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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Yamaha CS80

images via this auction via Joshua
"I am the second owner. I bought it years ago from a Las Vegas musician who had not used it professionally for some time, although it had pride of place in his living room. SN is 1373. For those of you who are interested, that means that the boards are the later ones with the tuning modifIcation to make it more stable. Also included are the manual,the music stand inside the tolex top cover, spare parts, including key mechanisms and at least one circuit board, pedals, and a spare power supply ( the label on the box the spare PS came in is worth the price IMO and BTW the addresses are old ones for both parties). I do not know whether the pedals and the spare parts are functional ( spare parts are rumoured to have come from a cs80 once owned by Toto-although this could be a drawback for certain folks , I suppose) . I have recently tested all functions and every electronic function works, including polyaftertouch, except that some of the lamps on the preset buttons that light up to show which preset is operating have burned out- however the buttons still work. This Cs80 has one modification, a useful one I believe, As you probably know if you've read this far, Cs80s were notorious for generating heat that made the tuning go bad. They were also quite heavy. The original owner simply made the rather heavy power supply EXTERNAL- this cuts down on the weight of the unit. It is housed in a red toolbox (visible in one of the pics). The unit is ( a little) lighter and the tuning is quite stable. Cosmetically, the tolex is in good shape and the wood is well represented in the pictures."

Portishead-Machine Gun-Later...April,2008


YouTube via chrisf242. via billy. Spot the synths.
"Portishead performing 'Machine Gun' live on Later...18/4/08"

VICMOD JAM

via Ross:
"Here are some sounds and photos of our recent VICMOD meet. This time it was an improv session, 2 members were soldering while we recorded and joined in after their modules were finished :-)

For interested people
Ross Healy - EMS Synthi AKS, Bugbrand Postcard Weevil.
Simon Birds - DS Desktop Evolver, Electro Harmonix 2880, boxes.
Brett Maddaford - FR-777 Monophonic Synthesizer.
Graeme Trott - Wacky Sound Generator, DIY Euro Modular Toby - MS2000 Scott Baker - DIY Euro Modular Gerrard Jenner - Nintendo DS . Nord Micro modular.
Mel - soldering iron, camera

Photos
Sound (look for the STE tracks)"

You can find all VICMOD posts here. Remember, search is your friend.
You can find the search box for MATRIXSYNTH on the top left of the site.

Pro One J-Wire Keyboard

Two shots of the Sequential Circuits Pro-One J-Wire keyboard sent my way via Gregor. Be sure to click on them for the full size shots. This is currently up for auction here.

noisesource

MATRIXSYNTH reader noisesource wrote in to let me know he has started a new blog. You can find it here.

Eurorack modular synth self generating patch, tweaked.

YouTube via noisesource
"noisesource.blogspot.com video 4-22-08: a simple self generating patch with minor tweaks along the way."

plastique

flickr by Aaron Kraten

full size

EMS Synthi

FiveG


flickr by xybo
(click for more)

dee_beamz

flickr by believekevin

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KORG Kaoscillator Easter Egg

via TrondC on VSE:
"yup, you heard me Smile got this tip on the "kaossimilation" facebook-group, and thought I'd share

the trick:
press and hold down the Tap/BMP and the Loop Rec/Play as you turn the kaossilator on, and "dly" will appear on the little screen. release the buttons and it turns on like normal. then, set the loop length, and you will see there is now a 16 bar mode Smile a very fun feature, but for some reson there's no counter when you record anymore, which means you'll need to listen carefully to follow the loop length. Also, it won't let you overdub if you release the rec button, probably the feature takes up all of it's memory..

anyway, thought this was a fun thing to share, to breathe new life into your kaossilators"

EMS Synthi AKS #2 Quick Demo


YouTube via 123synthland. via AnalogSuicide
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