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Roland SH-3A

Analogue Solutions Leipzig Keyboard Synthesizer

via this auction via noisebug
"KEY FEATURES OF LEIPZIG-K:
Pure analogue voice circuitry
Fat Moog style filter
Velocity sensitive keyboard
CV/Gate outputs, so can be used as a 1V/octave CV controller keyboard for your modular system
CV/Gate inputs to voice circuit so can be controlled by an analogue sequencer or similar
All jack sockets are 6.35mm (1/4" 'big' jacks)
Mod Wheel
Pitch Bend Wheel
Performance section (mod wheel control of LFO2 - i.e. vibrato/wahwah)
Pure vintage style inspired design
Lots of blue LEDs!
2 VCOs with Glide/Portamento and Sub-VCOs.
Plenty of modulation routing possibilities.
Extra tone controls and circuits for more sound variety e.g. LFO, CrossMod.
Rugged steel construction
'vintage' wood design.
Spun aluminium topped knobs
LCD for MIDI set-up editing
MIDI In for software sequencer control of CV/Gate
MIDI Thru
MIDI Out: pitchbend, mod wheel, velocity and note data is transmitted.
Local on/off feature

The Leipzig-k keyboard design brief was simple; design a keyboard in the true spirit of vintage keyboard monosynths. There's plenty of rack analogues and digital modelling keyboard synths around, but very few new true analogue keyboards. We aimed to design a keyboard monosynth that looked like it has been beemed back from the past. True, it has an LCD to edit the MIDI functions, but why make life hard! Thick wooden end panels and top panel wood and aluminium spun knob-caps add to the effect. Details such as this don't come cheap, but the added cost of the hardware to get the right hardware was not omitted or the design compromised. I wanted to design a synth that truly looked the part and had all those classic vintage synth details, and no expensive or time has been spared to bring that. The quality of design, workmanship and detailing is all of top quality. The case is rugged 1.2mm steel, thick wood sides, powder coated metal, silk-screened legend, aluminium apped knobs and more.

So Leipzig looks the part, but it sounds good too. Pure analogue throughout. Discrete transistor, resistor, capacitor design. The only ICs are as you would expect; op-amps and transconductance amps. Of course there is digital circuits; the MIDI circuits, but I think you can forgive us for that! It's somehow comforting to know that if you open up this synth you will see thousands of discrete components and not just some giany DSP chip! If you had the knowledge (and were prepared to lose your warranty) then you could open up the synth and circuit-bend it as you wish, disect your way into the sound or CV path.

The Leipzig-k is more than just a Leipzig rack with a keyboard. An extra LFO/VCA has been added. The depth of the LFO is controlled via the Mod Wheel. A headphone output has been added. CV/CV2/Gate inputs and outputs making this an ideal analogue synth controller keyboard."

Waldorf MicroQ

image via this auction via noisebug.

How did they get it to float like that? ;)

Clavia Rebrands Itself as Nord Keyboards

http://clavia.se
see for yourself

Ministry of Sound - iDrum Anthems

"Recreate your favorite club tracks of yesterday and today. Build and customize the beats any way you like.

iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems makes you the producer. Start with professionally produced iDrum kits that emulate the greatest anthems in clubbing history, then mix and match over 300 original samples to make your own epic tracks.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never made a beat before. iDrum’s simple interface lets you build beats layer by layer by tapping the touch screen or create music with simple shapes and color combinations that let you visualize the rhythm."
You can find Ministry of Sound iDrum here:

Moog Modular Sections

flickr by InnovativeSynthesis.com
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"These are pics of synths we own, or have owned through the years. Many more to come!

Many of these are scans of pictures, so please excuse the quality!

Visit us at www.InnovativeSynthesis.com"

Encounters in Moscow

via the Jean Michel Jarre blog where you will find more images and info.

I'm guessing that's a white Modcan modular under the KORG PS3200 and ARP 2600.

Analogue Systems rs35 External Processor -Guitar Synth

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is the incredible Analogue Systems rs35 External Processor eurorack synthesizer module.

The rs35 is a frequency (or pitch) to voltage converter. It can turn virtually any sound source into a one volt per octave voltage allowing you to control an analog synthesizer.

We are running a Strat into the Barber Electronics TonePress compressor pedal for added sustain. The guitar signal is then run into the low pass filter section of the A.S. rs110 Multimode filter to roll off some of the highs.

Now we run the audio into the rs35 'Frequency In'. The rs35's voltage out goes to the rs95 voltage controlled oscillator. We're using various modules to alter the oscillator sound including the rs100 Low Pass filter, the rs120 Comb Filter, and the rs290 voltage controlled digital delay/sampler.

Finally, a practical, easy way to play your analog synthesizer with a guitar. Rad."

The JEN Electonico Laughing/Crying Glider Synthesizer

Here's an odd article sent my way via Brian Kehew of The Moog Cookbook. The image is clearly an ARP 2500. Anyone know more about this? Click on the image to read the article.

Update: this one appears to be debunked. See the comments. This is the same ARP 2500 shot from sequencer.de which means it is the same 2500 in the Synthorama Museum. You can tell by the extra module on top of the sequencer.de image. Credit goes to mr.scrappy for spotting the image.