MATRIXSYNTH

tranformer_substation

via cebec

Voltage Controlled Electro-Optical Mixer

"A simple and inexpensive device is described which allows selecting and mixing audio channels by control voltage. The circuit takes advantage of the low self-noise of analog photocouplers. The slow response time of the phosphour is used to integrate the pulse width modulated LED drive. Channel crossfading is accomplished by adding a "dither" signal to the comparator string, producing apparent linear crossfades between audio channels."

via Music Synthesizer where you will find more Synth DIY. VCEOM page.

Night Tiger Attack

YouTube via zotan. Roland SH-101, Moog Liberation. via zonkout.
"Words and music by Renee Robin Riddle. From the album "My Modern Life". Directed by Renee Riddle, Stephen Floyd, and Christopher Petkus."

x0xb0x for sale

YouTube via accenter. Not sure where it's for sale... x0xb0x on Ebay

Bette Davis Eyes

YouTube via anacolangelo. Synare at 2:16. SCI Prophet-5 at 2:27. Via AH.
Never realized they had the New Romantic thing going.
"Bette Davis Eyes Video Kim Carnes"

Electrocomp-101

flickr by thingstocomerecords

full size

"My father works at a Professor (and now President) at Fairleigh Dickinson University and in the 80s they closed their music department so he took some stuff home including this synth. Neither of us really knew how cool it was at the time. It goes without saying it's sentimental worth is more than it's great sound."