Clues Uses the OLPC and Tam Tam

See the post on MATRIXSYNTH-C. The OLPC is the one laptop per child program mainly focused on third world countries. They had a program where you could buy a laptop for donation and receive one in return for free. TamTam is a music program that comes with the laptop. See the OLPC label below for more. Be sure to see the MATRIXSYNTH-C post for Clues. More info on TamTam here.

Vintage SYNARE 3 Drum Pad Synthesizer

via this auction

Moog Minimoog Voyager RME

via this auction

Future Retro FR-777

via this auction

MINT Oberheim SEM Modular Synthesizer

via this auction

"This has added mixer and additional sub-oscillator and sub-sub-oscillator circuitry allowing you to mix each level of the original waveforms with the additional sub and sub-sub osc for each VCO."

BugBrand Modular Feedback Synth

YouTube via machinate
"A improv jam on my portable modular synth setup, exploring some of the sounds from a BugBrand/MakeNoise/Doepfer patch.

All sounds derived from a single, wailing pwm oscillator. QMMG in the feedback path of BugBrand PTdelay with a secondary PTdelay for space. Oh and way too much modulation. This patch is full stereo, it really likes HD."

Roland S-50 Sampler Demo Song - "Sunday Paper"

YouTube via peahix
"I recently scored a Roland S-50 sampling keyboard off craigslist for $60, and have been putting it thru its paces with floppy images downloaded off the net. Since there's not much in the way of demos of this beast online, I thought I'd make a video of the S-50 running its Director-S sequencer OS and playing the demo tune that came on the disc, called "Sunday Paper." Cheesy stuff, for sure, but it'll give you a basic idea of the sound quality of the S-50, what it can do in real-time, and also a small taste of the sort of factory samples that were generated for it.

Owners of vintage Roland samplers will find this to be a valuable resource of sounds and information: http://www.generalconcepts.com/sgroup/"

Custom Black C-Thru-Music AXiS-64

a few shots sent in via plaid_emu

"I recently received my AXiS-64 Harmonic Table MIDI controller directly from C-Thru Music. They customized the metal case with a black finish instead of the standard silver."

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Tongue Drum for iPhone Now Available

You might remember Tongue Drum from this video. It is now available on iTunes here:


Also see http://earsmack.com/tonguedrum/ for more info.

via Joe

Speak and Math and Test and Toast

YouTube via nevenen
"Bent Speak and Math, taking it through the paces. The thing on the top is a pressure sensor -- first time I've used one on anything. It's fun... kind of like the bending version of a whammy bar."

Screaming Angels - Prototype 6 Way Stereo Optical Theremin Noise Maker

YouTube via ChrisLody
"Don't worry, It's meant it go dark in the middle! Here's something fairly obvious to try with a hex schmitt trigger inverter chip. Wire up all six sections as optical theremins with 3 in each channel for some weird stereo atonal action."

Rob Papen Subboombass

YouTube via audiomidicom

"The brand new bass and drum virtual instrument from Rob Papen Instruments with earth-shaking low end. Here audioMIDI'd Mitchell Sigman puts Subbassboom through its paces. Available now, just $99- call audioMIDI.com at (866) 283-4601 for more info!"

Ensoniq SQ80 Sequencer & Sound Demo

YouTube via klangkombinat

"Sounddemo realised with the internal Sequencer of the Ensoniq SQ80 and selfcreated Patches. You can download these Patches at http://freeware.klangkombinat.de in SQ8L VSTi Emulator Format. SQ80 Sysex format available at http://www.materialausgabe.de/klangko..."

analogica

YouTube via klangkombinat. via I Have Synth.
"vintage analog synthesizers animated in 3D Space,
available via http://www.vjloops.tv/VJ-Lo..."

Experimental Tribute MP3

Link to MP3 added to this post.

Legacy DE & Heaven in motion

YouTube via slices09. KORG Legacy Digital Edition.
"Vision Series Backdrops from Sony
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/d...
Wonderful music by Hideki Uchiyama
http://www.korg.com/services/download...
Actually in mind contributed by http://www.flickr.com/photos/isanter/..."

Legacy DE & Neo Lava

"Vision Series Backdrops from Sony
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/d...
Cio fine musik by Hideki Uchiyama at http://www.korg.com/services/download...
Actually in mind contributed by http://www.flickr.com/photos/isanter/..."

Legacy AE & Metal screen

YouTube via slices09. KORG Mono/Poly via the KORG Legacy Analog Edition.
"Vision Series Backdrops from Sony
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/d...
Cio fine musik from Monopoly at
http://www.korg.com/services/download...
Actually in mind contributed by http://www.flickr.com/photos/isanter/...
screen can be cold as metal"

NI Gobox

YouTube via slices09
"Cio groovebox have nice features on percussion work.
Synthesizer perform by http://www.flickr.com/photo..."

NI Massive Esperimento

YouTube via slices09
"Esperimento with Massive synthesizer. Sounds great!
Performed by http://www.flickr.com/photo..."

Macbeth Eurorack parts

flickr by Analogue Haven

"This is a photo of the back of the prototype Macbeth Dual Oscillator/Ring Mod in Eurorack format. The module is being built with a 'vintage' composition in mind. More details and pricing will be on our site once they are firm. LINK."

analoguehaven.com/
macbethstudiosystems.com/

Boing Boing Offworld Looking for Chiptuners

Boing Boing has come into possession of some retro Atari Computer Camp videos without audio. They are looking for people to score some chiptunes for them. See Offworld for details.

VST OHMFORCE COHMPOST

YouTube via didguitare.
Can you tell if the cat sounds are coming from the background or the synth itself? :) Les Onions and British Beef. Nice.. via the Ohmforce blog

MX Confusion

YouTube via slices09

Justice

via Dropular via MySpace

see this video

Update: Just realized I already had this image back in 2007 here. Oh well, for those that missed it, here you go...

Retrosonik DIY and Darkstar Mods

http://www.retrosonik.com

Darkstar Mods

"By adding two little transformers to the outputs of this device I have changed it from an amusing but thin & sterile sounding digital device into a Phat sounding analog style MONSTER!! The whole procedure only took about an hour to perform but the differance is profound! The highs are much smoother ;none of that digital edgyness & the lows are much fuller.The basses are just ....bassier!! All around the Darkstar just gets darker!

I did this Mod to the First Version of the Darkstar. The Latest version has more outputs so I do not know if there is sufficent room to install the transformers inside the unit, like I did on mine."
via Deviant Synth
KlangeMachen
"Klange Machen means Noise Machine(roughly) in German.This is a little noise making beastey based on the long extinct SN76477 chip. This chip can still be purchased from Unicorn Electronics ,for about twenty bucks each. The 'keyboard' is part of the etched PCBoard and you use a little probe to touch the keyboard to produce an obnoxious sound.The scale is in no way equally tempered but a lot of fun to play,nonetheless. It was built in a surplus CATV case & has a built in speaker and 1/4 inch audio out, as well."



"The Maelstrom is a theramin and Zoom FX processor that I built into an old bakelite radio,that I salvaged. It also sports a two tone paint job & a built in Plasma Ball for added personality.The audio out put from the theramin Passes through the Zoom 506 bass processor where up to 9 FXs can be stacked & saved into 64 unique presets.The presets can be advanced via a foot pedal that can be pluged into a jack on the Back panel or from buttons on the front of the unit. Built for Marty of the Swinging Love Hammers."

Yamaha on Twitter

http://twitter.com/TheYamahaHub

Also see: https://www.yamaha.com/thehub

ARD Theme Song (not really)

YouTube via se7ense7
"I made a song that fits a sample of the intro of the 'war of the worlds' LP perfectly...

Synths used: Juno 60 for chords and basses and JX3P for the slightly off-tune leads at the end...

Bliss.

Grtz,
ARD"

ARD Music Machine

Elaine's crazy dance from Seinfeld at 2:45.
"Songs I made by request for a Dutch movie Company...

These songs are all software, because I'm currently moving, and all my gear is stacked up in cases and boxes...

Ableton for sequencing,
TAL UNO 60 plugin for basses-chords and strings, TAL BASSLINE for... basses and arps. Some RS7000 samples on the drums together with trusty Drumatic (simple). Soms AN200 distorted bass (that I sampled into my computer some months ago)... Some other samples I collected through the years..."

RC CIRCUIT BENT 'ENIGMA MACHINE' MULTI OSC NOISE SYNTH

YouTube via djwidow420
"CIRCUIT BENT 'ENIGMA MACHINE' - MULTI OSCILLATOR 12BIT NOISE SYNTH BY RESONANCE CIRCUITS"

POLIVOKS Soviet analogue synthesizer

via this auction

"This is Soviet legendary synth POLIVOKS/POLYVOX. Made in eighties at Formanta factory."

KORG MicroKORG Beats The Yamaha DX7?

According to the Big City Music blog, KORG rolled out the 100,000th Korg MicroKorg. Anyone know if this beats the Yamaha DX7? If so, it's a pretty big deal... Update: looks like the KORG M1 holds the record, not the DX7. See the comments in this post.