Hammond Condor GSM

images via this auction

"This is the Condor synthesizer made by Hammond in the early 70's. It has slider controls for vibrato. Intensity and rate, treble, bass sensitivity, tone and volume. It also has organ type switches for repeat, attack ,tremolo/ vibrato, sub-octave, dynamute, fuzz, oboe, sitar, natural amplify, sopano sax, tuba, oboe, english horn, cello, clarinet and a few others. There is an e tuner control, a switch for mono and stereo and a silver bar, push all controls return to normal! There are also some adjustments on the bottom of the synth."

This model was used by Jimi Hendrix and Kraftwerk according to the auction.

Jacques Singing Geisha

images via this auction

"rare Jacques Singing Geisha Synth Siren Wah. Only 150 of these were ever produced and distributed. This is an unusual multi-effect pedal that can be used as either a straight wah, or with a combination of great effects. The pedal actually contains a synth chip that incorporates wacked-out sci-fi madness. It also features a " Sing " feature, which to me sounds similar to the siren effects of some 1970's era pedals. This device works on either a 9volt battery, or can also be powered with a Boss Type connector for powered pedalboards."

Tapewarm Modular

via daddio of Tapewarm.

A few more images:
close up
0 rear 1
0 rear 2

And a noodle:

"first thirty seconds, exp. fm input at about ~8:00
second thirty seconds, exp. fm input increased gradually to full
last thirty seconds, back to ~8:00
patch:
SoC (top row) modules triggered by lfo (second row)
0 triggered by SoC, fm input from an LFO
4 outputs of 0 (colored cables, sine triangle and two ramps) sent to VC mixer (bottom) controlled by Morph controller (bottom) so each waveform alternately takes prominence over time in the mix."

KBH & Monome & iPod Touch - akaRemote demo

YouTube via djcylob. via Wiingo Shackleford in the comments of the previous post.
"This video shows my DJ application, Kombine BeatHarvester, being controlled by a Monome 128 and an iPod Touch running akaRemote. These devices send Open Sound Control messages back to KBH (which has been made in SuperCollider). The following features are demonstrated: track browsing and selection, deck loading, random access, reverse, looping, skipping, granular fx, frequency shifting, filter, stuttering, repeating, delay, comb delay. The crossfader and mixing of tracks is not shown here, maybe another time!"
Update: If you are in London this Saturday, March 1st, you can catch this live at:
SuPlex at the Korsan Bar, 161-165 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AL.
more info at: http://www.plexlondon.net/

iBand

YouTube via HirnW

Sent my way via brian c. You can see a write up on Wired here.

"The first iPhone band. More songs to come. www.iband.at"
That would be Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS.

Doepfer A-105 SSM filter Kick Drum

VAC has a mini review up on the Doepfer A-105 with a sample. You can find it here.

Studio Shot

This one via Mike

Spot the synths

Roland Juno-106 synth - unison mode

YouTube via hamsterdunce aka dave of http://umop.com/ (The Packrat, RTB and Parallax). He also did the graphics for a number of Metasonix products including their new amp. :)
"This synth dates all the way back to 1984, as does my inner adolescent as I attempt to explain the very first trick I ever learned on a synthesizer: How to enter unison, or monophonic (solo) mode. My synth sounds like crap in this mode. Maybe yours sounds better? Watch and pretend that learning is fun!"

Update via Tratt in the comments: "I recently had some time to fiddle around and have compiled a proof-of-concept firmware with unison detune spread, see http://nydell.se/projects/j106 for more info. Give it a couple of months and I'll hopefully have a more complete J106 update."

Ableton Operator Tutorial

YouTube via mechanicalchris3
"A simply yet clear tutorial on some practical applications for a seemingly remedial instrument."

Waldorf Q synthesizer sound demo

YouTube via kay396ss
"Waldorf Q factory sound patches demo. Triggered by Logic 7, with t.c.electronic M-ONE XL reverb."