Buchla 259 and 261e - Old Meets New

via REWire

"Here's a Pic of my 259 and 261e side by side,. Amazing how a 30+ year old and new oscs look so alike and new. Sound? Sort of similar when both with no harmonics."

Update: see this new post for audio comparisons.

The Harvestman Polivoks Filter Demo

via REwire:

"I picked this up at Analogue Haven Friday while orders were flying off their printers for this. This is one screaming filter and a great addition to my collection of the meanest filters ever along with the Livewire Frequensteiner and Plan-B Model 11. This 1:50 mp3 demo has just two Sawtooth waves going into the filter with plenty of modulation of the VCF. The last patch in the demo is the Bandpass output being used as a CV source to the VCF. Beware, this one's loud and ear shattering."

Demo mp3

Rusty Nails Episode 3 - Akai S20 Sampler

YouTube via mrvidiot.
"Learn all about the vintage S20 Phrase Sampler from Akai."

Autopilot

YouTube via loonytunes1234. Ensoniq TS10.
"My New Rig On Autopilot Playing Part Of One Of My New Songs"

Alaska

YouTube via loonytunes1234. Ensoniq TS10.
"Off the cuff cover of the intro to Alaska by UK"

Yamaha DX7 with Wood Case

via dead billy. Click on the image for the full size shot.

malgorkatobug808

YouTube via prophei. Anyone know more about the colorful DIY looking modules?

keybdwizrd - Photons

YouTube via keybdwizrd

"Electronic music. Drums - Korg Micro X. Repeating synth patterns: Korg Electribe EMX-1. Bass: Moog LP. Leads: Virus TI Polar."

MAQ 16/3+Pulse+Doepfer+DAlek

MAQ 16/3+Pulse+Doepfer+DAlek+2

YouTube via DavideModu.

Yamaha DX21

images via this auction
"First introduced in 1985, the DX-21 is the "little brother" to the famous DX-7 workhorse (which was heard on many of the big hits of the 80's and 90's) and part of the DX family that also included the DX-27 and DX-100. The DX-21 utilizes "FM Synthesis" to create its sounds and this model has four separate "operators" or parameters which can be adjusted to create the final patch.

The DX-21 has a 61 note keyboard, 128 presets, 32 RAM voices and three play modes: Single, Split (keyboard split in 2 parts) and Dual (2 voices mixed). Programming your own sounds is pretty simple once you get the feel for FM-synthesis and the unit also features MIDI (in, out, through), a cassette interface and connections for pedals (portamento, sustain, volume), breath controller and a headphone jack.

An owners manual can be downloaded here.