MATRIXSYNTH

Tangerine Dream 1977 tour programme (Stratosfear)

via Brian Kehew of The MOOG Cookbook.

click the image for a larger shot.

Update via Qwave in the comments: "notice the wrong spelling of PPG as "PBG"."

Update: see the comments for more discussion including questions on when this image was actually from.

Studio Shot

This one in via theglyph.

What is wrong with this photo?

polar 60 mashines maschinen

YouTube via horstneudorf

I normally don't put up posts on videos that disable embedding, but I'm curious if anyone out there knows what this one is. You can find the video here. I'm giving this one a DIY label for now. There's also an iPod sitting on the keyboard controller. If anyone knows more about this one, feel free to comment or shoot me an email.

Update: one more embeddable video via HorstNeudorf in the comments:

polar 60 schmidtbauer nowakowski
YouTube via horstneudorf

moog bode + ribbon controler (theremin effect)

YouTube via polyvoks
"how to emulate a theremin with a moog modular using a ribbon controler"

synth fingers

flickr by alex hornsby

ASM-1

Tom sent a link to some shots of his ASM-1 to the SDIY list. It's actually up for sale.

I asked him if I could back up the shots as you don't see much info on the ASM-1. He was kind enough to oblige and sent me another shot of the complete wiring and power supply. You can find the images here.
This ASM-1 includes stackable banana cables which allow you to patch multiple cables.

You can find the ASM-1 homepage here, but be sure to check out the label below for more as well.

FM Review of Waldorf Blofeld

via peterwendt:

"The UK magazine FutureMusic has a review and audio demos of the Waldorf Blofeld in the February issue. Here's the cover [click for a larger image]. There is a shorter version of the print review online at musicradar.com but the print version is a lot better."

Update via Qwave in the comments:
"Some strange thing happened to the Blofeld picture on the front page:
How to lid 4 LEDs like this?
It is not a normal mode. And not a hidden function.
So it is a little bit photoshopped ?"

Studio Synth Spotting

Studio shot from an anonymous reader. Spot the synths. I put a few labels up on the obvious.

Chamberlin Rhythmate Tape Loop Drum Machine

YouTube via peahix
"This is a quick demo of my Chamberlin Rhythmate. This was an early drum machine which played back tape loops. It's a predecessor of the Mellotron. A lever moves the tape head across 14 different tape loops, each of which has 3 tracks on it, for a total of 42 different drum loops. A sub-lever shifts the head across the tape to align it with one of the 3 loops. Sometimes it's hard to avoid crosstalk.

Samples of all the loops from this Rhythmate are available as bonus material on my Optigan/Orchestron/Talentmaker sample CD-Rom, which can be ordered here:

http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan.html

Here's a little infomercial i put together for the cd-rom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeUeME..." (previously posted here).