DigiDrummer

"Features:
* Interface designed to work
with your fingers. Makes it easy
to play drums on your iPhone and
iPod Touch!
* 16-bit high quality samples
* 8 drum pads"

More info here.

via Palm Sounds where you will find more music apps for your handheld device.
You can get digidrummer here:

and digidrummer lite here:

New Optigan Disc Survey

vai optigan.com blogitan!

"We now have the ability to create new discs for the Optigan, Orchestron and Talentmaker from scratch, using any sounds we (or you) like. We intend to offer these new discs to the public, but the production costs are quite high, which necessitates our need to obtain a more accurate understanding of what you, the Optigan disc buying public, might want in terms of content and pricing."

You can find the survey here.

ASys Modular Arpeggiator

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's a fun little patch. We're sequencing the Analogue Systems rs95 oscillator with the rs200. The rs95 is fed into the rs110 Multimode filter, using the low pass out. On the rs95 there's a 'CV-Vary' input, which we have set to 1v/oct. Plug in your keyboard controller here. You can use a sequencer to arpeggiate whatever note you're playing on the keyboard. Sweet."

Fairlight Series III MFX Hard Disk Recording System

images via this auction
"Fairlight Series III MFX 3 Hard Disk recording system. Its a 24 channel analog and digital, 16 bit system.
Though it was built in the early 90s (approx 1992) its quality, reliability and famous ease of editing means these units are still in use in major studios all over the world. This is an extremely rare system.. and cost around $80,000 new. It was recently decomissioned from a high end film/tv post production facility here in Melbourne.


This one is MFX 3, operating system 12.3.27.
OS 12 was the last revision that was CMI capable, meaning that with the correct cards you can turn this into a CMI machine. Many of the CMI system cards are already present, but the channel, CMI I/O, and WRAM cards are not. The console/keyboard can switch between MFX and CMI mode when the correct software and hardware is installed, as shown in the photos. I had plans to do this, but don't have the time or know how to track down the relevant cards/software and set up the system. For a person with relevant Fairlight experience this could make a seriously powerful CMI machine, or companion/expansion to a Series III CMI.

Included is:
Series III Card Cage
MFX I/O Unit
MFX Console/Keyboard
External SCSI Hard Drive
2x digital Tape Storage Devices
All interconnecting cables.

Installed cards are:
6 x ESPDCC Rev 1.5 (for a total of 24 digital and analog I/O)
ESP96K
ESPSYN Rev 2.10
Q133 Rev 9.2
Q209 Rev 8.1
Q356 Rev 2A
ESPCG3 Colour Graphics.
Q007 REv 1A.1
CMI41 Rev 2.4
CMI28 Rev 5.1
ESPTS1 Rev 3.2T

Please see this page for reference"

Yamaha DX1

Yamaha DX1

via this auction

50" x 26" x 9", 115 lbs
"So, what's actually in a DX 1?

It's a 32 voice FM synth based on the DX 7 voice structure. It adds the ability to have split and dual modes (two 16 voices synths). Physically, the DX 1 has a great feeling wooden keyboard with velocity, after touch and individual key after touch (a rarity for any synth). It also has the standard pitch bend and modulation wheels, plenty of connections in the back for pedals and footswitches, MIDI In/Out/Thru, and both 1/4" and balanced XLR outputs. On the front under the wheels are connections for headphones and a breath controller input. There are also two cartridge slots for additional sounds/storage.

I believe Yamaha spent extra time and money on the output stage of this synth. It sounds much better than any DX-7 or DX-7 II. Hook up the XLRs to your mixing board and stand back. There's a certain 'bigness' that comes through and you can hear it even if couldn't see the synth playing it. Having the weighted keys and responsiveness of velocity and individual after touch means that you'll get lost playing this thing. It takes you to another world and time just stands still.

Oh yeah, there's also the little matter of ALL THE DISPLAY INFORMATION! Forget trying to build a ship in a bottle. The front panel of the DX 1 makes it a joy to actually program and edit FM patches. All the algorithms are displayed and the selected one is displayed in the LED boxes next to the chart. The feedback operator, algorithm number, detune, and frequency are also displayed. The envelope rates and levels have their own display section, as well as information about the output level and other generally useful data.

There's also lots of dedicated buttons and a handy chart for accessing various functions in the menus. All in all, this synth is an absolute breeze to use and to get around."

ROLAND BASS GUITAR SYNTHESIZER GR-33B

images at this auction

MFX24 24 BIT F/X circuit bent effects

via this auction
You might remember the MFX24 from this video. Currently there only appears to be one for sale, but here's a link to the seller's listings in case more get added over time.

"The MFX-24 is a compact portable effects processor that has been designed with the circuit bending and electronica culture in mind, with a retro design, straight forward interface design and small form factor makes it the perfect companion for your gigs.

Don't be fooled by it size! It has a full blown 24 bits processing engine with 15 amazing presets like reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser,tremolo, Pitch shifter...it also acts like a synthesizer with a sine wave generator that can create an extremely low powerful bass and also a random lfo generator!

3 independent controllers for real time manipulation, control 3 different aspects of the selected preset for unique sounding effects in real time!

BIGHEAD_ELECTRONICS is proud to bring you this homebrew product, designed and built in my home garage(Steve Jobs style!!)"

Techno Klee

YouTube via synthdood
"EM Klee, SSM2040 filter, three XR2206 VCO's, TH VCA-1, BOSS DR-110, two MOTM EG's, Space Echo RE-201, Lexicon MPX-100 (reverb), Mackie 1604VLZ, Canon HV30."

Voltage Controlled 3-Pole State Variable Filter

"This is an interesting twist on the traditional 2-pole state variable filter, as used in many Oberheims and other analogue synths. Based on an Analog Devices SSM2164 quad VCA"

see neil's webbly world for more details including ordering info. Samples to come.

BEDRUM - DRUM MACHINE for the iPhone

"A classic Drum Machine
for iPhone & iPod Touch
Now available at iTunes App Store!

Features:
* Easy and quick to use interface
* Choose between 4 different drumsets
* 16 step programmable pattern sequenser
Developed by:
Magnus Larsson - interface
design & sound
Nick Rudolfsky - code"

BEDRUM
You can get BEDRUM here: