Schrittmacher controls iDrum

YouTube via shagghie.
"A quick insight into using a hardware sequencer to run a plugin like iDrum, etc. I get a lot of questions on how I use the Schrittmacher, so thought I'd share this tid bit. I normally run DRM1mkII on S1, iDrum on S2, JazBase03 on S3, and leave S4 open to do sample triggering or basslines, etc."

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Synthesizer SN 062013

Click here for shots via this auction. via Rob.

"kenton midi kit installed in 2006. To date ive only seen a handful of other VP-330's with midi installed. Needless to say its very useful feature. The retrofit was installed by kenton electronics. Fantastic sounding instrument, rare too with less than 2000 units being made worldwide."

View these full size. Absolutely gorgeous synth.

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Ruin in the Office

Steampunk meets modular synth DIY.

Title link takes you to more shots sent my way via Philip Baljeu of ruinProjects, where you will find more under Projects.

Synthesizer Meeting in Kufstein 2007

Title link takes you to some images of the Bluesynths event in Kufstein, Austria. via sequencer.de

Anyone know more about this one?

Update via swissdoc in the comments:
"This is the EEF-Modular owned by Theo from Bluesynths. You have had it on you Blog allready: link

Theo said, it was built in the 80s in Belgium. More on Sequencer.de"

Beaver and Krause - Spaced - Original THX Theme

Another interesting tidbit from Analog Days. At the end of Beaver and Krause's track "Spaced," is the classic THX theme of rising notes. It was originally played on a MOOG in 1970 and was later copied by a famous Marin County film company. Guess the company and when it was copied. BTW if you have Napster, Rhapsody or any other subscription music service you can listen to the track. Just search for Beaver and Krause. It's on "In a Wild Sanctuary/Gardharva." The theme comes in at the very end.

Previous post. Update: Also check out THX on Music Thing, for the story behind the THX theme. Andy Moorer, the composer of the THX theme, makes no mention of Krause. Stuff like this always fascinates me. People do come up with the same ideas independently of each other, so who knows... It's fascinating either way - by chance or a copy without credit.

Yamaha AN200

posted by LD Thomson on Matrixsynth on Facebook.

AudioRealism ADM Released

Just a heads up that AudioRealism's ADM Drum machine previously posted here is now available. Title link takes you there.

via Larry.

Roland JX-3P

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Be sure to check out the full size shots. The contrast in these are great.

Keyboard - 61 keys
Polyphony - 6 voices
Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice
Memory - 32 preset, 32 user
Filter - Resonant Low pass
Arpeg/Seq - Simple Sequencer
Effects - Chorus
Control - MIDI capable (Roland's first MIDI synthesizer).


BTW, be sure to check out Matrixsynth-b for more. I was just thinking about how dry the auction listing have been lately, and then this. I guess when it rains it pours.

Elka Rhapsody 610 String Synth

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"It is "multi-phonic" as it uses a divide-down, electric organ type of architechture for its tone generation. There are two tones for each note so it's probably fair to say it's dual-oscillator, and it can create some really lush timbres. It's richer sounding than the ARP Solina String Synth (if you can believe that!).The four-octave keyboard is not velocity sensitive.
SUPER RARE! Vintage! 1974!! As used by Vangelis, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, J. M. Jarre and more!

Very big, great sound!
elka_sample.mp3"

I wonder how these compare to the Elka Rhapsody 490.

Update via Micke in the comments:
"The Elka Rhapsody was Billy Currie's favorite stringer for many years. He used it quite prominently on U-vox's first three albums and also to some extent on 1980's "Vienna". John Foxx was also using it on his first couple of albums."

Roland RS-09

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

"ROLAND RS-09 RARE VERSION 1, LATE 70'S. MADE IN JAPAN. There are three versions of this unit. This oen [sic] is The older version 1. The differences are mainly cosmetic and in the control surface; the V.3 uses touch-switches, the V.1 uses rockers and tends to be more reliable due to that.