"This is an out of print synth book The book is called Electronic Music Techniques. A Musical Approach to the Roland SH-1000 Performance Synthesizer. its by Benjamin Suchoff its Copyright 1975. its a total of 55 pages. Nice to have if you own a Roland SH-1000, or if you collect any synth books like me.It tells you about the SH-1000 & amp; how to use it in performances , It has some sheet music in it too. The book is not a copy, its the original thing."
I added this one to the synth books section on the right.
YouTube via abertronic. "up for sale ebay soon" Not seeing it listed as of this post. Roland SH-1000 on Ebay. I did find an interesting book though. Post on that coming up.
Anyone know where to find any decent shots of the Synthovox? Surprisingly I have zero posts mentioning it. It's a vocoder according to sequencer.de. No pics there as well. Funny side note: a Google image search on Synthovox brings up seqquencer.de's vocoder shots only. Every single shot goes to sequencer.de. He has a monopoly on Synthovox image search!!! ;)
Update vid eZe in the comments:
"Try seaching for Syntovox, it's the spelling.. :-)
Synton vocoder models 202, 222 & 221... very nice.
Cheers,
Eric"
YouTube via clone45a6 "My new, free MIDI sequencer pumped through a Machinedrum. Check it out over at http://www.quotile-sequencer.com The command line is cut off at the bottom, so there's a little bit of lag between before you see the commands that have affected the sequencer."
Part 1: Circuit bent Hing Hon EK-001 B&G LED version, 11 mods + opto theremin [full overview]
YouTube via frostedminipete. via this auction "Probably the most amazing thing I've ever put together. I really like this thing.
Modulation knobs Pitch down knob Modulation/Distortion opto-theremin [with on/off] Low pass filter switch Blippy switch Fuzzy switch Crazy glitch switch Acts as a distortion/modulation box [through the mic input] 1/4" Audio output jack Ultra bright sound pulsing blue and green LEDs lining the front of the keyboard
**I will take commission to build one for you! Send me a message through youtube**"
Part 2: Circuit bent Hing Hon EK-001 B&G LED version, 11 mods [Opto theremin demo]
Note the seller has a ton of other vintage manuals up for auction. Be sure to click on next at the bottom of the page when you get there for more. The CS-5 and others were on the last page. Note these are listed as originals, the scans label below is just to stick them in the bucket with all other posts featuring scans, manuals, docs, etc...
"Here are the list of the included modules:
4710 Balanced Modulator
4712 Reverb and Tank
4720 VCO
4730 VCF
4740 Envelope Generator
(2) 4762 Wing Modules
(4) 4770 Power Block Modules
4780 12 Stage Sequencer
8780 Equally Tempered D/A Convertor
8782 Keyboard
Control Oscillator Module
2) Handmade Mystery Modules that I have no idea what they do
Other Info can be found here"
via this auction "On the surface the Memorymoog is laid out similarly to the Minimoog. Except it is like having six Minimoogs in one unit! Three oscillators with saw, triangle, and square waveforms with variable tuning and range for each. The mixer section provides level controls for each oscillator and the noise source. The filter is the standard issue Moog 24db/oct ladder filter with variable cutoff and resonance. Note that the filter IS self-resonant. A dedicated ADSR is assigned to the filter with variable depth, and a myriad of modulation sources are available from osc 3, the LFO section, and the external inputs. The VCA section also has a dedicated ADSR, and can also be modulated by several other internal and external sources. And finally comes the master VCA with programmable level (a handy feature) and better yet, a headphone jack with level control! Having a dedicated LFO section is a great addition to the osc 3 mod functions available in the original Minimoog. As mentioned earlier, there are several assignable external CV inputs, along with a nifty arpegiattor."
Preface: Towards the end of May, 2007 I began to grow excited over the possibilities the summer of 2007 might hold. Through fall, winter and spring, Thomas Henry pursues his career of teaching mathematics in Mankato, Minnesota, but during the brief respite he has from that over summer, he always manages to unleash some new design that has been tickling his imagination throughout the school year. In the summer of 2006, Thomas developed the XR VCO, the SN-Voice, the UD-1 Drum Voice, then nonchanlantly capped off the season with a design *for an entire synthesizer* that contained two different VCOs, a phase shifter, a VCA, a multi-mode filter, a very unique LFO (which would occupy many pages ot text just to describe all of its uses), a sample and hold, a power supply, and a digital noise circuit, the specifications of which are quite astounding. This collection of schematics turned into the publication "An Analog Synthesizer for the 21st Century" which will be available from Magic Smoke Electronics towards the end of Summer 2007.
So, I was not terribly surprised (but very pleased) when Thomas contacted me about a design he wished to make freely available to the public. He sent me the schematic, and I was amazed to see what appeared to be a very simple little VCO circuit..."
"January 15, 2009 – Anaheim, CA. Open Labs®, the leader in computer enhanced musical instruments, announces it will release six new products at the upcoming Winter NAMM show. A special press conference will be held at the Open Labs booth, #5900, starting at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, January 15, 2009. Products released will include hardware, software, and other technologies that provide even greater performance and capabilities to Open Labs current products. A few surprises are planned for the event, which will be hosted by Open Labs Chairman and Co-founder, Victor Wong. The event will be taped for delayed airing on the Open Labs LIVE BROADCAST via its website: http://www.openlabs.com. Product demonstrations, special performances, and interviews will be broadcast concurrent with NAMM show hours Thursday, Friday, and Saturday via the Open Labs BROADCAST, live from Austin, Texas.
Complete listing of the programming will be made available at http:///www.openlabs.com by Monday, January 12, 2009. Please RSVP for the press conference to insure seating."
You might remember MonoMiK from these posts. MiK wrote in to let me know he has found a new host and made updates to his site which will include info on the MonoMiK as well as his other projects. You might also remember him from this how to repair a KORG Poly-61 post.
"after taking down my website a while ago, i found a new hoster this year and took the opportunity to give the site a whole face-lift. During this, i also rewrote the articles about the Poly-61 repair. I sent you the link to the old pages a year ago:
I fixed the bad structure of the old document and added some minor information about the inner workings of the Poly-61, besides this, more repair stories will appear as time allows. All the other things can also be found there, like more information about the MonoMiK including the blog about the development: http://www.mik-music.org/MonoMiK"
"AudioCubes VST Wrapper 1.0 Existing VST plugins or instruments in your DAW can be instantly used with AudioCubes through included VST wrappers from Percussa.The wrapper is compatible with popular DAW software such as IL FL Studio, Ableton Live, …
Plugins can be instantly mapped to cube sensors without MIDI Setup. Sensor info can be scaled, inverted and limited to plugin parameters and colours can be linked to incoming MIDI notes in the case of VST Instruments.
With just one cube and VST wrapper software, you can apply effects to your tracks very easily. The tiniest gestures of your hands and fingers are instantly audible."
"My buddy Alan has been working diligently on some new sound banks. Right now he has banks for the Virus TI, Prophet 08, and the Nord Lead 3. All of the above have great accompanying demos. Also, the P08 bank is currently the only commercial full bank of sounds that is available on the market:
YouTube via virtualoberheim. I've spent considerable time with an OB-Xa, not the OB-X. That said, its amazing how close this sounds. They nailed that Oberheim sound. "http://www.sonicprojects.ch/
SonicProjects OP-X software VSTi synth played like a real hardware synth with a Korg DW-8000 as masterkeyboard (for midi notes and program changes) and a Behringer BCR2000 to remotely control its parameters (using midi CC).
Due to the ability of OP-X for parameter feedback OP-X and the BCR are completely linked (two ways). OP-X sends a complete cc dump on program change which updates all parameters on the BCR to the values of the new preset. This allows for completely jump free operation. When you tweak a control in the software OP-X the dedicated control on the BCR does change accordingly, and of course also vice versa.
OP-X runs within Cubase SX with some TC Native Reverb and Cubase Double Delay added as send effects. The played patches are all factory presets.
To make the feedback work you must route the midi out of OP-X back to the controller device. In Cubase this can be done using a separate midi track for the back-routing (1st track: in = midi keyboard & bcr2000, the best choose "all", out = OP-X; 2nd track: in = OP-X, out = bcr2000). In more simple hosts like e.g. MiniHost just activate the needed devices in the MIDI input output mangement.
Needed versions for the parameter feedback feature: OP-X: Version 2.1 OP-X PRO: Version 1.2
The feedback feature won't work with any previous versions.
You can also watch the video in high quality with stereo audio which also works well for full screen watching. Just click the blue link at the bottom right of the video.
Unfortunately there are a lot of really bad compression artefacts in the audio stream, especially in the high quality stereo mode (strings, brass, deep basses, minimoog). They sound like bad distortions, which in fact are not there in the real audio coming out of the synth. Try to think them away. The real sound is one hundred times smoother, cleaner and bigger.
YouTube via peglegjoe857 "I just got the MPC-60, bought it with money I didn't quite have... so to compensate I sold my S-900, S-2000, DDD-1, and Emax. I didn't have to sell the Emax... in fact, I really didn't want to... but alas, I am moving and needed the money. I will get the Emax rack unit in the future, for sure. ANYWHO...
I wanted to hear the difference between all these machines. First are the sounds of the DDD-1, direct from the machine, as well as a little loop. After that I sample the DDD-1 sounds into several other machines, playing each hit and then the loop. Hear the difference? You bet you do. They say the S-900 is the same sampler as the MPC-60, but to my ears they sound drastically different. Although, I did sample at different sample rates: The MPC-60 is at 40khz, the S-900 is 20khz, the Emax is 28khz, and the S-2000 is 20khz. All 12-bit except the S-2000, which is 16-bit.
There is this ongoing debate about whether or not it makes a difference, using a software sampler/sequencer, or using hardware. You know where I stand, just look at the gear shown here. The real question is not about which sounds better or worse. With the right work, you can make any computer sound like and MPC... or make any MPC sound like a computer. It is about workflow. It is about authenticity. If you sample something into your computer and run it through a bit crusher, dropping it to 12-bit... I am sure you will feel a little meek trying to fake the sound of a 70$ S-900. Maybe not. Use what you have, that's really what matters I suppose... make it work. But it is very easy to score some sweet machines. I don't know what an SP-1200 is like to work with, but I can sure tell you the EMAX sounds amazing... and for only 200 bucks. Shit. Make all your beats bump, you will tell a difference... I promise you."
"BUGsound is for music lovers. With a 20-mm speaker, omnidirectional microphone and four stereo jacks for input, output, headphones and microphone, we’d like to think we can help inspire the next generation of hackers musicians. And with the onboard hardware codecs, you can also program BUGsound to act as an audio processing server."
via this auction
