AvrX

Remember AvrX going open source?

altemark found some pictures and sound examples posted by troy sheets on the avrx.se forum.

sixcylinder teaser

YouTube via robotpickle. "wierd machine #72"
DaevlMakr daevl.sixcylinder. You can find more info and more daevl plugs here.

Girl Talk - Mike Holme (Moog Synth)

YouTube via michaeljholme.

SUZUKI WARAKU

Remember the Waraku? It looks like one's up for auction. images via this auction. See the previous post or the auction for the description.

Computone Lyricon Vintage Wind Synth Driver

images via this auction

FAEMI-1M

images via this auction

"Faemi -1M it is fully polyphonic synthesizer (made at the same Kachkanar radio factory as the great Polivoks synth) and has a 4-octave (F-E - Fa-Mi, hence the name FAeMI) keyboard, 1 VCO, 1 LFO, 1 VCF with ADSR envelope and 1 VCA. The control panel is divided into four main sections. The first is for the oscillator, with controls for decay, tuning and glissando. The second section is subdivided into two parts. The first subsection is called "timbre" - this is essentially the waveshape-control section - with knobs labelled piano, strings, clavesin and brass. The second subsection is called "vibrato": this controls the LFO, and has knobs for frequency, depth and delay. The third and biggest section is the "filter" section, with knobs to define the ADSR envelope as well as controlling cutoff frequency, resonance and modulation.

There is also an interesting little red button in this section which toggles between "brass" and "filter" - that is, when it is depressed, the signal from the VCO is processed through the filter, but when unpressed the signal goes straight to the VCA. The last section is the VCA control, and this has only a knob for volume.

Knob names in English

You can find samples on the excellent Ruskeys.net

Oberheim Xpander

images via this auction

MOOG 16 Channel Vocoder

images via this auction via derma_tek on the forum.

SERIAL No. MBVO 1084

Roland TR-808 Modded by Robin Whittle

images via this auction, via Gustavo.
"Robin Whittle modifications / extra features :
1. In addition to the original memory, two banks of 10 memory units
(ie. 20 times the original memory).
2. 4 levels of volume accent (rather than the original 2) each one with volume control giving you much more dynamic feel. There are LED's that flash during playback to indicate what accents apply to each beat.
3. Individual tone control for both the toms and the hand clap. This means you can vary the toms from being a dull thump to a sharp crackle.
4. Three phono jack sound inputs to replace the sound generators for the toms, white noise and the cymbals. The drum settings for these channels act as a gate for the input sound so for instance, you could feed in another sound such as a sound effect, musical chord or voices and program the 808 instrument to gate that incoming sound. There is some post filtering so the input sound takes on some of the drum's original character.
5. 3 x trim pots for adjusting the pitch of toms, white noise and cymbals.
6. Multipin input for a touch sensitive drum pad set to drive the 808's sounds manually. (pads not included).
6. Individual damper switches for the three toms - left = short, right = long.
7. Soft reset button - resets the computer without the need to power the whole machine down.
8. Two more toggle switches that I can't remember the function for.
Though there was no instruction manual for the Robin Whittle mods, I have prepared some illustrated notes to help you get the most out of this 808.

It is otherwise as manufactured, and has not been MIDI retrofitted. If you wanted this feature, I believe it can be done reasonably easily and I found this URL for an 808 MIDI retrofit that looks very well priced ... and also another one in England."

Namm Show Analog Synths - Analogue Haven

YouTube via ellewebb.
"The giant collection of synths at Analogue Haven at the 2007 NAMM Show." Note this is 2007, not 2008. Winder NAMM 2008 starts this Thursday, January 17. If you are going, be sure to drop by the Analogue Haven booth. There will be a tiny MATRIXSYNTH presence, or should I say "present," there. And when I say tiny, I do mean tiny. : ) Seriously, nothing big, but if you are a fan of the site, drop by the booth and ask.