Oberheim OB-8

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inside an Oberheim OB-8

MULTIVOX Duosonic Control Panel

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See this post for more info on the Duosonic.

Livewire AFG's are Shipping!

via REwire

"I picked up the first AFG from Analogue Haven tonight. Mine is #2 but the first one in the shipping run. The rest are on their way! Thanks to Mike Brown [Livewire] for a great product and I wish him the best. Thanks to Shawn at Analogue Haven for putting this all together and Steve Rightnour for finishing these at the last minute."

Starting a new patch

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"I'm not sure what patching a PWM input to a SYNC input will do, but I'll let her give it a shot."

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Jomox XBase 888 as a Sequencer w/ Cwejman S1 MkII

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Yes, the Jomox 888 (and 999) analog drum machine has a built-in MIDI sequencer. In this video we're sequencing the uber-powerful Cwejman S1 Mk2 semi-modular synthesizer. Love that filter! It is possible to change your sequences on the fly (with a little practice;), making the XBase a great performance piece.

http://www.bigcitymusic.com
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Sequential Circuits Pro-One

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"Sequential Circuits Pro-One synthesizer that's had a lot of work put into it. The price is a little higher, but it reflects the work put into it so that you know you will be getting a Pro-one that will last. This is also the most desirable version that has the J-wire keyboard and chassis mounted transformer. Here is some of the work that has been put into it:

Brand new keyboard bushings installed
Keys aligned so they are all level (VERY uncommon on any SCI synth)
All electrolytic capacitors have been replaced by brand new ones (so no leaky caps for many years)
Pots cleaned so that there are no noisy ones when you turn them and other small things replaced and cleaned

Only issue of note and visible from the pictures is that one key has been glued back together (it split in two), but it still plays fine. If this ever bothers you new keys are still available from Wine Country."

THE HUMAN LEAGUE Almost Medieval early version

YouTube via PlastikOD
"THE HUMAN LEAGUE 'Almost Medieval' An early version (different to the one of "Reproduction")."

POLLARD CLONE STAND

YouTube via denha
"The Pollard clone was set up in tripod for the camera."

Max/MSP vs. PlanB Modular, Analog with Digital Control

YouTube via dkimcg

"I had read rumors of the MOTU 828MKII being able to send out low frequencies, low enough to be used as control voltages. So I had to try it to see if it works. Well, it does. The control signal is a little aliased, looks like a 8-16 bit signal. Not too steppy, fester than MIDI by far (but not precisxe for any real scale, need more tests to see how that is. But a very successful test to see if the MOTU 828MK2 could send out low frequency signals to control the modular synth without MIDI, a la VC. I patched together a simple little patch from the LFO tutorial on the Cycling 74 website (I'm a lazy ass programmer would would rather copy/paste). The 4 scopes on the left green side of the patch are the waveforms and clicks. The two waveforms on the scopes on the right are simple combinations of the 2 LFOs on the left. My camera sucks and the menus got overexposed. I'll cover what's going on in the annotations once again. I like watching videos for sound and music with no talking, so I make mine that way now that annotations are on youtube.

This is not meant to be a flex of my musical prowess or anything like that, just searching for interesting sounds, and testing out Max/MSP MOTU828MKII control of the PlanB modular.

Everyone who ever read those postings, but didn't want to shell out cash to test a theory, well, here's the proof it does, and now I have almost unlimited quick and dirty analog LFOs. At least good enough for almost unlimited 8 to 16 bit LFOs (that's about the resolution it looks, still better than an Arduino or other ATMEGA controller with a resister ladder DAC which is what I was going to try invstingating again next if this didn't work. It worked OK for teh theremin to Max before. Now on to integrating Max and the modular . Digital logic meets analog logic (Grenader & crew meets Zicarelli and crew). :)

I think one of my next MaxB tests will have to be making it stutter, afterall, isn't t a rule I have to make something stutter in real time as a Max user?"