SEQU Sequencer

via zthee on this electro-music.com thread where you can find more.

"It's a sequencer based on the Seku by Mauno Tuominen (link).

The whole thing started of as an idea to build a simple gate sequencer using only CMOS. I thought that by using just 2 4017 and some logic I could get it all to work. But after some trial and error - that just resulted in failure. I gave it up.. (The basic problem was that I never got it to reset at the right step. It was either to early or to late..) ..and decided to build the Seku instead.

I'm not sure I'm gonna get it all to work. But the LEDs light up fine (except for LED 6 and 16 which I have the wrong way around..). I'm gonna try the CV portion out tomorrow, and I hope I'm able to finish the gates aswell."

Roland System 100m Synth Pron

click here for more shots on sys100m.org.

via perterwendt

New Blofeld Firmware v1.02 and Soundset

via Wolfram Franke on the Waldorf list:

"we just released V1.02 of the Blofeld Firmware. It addresses the bugs you've reported. Here's the excerpt from the changelog:

V1.02 Hotfix 080225
-----------------------
This version is a hotfix addressing bugs reported by our users.

Improvements:
* Increased Output Volume by 12dB.
* Fixed spurious problems with Sound selection when Category Filters
are used.
* Fixed storage problems of received sound dumps which showed "Init"
or "Init!" sounds.
* Fixed further spurious occurences of "Init" or "Init!" sounds.
* Improved voice allocation with Unisono sounds.

Known issues:
* Changing sound volumes during playback over MIDI might result in
loud sounds for held notes. New notes are played with the correct
volume. This happens with sounds that use additional volume modulation
i.e. by Velocity.
* Booting the Blofeld might result in a freeze when USB is connected and a
sequencer application (i.e. Logic 7 or 8) is open. Logic, for example,
sends certain MIDI messages to a new MIDI Port as soon as it appears.


You can find the Firmware Update through our News pages:
English:
http://waldorfmusic.de/en/news
German:
http://waldorfmusic.de/de/news
or here:
http://waldorfmusic.de/de/archiv?relPath=/blofeld/system
Soundset:
http://waldorfmusic.de/en/archive?relPath=/blofeld/sounds

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 ?"