MATRIXSYNTH

OB8 Free run

YouTube via OB8rushes.
"Basic ARP patch for the OB8, free running with a little mod on the decay of the amp and filter envelopes."

One of my favorite blogs, Retro Thing, has a post up on the Casio DG-10 Synth Guitar.

"Like the multitude of keyboards before it, the Casio DG-10 is all plastic (strings included), has a rubber fretboard, multiple instrument sounds, and drum rhythms. The strings don't need tuning as the guitar works on an interesting principle. Pressing on the frets of the rubber keyboard is what selects the notes. Strumming controls the amplitude. It's actually a clever system as it side-steps the expensive and unreliable pitch-to-MIDI circuitry of the day, and it still lets you perform slides and taps just like on a real electric guitar." click here for the full article.

Oberheim Matrix-6R Manual

click here for a pdf of the Oberheim Matrix-6R Users Manual on www.synthesizer.at. Note that this one takes a bit to load, so don't click on it unless you really want it, and if you do, you might want to save it (right click save as). Marking this post with Matrix-6 as well for anyone looking for the manual.

tee betan-02EQ - Serge I/O

via Ross:

"a track using my Serge TKB and Livewire Dual Cyclotron as sequencer and 3 Serge Oscillators one Plan B Oscillator, Evil Twin etc"

click here for the track

ARP Avatar Modular Analog Synth Modified by CMS

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"Here we have a very special item. It started life as an ARP Avatar guitar synthesizer, which basically took an ARP Odyssey and grafted on a very ineffective guitar interface. Well, that genius Phil Cirocco of CMS gutted the guitar interface portion and added CV/Gate inputs and patch points in and out of virtually every function of the machine. You can make great sounds with this unit alone (hear the mp3 demo I made of 100% sounds from the instrument on auction), or you can pair it with an ARP 2600 or other compatible modular for additional functions.

The filter is Mr. Cirocco's own exquisite Moog clone, I believe based on the design which ARP was almost sued over, and which they then substituted with an inferior design of their own which most of the Odysseys have. I had Phil do one for me and one for a friend, probably 10 years ago. He also added a "turbo" mode the the ADSR envelope generator. The lowest row of jacks along the bottom are multiples."

If you are considering this one, read the details in full at the auction as always.

Klee Jamming

YouTube via synthdood.
"This is a test of the Electro-Music Klee sequencer. What you hear are three Thomas Henry XR2206 VCO's one CEM3320 filter, two MOTM EG's, one Thomas Henry VCA, a Thomas Henry UD1 drum voice, and a Ken Stone Cynare(which you can barely hear)"

SynthFesta2007OSAKA in Japan #02

YouTube via unyo303. Follow up to this post.

Roland PG200

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Minimax ASB

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"I used this synthesizer to create music and sound effects for a Disney multi-media project featuring a mad scientist and his lab. That project has been completed for a while and I hung onto this synth just because it was a lot of fun; rich warm voices that astonishingly faithfully emulate the original Minimoog. Totally, it has around 16 hours or less of use on it, and comes with it's adaptor and a PDF manual on a CD ROM. Here's what Creamware has to say: The Minimoog was a classic for reasons beyond just its sound. Everything was perfectly laid out so you could start playing right away, without having to browse through phonebook-like manuals, and even every accident sounded expressive and inspired. Minimax ASB will give you the same sensation. Quite simply, if you loved the Minimoog, you'll love the ASB. The original made by Moog was the role model for all subsequent synthesizeresizers, so you can experience a part of history through the Minimax ASB. Minimax ASB provides various enhancements, which didn't exist the Minimoog's time: keystroke dynamics, effects, memory for storage, and much more."

Waldorf MicroQ

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Product Description
The microQ's synthesis architecture and sound comes directly from the Waldorf Q Synthesizer and was packed into an nice 2 unit rack housing. Still the microQ is easy to program with its editing matrix (some users already may know a similar editing surface from the Waldorf Pulse Synthesizer). This allows you to edit nearly most of the sound engine parameters directly on the surface of this little beast without being in need of activating menus.

Not only the expensive sound of the Waldorf Q was implemented: also the powerful arpeggiator and the more than useful Drum Map can be found in the Waldorf microQ, too.

The Micro Q is not an analog synth, but it can emulate them very well. It is great for punchy analog bass, 303 lines, synth leads, trance pads, swirling effects, analog drums, percussion, beats, and lots more! It's worth a listen! Wonderful preset sounds, a challenge to program...bottom line is affordable, incredible sounds!

Features

* up to 25 voices, expandable up to 75 voices
* 16 part multi timbral
* 300 single programs
* 100 multi programs
* 20 drummaps
* 7 endless dials
* 16 buttons for editing
* 2 x 20 character display
* 6 analog outputs (3 stereo outs)
* 2 analog inputs (1 stereo in)
* MIDI In/Out/Thru
* color: classic blue

Per Voice:

* up to 5 Oscillators per voice
o Pulse with Pulse Width Modulation
o Sawtooth
o Triangle
o Sine
o 2 wavetables with 128 waves each and suboscillator per alt-wave
* Oscillator FM
* Noise generator
* Ring Modulator
* Mixer with Balance, each signal source (oscillator, noise, ringmod, external audio material) can be balanced individually between filter 1 and filter 2
* 2 Filters (serial and parallel routing switchable), different types, all including FM and distortion
o Low Pass (12dB/24dB)
o Band Pass (12dB/24dB)
o High Pass (12dB/24dB)
o Notch (12dB/24dB)
o Comb Filter (positive/negative feedback)
* Modulation Matrix with 16 slots, freely routable
* Pre-routed Modulation destinations, sources selectable
* modulation update frequency in audio range to allow the oscillators to be used as modulation sources
* 4 Modifiers
* Arpeggiator with user pattern, including accents, timing information, swing, glide, chords and more
* 3 LFOs up to audio range
* 4 envelopes, enhanced ADSR configuration with loop and one shot function, bipolar
* different trigger modes for each envelope, poly, mono, dual, unisono, manual trigger etc.
* 2 individual high-quality effects per single program, up to 5 effects in total in Multimode
* Effect Types:
o Reverb
o 2 x Surround Delay
o Chorus
o Flanger
o Phaser
o Distortion
o Delay
o 5 FX
o Vocoder with 25 bands
* and lots lots more...