Sale of Vintage Synths to Be Banned in Japan

Wow. This one is hard to beleive. Apparently new law is coming that forbids the sale of electronic instruments made prior to 2000. Via Music Thing. Title link takes you there.

Test Your Chops

Listening chops that is. Title link takes you to a site with 25 different digital piano samples. See which one you like best then check out this thred on HC. The site nor the thread lists the digital pianos for each sample as of the time of this post. It should be fun to find out which is which. Enjoy.

My New Moog - New Flickr Shot

Not mine. Just the name of the shot. Although I could probably build one in under an hour. ; )

Shot by Peter Sawatzky

NAMM 2006 - New Flickr Set by fr1zz

You can find the set here.

Paul Schreiber of MOTM (L to R: M5, MOTM and white Modcan)

Artists of Vintage Synth Explorer

Title link takes you there. What's interesting is that the forum link on top of the site doesn't take you to the VSE forum. Regardless, some good music there.

Moog Voyager Editor

Update: In case you missed it on the Moog site, there is a Mac version as well.

Features a "Genetics" function that morphes two presets together into a whole new bank. There is a demo version on site. Title link takes you there. Via CDM.

ELP Video

Keith Emerson in action. Looks like he prefers wine over beer. Title link takes you there.

The Weevil and The Sonic Post

The Weevil: "Sunshine yellow with a massive contact plate ICON, the twin ring-mod lofi oscillators of the ICONsWeevil love to click, drone and squeal. Bend the sound in supr-extreme manners with the 8 copper contact elements - lick your fingers and allow the electrons to flow via your body, causing the oscillators to wail and fight each other. The low-power knob starves the battery supply, simulating a battery running out and leading to wonderful sonic circuit malfunctions." Title link takes you to more including The Sonic Post. Via Music Thing.

Colin's XoXBox number 173

Title link takes you to a couple of shots. Details and MP3s below. Thanks Colin!



CCJ_XOXJam.mp3
"a quick jam of my Box. You can here some of the mods in action, things a standard unit or 303 can't do :)"

CCJ_MiniMoog_fromXOX.mp3
"The Minimoog sequenced over CV/Gate from the unit. Halfway through I add the X0X ontop as well"

CCJ_XoXKeyboard.mp3
"You can the extra ENV mod range working here."

CCJ_MiniMoog_XOXed.mp3
"Now the Minimoog sequenced but run through the XOX's filter input. First you hear the XOX's VCO by itself, then I mix in the Mini's VCO, then i turn off the XOX's VCO and the fun begins. Now anything can be acidfied ^_^"

The back panel shows some of the mods - the top part of the back.
Left to right -

1. on/off switch added


2. hole to adjust the trimpot for the power supply warble mod. Goes from stock to 220R.
   Set in the middle it sounds closest to a 303. Left in stock it sounds a bit closer, edgey, and tighter,
   resonance not as nice. Set to the extreme, the sounds go more rubbery and mellow,
   the resonance band gets more noticeable/wider like a Juno 106....


3. switch to turn on/off the envelope modulation extra range. Very handy, you can do some sounds you can't get on a normal 303.


4. empty switch, didn't end up using it to switch a mod


5. turns the VCO on/off. Very useful for the filter input mod


6. jack for the filter input - very handy for filtering stuff, that you sequence over CV/Gate to add the accent and 303 vibe.
   Or just filter patterns when running the sequencer without the VCO etc

Mods that you can't see -

1. Bass boost - drop the high pass filter down an ocatve. Hmm sounds much thicker, gives my Minimoog and Sh2 a run for the bass money :)


2. High beta transitors for the VCO and Filter


3. allow the Env mod to be set to zero


4. wider filter cutoff range, goes from subsonic to near ultrasonic now

Waldorf Microwave I Demo

Title link takes you to a post on VSE with a nice long demo by Mush.

Microwave I and Access Programmer