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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Jen SX1000 patch overlays
via this auction"7 patch panel overlays for the Jen SX-1000 analog monosynth. These originally came with the synth and were usually lost, ruined or discarded along the way. Nice little collectible to go with your synth. Each overlay includes two "patches" showing you how to program certain sounds."
Musikmesse: Musikmesse_2010_Reactable.AVI
YouTube via FrequencyTestSystem
"Reactabel, wahrscheinlich der stylischste Synthie der Welt"
Sequential Circuits Split-8 Eight Synthesizer
via this auctionI think the camera is worth more than the synth.
"Sequential Circuits Split-8 Analog Modeling Synthesizer, all the functions work on it. There are no presets saved on it. But most people use it for making sounds since it is a modeling analog synth. You can layer 8 voices and 8 oscillators and you can make a fat sounding bass line."
It is actually Curtis chip based real analog, not virtual.
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Inside a DK SYNERGY II
via Cameron"photos of the inside of my Synergy II. These photos have been taken for a possible sale of the instrument. I opened it up to see if both the RS232 port and MIDI daughter boards were inside. There is no board that supports MIDI but there is the RS232 port that allows it to connect with a Kaypro computer for full control over all voices. The fact that it has the RS232 port and not the MIDI makes this a Synergy II and not a Synergy II+. I have received some interest in it from potential buyers but nothing certain. I live in the San Francisco bay area and am taking serious cash offers for the Synergy II."
Musikmesse: Frankfurt Musikmesse 2010
flickr set by ElektronMusicMachines(click for more)
"Elektron unveiling the Octatrack and the +Drive at the 2010 Frankfurt Musikmesse."
VCPS-8 1U Sequencer
flickr set by fonitronik(click for more)
"ADC controller 8-step sequencer for voltage controlled pattern change, providing: attenuatable CV out, trigger out, gate out, manually controllable steps, clock in, reset in, pattern cv in,"
Metasonix r54 Supermodule Vacuum Tube Oscillator and Filter
YouTube via bigcitymusic
"This is the new and incredible sounding Metasonix r54 Supermodule vacuum tube oscillator and filter. This is a very simple patch just to give you and idea of the tones. The Analogue Solutions Oberkorn III is sequencing our pitch and gate control voltages. The Malekko/Wiard Envelator is our envelope generator and it's controlling the Metasonix r51 VCA. All tube modular sounds! More videos soon, including processing audio through the r54's filter and crazy FM and gnarly Metasonix tones."
Musikmesse: Rhizome Sequencer preview
YouTube via synerjee
"Testing the prototype of the Feeltune Rhizome sequencer at the Frankfurt 2010 Messe on Thursday. This is a really intriguing concept - lots of steps and lots of tracks and your existing plugins just work. See also http://www.feeltune.com/. Yes - I'm very much aware that the sound is sub-par, but that's what you get with a camera phone on a busy fair. The plugins used were Karnage, E-phonic Drumatic and Voltkitchen Minimogue."
via Rhizome"Easy to use like a groove machine, powerful like the latest computer technology, and empowered by the versatility of plugins. Today the Rhizome is the only box combining samplers, mixing desk, sequencers and synthesizers, totally open and compatible with VSTs.
* . Unique large display areas
* . Optimal user experience
* . Advanced real-time capabilities
* . Innovative interface
* . Wide range of instruments and effects available"
ether^ra vs OTO MACHINES BISCUIT
YouTube via potterpaint2000
"first improv using the Biscuit processing a Genoqs Octopus/Nord Lead combo along with a Bitrman MFB Drumcomputer. Enjoy"
Jamming like maniac with my keytar
YouTube via zapallalla
"Self built. Self played. The coolest synth sound.
Running Arduino, transimitting MIDI wirelessly to my Juno-G.
Even if you play like beginner you cannot go wrong with keytar."
Musikmesse: Musikmesse_2010_EigenLabs_EigenHarb_1.mov
YouTube via FrequencyTestSystem
"Die Eigenharf von Eigenlabs ist wahrscheinlich neben dem Ractable DAS ambintionierteste Unterhnehmen um Musikinstrumenten und -Kontrollern einen Weg in die Zukunft zu weisen."
"The Eigenharf of Eigenlabs is probably beside the point Ractable THE ambintionierteste Unterhnehmen to musical instruments and controllers a way into the future."
Musikmesse: Musikmesse_2010_Mellotron-Mellotron digital
YouTube via FrequencyTestSystem
"Mellotron stellt das neue digitale Mellotron Chamberlin vor. Wenn der neue Prozessor im April geliefert wird findet auch bald die Produktion statt. Für ca. €1800 ist es zu haben.
THe World NEEDS more Mellotrons!!!"
"Mellotron introduces the new digital Mellotron Chamberlin. If the new processor will be delivered in April will soon be held to production. For about € 1800, it is to be had.
The world needs more Mellotron!"
Musikmesse: Musikmesse_2010_Elektron_Octatrack
YouTube via FrequencyTestSystem
"Das worauf alle gewartet haben. Das neue Teil von Elektron. Kosten ca.1200Euro. Ab Juni"
"That which have all been waiting for. The new part of the electron. Cost ca.1200Euro. From June"
Musikmesse_2010_Elektron-Octatrack-Features.AVI
"Jon Mårtensson explaining Feature of the Octatrack"
Musikmesse: Musikmesse_2010_Waldorf_PPG_V3_ALPHA.AVI
YouTube via FrequencyTestSystem
"Völlig unerwarte Präsentierte uns Waldorf eine ALPHA Version des Waldorf PPG V3. Die Prognose weist auf eine Juni Veröffentlichung und eine Preis von €150 Euro hin. Einen Upgrade von der Waldorf Edition wird es NICHT geben!"
Googlish:
"Totally unexpected Presented us an alpha version of Waldorf Waldorf PPG V3. The forecast has a June release and a price point of € 150. An upgrade from the Waldorf Edition, it will NOT be!"
Update via Qwave in the comments: "I heard it at the Messe and talked to Wolfram Franke, the programmer of this and the old 2.V. I complained about the different aliasing since the old days of betatesting the 2.V. Now, the new version with totally changed oscillator's inside code, the high frequency sample rate of the PPG wave 2.2 and 2.3 (slightly higher) is recreated more accurate. And then downsampled to the 44 kHz or what ever you use on your computer audi interface. The difference is easy to hear. The original aliasing was well in the hearing range of everybody. So the downsampling is much like hearing the PPG wave as recorded in high digital quality of an uncompressed CD format or even better. The sounds get all the gritty harshness of the real PPG waves. And I know what I am talking about, because I used to have a 2.2 and 2.3. And a waveterm B.
Right now, only the sample loading is implemented. I don't think the world will need all those outdated and very abstract to handle sequencer stuff of the original PPG waveterm. Or the resynthesis, which only worked for a single spectrum, not for a whole sound like on the Waldorf WAVE. Or the formant mode to create a single spectrum that is calculated to fill all slots of the wavetable to use a formant corrected version of the spectrum across the keyboard. Not that much needed.
I think most PPG waveterm users used sampling, because this was the new thing then. And every body hated the sequencer, but there were not so many alternatives available to us, then now.
On display was an alpha version. So things may change. Some features might be added.
The FX section is much like the one of the Largo. So you get the 6 stage chorus as well as some long delays and a reverb. But only one FX a time per part. The PPG 3.V is of cause multitimbral as the PPG wave 2.3. : 8 sounds a time. But with the very same limitations of the real PPG wave 2.3: a multi sample is only max 8 parts and uses up all 8 multi slots (named "bank" in the PPG wave 2.3). You may load multiple instances of the plug-in, to get more sounds at the same time. Or run the old 2.V plug-in side by side with this new one."
Musikmesse: Limited Edition Green Future Retro Orb Sequencer
"Introducing the limited edition UV Orb...Only 40 units will be offered with this UV green finish that glows brightly under blacklight. Same features and functions as the standard Orb unit.
The Orb is an easy to use, single track, step-based digital sequencer, ideal for controlling our XS semi-modular synthesizer as well as other analog CV/Gate or MIDI synthesizers. The Orb is also a perfect solution for controlling 303 clones which often lack the essential sequencer."Full details on the Future Retro website here.
Again, giving this one the Musikmesse header and label so it doesn't get missed with the product announcements during the messe.
Update: larger pic added.
Red Bull Music Academy Radio - Don Buchla
"You all know about the Moog. But what about Don Buchla, the Californian synthesizer designer who's Buchla Series 100 was released mere months after Dr. Bob's first synth? His electronic music equipment company, Buchla & Associates, were commissioned by avantgarde composers Morton Subotnik and Ramon Sender to create something they could use in live performance - and since then he's been creating and designing a whole range of unusual electro-acoustic instruments and deeply desirable modular synths. That includes the intruiging Marimba Lumina, the classic 1970 200 Series Electric Music Box or indeed the hot little analogue cutie, 1972s Music Easel. Buchla's sonic toys combine a colourful aesthetic with supernatural sonic abilities. Genius alert!"Click here for the audio on RBMA Radio. Not to be confused with the video lecture series previously posted here.
The Learned Nerd Synth Rig
Trippy shot of exposed synths on racks via The Learned Nerd. See if you can ID them. Hints in the labels.
Modded Ace Tone Rhythm Ace
via Smoov-E
"Here are some pictures of my modified Ace Tone Rhythm Ace. The 16 rhythm presets are re-programmed, the 3 instrument cancel buttons function as variations buttons, and all instruments have individual 1/4 inch outs powered by mini op amps. Also attached is the Logic Output Timing Chart I used for the re-programming process.
Thank You Marc Handschuh of Ultra Electronic Active, who I consulted multiple times for this job. His knowledge in the world of vintage gear is truly priceless."
ESTRADIN-230 3-VCO SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER
via this auction"ESTRADIN-230 is a Soviet Minimoog equivalent.
If you are familiar with Soviet synths you might know that ESTRADIN-230 has absolutely identical schematics (all 6 PCBs) with ALTAIR-231.
ESTRADIN-230 is powerful monophonic 3-OSC synthesizer produced by Elektroizmeritel, millitary radio plant in Zhitomir, USSR, 1984. Synth has 4-octave keyboard (F-C) with velocity (sensitivity assign to vibrato effect). For live performance there is a wheel which provides pitch shift. ESTRADIN 230 is based on 3-VCO (OSC-3 can work as the modulator), 1 VCF (lowpass 24dB/oct) with ADSR, 1 VCA, 3 LFO, noise generator (white/pink), glide, memory. It has an EXTERNAL INPUT allowing to use FILTER and GENERATORS with OTHER INSTRUMENTS such as guitars, synths, etc! ESTRADIN-230 consists of 5 main sections - OSC, MIXER, MODULATION, FILTER and AMP.
OSCILLATORS section:
— OSC 1,2,3 registers - 2", 4", 8", 16", 32", LF
— OSC 1,2,3 waveshape select - triangle, saw, square, pulse, sine
— OSC frequency
— freq 1..3, freq 2, freq 3
— linked to keyboard pitch on/off (OSC 3 ONLY as MAIN OSC)
MIXER:
— OSC 1,2,3 on/off, level
— ext input level, on/off
— noise generator level, on/off
— noise mode switch: white/pink MOD section:
— portamento on/off, rate;
— mod mixer knob: balance between modulated by OSC3 and noise, depth amount;
— pitch wheel (glissando)
FILTER:
— mod on/off
— cutoff, resonance, brightness
— attack, decay, sustain
— keytrack on/off
AMPLIFIER:
— attack, decay, sustain
— key hold memory on/off
— global section: main volume, phones volume, phones, A-440Hz tone on/off, power.
Connections: input, output, pedal input, phones.
Power supply: 220V/50Hz, 127V; fuze 0,125A
— Dimensions (mm) 754x466x110 (29.6"x18.3"x4.3")
— Weight: 18 kg (39.68 pounds)
Some examples of how it really sounds you will find here:
http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/estrdn230.php#sn"
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