Maplin 5600S STEREO SYNTHESISER

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.

via fmasseti.

Frank Zappa - Documentary (part 5 of 6)

Features the NED Synclavier. YouTube via doogit. Sent my way via Tim.

ARP 2600 Samples

Title link takes you to a couple more shots and samples. This one sent in by one of the anonymous:

"I made some riffs & Fx with my ARP 2600. No FX or EQ,direct to CDR, Includes 1 scifi and 1 drone track where the output was feedbacked into the filter."

White Modcan B Modular Analog Synthesizer

Title link takes you to a supersized shot pulled from this auction.

2 VCO 01B
1 dual VCO 46B
1 dual mixer 27B
1 s&h/noise/ring mod 07B
1 VC DADSR 04B
1 dual ADSR 47B
1 moog LPF 44B
1 multi filter 10B
1 VCA panner 21B
1 freq shifter 39B
1 phase shifter/timbre mod 06B
1 3x1 mixer 09B
1 multiple 48B
1 attenuator 49B
1 pulse divider/VC switch 20B

3 cases with 50B power supply

Milton Users Group

Title link takes you the Yahoo! Users Group for the Milton Sequencer. The group currently has 142 members as of this post. Here's the Milton product page on Plan B.

"BuIlt Milton sequencers in all flavors (standard silver with mini jacks, Wiard blue, Buchla, Serge, MOTM and Dot.com lookalike compatibles) are availible through Plan B starting at $1550 for a standard silver faced unit with 3.5mm phone jacks. There is a ten week delivery cycle once the deposit is recevied. Custom features are also availiable and will be quoted on an individual basis. Contact Peter Grenader at peter@buzzclick-music.com for a quote or for more information."

via sequencer.de.

Depeche Mode at the World Trade Center Video

via ortho. Title link takes you to the video. Synths featured: Two Emulator IIs. That said, I'll never forget seeing the WTC for the first time. If you love architecture and buildings, it was one of the pinacles. I always had a fascination with buildings. Monuments of what we can accomplish. I grew up in LA so the twin towers weren't part of my childhood, but I always knew about them and I always wanted to see them in person. When I went to New York for the first time in 1996, on a side trip from Connecticut, we stayed two nights and only had one day to explore the city. WTC was on the top of the list and then the Empire State Building. We were fortunate enough to have a drink and lunch at Windows on the World, a restaurant on the 107th floor. The view was spectacular. We had lunch at roughly 11:30 AM. I always wondered if any of the staff there was unfortunate enough to be there when it happened. The video captures the amazing view as well; they were really that high. It's hard to fathom how they were built when you are standing there.

Moog Little Phatty Shots

Looks like Carbon111 got his Little Phatty. Title link takes you to a couple of shots he posted on Synthwire.

The End of MOTM synth kits

I posted about this back on July 6. Looks like the day has finally arrived. Via Paul Schreiber on the AH list:


"Tomorrow at 9PM Texas time, I am loading into the shopping cart: link

the last and final set of MOTM analog modular synth kits. I'm both relieved and
sad. About 7500 kits have been built by members of this list, in 17 different
countries. However, the sheer logistics of keeping up with 50,000 parts/month
means I am converting to assembled modules only. And letting other folks worry
about it.

The last *order* date will be Dec. 1st, assuming there are kits left to order :)
It will take until the end of the year to ship all of them (there are ~375 on
back order as of today). Yes, the shopping cart says 'In Stock' but that doesn't
equate to 'will ship by Friday'.

I have "turned off" the kit portion of the cart until I've completed the update.

Thanks to everyone for the many years of excitement. MOTM is far from dead: in
fact, just the opposite. By no longer spending 90% of my time shuffling parts
around, I can concentrate on *design* and *delivery*.

Paul Schreiber
Synthesis Technology"

Synton Fenix Modular

Update via the comments: "Electrically they're fine. Mechanically, they could use some help. Boards held in place with hot glue (and the wrong type that doesn't stick well to smooth surfaces), various pot shaft types, poor strain relieving, thin metal, etc. Wonderful in the design, poor in the construction. Fwiw, I've serviced at least 5 of them. Anyone that buys one should open it up after shipping and before powering up. The boards inside can flop over onto each other and short out."

Update: Be sure to check out the comments. Supposedly, this is Thighpaulsandra's Fenix. Link to studio shots posted here.

No title link. Two shots and details pulled via this auction. Sent my way via Vincent.

"Very rare semi modular synthesizer, one of only 75 designed and built by the original Synton team. A direct descendant of the Synton 3000 modular synthesizer and the Syrinx lead synth. Almost every module is unique: this means that every LFO and Envelope Generator (and most mixers, VCO's, VCF's) have different controls and ins/outs. The Fenix uses industry-standard 1 V/octave for pitch control, and positive gate signals. Internal audio levels are 4 VPP, control voltages are -4/+4 or 0-8 Volts. Uses sturdy banana jacks for patching.
3 VCOs
3 LFOs
1 Noise module (2 independent sources with VLFO output)
2 Multimode VCFs
1 24dB/oct low-pass VCF
4 VCAs
3 General-purpose mixers, plus 1 integrated in VCF3
2 Dedicated CV mixers
3 EGs plus extra AD in EG1
2 Portamentos
2 Ring modulators
1 Slew limiter
1 Sample & Hold generator
1 Comparator
2 External signal processors
2 Main CV inputs (3.5mm mini-jacks on rear panel)
2 Auxiliary CV inputs (3.5mm mini-jacks on rear panel)
2 Gate inputs (3.5mm mini-jacks on rear panel)
2 External audio inputs (quarter-inch jacks on front-panel)
Grounding point
Power: 17V/17V @ 880mA. Universal 115V/230V external PSU."

malgorithm speaks

"Test of a voltage controlled digital signal processor, in the context of a small-format modular synthesizer. JUST SAY NO TO RoHS."

YouTube via meatlog. Sent my way via Stag Ejector.