Custom FORAT 9000

Title link takes you to more shots sent in by an anonymous reader.
"-wooden sidepanels stripped and refinished,first 2 micro layers of old mahony next 2 layers of teak varnish
-new handcrafted black painted aluminium display housing (not an plastic laptop battery case! hahaha…)
Next stadium:
Master fader to be replaced,and all black fadercaps…
where the old display was I will place a red alpha numeric led display showing the name ‘Linn 9000’"

Previous Forat posts

Live techno by Vynil Codec

YouTube via KlemK.

Update: Kitlist:
E-MU PX-7
Korg radias
Akai S900
Mackie 1642 VLZ
Alesis Smashup & Bitrman
TC Electronics m300
M-Audio Quattro (only use for recording i am quiet PC alergic whenit is about to make music)

NOTE: I almost missed this video as KlemK sent it to me as a YouTube invite. I usually automatically delete YouTube invites because I keep thinking they are porn spam, and I am afraid of what might pop up if I click through. : ) For whatever reason I decided to click through this time and found this video. So... If anyone reading this has sent me a YouTube invite with synth content that never made it to a post, send it to me again or better yet, just email it to me directly. You can find my email on the right of the site under Contact. Again, I only put up posts on synths so if you want your stuff to be posted it needs to either showcase a synth or visibly show synths. For everything else you are free to put up a post yourself on SYNTHWIRE.

MPC Music Percussion Computer

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via this auction

"Here's the original MPC (not that trendy, flash-in-the pan Akai thingy), the all English, all analog Music Percussion Computer! First, you should know that it is brown. But that's okay because brown is the new black. 1983-ish British answer to the Roland TR-808. Look at all those knobs! They all work! And those pads, all eight of them work too! The pads are beige which just POPS against the brown, don't you think?

I've never seen another US model MPC in person or on the web, so I think I can say this MPC is genuinely rare.

Seriously though, all the knobs and pads really do work. However I'm 90% sure the sequencer does NOT work. I followed the instructions and nothing happens. The 10% is in case it's an easy fix like an internal battery or something. You should assume the sequencer doesn't work. Fortunately, you can still use the keypad to pretend you're Jack Bauer disarming a nuke without fear of harming the MPC or the city of Los Angeles.

I built a trigger-in box which works if you're not into whacking the pads in real time. The triggers work fine using the audio outs of a Roland TR-727 or a Machinedrum, so I would guess most drum machine or synth audio outs will do the trick if you don't have some sort of trigger sequencer. I guess it's also possible to have the MPC modded to work with Kenton's KADI-MIDI box based on some pictures of an MPC in the Netherlands I found here:
http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=QESYMYG4

It's built into it's own flight case (also brown!) and weighs in at 25 lbs. People know you're serious about your drum machine when it comes in over 20 lbs and is brown. On the bottom of the case is a threaded mount so you can put your MPC on it's own mic stand. Your mic stand better be damn sturdy though.

This particular MPC is wired for US voltage and has an internal power supply so no wallwart hassles.

If you look around the web you'll find the MPC described as having an interface for a Timex/Sinclair computer that expanded its sequencer capabilities. This one has a Commodore 64 interface. I've never found anyone that even knows about the C64 interface, let alone the instructions for it's use. It's a factory interface though because C64 is part of the serial number of this unit as you can see in the pics. I don't have a C64 so I don't know if it works or not.

Company background
Manual and Schems"

via Robert.

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Aries Modular Synthesizer Demo 1

YouTube via 123synthland. Only Demo 1 is up as I put this post up.

Minimoog Refurb

Title link takes you to more shots sent in via an anonymous reader.

"Matrix this is a short sequence of a Minimoog refurbishing ,how u can easly turn it …
‘From ugly to beauty’
-New wood finish
-Name plates removing and cleaning
-Stripped case
-New knobs and switches replaced
-keyboard cleaned"

Vangelis & Neuronium ( In London 1982 )

YouTube via Patrickillian.

Sent my way via Tim along with Vangelis doing percussion.

Update:

Vangelis and his Synthesizers Nemo Studio in London 1982

Published on Apr 5, 2018 AnalogSynthMuseum

"synthesizers in Nemo Studio : Yamaha CS80, Arp Sequencer, Prophet 5, Roland system 100, sh3a & Cr8000 drum machine, a minimal set is enough if you have inspiration."

fav synth books

flickr by cray5656 aka Ross.

I added a couple of these to my book links on the right of the site. Take a look at the list. If you think there are other books I should add to the list, feel free to comment.

Roland SH-1

No title link, just this shot pulled via this auction.

via sn.

new toy

flickr by cydonia.

Roland SH-101

via CatSynth.com

Yamaha DX100 Chromatic Accordian

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"This is a Yamaha DX100 keyboard that has been converted to be used like a chromatic accordion. All the keyboard functions are all the same as when the keyboard was bought. We took the keys out and added a chromatic button keys to it. This is a six row setup and can be conected to a midi module or you could used the factory set sounds in the keyboard."