ARP 2600 modular synthesizer late model

YouTube via pineyb | June 04, 2010

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"This unit is a 2601 Rev3, which is the very last revision of the 2600. It comes with the 3620 keyboard, which is duophonic. The last 1,000 units made were 2601s and only the last 100 or so were Rev3. They are quite rare. This is important, because the Rev3s did not have potted submodules, so they can be worked on. The rev3s were mechanically superior to the earlier models. Some people do not like the later filter as much, but that is an $99.00 upgrade from CMS. I like the sonics on this one, I have never found it to be dull or noisy, so I have never modded it.

The following is from CMS audio. (a respected 2600 repair/mod shop)

The best 2600 to look for?
Chronologically, 2600's got more reliable and serviceable as production progressed throughout the 1970's. The biggest change was the 2601 update that replaced all the input jacks with a more reliable type of jack. However, this improvement required that each jack be hand wired to the circuit boards, pushing up the labor costs considerably. The printed circuit boards were fitted with additional supports that improved the tactile feel of the sliders and also improved mechanical reliability. The retail price of a 2601/3620 was $3300.00 in 1975.

Probably the best course would be to find a late model (2601) and get the audio upgraded here at CMS. The earlier units do sound better from the factory, but the numerous mechanical problems can add up to a hefty repair bill especially if the 2600 in question, has been exposed to moisture for long periods.

Extensive road use is obviously another cause for concern. Indications are a yellowish silkscreen (tobacco) and a worn silkscreen in the filter mixer and ADSR sections."

Note: I couldn't use the "Click for more" link on this one as it breaks the videos.

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P4KO - Imperial Mashup (Darth Vader's Theme)

YouTube via P4KOTV | July 15, 2010

"The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
Composed by: John Williams
Arranged by: P4KO

Listen & Download: http://soundcloud.com/fco_rmz
http://twitter.com/fco_rmz"

INTUA BeatMaker on iTunes

Laurie Spiegel and NASA's Golden Record

"Born in Chicago in 1945 she took a degree in social science before studying music at Juilliard specialising in Baroque and Renaissance lute. She then took a leap into electronic music and in the 1970s wrote interactive compositional software at Bell Labs and founded the New York University Computer Music Studio. She also became famous in rock circles for her music software for personal computers. Lauarie Spiegel's own electronic music is minimalist and deals with textures, not melody. Among her works in the 1970s was a piece using mathematical algorithms to make audible a set of laws of planetary motions devised by the 17th century astronomer Johann Kepler which he called the Harmony of the Planets, and it was this work which NASA chose to be part of 'The Golden Record' on board the Voyager space craft."

via Rhythm Divine where you'll find a full transcript and audio if you have WMP or Real Player.

Pictured: "Pioneer in the field of computer-generated music: Laurie Spiegel"

via @stretta

Update: be sure to see the comments in this post for more bits of info.

Bonds Hipsters TVC - The Campaign Palace

YouTube via adnewsaust | February 11, 2010

Terry Riley - Part 3

Added to this post.

Crynonine

YouTube via theDarkMechanics | July 15, 2010

"Simple setup with TR 909, TB 303 & Korg MS20. The track has that industrial detroit vibe we think, let us know!"

OhmSound update

OhmSound update from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"I recently updated the OhmSound FM synth to fix some long-standing, annoying bugs. Fortunately, I got a chance to revisit why I like this synth so much, in spite of its quirky interface. In this video, I'm mostly just modifying the Carrier and Modulator waveforms, showing how two knobs can create a vast array of sound.
Lay on some thick delays and you have the perfect tool for your improv synth jams!"

Some info on OhmSound: "OhmSound is a complete FM synthesizer, designed to take extensive advantage of the Ohm64 layout and programmability. Or, better said, plug in your Ohm64, open up OhmSound, and have a hell of a lot of fun.

I made this synth not so much as to create the best sounding, most awesome synthesizer ever, but to provide a detailed example of what you can do with the Ohm64. Since the source Max/MSP patches are all available and fairly well documented, it provides an excellent narrative for making your own instruments. Making this instrument also gave me an opportunity to find some potential “best practices” when designing for the Ohm64, as well as test and refine the Editor code and test that further. Testing-by-making is much more fun than testing-with-tests. I had spent an enormous amount of time doing that in the run-up to releasing the Ohm64, and it was high time to get my hands dirty." more details here

Editors - Papillon (performed by Kebu on a Roland Alpha Juno-synth)

YouTube via kebunator | July 15, 2010

"This video is a tribute to the best pop song of the decade, and also to a magnificent but underestimated synth from the 80's.

I woke up one morning with a weird idea of making a cover of the tune called "Papillon" by Editors, using only my Roland Alpha Juno! The equipment visible in the video was the only equipment used for producing the song: a programmer ("editor") for the juno (PG-300), a stereo recording interface (Mindprint Trio), an overdrive stomp box (Boss BD-2), and a computer. The synth was recorded using a multitrack software (Cubase SL). Only the following plugins were used: one stereo reverb, one mono delay, channel EQ, as well as a multiband compressor and limiter on the final master."

4ms Shuffling Clock Multiplier

YouTube via bigcitymusic | July 15, 2010

"Here's the next installment of clock manipulating tools for eurorack from 4ms Pedals. The Shuffling Clock Multiplier gives you multiples of your original clock tempo. The "Rotate" jack from the RCD has come along and there's also a skip input which removes some of the gates depending on your voltage input. We're using an Analogue Systems rs-60 Envelope Generator module in hold mode for our static cv controlling the rotate amount.

Just like the name says, the SCM shuffles too! Outputs with an "S" next to the output denote a shuffled output. The shuffle amount is fixed but the forthcoming breakout panels will give you a knob and CV control of the amount, as well as controls for skip, rotate, pulse width and more.

In this video we have four oscillators fed directly into a Cwejman VCA-4MX. The SCM gates are opening the Cwejman directly. Paired with the RCD, the SCM can greatly expand the rhythms generated by your modular synth!"

Inside an ARP 2600

via SV Synthesis where you'll find more pics.

Arp2600 demo by Salvatore Valentino

Jennings Univox / Clavioline

via this auction
"rare Jennings Univox. This is a similar synth to a Gibson Clavioline. I've owned the unit for a few years now and done a lot of work to it. The synth works well ... all the tubes work, all the keys work, and the buttons work as well. The tuning is stable ... you need to tune it every few hours or so. The action on the keyboard is a little rough, its an antique and plays like one. The cabinet has been retolexed with the green alligator-ish tolex. Underneath is the original brown tolex on the inside ... on the outside it seems to be there as well. This could be a great restoration project, or a really cool unique mono synth for your collection. This is the only tube synth you might ever own. These synths are pretty awesome. We've owned and maintained it at a pro studio in NYC"

GorillaBox empty racks going on sale 6:06 pacific

http://gorillabox.bigcartel.com/

atomo1.mov

YouTube via atomolab | July 15, 2010
AtomoSynth on Ebay
"This is a nice demo video of the Mochika2.1 made by George Kazaklis...
Thanks George !!!...."

Oberheim Xpander

YouTube via ZachHancock | July 15, 2010

via this auction

White Crumar Bit 99

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Yamaha CS20M

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aestuspoopiedoop

YouTube via petermopar | July 15, 2010

"A movie made by Aestus B, Peter B, and the massive custome object known as Roolz-Gewei."

Baustelle - Rachele Bastreghi

flickr by dani[grunge photographer]

"Live / Capannelle @ Rock in Roma
Altre foto su: www.concertinalive.it"

Elektron Poster Art via ben (shoontz) shannon Illustrator

via the man that brought us this awesome post. Don't miss the rest of Ben's art on http://www.shoontz.com.

On the top two posters:
"The lady in the lake one was likening the Monomachine to Excalibur, the 2001 poster kind of speaks for itself, and the girl riding the Monomachine was half my idea and half Daniel's request (I actually cried when I heard he died) [For those that do not know, Daniel Hansson was the man behind Elektron and passed away at the young age of 32 on August 19th of 2007].

Each of the samurai represents a sound engine, and that the woman is the FX section/Monomachine itself, (the only thing powerful enough to command them). A futuristic master for classic power.

I've actually got a picture that Zombi Nation sent me of the posters hanging in his studio too! I wish I could share it, but it might be a violation of our friendship."

Native Instruments Reaktor 5.5 Beta - First Look on CDM

On CDM. The synth bits:
"Fans of Reaktor over the years have come to appreciate the free updates and content NI routinely provides to customers. This update is no exception, shipping with ensembles previously released as “Electronic Instruments 2″ and an instrument called Lazerbass that’s based on a new Reaktor module called the Sine Bank. Designed by synth wiz Mike Daliot, Lazerbass showcases in one instrument most of the new Reaktor. It’s got a beautiful panel design, excellent sound selections as snapshots, along with gut-wobbling new additive synthesis. NI is known for sonic innovation and that “Future Sound” so many producers crave. Reaktor 5.5 delivers with Lazerbass and with this new instrument alone, puts a wide wandering swath of VST crap completely to shame." Read the full post with more bits on Lazerbass on Create Digital Music here.

Kilpatrick K4815 Pattern Generator + Dewanatron Triple Slice

YouTube via bigcitymusic | July 15, 2010

"Here's the incredibly amazing Kilpatrick Audio K4815 Pattern Generator controlling the brand new Dewanatron Triple Slice oscillator. The K4815 is capable of producing an almost infinite amount of different patterns and sequences. You choose the pattern type, the motion type, the clock speed (different divisions of internal or external clock), and the gate time. You can choose forward or reverse, major or minor sequences and "large/small" which determines how many octaves your pattern will move through The gate out in this example is opening a Malekko/Wiard Borg filter in lowpass gate/VCA mode.

The Dewanatron Triple Slice is a beautiful sounding triangle oscillator with three wave slicing stages, Slicing is just like wavefolding. Imagine taking a triangle wave and inverting or folding it part way through so now the top portion of the triangle is inverted. There are three stages of this that can add varying degrees of complimentary harmonics to your original waveshape. The "Stir" amount controls the internal LFO's to modulate the amount of each slicing stage. There's also an external oscillator input that you can use to slice other oscillators or sound sources. The "Skew" control adjusts the LFO's slice rates of the second and third stages."

Buchla via Giorgio

via Giorgio Sancristoforo
www.gleetchplug.com
www.audioscan.it
http://soundcloud.com/giorgio-sancristoforo

ThumbJam Shredfest

YouTube via ElectricAlienCat | July 11, 2010

"Okay, so maybe I've been watching too many Steve Vai dvd's...

Backing track 'Saw your heart out' :
I Created this in Buzz (free pc software!), drums with BFD2.

ThumbJam:
Used my own recorded notes from a Fender Strat (clean) plugged into vst fx software PodFarm2 with custom 'synth guitar' settings.

Camera person: Julie"


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ThumbJam Shredfest ver2

ElectricAlienCat | July 14, 2010

"Another take from this session with ThumbJam plugged into vst fx PodFarm 2.

Improvising over my own backing track."

Squeeze -"Pulling Mussels from a Shell" on Jimmy Fallon 7/14

YouTube via cathoderoy | July 14, 2010
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Minimoog Voyager Old School Legato Switch & Velocity Curve Mod

via Moog Music:
"Treat your Old School to an Expressive Expansion with the Legato Switch and Velocity Curve Modification. This modification adds a host of new features requested by top players:

Legato On/Off Switch - Classic Moog look and feel, conveniently located near the Pitch and Mod Wheels for easy switching between single and multi envelope triggering.

Velocity Curves - Soft, Medium and Hard curves can be set by holding down specific keys during power-up. Settings are stored and will remain in effect through numerous power cycles until changed.

This is a factory upgrade only. While we have your Old School in the shop, we'll also give it a complete retune and recalibration.

We'll treat your baby right!"

ELEKTRONIKA EM-26 RARE SOVIET USSR ANALOG VOCODER SYNTH

via this auction
Front panel translation sheet below.
"Electronika EM-26 portable vocoder is intended for synthesis the voice or external signals, has internal strings ton-generator, analyzer-synthesizer, modulations and vocoder effects. Control panel include 4 sections: VIBRATO, VOCODER, STRINGS and LEVEL, also it has a panel real time transpose and other controls.

VIBRATO section has sliders - accent, depth and rate
VOCODER - chorus knobs (on, mode), mic/vocoder level
STRINGS - on/off, level, violin/cello, sustain
LEVEL - mic, line A, line C
Keyboard PANEL: main level, pitch, interval, octave, pitch bend

CONNECTION (1/4 jack): mic in, line A,C, phones, output, pedal, power.

Specifications:
— Number of octaves in a keyboard, 2,5
— Weight with case, 6 kg (approx. 13 Pounds)

Samples on ruskeys.net.

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Ekdahl Moisturizer Analog Spring Reverb & Filter Box

via Aliens Project

Korg Ms20 lc dual data glove test

YouTube via FSK1138 | July 15, 2010

"fun starts at 00:54

P5 data glove is running p5 midi
mapped with midi joke
providing parameter control
of KORG ms20 lc running under savihost

the peregrine gaming glove is triggering the notes
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the peregrine gaming glove is basically a
keyboard emulator with 30 triggers points


info and links

peregrine gaming glove
http://theperegrine.com/

p5 midi
http://www.nicolasfournel.com/P5midi.htm

savihost
http://www.hermannseib.com/english/sa...

midi yoke
http://www.midiox.com/

p5 data glove
http://www.vrealities.com/P5.html"

Native Instrument Machine Promo Vids

Justin Aswell going crazy solo with Maschine

YouTube via NativeInstruments | July 15, 2010

"Justin Aswell, beat-maker of Mr. Invisible, proving MASCHINEs potential in the hands of a virtuoso."

Mr. Invisible performing live with Maschine

NativeInstruments | July 15, 2010

"Hip-hop innovators Mr. Invisible showing their love for MASCHINE as a groovebox in a live performance."

"Superstar" - on Yamaha and Technics organs

YouTube via organfairy | July 15, 2010

"This melody was used in the Swedish movie "Livet är en schlager" also known as "Hånden på hjertet" or "Once in a lifetime" and it was originally recorded by Danish artist Thomas Helmig.

Apart from the Yamaha HE-8 and the Technics SX-C600 organs I also use a Roland JX-8P synthesizer for my version. I have also experimented a bit with some echo."

moular mouse - Deadmau5

YouTube via deadmau5 | July 14, 2010

"my first patch on the new crazy thing."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 2

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"extremely rare Rev 2 Prophet 5. According to the SC Serial number log only 1117 of the Rev 2 model were ever released to the public. It is anybody's guess as to how many survived. Anyone who is familiar with P5 history knows that the Rev 1 was quickly (183 were made) replaced by the Rev 2. The Rev 2 had the highly sought after, but somewhat unstable (whatcha gonna do) SSM Chips. The Rev 3 moved to the more stable, but less organic sounding Curtis chips.

The serial number is in the 700's and is a non-MIDI conversion. When we were having this unit fully gone over by Wine Country Productions, probably the best SC repair facility in the world, we had some options, but we decided to keep this as original as possible. Because of that we did not replace the nicked wood pieces, nor did we add MIDI. We did replace two pots and two knobs, but they were replaced with original pieces WCP had in stock. Four IC's and sockets were replaced along with one SSM chip. The key stops were not replaced because the key board bed is stable and plays great. The original factory patches were loaded in. After this was done the unit was "burned in", left turned on, for seventy two hours to make sure it was stable and no other problems would crop up. None did."

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SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PROPHET VS

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 3000 Sampler

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ARP-SOLUS.mov

YouTube via CINEpocalypse | July 15, 2010
via this auction
"short detail of the manipulation of the broken faders & broken switch.
sorry for the flip"HD" image."

Listen in at :44 - :46 and see if that sounds familiar. Poll below.

ENSONIQ EPS/EPS16/EPSm/SQ80/VFX SYNTH/SAMPLER BROCHURES

via this auction
"5 original ENSONIQ synthesizer/sampler BROCHURES including ENSONIQ EPS/EPS16+/EPSm/SQ80/VFXsd synthesizer and sampler BROCHURES. These brochures are in excellent condition. Each brochure is a double sided advertisement. They were printed in 1987, 1989 and 1990 in the USA. They are all written in English. I have looked after these brochures for over 20 years since I was a teenager.

These brochures provide details on these synth's / samplers sounds, drum samples, multi effects, sequencer capabilities, voice architecture, MIDI, editing features as well as sampling capabilities. The brochures also provide all the Technical Specifications on the back page as well as accessories information.

These brochures that are out of print and no longer available are becoming more collectable and are quite rare."

See the seller's other items here.

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YAMAHA AN1x & CS1x SYNTHESIZER BROCHURES

via this auction
"original YAMAHA AN1x and CS1x synthesizer BROCHURES. These brochures are in excellent condition. They each contain 2 pages of informative information as well as a front & back cover. They were printed in 1997 & 1996 in Japan. They are both written in English. These brochures provide details on these 2 synths such as sounds, drum samples, multi effects, arpeggiator capabilities, step sequencer details, assignable X-Z ribbon controller, realtime morphing capabilities and more. The brochures also provide all the Technical Specifications on the back page as well as accessories information.

These brochures that are out of print and no longer available are becoming more collectable and are quite rare."

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KORG MS-20

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Roland JX-3P with Organix MIDI Mod

via this auction
"The synth has the organix midi modification installed. All parameters are now controlable and recordable via mid cc comands. For more infos see here": "The JX-3P was one of the first synthesizers with MIDI. The sounds can be edited from the frontpanel and with a PG-200 programmer. One of the biggest disadvantages is that the MIDI functionality is very limited. No SysEx or CC support was implemented. It is impossible to edit the sounds via MIDI. The second disadvantage is that the PG-200 programmer and the MIDI-IN can not be used simultaneously.

To solve these shortcomings, a JX-3P MIDI Expansion kit is designed."

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