Christmas Present

So, I was going through online withdrawals and decided to sneak a peek, today on Christmas day. And what did I find? A wonderful Christmas present sitting under my happy holiday post tree, just for me. This shot absolutely made my day. Thanks to whoever took the time to post this in the comments of my last post. This is just way too cool. I am literally floored. Thank you! : )

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone. Don't forget to queeze in some synth time. ; )



Above is a shot of my MicroKorg and xmas tree.

New Gear Shots

Title link takes you to some nice new gear shots including the Jomox Xbase999, Sherman Filterbank rack, Analog Solutions 4 voice, Metasonix TM6 and Wretch. Via this post on VSE and AH. Enjoy.

Jomox Xbase999


Sherman Filterbank Rack


Jomox MResonator (also on Analog Industries)

Chamberlin Rhythmate Tape Loop Drum Macine

Here's and old school drum machine for ya. The Chamberlin Rhythmate. Title link takes you to a couple of shots saved from the *bay. Details from the auction below. Sent to me via underface. Thanks underface!



"You are bidding on a Chamberlin Rhythmate 30. It is a tape loop drum machine. Chamberlin originated the tape loop idea before the Mellotron Co. These are quite RARE! There were just over 10 manufactured along with the one you see. This model is heralded as the first drum machine ever! Read the links below for more history and background. My Chamberlin is in great working order. The exterior is in good shape other than a small piece of the covering which has chipped off of the left bottom corner (visible in the frontal pic) I had the unit serviced this past year for cleaning. It is impeccable for a unit like this. It has 14 tape loops with a sliding head that allows you to play different tracks on each piece of tape, or a blending in between of them. It contains a volume and a pitch/speed control and also has a seperate amplifier with bass, treble, and volume controls and an input jack for a guitar, mic. or other instrument. The tape loops are of real acoustic jazz drum kits playing different style beats with some additives to tracks such as bongos, clave, castanets, etc. It sounds amazing. I have used it on 2 records myself! With the speed control you can cover all the bases. This is like selling my left arm but, I have fallen short of fortune recently and must part ways with it. This is going to make a great Christmas present for someone. Own a functional and rare piece of musical history. Good Luck and Merry Christmas to all you bidders. Please give it a good home. (see links below) http://www.mellotron.com/chamanu.htm http://www.roth-handle.nu/instruments/drummachines_chamberlin.htm http://www.broadwaymusicco.com/beatbox3.htm http://www.hollowsun.com/vintage/chamberlin/ http://www.haddock.org/directory/?i=12425"

CS80 Access Virus Ti Demo from Jose Sogo Flores

Jose Sogo Flores just sent me a demo of the Acess Virus Ti covering that CS80 Vangelis sound. It's interesting that this is actually coming from the Acess Virus Ti. Title link takes you there - look for the demo with Vangelis in the title. Thanks Jose!

Technos Acxel Resynthesizer

Technos Acxel Resynthesizer up on the bay. Title link takes you to the shots and I grabbed the text below, before it goes to *bay limbo. In via reader Rasmus. Thanks Rasmus!

"Only 39 Axcels [sic] were ever made - and those who own an Acxel (ACoustic + X + ELement) hold on to them - proved by the fact that it is very, very rare that an Acxel is for sale. The last, and probably the only, time an Acxel was offered on Ebay were 2003. If I remember correctly, the starting bid was USD10,000 that time.

Imagine drawing waveforms, 128-stage envelopes, base pitches and amplitudes (the user interface allows editing of 32 base pitches/amplitudes at the same time, like an 32 track pitch and audio mixer, with a discreet “page” for each group of 32 oscillators, or ISC’s – Intelligent Synthesis Cells, as they are called in the Technos terminology), and other sound parameters with your finger - and have 256 intelligent, digital oscillators follow your every creative move in real-time. Imagine creating a monophonic sound with 256 oscillators, 8 multitibral voices with 32 oscillators each or any combination in sections of 32 oscillators.

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Red Roland SH-101 Shots

Some drool worthy shots of a red Roland SH-101 on VSE. Title link takes you to the post with more.

Signal Arts Sequencer

Interesting. I haven't seen this sequencer before. It supports 24 banks of 8 sequences of 8 steps with real time control. Title link takes you to the specs page. Below are some of it's main features.

• 24 Banks


• of 8 Sequences


• of 8 Steps


• of 7 Parameters


• And Multiple Virtual Sequences


• Per-Step Note, Pitch, Velocity, Controller


• Per-Step Duration and Note Duration


• Per-Step Slew Rate


• A Full-Featured Three Channel Polyphonic MIDI to CV Converter

New Korg Delta Page

New Korg Delta Page on Sealed's Deep Synthesis site. Tons of samples and info. Title link takes you there.

MicroKorg on Jupiter 4 Shot

Love the color in this shot of a Korg MicroKorg on Roland Jupiter 4. Via premieklovn on VSE. Title link takes you to the post.