Mondo Modular Episode 5

YouTube via scootermccrae. You can find all episodes here.
"Back-in-action after a short hiatus (note new studio set-up -- but more about that in an upcoming video), I'm finally making good on some of that Herb Deutsch footage I promised a few episodes back. I figured there was no better time to do this than around the time of what would have been his 74th birthday (May 23rd).

I'll post a couple of fun stories from Gershon Kingsley next time and then return to the familiar format (ie: my dorking around with my various knobs and patch cables).

Special thanks to the Grammy folks who recently gave some money to the Moog Foundation to try and get the various papers and prototypes in Bob's old work shed in some kind of order and will hopefully see to the future preservation of."

Roland Jupiter 6 Demonstration

YouTube via nickeax

Roland Promars

YouTube via mopipi2

Casio CZ-3000

images via this auction

JHS Pro-Rhythm Drum-Synth

via this auction

Lell UDS

via this auction
"THE FIRST RUSSIAN VINTAGE DRUM SYNTH LELL UDS is a unique bitembral analog drum synth made in the early eighties in the former USSR. Sounds more better than SIMMONS, TR-909 etc. One of the first russian electronic drum synth. The module has no MIDI, it's audio trigger controlled - you can hook it to any audio device, be it a synth, a drum machine or a sound card and trigger the sounds. The sounds can be tweaked using 24 different knobs. All the labels are in cyrilic. It has 2 independent and identical channels with powerfull parameters of synthesis such - sensitivity, tone pitch, attack, env mod, rezo, noise/tone balance, accent etc.
NO MIDI ARE INSTALLED."

lelluds.zip (318KB)
leloops.zip (835KB)

Build a Transistorized Theremin by Bob Moog

via this auction
"Increasingly hard to find, this nearly half-century-old issue of Electronics World contains a fascinating how-to on building that special effects staple of scores of classic sci-fi flicks, the theremin, by none other than electronic music pioneer Robert Moog. The feature article contains a complete schematic and parts list, as well as chassis layout and photos of the completed unit. There are even tips on how to play the ethereal instrument. You get the entire original 1961 magazine, not a couple photocopied pages like you find elsewhere on Ebay.

Also in this issue is a homebrew stereo balancer using 6FG6 magic eye tubes and a look at beam power tubes in VHF oscillators, plus an article on early computer logic circuits, both vacuum tube and transistor-based. Apart from some minor cover wear, the magazine is in excellent condition."

Yamaha FS1R

via this auction

"This little beast is far from your average FM synthesizer. Not only is it an eight-Operator variant, as opposed to the six- and four-Operator FM of the DX/TX lines, but it also features a new technology called Formant Shaping Synthesis. Formants are the spectral patterns making up the sounds of human speech. This allows for the creation of vocal like timbres but can also be applied in many different ways to create incredibly unique sounds that you won't find on any other synths."

"Filter - Dynamic Resonant physically modeled 12/18/24dB/oct low/band/hi pass filter (AN1x type)

Effects - 15 (Reverb), 28 (Variation), 40 (Insertion), Equalizer

Memory - 1536 Voices, 512 Performances, 96 Formant Sequences

Plenty of software for Mac & PC"

image of software editor

Quasimidi Sirius

images via this auction

White JD-800 synth - Gandalf

via Dave

"Hello...

Thought y'all would get a kick out of a Flickr set from today's adventure... took the afternoon to re-assemble my trusty, 16-year-old Roland JD-800 using newly customized white body work. The board was originally grey.... "Gandalf the Grey. Yes, that was my name. Now, I'm Gandalf the White."

flickr set

Only a couple of you will know what a Roland SH-101 is, but it's a legendary '80s synth with a lot of similar hardware (sliders, etc.) to the JD. Gandalf was designed to look like a white version of that model. The design, paint, and screen work were all painstakingly done by Jeff at CustomSynth..... This bloke does truly amazing, magical things to synths. If you have any interest at all too see similar cool creations, check out his gallery.


Anyway, the JD is assembled, home, and working & looking perfectly... ready to "rokk out..."
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--Dave
http://www.umop.com"