Oscillators
band-limited sawtooth with adjustable phase
band-limited square wave with adjustable pulse-width
band-limited triangle wave with adjustable waveshapping
phase-distortion emulation of a low-pass filtered sawtooth (casio CZ-101)
phase-distortion emulation of a low-pass filtered sawtooth with high resonance (casio CZ-101)
phase-distortion emulation of a low-pass filtered sawtooth in the Rocker Launcher’s world in which sine waves are turned into triangles (casio CZ-101)
mysterious phase-distortion thing (could have been in the CZ-101 if the engineers at casio dared…)
phase-distortion emulation of a mouth harp / Morsing (could have been in the casio CZ-101)
stack of 4 detuned sawtooth waves (with aliasing)
simplistic FM (1>2 configuration), with adjustable modulation index and frequency ratio
wavetables, wavetables, wavetables!
sweepable table of basic waveforms
tampura transwave
PPG harsh creature
single cycle waveforms taken from D50 patches
cello transwave
slap bass transwave
organ/drawbars single cycle waveforms
male voice
YouTube via theDarkMechanics "A new addition to the family! All the way from new zealand, the CSQ 600 digital sequencer. Here we also have the Roland TR-606, SH-101 and Doepfer MS-404. Recorded/Fx through Ableton Live. We programmed some sequences from the SH-101 into the CSQ 600, this triggers the MS-404. Rhythm controlled through TR-606 trigger outs. SH-101 sequence controlled from TR-606. Enjoy!"
Blacet Jam
"Jam sesh with Roland TR 909, SH-101(bass) and a Blacet modular (1 VCO) system built by Tom from kit.. Mixes of this (finished?)tune will be uploaded to myspace page soon!"
DMX Jam
"Jam session with Oberheim DMX, Korg MS20, Korg MS02, Korg SQ10, Moog Prodigy, Arp Odyssey. Trying to see what can be done with this drum machine. It deosn't like to sync with roland trig out (909 or 707) so ran tamb1 out from DMX into Korg ESP to generate trig out. MS20 trig out into MS02 to convert gate/trig/CV."
Mechanical drums
"WIP of a drum & bass tune! crew - Roland TR 909, SH 101, Arp Odyssey, Yamaha CS50"
"Ah, the 90s! Those were easier days. No Covid, no masks, and sadly also...no 303s!
While this is an issue that has prevailed ever since, back in the 90s, when Techno ruled supreme, this lack of 303s also gave rise to a whole cottage industry of 303 cloners, companies small and tiny, set up to give ravers what they wanted: one of those shiny acid boxes or, a bit later, when techno production became more professionalized, handy 19 inch rack clones that integrated well into a studio setup, complete with midi and controls over parameters.
Dieter Doepfer, possibly best known for fathering the Eurorack standard, also tried his hand in the cloning business, or at least it seemed, because apart from the obvious naming reference, the MS 404 actually has very little to do with a faithful 303 emulation. Doepfer instead went ahead and created a far more capable machine, that can do about 101 things a 303 can‘t, but, ironically, also can‘t really do 303.
In this video, I will show you some of these things, also including this one thing it obviously can‘t.
So lean back and enjoy some fine German engineering!
Tracklist:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Introduction
3:39 Controls and Connectivity
6:50 Demo I: Not quite 303
8:45 Demo II: Noisy
10:35 Demo III: Does it PWM?
12:36 Demo IV: Dual LFO Mayhem
14:49 Demo V: Filter Input
16:32 Demo Jam
20:21 Concusion
20:59 Outro"
RS046.1 Doepfer Musikelektronik MS 404 'No Talking Edition'
RS047 Tech Support: Doepfer MS-404 - Some Simple Mods
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"As a kid, growing up on shows like A-Team and Mc Gyver, I used to think that, with some knowledge, you could just hack things together, like they did on these shows, building useful gear from junk that happened to be around. This fascination never quite left me and led to me unscrewing broken electronics to have a peek inside, imagining I would be able to build something cool.
But, growing up in the 80s meant there still wasn’t any YouTube or even basic internet around just yet, so the only resources where I could have learned some basic electronics stuff were wildly confusing and much too complicated for me back then, so I resorted to Legos.
Much later, I learned how to (barely) handle a soldering iron and toyed around with some simple electronics projects, collecting some knowledge here and there. So when I finally ended up with the service manual of the MS 404 I knew the time had come to try some synth modding.
The Service Manual didn’t only provide me with schematics but even included some suggestions on how to mod the 404. Even better, during it’s very design, the synth had already been created with expandability/moddability in mind. And because it ain’t no tiny electronics Volca, even my limited soldering skills are suffice to realize some of these modifications.
The first, and probably easiest thing I did, was to tap into multiple jumpers layed out around the board, this way, it’s super easy to add switches for LFO waveform selection and filter envelope behavior.
The second mod is a little more demanding, it’s something I came about when trying to build a tiny crossfade mixer. Utilizing a pot, it’s actually possible, to mix the signals of the saw and square wave VCO outputs, so I did that as well as adding a second pot in order to be able to mix in some noise into the VCO signal, sh101 style.
I’ve tested my ideas thoroughly before going as far as drilling holes into the faceplate, and from what I’ve learned about electronics so far, which isn’t too much to be honest, they should be safe modifications when applied correctly. Still, I just want to make it a 100% sure that I will not take any responsibility when you damage your 404 while applying any of these mods."
Some info on the K-20 below. Curious how a previously existing name for a synth can be trademarked. The trademark was actually revealed December 2017, but you can see filing from Music Group IP (Behringer's parent company) below published in 2018. You can also find the initial list of synths on Behringer's radar here, including trademarks. The Pro-1, MS-101, and VC340 are readying release, and there was the Jupiter-8 tease here.
"I'll be honest, I love Korg mono synths. One of my all-time favourites is the Korg 770, this little guy's older sister. First off I'm amazed at the form factor in such a small footprint. This thing sounds awesome. Having a high pass and low pass with adjustable peak is amazing for fine tweaking tones. My 770 doesn't have that. One could get lost for hours just patching to different places and finding an endless sea of sounds. I never had an MS-20 so this was a learning experience of wonderment and at times pure awe. What a flexible little monster. Most definitely a generator of sounds from outer space. Add some tape delay and I'd go missing for hours on end. Wonderful job on this guy."
On the WASP Deluxe:
Wasp Deluxe – based on the rare EDP WASP synthesizer:
Legendary analog synthesizer with dual OSC design allows for insanely fat music creation
Authentic reproduction of original “Wasp Deluxe” circuitry with matched transistors and JFETs
Pure analog signal path based on authentic OSC, VCF and VCA designs
3 variable oscillator shapes with pulse / ramp and enhanced mode for ultimate sounds
Switchable, multi-mode VCF with Lo, Hi, Band and Notch modes
Flexible LFO with 4 waveform shapes, frequency and pitch modulation control
2 analog Envelope Generators for modulation of VCF and VCA
Noise generator dramatically expands waveform generation
16-voice Poly Chain allows combining multiple synthesizers for up to 16 voice polyphony
Complete Eurorack solution – main module can be transferred to a standard Eurorack Case
29 controls give you direct and real-time access to all important parameters
"The Roland SH-2 from 1979 is one vintage piece I’d never seen in the flesh and one that wasn’t physically in my 'Land of the Rising Sound' documentary, so it’s great to be able to cover it on the channel.
Huge thanks to Ian Livingstone for the loan.
It reminds me of the SH-7 and SH-1 in terms of sound and the “auto bend” is very much in keeping with the early SH models, but then it’s also quite clearly a step towards the later SH-101 in terms of its layout. Quite an interesting one!
The SH-2 has Sine, Sawtooth, Square and PWM available on oscillator 1 and Noise, Sawtooth, Square and PWM on oscillator 2. There’s also a sub-oscillator, which really beefs things up.
It has one LFO (Sine, Square and S&H) with delay that can modulate pulse width, oscillator-frequency, filter cut-off and also trigger the one envelope. The filter is low-pass and can self-oscillate. There’s also portamento and adjustable auto-bend as mentioned earlier.
The SH-2 had a little brother with a single oscillator, the SH-9 (which I’ve never played). I’m guessing it’s very similar in a kind of Korg MS-20 / MS-10 sibling way. If you’ve played both, let me know!
There’s a few specific things I did such as taking the CV/Gate out and hooking up the SH-101 that ran back through the “Ext Audio In” of the SH-2. That gave me 3 oscillators and 2 sub oscillators so that I could mix and detune footings and waveshapes.
I also ran midi to my TB-303 and fired on CV/Gate from that to the SH-2. The 303 also ran through the Ext Audio In so that the whole effect came through the same filter / envelope / VCA.
Instruments Used:
Roland SH-2 (1979)
Roland SH-101 (1982)
Roland TB-303 (1981)
Roland TR-606 (1981)
Sequential Drumtraks (1984)
DSi Prophet REV2 (2017)
Yamaha U3 Piano (stereo mic’d)
Ibanez JEM 7DBK / Fender Blues Junior II / Mic’d with an SM57
Some EMU Emulator and Fairlight stabs
Couple of Project Alpha Sounds
There’s also a Pro~One and Korg MS-20 doing some cameo FX that I added after and didn’t film."
A little live jam featuring 3 analog mono synths. The SH-101 is sequenced by an Analog Solutions Oberkorn MK3. The MS-10 is routed through a Maxon AD-900, VOX V847 and ProCo Rat. The Prodigy is routed through a Sovtek Small Stone and Moogerfooger MF-104M which is controlled with a EP-3 expression pedal. Reverb is applied in software.
Hardware:
Moog Prodigy
Roland SH-101
Korg MS-10
VOX V847
Moogerfooger MF-104M
Moog EP-3
Sovtek Small Stone
Analogue Solutions Oberkorn MK3
ProCo Rat
YouTube Uploaded by keyboardcontrollers on Dec 4, 2010
"Test run after Kenton MIDI re-installed. Testing 808 internal sequencer, Kenton MIDI out to Doepfer MSY2 clock out to Juno 6 clock in/arpeggiator. A test of Kenton MIDI time clock, basically."
KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS • Doepfer Schaltwerk & Korg MS-20 Control Voltage Nixie Tube Test
Uploaded by keyboardcontrollers on May 12, 2010
"This procedure demonstrates a repeating set of ascending MIDI note numbers programmed into a Track (Steps 1-16) of the Schaltwerk. The corresponding voltage values are shown on the HP 3440A nixie tube display. The HP 120B oscilloscope displays resultant waveforms of the MS-20 audio out via Roland RE-101. Schaltwerk MIDI note information is converted to CV (and Hz/octave) at the Kenton Pro Solo Mk II for the MS-20.
Equipment:
Doepfer Schaltwerk MIDI Trigger Sequencer Hewlett Packard HP 120B Oscilloscope Hewlett Packard HP 3440A Digital Voltmeter Hewlett Packard HP 3444A DC Multi Function Unit Kenton Pro Solo Mk II Korg MS-20 KRK V-88 (x2 stereo audio monitors) Roland RE-101 Space Echo"
"This procedure demonstrates a repeating set of ascending MIDI note numbers programmed into a Track (Steps 1-16) of the Schaltwerk. The corresponding voltage values are shown on the HP 3440A nixie tube display. The HP 120B oscilloscope displays resultant waveforms of the MS-20 audio out via Roland RE-101. Schaltwerk MIDI note information is converted to CV (and Hz/octave) at the Kenton Pro Solo Mk II for the MS-20.
Equipment List:
Doepfer Schaltwerk Sequencer Hewlett Packard HP 120B Oscilloscope Hewlett Packard HP 3440A Digital Voltmeter with 3444A DC Multi Function Unit Kenton Pro Solo Mk. II Korg MS-20 KRK V-88 (stereo audio monitors) Roland RE-101 Space Echo"
KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS • Impromptu Jam/Oscilloscope test • Mar 12, 2010
"I was playing with my MS-20 mini and figured out how Daft Punk made that really nice filter sweep sound on their track Burnin'. So I built a simple 16 beat loop around it. I hope you enjoy it!
Sounds:
Octatrack master out - kick and snare
Octatrack cue out to Moogerfooger MF-101 - bass sample
Moog Voyager - Synth bass
Roland TR-09 to Sherman FB2 - hihats and clap
Korg MS-20 mini - Filter sweep
MS-20 settings: The sound is created with the lowpass filter oscillating with max resonance. The oscillators are actually turned all the way down so you can't hear them. The output is fed back into the external processor to add that nice gritty distortion the MS-20 is known for. When I first heard Burnin', I always thought the sounds was created by an LFO sweeping the frequency, but the sound is actually triggered on the 1st and 3rd beat and the sweep is created by the filter envelope. The envelope attack stays the same and the decay is changed to create that signature sound."
"In this demo of the Korg MS-20m I am highlighting some of the special features of the MS-20m, like PWM and oscillator sync. The MS-20m is sequenced via my Roland SH-101 and the drum machine that can be heard through-out is the TR-606. The two instruments were mixed on an Ace Tone MP-40 and recorded with my Roland Super UA audio interface."
"In this demo I am using a Korg KR-55 for drums which is also sending a sync pulse to a Korg SQ-1. The SQ-1 is then sending a pulse to trigger the sequencer in the Roland SH-101 (which is doing the bass line) and an additional pulse to the trigger in on the MS-20m. A Roland RS-09 is being played manually and the audio from the synth is sent through the filters of the MS-20m. There is a bit of delay effect on the MS-2m/RS-09 (the Boss DM-2w analog delay). All instruments were mixed on a Roland M-16E mixer and recorded with a Roland Super UA audio interface."
"From ten years ago, a paper catalogue from the VEMIA auction. 24 pages, tiny print, and not well printed - but just about readable everywhere. A couple of illustrations (not high quality!!) - of a massive Roland System 700 and the even bigger Yamaha EX42.
Fun to look at the prices - many of them not the final bids, but all already over their reserves (there are no hidden reserves in this auction) .
That means that in November 2000, you could have had a chance of winning the following (with prices in pounds sterling):
Two Siemens V72s, 440GBP; Vortexion tube amp 23GBP; Roland CR-78 230GBP; Roland TR-808 500GBP; Crumar Jazzman 95GBP; Hohner Clavinet 1 140GBP; Clavinet/Pianet Duo 260GBP; Wurlitzer EP-200 450GBP; Ashly SC-68 140; AKG BX20E 100GBP; Six Audio & Design SCAMP modules 130GBP; BBC EQs in a rack 50GBP; Binson Echorec Baby 280GBP; Binson Tube Reverb 350GBP; Carlsbro Flanger 85GBP; Dynacord CLS222 145GBP; Dynacord TAM19; Echolette SEV66 Vocoder; Echoplex tube model 240GBP; EH Small Stone original 55GBP; EH Talking Pedal 260GBP; Four EMT 256 II compressors and two de-essers 755GBP; Moog 12-Stage Phaser 580GBP; Roland Funny Cat 160GBP; Roland RE-201 190GBP; Roland SRE-555 240GBP; Ursa Major Space Station 450GBP; Reslosound Ribbon 75GBP; two Sennheiser MD421s 250GBP; two Tannoy mics from the House of Commons 45GBP; Two EMS Presto patches 60GBP; Korg MS-03 110GBP; Korg MS-04 110GBP; Optigan Stereophonic Deluxe 220GBP; RSF Kobol Programmer 450GBP; BBC Outside Broadcast four-channel passive mixers 90GBP; Roland VCA800 / CPE800 units 115GBP; Telefunken 12/2 mixer 200GBP; ARP 2600 Blue Meanie (aka Blue Marvin) 1450GBP; EMS Synthi AKS with all EMS mods 1770GBP; EMS Synthi-E 600GBP; EMS VCS3 1900GBP; Korg MS-50 680GBP; Roland System 100M five-module system 880GBP; Roland System 700 complete 9950GBP; ARP Odyssey white-face 480GBP; ARP Pro Soloist 150GBP; EDP Wasp 280GBP; Hohner Bass 28GBP; Korg M500SP 75GBP; Korg Sigma 180GBP; Moog Minimoog 900GBP; Moog Prodigy 270GBP; Oberheim OB-1 460GBP; Octave Cat 330GBP; OSC OSCar 840GBP; Roland MC-202 200GBP; Roland SH-101 190GBP; Roland System 100 101 330GBP; Farfisa Compact Duo 500GBP; Hammond F-100 Extravoice 150GBP; Moog CDX 430GBP; Yamaha EX42 GX-1 look-alike 1250GBP; Vox Continental 300 240GBP; Yamaha YC-45D 280GBP; Elka Rhapsody 610 85GBP; Gleeman Pentaphonic 1270GBP; Moog Memorymoog Plus 1450GBP; PPG Wave 2.3 800GBP; Roland Jupiter 6 580GBP; Roland Jupiter 8 (JP8) 680GBP; Roland VP-330 400GBP; SCI Prophet 5 rev 3.2 760GBP; SCI Prophet 5 with Kenton MIDI 900GBP; Korg SQ-10 250GBP; Roland CSQ-100 34GBP; Roland MC-4 250GBP; a hundred CEM 3396 chips 100GBP; Leslie 147 360GBP; Ampex 351 980GBP; Studer C-37 300GBP."
"I used the Cv and Gate for this from the Squarp.
It's just a basic sequence with a few sound tweaks. Haven't owned a 101 before so it was a discovery session for me :)"
A random little minimal jam featuring some weird vocal samples. For some reason the words "where is the lobster?" came to my head when I heard the drum beat. The SH-101 is "synced" to the volca beats.
Hardware:
Roland SH-101
Korg MS-10
Korg Volca Beats
Korg KaossPad
Software:
ValhallaDSP VintageVerb
Ableton Live stock plugins for 'mastering'"
"An in-depth synth studio tour of the Vintage Synthesizer Museum -- a classic synth, music & recording studio in Oakland, California.
The Vintage Synthesizer Museum is a legendary synthesizer music studio where you can play, record, and learn about vintage analog synths including Roland Jupiter 8, Yamaha CS-60, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Arp 2600 and more.
The Vintage Synth Museum features over 40+ analog synthesizers and various drum machines, effects, amplifiers, keyboards, music and audio recording tools.
To learn more or book your appointment at the Vintage Synth Museum, visit http://www.vintagesynthmuseum.com"
Update:
Video retitled: VINTAGE SYNTHESIZER MUSEUM - Synth Studio Tour & Synthesizer Reviews
With following description & timeline:
"An in-depth synth studio tour of the Vintage Synthesizer Museum -- a classic synth, music & recording studio in Oakland, California.
The Vintage Synthesizer Museum is a legendary synthesizer music studio where you can play, record, and learn about vintage analog synths including Roland Jupiter 8, Yamaha CS-60, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Arp 2600 and more.
The Vintage Synth Museum features over 40+ analog synthesizers and various drum machines, effects, amplifiers, keyboards, music and audio recording tools.
To learn more or book your appointment at the Vintage Synth Museum, visit http://www.vintagesynthmuseum.com
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Vintage Synthesizer Museum - Synth studio tour timecodes:
"The 101 is sequenced from a Squarp Pyramid via cv and gate with varying note lengths. Filter modulation comes from the Polymath, percussion from an Erica Synths Techno System."
"bboytechreport#behringerms101 they hit the target dead on. #ms101 #sh101 yup I may as well build a behringer synth shed out back if all of their synths are going to be as good."
"I went to visit the Vintage Synthesizer Museum in Oakland and recorded a little tour. It's called a museum but you can rent it out and play with the gear. They have an impressive collection of rare vintage synths and effects. In this video I'll show you the studio. In future videos I will be posting demos of some of the synths I've recorded while there.
Digital oscillators with true ANALOG filters.
