SUPER RARE ARIES MODULAR VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTH + Schematics

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"The synth is very rare and unique. There aren't that many of them out there. This one is in great working condition, it was recently serviced by a professional. It's also in a very good cosmetic condition for its age, see the pictures.

It comes with a matching original keyboard, patch cords, extra VCO, few spare knobs, complete schematics, user's manual (original) and Aries catalog of products (1979)..."

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1977 Aries System 300 Electronic Synthesizer Print Ad

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Original Synthesizer Literature Almost Lost - Aries, Moog, EMS & More

Full flickr set By jimmy now lives in sun city here. Pictured above is The Aries, below an article by Alfred Mayer on the then new EMS VCS3.

"these old synth ad's, and papers were found in a box headed for the dump.... the guy was a major DIY'r he had boxes full of projects and tons of DIY magazine articles. it's amazing what people hold on to..."

via Tim Durland on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Update: it looks like I posted this one back in 2010. It never get's old! :)

Aries Music 77 Synthesizer Catalog

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1979 Aries Music System 300 Modular Catalog & Price List

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"16 page, original 1979 Aries Music catalog."

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1978 Aries Music Ad

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"Aries Music Inc. 1/4-page black and white modular synthesizer advertisement from page 38 in the February 1978 issue of Contemporary Keyboard."

1977 Aries Music Ad

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"Aries Music Inc. 1/4-page black and white synthesizer manual advertisement from page 50 in the December 1977 issue of Contemporary Keyboard."

ARIES Modular Synthesizer System 300 Series 18 Page Brochure

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New I Dream of Wire Gear Pics

New synth prn is up on the IDOW Facebook Gallery. Scroll down to the bottom when you get there.

Pictured: Big City Music showroom & Aries Modular at Big City Music.

Synchonizing Electronic Musical Equipment and Acoustic Drums

YouTube Uploaded by artoftravelogue on Mar 12, 2012

"The ability to have sequences of different devices play in time together can be a challenge. In this video, I demonstrate how I synchronize various equipment. MIDI and DCB standards can also be easily synched, but are not shown in this video. I use primarily DIN Sync and analog clocks (including the Garfield MiniDoc) for this demonstration. The Casio and the DR110 have been modified to accept a clock input. The solenoid drum triggers were built by me and allow for dynamics (accents) - the roll in the drum pattern is programmed using a pulse LFO with an S/H modulation for random variation. There is more information on modifying clock signals at www.artoftravelogue.com."

Sequential Circuits Programmer comes in at 1:48. Aries modular audio comes in just before that. Watch through to the end for the drums being triggered by the Modcan.

Jon Sonnenberg - Travelogue Workspace - half of the studio

flickr By Jon Sonnenberg
(click through for mouse-over descriptions for each synth and more pics - that's an Aries modular on top and the custom monolith2 on the right - previously posted here)

You can find Travelogue here. Don't miss the EML Poly-box post here.

On the studio:
"As you can see, the studio is pretty packed. The only gear that does not belong to me is the Oberheim OB-1 and the Boss GT-5 which are borrowed from a friend. You can hover over the photo to see what the gear is. I make rules for myself when it comes to gear position. 1) I try to have all keys and controls within reach. 2) modulars are positioned where hanging cables will not get in the way of using other equipment. 3) equipment is not blocked by other equipment (this is the most challenging rule) 4) Everything is plugged into power strips and regulated through a SU700 UPS; though anything CAN be turned on, I try to keep the power load down by only turning on the equipment that I will use for the task at hand. I have a homemade DIN sync multiple connecting the MC-202, TR-808, TR-606, Mini Doc, XOXOX, and an MSQ-700 (usually for the Jupiter DCB, but can be switched to MIDI)"

This one in via Solvent of I Dream of Wires

Aries System 300 & 77 Brochures & Price Sheet

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Rare Vintage Aries Music Modular Synthesizer Brochure

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"Aries modules used mini patch plugs and the AR-300 was partly designed by the ARP 2600 engineers

17 pages outlining AR-300 systems, Studio Systems, Keyboard Systems, Sequence Systems, Module descriptions, etc."

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Kevin Kissinger's rig detail at KCEM

This one in via Christian.

"Matrixsynth green:-)"

Aries modular.

Aries AR-313 analog keyboard controller

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"Untested Aries AR-313 Analog Keyboard controller with documentation. It looks beautiful but no power source, Rare modular synth company from Massachutsetts. I don't see these too often.

CV Out
Trigger Out
Gate Out
Voice Out
Aux Voice Out

Trim
Trim
Pornamento"

The Wiard Zero Prototype & Bimorphic Filter Research Prototype

This one in via Mr. Array. What you are looking at is The Wiard Zero Prototype built into Aries 300 module frames. You can find more pics and details on this sub-page of Grant Richter's synth-DIY page. Be sure to check out his site for more. Grant is the man behind Wiard. The following is an excerpt on the Bimorphic Filter Research Prototype (more modules are listed in the sub-page linked above):

"There are so many good filters in the world. I wasn't even sure I was going to make one. A system isn't complete without a filter though. But what new twist can I bring to filter design? One thing I'd like to see is voltage control of filter type. The way this is done is to take the sections of a filter (called "poles") and surround them with a switch matrix so they can be rewired into useful filter types (lowpass, bandpass, highpass and phase shift). An analog to digital converter is used to control the switch matrix, giving voltage control of the type."

Mark Mothersbaugh "How to Score a Film" [Mr. Bonzai - Hai! Interview]

YouTube via MisterBonzai | March 24, 2010

"Composer for "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," "The Royal Tenenbaums," "Rugrats," "Rushmore," etc... Join me in the Inner Sanctum of Mark O'Devo Mothersbaugh's laboratory at Mutato Muzika studios in Hollywood. Working only with his early tools, Mark reveals the intense concentration needed to score an entire feature length film. Watching in awe are 3 junior Mutato composers, Silas HIte, Albert Fox, John Enroth, and Mark's evil twin, General Boy -- ein Muzika Doppelganger! This is the very first film within a film of this kind. Shall we dance?"
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1977 Aries AR-329 Ad

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1977 Aries Music Inc. Modular Ad

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1977 Aries Music Ad

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The ad is from Synapse magazine. You can find full digital copies of the magazine for free on the Cyndustries/Cynthia site here.