DeadZone Music Studio in 12/2007

flickr by DeadZone

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Spot the synths

If you give up, click the DeadZone link above for the image with mouse overs for each instrument.

CS-15 inside

flickr by altemark

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Moog Taurus Mk1 analog bass pedals synthesizer "RetroSound"

YouTube via retrosound72
"preset demo of the Moog Taurus Mk1

- Taurus (long decay)
- Bass (short decay)
- Tuba (only one oscillator)
- Variable (variable settings)

"I really believe that you've not heard 'deep' bass until you've heard the Taurus in full flight. I have no measurements to illustrate the frequencies that the Taurus reaches, but these kind of sub-sonics are beyond the scope of any digital synth that I've come across, and even put a lot of good analogue ones to shame." (Published in SOS June 1995)

more info and pics: www.retrosound.de"

Micro Synthesizer Demo

YouTube via ehpedals.
"Analog Synth for Guitar and Bass
From the classic vintage sounds of the great early Moog synthesizer to wild custom creations, the Micro Synthesizer creates fat analog synth sounds heard on recordings by everyone from George Clinton to the Police. The compact ten-slider layout lets the sonically adventurous guitarist dial a virtually limitless array of analog synthesizer sound."

Roland SH-1000 Synthesizer

YouTube via kawregis
Looks like this one is up for auction. Images saved here.

Moog Minimoog + Logan String Melody 2 by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72
"short demo track by RetroSound

bassline: Moog Minimoog
strings: Logan String Melody 2
drums: Roland TR-707

hand-played, no external effects

more info: www.retrosound.de"

Doepfer MS-404 midi mono synthesizer

YouTube via jkselsyn.
"This Doepfer MS-404 mono-synth is being played by an SND SAM-16"

Mame + sound card + oscilloscope = star wars arcade game

flickr by Moose2000

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I wonder what it sounds like.

Update: video of it below. via Zamise in the comments.


oscilloscope star wars


video upload by Oscilloroids

via Scott in the comments.

The Bob Moog Foundation's Flickr Set

I just saw a link to the set on fotosis. I subscribe to a number of synth related tags on flickr and when something catches my eye, I put it up. Apparently The Bob Moog Foundation flickr shots are not being tagged, at least not with the tags I subscribe to, so I completely missed them. Now I am subscribed to the set. You can find the set here.

Pictured here is Chris Swanson. You can read a little more about him on Bob Moog's personal site.

"The first Moog concert featured two jazz composers, Herb Deutsch and Chris Swanson, and their quartets. The instrumentation was entirely electronic, employing polyphonic, bass, and percussion synthesizers, and an electronic piano. The output of each instrument was fed to a separate, large Bozak CM-109 speaker system. The output of these units was in turn picked up by a microphone and fed to the Museum's sound reinforcement system, consisting of several compact acoustic - suspension systems hung along the Fifty-Fourth Street wall of the Sculpture Garden. No prerecorded tapes were employed. Every sound produced was created on the spot, and though this was composed music that had been carefully rehearsed, there were ample breaks in both composers' work for prolonged improvisation."

The Bob Moog Foundation

Korg EX-800

flickr by Ricardipus.

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"The polyphonic "synthe" module again, showing some of the panel graphics describing various parameters available for tweaking.

It's very 80's sounding, but I love it. The module (keyboard-less) version of the Poly-800 keyboard, with an added sequencer (lower right)."