RK-002 Zaquencer

Published on Sep 15, 2016 Retrokits

The ZAQ RK-2000 appears to be a custom cased Beringer BCR2000.

"A little demo of the Zaquencer / RK-002 controlling the Volca Sample.

Sequencer 3 & 4 are used on the same midi channel (sent to the Volca Sample). 4 is set to drum mode, 3 is set to note mode.

The a. parameter of the Zaquencer is set to send out program changes so I can change the Volca Sample's channel which is under chromatic control.

At 1:30 I start the chromatic part and at 1:44 I start changing the Chromatic Sample Channel.

Volca Sample and Volca Keys are merged with the RK-003 and recorded in Ableton, adding some compression and filtered delay."

DL - Techno Live Set 2016 #27 (OT, A4, TR8, TB3)

Published on Sep 15, 2016 DL Live

"Techno Live Set using Elektron Octatrack, Analog Four, Roland TR-8, TB-3 and TM-2."

B for Buchla / 1st Music Easel recording

Published on Sep 15, 2016 maxitobandito

"BEMI Music Easel into Elekton A4 ( for delay and reverb) into Octatrack ( added a tiny bit of "dark reverb at the very end) . This was my first take with the cam of that piece of music and my second run in total, so obivously arrangement is far from perfect and I made some tiny mistakes. But anyway - it was a lot of fun to easelweasel."

ELEKTRONIKA EM-26 // SOVIET VOCODER + STRING ENSEMBLE

Published on Sep 15, 2016 LESINDES

"ELEKTRONIKA EM-26 is a soviet Vocoder String Machine. Very compact."

0-COAST MIDI CONTROL

0-COAST MIDI CONTROL from Peter Speer on Vimeo.

"Controlling the Make Noise 0-Coast synthesizer with external software (Max/MSP, OSCulator, Ableton Live), a Nintendo Wiimote and a KMI QuNexus keyboard.

Note: all effects (Reverb, Bit Crush, Beat Repeat) are in Ableton, not the 0-Coast.

More info: http://makenoisemusic.com/

diode-ring.com"

Mystery Vintage Mini Synthesizer BB

Here's an interesting find in via Justin.

If anyone knows what it is and/or has anymore info on it, let us know.

If you zoom in on the bottom pic, you'll see the controls, left to right, are as follows:

WA-WA with Mechanic and Range knobs, and switches below, one Automatic and one Rate.

INFRA-MODULATOR with a Power label below, and knobs for Rate and Range. On/Off and Rate switches below.

COLOR-OPERATING with eight sliders and eight On/Off switches. I'm guessing these are harmonic amount sliders with the ability to switch them off on the fly. So this is likely an additive synth. Curious if it sounds more like an organ or a synth. Also curious if it's monophonic or poly/paraphonic.

GLISSANDO / PORTAMENTO with two sliders and two switches. One switch is On/Off and the other appears to be direction. BTW, this section makes me think this is more synth than organ and likely monophonic.

NOISE GENERATOR knob with On/Off switch.

VOLUME knob

POWER On/Off switch.

Note the absence of envelopes.

Update: it kind of reminds me of the Baldwin Syntha Sound. That one had a SPECTRUM SHAPER. Note the lack of a Baldwin label on the front of the Syntha Sound. The BB on the front could be for Baldwin, considering it's actually a mirrored B.

Update2: New pics in via Justin along with some info.

"I spoke to the girl who owns the synth. She said its a Czech synth and it belongs to her family and was packed away in storage for a long time until she placed it in her store as a display object. She said its not for sale."

The synth is located in a shop in Prague.

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Long Distance, One Moment Please...(Dreadbox Erebus Drone patch)

Published on Sep 15, 2016 Sounds & Things

"Drone patch for the Dreadbox Erebus (No midi, ext effects patching or sequencing.)

Square triangle Paraphonic retrigger
env output ---} osc 1 & Gate input
lfo ---} osc 2 + echo input

Voice samples:
Akai S20 + virtualizer pro
(Delay from virtualizer pro for Voice samples only)"

Experimenting with Mutable Instruments Ears Contact Mic Module

Second video added to the bottom of this post.

Monty Python's Argument Sketch performed with two vintage speech synthesizers

Published on Aug 31, 2013 Per Kristian Risvik

"Michael Palin is played by the Dectalk Express
(Perfect Paul modified to sound more like Stephen Hawking)

John Cleese is played by the Intex Talker
(Votrax SC-01A)

Communication with the speech synthesizers is done with CoolTerm:
http://freeware.the-meiers.org/"

Dave Smith Instruments "In The Spotlight with the PRO 2" with JESSE SOLA (NUMINA)

The sixth in Dave Smith Instruments' "In The Spotlight with the PRO 2" series is currently up with JESSE SOLA (NUMINA) here.

"Jesse Sola is an American keyboardist who goes under the project name Numina. He was born in 1971 in a musical family that currently resides in Denver, Colorado. Jesse began recording music in his 20’s while in college. Jesse’s choice of instrumentation was the use of synthesizers and acoustic instruments melded together to create deep, evolving music that ranges from melancholy to mysterious. Currently, Numina has released albums on his own Numinamusic label as well as on Gestalt Records, Hypnos, Dark Duck Records. He’s also been featured several times on the syndicated radio program Music From the Hearts of Space. Similar artists and influences include Steve Roach, Robert Rich, Vidna Obmana, and Stephen Philips."

You can find previous posts featuring DSI's Spotlight series here.