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"Moved the machine down to the basement while waiting for some electrical work to be finished up in the studio"

A bit steam punk.

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"Beginnings of John Blacet's Voltage Controlled Clock with Event Arranger from the Feb '78 issue of Synapse magazine."

Interesting. I didn't realize Blacet went that far back. Anyone know when they started as modular company?

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Synth: AFG vs SH-2 vs Massive.

via VAC where you'll find the sample. "Sh2 pulse, saw, and sine with sub osc. Afg pulse, saw, and sine with sub osc. I used the rs 60 env, i plugged the afg into the polivoks, set the polivoks and the sh2 with the same env settings to the filter etc. Runs through the doepfer vca a131. on both the sh2, and afg, i left the filter wide open. I think they both sound good, but i prefer the sh2, it has this fatter sound i think. more smooth. What do you think? I recorded these through my mackie onyx mixer, and into my rme fireface 800 into logic 8."

Korg MicroPreset M500 MS10 MS20 PRESET

YouTube via tretretretretretre6

"The Korg MicroPreset M-500. Classic 70s analog synth. The first section has no effects/processing. The second part with the phaser has reverbs on all channels."

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"A classic Korg synth which has gained popularity for its big sound, it's small footprint and it's ease of use. A great synth when you need to include fat analog basslines and crisp filters in your live set or in your studio. Comes with original preset cardboards. These have sounds like 'Steam Locomotive' and 'Morse Code'. You recall these sounds by following the instructions and the markings on the cardboard. "Steam Locomotive Use the MICRO-PRESET for enjoying the sound of a running steam locomotive. Move the TRAVELER knob slowly to the left, and Micro Preset reproduces the sound of a steam locomotive entering a tunnel. Move the MODULATION RATE knob for speed control." Exatcly the kind of sound you were looking for in the 70's when steam locomotives had long gone. A great synth for steam locomotive fans to recall those old days of coal and steam, and a great synth for those of us who has never heard a real steam locomotive. Now you can enjoy it in your own home, without all the smoke. This is a serious instrument and very fun to use. It has white and pink noise, and you can switch the keyboard five different octaves, to get deeb bass notes, screaming leads and high bells and whistle noises. Run the white noise throug a phaser and you're suddenly in what 70's outer space sounded like, and bring on the old steam locomotive and you're in Hitchaikers Galaxy territory. It comes with original manual. Also included is an old Korg product catalog of 1983. Did you realize that the Poly 800, the PS3200, the MS 10 / MS 20 were all beeing sold back then? And did you know that there was a remote control for the PS3200, the PS3060? Well, here is the proof."

Hands on Synthsound

via seqencer.de where you'll find order links.
German Synth DVD
Details in Googlish:
"Never again sounds from the pole - with "Hands On Synthsound."

Synthesizer, whether hardware or software, for many musicians are unknown nature, often destined to end their days Factory play. It is now closing!

In this Videolernkurs learn in over 150 lessons everything you need to successfully create your own synth sounds have to know. Besides useful bases for sound production while we explain all the important elements of construction and popular synthesizers and light show numerous examples of sound with various synthesizers the official compilation of sounds from all major genres. All topics are the aspiring sound designers so conveys that knowledge in any conventional synthesizer (subtractive synthesis / hardware and software) is transferable. Even those who do not have a synthesizer, can supplied with the demo versions for PC and Mac right away and "mitschrauben."

Author: Moogulator
Synthesizers and sound synthesis specialist Moogulator is the author of several trade publications (formerly Keys, Beat, today synthesizer magazine), musician and synthesizer operator of the database in the network (Sequencer.de). Which he has regularly conducted workshops synthesizer helped in the conception of this Lernkurses. It is a slightly looser style and other help, the engineer slang for musical goals in the escape to beat and to stimulate join.

From the contents
• oscillators and waveforms
• Spectra and overtones
• voice and formants
• Working with envelopes
• ring modulation
• Frequency Modulation
• Sync sounds
• Waveshaping
• filter types and their application
• modulation sources and targets
• Working with effects
• synthesizer building in practice
• Creation of Bass, Lead, drum, percussion and Padsounds
• outlook for further sound synthesis techniques
• bonus lessons, including Mixing and to Wavelab

Suitable for owners and users of
• synthesizer (hardware and software)

The Tutorials offers this DVD for PC and Mac:
• More than 15 hours of video tutorials
• razor sharp video in full resolution
• Integrated Lesson Descriptions
• Set your own bookmarks
• Search function to quickly find desired topics

System requirements:
• Windows PC from 1.6 GHz, min. 512 MB of memory
• Mac OS 9, min. 512 MB of memory
• min. 1024 × 768 screen resolution,
• sound card and DVD drive

Authors: Moogulator, Gavin Lucas
Duration: more than 15 hours
Price: 59, - € incl. [D]
ISBN: 978-3-9811987-8-2

From 15:09 to your dealer or in our shop."

Android FX - iPhone App

YouTube via jetdaisuke.
"http://webdog.be/archives/081003_2006...
ロボットボイスのテルミンみたいなものです。タッチしてグリグリするとサイロンみたいな音声が出て楽しめます。ライヴの飛び道具なんかに良さそうです。でも、それだけですね（笑）"
Googlish:
"Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey of a robot-like voice. Touch and grinding against the SAIRON enjoy some sort of voice. I live in the good of the missile. But I do it (laughs)"
You can get Android FX here:

Korg Wavestation SR StereoVocoder1 Demo #1

YouTube via hoeppc
"Hello,
this is a Wavestation SR playing the StereoVocoder1 effect on its own without sequencer and external FX.

I use four rhytmic wavesequences as modulator beeing x-faded via vector-synthesis ('joystick-ac'-midi-cc-slider), a choir-waveseq as carrier (chord).

Internal clock (100 bpm) is used to sync the waveseqs to. I'm also having a Midi-Switch to send a Note (A-0) triggering the beat-loop (tune-slope = 0). So I am able to play live with both hands. The Filters are controlled via MIDI-1- and MIDI-2-cc (sliders).

Btw. I used the small two-line display for all editing work which, in my opinion, is a faster way to achive results than SoundDiver or MidiQuest."