Synth Demos by Ron West on StudioB12

Title link takes you to some synth demos by Ron West. Synths featured: Korg Mono/Poly, Moog MicroMoog, Yamaha CS-15, and Roland System 100m. Also check out his other links. It's worth noting Lenny the Lemur helped him with these. Who needs a cat when you have Lenny the Lemur. ; )

Jupiter 6 Does Freebird

Another from Elhardt. Title link takes you to the MP3. Has to be heard to be believed. I have no idea how he does it....

"The entire demo is all JP6 through the Johnson J-Station amp simulator,
except the bass which is straight JP6 by itself. No other keyboards or
synths used.

-Elhardt"

The ErsatZ Planet Oberheim Databank

Title link takes you there. Focus is on the SEM, 2-voice, and 4-voice. Schematics, Manuels and more.

Psychotropic Carousel - New Flickr Shot

I was checking out Mark Pilkington's Flickr set after reading this post on GetLoFi. I ran into this shot of Psychotropic Carousel with a Jen Synthtone SX1000. Title link takes you to the set with tons of shots of Einsturzende Neubauten, Coil, Genesis P Orridge of Psychic TV, Cosey Fanny and much more.

My Synthesizer - New Flickr Shot

Korg Karma. Shot by level4world.

Hobo # 615 - New Flickr Shot

Nice Moog. Shot by lily pepper.

My Moog Rules the Nation! - New Flickr Shot

Shot by Omega_Helsinki.

The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeee

There's been some buzz on The Samchillian midi controller. I just took a look at these two videos (one, two) and it does look interesting. The first video is the current design floating around while the second video is the original design using what looks like a custom ergonomic qwerty keyboard; just like the one you use with a PC. The Samchillian website (title link) actually has a sofware version of The Samchillian so you can try it out yourself. You will also find instructions on how it works. The second video does a good job of showing you it's flexibility - you can chose various scales including some in depth microtonal scales that allow you to have 40 notes to the octave instead of the standard 12. Pretty interesting stuff.

New Samchillian Design


Original Samchillian

zebranologic 5osc Synth Soundsamples

Sound samples are up on SubtleNoiseMaker. Title link takes you there.

Short Vangelis Vid

Title link takes you to a short snip from a Vangelis interview. Nice Yamaha CS80 in the background. Via Simon Gouldstone. Thanks Simon!