Prophet5.org - New Prophet 5 Forum

Title link takes you there. The forum was set up by Stephen Jones of Sevcom and Synthwood. Note Stephen also recently set up Roland-Jupiter.org, previously posted here.

EMS Synthi AKS

Title link takes you to a couple more shots via this auction.

Update: Apparently this is the same one as my previous post. Doh! This is a good shot, so I'll just leave it up... : ) BTW, I've been up since 1:00 AM PST and it is now 8:23 PM PST. I had a 7:00 AM eastern flight from Hartford Connecticut back to Seattle. I got up at 4:00 AM EST which is 1:00 AM PST, so that's my excuse...

moogtouch1

flickr by sgodt.

MOOG Micromoog

The Synthi Micro

"This is a sort of clone of the EMS Synthi A. Well, not a clone really, since it has none of the electronics like the EMS, nor has it the complete amount of functions. It is also smaller then the original. I wanted a synth that could do the typical effect sounds that the Synthi A is known for. At first, I designed an even smaller synth, with a minimum of modules and functions, and no pin matrix. But after a while I realized this design would be far too limited, and I also wanted the routing capability of a matrix. So this is what it turned out to be. I used a lot of stuff that I happened to have laying around in the junc box; like the 10x10 pin matrix, a small reverb tank, CEM3340:s etc."

Title link takes you to the specs. Via Perry. Update: mp3s are now at the bottom of the page. You have to use the inside scroll bar to scroll down. There are also some really nice images.

Solar photosynth

YouTube via jonjb2a.

"Synthstick circuit with resistor replacing potentiometer. Circuit powered by three solar cells. Instrument has no moving parts; "played" in manner similar to that of theremin or tannerin, regardless of vast differences between it and the other instruments."

Solar powered?

via sendling

A Thingamagoop tried to look tough.

flickr by Dr. Bleep of Bleep Labs.

Thingamagoop in a cave...

waldorf-synth

flickr by erftmedien

The Waldorf Wave to be exact.

Update via Till "Qwave" Kopper in the comments:
"... and it is my WAVE +16 (= 32 voice) shown here. A snapshot by someone taken during my last year's Planetarium concert of "EL-KA" (http://el-ka.synthmusic.info german only) in Bochum/Germany.
If you look to the yellow Waldorf Q in the back, you will notice the joy-stick someone added to my instrument.
Here is one from the other direction:
http://el-ka.synthmusic.info/el-ka_bochum_2006.jpg
You will see the other half of EL-KA there: HaJo Liese.
The CD recording is available at www.syngate.net and other EM music shops. And we will play at the Univercity of Eindhoven/The Netherlands next week's Saturday at the E-Day (http://e-day.groove.nl)

And by the way: I run the unofficial Waldorf WAVE pages located here:
http://unofficial.waldorf-wave.de (german and english)

keep on turning these knobs

Till "Qwave" Kopper"

KORG Poly61 Scans

Title link takes you to some scans of the KORG Poly61. Interestingly, the Poly61 had a discrete filter. I always assumed it was either an SSM or CEM filter, but I never had reason to look it up.

via Florian on AH.

Update: be sure to check out the comments for more info on the filter.

Putney Dogs

via DK:

"Something I made with MS Paint (and a famous kitsch painting) back in 1996."

Synton Syrinx

Click here for shots pulled via this auction. Interestingly this is the second one up for auction this month. They are extremely rare. Via the previous auction:
"There are 300 Syrinxes on this planet. 3 of them are white, 20 of them are blue, 20 of them are red and the rest is black. 2 BPFs and a LPF all with cut/peak control at the same time. also strange bending sensor and modulator. HARDWARE: 2 CEM3310 EG 2 CEM3340 VCO 2 CEM3350 Dual VCF 1 CEM3360 Dual VCA."

This one sent my way via the seller.