Korg MS-20

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Some details:
"In addition to two analog oscillators, the MS-20 featured two resonant VCF filters, two VCAs, sample and hold, a noise generator, an assignable mod-wheel and lots of knobs! The VCF filter section is capable of high-pass, low-pass, notch and band-reject which is unique and different than your basic lowpass style filter. External sound sources can be routed through the filter section as well. In fact William Ørbit uses the filter in his MS-20 relentlessly to filter and tweak his samples, beats, delay returns, vocals, etc.

There's also a Pitch-CV converter for triggering sounds from external sources. Aphex Twin makes quite a bit of use of this, feeding the input stage of his MS-20s with drum sounds and other untrackable audio to get the synth to make a wide variety of crunch/squawp/screech noises by mistracking the filters, etc."

Matrix_Mixer.JPG

"passive 3x3 matrix mixer in vhs tape box."

flickr by Inglizian. Title link takes you to a few more. via .alex in the comments of this post.

ms20wired

flickr by reiven.

Pethu Hahaha Synths

Hahaha CS01 & CS01II


Hahaha CS33


Hahaha CS33 Evolution Edition


Title link takes you there. Via sequencer.de.

Suzanne Ciani

Title link takes you to a few more shots of Suzanne Ciani on Failed Muso. Also check out these previous posts for more.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey day to those in the US. I did a quick image search for "thanksgiving synth" and this came up. I guess if there ever was a Turkey Synth, this would be it. Although this Korg Trident definitely has the colors going for it. BTW, this keytar shot ended up being from this CDM post from last year. : )

OK, off to go gorge myself. Leave it to the good old USA for creating a holiday where the main purpose is to completely stuff yourself.

JH.'s Farfisa VIP 500 page

Title link takes you there.

DSMidiWifi

YouTube via 0xtob. Seen on Music Thing.

EML 101 Oscillator Noodling

Video and image below sent my way via vgermuse. Make sure to check out the other samples and shots previously sent in via vgermuse. Enjoy. Thanks vgermuse!

POLIVOKS

Title link takes you to shots and first impressions on SoNiCbRaT. You have to check out the crazy packaging for this one. : )

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments:
"Many Soviet synths have copied Moog filters. This one doesn't. Maybe the seller just describes all his Soviet analogs like that? I'd say from what I've heard it has by far the best most original sound of anything easily obtainable. Other Soviet synths can certainly produce some good sounds too though a lot of them I'd chalk up to moog-like filters. Though there is said to be a change in sound between earlier and late filters. I have the earlier filter. The sound on mine is wonderfully overdriven though maybe not so on units built later on. It's not "thin" to me unless you set the bandpass that way rather than use the lowpass. The resonance is nasty ("without pity" says David Korn), which can be used to it's advantage, but it's not going to ever come near doing things like Moog does with resonance for better or worse. The looping envelopes combined with the LFO can do some sounds most monosynths can't do. (then again so can a decent modular but that's another topic). I wound up cleaning a lot of pots. I'm not using any chemicals because I don't know what they are made out of. I got them all working and quiet but a year later they are quite noisy again. The switches and rotary knobs can make noises too."