PPG Wave 2.3

Another PPG Wave up for auction. This one a 2.3. Title link takes you to the shots. Previous Wave posted here.

Yamaha Concertmate RSC-580

via this auction.

Details:
"RSC-580 Keyboard with 100 Voice Tones and Back-up Accompaniment Drum Machine!

This RSC-580 was the only Radio Shack Keyboard thought to be made by Yamaha DX Systems. The Back-up Analog Drum Machine is great for studio, church worship, or other professional play and gigs!

The awesome sounds, great drums, and fantastic features make it perfect for the home or professional studio. Also, the RSC-580 is a nice keyboard for creative compositions of worship, country, rock or jazz.

So, isn't it time for you to start making music on a REAL keyboard? PLUS - It is in fun!!


FEATURES & SPECIFICATIONS

* Nice! ~ Professional Design : Powerful DX-Type Synth with FM Digital Voices, Drum Accompaniment!
* Nice! ~ Sound Bank : 100 FM Digital DX-Type Voice Tones with Effects!
* Nice! ~ Effects Parameters : Transpose -12/+12, Octave Up, Sustain and Vibrato!
* Nice! ~ Beat Bank : Drum Rhythm Styles with Back-up Band Accompaniment!
* Nice! ~ Auto-Accompaniment : Back-up Settings - Chord Off, Single Finger & Fingered Chord!
* Nice! ~ Percussion Pads : Five Drum / Percussion Pads with Percussion Off Button!
* Nice! ~ Rhythm Control : Start/Stop, Sync Start, Intro/Fill-In with Tempo up/down!
* Nice! ~ Mixer Controls : Master Volume, Rhythm Volume and ABC Accompaniment Volume!
* Nice! ~ Versatile : Ac/Dc Power Adaptor (optional) or Slap Some Batteries in and Take it Anywhere You Go!
* Nice! ~ Portable : Great for parties, gigs, worship, etc... Are you ready to play?"


It's.... Nice! I bet you could get Supersonik on this one.

EMS Putney

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Note they are the same from this previous auction.

ARP Hexaphonic Guitar Pickup

Title link takes you to shots of what is in the box.

via this auction.

Details:
"In 1977 ARP pushed into designing a synth that could respond to in-coming guitar signals using pitch-to-voltage technology. This gave rise to the Avatar, which in turn, was such a dud it practically sank the whole company before ARP finally sold off it's last and would-be greatest project - the Chroma - to CBS Musical Instruments. The Avatar was too expesnive for its own good ($3,000). It did seem to work, however; you use a hex pickup for your guitar which allows the guitar to play the synth sounds. Today the Avatar is used more like an expander module (as pictured above) with other ARP and CV/Gate type synthesizers.
It has two oscillators and is very much like the ARP Odyssey in terms of its sounds, programming and interface. Many of the features that make the Odyssey great (oscillator sync, ring modulator, sample and hold, portamento, envelope follower and more) can be found on the Avatar. The Avatar makes a great and more affordable way to get Odyssey sounds. Use it to fatten up you're current Odyssey or incorporate it into you're synth studio as an analog synth module via CV/Gate."

via Dave.

Graziano Mandozzi - Bach Handel 300

Another one synth album. This one apparently is 100% PPG. A tribute to Bach. You can find it on Amazon (affiliate link), or you can search for it.

Bring Back Our Knobs: Analog vs. Digital

Title link takes you to an interesting article on Popular Mechanics that focuses on the dying trend of using analog knobs in automobile controls, by Glen Reynolds. What's interesting is the author makes references to synths! Bringing synths to mainstream. Woot!

"One of the most dramatic examples of the return-to-analog controls comes from the field of electronic music. I own a 1980s Roland Alpha Juno 1 synthesizer. It's a sleek machine, controlled with minimalist buttons — a classic. But most musicians will tell you that it's hard to perform while you're trying to squint at the Roland's LCD display and navigate its nested menus.

The synthesizer I'd like to own is the Alesis AG [A6] Androm­eda. Unlike the Roland, the Alesis puts many key functions on dedicated knobs — so many, in fact, that it looks like the cockpit of a B-17. And that's why musicians love it — knobs are easy to grab in the dark. Knobs also make it simpler to transfer knowledge from one device to another. Once you know what a low-frequency oscillator does, you can use it on any device. But with nonstandard menus, you have to spend precious time finding, and remembering, how to get to the function you need on every new device you use."

Hmm... I wonder if the author knows about Matrixsynth. :)

Nord Wave Videos on Gearwire

Three vids up:
Intro
Walk through
Sounds

Circuit Bent Roland TR-505 with Arcade Style Controls

via GetLoFi.

Koopasynth

Via SuperKooper on this electro-music.com thread:

"Months ago i've finished my sound lab now i've enough time to post some pictures
It's a classic sound lab plus a VC Vactrol delay and an integrated PAIA theremax as VC source.It has also the guitar trigger and a microphone trigger."

Click on the image for a much larger shot. Check out the thread for more. Images backed up here.

Muskmesse Superbooth Shots

Click here for a few sets on sequencer.de including the building of the Superbooth at this year's Musicmesse.