VST DEMO

YouTube via PXE02321. "Merry X`mas 08"

tube synth #2

YouTube via cirtcele
"NASTY noises from my diy tube synth with some soft focus 'scope shots at the end.
more info here - http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/tube2/tube_..."

Dutch Synthforum.nl is Back Online

via Seppe in the comments of this post: "back online, no data lost"

Gakken SX-150 on Microscopics

see the full write-up with images on the microscopics blog

"My good friend Charles Webster brought me a small gift from his recent Japanese/ Australian tour to help beef up the Microscopics studio: a copy of the latest Gakken magazine which also comes with an analog synth as a simple-to-build construct kit. There’s no soldering, or hair-pulling, you just need a small screwdriver and about half an hour.

It’s like a souped up Stylophone and about the same size, with a pen (you can pretend it’s a Fairlight light pen) that makes contact with a metal (or carbon in this case) keyboard to play the notes, except the SX-150 keyboard is continuous with no note divisions, so you’ll have to determine the notes by ear like on your Theremin. It also has a filter, LFO, simple VCA and pitch envelopes, and an external input to process your Minimoog." flickr set courtesy of microscopics.

Il creatore - I primati dell'umanità

YouTube via iosonoilcreatore. Be sure to check out previous videos posted here.
"...sono i primati dell'umanità:
quest'umanità!

Il creatore ha suonato:
commodore 64
sidstation
vocoder

Brano tratto dal disco "Sei soltanto un uomo" 2008 disponibile presso:
Iperuranoaddizioni
http://iperuranoaddizioni.googlepages..."

Blofeld Keyboard Product Page Up

You can find the official Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard product page with preliminary info here (extensive specs are listed).

"The little villain grows up

Not only on the outside did he gain weight, also his inner qualities have seen a remarkable step-up: besides the virtual-analog synthesis and the classic wavetables it now sports a whopping 60 megabytes of sample memory.

Just imagine to add a vocal-like noise spectrum to a typical Wavetable pad, spice-up a virtual-analog solo sound with a strong attack sample or just process any other sample with the countless oscillator and filter modulations.

Play your sound creations on the high-quality keyboard with velocity and aftertouch. Pitchbend and modulation wheel are at your disposal and, as a matter of course, you can connect a sustain pedal.

All this is packaged in a sleek metal enclosure with a big graphic display, endless stainless steel rotaries and an internal power supply.

And although it comes for an unbeatable price tag, we add something very special. It comes:

From Waldorf with Love!"

Check out the site for full specs.

Studio Rebuilding Sept 2008

via mono-poly's public channel

Baybeats 2008

flickr by - Jiin -

full size

"Joy Electric"

SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS MODEL 800 sequencer

via this auction
"This sequencer is very rare. Only 500 were made. From the nice website synthmuseum: "The Sequential Model 800 Sequencer is a 256-event cv/gate sequencer based on microprocessor technology. This was probably Sequential's first product. Dave Smith started making these units in his garage. Early serial numbers even feature a strange sci-fi looking Sequential logo. It was built like a tank, encased in a 8"X10"X5" metal box. It represents one of the first attempts at a commercial meld between analog and digital technology..." see synthmuseum for more. As always you can find prior posts here by using the search box on the top left of the site. Here's a search for "sequential circuits model 800" - click and scroll.

Inside a Yamaha CS60

flickr set by transanalog
(click for more)

"I purchased this from a classified ad back in 1996 for $75. Great sounding synth but almost impossible to keep 100% functional. Part of its "charm" I guess. Part of my personal collection."