Nord Wave - Impressions

You can find the full review with samples on Carbon111
"As an added bonus, Clavia has licensed the original Mellotron library (with their hissy, warbly, warts-and-all character) for use in the Wave as well as some very high-quality samples from some respected third parties so there's plenty of fodder for interesting sound design right out of the box. Integrating samples into a VA environment is a blast with all the cross-modulation and unusual filtering that can be done!"

via SYNTHWIRE

Richard Brewster MegaHz 101108 modular analog synthesizer

YouTube via halmcgeevideo
"Richard Brewster in performance at Day One of the MegaHz Fest at The Bridge PAI, 205 Monticello Road, Charlottesville, Virginia, Saturday, October 11, 2008. This was Richard Brewster's first live performance in 25 years, and presented here is most of one of two performances by Brewster that day on his MOTM-style modular analog synthesizer. The MegaHz Fest was a two day experimental music and noise event in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia, presented by the HzCollective. Filmed by Christopher Miller, with Hal McGee's Sony CCD-TRV138 NTSC Hi8 analog video camera."

LYNC LN-1000 JAN HAMMER Keytar

via this auction, via the forum.
see the update below
"The most mythical, the most wanted keytar in the world. The keytar which was used (a custom model) by Jan Hammer. It has been nicknamed "The Rolls-Royce of the keytars".

This is not the (inferior) LN-4: this is the next (and improved) model LN-1000.

Much better than the Roland AX-1 / AX-7 and others:
- 49 keys / 4 full octaves (The Roland only has 45 keys).
- Velocity sensitive keys with AFTERTOUCH (Roland keys only transmit velocity).
- Real continuous controller mod/pitch wheels (The Roland only has a very awkward and almost unusable ribbon / D-beam control).
- ...And much more (if you are looking this article, that's because you already know what type of jewel the Lync LN-1000 is, compared to other keytars...)

The original manual and cables are included. It feeds directly from the MIDI port by means of an ad-hoc little box which is connnected both to the electrical plug and the MIDI cable (as I'm not the original owner of the keytar, I'm not sure if this was the default configuration, but I suspect that it was modified in order to allow this MIDI-feeding)."

Update via Richard Lainhart of O-Town Media:
"One comment about this - the LN-4 is actually the superior controller. The LN-1000 was designed to be a lower-cost, less fully-featured version of the LN-4.

For example, the LN-4 had a separate rackmount interface/power supply that provided 4 MIDI outputs; each MIDI output was separately programmable and controllable from the LN-4. The LN-1000 had a single built-in MIDI output, and was battery-powered.

That's not to say that the LN-1000 is a dog; far from it. But it isn't superior to the LN-4. (I owned an LN-4, used to work for Lync, and wrote the manuals for both controllers.)"

machinedrum RAM machines

YouTube via vcovcfvca
"Sampling from the audio inputs on the machinedrum in order to layer loops and tweak samples. Once recorded and looping you can easily tweak the samples just like any other track on the md. I do minimal (safe) tweaks here to (try to) keep the groove going but you can easily mess with start and end points for stutter effect, etc.

A simple 1 bar pattern, 3 RAM machines filled w/ keyboard parts live, nord electro2, dsi mono evolver keyboard (MEK), mackie 802-vlz3, ehx holy stain, ehx stereo memory man with hazarai"

VEMIA - Yamaha CS40M

via this VEMIA auction

"Yamaha's huge programmable analogue duosynth in good working order and basically good condition - three knobs and one switch have been replaced, it seems, and the new white parts do show up the yellowy originals. Looking at pics on google, though, this seems to be the same with almost all CS40Ms."

VEMIA - LL Electronics Rozzbox One V2

via this VEMIA auction

"The Rozzbox with tubes. This one is the third ever made, and in practically immaculate condition except that either the maker or the owner has put felt on the bottom of the wooden end cheeks, and that is starting to peel away and look a little messy. The label underneath says Rozzbox One V2, 5 Voices w/ Tube Filter. Made in 2007."

VEMIA - SMS Analogue Modular Synthesizer

via this VEMIA auction

"Wow, if the previous lot of SMS gear was pretty rare, this set of seven 1U modular synth rackmounts is extraordinarily rare, and quite possibly the only one available in the world. There are supposed to be five sets possibly in existence, but I've never heard of anyone being able to buy one. It's also very beautifully made, with an excellent choice of colour and solid, tough materials. I'll be playing with this during the week - it only arrived at VEMIA 48 hours ago - and so far have enjoyed it a lot - **bubbly backgrounds are one of its strengths, squelchy filter lines, and percussive syncopations**. Huge potential, and a pleasure to mess about with. 2x CV Buffers, HB Morph Lag, 2x DC Level Shifters, 2x Attenuator/Inverters, 2x Oscillators with Wave Modulation, Linear Oscillator, Sample & Hold, Noise, Lag, Ring Mod, 2x Envelopes, 2x Amplifiers, and 2x Filters."

Appendage Touch Ribbon Controller Third Video

YouTube via ScottStites. follow-up to these videos.
"100mm. It's not the size that counts...."

Minimoog + SCI Pro-One + Prophet VS + Roland Juno-60

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

'The Machine'

bass-drone: SCI Pro-One;
lead sound and deep bass: Moog Minimoog;
analog pad and fx sounds: SCI Prophet VS;
sweep sound: Roland Juno-60 in hold-mode;

no overdubbing, no sequencer software used

Unfortunately it came by the youtube sound compression to a few unwanted digital noises in the sound."

【DEMO】musictrack MT-1

YouTube via musictrackjp
"musictrack Original VirtualAnalog Synthesizer【MT-1】

まさにDTMビギナーのためのアナログ・ソフトシンセ。
シンセの原点は、これでマスターすべし！

ミュージックトラック　オフィシャルレビュー

ビギナー向け、ソフトウェア・シンセサイザーMT-1の魅力に迫ります。

レビューの詳細なレポート、高音質バージョンはMusicTrackのオフィシャルレ ビューで公開中です。"

Googlish:
"musictrack Original VirtualAnalog Synthesizer MT-1 []

For beginners just Analog DTM software synthesizers.
Since the origin of the master SUBESHI it!

OFISHARUREBYU music tracks

For beginners, the software synthesizer迫RIMASU with the charm of MT-1.

The report reviews the detailed, high-quality version of the OFISHARURE MusicTrack public view."