Noise Sketch #288 Husky Chirping (Papa Srapa, Death By Audio Fuzz Screamer)

video upload by Shirato_Noise

This appears to be the first post to feature Papa Srapa's designs. More info on him below.

Noise Sketch #285 Uranus (Papa Srapa, Knas Moisturizer, Blippoo Box, Death by Audio TSA2)


And a live recording by Eduard 'Papa Srapa' Srapionovvia https://radio.syg.ma:

"Live recording by Eduard 'Papa Srapa' Srapionov (b. 1961), an innovative and eccentric Russian experimental/noise sound artist from Rostov-on-Don, primarily known as a designer and creator of peculiar DIY synthesizers, electroacoustic instruments, and various music/non-music interactive objects and sculptures, often built from junk, cheap toys, household items, etc.

Srapionov began his career in the eighties as an audio/light engineer and stage technician for Valery Posidelov's band Day and Evening («День и Вечер»), as well as a bassist for several jazz ensembles and rock groups – most notably, Zazerkalje. Since the early 2000s, Papa Srapa began performing solo with an array of unique self-built electroacoustic instruments, synthesizers, drum machines, effects processors, heavily modified turntable with prepared records, and various unidentifiable sound objects.

Most of his recordings are self-released on CDr – often each copy has a unique handmade artwork and cover design. Papa Srapa also released a few limited edition albums on Ginjoha (Japan), Kotä and Nazlo Records (Russia)."

You can find additional pics and releases by Papa Srapa on Discogs.

Rare BME Rattlesnare drummachine HQ direct sound!!

video upload by Remco Rones

"I had only 15 minutes with this rare drummachine, synced it to my SH-101 clone and recorded some quick stuff. The low end sounds really great."

This is the first post to feature the BME Rattlesnare.

Hillwood HR-30 analog rhythm machine 2022/11

video upload by Ohm.Studio

"Quick demo of a recently serviced Hillwood HR30 drum machine. Recorded through a custom built spring reverb. No other treatment or editing.

Fully analog sounds in the like of the Ace Tone FR1 / FR2, Roland TR33 / TR66 and other units of the 70s."

Note this appears to be the first post to feature the Hillwood HR-30.

Morenz-Perkes 1200, Synth Keyboard Brochure

via this auction

This appears to be the first post to feature Morenz-Perkes.

"Morenz Perkes 1200 keyboard brochure. Black and white, 4 pages with specs on back page."

Details ffrom the brochure:

- All Digital Electronic Synthesizer

- 8 Voice Polyphonic Live Performance Instrument

- 61 Instruments Stored As Presets, Plus Unlimited Tape Storage of Additional Instruments

- Always In Tune

- Innovative, Computer Controlled Patching Provides Totally New Dimensions in Sound

- Unprecedented Flexibility in Control of: Timbre, Envelope, Pitch, Pedal Function and Keyboard Modes

- Make Chords, Echos, Arpeggios, Drones, Glides, Sequences, Glissando, All in Great Variety

- Very Large Scale Integration for Maximum Flexibility

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Specs on back of brochure below.

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Visite au studio Mos-Lab 2022 [w/ RSF Program Select]

video upload by Nr Synth

"Le studio Mos-Lab a la particularité de ne présenter que des instruments rares voire même rarissimes. Une caverne d'Ali baba qui a de quoi faire tourner la tête à tous les passionnés de synthés analos vintage. Sébastien nous parle de ces 2 dernières acquisitions: le matrix 12 et le Sonic 5."

"The Mos-Lab studio has the particularity of presenting only rare or even extremely rare instruments. An Ali Baba's cave which is enough to turn the heads of all lovers of vintage analog synths. Sébastien tells us about these 2 latest acquisitions: the Matrix 12 and the Sonic 5."

Starts with a walkthrough featuring an RMI Harmonic Synthesizer, Waldorf Wave, RSF Program Select unit, PPG 350 Computer Sequencer, Wave 2.3 & 360A Wave Computer.

This might be the first post to feature the RSF Program Select. Rare RSF Series 11 mouldar towards the end as well.

A Visit the Italian Synth Museum

video upload by Alex Ball

You can find additional posts featuring the museum here.

"Whilst taking a holiday in Italy we stopped off at Museo del Synth Marchigiano for a couple of days and this is the account of what I experienced there.

Enormous thanks to everyone at the museum, particularly Riccardo and Paolo.

https://www.museodelsynth.org/

0:00 Intro
1:19 Synket
4:40 EKO Computerhythm
8:01 Chilton Talentmaker
12:07 Crumar Compac Synth
13:41 Crumar DP-50
15:07 Elkatwin 61
16:29 Elka Synthex
19:38 CRB Oberon
21:29 CRB Voco Strings
22:53 CRB Uranus 2.0
24:34 Farfisa Polychrome
25:24 Logan Piano Strings Synthesizer
27:10 Welson Syntex
28:28 Keytek CTS-2000
29:47 Baleani Solista"

Rare Studio Musique Electronique de Liege CRMW Ring Modulator Used by Stockhausen

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Update: link fixed. Thanks to AJ in the comments for bringing it to our attention.

"Very rare modular Ring Modulator from 'Studio de Musique Electronique de Liege - CRMW'
(around 10 were made)
Works perfectly and very musical results: like with a fender Rhodes, tape music, synths, drum machines, etc. At the start, conceived for 'Musique Contemporaine'/ contemporary music.
Deep sound (really different from usual modular brands ringmods), wide audio range. External modular connections allow various possibilities, as driven by external sequencer, etc. Very precise powerfull VCO with direct OUT. Probably from late 70'/early 80'.
Used by Stockhausen.
External 220v europlug power supply with cable
5,8 kg. 49 cm L."

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DIGIGRAM MC 5 COMPOSER - A Sequencer That Lets You Connect a Printer to it

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This one was spotted and sent in via xonox, who translated the recent EEH Zaunkönig article. Note this is the first post to mention the DIGIGRAM MC 5 or rebranded Farfisa MC5.

The following description from the listing appears to have been pulled from Music Technology - October 1987, captured on Mu:sines. It also appears to have been rebranded as the Farfisa MC5 as seen below the ZYKLUS here. [Update: link fixed]

"The Musical Composer from French company Digigram combines sequencing and music printing functions in a single unit. Is it the answer to every composer's dream?

CREATING A SCORE from a musical performance is an area of music production well suited to inclusion in a MIDI sequencing system. The advantages are numerous: a composer can print out compositions, an improviser can print out a performance, an arranger can print out parts. And any musician, regardless of whether or not they can read or write music, can have a printed score of their music for others to play or for copyright purposes.

While an increasing number of MIDI software companies are writing music printing programs for the Apple Macintosh, IBM PC and Atari ST, French company Digigram have chosen to combine sequencing and printing functions in a single dedicated unit which needs the addition of an IBM PC-compatible printer (at around £200+) to become what the manual describes in a burst of enthusiasm as "a high performance tool, a veritable digital MIDI studio". Well, we shall see.

The MC5 Musical Composer has a 12-track sequencer which can store upwards of 11,000 notes recorded in real and step time. Ten of these tracks are polyphonic (each up to eight notes) and the remaining two - labelled Melody and Chord - are monophonic and, er, chordal respectively (more on these later). The MC5 allows you to mix two tracks onto a third empty track, copy a track onto an empty track, chain two tracks together to form a new track, and erase tracks either individually or all together. Mixed tracks can't be edited or printed, however.

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EEHs Natural Sound Store Unit Zaunkönig Brochure - The FIRST Sampler w/ Realtime Time Stretching

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This one was spotted and sent in via M Me. I beleive this to be the first post to feature the Zaunkönig/Zaunkoenig. EEH also made the Banana and the DS 500. I just like saying they made the banana. See the EEH label for more. Why it wasn't yellow or even yellowish green, we will never know...

via this auction

"Original brochure, allegedly only 2 devices were built. FIRST sampler with realtime time stretching. Was bought by Akai and in a stripped down version, without realtime, for the S 1000. So the wren is the father of the Akai S 1000"

Update: you can find an article in German on the Zaunkonig here.

Update2: scan of the brochure added below along with a close-up pic of the front of the Zaunkönig, in via an anonymous reader. Also some interesting background added.

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MIZUNO Supersizer-μ (1970s)

video upload by kotoelectro

The MIZUNO SuperSizerμ featured in Hiromichi Oohashi's Strange Synthesizers of Japan by Hiromichi Oohashi - Synth Book w/ CD

According to Hiromichi Oohashi:

'It's one of the most mysterious synth in Japan.
made by MIZUNO (famous sportswear manufacturer)
I don't know why MIZUNO made such a futuristic noise synthesizer...

MIZUNO Supersizer-μ is introduced in my synth book."

Update: I asked Hiromichi Oohashi if he knew of any other gear they made and he said it was the only musical instrumeht they made. He reached out to MIZUNO and they said based on the logo it was likely manufacturered in the late 1970s to 1980s. They didn't mention any other useful information. 

Update2: TenTen in the comments noted the fonts used in the logo appear to be either Twobit or Bitwise which "were invented in 2011 and 1999, respectfully." However, according to https://www.dafont.com/twobit.font, "This familiar typeface is based on the ‘retro-futuristic’ of computer and technology advertising of the 1960s and early 1970s. Includes full alphabet, punctuation, euro. Includes regular, bold, italic, and bold-italic versions. (Version 1.10)". And Bitwise, "A typeface based on machine readable characters from the 1960s."

Update3: and one spotted for sale by TenTen captured here.

And the YouTube descripton:

"Supersizer-μ (1970s) made by MIZUNO(famous sports company)
Exclusive video of most mysterious synth of Japan.
from 「Strange Synthesizers of Japan」book
「珍電子楽器LOVE」（リットーミュージック刊）"

Update3: An image of the oribinal box via Hiromichi Oohashi:

Strange Synthesizers of Japan by Hiromichi Oohashi - Synth Book w/ CD

Hiromichi Oohashi wrote in to let us know about his new synth book featuring rare and somewhat strange synthesizers from Japan. The book features synths from his collection along with a CD of audio/music. You can find the book via the publisher Rittor Music (Japan) (published Nov.2021), and on Amazon JP here.

You can find a list of the synths featured by chapter further below.

Details on the book from Hiromichi Oohashi follow.

"This art book introduces many of Japanese most rare and strange electronic musical instruments (1960s~1980s) from author's private collection for long years.

Contains over 130 synthesizers, rhythm machines, organs, toy instruments, speech synths, etc most of these rare instruments will be the first public release. All color pages, lot of beautiful photo of these unique instruments with simple and detailed text, all photos and book design by author himself.

Contribution from Mark Mothersbaugh (DEVO)

Foreword by Eric Schneider (author of TOY INSTRUMENTS/MBP)

Attached CD has original music using these strange instruments so you can hear what these synth sounds like.

CD's music made by author's band KINO-MODERNO (world-renowned electronic music duo)



Hiromichi Oohashi is an artist born in Tokyo 1961
after studied art & design at Kuwazawa Design School in Tokyo
works as an artist and producer for Art, Design and Music
also known as collector of rare electronic musical instruments
in 1990 released groundbreaking [ VIDEO DRUG2/Phuture ] and get noticed
member of electronic music duo KINO-MODERNO since 1984
president of DAT PLANET PRODUKT"

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Teisco Del Rey Teischord D Checkmate

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via this auction

This appears to be the first post to feature the D. You can find other Teischords including different models in previous posts here.

Note the Teisco "Del Ray" logo below.

Pics of the inside below including a schematic. Curiuos if it actualy shipped that way or if the owner placed it there later.

Details from the listing:

"Teischord D Checkmate
Good condition, yellowing on white keys due to age. This thing sounds like The Munsters theme music could’ve been played on it. Super cool, super rare!

Controls:
• Tuning knob

Vibrato: Vibrato speed (knob), Vibrato On/Off, Vibrato Full

• Bass: Solo-to-Bass, Wood, Brass, String, Volume (knob)

Solo section: Bass Cla.16', Flute 8', Trumpet 8', Sax 8', Piccolo 4', Violin 4', Volume (knob)"

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Peterson BottomLine Bass Synth pedals

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video upload by Mark Dalzell


video upload by John’s Point of Blue

Note the demos above are not for the one in the listing below. I found them searching for demos after seeing the listing. This appears to be the first one to be featured on the site.

via this auction

"Ich biete ein Bass-Pedal-Synthesizer 'Bottomline', des amerikanischen Hersteller Petersen, von ca 1980. Es kommt in einem praktischen Hardcase. Die Kopfseite lässt sich durch zwei Scharniere öffnen und nach außen drehen oder abnehmen. Darunter befindet sich das Steuermodul. Pedale kann man rausziehen, zudem befinden sich zwei Aluprofile die unter die andere Stirnseite montiert werden können, um einen sicheren Stand zu gewährleisten. Dieses Gerät bietet eine Stimme mit drei verschiedenen Decay-Einstellungen (kurz, mittel, lang) und den Sustain-Schieberegler und Hard/Soft Attack. Serien Nummer: 20079-E. Technisch wie optisch ist das Gerät in einem super Zustand. Absolute Rarität"

Googlish:

"I am offering a bass pedal synthesizer 'Bottomline' from the American manufacturer Petersen, from around 1980. It comes in a practical hard case. The head end can be opened with two hinges and turned outwards or removed. Below is the control module. Pedals can be pulled out, and there are also two aluminum profiles that can be mounted under the other end to ensure a secure footing. This device provides a voice with three different decay settings (short, medium, long) and the sustain slider and hard/soft attack. Serial number: 20079-E. The device is technically and optically in excellent condition. Absolute rarity"

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Hohner U Studio w/ SSM Chips

This one was spotted and sent in via Florian Anwander.

Not much is known about it aside from it having SSM chips. It appears to be an arranger. If you know anything about it, feel free to leave a comment.

Update: more info and a demo here. It didn't show up in a search because of the µ instead of a U.

Thanks goes to LeMel in the comments for finding it.

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EMS 16 Channel Matrix Vocoder w/ Filter Bank Patch Matrix?

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via this auction

"EMS unit with many features like double oscillator, pitch shifter, levels on every bands...etc... great sounds"

Update: Looks more like a Synton Syntovox 221 as seen in previous posts including demos, but note the different layout. I don't beleive I've seen this particular model before. If anyone knows what this is feel free to leave a comment.

Update 2 via the comments:

"I am assured by EMS that this is NOT an EMS build. After I complained to reverb the seller changed the description and calls it a "custom projekt". It is built around an EMS 2000, so good luck if it ever needs a service or repair. The seller still has it branded as EMS even though it is a codged together unit and NOT EMS. You can't put a Ferrari engine in a ford and sell it as a Ferrari, can you?"

And via the listing:

"this a rare opportunity to obtain a classic EMS sounds

and add many features like double oscillator, pitch shifter, levels on every bands... more a classic pin matrix.... this is a custom projekt based around an original EMS 2000 vocoder pcb board"

Note the custom faceplate. The original EMS 2000 is completely different. You can find some pics in additional posts mentioning the EMS 2000 Vocoder here.

Vintage HEM Electronic Music Machine

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via this auction

This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

Google translated from the listing: "Estate : H.E.M. Electronic music machine 60s 70s for hobbyists and collectors approx. 60x48x16cm weight approx. 27 kg (what is that? Origin? Think what for musicians. Function? Plug and cable are missing. So what for collectors and hobbyists See pictures for condition!"

Not finding anything else about this machine out there. It appears to be a preset organ expander with rhythm mahcine. They also made a STRING-PHASING, chorus/vibrato effects pedal pictured further below. If you know anything about them feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of this post.

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ARP SYNTHESIZER PROTOTYPE 16 Voice Electric Piano Keyboard

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Additional Tone Tweakers Listings, also on Reverb

Pic of the inside and tradeshow image futher below. Note the ARP logo on front. Makes me wonder how many font styles they used. There's the classic ARP Tonus logo as seen in these ARP 2500 modules, the standard trebel clef, and the regular block font.

"First, a few words about price. This is a one-of-a-kind item that's a very interesting piece of ARP Synthesizer history. We have no idea what it's worth and would love to hear from anyone who's qualified to make such determinations. We’re listing it here in the hope that we’ll be able to determine its actual value and find a new home for it. If you want to pay our asking price, we'd be thrilled, but we’re open to much much more reasonable offers.

This is believed to be a prototype of the ARP 16 Voice Electronic Piano. It's the unit ARP showed off at trade shows. We have another that is believed to be the first prototype that we will possibly list later. But back to this one... It’s built into a black wooden cabinet made to look like a proper piano. It was stored in its road case in a barn for many years and smells musty. There is evidence of mildew or mold on the top cover. This unit is currently in its original crate in storage. It’s too big and heavy for us to move around without risking injury (which we won't do). The photos shown here were taken by the person we got it from, before transporting it to one of our storage spaces.

This item is being offered untested and un-inspected and strictly as-is, with the understanding that whoever ends up with it will likely need to have it properly restored by a qualified professional, as one would want to do with just about any unmaintained vintage synths of its type and age these days. Although we have an amazing tech who can fix just about any vintage synth given enough time, there are no guarantees that this item can be restored or that it even worked to begin with, since the original owner passed away. It’s gone directly from storage space to storage space since he passed.

If we can find them, we will include the matching piano bench and sheet music stand shown in the trade show photo. We’re pretty sure we know where they are, but that storage space is unreachable at the moment.

Ancient trade show photo for reference (not included)."

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BIAS ROCK AKU-KUN EXD II Drum Synth

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via this auction

There's a Coron Rockaku-kun featured in this video.

"BIAS ROCKAKU-KUN EXD II Electronic 5 Voice Module Brain.

This unit is very very RARE.

Great Analog Drum Synthesizer Brain. Very Fat Tone.

This unit can make Kick, Snare, Tom, Hi-Hat, even long fat bass tone sound and so on.

It can be triggered by electric trigger pad, trigger signal and short sound signal.

Very friendly with EURORACK Modular synthesizers.

This unit is working perfectly.

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Jewel Runner 49 - GEM Sprinter 49 B Soft Synth

Walkthrough video upload by

This might be the first post to reference the GEM Sprinter 49. You can find a demo of the GEM Sprinter 61-b here.

"In this video takes you through the sounds and features within the newest addition to our Vintage Keys Series, Jewel Runner 49.

*(00:00) - Intro
*(01:10) - Sustains
*(03:04) - Staccatos
*(03:52) - Key Up/Down FX
*(04:12) - Drum Loops
*(05:17) - Mic NKI playthrough
*(06:15) - Ambiences
*(09:25) - Glide Slider / Create Synth leads
*(10:41) - Sound-Shaping Controls
*(11:13) - Advanced Tab
*(12:42) - FX Rack
*(13:50) - Custom FX Presets
*(18:36) - Wrap-Up"

Composing A Futuristic Cyber Punk Inspired Track


"In this video Corrina Chang takes you through the creative process for composing her track "Crystal Cave" using our newest addition to our Vintage Keys Series, Jewel Runner 49.

Download the reaper and midi files: https://bit.ly/34FpoGj"

via soundiron.com

Jewel Runner 49 encapsulates the retro analog vibes of the eccentric Gem Sprinter 49. This Italian synthesizer was introduced to the market by the Galanti Group in 1970. It featured a 49-key keyboard, built-in speaker and drum/rhythm machine, as well as a variety of buttons and faders to control layer volume, instrument type, automagic accompaniment, and tempo. Our library includes synth sustains, staccatos, and 16 tempo-syncable drum machine loops dialed in from the organ. We recorded the instrument articulations in wide stereo and direct line in. After that, we crafted 20 evolving ambient pads from the source content to boost usability, and 20 custom FX presets to kickstart your next composition. Jewel Runner 49 presents a tasty sampler platter of a classic combo organ, complete with warm tonal flavors ready to complement any genre of music.

We’ve packed the GUI with lots of great sound-shaping controls that give you the flexibility to warp the sound in many ways. You have control over Volume, Attack, Release, Transient Offset, Vibrato and Octave layering. The "Glide" control slider allows you to play legato and portamento leads. You’ll also find an adaptable LFO system, with selectable LFO shape, modulation target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing and fade-in time. You can also apply your choice of 13 lowpass, high-pass and FX filter, with assignable modulation control options, including velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position and step-sequencer table control. You can also use our customizable arpeggiator, with a built-in velocity sequencer table and control over arp direction, note timing, swing, randomization and duration.

H.W. Cano Gravitom Rare Drum Synthesizer

video upload by akestromer

"Quick demo of an early 80's drum synth made by H.W. Cano."

Here's an intersting bit of synth history. You can find previous creations by Cano here. I believe Cano's designs were bought out by Basyn according to this post back in 2006. Not sure if Cano dates back to the 80s. This is the first post to feature the Gravitom though. The design and sound remind me of the JHS/Cortez variety drum synths various band produced.