Monday, November 14, 2005
Sealed's New Prophet VS Page
Sealed's put up a new SCI Prophet VS page with samples, info and links. More content will be coming.
Atari Synthcart
Interesting. Neve saw one of these before. According to AtariAge, "The Synthcart is a rather unique title for the 2600 that allows you to play music using a pair of keyboard controllers. Each keyboard controller controls one of the two oscillators in the Atari 2600." Title link takes you to the results of an AtariAge beat contest held for the Atari Synthcart with samples.
Mattel Optigan Site
Another nice site from Mattias. Interesting piece of gear. I've never seen or heard one before. It has a very distinct, groovy and at times moody character to it, for lack of a better description. More info, shots and video well worth checking out after the hop.
According to the site, the Mattel Optigan was used by:
"Optigannally yours, Blur, Tom Waits, Steve Hackett, Steve Fisk, Freddie Wadling, Celestine, AK-momo, Nanook of the North, Pineforest Crunch, Mitchell Froom, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainright, Neil Finn, Jon Brion, The Clash, Sparklehorse." It has a beautiful sound to it.
According to the site, the Mattel Optigan was used by:
"Optigannally yours, Blur, Tom Waits, Steve Hackett, Steve Fisk, Freddie Wadling, Celestine, AK-momo, Nanook of the North, Pineforest Crunch, Mitchell Froom, Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainright, Neil Finn, Jon Brion, The Clash, Sparklehorse." It has a beautiful sound to it.
Robert Rich & Modular
Nice shot of modular synth musician Rober Rich, sent to me from Michael Weeks. Title link takes you to a bigger shot. Check out the Metasonix Butt Probe in the shot. Thanks Michael!
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Pro One - New Flickr Shot
Hopefully this is the last shot I feel compelled to grab from the set. Check out the shiny wood ends on this Pro One. Make sure to click through the title link for more synth shots.
Update: That ain't a reflection. That's dust. Man, the horror... Absolute sacrilege.
Update: That ain't a reflection. That's dust. Man, the horror... Absolute sacrilege.
Red Synton Syrinx - New Flickr Shot
One of my most coveted synths. I once had the opportunity to grab a blue one for $2200 US. Like an idiot I didn't. One of these days...
Access Programmer - New Flickr Shot
Access, makers of the Virus line of synths made knob boxes for the Oberheim Matrix1000 and the Waldorf Wave rackmount. Pictured below is the Access programmer for the Waldorf Wave.
Dubreq PianoMate Analog Devide Down Synth
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Music Thing has a post up on this interestig piece up for auction. I grabbed the auction shot and the description of the unit for posterity. Title link takes you to the Music Thing post as the auction link will eventually end up in limbo. I wonder how much valuable information has just dissappeared from the *bay over time. Kind of sucks when you think of it.
"This is a COMPLETE Dubreq PianoMate. This is a 1970s vintage piece of interesting technology from the people who brought you among other things, the Stylophone. It's a simple polyphonic synthesiser working on the divide down principal from a master oscillator (I'm told - i'm not an expert on PianoMates but it seems to work that way.) The idea was that any pianist could add the PianoMate to a piano by attaching the two (bass and treble) two octave bars above the keyboard. The two bars have plungers which sit over the piano keys. when a key is pressed by the player, the plunger is released, makes up a circuit and a note is played by the PianoMate as well. The two (bass and treble) plunger bars are attached by multi-pin plugs to what looks like a small combo amplifier. This has controls for tone, voice, articulation of vibrato, speed of vibrato and master tuning. There's a 'swell' pedal to allow control of the overall volume of the PianoMate and an input and volume control for a microphone. In essence, this clever little box which produced the sounds, controlled them from the plunger bars and amplified them was an ideal addition to a venue where the entertainment was pure piano. It has a makers plate showing the serial number of 1218. At the time these clever little devices came out, there were fewer and fewer venues relying on pianos - second hand organs were becoming cheap enough for even the smallest club and church hall and there were plenty of organ/bass/drums/ trios who would play an evening's cabaret for 30 quid. Thus, Dubreq didn't become the Microsoft of the keyboard industry overnight and not many of these eclectic little oddities survive. Most went to the skip and of those that remained, most lost their plunger bars and ended their working lives as practice amps for guitarists with no money."
"This is a COMPLETE Dubreq PianoMate. This is a 1970s vintage piece of interesting technology from the people who brought you among other things, the Stylophone. It's a simple polyphonic synthesiser working on the divide down principal from a master oscillator (I'm told - i'm not an expert on PianoMates but it seems to work that way.) The idea was that any pianist could add the PianoMate to a piano by attaching the two (bass and treble) two octave bars above the keyboard. The two bars have plungers which sit over the piano keys. when a key is pressed by the player, the plunger is released, makes up a circuit and a note is played by the PianoMate as well. The two (bass and treble) plunger bars are attached by multi-pin plugs to what looks like a small combo amplifier. This has controls for tone, voice, articulation of vibrato, speed of vibrato and master tuning. There's a 'swell' pedal to allow control of the overall volume of the PianoMate and an input and volume control for a microphone. In essence, this clever little box which produced the sounds, controlled them from the plunger bars and amplified them was an ideal addition to a venue where the entertainment was pure piano. It has a makers plate showing the serial number of 1218. At the time these clever little devices came out, there were fewer and fewer venues relying on pianos - second hand organs were becoming cheap enough for even the smallest club and church hall and there were plenty of organ/bass/drums/ trios who would play an evening's cabaret for 30 quid. Thus, Dubreq didn't become the Microsoft of the keyboard industry overnight and not many of these eclectic little oddities survive. Most went to the skip and of those that remained, most lost their plunger bars and ended their working lives as practice amps for guitarists with no money."
New EMS Synthi A Track
Via Paul Evenblij on AH. Title link takes you there. Get's really interesting around 2:00 on. Crazy little synth. Like a little Tasmanian Devil. Track is titled England vs. Australia, so there you go.
Update: Yep, this is pretty much what it sounds like...
(Image courtesy of wikipedia.org)
Update: Yep, this is pretty much what it sounds like...
(Image courtesy of wikipedia.org)
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