Craig Anderton - Introducing the MiniMoog Tribute

YouTube via CakewalkSoftware
"Synthesis legend Craig Anderton talks about how he came up with the inspiration for creating the MiniMoog expansion pack for Rapture."

Roland Juno Stage

"A New Synth Star for the Stage
Designed from the ground up for live performers, JUNO-STAGE is a new breed of synthesizer that every gigging keyboardist will love. Decked out with an extra-large display, USB backing-track functionality, a Click output for drummers, dedicated performance knobs, hands-free patch select, instant master MIDI control functionality, and much more, JUNO-STAGE sets a new standard for powerful onstage performance at a friendly price.

High-quality, versatile sound set, including 88-key stereo multi-sampled piano plus dual SRX expansion bay

Newly developed 76-note keyboard with first-class touch and response

Live-performance features such as an extra-large LCD, dedicated Reverb and Master EQ knobs, Click Output for drummers, and hands-free patch-select footswitches

USB port enables accompaniment-track playback (MP3, WAV, AIFF, SMF) directly from USB key

Phantom powered mic input plus reverb, great for playing and singing along

MIDI Controller mode transforms JUNO-STAGE into a MIDI master keyboard with a single touch"

More info here. Roland also announced the GW-8 Workstation.

Love Like Deloreans Loves Matrixsynth

via Love Like Deloreans:

"Hey Matrixsynth, we're big-time fans of your blog. Just thought that we should write to say hello since we're fellow synth-fetishist-nerds. Our band's name is Love Like Deloreans, and we're an all-synth group from Brooklyn. We have our obligatory myspace page up at:

http://www.myspace.com/lovelikedeloreans

You can see a bunch of synth pics in our photo albums. We've got some rather rare stuff (not to brag) that you might be interested in looking at (including an ARP Odyssey Mk I, Casio VA-10, Yamaha CS01, Yamaha CP-70, etc.).

Also, we were happy to hear that the Synth Babe tag was resurrected since we have one in the group (her name is Lorna and damn, she's fine and super- talented). It would really make her day to get a mention. [for those of you without a MySpace account you can find some images here]

If you're interested in reading a bit more, our friends Alias Pail (another Brooklyn group, but they do more circuit bending - they played at the NYC bent fest this past time) did an interview/write-up about us that's here: http://aliaspail.blogspot.com/ [direct link to the post for the archives]

Anyway, we hope that you enjoy it and we'd love to hear what you think. We'll make sure to pass along more as time goes by. Thanks!

We love matrixsynth,
Peter/Love Like Deloreans"

And I love emails like this. Thank you! alias pail also posted below.
Both bands sound great. Magical stuff, so do check them out.

Update: a couple of videos:

Audiosurf - How to get along with others

YouTube via mtodead. You might recognize Audiosurf from this post.
"'How to get along with others' by Love Like Deloreans, check out their music at http://www.myspace.com/lovelikedeloreans. Learn more about AudioSurf at http://www.audio-surf.com/"

love like deloreans

YouTube via aliaspail. "they play synth and keyboard loveness."
Note there is one more video in the thumbnails when this one ends.

hiko bending - alias pail

Music and shots here

Hello Stranger Take it to the Maxx

YouTube via saltyone69 (think about that one for a sec). MOOG Polymoog.
BTW, the video freezing after 2 seconds issue? I'm still having the problem after the fixes here. I'm going to try Firefox 3 RC2 as suggested by Moogulator in the comments.
via synthtopia

Update: Hello Stranger on MySpace

synth cubed via helen

click here and watch. Try not to skip the animation and see if you can guess the synth. If you make your own, send them in. Note helen mentioned this one was not exactly complete, but you should be able to guess what it is.

KORG Z1

images via this auction

via mibrilane in the comments of this post.

repeaterDS - demo #1

YouTube via clone45a6
"Nintendo DS homebrew sequencer from the maker of glitchDS"


"A more melodic demo of repeaterDS. Free homebrew software for the Nintendo DS."

Stereo T-Resonator Noodle #463

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is the amazing, ingenious, save the world, Jomox T-Resonator with the Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1."

A/DA HARMONY SYNTH Pedal

via this auction

"An extremely rare item to be found today: A/DA's Harmony Synthesizer. This is the holy grail of A/DA effects pedals and apparently in 1980 there were only 800 of these made retailing for $500.00 each! This effects pedal has been called 'Exquisitely rare'

Controls:
On rear of unit the following jacks: Control Pedal Switch, Effect Out, Mix Out, In
On top of unit: Knobs- Regeneration, Delay Only(25 ms > 200 ms), Harmony A(Coarse Tune, Fine Tune, Delay 12.5 ms > 100 ms), Harmony B(Coarse Tune, Fine Tune), Mix(Dry, Effect), Level; On/Off Click Switches- Regeneration, Delay Only/Harmony, Harmony A/B, Effect In/Out"