The Digisound 80 Modular Synthesizer - Synth Scans via Neil Vance

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You can find the set of scans this is part of here. Cocteau Twins fans might want to click through.

FLAME Clockwork: review pt.1

You can find the full review on Noise Source.

"I'm not a musician, I'm a drummer (ha, beat you all to it), and as such I tend to instinctually think in measurements of time rather than notes, chords, scales, what-have-you. A lot of my modular programming is based on creating intricate time driven triggers that fire off in interesting patterns to make up what eventually spills out of the VCAs and into Logic. This piece of gear has made that endeavor much more playable (and in sync to boot!) letting me quickly try out different rhythmic mixtures and variations without a lot of re-setting and re-patching. Everyone will use a particular module or unit in their own way eventually, I'm not saying my way is the best, I'm only going to tell you how I've started using it myself and take from it what you will."

Bent Fest 2008 Minneapolis Round Up Pt 1.

on GetLoFi

Peter Vogel's Fairlight Audio Archives

"Here is a collection of audio material including Fairlight demos, radio interviews and CMI pieces from the eighties. There are even a couple of recordings from the Fairlight CMI's predecessor, the Qasar M8, designed by Tony Furse. The M8 did not use sampling, the sounds were generated by additive Fourier synthesis."

via DVDBorn and Failed Muso.

Prophet64

A couple videos via this auction.

Prophet64

YouTube via jackusfatus

Prophet 64: Sequencer Demo Song

YouTube via skrenos
"This is the Prophet 64 cartridge running on a Commodore 64c with dual SIDs. SID1 is a 8580 and SID2 is a 6581R2. I have lowered the frame rate to 1 FPS as the audio is the most important part.

This is just to show you what kind of sounds you can get out of the Commodore 64 with the P64 program."

Tropical Dudes

http://www.tropicaldudes.com/

Spot the Synths (do not click the above link until you are ready for the answers) as...

"The inside of the case has an accompanying labeled line drawing of the photo ala the Herbie Hancock Sunlight album. It further breaks down specifically which synths are used on each song... as every synth pictured was utilized. Album is physically released on 4/29/08, and available on iTunes on 5/6/08."

The Virtual Rheem Kee Bass

This is actually a follow-up to the previous post. I took a look at the online virtual instruments on keyboardmuseum.org's (Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum) Virtual Playground and saw the Rheem Kee Bass. I hadn't played with it before, so I thought I'd take a look. What I was presented with is the image on the left with functional keys. The switches in the image do not work, however there is a switch above the image that lets you chose between Mellow and Fuzz mode. It should give you an idea of what the Rheem Kee Bass can sound like. Be sure to check out the rest of the Virtual Playground while there. You will find a ton of classic drum machines and more.

The Sounds of EML Synthesizers

Click here for the Virtual EML Sound Sheet. You can find more Sound Sheets on the Audio Playground Synthesizer Museum. Below are some direct links to the interactive content on keyboardmuseum.org.

Virtual Sound Sheets
Virtual Teaching Tools
Virtual Drum Machines and Keyboards (includes the Rheem Kee Bass and more)

SOLINA MIDIKIT

It appears this kit is no longer available, however, you can find images and steps on installing it here, if you are interested in the process.

JEN SX2000

images via this auction

"* Polyphony - Monophonic
* Oscillators - One VCO (sawtooth, square, 2 rectangular waveforms); 4-octave range (32', 16', 8', 4')
* LFO - Square or triangle waveforms; intensity and speed; can modulate VCO or VCF
* Filter - 1 VCF Filter with cut-off, emphasis; 3 preset envelope settings: Repeat, ASR, and AD.
* VCA - 3 preset envelope settings: Repeat, ASR, and AD
* Keyboard - 44 keys"