Dave's Dilema

"Help Dave find a synth for his '80s band, with....

1) awesome sounds both new & vintage, including good organs and pianos
2) budget-minded, bare-bones... like an M3 with no unnecessary features
3) good live gigging interface, ease of patch change and assignable banks, etc.
4) joystick style bender preferred
5) it'd be for live use, it'd be cool if it had architecture set up to make changing sounds quick and easy."

He recently picked up the White VSynth here, but the sound character wasn't what he was looking for. If you have any recommendations, feel free to post in the comments or contact him directly via his site.

Boss SP-303

YouTube via drjackohollious. follow up to these videos.
"This is a little demo of the sp-303. I know that it is a little dated but there are very little differences between the 303 and the new 404. Just a demo so let me know what you think."

Jan Hammer & Fairlight CMI

Synthasy2000 | April 03, 2008


"Jan Hammer rocks out with his Fairlight and Yamaha KX5 remote keyboard on BBC Rock School series 2 from 1987"

Roland JD-800 + Juno-60 "sound collage"

YouTube via retrosound72

"synthesizer demo by RetroSound two classic synths by Roland, JD-800 and Juno-60 The Juno-60 plays in hold-mode and the JD-800 plays the typical JD-pads and glassy sounds."

Sherman Filterbank 2 w/ Elektron MachineDrum - Bird Calls

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's the MachineDrum again with more extreme filtering by the Sherman."

Sherman Filterbank 2 w/ Elektron Machinedrum

"Here's Mike Dobler tweaking this awesome filter. We're running various patterns from an Elektron MachineDrum. The knob at the top right is dry/wet."

Sherman Filterbank 2 Filter Tracking Bass

Sherman Filterbank 2 Filter Tracking Bass from RozzBox

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's a short one of the Rozzbox into the Sherman. Mike Dobler is using filter resonance to make a mean bass. The Sherman is tracking the incoming pitch. bigcitymusic.com"

Old Timey Rozzbox

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Still amazed. Thanks Randy. bigcitymusic.com"

Alesis Micron

YouTube via synthartist69

"Here is a quick video of the Micron I have listed on Ebay. Thanks for viewing my auction!" Not sure which one it is, so here's all of them: link

Oberheim OB-12 by syntezatory.prv.pl (2 of 2)

YouTube via Jexus.

Follow up to this post.

"2000 Oberheim OB12. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer."

Clavia Nord Micro Modular

images via this auction

Image of the packaging and power supply for anyone looking...