Muff Wiggler

via Muff Wiggler, Mike McGrath's blog which he promises will feature "95% electronic music (software plugins, synth hardware, modular stuff in particular....)" Currently you will find posts on an AH Metasonix ad, a Blacet/Wiard Miniwave review and this Metasonix Teaser. BTW, you might remember Mike McGrath from these two posts: 1,2. I'm subbed. : )

Dave Smith Mono Evolver Keyboard MEK

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Yamaha VL1-m

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Some details (see the auction for more):
"The VL1 was truly revolutionary and expensive ($6K) when it was first introduced. Although Yamaha was expected to release an even pricier polyphonic synth (the mythic VP1), soft sales of the VL1 led Yamaha to go the other way, cut the capabilities and release the VL-70m, which is roughly half the device. Although the VL70 can be tweaked to produce a satisfactory sound, and although some sort of physical modeling is included in the capabilities of a wide variety of synths today, most discerning players would agree that the VL1 has never been matched, particularly in the way that the sounds can be customized. You can hear this for yourself by comparing the sounds presented on the sites listed above [below in this post] with the sounds of any other synth, real or virtual. Others may sound similar, but the VL1 has an added depth and realism that can be clearly heard.

This synth is the sound designer's holy grail, and sound design is what I used it for. An unbelievable range of sounds can be produced quite quickly, and there's almost no limit if you're willing to spend time digging into the parameters. The time spent is truly enjoyable... you'll see hours slip by as you revel in your creations. You can program sounds on the device itself, or there are two programs that Yamaha released for Macintosh OS 9: a Visual Editor and an Expert Editor (the Expert Editor has been replicated for Windows 98). The visual editor is pure fun, and quite easy... you can mix and match a number of different parameters by simply clicking on options. The Expert Editor is where you can dive deep and really tweak things to either make them more real or truly unreal. I will include the Visual Editor for Mac OS 9 and the Expert Editor for both OS 9 and Windows 98 on a CD, along with the original floppy disks supplied by Yamaha."

Sound On Sound magazine's original 1994 review of the VL1 (the keyboard version)
Ken Barry's web page devoted to the VL1-m, including sounds generated by his Yamaha WX7
International Wind Synthesis Association
A couple of Harmony Central user reviews
Patchman Music patch samples for the VL1

PAiA Strings 'n' Things

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Sixtoo

Nice Doepfer. Title link takes you to Sixtoo's MySpace page.

via sequencer.de

Korg MS-50

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RadioShack MicroMoog

flickr by asbestosis.

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Roland CSQ-100 Sequencer

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Also posted on Synthwire by the seller, UNIT-SOUND.

Roland Planet P Piano Module

No title link, just these three shots pulled via this auction. I never realized the buttons lit up like that.


Details:
"Mono timbral instument with 8 patches - piano 1 & 2, clavi 1 & 2, harpsichord 1 & 2, e.piano 1 & 2 with more variations of these basic sounds available using MIDI patch changes.
An effects section provides simultanious chorus/flanger and tremolo.

The basic front panel controls are:

tune, volume & brilliance
chorus or flange toggle with rate & depth controls.
square or sine tremelo mod toggle with rate & depth controls.
8 patch select buttons.
MIDI channel up & down buttons with LED display.
The back panel features Mono/Stereo out and MIDI In & Thru only."

Portable Analog Synth and Effect Processor

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"This is a new, handbuilt synth unit and effect processor. Built into a rugged aluminum carrying case. This unit is excellent for creating very unique and unusual sounds. great for drones and noise music or use in a modular system. Unit contains 2 oscillators with pitch knobs for each, an LFO for modulating the sound with frequency and modulation depth, an external input with gain for creating distortion effects, a mixer to mix osc 1, osc 2 and the external input, fed the output from the mixer is an effect similar to bit reduction which has a depth knob and can be bypassed, and finaly there is a lowpass filter for further sound shaping."

Samples (also mirrored here):
the synth
using the external circuit