PROTOTYPE MIXER CRAIG ANDERTON

This one is not actually a synth, but a vintage mixer by PAiA's Craig Anderton. You can find it here along with a number of other synth auctions from minime123. Although it is not a synth I decided to put it up because of the link to synth makers PAiA as well as it's design. Every now and then I will put up posts of non synth related gear from synth manufactures to reflect on some of the other projects they took the time out to work for. For me it's just an interesting bit of synth history.

Free Roland Samples on Ohdeo.com

G-Red wrote in to let me know he has started a site with free Roland Samples. The site is Ohdeo.com. It does require you to register to access the samples in a forum type site. I asked him why registration was required and he said it's to prevent other sites from linking directly to the samples without credit. Makes sense to me.

Synthesizer Surprise

Synthesizer Surprise from Liam Devowski on Vimeo.
Note this one is from the artist Devowski. You can see some previous posts featuring his work here and his official website here.

KORG MS20 Phone Conversation

via h. You can find the mp3 here.

EXTRAPOLE - Multimode for LP4P VCFs

"The project proposed here is an extension board to add 15 functions to the MOTM 440 VCF and more generaly to almost all 4 poles Low Pass VCFs with a similar topology ...

The idea of this extension come directly from the Oberheim Xpander/Matrix12 multi-function VCF schematic : the 4 poles of a classic low pass filter are mixed together with different coefficients to get multiple functions. The Multi-function VCF page contain math explanations and a copy of the original schematic, so i won't reproduce them here, just the list of the 16 VCFs functions as a reminder..."

click here for more info on Papareil Synth Labs. via Not Even Remotely Funny in the comments of this post.

KORG PSS-50 Programmable Super Section

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"Per literature, this has 48 built-in backing patterns including 4, 8, and 16-beat, as well as fusion, reggae, disco, ballad and many more. Is run by internal batteries or external AC power supply"

Update via ghost arcade in the comments: "god i love this machine. we used it on a track called mr. bossa suicide (with a lot of fx and other synths) but if you wanna hear it check - this link although this is a live version from 2001.. "

1974 MOOG Minimoog

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KORG MS10 with MIDI

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"unlike most others this one includes MIDI. The MIDI interface is internal to the unit. It is a synhouse.com MIDI Jack II which allows for instant operation of the synth without needing time to warm-up."

KORG MS20

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Akai AX-80

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"specifications:
Polyphony - 8 voices
Oscillators - 2 per voice + Sub Osc. (sawtooth or variable pulse width)
Filter - 8 VCFs (1 per voice)
VCA - 8 ADSRs (1 per voice)
LFO - 3 LFOs controlling OSC 1, OSC 2, VCF
Keyboard - 61 keys (velocity sensitive)
Memory - 96 patches (64 user, 32 preset)
Control - MIDI
Date Produced - 1984"