Phils serge knobs

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"serge knobs on eurorack"

Polly...

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MOOG Little Phatty
JoMoX XBase09
Roland SH-101
Future Retro Mobius

Blue LEDs

Sounds vom Synthesizer

via swissdoc:
"'Sounds vom Synthesizer' was a radio show from the German station HR3 (Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt). It was aired every two weeks from January 1983 to December 1986. The show was moderated first by Volkmar Krammarz and later by Rainer Sauer.

The show presented music made with synthesizers, run interviews with artists in the studio in Frankfurt (i.e. Propaganda, Klaus Schulze, Jean-Michel Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Howard Jones, Michael Rother, Ash Ra Tempel, Kraftwerk, Art of Noise or Spliff to name a few).

In addition specials like the regular series 'Per Anhalter durch die Synthesizergeschichte' (The Hitchhiker's Guide to Synth History), 'We are Producers' or the 'Electronic Poll' (Reader Poll) have been part of the show.

Even synth tests or reports from Musikmesse FFM have been sent in the later shows, Equipment rangin from Kurzweil K250 to sampler cards for C64 or Apple ][.

Rainer Sauer is working these days for Radio Jena, where the old series is aired again every Saturday. Under the name 'Synthesizer Studio' it is available as a online stream from Webradio ZONO.

http://www.mynewradio.de/html/programm.html

Shows are sent in random order every night in the time from 00:00 to 04:00 MESZ (MESZ = UTC + 2h). Times are indicative, the timing is not really strict. There may be up to 3 shows during one night, but in some cases no show is sent.

The streaming URL (128 kbit mp3) is http://zono01.host01-he.comc.name:8000 [Open this one in a streaming player like Winamp AND read this full post for when to listen].

Later Rainer Sauer was organising from 1986 till 1989 the Frankfurter Synthesizertage titled 'White Waves', recording of live concerts are aired via Webradio ZONO as well under the same streaming URL later.

Text based on http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_vom_Synthesizer"

Audio Playground Synth and Drum Machines For Sale

You can find the full list of items here. pictured:
-Rare (Fricke) MFB-512 analog drum machine (more info on MFB)
-Rare Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 rev. 1 "There where only 183 ever made of the Revision one. It used the SSM chip set not the CEM chip set that the Revision 2 went to. It also used a now rare Koa-wood case (gorgeous) that also change with the revision 2 . The power switch is on the front panel also not like the later rev. 2 & 3."
http://www.keyboardmuseum.org/

RIP: Morgan Sparks, transistor inventor

via Boing Boing

"Stephanie Holinka of Sandia National Laboratories tells Boing Boing,

'We are sad to report the death of former Sandia Labs Director Morgan Sparks. He's best known as the Bell Labs researcher who invented the first practical transistor. His work made possible so many other inventions. Without transistors, one cannot begin to imagine personal computers, cell phones, DVD players and the many other electronic devices we rely on daily. His contributions are pretty humbling to mere English majors like me.'"

Report on his passing
Profile on PBS

Untitled

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"Hand-made cardboard model by Dan McPharlin. Produced for Esquire magazine. View the full set"

Hobnox Audiotool Tutorial

YouTube via Hobnox
"A tutorial video of the Hobnox Audiotool, showing users how to create beats with our flash recreations of vintage synthesizers."

A Long While

YouTube via FalgorOne
"disclaimer: (with the lyrics, you can sing karaoke! YEAH!)

Ok, first of all, don't take this *too* seriously, it's still just a synth ;).
What is serious about this all, is the long waiting that many have gone through.
And this song is dedicated to those people. What you are waiting *for* isn't so important in this case.


Long story short:
Kurzweil PC3(x) was supposed to first be released on summer 2007, but things developed so the estimated release date was pushed back many times. In my opinion, when I _now_ think about it, it was a good thing. The synthesizer got greater in that time of delay.

However, it was delayed many times and many people waited (and some are still waiting, like me) for their pre-orders a long time. Anyhow, now it has been released and many people have got it. It sounds awesome, from what I have heard of the user demos, and it sure seems it has been worth the wait ^_^.

The wait was very long and personally my order was delayed many times (now 3 months waiting time), and on the last time I decided I'd DO something about it (instead of just complaining ;), so I started writing this song about the whole waiting process and everything. In about 2 weeks, after working on it a bit almost every day, I got it finished.

I sang the vocals during the night between 11pm and 8am (Sat-Sun). I'm now actually happy it was delayed, since I got to write this song, and I would've been distracted from some important work had I got it sooner. So, at the end of the day, I am thankful :). It's all right.

Enjoy my high and tender singing ;)!
and be sure to check this baby out if you just can! I think you're gonna like what you hear ^_^!

And stay tuned for some videodemos!"

bC16 miniature patch synth PT.1

YouTube via ChimSyn

"first 3 mins of Chimera Synthesis bC16 in use. batteries are AAA not AA (as mentioned)"

Novation Super Bass Station

YouTube via phonstein
"The Super Bass Station is the successor of the legendary Novation Bass Station, which was used as MIDI keyboard in this recording, since the SBS was produced in rack format only.

I'm just playing around with some standard patches, because I'm thinking about selling the instrument - so please don't expect any synth wizardry. :)"