"BOUM is a full analog stereo warming unit, combining an easy-to-use compressor, a versatile distortion generator and a smooth low-pass filter. BOUM is the perfect tool when you need to add warmth, thickness, and character to your sounds, but also apply severe distortion and extreme compression treatments.
BOUM is based on an original and unique circuit, including the following stages :
INPUT GAIN : boost your signal up to +18db to adapt BOUM to various signal levels, and also improve the distortion content and the compression sensitivity.
COMPRESSOR : with a single knob, control the 3 essential parameters of a compressor, threshold, ratio and makeup gain, without thinking about how a compressor works ! The ratio ranges from 1:1 (no compression) to inf. :1 (limiter), but also negative compression up to 1: -1!
"This is a more in-depth follow up to my initial Nyx vid now that I've spent more time with the wee beastie.
It's a fabulous little synth and because of its eminent tweakability, I'll often reach for it first. That being said, I have heard a couple of people saying it's not great for "conventional" sounds which is partly why I made this further vid."
"**Has some major functional problems** - it will need work: Only one of the VCOs seems to work and the poly section is not outputing, many of the sliders and pots are scratchy, the VCF and filters seem to work correctly, all keys seem to work, the bender bar is hard to move, and the Pitch poly pot is a little warped. Still makes some cool weird sounds, but definitely not in normal working order.
Includes User and Service Manual - which include schematics, parts lists, etc..."
From the depths of the Optigan master tape archives comes this previously unreleased SAMBA jam, paired with a Marimba keyboard scale that similarly went unused back in the 70s. Though we have previously released the marimba sound for Orchestron, it's making its first Optigan appearance on this disc. Oddly enough, the Samba session did not include any percussion specials, so rather than using the more generic latin percussion found elsewhere in the master tape archive, we hunted down some nice public domain samba percussion loops which pair nicely with the vintage tapes. So get onboard those jets to Brazil!!
"For a very limited one-month time period only, from now until March 25th 2018, we’re offering an opportunity to buy discs from our back-catalog. Normally we’re not able to keep these titles in stock, because historically the vendor that makes the raw discs has required a minimum order of 25 copies of any given title. Since our cost for these copies is quite high, and it’s an extremely niche market, we can’t afford to buy them in large quantities and remain thousands of dollars in the red while the orders slowly trickle in. BUT, over the course of a year we typically reach a point where there are enough total requests for discs across all the various titles that the vendor is willing to take an order without requiring the usual minimum number of copies for each title. This all has to happen in one fell swoop, so we’re limiting the time frame in which folks can place their orders. Once the deadline passes, we’ll order only as many copies as we have actual orders for. It will then take a month or two to get all those copies fabricated and sent out. Your patience is appreciated! Unfortunately, we cannot offer any sort of bulk discounts or other types of custom orders beyond what is offered in our store. In the past we’ve experimented with different bundle pricing schemes, etc, so the prices set for those bundles will remain in effect. All discs will ship with the printed jackets exactly as pictured on the product page for each item.
"Solton Programmer 24, well knowed as the “ITALO DISCO” synthesizer. It’s a very funny synth, cool '80 Electro sounds with an unique arranger and polysections..."
"this short example of a lead demonstrates the River Keyboard action: velocity on envelope attack, aftertouch on vibrato, monophonic portamento...River is equipped with a Fatar TP8 top notch keyboard, allowing very good expressiveness."
"Oberheim OB-X synth demo - playing sounds and patches on vintage Oberheim OBX analog synthesizer from Oberheim -- including pads, sample & hold patterns, cross modulation sounds and ambient noise soundscapes.
The Oberheim OBX was the first in the line of OB synths which subsequently included the OB-Xa and OB-8. The OB-X uses discrete components and chips to generate its analog sound."
"Caitlin's first full jam with the Synthesis Technology E370 & E352.
The E370 has oscillator one connected to the Roland System-1m which is being used as a filter. Oscillators 2 ,3 & 4 form chords outputted via the E370's onboard mixer.
The E352's 2 outputs are fed to the Mother-32's filer and envelope.
The Mother-32 (along with a Pico Seq) provide the sequencing. MATHS and the Quadra/Quad VCAs the envelopers.
We also use the Hexinverter drums triggered by the 4MS Rotating Clock divider."
A video overview of the Bradley Telcom Jitter and Hit Synthesizer: a semi modular piece of test equipment from the early 1970s. It was originally used by phone companies to test line impairments. Special thanks to Thomas Fang for providing both units and doing the overview for the video! Check out Fang's music here:
"The ConVertor+ and the Squaver P1+ are our new generation of audio controlled synths Marking several tweaks and improvements over the first generation. The full list of improvements will be listed in the official launch but for now we give you our pre-demos showing our improved gating system."
"Windsynth Quartet with AKAI EWI-USB, YAMAHA WX5 and IFW
Equipment: AKAI EWIUSB, YAMAHA WX5, and MacBookPro(2011)
Software: IFW, and Apple Logic Pro 9
Song Title: "Moonlight Serenade"(G. Miller)
Arr. by Naoki Suzuki
Sheetmusic: http://amzn.to/2or7tv7
Baritone part: YAMAHA WX5 with IFW
Other part: AKAI EWIUSB with IFW
Drum part: Sequence with EXS24(Logic Pro 9)
"I recently acquired a few vintage vinyl records of Morton Subotnick and was intrigued by the notation on the back of Silver Apples of the Moon. I experimented with 5 of the lines from this notation using the 251e and 250e for the sequences and the 252e for some triggering. I used the principal and modulation oscillators from the 261e and 259 as well as one section of the Dual Algorithmic Oscillator. This doesn’t sound anything like Subotnick’s masterpiece, but it was fun putting it together."
