Vintage Korg ES 50 Lambda Analogue String Synthesizer

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"This keyboard was used in the highly rated Epic/Portrait - 80's recording Band The major Thinkers Featuring Pierce Turner (owner)(BMG recording artist) larry Kirwan (Black 47) The joy stick is missing-but the base of it still works/ one key has been mended and works fine. There is an innofensive small sticker on the woodwork from a performance, easily removed. (see images)."

"The Lambda ES50 is a vintage poly-ensemble type synthesizer with slightly editable Preset orchestral sounds. It is divided into two sections: The Percussion set includes Preset pianos, clavis and harmonics; The Ensemble section has Presets for brass, strings, organ and choruses. Filter and envelope controls affect the different instruments individually. The Lambda has 96 discrete envelopes and VCAs - two for each key - a very unusual design. There are also vibrato and chorus effects.

The Percussion group and Ensemble group each have their own separate outputs which is nice. A joystick is proveded left of the keyboard for simultaneous control of pitch bends and chorus phase speed.

The String sounds are the nicest sounds this synth can create. With three oscillators you can vary and detune them enough to get a nice layered analog string. ,mThe Lambda is cased in a great wooden case that gives it that authentically vintage status."

Demential Labs Circuit Bent Silver Lizzard Sandwich

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SECTOR iPad App by Kymatica Now Available

Published on Feb 18, 2014 saveas909·22 videos

iTunes: SECTOR - Kymatica (Jonatan Liljedahl)

"Slice and sequence your loops with a matrix of markov-chain connections. Introduce order with the probability-based coin-flipping pattern sequencer. Bend time with warp functions for glitches and modulations. Tweak and trigger in real time performance. Get anything between rigid control and random chaos.

INTRODUCTORY PRICE FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY

• High quality 32-bit audio engine
• Stream audio to other apps in Audiobus or Inter-App Audio
• Import samples and loops from AudioShare or using "Open in" from other apps

Users guide here

Coming in next update:
• MIDI clock sync
• In-app recording and exporting of loops

Please contact me for questions and feature requests. Do not use reviews for communication, I can't reply there!"

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Vintage Bassline with Thor and Thesys for iPad

Published on Feb 14, 2014 saveas909·22 videos

Korg Poly 800 mkII with circuitbenders.co.uk Polybeast mods - part2

Published on Feb 18, 2014 Published on Feb 18, 2014

"Quick demo of editing sounds on a modified Korg Poly 800 mkII. Mods include:

Rotary knob to replace UP/DOWN increment buttons.
Filter cutoff knob
Filter resonance knob
12dB/24dB filter switch
VCF CV input
External audio input
External audio level knob
External audio input signal path switch
VCF FM amount knob
VCF FM source knob
Delay time knob
Delay feedback knob

More details can be found at:
http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/synthmod/POLYEX.html
http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/synthmod/POLYII.html"

Also added to Part 1 here.

iPad Music App Crystal Synth XT

Published on Feb 18, 2014 Synth Universe·179 videos

"Go here for review & info: http://synthuniverse.com/crystal-synth-xt"

EMS Synthi 100 IPEM workshop

Published on Mar 28, 2013 Rik Declercq·3 videos

"IPEM - Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music http://www.ipem.ugent.be/

EMS Synthi hands-on workshop"

MOOG SOUND LAB | Lost in the Trees | Past Life

Published on Feb 18, 2014 Moog Music Inc·261 videos

"Chapel Hill ensemble 'Lost in the Trees' came to the Moog Sound Lab to give us a sneak peak at the title track off their new album "Past Life". Using an array of analog synthesizers and effects, the band recreated the dark harmonies and lush soundscapes of Past Life.

Bassist Mark Daumen had this to say about the session,

"In all honesty, I was slightly nervous walking in to the Moog factory for our session. We had little planned besides what song we were going to play. With the unlimited options for sounds from the many instruments available and our limited knowledge of analog synths, I figured the session could have gone either way. The nervousness faded quickly with the guidance of the wonderful folks at Moog who taught me that it's really ok to just turn knobs until it sounds cool. Anyone listening to the first half hour of us trying to figure out the song might have thought we were completely over our heads, but then suddenly Past Life started to emerge. Before we knew it we had dialed in some magic and were really enjoying the beauty and uniqueness of the sounds and music we were making. We are obviously enjoying it so much that we cant seem to stop repeating the ending over and over again, like we are figuring out something new and wonderful we could play on our Moogs with each refrain."

Check out more Moog Sound Lab sessions at www.moogsoundlab.com"

Kiwi-106: Sound Demo 1

"A compilation of the demonstration performances by Syntegrator and David C. Lovelace. If it's wicked shredding, it's Dave, if it's simple notes held on or a particularly evil 8th note bassline, it's the Kiwi-106 Sequencer as programmed by Syntegrator.

The patches played are from the Syntegrator Sound Set, soon to be posted to kiwi-106.com."

See this post for the complete video series on The Packrat's Juno-106.

Beautiful Metasonix R-55 Vacuum Thyratron VCO Arpeggiations

Published on Feb 18, 2014 bigcitymusic·299 videos

"With names like Agonizer, Wretch Machine and Scrotum Smasher, Metasonix hardly has a reputation for sounding beautiful. But this video shows just how beautiful Metasonix R-55 oscillators can sound.

The two R-55 modules are hard-synced to a Cwejman D-LFO (square wave), and a Mutable Instruments Braids CSAW (being tracked by the Vermona qMI). The oscillators are run into a Cwejman DMF-2 for timbral dynamics with further modulation provided by an additional Cwejman D-LFO.

http://bigcitymusic.com"