god forgive me

flickr by polaranta.

I was trying to figure out why this shot was titled "god forgive me," then I realized why. I think it actually looks pretty cool.

Custom Korg Polysix

Tektron Logic Lab

Unfortunately this is not an actual synth, but we can pretend. : ) Title link takes you to the post on Space Time Modulator.

Western Brass - Rhodes Chroma Sample by N_PHAY

Title link takes you to N_PHAY's MySpace page. The track Western Brass features the Rhodes Chroma.

Burlap Synth

Yep, burlap. Title link takes you to the post on GetLoFi. Hmm... Kind of like cross-stitching synths.

Update via nsputnik in the comments:
"I saw this in person too. It would just kind of sit there and squeak. I have some more photos of it at [link]"

Yamaha CS70M

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Update: you can find an audio demo of the CS70M here.

Synare Sensor

No title link. Just this shot and details pulled via this auction.

Details:
"Superb old analogue drum synth, fully working, the knobs are: Tune, Mod, Sweep, Freq, Decay & volume. Needs a 9 volt battery, bolts to the edge of your drum - makes funky psychedelic space-age bleeps & bloops!"

25 Years of SCD

I previously put up a post on Boele Gerkes SCD (Something Completely Different). Boele let me know he is considering something very, very cool for his 25 year anniversary of SCD - a double DVD with every recording he ever did along with notes for each track. The notes will include the gear used, the story behind the song and Boele's thoughts on the track. Boele is thinking about creating a pressed version with printed label, booklet, inlay, etc. However, to do that he would need at least 30-40 people willing to pay 20-25 Euro's for the DVD. If you are interested, let him know. Title link takes you to his site with more info - click on the image pictured here when you get there. Boele can sign me up.

Realistic Moog MG-1

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. Check out current bid. $910 and under 45 minutes to go as of this post. Crazy. You'll be able to get a brand new Little Phatty for about that soon.

AvrX Goes Open Source

Remember the AvrX? Mikael wrote in to let me know that sadly the kit will not be produced, however it will go open source.

"Nov 25, 2006
AvrX goes open source!
Over a year has passed since we published the first version of this site, and the kit is still not available. We have realized that we don't have the time to manage a kit. Instead we decided to release all sourcecode and information about AvrX as open source.

For some of you this is good news, but others waiting for the kit will be dissappointed. We are sorry if we have given you false hope of a kit, but at least this way anyone determined to build an AvrX can do so.

We will however sell the bare PCB. The wooden parts for the case can be manufactured by your local carpenter (or yourself), and the aluminum panels can be ordered from Schaeffer AG in europe or Front Panel Express in North America. All the other parts are available from companies like Elfa, Farnell and Mouser

As soon as we have cleaned up the sourcecode a little, we are going to put all the information on this website."

Custum White Face Roland MC-202

This one in via d of glitched.org. Title link takes you to more shots.
"My MC-202 has the following modifications:
audio
+PWM osc out
+Sub osc mix out
+Audio in to VCF
+"Hidden" triangle osc out to VCF (with volume control via pot)
cv
+VCF in
+"Proper" CV/Gate in (bypasses the CPU)

modulation
+LFO "retrigger" CV in (I'm actually not sure what I did with this one, but when an audio signal is introduced and passes a certain threshold, the LFO seems to retrigger. It also makes the modulation range much wider [ex. pitch mod goes higher and lower]).
+"Hyperspeed" LFO: LFO frequency is in the audio domain (>300hz)

Here are some sound files:
- Pulse wave audio out to VCF CV in. Moderate-to-high resonance. Pitch mod.
- Pulse audio out to VCF CV in. Envelope triggered with high decay. High resonance, pitch is in 2' range, mod amount is raised.
- LFO is in "hyperspeed mode," modulating the VCF. Percussive pattern; demonstrates "hidden" triangle osc.
- Monomachine drum pattern through the 202's audio in (to VCF). Dry, then full-on.

These files were recorded by piping the 202 through the Monomachine, then to the Onyx 1220 firewire mixer @32bit/88.2khz. The small amount of reverb and delay is from the Monomachine."