"Serial Number 700XXX. The machine is 6 voices and come equipped with full MIDI capabilities. It can function in Mono, Stereo, or even as a 6 voice multi-timbral monosynth. It also has CV/Gate capabilities and can be used as C/V to MIDI converter for up to 6 channels of your old gear. The modulation and routing capabilities on this thing are incredible."
PPG Wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer from the year 1982.
part1: some typical classic Wave 2.2 sounds
part2: the different functions (coming soon)
The PPG Wave 2.2 is the direct successor of the Wave 2 but with 2 oscillators. He is one of the greatest synths ever. A real classic! Only 500 Wave 2.2 were manufactured.
The sound character is different to the later Waldorf Microwave synths and a little bit different to the Wave 2.3. The nice SSM 2044 filter make the sounds so warm and incredible.
- 8 Voices
- 2 to 16 Oscillators per voice
- 30 Wavetables with 64 waves per table
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass SSM 2044 VCF
- Curtis CEM 3360 VCAs
- micro processor (6809)
- 8Bit DACs
Used by: Trevor Horn (Propaganda, Art Of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Grace Jones), Ultravox, Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, Tears For Fears, Thomas Dolby, The Fixx, Thompson Twins, Gary Numan and much more"
" * Velocity-sensitive pads permit very expressive rhythm pattern programming * New Bass part allows for programming bass lines using 16 different bass sounds * 200 versatile preset rhythm patterns and 200 user-programmable patterns * Large LCD for confirming pattern tempo at all times * Foot control jack permits connection to optional footswitch for hands-free start/stop and fills * Unique pad interface designed like a bass guitar neck for easy programming of rhythm/bass lines * Direct Pattern Play function lets users assign internal patterns to pads for triggering "on the fly" * Selectable battery or AC operation"
YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | January 13, 2011 |
"My first album is now available at Ruralfaune ( ruralfaune@gmail.com or http://www.myspace.com/disquesruralfaune ) SYNTH018 FREDERIC GERCHAMBEAU "3 Suites" CDR - limited 90 - file under : french avant-garde electronic, GRM music for theoretical minds
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Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. Yes, i totally ruined out the beautiful sound of a Moog Slim Phatty with a double audio-rate sequence made with Plogue Bidule. It's an awful shame ! Don't you ever do that ! http://www.myspace.com/fredericgerchambeau"
See the bottom of The NAMM List for some updates that did not go up in new posts (ie., a new video of KRONOS and the M-Audio Venom went up). Updates will now alternate between green and red so you can see when new chunks were added. Remember to check out the Comments link above for the latest on what people are saying. It's also an easy way to get to the posts being discussed.
For fun, here are what appears to be the most popular posts so far (note they all went up at different times so that has something to do with the numbers as well):
"Custom Hardware Synth Created by Eric Persing Revealed as Grand Prize
NAMM - Anaheim, CA — January 13, 2011 — The Bob Moog Foundation gave a special presentation at Winter NAMM, announcing a unique collaboration with Eric Persing of Spectrasonics on a fund-raising contest to benefit the foundation. Details of the contest are to be revealed when it begins on March 15th. During the presentation, Persing unveiled the Grand Prize for the benefit contest — a stunning, one-of-a-kind custom “OMG-1” hardware synthesizer he created that integrates the worlds of analog synthesis, computers, software synthesis and the latest multi-touch surfaces into one extraordinary instrument.
The OMG-1 was designed by Persing as a live performance instrument and is not a commercial product — it’s truly one-of-a-kind. The state of the art dual manual OMG-1 combines a Moog Little Phatty® analog synthesizer, Spectrasonics’ flagship Omnisphere® software synthesizer, a powerful internal Apple Mac Mini computer, dual Apple iPads®, dual iPods®, and Spectrasonics’ brand-new Omni TR™ iPad app — all integrated into a beautiful, hand-crafted curly maple cabinet created by American artisan Daniel Auon.
During the special sneak-preview presentation, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, and Eric Persing talked about their collaboration and Eric gave a live performance with the OMG-1.
"I’ll never forget the first time I played a Minimoog when I was a little kid...it truly changed my life!” says Eric Persing, Founder and Creative Director of Spectrasonics, a leading music software company, “So it’s a privilege after all these years to give back to the foundation honoring my hero Bob Moog and keeping the spirit and history of his inventions alive for the next generation. I had a blast designing the OMG-1 with Dan and I can’t wait to see who wins it!”
Michelle Moog-Koussa added, “The Bob Moog Foundation is grateful to Eric Persing for creating and sharing this one-of-a-kind innovative instrument. The foundation's mission is to ignite creativity at the intersection of music, science, history and innovation. It is fitting that Eric's OMG-1 does just that. His instrument represents the contemporary convergence of analog and digital, hardware and software. I think Bob would applaud Eric's efforts to transcend boundaries in order to create an instrument with new and unique capabilities.”
Complete details about this exciting benefit will be announced by Spectrasonics when the contest begins on March 15th, 2011 (www.spectrasonics.net)."
Update: New pics:
Update:
NAMM 2011 - Bob Moog Foundation and Spectrasonics Unveil the OMG-1
YouTube via SynthMeTV | January 16, 2011 |
"The Bob Moog Foundation gave a special presentation at NAMM, announcing a unique collaboration with Eric Persing of Spectrasonics on a fund-raising contest to benefit the foundation. Details of the contest are to be revealed when it begins on March 15th. During the presentation, Persing unveiled the Grand Prize for the benefit contest — a stunning, one-of-a-kind custom "OMG-1" hardware synthesizer he created that integrates the worlds of analog synthesis, computers, software synthesis and the latest multi-touch surfaces into one extraordinary instrument. Check out the OMG-1 and hear Eric Persing jam on this amazing custom synth that you can win!"
"Here is the newest pic for the harvestmann Tyme Sefari, looks great :) ...from his website, I think it might be a twelve second sampler that's 16 bit instead of his first one which is an 8 bit sampler.."
YouTube via squidfanny | January 13, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes squidfanny on eBay "FM / Glitch Synth. Scrambled FM sounds, Glitch, Metal Touch Point, Bolt-BAy, Glitch Button, Flashing LED Lights and Metal Keys (camera sadly can't capture the detail).
timeFrogII inertial MIDI controler crash test session
YouTube via UNDEADINSTRUMENTS | January 03, 2011 | The skipping is the video. It goes away for a bit and comes back. "undeadinst.zeitfraktur.org - timeFrogII inertial MIDI controler crash test session Ableton Live integration MaxMSP integration"
matrix controller Preset editor for Oberheim Matrix 1000/6R analog synthetisor
* rotary endless controls only * patch select * patch editor: DCO, ENV, LFO, VCF * parameter automation * direct access all patch parameters: for parameters non available on front panel, access by adress. * 5 assignable rotary controls * MIDI keyboard input
Below in blue: automation MIDI controller * up to 32 automation slots * automation types: o ramp o triangle o sinus o square o random env o random square o random period
Update: Details via this auction: "The Bug XI By Ben Houston . This custom piece is part of a folktek series entitled "philanthropoid"". Known simply as the Bug series. Also in the series on the site and around the world is the Mantis, dronescape sequencer,the book of sound, the moth, the growling insect, the bug, the octa-hedra, walking stick, pendulum translator and others. The sound is phenomenol and continues to amaze us. It is a sonic symphony of nasty and grimy sweetness, endless layers of sound possibilities emenating from High quality OSC originally based on high tech speech synthesis. Seemingly random bits can be rediscovered time and time again and then there are those moments that you will most likely never rediscover. Endlessly captivating, this piece WILL provide sounds that you will not find in other synthesizers and will astonish you every time you turn it on.
This particular piece features four patchable knobs, and a twelve point magnetic patchbay. This allows you to determine function and provides tons of flexibility. In addition, two more knobs (global knob control and power kill) , glowing lamp power indicator , 2 folktek button/switches for activate and freeze mode sections, reset, 1/4" output, basic manual of function and layout. You'll be able to cipher through waveforms and textures with extreme sensitivity in thousands of ways. Waveforms (individual, or multiple layers) can be captured and maintained, often intermodulating in beautiful and/or disturbing ways. Super sensitive knobs let you filter through tons of sounds and glitchscapes. Albums are waiting to be created here as the sound is quite different from anything else you'll find.. Includes DC adaptor"
"NAMM 2011 see's Novation announce Automap 3.8 which brings tighter integration for Waves users, and the launch of the massive Golden Ticket campaign during which over $5,000 worth of special edition gold Novation, Rane and Serato gear will be given away. Novation will also be marking the global availability of the new UltraNova synthesiser.
Automap 3.8
Automap is control software that comes free with all Novation controllers. The latest update provides total integration with all Waves plug-ins - just open up a Waves plug-in and it will automatically map to Novation hardware (this will require the forth-coming Waves update). Automap runs with Novation's SL MkII and Nocturn ranges of controllers. It is universally recognised as a powerful control solution and includes features such as 'Learn' which enables instant mapping of software parameters to hardware controls.
Golden Ticket Campaign
Novation have teamed up with Rane, Serato and Loopmasters to launch the Golden Ticket campaign. We won't be showing people around Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, but we will be giving away 25 pairs of special edition gold Dicers, five gold Launchpads, 50 pairs of special edition Golden Ticket Serato control vinyl, and a gold Rane Sixty-Eight mixer!
Golden Tickets can be found inside every special edition box of Rane SL1 and SL3 interfaces as well as TTM 57SL and Sixty-Eight mixers. Every single ticket unlocks over 500MB of Loopmasters sample content hand picked by the Loopmasters team - including the samples used by Blakey in the Golden Dicer video.
For more information and to see the video of DMC champion Blakey doing his thing with The Bridge, Dicer and Launchpad, visit: www.novationmusic.com/goldenticket
UltraNova Shipping
The UltraNova is newly available worldwide and is already making waves in the synth community…
UltraNova is a ‘Nova’ series analogue-modelling synthesizer with a powerful effects processor. It is a single-part synth taking the legendary Supernova II synth engine as a starting point and packing it with the latest technology. It now has brand new features including wavetable synthesis, even more powerful filters, a software editor and a revolutionary new touch-sense performance mode.
UltraNova ships with 381 sounds which can be searched for by type and musical genre, it also includes a software patch librarian where you can store and categorise an infinite number of your own sounds.
Join Novation on booth #6464 of the Winter NAMM show in Anaheim, California to see the latest in electronic music and DJ hardware, including UltraNova, the astonishing new synth; Launchpad, designed specifically for use with Ableton Live; Dicer, the dedicated controller for digital DJs; and the SL MkII range of controller keyboards.
Also at the show, DMC champion Blakey will be performing using Novation equipment at 12 noon and 2pm each day. If you can't wait to see him in action, head to www.youtube.com/novationtv"
Update:
Novation at Winter NAMM 2011
YouTube via NovationTV | January 15, 2011 |
"Check out Novation's antics at the 2011 Winter NAMM show. More information at www.novationmusic.com"
Render via Facebook. The Stromberg, below, was officially announced as a new product from Waldorf years ago when they reformed. Since then there has not been an update.
"The machine is fitted with ZIF sockets for easy swapping of EPROMs (I did own a Prommer at one point) and evidently I have swapped some chips around as the 'clap' is on the 'sidestick' and 'sidestick' is on the 'cowbell'. An SCI Drumtraks kick sample is on the 'Clap'. I obviously had the need to have two kick samples rather than the cowbell - which I didn't feel the need for. I think I still have the Cowbell EPROM lying around (and maybe some other programmed chips) but I can't guarantee that I will find them. Please note that, as shown in the video, I was unable to get the Hi Conga to work. I am fairly sure this is down to the slider in the mixer section which may have come away from the track - it should be an easy fix. This machine is retro-fitted with the JL Cooper Midi interface. I haven't tested the MIDI functionality but I assume it to be working."
"This is an FX Music Control restored synth and passed through their workshops in July 2002. The synth was serviced by James Walker who was head tech at FX before starting Synth Repair Services."
via this auction
via this auction
* Unique pad interface designed like a bass guitar neck for easy programming of rhythm/bass lines
via @brandon_dnl's NAMM Set.
First set here via @brandon_dnl
Pictured here:
via califaudio's stream via @califaudio
Update: pic attached.
matrix controller
via Folktek Arts
This particular piece features four patchable knobs, and a twelve point magnetic patchbay. This allows you to determine function and provides tons of flexibility. In addition, two more knobs (global knob control and power kill) , glowing lamp power indicator , 2 folktek button/switches for activate and freeze mode sections, reset, 1/4" output, basic manual of function and layout. You'll be able to cipher through waveforms and textures with extreme sensitivity in thousands of ways. Waveforms (individual, or multiple layers) can be captured and maintained, often intermodulating in beautiful and/or disturbing ways. Super sensitive knobs let you filter through tons of sounds and glitchscapes. 
Albums are waiting to be created here as the sound is quite different from anything else you'll find.. Includes DC adaptor"
via this auction 
