Korg MS-20 - New Flickr Shots

Awesome shots of the Korg MS-20 via Flickr.

Modded Roland TR-606

Update: More on Analogue Haven. Mod doc here.

On the'bay. Wow. It almost looks photoshopped to me. Hrmmmmm... If it wasn't on auction, I don't know if I'd believe it. Nice though. : )

From the auction:

If you think this is just another TR606 with a couple of tweaks then you are wrong..!! This is the most modded TR606 on the planet and it has to be seen and heard to be believed. It has had the following upgrades and mods:-
All switches have been replaced with new parts (They get unreliable with age, this acts and feels like new)

All Led's have been replaced with blue Leds, and Led's have been added to each voice too, so you can see as well as hear which drum is sounding.

It has a full Analogue Solutions tonal mod (costs £140 inc vat), this adds the following extra controls:-

BD; Tune1, Tune2. SD; Tune, Snappy, Noise Decay. LT/HT; Tune, Sweep. CY; Mix (between 2 sound sources), Decay. HH; Tune (affects CY too), OH Decay.

It has individual trigger outs for each voice and longer gate outs too (with selectable voltage), these were added so that it will drive Analogue Solutions and similar Drum modules.

It has individual outputs for each voice in addition to main output.

It has trigger buttons for each voice added, so that individual sounds can be auditioned without the drum machine running.

It has a fine tempo control added for emmm fine control of tempo..!!

Both the internal clock and accent are available as external triggers so that they can drive envelope gates for filters, VCA's, frequency shifters etc on modular synths.

It has Midi clock input added so it can be slaved to an external sequencer or Cubase, Logic etc.

It has a large capacity Lithium memory backup battery added so that you don't have to worry about loosing patterns if the batterys go flat - this should last about 10 years.

The drum volume controls and the dinsync socket have been moved from the TR606 panel to the expander panel to make them more intuitive.

It has a built in power supply with a 230v IEC connector, mains lead is included.

It has a high quality 12 channel stereo mixer with pan controls added, use this with internal voices via patchcords or use it with external triggered drum modules.

It has an 8 way multiple included too (ideal if using this 606 as part of a Doepfer modular setup).

It is in perfect working order and comes with a bound copy of the TR606 manual. It does NOT include the original vinyl carrying case because it's now too big to fit into it..!!

The panel itself is standard 6U size so it will fit into a rack, however it includes a custom made wooden case with rack rails so it can be free standing too.

EMS Putney Sample

Right click here and save. This came in via chaircrusher aka Kent Williams on AH. I asked him if I could post it and he gave the ok. Thank you Kent! This is an amazing showcase of the EMS Putney.

"I just got an Electribe ES-1 sampling drum machine on Ebay, and this is my first 'test' track with it. I ran the EMS Putney mono into the ES-1, and messed around a bit generating noises and sampling them.

I then recorded a couple of takes of the ES-1 with Putney sounds sequenced, messing a bit with effects, I also recorded the Putney live, and some more conventional drum sounds. Then I did some editing and processing in Acid.

The loop at the beginning is the ER-1 in 'beatslice' mode on a Putney sound.

I need to figure out how to maybe get things a little more varied, and less 'in your face' all the time, but it was a fun exercise, and should give you a really good idea of what a Putney can sound like."

Kurzweil Borg

Via Gizmodo. No VA1 for us, instead...

A Borg

Tokyo Synthesizer Hunt - New Flickr Shots

Wow. Huge set of shots in via bdu on Flickr.

The shot below looks like something from one of my synth dreams.

If I wake up I wonder if this post will be there.... : )

Moog on the Moon

Jonathan Lutz posted this on AH. Looks interesting. If anyone knows more or can actually make this in Philly, please feel free to comment.

"The Franklin Institute presents this spectacular analog synthesizer show featuring an out-of-this-world visual journey on the Fels Planetarium dome. Includes tribute to the late Bob Moog, inventor of the famous Moog Synthesizer."

Update via AH:
"Mark Jenkins is flying in tonight from the UK. 2/3 of my band Xeroid Entity (I'm unavailable Saturday night) will be at the concert. Orbital Decay from Quakertown, who have played many times on my radio program (Galactic Travels, WDIY, Allentown) as well as on Star's End (WXPN, Philadelphia) and at the Soundscapes and the Gatherings concert series, will be there. All three bands played at the fantastic new Electro-music festival last June. (See http://electro-music.com for details.)It's a Moog tribute concert in a planetarium.

1. There will be analog synths.
2. It's being held in a planetarium.
3. The musicians are top shelf.

Conclusion: If that isn't enough to get you to go to this, then you must be living in Timbuktu. ;-)

Cheers,

Bill Fox - http://soundscapes.us"

Miniorgan - Realistic Concertmate Rhythm Box

Trip. Never saw this before. Title pretty much says it all. It's a rhythm box made in 1981. Not sure if it's analog and/or whether it uses any design or components from another manufacturer like the Realistic MG-1 did with Moog. Click here for more on Miniorgan.com, a site worth checking out in its entirety and on it's own.

Hammond 102200 Synthesizer

Haven't seen one of these in a while. Shots pulled from this aution so they are not lost. More info in this Vintage Synth post.

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Roland JX-3P - New Flickr Shot

Cool shot via Flickr. I think that is a JX-3P.

INetSynth

Saw this on Music Thing. The weird thing is I swear I saw and read about this synth a while ago somewhere. I remember thinking it was overpriced and odd, but for the life of me I can't remember where. Title link takes you to the auction. Music Thing link takes you to their post on it with more.

"The INetSynth is a true stereo 96kHz digital hardware synthesizer with tons of cool features like multi oscillators, filters, envelopes, LFO's and a programmable matrix. It has 16 layers, each with a programmable arpeggiator and a keymap, finally the synth has 128 tones polyphony and 2 built-in stereo effects, a real "work horse" for music production"

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