Cyril Lance - Head of Moog Engineering

Music Thing has a post up on Moog's new head of engineering, Cyril Lance. Bob Moog's technology is the foundation of Moog. His ladder filter the soul of the Moog sound. Let's hope Moog keeps going strong in Bob's honor.

Kill Bunz - New Flickr Shots

Nice. My new wallpaper. Title link takes you a bigger shot and more.

Second Gen NeKo

Looks like the Second Gen NeKo made Gizmodo. Title link takes you there. I haven't seen a shot of it yet. Looks impressive.

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.

"