cr8000 modification

flickr by rrooyyccee

Title link takes you to more including some details.

JoMoX MBase 01 on top.

EMT 250 and 251 Digital Reverb

Two shots pulled via this PSW Recording Forum thread. Title link takes you to one more.

Via David Kulka on the thread:
"Maybe I missed it, but has no one mentioned the EMT 250 or 251 on this thread??? Most old timers will remember these but for you young lads, this was one of the first digital reverbs. As you might imagine, the 250 caused quite a stir when introduced in 1976 for a mere $20,000. Plus freight.

A while back we had three of these in the shop -- an obvious photo opportunity -- so Greg took some high res digital shots. The unit on the left is the original 250, the two on the right are 251's. Forum member J.J. ended up buying the one with the big wheels.

There's an article on my website with much more info about these, for anyone who's interested.

Maybe we should do an other worldly-gear calendar? No rude comments boys, this is my WIFE! [Cute comment and image]

Lastly, here's some of the the insides of one -- I think this was the 250. EMT scraped the identification off of all the important IC's so the designs couldn't be copied, which makes servicing them a lot of fun. I finally got a set of the original 250 blueprints from Gotham so I know the secrets of that one now, but I'm still looking for the top-secret info on the 251.

Barry Blesser (past AES president and former Lexicon engineer) was part of the original design team. Here's an archived AES recording in which Barry makes some prescient comments about the industry and talks a little about the EMT project..."

ZO Wins EM 2007 Editors Choice

Looks like the Cyndustries Zero Oscillator picked up an EM 2007 Editors Choice.

Congrats Cynthia!

Prvious posts:
Cynthia
Cyndustries

MOOG Memorymoog

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

This one sent my way via Dave.

Yamaha EX2

Looks like there is a Yamaha EX2 up on the bay. Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.

Note there is also one for sale here, with a price tag of $5995. Details from that listing (not from the Ebay auction):

"(Leslie 122 compatible) This is actually an analog synthesizer cleverly posing as an electronic organ! It was an outgrowth of Stevie Wonder's "Dream Machine" synth, which was used to score the documentary film, "The Secret Life of Plants." This Instrument was owned and operated by the late organist/keyboardist, John Seng, who was both a Yamaha Artist and consultant to that firm in the development of the Dream Machine. Its tonal resources are based on Yamaha's PASS technology, also found in the famous CS-80 synthesizer. What makes this instrument unique is that it's individual sounds were "tweaked" and re-scaled by Yamaha techs to Mr. Seng's personal specs, producing a sound unlike any other production examples of this model. The 1969 Leslie will be included with this Organ (including customized interface) and is in perfect working order. See bottom of page for Leslie photos."

Some previous Yamaha Electone posts

Novation BassStation Rack - MIDI to CV and CV to MIDI Convertor

No title link, Just an awesome tip from Brian Comnes:

"I was re-working my rack this weekend and I looked at the back side of my Novation BassStation Rack (haven't looke back there for 2 years) and I noticed MID/CV ports on the back so I got out the manual and sure as shit this thing is a switch hitter, it goes MIDI to CV and CV to MIDI and it supports HZ/Volt and Volt/Oct to boot

given that these things can be had for $100 or so on eBay , they are a bargain if you consider that you also get a 2 osc monosynth in the package"

Note this does not apply to the Novation BassStation keyboard.

Update via Bill in the comments:
"You can do this with a Pulse Plus as well. I think they go for about 250$ + you get real analog oscillators and filters."

Update via Brian Comnes:
"the relevant sections in the bass station manual are on page 18 of this link."

Thumbnail Guide to Soldering

"Soldering is not some rarified art. It does take a little bit of patience and some practice, but mainly, it's a question of having the proper tools to do it right, carefully following a few simple steps, and steering clear of a few common pitfalls."

Title link takes you there. Saw this one on Boing Boing.

Duar Show DJ Studio

flickr by JimboCooper

Roland MC-09
Korg Kaoss Pad
Korg Electribe s

Title link takes you to more.

korg ms10 semi-modular and the mighty sequential circuits pro one

flickr by kelskelsall

They definitely look good together.

Eliosound ELS Vocoder

"The ELS Vocoder® faithfully reproduces the analog vocoder sounds that have been used by many artists in the electronic music history. It also includes a wide range of rare and new features, which makes it unique, powerfull and simple to use."

Title link takes you to more info and samples.