Jen Syntar

Note this is not related to the Performance Music Systems Syntar.

Yamaha SY1

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"The SY1 is a cracker of a synth. I believe this is Yamaha's first mass produced analog synth with some killer sounds. I mean, any synth with a preset called "Growlpet" should be considered a classic.

Anyway, being an analog synth you have control over things as attack & sustain, portamento, cutoff frequencies and resonance. You can also control the filter with the included expression pedal. Awesome. The SY1 is heaps of fun to play and sounds like no other synth I've ever played, let alone owned. As stated it comes with the expression pedal, cover, and music stand (not pictured)."

via Loscha.

The New Roland V-Synth

via baba.

Update: More pics on Gear Junkies. Sent my way via Marc of Gear Junkies.

Nice Jupiter-8. Note the media player type effect.

The Bear Wants Video

Cool shot sent my way via brian comnes. Brian payed a visit to Metosonix with daddio this weekend. While there he took this shot and talked shop with Eric Barbour. One thing that came up was the lack of Metasonix videos out there on YouTube and the like. He has tons of audio sent his way, but not video. If you own a Metasonix product and a have a video recorder handy, take a vid and send it my way or directly to Metasonix.

Previous Metasonix posts
Previous Metasonix posts with video

Highly Liquid MIDI kit for Atari 2600

It doesn't have a screen, but... it has MIDI.

Applications
* MIDI control for Synthcart synthesizer cartridge—more info
* MIDI-scripted & synchronized game performances

Features
* Use MIDI notes to send joystick or keypad control signals to any Atari 2600 console
* Additional outputs for Select & Reset control
* Powered by game console—no separate power supply required
* User-selected MIDI channel
* Power and activity LEDs
* Compact size: 83mm x 57mm (3.25" x 2.25")

Title link takes you to more info.

via GetLoFi.

Previous HighlyLiquid posts:
HighlyLiquid
Casio SK Site

The Picadore 64

I just saw this on one of my favorite blogs, Retro Thing. Check this bad boy out! A Commodore 64 mini laptop/PDA. Title link takes you to the source thread on the Petscii Forums. I grabbed the shots and backed them up here so we don't lose them.

Some details from the thread:

"Here are a few pics of my own DTV Hummer project. I had an old PSOne LCD screen lying around and I thought I'd make a C64 laptop. Actually, it's more like a C64 PDA! It measures 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 inches (15.5 x 16.5 x 4 cm) when closed. It can run from an AC wall adapter or 6 NiMH AA batteries. The keyboard is hacked from a portable folding keyboard for a Jornada PDA which outputs RS-232. I'm using a PIC 16F88 to decode the signals and re-encode them to PS/2 (that was an ordeal to figure out). The PIC checks to see if an external PS/2 keyboard is connected on power up. If one is hooked up, it will route data from that instead. There is an internal ampilfied speaker as well as connections for audio and video output on the back. There's a serial connection for a disk drive and an SD card slot in the side for a 1541-III but I haven't been able to get that to work yet. I also have a connection for a userport/joystick. The joystick in the picture is a hacked Atari keychain joystick. The mini joystick wasn't in the original plan but after I accidentally discovered it on ebay, it seemed perfect."

MOTM 650 Stuffing

Ever wanted to see how a PCB was made? Here's a video of the MOTM 650 from start to finish. MOTM's Paul Schreiber sent a link to the video to the AH list. I asked if I could put it up and he gave me the all clear. You can find more info on the MOTM 650 here.

Update: The person in the video is Pat McGarrity. He is the owner of the pcb shop. Paul Schreiber is the one taking the video. The pcb shown is actually 4 MOTM-650 CPU cards, that are in a 2x2 array. Once soldered, they are snapped apart.

Drones - Nord Modular G2 Track

"Drones" by Onosendai, features nothing but drones from a Nord Modular G2, hence the title of the track.


download here
Enjoy.

"'Drones' is a track i have done with a Nord Modular G2. I created 15 drones sound, recorded them in Ableton live, and mixed them "DJ Style" as if i was live. All the sounds are 100% G2, no sample. I just used a compressor and normalize before render to disk."

Note: if the embedded player in this post does not work, click on the title link to get to the track on Twango.

Bananlogue ARP 4075 Filter Clone

ARP 4075 filter clone by Seth Nemec of bananalogue. Title link takes you to the details on Muff Wiggler.

Previous bananalogue posts


Update via the comments: "this clone of the 4075 is made by rob at the emulatorarchive, nemeth puts it all together..."

Living Room Invasion!

This one via Massimiliano. No title link, just the shot.

Left to right:
-Yamaha SU700
-Sequential Circuits Prophet 5
-Yamaha CS50
-Oberheim OB-Xa
-EMS VCS3 from 1974
-ARP 2600
-ARP 2600 keyboard
-EMS DK1
-Roland MKS-100
-Yamaha A5000
-And the organ. : ) If you know what it is feel free to comment.