MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, April 10, 2006

The Electronic Peasant's Solid State Percussion Synth

Additional details at The Electronic Peasant

That's a whole lotta knobs; 144 of them according to Magnus Olfsson. You might recognize the Peasant from this post. Thanks Magnus!

Korg - New Flickr Shot

flickr by JasonN.

"Korg MS2000R synth w/ rack of stuff, Electribes EA-1 and ER-1, with a cheap MIDI controller."

The Micron Mirror Box - New Flickr Set

What the... A toaster for a Micron! Title link takes you to the first shot in the set explaining what this is. There's a how-to included if you want to make something like this for one of your synths. Hmm... Somone should manufacture these. Could have been on that American Inventor TV show. : )

The Korg PE1000

Korg's first polyphonic keyboard. What's interesting is this SOS article implies that the PE1000 was in essence only capable of electric piano sounds, while the PE2000 that followed it included organ, brass, chorus and strings.

"The PE1000 was, in essence, a 61-note electronic piano with seven voices differentiated by preset values of the Traveler and envelope. Some control was available, but with a single oscillator per note, no touch-sensitivity, and just a single filter and envelope for the whole keyboard, it was very limited. Nonetheless, the PE1000 was soon to be seen in some respected company; Vangelis used one, as did Jean-Michel Jarre.

The 48-note PE2000 was a traditional string synth, with a richer sound produced by eight organ, brass, chorus and string presets. "

However, Audio Playground shows its specs including string, pipe organ, brass, electronic piano, piano and harpsichord. Title link takes you to the Audio Playground site with more shots and info.

I confirmed midway through this post with Dennis Verschoor that the PE1000 does indeed have the additional sound options like the PE2000. Interesting that SOS would be wrong here. Dennis sent me this link to more shots (btw, this link is currenlty timing out for me, so posting it in case it comes up later or comes up for you). He is selling this one for 350 euro. It was his post for sale on AH that inspired me to look into the keyboard and ultimately lead to this post. You can email Dennis here if you are interested: modular[]gmail.com

Update: Shots also saved here. You can clearly see the presets for String, Pipe Organ, Brass, Electric Piano, Piano, Harpsichord, and Clavichord.

DSI Polyevolver on Synthwire

Title link takes you to another demo by Stefan Trippler and a link to Carbon111's DSI Evolver Resource site.

Linn LM1

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. Note the address on the back of the unit. I decided to look it up just out of curiosity as I grew up in Hollywood. Turns out it's this house. I'm guessing it was Roger Linn's pad back then. If anyone knows feel free to comment. I'm left wondering how many other gear makers do this and why Linn would do this. Kind of interesting....

Synthoma Analog Synth Repair

Title link takes you there. Some nice shots under the gallery. Synthoma is located in Barcelona. Via Moogulator. I love Bob Moog's shirt in this shot. Green. : )