PRESET SELECT KNOBS - BANKS 0-3, SOUNDS 0-7
UNISON MODE -ON/OFF
FINE TUNING +/- 1 SEMITONE
VIBRATO - DEPTH, FREQ LEVEL
MAIN VOLUME LEVEL

ON THE GRIP: 2 SUSTAIN, VIBRATO, SOLO KNOBS, GLISSANDO CONTROLLER (SLIDE PITCH SHIFTER)

PRESET NAMES: 00-ELPIANO, 01-BRASS, 02-FLUTE, 03-ELBASS, 04-KLAVESIN, 05-ORGAN, 06-HAMMOND1, 07-COSMIC, 10-JPIANO, 11-HORN, 12-PICCOLO, 13-SYNBASS, 14-CLAVINET, 15-REEDORGAN, 16-HAMMOND2, 17-FANTASTIC, 20-FPIANO, 21-HARMONICA, 22-CLARINET, 23-JBASS, 24-MUSBOX, 25-JORGAN, 26-SYNORGAN, 27-SLAPSYNTH, 30-PIANO, 31-ACCORDEON, 32-OBOE, 33-BASS, 34-HARPSY, 35-FORGAN, 36-BRASORGAN, 37-BLUESYNTH

DOWNLOAD MY SOUND EXAMPLES FROM" [mirrored here]

MAIN AUDIO OUTPUT ARE BUILT-IN TO THE POWER SUPPLY (220V/50HZ), FOR 110-127V NEED A VOLTAGE TRANSFORMER.

SYNTH WEIGHT JUST - 4.5kg, WHEN IN FACTORY CASE INCLUDE FULL SET IS - 10kg

THE SET INCLUDES: FORMANTA MINI, BELT, POWER SUPPLY, CORDS, 1/4 JACK ADAPTER CABLE, FACTORY HARD CASE.

MAESTRO

images via this auction

"This auction is for vintage analog synth MAESTRO. It was made in Soviet Union (Russia) by well-known Polivoks/Formanta plant in Kachkanar city. This instrument is analog synthesizer with digital control. Synth has 20 patches in memory, vibrato, chorus, analog filter and excellent arpegiator. So there is joystick for pitch/vibrato control. It’s a great instrument for electronic music or collection.

MAESTRO is in a quite good shape and well working condition. Instrument has original configuration: without midi or CV/Gate, 5-din audio out, ¼ Jack headphones out, 220V power."

Yamaha SY-1

images via this auction
"This is a great mono synth and was fully functioning until one day,after not playing it for 6 months or so,i turned it on and all the keys were playing the same note.this problem also seems to affect the fine tuning knob and portamento which were working before.All other functions are working as they should.These include the filter,envelope,pulse width,attack bend tone,touch control,octave shift and all the preset sounds."