MATRIXSYNTH

Does Your Synth Have Whiskers?

"As I was working on my [Hammond] M-2 I had a good view of the tone wheel generator in bright lighting. I thought that the tone wheel generator chassis was dusty but instead it was covered in whiskers. Zinc whiskers are crystalline structures that grow in the shape of a thin hairs emerging outward from a zinc surface. Every metal surface of the tone wheel generator is covered."
More info including why here.

Prague Synthesizer Gathering

Remember these videos?
Both peteness and Tiracon wrote in with some more info.
via peteness:
"Thanks for adding my unpretentious YouTube videos from Prague. That was the meeting of czech/ slovak internet forum "Electrozone". Electrozone is interested in mixing, recording, FXs, synthesizers since 2002....... The biggest analog freak of us is Bodyia. See his site [Syntetizéry].

There was a first synth's meeting in Bratislava one year ago. Here is some pics from Prague a week ago."

via Tiracon:
"pictures from prague meeting:
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ezoneaudiopro.zip (cca 15MB)

And all known vids on youtube:

Links to the individual vids: V-synth, Oasys, Promars, Microwave, -"-, Wavestation, Moogy, SH-09

Update: one more via petenesss
eZone sraz březen 2008

Studiologic NUMA

I'm guessing this is a MIDI controller keyboard only. Not much info on the Studiologic site. According to juri on the Waldorf list the physical design (think appearance) was designed by Axel Hartmann who also designed the Blofeld's look.

Axel Harmann also designed the look for the MOOG Little Phatty, Alesis Andromeda an other synths. He also of course produced the Hartmann Neuron.

BTW, if you know what synths he worked on, feel free to list them out in the comments. It would be interesting to know them all.

Mochika

flickr by kernelslacker
(click for more images)

Mochika from Atomo Labs

Keio (Korg) Mini Pops Junior drum-box by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage drum machine demo by RetroSound

Keio Mini Pops Junior drum-box:
10 preset rhythm (Ballad, Cha Cha, Latin Beat, Rock 1, Polka, Waltz, Mambo, Bossa Nova, Rock 2, Fox Trot)

used by Trevor Horn (Buggles)"

Roland SH-2000

YouTube via tipetto. via Nusonica.

MOOG PRODIGY Analog Synthesizer sequenced by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound
- first test of the new CV/Gate connections with my Prodigy

The Prodigy is triggered by the SCI Pro-One arpeggiator and internal sequencer with different settings.

drums: Roland TR-606"

One man band plays Tetris Theme

YouTube via d0pefish. Yamaha DX100 on Bass.

Korg X-911 Guitar Synthesizer

video upload by buchla300

"Just a demo of my latest purchase!

A funky little Korg X-911. Tracks quite well. Just fooling around on the Video. May modify this to be a little modular as actually there is a lot of stuff in this little box according to this site http://home.swipnet.se/~w-49485/x911.htm"