KORG FAMILY!!

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Spot the gear

The Blue and Yellow is an ULT sound [Ultimate sound] DS-1. Click on the Ultimate Sound label below for prior posts with more info.

ULT-SOUND DS-4

YouTube via denha
"Movie of ULT-SOUND DS-4 Yuuki plays."

ULT SOUND MODULE&BOSS DR.55

YouTube via mopipi2. "UFFFFFFF!!"

SynthFesta2007 OSAKA in Japan #02

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MOOG Modular clone
MOOG Polymoog
MOOG Minimoog
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Roland SH-101 Red
Oberheim Four Voice?
Ultimate Sound DS-1

OPA&A100

flickr by unyo303.

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"OPA modular (Moog IIIc clone half size) is Mr.shin's handmade stuff.
And my A100 modular."

Anyone know where you can find more info on the OPA modular? Note the Ultimate Sound DS-1 Analog Drum Brain to the left. Click on the labels below for MORE.

Hataken Interview

Back on March 31, I put up a post on Hataken, a Japanese DJ artist who primarily uses analog synths. At the time, Shane Chisolm, the manager of Don Juan Dracula mentioned Hataken was working on a remix version of DJD's "Take Me Home". Shane asked me if I'd be interested in doing an interview with Hataken, and I thought why not. It would be interesting to hear his perspective on the world of synths as a live DJ artist. The following is the result of that interview. Note, this is a long one. You will want to use page down to scroll through. If it is too long for you, I recommend reading one or two questions each time you visit the site. Each DIY item below would typically have been a separate post. There is a lot of interesting stuff here. That said, I start with an introduction followed by asking Hataken how it all started for him. Note the focus is primarily on synths as this site is about everything synth, and Hataken delivers. The gear he has both worked with and designed to meet his specific needs is overwhelming. There's also an interesting interlude on experimenting with frequency counters to produce specific frequencies of sound known to have healing properties, and of course there is a bit of the age old discussion of digital and analog.

Before we start the interview, I want to thank Hataken for taking the time out for this, and I want to thank Shane for suggesting it. It's a fascinating history of a DJ synth artist with interesting perspectives that I'm sure I will come back to over time. Be sure to check out the video and link to more at the end. And of course be sure to check out Hataken's website.

1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

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The Ultimate Sound DS-1 Analogue Drum Brain

And we have an answer to the synth in the image below. Title link takes you there. Via Chris in the comments of the previous post.

Update: here's a cleaner shot via Polynominal: link