Oberheim OB-12 Review on Celiar Structures

"Although a vast majority of users said this synthesizer is a poor imitation of the classics created by Oberheim Electronics in the 70's and 80's, many others, including me , have praised the quality of this blue beast.

One of the reasons claimed by those who dislike it is that "it is not a true Oberheim". That's mostly true because it seems that no one of those who worked At Oberheim Electronics was involved in the creation of this synth, but that doesn't means it's a bad synth at all."

link to the full review. Be sure to click on the images when you get there for the full size shots.

Yamaha CS80 With MIDI

via this post on craigslist. Anyone know what that switch is in the uper left photo? The listing only mentions MIDI.

Update: it's the MIDI Switch. Lager shots.
More info on the kit on Kenton's site.

John Bowen Solaris Upate

The following in via the AH list:

"From the Planetz forums...
[John Bowen]:
'An update on pricing and availability has been posted on my Purchase page.

Here's an excerpt from a message I sent to all those who had made pre-order deposits, to clarify the situation:

"Klaus is the ideal candidate to oversee the conversion and upgrade of the special Scope modules that I hoped to add to the Solaris system (even though we originally had no idea we would one day have access to these). This last point is important, in that the process is not nearly as simple or easy as I thought it would be, and in fact, has caused a bigger delay than I expected.

"When I arrived in Germany last week, it was clear that I had a choice - either release the Solaris around late December (as I've been planning) but without the Minimax, SSM, and CEM filter (and oscillator), or give it more time to get the 'goodies' from the Scope library that I had wanted...

"So, this is where we stand: I am going to take more time on it, to give Klaus plenty of opportunity to get things as best as possible, because we all desire to have a product that holds to the high quality and excellence that has been at the core of what I've always tried to represent in my products. This delay will add 3 months to the schedule, with production starting in February and delivery as soon as possible thereafter (end of Feb. or early March)."

cheers,
john b.'"

Creamware Prodyssey Videos and MP3s

via SillonS:
"I finally made some videos of the Creamware Prodyssey. VIdeo quality is quite bad, I used a pic camera, don't have a real camera. Audio was recorded on the laptop soundcard, mono since the unit FX is bypassed (the synth is mono but the FX unit is stereo). Mp3 sounds of the videos are available too and I made some extra mp3 files. I tried to upload to YouTube but so far it doesn't work, seems there servers are having pb.I'll try later or tomorrow. Meanwhile here is the link."

I will put the YouTube vids up as well, as they go up. Thanks ScillonS!
Update: here they are.

Tweaking the Paia 9700S

YouTube via sakrobeat. via Nusonica.
"This is a demo of the PAIA 9700S - Modular- Synthesizer. The sequence is coming from a Korg Poly 800 thru MIDI and I'm tweaking the knobs to change the sound of the PAIA"

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Manual from 1979

images via this auction

"Written by Tom Darter in 1979, it's a loose leaf three ring binder with a clear vinyl cover. Contains patch sheets of all the factory presets, as well as several blank patch sheets, which is a bit odd considering that it was one of the first fully programmable synths. It says that this is Model 1000, so I don't know what Rev Prophet this is for. I assume it's one of the early ones."

via bill

Update via Micke in the comments: "The operation manual pictured is for the Rev 2 Prophet. Afaik, the first rev 2 shipped in May '79."

Doepfer

via Hédi of hielo patagonia sounds:
"Here is again a link of an other Live Sampler patch done last night that analog synth lovers and ableton Live users could enjoy. There are short audio demo and link for downloading the Live project with all the A-100 samples. This one is really more crunchy!"

"Created on a Doepfer A-100 analog modular synthesizer. Sampling done on 6 velocity layers modulating the filter frequency with AutoSampler software and a RME FireFace 400 audio interface.

Modules analogiques utilisés | Eurorack analog modules used:
# A-111 High End VC Oscillator
# A-110 Standard VC Oscillator
# A-138 Mixer
# A-140 ADSR
# A-101-1 Vactrol VC Filter
# A-136 Distortion/Waveshaper
# A-131 Exp. VC Amplifier"

click here for the sample page. Follow up to this post.

ElectronicMESS 8 - Bit Jam (Nanoloop + Korg)

YouTube via heneray. Sent my way via epiphanius.
"ElectronicMESS just jammin to some nanoloop tunes on the ole korg. czech more tunes at www.myspace.com/electronicmess"

Oxygene 8 - Jarre cover

YouTube via synthyaro.
"My interpretation of Oxygene 8 composed by the king of electronic music J.M.Jarre in 1997. I dedicate this song to my YouTube friends. Thanks for your support! Special thanks to Daichi for creating Synth1."
Synth1 is one of the best soft synths out there, although the developer is Ichiro Toda. You can find it here. I'm not sure if Daichi is the same person and if the Synth1 referred here is the same. Also note the screen shots towards the end of the video are of Superwave P8, a JP-8000 clone which is pretty decent as well.

Souvenir of China - Jarre cover

YouTube via synthyaro. via Nusonica.
"This is the first song I've recorded with my new synthesizer Korg R3. All the sounds except the drums come from R3. I'm playing the factory preset 'E-2 Warm Pad'. The strings part I recorded later with factory preset 'E-1 Strings'."