Alesis Andromeda A6 and MOTM Demos by Kenneth Elhardt

If the links below do not work, try https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=642528F1BD8958CC&sc=documents

Via Kenneth Elhardt on AH. Enjoy.

"Andromeda and MOTM sound effects and Misc."

(0:06) This is your head sticking up just above some stereo boiling liquid.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Boiling_Liquid.mp3

(0:04) Here is in impression of somebody pouring a bit of water into a cup.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Pouring_Water.mp3

(0:24) I was creating a string sound for a Greek style folk dance I was
making up when I did a few mods to make it more sitar-like.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_SemiSitar.mp3

(0:36) Needs to be played loud. This is what a diesel train sounds like out
here when one passes by, synthesized on the MOTM modular. Sounds range from
the train horn to the sqeaks, scrapes, and sounds shaking and rattling box
cars flying by.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/MOTM_Train.mp3

Alesis Andromeda A6 Samples by Kenneth Elhardt

Via Kenneth Elhardt on AH. Wow. Enjoy. No title link, everything below.

Demos have moved here: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=642528F1BD8958CC&sc=documents

"Here are some Carlos/Baroque style demos. All were done on the Andromeda.
The only onboard effect used was delay, the only post effects were reverb,
bass/treble, and some EQ on the Timpani. The time for each is given, so you
can figure out the file size from there if download time is an issue. About
512K for 0:30 seconds. And as always, every note was played by hand. No
sequencers, midi files, or half speed recording was used."

(1:30) I get annoyed when people repeat pieces Carlos has already done
instead of something new, but I had to use one of those Scarlatti sonatas
myself because its structured in a way that seems to best allow a variety of
timbres to be shown. This is the most colorful of the lot. The point was for
me to try out my Andromeda W.Carlos soundset and see if I'm on the right
track. 2 oscs per voice and subpar filters are quite a limitation when doing
Carlos impressions, though mix mode does help in the few places I used it.
Please ignore the slight flub at 0:47.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Scarlatti.mp3

(0:20) I don't have the music score for this one, so I faked it.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Monteverdi.mp3

(0:39) The point of this piece was to go from the solo instrument to full
out complex and energetic polyphony that hits you at 0:13.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Bach_Fast.mp3

(1:50) I wanted to try a slow movement that's kind of loose sounding.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Bach_Slow.mp3

(0:39) Timpani is the only acoustic mimicry here.
http://home.att.net/~synth6/A6_Bach_Gavotte.mp3

More Arp Quadra Shots

Some more nice ARP Quadra shots from Heath in the comments section of my last post. Yes it's beat up, but Heath is hoping to ressucitate it. Hopefully another Quadra saved. I love the look of these synths. I saved these shots offline, so if the link ever changes, just post a comment and I'll update it.

Arp Quadra Shots

Title link takes you to some nice shots via this auction. Man I wis I were in Atlanta now. That's a nice looking Quadra. Local pickup would also mean I could most likely check it out first.

Synth T-Shirts

Title link takes you to a slew of t-shirts for sale on the bay. I don't know the seller or the quality of the shirts. I just saw the Buchla T below and checked it out. I clicked on what else the seller had and saw a huge list of Ts including other various synths. Hopefully this will be around come next summer. : )

OZNI Music Synthesizer Systems

I was checking out Technorati to see if anyone was linking back to this site. I found a blog called BloggieWoogie. Cool name, BTW. : ) I was checking it out and ran into the following picture. Title link takes you to the post. Anyone know what this is?



Update: I checked the AH archives and didn't find much other than the following (sounds like the ad above - also felt compelled to share the the comment regarding the dual VCOs. Yep... : )

"To add to the list of modular synths, I also have literature on the
OZNI modular synth from Process Electronics of Centerville, PA.
It touts "Distinctive Quality at a Sensible Price".
The front sheet shows a fairly large system, about 20 modules,
being displayed by a model with fairly nice dual VCOs of her own.
Also about 15 modules available, ranging in price from $75 to
$275, dated 1976. Actually, pretty nice looking stuff (the modules too!),
especially considering the prices."

Update via CAndres in the comments:
"I am to blame for the sexist marketing literature. I was only 22 at the time; seemed like a way to get our product known. The modules were actually of excellent quality, but we completely underestimated what it would cost to produce them in quantity. We actually built 3 synthesizers like this -- I still have one that still works 30+ years later -we built these in 1975 except I hacked in a digital keyboard about 1984."

"Oscillator range .05 - 50Khz;
envelope generator up to 5 minute envelopes, VCOs with sine, square, pulse, sawtooth, VCFs were hi low band pass. We thought we were so cool with 741 op amps; the power supply was completely overdesigned. But the case was not really roady ready -- thin vinyl over foam. We probably should have sold these for $10K to cover what it really cost to build, but at that price, you could get a Moog."

VCS 2 Segmentwave Synth

Update: Via Moogulator this came from AUDIO-LIGHT-STUDIOTECHNIK.

Update: Link to site via Moogulator: http://www.synthesizerarchiv.de/html/segment.html. Another shot from the site as well:



Update: Intersting. Looks like it was more than a Sage; not meant to be a fake but an actual idea according to Moogulator: http://maschinensound.de/blog/?p=197

"It has never went into production, it's an idea by some guys in germany.. there is a site in german&english discribing the synth.. it will not show up.. so no "sage" but some sort of "mephisto" ;)"

Another via Steveo on Sonic State's the-gas-station. Title link takes you to the post. Yeah, I don't think it's real either. Click image for a bigger shot. Another Sage perhaps?

Site Updates - Let me know...

I'm finding that I'm posting anywhere from five to about ten posts a day on average, sometimes more, but rarely less. I want to keep it between five and ten as more than that starts to seem like too much, but if there's content to put up, I'm gonna put it up. The bar just kind of changes depending on how much is out there. Also, I try to keep posts short and to the point to make them easy to parse, but some simply warrant more verbiage. Let me know if you think I'm putting up too much.

Also, I originally had the home page set to show 15 posts. On busy days this can be annoying if posts you haven't seen yet get rolled into the archives. To remedy this I just set the homepage to show three days worth of pages, so hopefully this will be better.

What I'm interested in hearing is if three days is too much or too little. Would four days be better considering the weekends? How does the site download on your end after upping the setting to three days (is it any slower)? I haven't noticed a difference so my plan is to keep it.

Let me know...

The Tiracon

Update: According to Lutz in the comment section, "This is a prototyp made in 1989 from AAC (Automatisierungs- und Anlagenbau Cottbus). It is a keyboard with presetsounds, some effects and a rhytm-machine inside. Its not a Synth !!!"

Update: Via Moogulator of seqencer.de. The Tiracon was not a by Vermona but actually a prototype that never went into production by an east german company. He didn't state the name. If I get it I'll include it. Would be an interesting bit of synth history to know.

Via Steveo on Sonic State's the-gas-station. Title link takes you to the post. Nothing on the Vermona site yet. Click image for a slightly bigger shot.

Update: Another synth, the Tiracon 6 is on the Vermona site.

Mini Wakeman Set

Music Thing is on a roll. Where did these all come from?! It's a mini doll synth invasion. I definitely need to get some of these for my daughter. Check out this mini Wakeman set-up. Amazing. Title link takes you to the source site with more shots.