MOTM Gear P*rn

Title link takes you to shots via Cary Roberts on Retrosynth.

This is a Casio SK-1

Wow. Title link takes you to more shots and the story on Music Thing.

WWAYM NWBass

Free VST Bass synth from WMAYM. Title link takes you there.



Features:
- analogue modelled high quality oscillators with 2 waveforms (saw and square)
- unique filtersound with 3 selectable characteristics
- filter envelope
- velocity sensitive accent
- note slide
- full MIDI controll with MIDI learn function
- interpolated controlls
- parameter finetune via right mouse button

Memorymoog - New Flickr Set

Title link takes you to a fantasic flickr set of various synths by Jyoti_Mishra.

mus-ok

This one via Benjamin Pacheco.

"Here's a link to some tracks by my band, mus-ok. Among many other things they both feature my EML 101, 200, 400/401, Roland Space Echo, Future Retro 777, Univox MiniKorg, and the highly under valued Pioneer SR 202 Reverb ($20 on eBay)."

Title link takes you there.

Keys - New Flickr Shot

flickr by Sameli.

Korg President Michael Kovins Has Passed Away

Just heard the news via CDM. There is nothing on the Korg site yet.

"Korg USA mourns the passing of company President Michael Kovins. Michael, who worked with the company for 26 years, served as Korg USA President for the last 14 of those years. A respected music industry figure, Michael was diagnosed with Leukemia nine years ago and fought the battle for his health with courage and dignity. On May 2, 2006, Michael passed away at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital in Manhattan. The family is holding a private remembrance service and has requested that in lieu of flowers, a donation in Michael’s memory be made to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. He is survived by his wife Katherine.

Korg USA offices will close at 12:00 pm Eastern Time on Friday, May 5, 2006, in observance of Michael’s passing."

Roland CMU-810

Nice shot of the CMU-810 pulled from this auction. Click image for a bigger shot. This one sent my way via Brandon Daniel. Thanks Brandon.

Quasimidi 309 Poster

Via Melissa's Blog.

Update via the comments:

"I remember seeing them when they first came out. What's interesting is it was also one of the first VAs in the sense that it used modelling technology [along with samples]. Check out this SOS review.

According to VSE, the 309 was produced in 1996. The Clavia Nord Lead, credited as the first VA, came out a year before in 1995 along with the Korg Prophecy also in 1995. The Roland JP8000 followed in 1996 with the 309, and the Yamaha AN1X and Access Virus A in 1997."

Glitched.org MC-202 LFO Mod

This one sent in via D. Title link takes you to the glitched.org :: how to's page. There is a secton on modifying a Roland MC-202 to achieve a high-rate LFO similar to the Novamod for the SH-101, and a section on assigning FLStudio transport controls to a M-Audio Axiom 25 transport control buttons.

"I've created a nice little webpage that outlines a specific modification I made to my 202: a high-rate LFO switch. This is only remarkable because I haven't seen any mention of it on any of the enthusiast lists (AH) or anywhere on the internet.

I've done a bunch of other mods to the 202 (outlined on the page), but this is one that was missing. I mean, the 101's Novamod has it, why can't the 202? The synth architecture is just about the same."

Very cool. Thanks D!