Vermona MARS

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"Rare rack mount synth with a knob for everything. Has unique features like LFO Attack/Decay envelope before LFO wave kicks in, typical LFO shapes or stair-stepped (semitone-quantized) LFO. Etc. More info is available online at http://www.vermona.com/ Can hit pretty hard and low. Ring mod and noise, 2 VCO, 2 LFO, 2 ENV. Aside from LFO/ENV/etc, additional modulation assignments for: Pitch bend, mod wheel, footswitch, aftertouch, keyboard mode."

Build a Transistorized Theremin by Bob Moog

via this auction.

"1961 Electronics Magazine
Increasingly hard to find, this nearly half-century-old issue of Electronics World contains a fascinating how-to on building that special effects staple of scores of classic sci-fi flicks, the theremin, by none other than electronic music pioneer Robert Moog. The feature article contains a complete schematic and parts list, as well as chassis layout and photos of the completed unit. There are even tips on how to play the ethereal instrument. You get the entire original 1961 magazine, not a couple photocopied pages like you find elsewhere on Ebay.

Also in this issue is a homebrew stereo balancer using 6FG6 magic eye tubes and a look at beam power tubes in VHF oscillators, plus an article on early computer logic circuits, both vacuum tube and transistor-based."

ARP 2600

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"arp 2600 synthesizer, with model 3604-P keyboard"

voice coder machine

YouTube via monotonmusic

"Somekind of "prehistoric" vocoder using telephone-circuitry."
More info and a samples on AudioLemon.

Genoqs Octopus Basic Demonstration 2

YouTube via DayflightTrok. Click here for all demonstrations.

Poll: How Many Posts Should I Have on the Front Page

I just set the site back to 3 days worth of posts on the main page. I switched it from 3 days to 40 posts a while back but so much is coming in now I think I want to go back to 3 days. I'm already at 28 posts today. The idea behind three days is that's about as much time it takes for a post to get fully seen and commented on. The concern of course are the load times and scrolling vs. paging through the site. Another option would be even fewer posts but then you would have to click on the "Older Posts" link at the bottom of each page. Also if you are submitting something, with 3 days set you are guaranteed to have the post up for at least that long. Again, the site is currently set to 3 days, so see how you like it. Majority wins on this one.

Synclavier II New York

flickr by Neil Vance.

"It's price tag is $4999.99!"

click here for the full size shot.

OCTOPULSE

YouTube via shootthestylist. via Music Thing.
"an alien bag pipe, creating analogue sound synthesis according to the movement of the tonetacles. this project was developed with the royal college of art and yamaha, but as it is just a prototype it is not produced."

Is that comfy?

via CatSynth.com

Annoying Pop-Ups

I've been getting a few reports on an annoying pop-up on the site. I've seen it twice so far. If you see it AFTER this post leave a comment. I made a change that might take care of it.