Synthzone

Someone on the AH list was looking for a Matrix-6 editor, I directed him to the Synthzone Oberheim page where you will find few editors and more resources for everything Oberheim. If you haven't checked out Synthzone yet, do it. You will find a page for every manufacturer and much more. It was one of the first sites I visited when I started exploring synths on the web in the 90's.

Chris Strellis' Roland VP9000 Page

Title link takes you to Chris Strellis' VP9000 page with a few demos, info and shots. If you ever wondered what this unit is capable of, check it out. I remember when these first came out. It was pretty groundbreaking technology at the time and it was priced accordingly. I remember there being issues with it and the price quickly went down. The Variphrase technology eventually made it's way into the VarioOS chameleon like rack and of course the VSynth followed by the new OASYS and VP-550.

"It's a 6 voice (yeah only 6!) polyphonic sampler with 136MB RAM and a 250MB Zip drive. But - after you record a sample - you then "encode" it. Once encoded you can, in real time, affect the pitch, duration, formant and groove all in real time. I can stretch say a spoken phrase down to single wave and up to double speed without affecting the pitch. I can move the formant frequency around (male to female and vice versa) and on drum loops affect the swing and groove."

BTW, I love this second shot. : ) Also the Matrixsynth plug at the end of the page. Gotta like that. Thanks Chris! BTW, be sure to check out the rest of Chris' site while there.

Nanoloop

Via Brian Comnes:

"Nanoloop and LSDJ are both now shipping their MIDI synch cables again after a hiatus, so if you find one of these cartridges used for a low price, you can get that 8 bit sound from a real 8-bit source and synch it to MIDI clock , does it get any better? (well maybe a Moog Voyager IS better, but.....)"


Nanoloop
LSDj

Racking the Unracked

Red Roland SH-101
Roland Juno-106
Moog Minimoog
Moog Source
E-MU SP1200
Roland TR-909
Roland TR-808

Saw this on Synthesizer-Magazine. The shots come from Synrise.

more racked goodness:
Racked Synths Done Right
Racked Juno-106
Korg MS Series in a Rack
Racked Roland SH-101
Racked Wasp
Access Virus TI Racked
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Admiral Quality Poly Ana

VSTi. Title link takes you to more info including a demo version.

studio

flickr via altemark.

Cool setup:
"Roland [correction: Korg] MS-2000, Syntecno Teebee MKII, Roland SDE-2000, Elektron Sidstation, Boss BX-4, Elektron Machinedrum UW, Boss DE-200, Casio VZ-10M, Future Retro FR-777, Behringer V-amp 2, Dynacord EQ-210, Yamaha E-1010, MAM Warp 9, MAM VF-11, TC Electronic Triple C"

kitty hearts keys

flickr by softestthing.

sorry. : ) More after the hop.

Billy Joel - The Entertainer

Minimoog Solo. YouTube via Calavera123. Sent my way via frederic.

crappy mellow2

flickr by devowski.

Looks like he took it up a notch. This actually works:

"i built this mellotron for a sculpture class, each key plays a part of the intro to 'the power of love' by the legendary huey lewis and the news"

Title link takes you to one more image.

Buzzmachines

"Buzz is the first ever "easy to use" free modular software based synthesizer. What this means is that the entire system is based on objects, which may be routed in a modular fashion, giving you the freedom to be as creative as you want. For example, if you wish to run 3 Physical Modelling synths and a Drum Machine through 2 seperate Stereo Delays, into a Mixer, through a Compressor and Parameteric EQ, and finally out to your speakers - no problem. Lay down your synths, connect the wires and you're done. Check out the screenshots below for examples!"

I was cleaning out my email and I found one I sent to myself back on 12/28/2001. In it there was just a single link, http://www.buzzmachines.com. I thought I'd check it out before moving it and low and behold it was the Buzzclick software modular. I completely forgot about it. I decided to check out the latest submissions link and to my surprise the latest generator, Mead Bassdrum Machine (picutred), is dated 9/6/06. The latest effect, Multi 2, is dated 9/16/06. Pretty cool considering how long Buzzmachines has been around. Title link takes you there. via me back in 2001.