Moog Polymoog Coffee Table

via Kenneth Eldhardt:
"Even though I was informed by another forum member that somebody else chopped the legs down on a Polymoog and called it a coffee table, I'm not sure that really makes a legimate, functional, or asthetically pleasing coffee table. So I did a full Polymoog to coffee table conversion. It was a lot more work than I originally wanted to put into it, but it came out great and really makes a nice coffee table. Later it will go up on ebay. I don't have a decent living room setting, so I'll have to take it somewhere to get better pics in a nice living room, but for now it sits finished in my garage and in the initial pictures below."

Atari Punk Dreamcast [Circuit bent w/ opto theremin]

YouTube via frostedminipete
"This is my first atari punk console, housed inside a dreamcast. Photo cell is demonstrated with a strobe light in the second half of the video.

Extra features include...
-Internal speaker with on/off [under lid]
-Opto-theremin (photo cell) with on/off [under lid]
-4 Body Contacts
-Pretty blue LED
- ... uh, furby eye"

Seeburg Select-A-Rhythm, Modified

flickr by zonkout

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"Details: ericarcher.net/devices/select-a-rhythm/"

Circuit Bent Radical Rhythm Guitar with two LFOs - part 1

YouTube via 3rdness.
"In addition to a monster pitch bend, this has two LFO's - one triggering sounds and one modulating the pitch. Both are modeled on the 555 timer LFO from Casper Electronics (one hell of a site).

Bent by 3rdness AKA Noam (Mobius Band"

Access Indigo 2 Redback

flickr by Ran Kirlian

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"Blue_Room Studio: Access Indigo 2 Redback is a strictly limited edition (of 500) signed by the founders of Access Music.

Also on pic: AKG 141 Studio headphones.

Sony V3 shot"

Korg 770

flickr by zonkout

"One of the nicest sounding monosynths I have had the privilege to play."

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Where to Read the Waldorf Q Manual

"The perfect place to read this user manual is your favourite bathroom. we recommend 5 pages per session! [Waldorf Q User's Manual (pag 157)]"

via Celiar Structures

AKAI S900

via the AKAI S900 Blog:
"I've gone crazy for months before finding a working way and even that suddently stopped working for apparently no reason for nearly one year. Now things are working fine but I bet there are many users out there that simply can't get the damn thing to work!

Since some of you contacted me privately telling me their desperation I decided to help people wanting to upload some samples into the machine. Send me your .WAVS and I'll send you back an image of a floppy with the sounds in it, so you can simply convert it into floppy using Omniflop and load it into the AKAI S900.

Limit for this free offer if of one floppy per person, as MIDI sample dump is SLOOOOOOW!"

Korg DS-10 - Popcorn Song

YouTube via DsSiege11
"The famous Popcorn Song on Korg DS-10. It's not the whole song because there aren't enough patterns. Enjoy! Check my channel for more Korg DS-10 videos!"

Phantastron All Vacuum Tube Synthesizer

YouTube via sheepslinky. Also see these videos.
"A demonstration of the assembled Phantastron Kit from WWW.ELECTRICWESTERN.COM.

This Phantastron was built for a customer from the same components & case parts in the kit. The phantastron has a great 30's all vacuum tube sound like an Ondes Martenot in the highs and a Trautonium in the low range.

Phantastron was recorded direct to camera. No effects used..."

x0xb0x Walkthru With Sound Designer Justin McGrath

YouTube via gearwire
"If you've been shopping around for DIY TB-303 clone kits -- and who hasn't -- you owe it to yourself to check out the x0xb0x. We heard that local sound designer and film scorer Justin McGrath had one, so we headed over to his studio to check it out.

I was so amazed at how accurately the x0xb0x recreates the sounds of the TB-303 that my x0x were literally blown off. Seriously. I was x0x-less while watching this interview. Take my advice and affix your x0x with x0x-garters before watching.

See more on Gearwire.com."

Jean Michel Jarre Synth Site

via Khoral: "I just stumbled across this Jarre fan site that I thought might interest the matrixsynth readers. It's in polish (I guess) and you get the traditional gear list of JMJ, but the catch to me is that the guy has recorded good quality examples of how some synths were used. For instance, JMJ used a lot of D50 factory presets on his Revolutions album, and you get recreations of the parts played with the original factory preset. All in all, a nice source of info about his use of gear, but also a good source of synth examples in general.
Best regards
Khoral
www.khoral.net"

Raveolution 309 in controllerism rig

YouTube via kipptumor. The original TR-909 emulator?
"Activating percussion elements in the 309 and then Mike plays around with the KP3"

The Cockpit

"This is where all the music is made before it gets loaded into Ableton and the DJ rig, or just maybe some day... on vinyl."

Joel Davel demos the Marimba Lumina

YouTube via JJDavel. also see these posts.
"Joel Davel explains the Buchla Marimba Lumina before a trade show in Dallas in 2000. The basics."

ニンテンドーDSマグネットスタンド

YouTube via jetdaisuke
"冷蔵庫にも磁石で貼り付くニンテンドーDSシリーズ専用マグネッ トスタンド。ハンズフリーでDSの操作を楽しく快適に!"
Googlish:
"Pasted on the refrigerator magnets bearing the Nintendo DS series dedicated TOSUTANDO MAGUNEッ. Enjoy hands-free operation in the comfort of DS!"

Linn LM-1 with Front Panel Tuning

YouTube via rolandsh1000
"This is a quick video showing the front panel tuning mod that I did to my Linn LM-1. Others have done this mod and it really improves the tweakability of the LM-1.

If this seems a lot like my previous video showing tuning of the LM-2, well..., I guess I was trying to make my LM-2 more like an LM-1. You can judge whether I succeeded.

I am planning on auctioning this LM-1 soon..."

Babbitt: "Occasional Variations"

YouTube via NewMusicXX
"Milton Babbitt: "Occasional Variations"
Realized on the RCA Mark II Sound Synthesizer, 1968-1971"

SMule: Sonic Vox

YouTube via smuleage

"Sonic Vox, for iPhone, by SMule.
http://www.smule.com/"
"Instant change. Instant fun.

Tired of your same old voice? Seeking a little vocal variety? Get into character with Smule's Sonic Vox, the real-time voice shifter.

With Sonic Vox you can alter your voice with a swipe of your finger. Want to cross over to the Dark Side? Slide your finger to the left. Now say it. You know you want to. "Luke, I am your…"

Or maybe you are feeling conflicted about having lost a "preciousssss" ring? Move your finger back and forth horizontally and go ahead, rant on.

Transform your voice even more. Simply swipe your finger up and down and hear what happens… happens… happens…

Sonic Vox is easy to use. You can test it out by talking in your phone. It's even better with headphones. It is most effective, however, if you plug your iPhone into speakers and use your phone like a real microphone.

Adventurous? Connect your iPhone (speaker-out) to your MacBook (mic-in). Switch the system preference to Line-In. Launch Sonic Vox. Launch Skype. Make that call.

We hope you enjoy Sonic Vox. Try other entertaining apps from Smule, including the acclaimed Sonic Lighter and Sonic Boom.

Sonic Vox requires an iPhone or iPod Touch 2nd Generation with Mic."

You can get Sonic Vox here:

Blacet I/O and Dual Linear VCA

flickr by parasitk
(click for more)

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Buchla 281 clone PCB

flickr by parasitk
(click for more)

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Team records 'music' from stars

"Scientists have recorded the sound of three stars similar to our Sun using France's Corot space telescope.

A team writing in Science journal says the sounds have enabled them to get information about processes deep within stars for the first time.

If you listen closely to the sounds of each star - by clicking on the media in this page - you'll hear a regular repeating pattern.

These indicate that the entire star is pulsating."

You can listen to the stars and find more info on the BBC News. via UniQue Werkx

minimoog Voyager Open Seminar

YouTube via kaizokuhousou
"JSPA 大阪支部 第4回公開セミナー
申し込みフォーム
http://jspa.sakura.ne.jp/form/form.html

JSPA OSAKA Open Seminar the 4th
Application
http://jspa.sakura.ne.jp/form/form.html"

John carpenter movie themes Pt.2 (stereo) HALLOWEEN SEASONAL SPECIAL!

YouTube via mik300z. follow-up to this post.
"Part two of my cover versions by the brilliant John Carpenter with a little help from my two old friends, a fog machine and the kids! Hope you like it"

jomox xbase 888 + korg monopoly + futureretro revolution jam

YouTube via radambe
"just a little tracey jam with the mono/poly
gear used:
jomox xbase-888 drum machine
futureretro revolution (triggering the
korg's EG's and providing reverb + tb-303 filter)
korg monopoly"

Waldorf XT

images via this auction

E-MU EMAX II

images at this auction

Folktek Drum Scape

images at this auction
"The Drum Scape is a part of an ongoing body of work entitled "Quadrum", a series utilizing analog drum sounds. These works, especially the more current pieces are capable of big authentic analog sound and beautiful drone scapes.

This particular piece is a simplified version of the two other more recent works: the Impressionist Drum Scape and the Simian Drum Scape in that it is stripped of the delay section. It is, however, capable of the same sounds as heard in the sound samples of the Impressionist Drum Scape, subtract the delay, the internal synthesis is essentially identical. There are also several videos of the Simian Drum Scape that you should consider watching if you're interested as this piece does contain all of the same synthesis.

This particular piece has more drum pads, each of the metal plates is a trigger which activates one or more of the four primary waves. Each has a natural decay and with exception to the snare (white noise) each also has pitch control. Up to three waves can be played simultaneously for drone scapes.

In addition there are four jacks which act as triggers to sync to external modular synths or sequencers. Two switches have been added to hold waves for working with the drones. A 1/4" output, volume control, bright white lamp (not shown lit) and a power adapter."