Synthesizers.com Noise generated sef-running patch

YouTube via angelometz
"I'm inputing white noise from a korg ms-10 into the sample and hold. The output from S/H goes to 2 oscilators. Gate from S/H goes to both EGs. One EG controls VCA, the other controls the filter. LF pulse modulates one of the oscilators."

Fulltone GT-500 Processing Minimoog Voyager

YouTube via bigcitymusic. follow-up to this post.
"Distortion Shootout Part 2
Here's is the Fulltone GT-500 Distortion / Boost pedal. The background beat is an Elektron Machinedrum sequenced by a Yamaha Motif.
http://www.bigcitymusic.com"

Yamaha CS15

images via this auction
"2 Genuine VCOs
1 Wicked fast LFO with Sample & Hold (Awesome!)
2 Multi-mode fliters
2 VCA's
2 Envelopes with modular like routing options
Glide (Separate oscillator values)
Brilliance Slider (Opens the filter for expression)
Portamento
CV & Triggers in and out
External input
Includes the original manual and specifications sheet."

Update: this is also listed on VSE. Both in florida. Could be the same person, could not. Potential scam alert via jesbproster in the comments.

Roland JX-3P

images via this auction

"Polyphony - 6 voices Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice Memory - 32 preset, 32 user Filter - Resonant Low pass Effects - Chorus Arpeg/Seq - Simple Sequencer Keyboard - 61 keys Control - MIDI (no velocity except with a special ROM upgrade). Date Produced - 1983."

Anyone know about the ROM upgrade? There is reference to one for the MKS30 rack version here (via this post), but no mention of the JX-3P and no mention of velocity.

Update via haricots in the comments: "Here's the JX-3P mod"

Update via nebula in the comments: "Actually that's probably not what he's talking about. A firmware upgrade was available from Roland that allows you to power up the JX-3P holding down the "7" button. Its own keyboard doesn't work, but it becomes a velocity sensitive MIDI module. Velocity is only routed to volume.

With the same mod, pressing "1" or "2" during startup gives you Roland's traditional "Poly 1" or "Poly 2" modes, including a little lightshow on the first 6 LEDs (Six-Trak style) to show you which voice is playing."

Deborah Gibson's Oberheim OB-Xa

via this auction

Update: scam alert in the comments of this post.

Happy Knobbing 2008 Modular Meeting Videos

You can find a link to a 170M video of the event on sequencer.de here and a 70M video here. You can find more pics here.

Update: more:
Video: HK2008 Gear II
Video: Jams 08 @ Happy Knobbing

Missing Knob, sound of Fenix

YouTube via FenixModulair. "Fenix modular and sequencer"

Audio Shield - Add music to your Arduino

Audio Shield
"Adding quality audio to an electronic project is surprisingly difficult. People tend to end up either using low-quality ISD chips (you might get 8Khz sampling rate for 30seconds out of these, if you're lucky!) or mucking around with trying to control a CD or MP3 player. Although it's possible to generate audio direct from a microcontroller using a PWM output, the quality is often low and its hard to fit a lot of music in an EEPROM chip. You can buy an embedded MP3 player board, but they're either expensive or difficult to use!" via ladyada's ranting.

Silicon Breakdown Synths Page

link via Oliver Chesler in the comments of this post. The site includes ARP, MOOG, Emu, Oberheim, and EML.

Synths: Cwejman VCO-6 Oscillator

Reviewed by Hexfix93 here. You'll find a sample there as well.

"I have to say that the pwm on this is the best. Better than any of the other units I have used. There is a pwm saw as well that I really like. Kind of like the old alpha juno. This does those wicked animated leads when you use pwm. It can sound really buzzy and alive and thick. The sync sounds it can make are huge and my favorite so far of any of the oscillators I have used. The square waves on this are godly. I have never used the cwejman vco-2rm, so I have no idea how it stacks up against that oscillator."