MATRIXSYNTH

PDP-1 Samples

Remember the PDP-1? Title link takes you to some samples.

"These are a set of recordings from 1964 of music generated on a PDP-1 computer at MIT's building 26."

Sealed's New Roland JV-80 Page

Sealed put up a new Roland JV-80 Series page on his Deep Synthesis site. The page includes info and samples of the JV-80, JV-880, JV-90, JV-1000, SC-55, JV-30, SC-55mkII, JV-35, JV-50, JD-800, and JV-1080. Title link takes you there.

"Groovy Synth Babes"

After putting up the Oldschool Sound post, I was curious how many "Groovy Synth Babe" shots I might have up. I went through my photo archive for my posts and found the following 32. 32 out of 3210 posts. Each number below is a link to the post. Enjoy. My personal favorite, number 17, pictured. : ) Two extra thrown in for good measure.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34.

Moog Rogue - New Flickr Shot

flickr by jacksonpe.

Shepitology

Grando2001 send me a heads up on his new blog Shepitology. Title link takes you there.

Currently you will find posts on Casio VL-1 tracks (do check this one out), The Yamaha cbxk1xg, the legendary Tommy Mars (on YouTube with an EML 101 solo), and a tiny Fender Rhodes. Cool stuff. I'm subbed. Thanks Grando2001. Congrats!

"Hi and welcome to my new Shepitology blog. This blog will be mainly dedicated for my electronic- musical endeavors and also for some interesting stuff to do with synths, budget keyboards and musical gadgetry. You are more than welcome to leave comments and I'll try in return to keep it as interesting as possible. ENJOY."

Oldschool Sound Samples

The last time I put up a post on Oldschool Sound it was back in October of last year and it was on gear p*rn inlcuding the groovy synth babes. Let's just say this one is safe for work. Title link takes you to their Sample page. As usual check out the rest of the site. triggered by sequencer.de.

Update: this image is from the UK Series U.F.O.
http://ufoseries.com/
http://www.framecaplib.com/annual/ufolib/top.htm
The photo is doctored - no EMS Synthi 100 in the actual stage props.

Zero Oscillator (Cyndustries) AudioDemo

Title link takes you to the demo on sequencer.de. It's a good one.

Analog Solutions Black Coffee

Someone posted an Analog Solutions Black Coffee for sale on AH along with a link to a review on Electronic Musician by none other than Mike Peake. Mike Peake was one of the guys behind the Alesis Andromeda. He was probably the most connected with customers and was a regular on AH and the-gas-station at one point. Title link takes you to the review. I rememember when the Black Coffee came out.

The asking price for the used unit was $499. New it ran for $595 and $339 minus midi and ready to be racked as a module. Not bad when you consider it's specs.

Black Coffee Specifications

Sound Engine analog subtractive synthesis
Polyphony 1 note (monophonic)
Audio Inputs (1) ⅛" on front panel; (1) ¼" on rear panel
Audio Outputs (1) ⅛" main and (1) ⅛" LFO, both on front panel; (1) ¼" main on rear panel
Patch Cord Connections (CV and audio) (8) ⅛" minijacks on front panel; (3) ¼" and (1) ⅛" on rear panel
Sound Sources (1) VCO; (1) suboscillator; (1) LFO; (1) noise generator
Filter (1) resonant lowpass; 24 dB/octave
Effects Processor (1) ring modulator
Amplifier (1) VCA
MIDI-to-CV Converter MIDI In and Thru; pitch, modulation, gate, accent, and legato
Power 15VAC, 500 mA wall wart
Dimensions 4.00" (W) × 5.25" (H) × 8.00" (D)
Weight 2.2 lb.

concert for cat's dreams - New Flickr Shot

flickr by arrrika. For those of you with a toe, I mean cat fetish.

toe jam?

Update: Funny, apparently arrrika has a flicker set of her feet. Not only that, but I blogged her feet in the past: pony socks. Hmm... should probably send these to Oldschool Sound.