MATRIXSYNTH

Selling Analog Synthesizers on Ebay

Title link takes you to some tips on Ebay sent my way via Dan.

Bought and Sold Mini P*rn Fest

Looks like the bought and sold thread is turning into a mini synth p*rnfest. Title link takes you to it. Enjoy.

JoMoX Sunsyn

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Title link takes you a post on the MATRIXSYNTH FORUMS were people are posting items they bought and sold, and why. It's a pretty interesting and obvious idea for a topic and oddly, I don't remember ever seeing this on the forums before. What's interesting about it is you get to see the specific individual reasoning behind each buy and sell along with a few good stories. Feel free to post your experiences as well.

KORG Radias on Gearwire

Title link takes you to the video. I did a screen grab in what I thought was a particularly funny part of the video where Joe couldn't figure how to latch the arpeggiator because it actually wasn't in apeggiator mode. : ) That's him trying to latch it. Note the led for arpeggiator is not lit to the right. Before you pass judgment, admit how many times you've done the same. What was funny about the video to me, is that I'm 100% guilty of the same more often than I might like to admit. I love that the Gearwire guys leave this stuff in their videos. It makes it more human. You get the sense that you are just hanging out with them. It takes a lot a guts to not edit this stuff out in order to look perfect. Cheers to them.

You can find part one of the video here.

Synth Music Direct

Title link takes you to Synth Music Direct, a site that hosts and sells synth music. Our own previously featured Boele Gerkes' SCD is listed. If you missed my previous posts he recently came out with a DVD including all of his music (over 300 tracks), and video similar to this one. I added Synth Music Direct to the Synth Music Stores section under Synth CDs on the right.

Casio CZ-1000

Title link takes you to more shots via joshua_schnable's flickr set. Note this was listed on the Matrixsynth Forum for sale. There's also some nice shots of a Novation ReMOTE 37SL in this set, also listed here.

KORG Legacy Digital Edition adds the T1

"In addition, the Version 1.5 free update added all of the PCM data of the successor to the M1 - the T Series - including the piano PCM that was included only on the flagship T1. Along with the Programs and Combinations of the T-Series instruments, the entire contents of the optional TSD-01 through 05 disks are also included. Each of the TSD disks contains additional PCM data and Programs and Combinations using those new samples. For additional information about the T-Series PCM Library, click here."

Note the legacy edition includes all of the expansion ROM cards for the M1. This is where I think digital softsynths excel. You can replicate the sound because it was digital to begin with and the UI is actually better on a PC screen vs. the small LCD menu driven originals.

via Loonytunes

Rhodes Chroma Site Updates

Via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma List:

"This month I've added a couple of short articles from Keyboard
magazine, April 1982 and March 1983, announcing the Chroma ("Rhodes
Synthesizer") and Chroma-Apple Interface."

Title link takes you to them.