SynthFest 2024 Set for April 18 w/ Raffle

video upload by SynthFest France

"Thank you to all of the exhibitors at SynthFest 2024 who will receive a prize in this tombola for the annual deal for all the passions of synths and modules."

"► Billetterie: www.synthfestfrance.com
► 20 lots / 2000 tickets / plus de 10000€ de lots
► 10€ le ticket
► Entièrement en ligne. Pas la peine d'être présent au SynthFest pour gagner un lot.
► Fermeture de la billetterie : 18 Avril 2024

Merci à tous les exposants du SynthFest 2024 qui font encore une fois de cette tombola le deal de l'année pour tout les passionnés de synthés et de modulaires.

1e prix - Expressive E Osmose
2e prix - Kodamo EssenceFM MKII
3e prix - Haken Audio Eagan Matrix Eurorack
4e prix - Kiviak Wofi
5e prix - Paire d’enceintes Nord Piano
6e prix - Korg Keystage 49
7e prix - Arturia MiniFreak
8e prix - 1010music Nanobox Tangerine Desktop
9e prix - Novation Circuit Tracks
10e prix - Projet Home Studio pack Mix / Mastering
11e prix - Hlabs EQ169 API 500 module
12e prix - Kaona Skippy Eurorack module
13e prix - Faselunare Vega Eurorack module
14e prix - BVR instruments TS1 Eurorack module
15e prix - This Is Not Rocket Science Ardabil
16e prix - Piano LED Plus 2024
17e prix - Fred's Lab Zekit Assembled
18e prix - Morphor Plectrum Eurorack module
19e prix - Joranologue Route 4 Eurorack module
20e prix - KR Home-Studion 1 an d'abonnement"

Sequential Celebrates 50 Years with a Prophet-5 Rev4 Giveaway Competition

Sequential is giving away a Prophet-5 Rev4 for their 50th anniversary!

Click here to enter

Details follow:

"Celebrate 50 Years of Sequential, a name synonymous with innovation, power, and the very sound of music history. And at the heart of it all lies the legendary Prophet-5.

The Prophet-5 is your gateway to iconic sounds that have graced countless hit records. It’s the instrument that revolutionized music with its 5-voice polyphony, preset sound storage, and pioneering use of microprocessors – features that laid the foundation for the synthesizers of today.

Imagine crafting your own sonic masterpieces with the same instrument that has shaped whole genres. Imagine the warmth, the power, the pure analog magic that has defined generations of music.

This is your chance to win a piece of music history – and music future."

Rare R.A. Minimoog Featured in Music America Exhibit & Signed Moog Source Giveaway

via The Bob Moog Foundation

Left: Executive Director, Michelle Moog-Koussa, poses for a picture with Bob Santelli, Executive Director of the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music alongside Herb Deutsch's R.A. Moog Minimoog at the LBJ Presidential Library in Austin, Texas.

"The Bob Moog Foundation's Executive Director, Michelle Moog-Koussa, and Board of Advisors member Francis Preve recently attended the opening of the Music America: Iconic Objects from America's Music History exhibit at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas to celebrate the inclusion of a rare R.A. Moog Minimoog from the Bob Moog Foundation Archives.

The R.A. Moog Minimoog, which belonged to electronic music pioneer Herb Deutsch, is serial number 1094 and is one of only 210 R.A. Moog Minimoogs to have been manufactured. The synthesizer was given to Herb by Bob Moog in 1971.

The rare Minimoog synthesizer was chosen to represent Bob Moog's indelible legacy as someone who created instruments that revolutionized the face of music by bringing a brand new palette of sounds to the performing musician, as well as honor Herb Deutsch for the significant role he played in the development of synthesizers and electronic music.

Other objects in the exhibit include: Thomas Edison's wax cylinders, Jimi Hendrix's guitar, Janis Joplin's pants and letters, Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, Arlo Gurthrie's hand-written song lyrics, and much more.

The exhibit will be at the LBJ Presidential Library from now until August 11, 2024. It will then travel to four other presidential libraries over a two-year period."

And the raffle:

"We are excited to announce that thanks to IK Multimedia, everyone who purchases a ticket for our Moog Source raffle will receive a download code for the Syntronik 2 Sorcerer!

Normally priced at $49, the Syntronik 2 Sorcerer is a virtual synthesizer built by Erik Norlander using the exact Moog Source being raffled. Following the end of the raffle on February 26th, all ticket purchasers will receive an email with download instructions.

The Source, serial number 3948, is an excellent condition vintage synthesizer signed by Bob Moog. It features rich sound quality and a technical lineage rooted in the legendary Minimoog. The Source is lauded for its sequencers, sample and hold, arpeggiator, presets, unique data wheel, and patch memory storage. The synthesizer features a mylar touch control panel, single-knob functionality, and the trademark Moog sound.

THE RAFFLE ENDS IN ONE WEEK!
Tickets for the raffle are $20 each, 6 for $100, 14 for $200, and 40 for $500. The raffle is open internationally.

As an added bonus for this raffle only, get a free 2024 Bob Moog - His Life and Work 90th Birthday Commemorative Calendar when you purchase a bundle of 6, 14, or 40 tickets. This offer is valid until the limited quantity of calendars runs out. This offer does not apply to the purchase of individual tickets."

BMF Fundraising Raffle: Win a Vintage Moog Source Synth Signed by Bob Moog!

video upload by moogfoundation

"The Bob Moog Foundation is holding a fundraising raffle for a beautiful vintage Moog Source, in excellent physical and technical condition and SIGNED BY BOB MOOG!

Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/MoogSourceSignedByBobMoog

The raffle runs through February 26th, or when all 5,000 tickets are sold, whichever comes first. The raffle is open internationally.

All proceeds benefit the projects of the Bob Moog Foundation, including our hallmark education project, Dr. Bob's SounSchool, the vast and growing Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the interactive Moogseum, located in downtown Asheville, NC.

The Bob Moog Foundation is an independent 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. We are not affiliated with the manufacturer Moog Music. Our support comes from donors like you."

Music From Outer Space and synthCube Announce Noise Toaster Project Contest!

via synthCube

"Win cash prizes, store credit and merchandise by showing off your Noise Toaster

synthCube has organized a 'Show Off Your Build' contest to celebrate the most popular MFOS project of all time-- the Noise Toaster-and the companion how-to book Make:Analog Synthesizers by Ray Wilson, the founder of MFOS.

If you've built a Noise Toaster, enter the contest to show off your project and tell its story-or build a new Noise Toaster in order to enter the 'New Build' categories!

Noise Toaster desktop analog synthesizers come in all shapes and sizes-and the contest will award prizes for different categories- see the contest landing page for details and prizes!

Prizes include VISA gift cards, store credit vouchers, MFOS merchandise and MFOS synthesizer kits.

To enter the contest check out the details at https://gleam.io/competitions/...

Also check out the dedicated Noise Toaster Support Threads at Modwiggler and Facebook.

More info contact info@synthcube.com"

Reverb Synth Giveaway, Why Roland Junos Are Great & How To Get Their Sound at Any Budget

video upload by Reverb

"Hear the Juno-106 we're giving away as part of The Reverb Dream Gear Giveaway, and learn how to get Juno sounds with more affordable gear while you're at it.

Video Timeline:
0:00-8:58 - Juno-106
8:58-9:28 - Other Full Keyboard Options
9:29-11:20 - Boutique JU-06A
11:21 - AIRA J6

Check out the amazing inventory at Synth City/Rock n' Roll Vintage

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Win a Vintage Memorymoog Signed by Dominic Milano of Keyboard Magazine

video upload by moogfoundation

"Get your tickets: https://bit.ly/2023MemorymoogRaffle

The Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce its Fall 2023 Raffle for a fully-restored vintage Memorymoog Plus synthesizer, serial number 3068, manufactured between 1983 and 1985.

This one-of-a-kind Memorymoog Plus, valued at $15,000, was owned and played by Dominic Milano, former editorial director of Keyboard magazine. Milano, author of the original Memorymoog manual and a long-time friend of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog, has also autographed the unit.

All proceeds from the raffle of the instrument, valued at $15,000, will benefit the Bob Moog Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to inspire creative thinking at the intersection of science, music, history and innovation through its three hallmark projects: Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, the Bob Moog Foundation Archives, and the Moogseum.

https://moogfoundation.org/"

Future-Retro VECTRA Giveaway

Future-Retro is having a drawing to give a way a VECTRA on Oct 1st.

You can find full details on how to enter on their site here: https://future-retro.com/vectra-giveaway/

"The Vectra is a unique hybrid synthesizer with a flexible architecture that allows many different forms of synthesis to be realized. It’s the best of both worlds… The Vectra utilizes digital oscillators, ring modulators, noise sources, vector mixer, LFO’s, complex envelopes, and modulation routings providing many capabilities that would be very difficult to produce with analog circuitry alone. This allows for accurate tuning, repeatability of complex patches, and patch storage. The Vectra also provides a multi-mode analog filter, VCA, and final output, as these provide the best sonic qualities.
The Vectra includes a powerful and fun sequencer and arpeggiator, with many new capabilities. Although the Vectra is a self contained instrument, MIDI can be used to interface with other devices."

You can find a few demos of the Future-Retro VECTRA in previous posts here.

Win a Sequential Take 5 Analog Synthesizer!

via Sequential

"Win a Sequential Take 5 Analog Synthesizer!

Portable. Powerful. Polyphonic.

Join our mailing list for a chance to win a Sequential Take 5 analog synthesizer, and we’ll also keep you posted on our latest synthesizer releases, OS updates and other major events in the Sequential community. If you also sign up for Oberheim’s mailing list by ticking the box in the form below, we will enter you in the competition a second time, which increases your chances of winning. (Two entries is the limit.)

Take 5 is Sequential’s most compact and full-featured poly synth ever. Its five analog voices get their distinctive sound from a combination of two powerful VCOs and a sub oscillator passing through a Prophet-5-lineage 4-pole filter."

Enter here: https://www.sequential.com/take-5-competition/

BOB'S BIRTHDAY RAFFLE FOR SERIAL #1 2022 MINIMOOG MODEL D

via The Bob Moog Foundation

"The Bob Moog Foundation, in collaboration with Moog Music, is excited to announce its raffle for serial #1 of the latest version of the Minimoog Model D, released in 2022. Moog Music generously donated this one-of-a-kind coveted synthesizer, worth in excess of $5,000, to support the Foundation’s mission of carrying Bob Moog’s legacy forward by inspiring people of all ages through the intersection a science, music, technology, and innovation.

The raffle is open from 10am (ET) on May 23rd until 11:59pm (ET) on June 23rd.

Raffle tickets for the serial #1 2022 Minimoog Model D are $20 each, six for $100, 14 for $200 or 40 for $500.

The Minimoog featured is serial number MD00001.

It is the only Minimoog in existence with this serial number."

Win a vintage Minimoog signed by Geddy Lee of Rush ⚝ and The Bob Moog Foundation

video upload by moogfoundation

"Enter here to win: https://bit.ly/2023GeddyLeeMinimoog | Ticket sales are from February 6 to February 27, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. ET, or when all 10,000 tickets sell out, whichever comes first. Raffle open INTERNATIONALLY, and all proceeds benefit our projects.

Special thanks and Big Moog Love to Geddy Lee 🎸, Meg Symsyk 🇨🇦, André Cholmondeley 🎹, John 'Skully' McIntosh 🎤, Robert Fantinatto 🎥, Jason Amm🎵, Daniel Hewlett👨‍💻, Linus Booth 🃏 and Standard Time 🕔.

'This is science meets music, and I think it’s important to recognize the role technology plays in all art forms.' — Geddy Lee

Sign up here for updates on our innovative projects, future raffles, and info on how to be part of sharing Bob's legacy and inspiring the future with the science of sound: http://eepurl.com/gL8biD"

Sonicware Liven Lofi-12 Sampler : Groovebox Breakdown & Contest

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"Enter the Contest : https://bit.ly/3iM1sIG
Read more about Sonicware : https://bit.ly/3ZNfdYc
Check out more of Sonicware's instruments :

Sonicware is hot out the gate with their newest addition to the LIVEN series of grooveboxes ; The Lofi-12 Sampler.

This 12-bit sampler embraces the sonic character of early sampling gear from legacy companies like Akai, Roland, and EMU, while providing a comprehensive set of on-board tools for editing, sequencing, and performing. All in a battery powered package complete with speaker for on the go jams!

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Waldorf Music Raffle

video upload by WaldorfMusicChannel

"Waldorf Music’s innovative position in the electronic musical instruments marketplace dates back to 1989 with the release of the wavetable synthesis-based Microwave, an amazing ‘reincarnation’ of the legendary PPG Wave series. This year we celebrate our 33rd anniversary with a redesign of our logo and website.

You can join the celebration! Take part in our 33rd years raffle with 33 prizes including the last available Quantum Shadow Limited Edition. See details below."

https://waldorfmusic.com/33win/

#MadeWithNovation 30 Years Competition - Winner

video upload by NovationTV

"Congratulations to our 30 Years competition winner: Meeyebo! Here is his stunning entry to the competition.

--- Discover more about our winner and our 'staff picks':
https://novationmusic.com/en/news/mad...

--- Discover more about Novation’s 30 Years of Making Music
https://novationmusic.com/en/30-years..."

The Touring Musician's Dream Synth? +GIVEAWAY (USA)

video upload by HAINBACH

"Thanks to @PerfectCircuit for sponsoring this video and giving away an OP-1 Field to one of my treasured viewers (US residents only). Follow the instructions in this link (live at 10 AM Pacific) to enter the contest: https://bit.ly/3gL5AI5

I did not like the OP-1 Field at first glance. I travelled around the world with my ten year old battered original OP-1 and played it in countless shows, songs, and soundtracks. I used it like a Swiss Army knife - at home I have instruments that do each individual job better, but on the road the OP-1 is a wonderful combination of tools. It became one of my most important instruments. When the newest iteration came around it felt strange - I was very attached to my OP-1, so I did not want to give the Field a real chance. But when I took it with me on tour and travels over the past months, that changed."

Win a Sequential Pro 3 Synth From Reverb

"Between now and November 14, readers who hit the heart icon ♡ on any piece of music gear on Reverb to 'watch' it will be automatically entered to win the Sequential Pro 3 Synthesizer."

🎁 WIN a Full Music Studio From Novation

via @WeAreNovation

🎁 WIN a full music studio

To enter:

1 Upload a photo/video (1min max, reel-style DIMs) jamming with your favourite Novation product(s) to social media with #MadeWithNovation

2 Submit link to the entry (publicly viewable) via the form - http://bit.ly/30Years-Competition…

3 Tag & follow us!

Soundfly's Synthwave Com Truise Remix Contest

You might remember recent posts featuring Soundfly and Com Truise.

For those interested, they are hosting a remix contest. You can find complete details on Soundfly here.

Bob Moog Foundation Raffles Off David Rosenthal's Minimoog Signed by Billy Joel

video upload by moogfoundation

David Rosenthal, Billy Joel's keyboardist/musical director, talks about the 2022 summer raffle Mini

"The Minimoog raffled in 2022 isn’t just signed by an icon: It belonged to Billy Joel’s musical director, a musician of note in his own right – keyboardist, synth programmer, and orchestrator David Rosenthal, formerly of Rainbow, who has toured with Cyndi Lauper, Robert Palmer, and Enrique Iglesias, programmed synths for Bruce Springsteen, and also worked with Happy the Man, Steve Vai and Red Dawn.
Video recorded at Strange Cranium in NYC.
Get your own raffle ticket here: https://bit.ly/MinimoogBillyJoel"

"This summer, somebody's going to win a fully restored, vintage Minimoog signed by Billy Joel.

It's a good month when Tom Oberheim joins your team of supporters, and Billy Joel signs your Minimoog. It's still pretty crazy out there, but with Tom, Billy, and a network of supporters engaging in our mission to inspire people of all ages through the intersection of science, music, and technology, we feel ready to take on the world.

This vintage beauty belonged to Billy Joel's long-time keyboardist and musical director, David Rosenthal, who took it on tour with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow in the 1980s.

It now bears the signature of one of the most beloved and best-selling entertainers of all time.

Somebody's going to win it for the cost of a raffle ticket."

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Vintage Minimoog Model D Signed by Herb Deutsch - Bob Moog Foundation 2022 Raffle

video upload by moogfoundation

"Get your raffle tickets: here

In celebrating the 90th birthday of pioneering synthesist Herb Deutsch, the Bob Moog Foundation is excited to announce its fundraising raffle for a fully-restored vintage Minimoog Model D signed by the legend himself.

The Minimoog featured is serial number 11,535, built at Moog Music’s Cheektowaga, NY factory during the late 1970s. It has an estimated value of $10,000. Due to the highly coveted nature of this archetypal synthesizer, and the iconic signature from Herb Deutsch, it is likely to increase in value. This Minimoog has been meticulously restored by revered synthesizer technician Wes Taggart of Analogics, who also crafted its new custom walnut cabinet enclosure. It is in excellent technical and physical condition.

The raffle begins on February 9th, to commemorate Deutsch’s 90th birthday, and serves as an homage to his seminal contributions to the Moog legacy. It ends on March 7, 2022, 11:59pm ET, or when all 4,500 tickets sell out, whichever comes first. Tickets are $20 each, six for $100, 14 for $200, or 40 for $500.

Funds raised from the raffle will be used to expand the Foundation’s hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob’s SoundSchool, which has inspired over 20,000 elementary school students through the science of sound. The raffle will also help support the Moogseum, an immersive, experiential facility located in Asheville, NC, which brings Bob Moog’s pioneering legacy and the science of sound and synthesis alive for people of all ages. The Moogseum, which opened in late May of 2019, has welcomed over 14,000 visitors from all over the world, despite significant challenges due to the pandemic.

Learn more about the Bob Moog Foundation: https://moogfoundation.org/"

Some pics of the Minimoog via
The Bob Moog Foundation.

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