genoQs at the Musikmesse

via genoQs Machines
"we are delighted to announce that we will be present at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, on Friday and Saturday, the 14th and 15th of March, 2008.

Most of all, we would like to take this opportunity to meet you in person, should you plan to be there, present you Octopus in person, and possibly reveal to you the one or other secret..

We will be located in the "Synthesizer-Welt" area: Hall 5.1 / B66, and much looking forward for you to drop by. See you in Frankfurt next week!"

Cwejman Review on The Stretta Procedure

click here for the full review.
"This is a somewhat lengthy preamble to deep love of Cwejman modules. To be clear, I own a nice mix of modules from a variety manufacturers. I always enjoyed using my modular, but there was a quality of unpredictability that was endearing in some situations, but somewhat annoying in others. So, sometime in the last six months I picked up a used Cwejman VCO-2RM. It was a revelation. Here was a precision that I have not experienced before in this format. This module does exactly what you ask it to do without giving a few suggestions of its own."

Jean Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman in England

click here for more pics of the show.


Roland JP-8000
Roland Juno-6
MOOG The Rogue

Yamaha CS-60 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

YouTube via bigcitymusic. The little brother of the CS80, the CS60.
"Here is a Yamaha CS-60 that we have had in storage since around 1996. It is in exceptional condition. These are normally fairly beat up because of their size and weight. Our friend Duron Kochli is playing it."

Swamp Thang

SwampThang.mp3

Bass - Doepfer modular ;-) (from an Allen Strange patch)
Perc - ESX1
Noises - KP2->KP3
the Mobius is clocking the beats

via daddio of Tapewarm

Electro Harmonix Clap Track Demo

You can find it here.

Me playing Visage "Fade to Grey"

YouTube via DX5
"As requested, Fade to Grey. There are some mistakes, but if everything were right, I would be Billy Currie :D.
Above: Roland JX8P
Mid: Roland D10
Below: Yamaha DX7 II FD
Backtape running on Pro Tools"

Practical Electronics Sound Synthesizer and the Minisonic

There is a current thread on the SDIY list regarding who has the oldest DIY synth. You might remember Jim Patchell's 1978 DIY modular.

Geoff built the Sound Synthesizer designed by G.D. Shaw featured in Practical Electronics.

"I built the Practical Electronics Sound Synthesiser featured in the February 1973 issue of the magazine. I think it was the first DIY Synth to be published in the UK. For those who have never seen this, the designers page is here (Shaw's Corner), click on 'New Stuff v Old Hat' and scroll down to the front cover of the magazine"

From the site:
"An interest in the physics of sound meant that 1972 saw the design of a Sound Synthesiser. The prototype instrument is shown on the far left. Practical Electronics agreed to publish the design providing that it was made in modular form and equipped with a keyboard. The resulting instrument is shown on the front cover of PE for February 1973 and the series ran for a total of thirteen months."

Be sure to check out the Practical link below for more. Also check out this site.

Update via McKansas in the comments:
"Hi. I also built the 1973 Practical Electronics synth . Added the VCF that was published later. It had a sample and hold module that is still unrivalled. There were two simple but incredibly useful differential inverter/non-inverter/mixer amps. The ramp generators are very interesting eg: one ramp through the non-inverting and the other ramp output to the inverting input- this result to osc or filter. All my modules still work. This was a well thought out design. It was of course intended as a 'sound workshop' rather than a keyboard synth. The only glaring omission was the VCF. ... also had a great Ring Modulator..and voltage controlled stereo output amps."

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

via this auction

ARP Quadra

via this auction