Bad Synth Video Thursday on Chip Collecton News

Looks like Chip Collection News might be starting something most excellent. Bad Synth Video Thursday. There are currently three videos up including this one above. I decided to pick the most annoying one just for you. Title link takes you to the rest. BTW, if anyone knows what the white device that looks like an Electrocomp sequencer on steroids, let me know. YouTube via KidVulcan. The description states, "Song from the 80s,by Video Kids.A lot of people of that generation should remember this!" The lead singer looks exactly like Limahl of Kajagoogoo to me. "HEH HEH, HEH, HEH HEH!!!"

TR808 PUT THROUGH MS20 ESP

YouTube via weatherkop. See previous video by wetherkop here.

blurt

YouTube via cirtcele.

Synths, goannas and choppers. What else could you ask for?
Semi disturbing voices at the end? Yeah, that's it.

ARP 2600 Patch

Patch 1 - I think there's a little birdy trapped in there.


Patch 2 - Birdy's gone.

YouTube via 123synthland. You can see more of Mini's videos here. Also previously posted here.

EMS SYNTHI A/AKS VCS3 MIDI to SYNTHI Interface

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

Details:
THE MIDI INTERFACE CONTROLS OVER INPUT CH. 1
THE VCO 1+2, VCF OR OTHER PARAMETERS.
IMPORTANT! : THIS INTERFACE IS FOR USE WITHOUT THE KS-CABLE!!!
YOU JUST HAVE TO PLUG IT INTO THE 8-WAY SOCKET"

sent my way via Sandro.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 600

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Sequential Circuits Prelude

via this auction.

Details:
"# Functional controls on the front panel for:
* Equalizer:
o Off/ Max: 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000.
o Balance: Dry/ Mix.
* Effect select:
o Equalizer.
o Octave.
o Chorus.
o LFO.

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Buchla 100 PCBs

flickr by verbos2002. 

Caption: "My friend Reed has a giant Buchla system. He told me he was interested in a 242 programmable Pulser. That thing uses an EMS style patch matrix to program 3 channels of patterns up to 12 steps long. I suggested that it may be beter for me to design a double wide module that has toggle switches for 6 channels of 16 steps. It is almost finished now. The panel is from Front Panel Express. Reed said he was only interested if I called it the 243 Programmable Pulser and printed "Verbos & Associates Brooklyn, New York" a the bottom, like a Buchla module. I'm making one for him and one for my Buchla."

Korg Legacy MS-20

flickr by sushiluv.

I'm beginning to want one of these. I wonder how playable the hardware is and if it's the sort of thing that's fun the first ten times and then you put it away for your main controller. Would have been cool if it were a self contained unit like the Creamware ASB boxes.

Casio VL-Tone Emulator

"VL1 is a freeware emulator of the world famous classic calculator annex mini-synthesizer from the eigthies made by Casio.

VL1 is not just a sample player, it is a real emulator that emulates the original hardware. All sounds are generated by software equivalents of the original circuits and the calculator actually works. This also means that ADSR sound programming is fully functional!" manual

Via CDM.