Analog vs. Digital

Two flickr shots that came up, one right after the other. Funny how that happens. I thought this was an interesting contrast.

live modular 2008 via parasitk
(full size)

Yamaha TX016 via Neil Vance
(full size)

Which would you rather have? This is a bit of a trick question. :)

Cloned Again - Analogue Solutions SY02 (Korg MS-20 filter remake)

via Navs

"This one's been around for ages and I don't know why it's taken me so long to try it out, but I'm glad I now have.
Apparently a 1:1 clone of the original and much-loved Korg MS-20 High Pass/ Low Pass filter combo, it's a cracker! Have a quick listen here and here. And if that piques your interest you can download the zipped test here. The test unit was part of SchneidersBuero's JimiBox. More info here.

Cheers,
Navs"

VST TAL-U-No-62

"U-No-62 is an improved and completely refactored version of U-No-60. Improvements:
* More accurate filter sound.
* More overtones in the oscillators.
* Faster LFO rate (0.1-30HZ).
* A lot faster envelopes.
* Audio Unit available.
* Presets are not compatible with U-No-60 Presets."
[link]

kopykat

YouTube via ripe909
"Another acid twister, using the monomachine for a small vocal sample "acid". Drums are all machinedrum, bass is virus TI, V-Synth pads, revolution playing the part of 303!"

LZX Monolith Synthesizer Demo

YouTube via creatorlars.

via Nusonica.
"The LZX Industries Monolith is a performance monosynth based on the MFOS (Music From Outer Space) Soundlab Plus, featuring a 37 key 1V/Oct keyboard, as well as extensive modulation controls.

This video demonstrates control via an external sequencer. Our Midibox SEQ3 controls both oscillators and gates the envelope generator.

More information will be available soon. For now, find out more about the Soundlab at www.musicfromouterspace.com."

Acid tones Prophecy

YouTube via kenspocket

Roland Jupiter-4 + Juno-106 + TR-606 by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

bassline: Roland Jupiter-4, arpeggiator triggered by the TR-606
pads and fx sounds: Roland Juno-106
drums: Roland TR-606"

AtomoSynth Abyssal Demo (raw sound)

YouTube via atomolab

"Abyssal photo-noise-machine & oscillating-filter Demo, (raw sound)
www.atomolabs.blogspot.com"

Abyssal demo + delay effect


"AtomoSynth Abyssal noise machine + delay effect pedal.
www.atomolabs.blogspot.com"

MicroKorg Scratchin'

YouTube via kleskxyz. "Setting Korg for DJ Scratchin'"

Inside the V-Synth, part 1

You can find the full post on Sequence 15.

"Roots of the V-Synth

Considering that the V is a bit out in left field compared to most of Roland's other offerings over the last decade, the question can fairly be asked: where did this idea come from? The roots of it can be seen in the JD-800/990 offering from the early '90s. That was Roland's first serious attempt to design a digital synth that would be attractive to synth programmers and sound designers. However, at the time it was introduced, it did not sell well. Part of this was the timeframe in which it was introduced (the synth market had turned heavily to romplers at the time). However, the attempt at building a knob-per-parameter digital synth turned out to be intimidating to some customers, as well as making the unit physically large. And, in the end they still had to put the effects, MIDI, and system parameters in menus. It helped that the 800 had two displays which were fairly generous for their time, and the 990 had an even better multi-line text and graphics display (derived somewhat from the S-series of samplers). Despite the flaws, it was state-of-the-art for a digital synth user interface at the time."