Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer/Drum Machine

via this auction

"I was a founding member of an obscure synth pop band formed in Chicago in 1981 called 'Scarlet Architect,' which lasted only about a year and a half. During that time, we put out a single vinyl EP with four songs, which is fairly hard to find. Only 1,000 copies of the EP were ever pressed. This machine was used on that EP. We also recorded a handful of unreleased songs using this machine. In synth pop music circles, two of the songs from the EP are sort of well known - "Rose Grey" and "Falls Away." "Rose Grey" made it to No. 1 on a dance club music chart for a short stay in 1982. We also used this machine when we played live, and triggered a Roland TB-303 and a Sequential Circuits Pro-1 from it."

Crumar T3 Synthesizer Organ Bass and Strings

YouTube via zebrajohnny02. via zeroc001 in the comments


via this auction

Larger images at the auction and mirrored here for the archives.

Wersi Bass Synthesizer

via this auction

Teisco Polyphonic Synthesizer SX-400

via this auction

Googlish translation:
"According to the online museum:
The synthesizer is 4 voice polyphony playable, and still there is a dual mono mode. The somewhat rauschig but good sounding ensemble effect ... The CV-gate facilities and a dynamic pressure of the keyboard make the rare vintage darling even today the device makes it a good sound and fun ... The predecessor of the Kawai Teisco device was once produced direct product competitors in the market segment Roland Jupiter 4th .. The list price was at that time ca.4400-DM."

Crumar Bit One analog vintage synth with Alternate Panel

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via this auction

"One Italian synth from 1984/85 with midi and touch response, 2 dco's / 1 vcf / 1 vca / 2 eg's / 2 lfo's per voice, 6 note polyphonic, oscillator stack mode (2 voice poly), detune slider, designed by the guy who designed the Elka Synthex and it has a warm, silky sound. The notes are output to left and right so you get this quirky stereo effect with oscillators being routed to either left or right! However the white noise option does not work and sometimes there is a very faint white noise coming through on some notes. While it is warming up for the first 30 minutes there are the occasional faint crackly noises, the synth was serviced by a technician who replaced the capacitors in the power supply, but it could probably do with some more caps replacing on the sound board but not really necessary. I don't think the guy specialised in analog synths. Having said this, once it warms up, the synth is mostly free of any popping noises (check out the demo) and is very stable due to it's digitally controlled oscillators. All the buttons and controls work fine (apart from the white noise)."

Note the parameter mapping compared to this one. Anyone know more about this alternate panel?

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Moog Minitmoog

via this auction

prehistoric junebug call - el gourdo uno - electronic gourd rattle

YouTube via horchacha. via Deviant Synth
"gourd grown in marana
386-4N audio amp through tiny greeting card speaker
simple 566 vco
mm5837 noise source
low pass gate
regulated supply
motion sensor/switch controls low pass gate

dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

'Totally Wired' is released on DVD!

"Dear Friends,
It gives me great happiness to announce at last the release of 'Totally Wired', a film about Schneiders Buero, now available on DVD from www.amazon.com

To thank you for your patience and support, a 10% discount is available to you with the following code: FRLD3JPV

The film will also be available from www.schneidersladen.com and in Schneiders Buero, Berlin.

All Tweets, Forwards, Adds and Posts would be greatly appreciated!

I hope you enjoy the film and look forward to your feedback.
Niamh Guckian, Director, 'Totally Wired'.

For sneak peaks and trailers, please visit www.totallywired.tumblr.com
Totally Wired on Twitter"

Trailer for 'Totally Wired' from Niamh Guckian on Vimeo.

"This is the trailer for the forthcoming documentary ‘Totally Wired’. Enjoy!" "A documentary film about Andreas Schneider's infamous 'Schneider's Buero' [Schneidersbuero], the boutique electronic musical instrument shop in Berlin. 'Totally Wired' explores one man's electric evangelism, and the interface he has built to connect analogue instrument inventors with their end-users. The film features an informed selection of inventors and artists alike, including Dieter Doepfer, Junior Boys, Ken MacBeth, Anthony Rother, Jessica Rylan, Daniel Miller, Wowa Cwejmann, Per Salzwedel, Ricardo Villalobos, Magda, Marc Houle and many more." http://totallywired.tumblr.com/ via wire to the ear. previously posted

Sneak Peek from 'Totally Wired' - Ken Macbeth

Sneak Peek from 'Totally Wired' - Ken Macbeth from Niamh Guckian on Vimeo.

previously posted

Ken Rei LP + Custom Gear/Gameboys Giveaway

via Ken Rei:
"Us Ken Rei dudes have launched a fundraiser on kickstarter.com to press our newest album on wax. Not only can you get awesome LP and CD deals out of backing the project, but we will also be giving out custom gear and gameboys to serious backers. If you want to support but are low on cash, we have a digital download of the album available for cheap. Email this to everyone you know! We got until November 1st to meet the goal!
KEN REI "WEARING SWEATPANTS" LP Fundraiser!!!"

Isao Tomita - When you wish upon a Star

Re-
Uploaded on Dec 23, 2011 CharmedOrc·212 videos
YouTube via 5488773.  previously posted, but taken down.

"aca isao tomita tocando su MOOG III . hermosa cancion =)"

Pure magic.

Jordan Rudess Plays "On The Run"

YouTube via rlainhart
"Jordan Rudess performs Pink Floyd's "On The Run" from Dream Theater's live version of "Dark Side Of The Moon" at the Hammersmith Apollo, London, October 25, 2005. Modular synth programming by Richard Lainhart."

Propeller HSS Sequencer video 1 -The Black Box

YouTube via GlowingPhatRaver
"All sounds are coming from the black box.
Code & Schematics can be found at:
http://forums.parallax.com/..."

Propeller Hss Sequencer

"This is a Sequencer that has spdif (digital) audio out, analog audio out.
Its a pretty basic unit that can be configured almost limitless."
more vids here

Modular acid noodle improv

YouTube via darenager
"Having fun with the modular, no midi or fx or eq just making it up as I go along.

Stonz Phaser - On miniwave
Miniwave - Driven from VCO tri
CGS Steiner VCF - Filtering VCO
VCO - From BZ output, saw to Steiner VCF, tri to Miniwave
EG1 - Clocking BZ
EG1 - CV to LFO to make kick
Filthy Filter - Filtering kick and DSC
Quad VCA - 1 input from VCO, 1 from Seq switch (LFO/DSC/Miniwave)
Dark Star Chaos - Hat/snare/tone
Micro LFO - Sine for kick, tom and square for clocking, saw for vca mod of vco
Seq Switch - Kick, Miniwave, DSC switching (modded with LEDs)
Frequency divider - Clock division from BZ
Binary Zone - CV to VCO
Bargraph - LED lightshow :/"

Tramona

YouTube via Sgipon
"Felt like making some dance music!!!! Korg M3 in the HOUSE!!!!!!
I want to give a shout out to Dj Jaroon....peace"

Circuit Bending a Casio CT-607

YouTube via synthead

Formations Part I (Triton, Fizmo & Z1)

YouTube via RanKirlian
"Live improvisation at The Blue_Room on July 2009
Gear: Korg triton TR, Ensoniq Fizmo, Korg Z1"

Wendy playing reversed Optigan Romantic Strings

YouTube via RothHandle

Wendy playing the Optigan Polka disc

"Yesterday...as in Saturday me and Wendy recorded some new and fresh stuff for a Canadian Danceproduction. By new and fresh I of course mean old and scratchy. Most of the day was spended rummaging around Mellotron tapes, Optigan discs and vinyl. Everything for the quest of the perfect noise and loop. A lot of laughs and a great lunch at Sundbybergs number one place for good Gyoza, Daichii.

This little snippet is of the wondrous Wendy playing My Optigan with the very elusive Polka disc in it.

If you are curious to learn more about Wendy she is of course on Myspace and if you want to find out more about the studio please mumble by www.roth-handle.nu

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

Wendy McNeill playing scary Mellotron Choirs

Waves of Inspiration. The Legacy of Moog - Pics by David Rogoff

See David Rogoff's full set on Facebook. Note some of the pics are from the Moog reception at Big City Music in 2003. You'll be able to easily spot them.

Update: flickr set with larger images.

ARP 2600 restoration completed

YouTube via MusicMiK. follow-up to this post
"The last part of the ARP 2600 restoration video series.

Fixing the keyboard was the harder part of this restoration, i completely took it apart, cleaned everything, removed some rust, replaced the bushings and adjusted everything. Works quite fine now.

What you don't see in the video - i added a small circuit as a CV/Gate interface, which emulates the keyboard, so you can still use the portamento on your CV input and the trigger behaviour is exactly the same as with the original keyboard. This interface accepts TTL gate signals, so no problem with the 15V, you usually need on the ARP 2600. Schematics and layout will be published on mik-music.org after some minor corrections.

The whole restoration took about 50 hours of work and i really wouldn't do it again - except on my own 2600, if i ever get one :) Sure, it could have been done faster, but the motivation for this was curiosity and the challenge to get this done as good as possible :)"

KORG MS20 Modded

via this auction
"Here are the mods from left to right, described to the best of my ability.
- Touch sensor 1/8 inch jack.
- Midi jack. I haven't quite figured out how to use this, I believe you can trigger with midi, the little figure below the input shows it working for modulation wheel and momentary trigger
- Keyboard 1/4 jack
Touch sensor section:
- Attack release knob, positive or negative waveshape
- Decay amount
- Velocity level
- Touch press level knob, + or +/- SYM switch
Reverb section
- input balance between 1 or 2
- defeat switch
- dry out mix wet
LFO 2 section
- waveform
- frequency (w/ led indicating freq length)
1/4 inch jack modular section on the right:
- Osc1/Osc2 total out
- Osc1 triangle
- Osc1 saw
- Osc1 square/pulse
- Touch A/R
- Touch Press
- Touch Velocity
- EG2 Pos. Out
- LFO2 Triangle/Square
- Reverb 1/2
- Out
Mixer section
- 4 inputs, 1 output
- 4 inputs, 1 output
- 3 inputs, 1 output, with a switch between mix and multi function"

KORG MICROKORG MODIFIED

via this auction

MicroKORG without keys.

MODIFIED TABLE TOP VERSION

TWA LD-01 Little Dipper Envelope Filter

YouTube via ProGuitarShopDemos
"www.proguitarshop.com - The The LD-01 Little Dipper is a totally new envelope filter from the dudes at Totally Wicked Audio. If you dig classic funk, filter, auto-wah, and talk box sounds then the TWA Little Dipper is for you. Enjoy. http://www.proguitarshop.com/product...."

Imogen Heap - First Train Home on Letterman HD 720p

YouTube via LateNight2015. monome
"Imogen Heap - First Train Home on Letterman HD 720p"

korg ds-10 track 21

YouTube via korgds10. KORG DS-10 on Ebay
"100% Korg DS-10. Feel free to visit the home of the Korg DS-10 at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com for more Nintendo Korg DS-10 synthesizer/sequencer stuff."

Adaptation of the envelope generator from the Buchla Music Easel

YouTube via abovenyquist. follow-up to this post
"See http://users.ece.gatech.edu..."

Adaptation of the pulser from the Buchla Music Easel

Another Korg Mono/Poly, Roland TR-606, Roland RE-201 Space Echo, Oberheim Mini-Sequencer "techno 2"

YouTube via 123synthland. 123synthland on Ebay
"We buy, sell & trade vintage analog synthesizers, but you knew that already.
Here's a quick video we took while these items were on our test bench. As usual, we're not out to impress anyone with a good performance - all our youtube videos are thrown together in a completely half-assed manner. We just want people to hear examples of what the instruments we sell can sound like.
Featuring: Korg Mono/Poly, Roland TR-606, Roland RE-201 Space Echo, Oberheim Mini-Sequencer, gray gloves.
For sale at http://www.tonetweakers.com
(gray gloves NOT for sale, sorry)
Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

20090829-lights

flickr by chromewaves

"Valerie Poxleitner, aka Lights @ The Virgin Mobile Stage as part of Virgin Festival Ontario - August 29, 2009

More photos at www.chromewaves.net/virginFestival2009.php"

Yamaha KX5

via Dan A.