Synthesizers.com Modular Synth Puzzle

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"You'll have a blast with this 300 piece puzzle!

A giant modular synth all patched up!

Worthy of framing and hanging in your studio.

16" x 20".

This puzzle has an Easter egg to test your synthesizer history knowledge.

Supplies are limited."

Perfect for the holidays!

Introducing Stardust Covers - Premium Quality Synthesizer Dust Covers

Stardust Covers wrote in to let us know about their premium quality, custom fit dust covers. Check these out - absolutely stunning craftsmanship and design. They are currently made to order. You'll find additional and upcoming covers featured on their site.

via Stardust Covers

"Dust is never gone, we’re all aware of that: dust is everywhere, and, whenever we remove dust, it always comes back. Then, it gets inside your most loved objects and instruments, cover your synth's components with crud which can lead to heat dissipation problems, and it also wrecks slider pots. Now, we also know that everybody wants to protect their synths from this everlasting and corrupting dust, from liquid spills, fading, and every kind of bangs and cracks.

Why? Because we all love our synths with unconditional love.

Our synth dust covers are the best expression of this love.
Why?

It took us two years of thorough and passionate research to find and develop the most proper materials for the product we had in mind.
Our covers will look like they were manufactured at the exact same time your synth was, as if they were twin brothers.
The vectorized synth designs are printed using UV Digital methood.
They have flaplike ducts for cables, in order to keep them connected even when your cover is on.
We’ll be working in order to continually develop new models, both for the most recent and the oldest synths.
This is a custom made product, manufactured exclusively in Portugal, a renamed country in textile industry.

We would also like to let you know that our covers have several different designs which you can choose from (there will be some ‘special editions’ in a near future), and are all made of synthetic leather, a 5mm foam to provide protection and form the cover, as well as a delicate soft layer that will be in contact with the instrument."

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Teenage Engineering Releases New TB-1 Beer

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"First batch of our own beer TB-1"

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New Synth Book: The Prophet from Silicon Valley: The Complete Story of Sequential Circuits

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Update: I forgot to mention, Amazon has a preview of the book you can flip through online.  Click through the link above to check it out if you haven't already.

"The story of Sequential Circuits, the leading synthesizer manufacturer of the 1980s. One of the great American synthesizer companies, founded and led by San Francisco electronics and computer graduate, Dave Smith, Sequential Circuits Inc. paved the way for music of the future. Smith brought easy, affordable and powerful polyphonic synthesis to all levels of music production in the form of the ground-breaking Prophet-5 synthesizer. Released in 1978, the Prophet led the new wave movement into the next decade, creating a sonically exciting soundtrack to eighties culture. It expanded the palette of all music genres and was embraced by professionals and amateurs alike. Sequential Circuits went on to create further innovative concepts and products such as programmable effects, MIDI, multitimbrality, high-quality sampling, workstation and MPC systems and many more. Today the Prophet-5 is very much sought-after as one of those truly iconic classic musical instruments. The book features many exclusive and highly entertaining and informative stories from ex-Sequential staff, music industry moguls, and famous keyboard players. Includes over 240 photos and illustrations (paperback)"

by David Abernethy

Reviews:

Mark Vail, Music journalist, author, teacher, musician: 'The story of Sequential Circuits includes thrilling successes and unfortunate demise. Thanks to Dave Smith's contributions to electronic music, we in the industry owe him dearly. Through thorough research and by reaching out to many artists who benefited from Sequential Circuits' instruments and Dave Smith's work, David Abernethy delivers the essence of the story in this beautifully written and detailed book.'

Dominic Milano, Keyboard magazine writer/reviewer, editor: 'David Abernethy has left no stone unturned in researching this incredibly detailed account of how Dave Smith and Sequential Circuits unseated Moog and ARP to become the leading synthesizer manufacturer of the 1980s. The Prophet from Silicon Valley is a must-read for synth junkies and students of musical instrument design.'

Stanley Jungleib, Sequential's Publications Manager, Seer Systems founder: 'Sequential was the dominant US synthesizer think-tank for a decade. David Abernethy fairly and carefully accounts for the diverse contributions of the talented lot that made it work. Anyone interested in making their career in this business should study its lessons, as many of Sequential's graduates remain influential in the field to this day.'

About the Author
David Abernethy is a musician, writer and electrical engineer from Auckland, New Zealand.

Product Details
Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (June 10, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1512198323
ISBN-13: 978-1512198324
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.6 x 11 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

Moog Sew-On Patches

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"These 1.5" x 5", and 3" dia. high-quality patches can be sewn onto your favorite shirt, jacket, jeans or wherever.

Assortment includes one of each patch.

They are manufactured for Moog by the oldest emblem company in the world... the same folks who do all of NASA's emblems!"

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The Moog Minimug

Ebony and ivory.

-Your choice of black or white.

-Microwave safe ceramic

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Big Briar, Bob Moog's company before he got the Moog name back, had one as well.