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Casio VL-80 Vintage Calculator Synth W/ Vibrato VL-1 VL Tone

YouTube via electricinsect1. via Nusonica.

"After the Casio VL-1, this is by far the best Keyboard/Calculator, hands down. Such a unique little creature. It actually has a real time sequencer for recording and playback. A built in vibrato and 2 full octaves. Fairly loud for its size. Just like any VL, it also has built in melodies, tempo up / down and one key / auto play functions. Very impresive and very rare. A must have for any Calculator or Casio collector. Or if your like me and have a sicknes for unique vintage gear, toys, or what my parents always called......CRAP!"

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CASIO MT-400v & GE TOTE A TUNE Analog Synthesizer - Orgatron

"The TOTE A TUNE is a real unique and warm sounding toy. I recommend this to anyone who likes that FARFISA / VOX / ACETONE sound. Of course, Its a joke to really compare these to compact organs. But made in 1971, I dont think you will be dissapointed with its tone. Also, the CASIO or CASIOTONE MT-400v filter is no way comparable to MOOG, ARP, KORG, ROLAND, ect. but it is nice to have around as a something different. The filter and white noise will please you if you keep this in mind. Was also realesed as the GTR Orgatron. Same thing, Different color."

Welson Syntex, che suono!!!

YouTube via celestinocamicia. via Nusonica.

"Here is a demo (and a long one too) of a Welson Syntex (not to be confused with the Elka Synthex), Italian-made analog monosynth from 1977 that I bought yesterday in a junk shop in Viterbo, Italy, for 25 euros. What a sound! It can deliver some squelchy basses that give 303's a run for their money...and not only that! But, being it my first "real" (not VST-emulated :-)) analog synth, there's still a lot more things to discover. Enjoy!"

JUNO 60 + SH 101 + TR 606 + JSQ 60

YouTube via magevers.
"JUNO 60 arpeggio solo triggerd with the JSQ 60 and the TR 606. The JSQ 60 sequencer triggerd the juno and the TR 606, and the TR 606 triggerd the sequencer of the SH 101 and also the arpeggio clock of the juno"

Profondo rosso (Goblin)

YouTube via aemmezero. Ensoniq ESQ1 and Roland TR-505. What's going on with the ESQ1 display about 4:45 into it? Check out the S900 Steelphone in the background and do not miss these videos.

Pixilang - pixel oriented programming language

"Pixilang is a simple programming language for small graphics/sound applications. Created by Alex Zolotov (NightRadio) and Mik Razuvaev (Goglus) for non-programmers, demosceners and designers. Pixilang programs keeps in a TXT-files, so you can edit it in any text-editor. Pixilang interpreter works on different operation systems (Windows, Linux, PalmOS) and distibuting under GNU GPL license."

Main features:
* easy syntax and small amount of commands;
* universal containers (pixi) using for text/gfx storage;
* pixel graphics describing in a source TXT-files directly (using ASCII symbols);
* transparency (simple and with alpha-channel);
* simple commands for rotation and resize;
* no floating point math operations - only 32bit integers are using;
* playing music in MOD and XM formats (using PsyTexx engine);
* functions for sound synthesis;
* loading GIF (animated) and JPG file formats;
* realtime export to GIF;

via Alex:
"I'm author of the Pixilang - simple pixel-oriented programming language for graphics and sound applications. In the new release 1.2 i implemented new features for sound synthesis. It's simple, but good for some sound-experiments or lo-fi things."

click here for more info.

F_AM03 - Attenuverting Mixer

flickr by fonik2000 (click for more)

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www.modular.fonik.de

Modualr Synth DIY matthias[fonik]herrmann

KORG MS20

images via this auction, via bryan.

Zyklus Mps MIDI Performance System (Sequencer) Manual

This is a follow up to this post where you can watch a video of the Zyklus MIDI Performance System.

dlmorley posted a link to a pdf of the manual on the Matrixsynth Forum. Click here to download it.