Jon & Vangelis I Hear You Now cover

YouTube via yarosystems. "My interpretation of the masterpiece."
KORG MicroX, Novation Nova

Cat In The Rack

flickr by Soyuz7

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e-mu XL1
Korg MicroX

Voice of Saturn ~Modulator

"This unit has a VCA (voltage controlled amplifier), triangle and square wave generator and AR (Attack / Release) envelope shaper. Together, they can be used to add tremolo or AM (amplitude modulation) effects to audio signals, and also add attack and release ramps to control signals. There are two summing CV inputs, as well as an "Instant On" button that maxes out the control voltage. The triangle output can be adjusted into a quasi square wave with adjustable duty-cycle (% on or off in each cycle). This gives you a chopper effect that can be used to fade out a sound by chopping larger and larger chunks each cycle. Skill level: Intermediate... maybe beginner"
You can find more info on the Curious Inventor website.
Also click here for some prior posts including video.

TB303 EMULATION

YouTube via feelda303
"short demo of 3o3 sound emulation... this is the original preset called POCKET TB "

Roland V-Synth Capabilities

YouTube via Gtechture
"This Is the Demo of the Roland V-Synth. I created The first Three programs and the last two. I created this video to clarify that the V-Synth is capable of producing both wild new sounds, and classic synth sounds. It is a very poweful synth. I do not understan why owners are selling them for $800."

v-synth demo part 2/2

YouTube via feelda303. Roland V-Synth XT controlled by Access Virus TI Polar.

v-synth demo part 1/2

Roland TB-303 with Original Packaging

images via this auction

"Overhauled by Roland JAPAN"

They still service old gear?

"The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation in 1982 and 1983 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music. The TB-303 (named for "Transistor Bass") was originally marketed to guitarists for bass accompaniment while practicing alone. Production lasted approximately 18 months, resulting in only 10,000 units. It was not until the mid- to late-1980s that DJs and electronic musicians in Chicago found a use for the machine in the context of the newly developing house music genre. At the time they were very cheap, which helped to contribute to their popularity. The TB-303 is considered a collector's item today, often valued at US $1000 to $3000. An example recently sold on eBay for US $2,275.00. Phuture's "Acid Tracks" is widely acknowledged to have been the first Acid House recording to incorporate prototypical TB-303 sounds. Earlier recordings featuring the TB-303 can be traced back as far as the early Electro scene, including artists such as Ice T, Newcleus, and Mantronix, as well as pop musicians such as Heaven 17 and Section 25. In the early 90's, as new Acid styles emerged, the 303 was often overdriven, producing a harsher sound. Examples of this technique include Hardfloor's 1992 EP "Acperience", and Interlect 3000's 1993 EP "Volcano". The well-known "acid" sound is typically produced by playing a repeating note pattern on the TB-303, while altering the filter's cutoff frequency, resonance, and envelope modulation. The TB-303's accent control modifies a note's volume, filter resonance, and envelope modulation, allowing further variations in timbre. A distortion effect, either by using a guitar effects pedal or overdriving the input of an audio mixer, is commonly used to give the TB-303 a denser, noisier timbre--as the resulting sound is much richer in harmonics. The head designer of the TB-303, Tadao Kikumoto, was also responsible for leading design of the TR-909 drum machine." Be sure to check out the seller's other items. Quite the list there.

Audio Damage Automaton Now Available...

You can find it here.
"Automaton is a unique look at buffer effects, allowing you to experiment with artificial life within your DAW. With four separate effects (Stutter, Modulate, Bitcrush, and Replicate) driven by a cellular automata sequencer, Automaton is capable of adding subtle seemingly random fills and "humanizing" effects, but if you like, you can crank the sequencer up to eleven, and watch as your DAW becomes a petri dish while Automaton makes complete hay of the track you've inserted it to.

» Cellular automata sequencer with host tempo-sync, five different musically useful rulesets (including a step sequencer), extensive randomization features, and a life of its own.

» Four sequencer-driven effects, including Stutter (a buffer delay for extremely short loop slices), Modulate (a self-modulating ring modulator), Bitcrush (sample rate and bit depth reduction, and our own "Error" effect), and Replicate (a special version of our Replicant effect, tuned for use with the cellular automata sequencer).

» Master section allows extensive mixing capabilities, enabling Automaton to excel at either adding subtlety (like an occasional extra hi-hat) or complete self-generating IDM madness.

» MIDI Learn for hardware control of most parameters (VST only)"

videos previously posted here.

The fleet, again

flickr by Ricardipus

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"Akai AX-80 (left), Casio CZ-5000 (right), Sequential Circuits Split-8 (middle, at bottom)."

KORG 707 (1988)

flickr by Neil Vance

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