buchla 200e

YouTube via emssynthi100. "I WANT MORE......"

buchla 1

YouTube via otisvue.
"patched without using 250e module which is the circular one in the middle of unit (a sequencer, to simplify)"
Funny note: this video reminded me of something I couldn't quite figure out at first. I then realized I had a pawn shop dream last night. In the dream, I had some formal appointment and had to head into the city (not a real city but one of those imagined ones). Anyway I see a pawn shop and decide to get off the bus and walk back to it. I get in and there are a number of synths all relatively overpriced, a DW8000 for $745 and a few synths that don't actually exist but I knew them in my dream. In the corner is a dusty 200e with a about 8 modules in it. I talk to the owner of the shop and he says he's going out of business and closing down soon. I ask him how much for this one (the buchla) and he says 18k and it needed a little work! I of course think, shoot! It's the same price as a new one with problems to boot. At the same time I'm a little relieved as I will not be spending money this time. I then head out for my appointment, no Buchla in hand. I totally forgot about this dream until seeing this vid. I love synth dreams, especially pawn shop ones. There was a time when I was having them every other night. You know you have GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) going when this happens. The best thing is when you find deals in real life and for a split second you literally think, oh no, another synth dream I'm going to wake up from. I picked up a TR-909 for $190 once, a JD-800 for $600 CDN (about $400 US), and a Pro-One for $125, all when prices were high for each. Each one had me wondering if I was going to wake up.

iPhone as Musical Instrument

YouTube via spaydar
"A short video concert of Cosmovox: a musical instrument for the iPhone. Performer makes amazing melodic music by moving his iPhone."
You can get Cosmovox here:

Twittering Machine: a kinetic, circuit-bent sculpture

YouTube via ntheory. via sendling
"I completed this machine in Spring 2008. I started with a cassette recorder and a radio frankensteined together into a more "traditional" circuit-bent noise maker. I then added the Coke can sequencer and undead toy tucan. Finally I built a little trigger circuit to control the bird's motor and mounted it all on the outside of a plywood box. Reade Vaisman"

three new pro-ones (pauduk pauduk)

More photos here on Synthwood.

Inside a KORG 900PS

more images and details on this electro-music.com thread.

Tie Fighter Drums - Analogue Systems rs120 Comb Filter

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"This has to be one of the most affordable, incredibly fun modules ever made. You can get phaser, flanger, slapback, echo, and other crazy sounds out of the rs120. The module is based on an analog BBD delay. There is CV input for the delay time and if you turn up the resonance it will most definitely grow a self-oscillating feedback monster. Or, it could play nice. Here you hear the Jomox 888 drum machine running into the rs120 and later on in the video we use an rs85 LFO ramp-down wave to modulate the delay time. You can attenuate the amount of CV in directly on the module."

Pseudostochastik Generator & Moogfilter (Eigenbau)

YouTube via Redled72
"Ein weiteres Modul für den analogen modularen Synthesizer, Marke Eigenbau =). Der Testaufbau besteht aus 1x VCO! (Dreieck + Rechteck), dem Pseudostochastikgenerator (12Bit-DAU, 4x Schieberegister, Taktgenerator) und einem Moog-Filtermodul nach dem VCO. Die Ausgangsspannung des Pseudostochastik-Generators dient gleich der Filtersteuerung =)."
in Googlish:
"Another module for the analog modular synthesizer, trademark self =). The test consists of building VCO 1x! (Triangle + rectangle), the Pseudostochastikgenerator (12Bit-DAC, 4x shift, clock generator) and a Moog filter module to the VCO. The output voltage of the generator serves Pseudostochastik equal to the filter control =)."

Some Yamaha GX-1 for Rhys Marsh

YouTube via RothHandle
"Today was day number three of working on the new Rhys Marsh track You will never fall. Rhys Marsh is a really great artist. Born in England but now he lives in Trondheim. You can of course find more about him on MySpace.

This little snippet was filmed at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. This where I keep all my equipment and where I produce and record albums. If you are curious about the studio please stroll by www.roth-handle.nu"

the Yamaha GX-1 in musical context with Orchestrons

Roland SH-101 Grey

images via this auction