ARP Axxe Model 2313

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"If you download the manual, available at http://soundprogramming.net/manuals/Arp_Axxe_Manual.pdf, all of the functions work fine up through page 20. After that there seem to be dirty slider issues. In addition, a small circuit, a pot with a chicken head knob and 2 - 1/4" jacks were added to the output. It looks like a small buffer/possible gain amplifier is connected to the low output. A ground wire and what appears to be a wire from the power supply have both broken off leading to the additional circuit, rendering this circuit inoperable. This does not seem to affect the original output. This circuit and the jacks can be seen in the accompanying pictures. The power takes a few moments to come on after flipping the power switch, but after it is on there is no problem."

Simon plays the Moog

flickr by maxcady808

"Simon played and made some sounds at the launch for Ken Hollings book "Welcome to Mars" at the Horse Hospital."

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JayB Productions - Trance Live Performance #2

YouTube via Hanni13579

"Anther song I composed just for playing live for YouTube. I's got no title and there's no MP3 available.

The rhythm section comes from Yamaha QY100 and Quasimidi Sirius (recieving MIDI data from QY100). No computer was used for this - except for recording the audio. :D

Other synths used here:
Yamaha AN1x (Plucked Sound, FM Synth in main part)
Korg X5D (Choir Pad and Explosion)
Yamaha S80 (Gated Pad, FX-Sounds, Main Lead)"

Roland V-synth Demostration part 2, S4K performed by Gill

YouTube via Space4Keys. follow-up to this post.

Arbitrary Blues Digression in C

YouTube via RadiPho
"The Electric Harmonic Phase Angle And Frequency Arbitrator playing an old Diracistani traditional melody."

Kawai K5000 Rack *Advanced Additive Synthesizer*

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Kawai K5000 = Additive Synthesis + special PCM samples;

the demo shows some typical K5000 sounds...the perfect digital ambient machine"

ROLAND SH-09 VINTAGE SYNTH NEW HOME / THIERRY IN SWITZERLAND

YouTube via stickmanband3
"This is a neat old synthesizer that I've had for a while. I did use it in one song I wrote for my Great Nephew Taylor. The song is "Poopie in the Pot" and this Roland SH-09 was used for the lead section and riff in the song. Maybe I'll add that song at some point, but this is just goofing around to remember what it sounded like and the such. Peace - frazier - small town music"

Watch Jordan and his nanoKEY Part 3!

YouTube via NanoSeries. follow-up to these posts. NanoKey on Ebay.

"Equinoxe part 1" - on ELKA EP-8

YouTube via organfairy
"This is the proof that you can do something fantastic with just a computer - or a tape recorder - and a home organ bought for next to nothing at a charity sale. Purists will probably say that I should play this piece on an Eminent organ like J.M.Jarres. But I think the ELKA does a good job and they are easier to find. I also wanted to somehow illustrate the seven separate tracks without some fancy video tricks. But you can see for yourself how I solved that...."

Drawdio: MacGyver Everyday Things into Musical Instruments

Drawdio: Turn Almost Anything Into a Theramin

YouTube via wakeupsilver. Be sure to click on the drawdio label below for more.

"Imagine you could draw musical instruments on normal paper with any pencil (cheap circuit thumb-tacked on) and then play them with your finger. The Drawdio circuit-craft lets you MacGuyver your everyday objects into musical instruments: paintbrushes, macaroni, trees, grandpa, even the kitchen sink...

One day I bought a "harmonium" kit at the street market in Bangalore. I hacksawed the keyboard off to make the first ever Drawdio circuit. We played with it at a local school in the slums using plants, water, our foreheads, etc. My friend told me graphite would work too. Meditating on it, I realized the Drawdio circuit should be literally attached to a pencil to "draw audio," and that's where the name came from: Draw + Audio.

DIY: Make it. Remix it. Play it."