Modded Novation Xio and Clavia Nord Lead Rack 3

via Andrew

"modded xio synth (white leds)"

Building the Phantastron

flickr set by Collin Mel
(click for more)

"vacuum tube synthesizer kit from ElectricWestern.com"

The Octopus Vampire (limited edition) is here!

via genoQs

"Our way of saying 'Happy Halloween everyone!' ..and we're off partying now, and back shortly."

Heliocentric - All The Time

Heliocentric - All The Time from Umcorps on Vimeo.
"All the instruments in this piece are created from sounds that were broadcast in the Jodrell Bank podcast of August 2008 "The Sounds of Space".

That podcast is available at jodcast.net/archive/200808Extra/ and is very well worth listening to.

In no particular order, the instruments are:
Proton Whistlers
Jovian S-burst
Solar doppler images
Solar energetic particles from the HELIOS mission

Plus the fine Lancastrian burr of Dr Tim O'Brien.

All instruments were created in Kontakt, hosted in Logic Studio and driven by noatikl.

Video imagery is from "Our Mr Sun" (1956), directed by Frank Capra - the first film in the Bell Systems Science series."
via Mark

PNW2008: John Demos the Synth Tech MOTM Modular and DS10

YouTube via matrixsynth

"John demos the Synthesis Technologies MOTM Modular and DS10 at the Pacific Northwest Synth Gathering 2008."

A couple of notes on this one:
1. In the beginning you hear John say something followed by everyone laughing. What he said was, "I'm John L. Rice and I've been addicted to synthesizers for..." Classic.

2. You can see the chrome screws on his MOTM that he refers to in this video here.

Awesome Brothers

flickr by scragz

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Alesis Micron

waldorf blofeld teil neun

YouTube via thegoacyst
"a simple ambient song made only with the litle synth. all the patches are self made."

Nord Demo #4

YouTube via georgecorkmaul
"Its a nice thing that the Nord Stage Piano is polyphonic even while it can bend pitches in all of its voices."

70's minimoog WAVE FORM Verification

YouTube via kaizokuhousou. "The secret of minimoog fat sound."

Sonic LAB: GForce M-Tron Pro

YouTube via sonicstate
"A first look at this new virtual instrument from GForce Software. Based on the M-Tron it ads the newly developed synth engine from their Virtual String Machine to add deep filter and effects

more reviews at Sonicstate.com"