Monome's MIDIBox SID

The C64 Sid. Love the bread-box wood and the yellow smiley. : )



"MIDIbox SID is a non-commercial & "DIY-only" project. Beside of the common SID functions (three oscillators, triangle/saw/pulse/noise and mixed waveforms, independent envelope generators for the amplitudes, sync & ringmodulation, 12db multistate low/band/highpass/notch filter)"

Monome's Synth Toaster

Yep. A synth toaster. : ). Via GetLoFi.

EMS Synthi AKS Solo

When I think of the Synthi AKS I typically think of sound effects and of course the Pink Floyd bassline loop. I haven't heard the Synthi used in a more traditional sense, playing leads or melodies. I usually hear that this is typically because the oscillators drift too much for this application. Title link takes you to a sample that is a bit closer. One thing is for sure, it is one fat sounding synth.

SCI Prophet 5 Shots

Title link takes you to a few great shots of the Prophet 5. Heath gave me the ok to post these. This one is actually for sale in the Boston area. You can email Heath at hfinnie at gmail.com if interested.



> Well I have a chance to buy a Prophet-10 in excellent condition so I
> must see the Prophet 5 to pay for it. It is in excellent shape. All of
> the keyboard bushings have been replaced so the keyboard feels like
> new. It also has a new battery and has been recentley serviced. Great
> cosmetic shape and all knobs are present and work great. Original
> factory sounds have been loaded into it too. This prophet 5 does not
> have midi, but it is an easy retrofit. Serial number is 3373. I'm
> asking for $1800 as thats about what I see them go for on Ebay and
> plus the cost of the parts, bushings, etc. A lot of work has gone into
> it. I would keep it if it wasn't for the fact I was getting a P-10.
>
> I would really want to avoid shipping this as it could get damaged in
> shipping. I'm in Boston.

Update from Heath:

"I lowered the price to $1500 in case anyone is interested. Again, I
really want to avoid shipping this because of all the UPS horror
stories...I'm in Somerville, MA.

By the way, if anyone wants both this and the polymoog/polypedal/stand
I have for sale I would sell both together for $2000, as that would
make things very easy doing one transaction."

New England Synthesizer Museum - Interview

Title link takes you to an interview of Dave Wilson, curator of the New England Synthesizer Museum. I was fortunate enough to visit the museum a couple of years ago. It was a jaw dropping experience seeing so many classics in one location. Dave was a great host. There is also some sample audio of Dave after the hop. And to be clear, I didn't do this interview. I just visited the museum a couple of years ago.

The first ARP 2500 (I took this shot when I was there)

Cwejman S1 Samples in via Alex Theakston

Right click and save the title link. That's one "elastic" and aggressive sounding synth. Thanks Alex!

Roland JX-3P MIDI Expansion Kit

Finally! In via Dennis on AH. updated link. A software editor is also coming. Very cool.



"The Roland JX-3P synthesizer is a nice analog synth produced in 1983. Today people still use this synth very often. The JX-3P was one of the first synthesizers with MIDI. The sounds can be edited only with a PG-200 programmer. One of the biggest disadvantages is that the MIDI functionality is very limited. It is impossible to edit the sounds via MIDI. The second disadvantage is that the PG-200 programmer and the MIDI-IN can not be used simultaneously."

"With this kit you can:

• use the MIDI Input and PG-200 simultaineously.


• control the JX-3P realtime with standard MIDI-Controller messages. (i.e. with a MIDI-Knob controller)


• all knobs and switches on the PG-200 send out standard MIDI-Control messages.


• record the PG-200 knob and switch movements in your favorite sequencer.


• use the PG-200 as MIDI-controller to control other MIDI devices.


• create, load and store new JX-3P patches with your computer, and share them with other people.


• select the MIDI channel on the JX-3P as 1, 2, 3 or OMNI.

"

Paia Modular

Some shots of a Paia Modular in my picture stash. Title link takes you to them.

Tim Kaiser - Performance Artist, Sonic Designer

John Duval sent this my way. Some amazing custom work. Title link takes you to Tim Kaiser's sonic page. Make sure to track back to his main sitefor his performance art and more.

The 400 with Flangulator


"The 400 with Flangulator was a commission from a very generous guy in Phoenix, who in-turn gave it to Nick Rhodes (currently behind a velvet rope in his London studio). I re-worked an old EH-400 Mini Synth brain into a new case, added real keys from a smashed Farfisa Compact and incorporated a hybrid flanger/ring modulator circuit. Also features a pseudo-ribbon controller for the stop frequency and a way cool "magic lamp."

The Custom 500.

Check out the old-school rotary phone on the side!

"The Custom 500 is about as complicated as I want to do. Features a looping delay, dual stage distortion, vocoder, oscillator and roto-phone-vibe. This was a commission for Stephan in California (thanks for the tour!). "

The HL-1958


"The HL-1958 Synth is a 20 key synth with envelope filter, 1 second looping delay (that also does flange, double, echo, etc.) and a dual-voice brain. Contols for sustain and pitch warp. And of course a classic analog meter to go with the classic analog sound. Now out in Los Angeles..."

2001: A Space Odyssey - Buchla

Interesting. I received an email stating that Subotnik's work was for the LP only, not the original soundtrack. I definitely need to watch it again and listen for anything remotely synth. Then I'll be wondering is this a Buchla or something else... If anyone knows, feel free to comment.

I was watching the Pathways to Music Part 2 video from GetLoFi. Robert Moog is covered, followed by Don Buchla. There is a piece on 2001: A Space Odyssey and Morton Subotnik's use of the Buchla Synthesizer for the movie. Sounds like it's time for me to listen to the movie again. : )