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Tuesday, August 20, 2019

Music From Outer Space - MFOS - Soundlab Ultimate w/ Expanders and Voice of Saturn

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"This is a custom built modular synthesizer comprised of the MFOS Soundlab Ultimate and two identical Soundlab Expanders. The case itself was made from old bleachers from the school the builder worked at (who is one of the recommended builders on the MFOS website if you didn't feel up to the DIY challenge). The main synth voice is normalized but can be repatched. The patch points are an interesting combination of banana jacks and 1/4" jacks. There is a passive multiple box included that convert 1/4" and banana cables in either direction.
The bottom of the unit was also signed and dated by Ray Wilson when it was sent in to have the envelope generators response curve tweaked (I believe to make them snappier)

Soundlab Ultimate Features
3 VCOs with Square and Saw Waveforms
Noise Source
External Input
5 Channel Mixer
Analog Lowpass Filter
Analog VCA
Attack and Decay Envelope Generator
Sample & Hold Circuit
Gate Repeater
2 LFOs with Square, Rising Saw, Triangle, Falling Saw Waveforms, and Low and High Rate Ranges
4 Attenuators
Soundlab Expander Features (per each side)
Attack Decay Sustain Release Envelope Generator
Analog Multimode Filter w/ Lowpass, Highpass, and Bandpass
Analog VCA
Ring Modulator (Analog Multiplier)
Signal Booster
Envelope Follower
CV Inverter
4 Channel Mixer

Also included are a bunch of banana cables (some stackable, some not) 3pin cables to link the power from the main Soundlab to the 2 Expanders, and a separately built project Voice of Saturn drone synth. The Voice of Saturn does work but is a little finicky, and seems to need some calibration as the ranges on the controls are very narrow. But it will be an interesting add-on to this system giving you 2 extra VCOs and 1 LFO."

Yamaha SY35

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"The SY-35 is an awesome sounding vector synth capable of some extremely interesting and evolving sounds. Although very rich and unique sounding, editing is focused around envelope times and preset sound generation, making this more of a musically focused synth that almost always sounds good!"

Blue Roland SH-101

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CRUMAR COMPOSER

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"Vintage Analog Italian Synth
Mono/Polyphonic synth, organ, strings.
Extremely RARE
Very good condition and perfect working order
Just serviced

It also has a breath controller input and a BBD Bucket Brigade Leslie effect.

Composer uses the same CEM chip to VCA, filters and envelope as the Memorymoog, Oberheim OBX, OBXa/OB8, SCI Prophet 5.
Less than 400 units were produced."

1977 ARP Avatar

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"Recently serviced and in full working order. Includes original guitar pickup and cable."

Trap 808 Kick Bass Tones Volca Kick


Published on Aug 20, 2019 Dj Puzzle

"Quick demo of the various 808 style Trap bass tones you can get from a Korg Volca Kick. #808s #trap #korgvolca This is by no means a song or full composition of course merely a short demonstration for those who may not know this side of the device. What I ended up doing was sampling some notes and creating sampler patches to use in Ableton live. I feel using this Volca as the sound source gives the samples that extra bit of analogue warmth that I wouldn't get from a soft synth. Not saying soft synths are bad just saying it's nice to have different sources and tones to use and it's also fun to experiment!"

Rhythms & synths - Digitakt, Cursus Iteritas, Wasp filter, Zeenon, Microfreak


Published on Aug 20, 2019 junklight

Yamaha Behind The Synth Podcast



Playlist:

1. Meet Nate and Blake from Yamaha Music USA in the introductory Behind the Synth Podcast.

2. Nate and Blake explore the RM1x Sequencer Remixer, a cool sequencer released in 1999 with a nice tone generator and realtime controls.

3. Nate and Blake explore the CS15, an analog synthesizer released in 1978.

Gecho v2 - How to build your DIY kit (complete unit)


Published on Aug 20, 2019 Gecho Loopsynth

"To give you an idea what's involved in putting together your DIY kit, and at the same time, how does the "Sea" channel sound like when played with a MIDI keyboard.

We will make a similar time-lapse video with the "acrylic sandwich" version, also a guide with photos and more detailed explanations will be published on the website in next few days."

Uli Behringer Requests Collaboration with MOS-LAB ?


In via an anonymous reader.


Update: This left me wondering how many people in the synth building world is either working with or at Behringer now.  I know Luigi Scarano of Fingersonic ended up with Behringer.  It would be interesting to have a list of who's who at Behringer.

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