Casio EG-5

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this Craiglist posting.

"This is a Casio EG5. Made in Japan in the early eighties.

Perfect for a one man band. You can pre-record your show on cassette and then pop it in the guitar and go to work. Plug it into your PA system, or your amp.

This is also the best practice tool ever made. You can use it for jamming by yourself, to whatever cassette you put in. The cassette speed is adjustable for matching pitch. or slow it down to learn a favorite guitar run. Onboard speaker, if no amp or PA is available. Nothing can stop your show.

It can blend between the tape and guitar, to get just the right volume match. It has great clean tone, or hit the button for distortion. The onboard distortion is killer sounding !! You can adjust the level of distortion needed."

via Robert

Jupiter 100% - Online Compilation on Jupiter.org

The comp rules are simple:

1. 2 minutes or less
2. No sampling - MIDI/CV sequencing or multi-tracked overdubs OK
3. No other instruments - Just the Jupiter 4, 6, 8 and MKS-80

Here is Stephen Jones' entry: under-orbit.mp3

Title link takes you there.

Juno 6 Mirror

flickr by frigante.

100&100 #04

flickr by unyo303. Doepfer and Roland. Title link takes you to more.

Custom 6 VCO modular

flickr by JohnnyBusca.

Custom 6 VCO modular.
6 VCOs
2 VCFs with dedicated ADSR
3 VCAs with dedicated ADSR
1 Mixer with reverb.
Everything is routed internally but everything can be overplugged.

via Dennis.

noiseprofessor's Juno-106 Demo

download here
"Roland Juno-106: Example for a sound with longest possible attack-time on the envelopes"

One more via noiseprofessor. Beautiful Roland Juno-106 pad.

noiseprofessor's Oberheim Xpander Demo

"Moody demosong made with an Oberheim Xpander only. Recorded with multitracker to show off the possibilities for doing percussive sounds, which is often said that the Xpander can`t do this. Sure used some Delay in mixing process. Note: Even the drums & percussions are made with this synth."

Title link takes you to noiseprofessor's Twango page with more synth samples.

Don Juan Dracula - Run Away With You

And one more via DJD. Title link takes you to the video for Run Away With You. This one is more synth heavy. I was going to hold off on posting this until I found out what synths were used, but I figured I'd just put it up. Anyone know what that keytar is?

Update: Shane is offering a free copy of the album for download to the first 20 people that want it. If you want it, shoot me an email: matrixsynth[at]hotmail.com.


Update via Henning, the keyboard player of DJD, regading the keytar in the video:
"-it's actually a danish kids toy keyboard called "elektronisk keyboard 11 -100" gaffa-taped onto a kids guitar!
-The kid in the video made it himself actually before the videoshoot after he had seen pictures of me with my keytar. So we had to let him use it..."

Don Juan Dracula - Live Roserock 2005

YouTube via donjuandracula (click for more videos).

Featuring a Korg MicroKorg and a little red keytar. Anyone know what the keytar is? The audio quality isn't the best but you should get an idea of song. BTW, there is another reason why I am posting this. The band's manager, Shane Chisholm, contacted me about doing an interview with the band. As this site is about synths, I'm keeping the questions focused on synths. I also asked him about opening up the questions to all of you, the readers of Matrixsynth, and he said go for it. So.. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments. Why do I have a funny feeling about this... You can find more info on Don Juan Dracula (more shots and better audio) on their official website and their myspace page.

Update: Some of their influences: "These band we really love and come to mind right now:
omd, pet shop boys, depeche mode, devo, duran duran, a-ha, soft cell, erasure, the cure, human league, the faint, vhs or beta, visage, ultravox, freezepop, every moves a picture, peaches, fischerspooner, ladytron, gary numan, miss kittin, stereo total, chicks on speed, jeans team, and so on...."

Update: Shane is offering a free copy of the album for download to the first 20 people that want it. If you want it, shoot me an email: matrixsynth[at]hotmail.com.

Rhodes Chroma Halloween

Via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list (with permission):

"Greg Hutchings of Hutchings Keyboards in Australia (who seems to have sold most, if not all, of the Australian model 2104 Chromas) e-mailed me some pictures of replacement membrane panels he recently came across [1]. This is one of a small number of obscure "Red" or "Halloween" themed instruments or parts; see also [2, 3]."