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Emu Emulator II Sampler

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And a MOOG Minimoog

MooCowMusic: Band

YouTube via MysteryAardvark. via Synthtopia.
"Record tunes on your iPhone or iPod Touch . For more information see- http://moocowmusic.com"
You can get MooCowMusic Guitarist here:

You can get MooCowMusic Pianist here:

You can get MooCowMusic Band here:

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"Chris Jenkins purses his lips around the Millioniser 2000, a harmonica type mouthpiece interfaced to a programmable analogue monosynth."

Update: video below via rock in the comments

video upload by millioniser2000

"Rock Erickson -The first American called to Europe to play and record with Walter Mueller's Millioniser 2000. Harmonica like in principal giving the end user complete control over synthesizer and midi functions with the sensitivity of your own breath. This instrument is a one of a kind powerhouse. The video starts off by showing the functions of Millioniser 2000 and then merges into the on stage video which was shot in London. Rick Fenn of "Lie For A Lie" Sony Music was the music director and lead guitarist along with Charlie Barret from The FIXX on bass. The Millioniser Breath Controller units that I'm currently using in the studio are breathing new life (literally) thru their capability to dynamically control some of the most popular software and rack synths ( Garritan Personal Orchestra, Roland Sound Canvas, Yamaha VL70 ect ) and samplers like SampleTank & Tascam Giga Studio ) in both the mono and polyphonic arena. If you have comments or questions please post here or email"

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.