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Thursday, January 01, 2009
Synth Stories
A thread by Ralph of insidemyOSCar went up on the Analogue Heaven mailing list asking people to share their funny synth stories. Here are my two entries, followed by a funny one from customsynth.co.uk. If you have any feel free to send them in and I'll update this post. I'll also add this to the More Stuff section towards the bottom right of the site.
My stories:
Several years back I went to Maui. I set my wife up with expectations that we would hit every single pawn shop while there. We never got around to it until the last day when we were partially sunburnt and just plain beat. I convince my wife to trek around the island. Over two hours of hitting pawn shops with nothing but jewelry we give up. On the way back to the hotel I see one. I ask her if we can go in and she says hell no. I then see a Taco Bell right next to it and realize its about lunch time and we are pretty hungry. I say how about Taco Bell? :) I manage to get us a quick look in the pawn shop and sitting in the back I see a beige drum machine. I think, no, it can't be. I'm thinking it's probably just a TR-707, but when I get up to it, it's the 909. I pick it up and aside from being dusty it's in prestine condition. I see a few amps and ask if I can try it out. They go searching for a cable for about 15 minutes and can't find one. I'm thinking maybe it's busted, but I look for a price and see a little sticker on it. 220, no $. I think, no way... that can't be the price. I ask someone and it happens to be the owner of the shop. I shout accross the room "is 220 the price?!" The response? Oh, I can take $30 off of it! I whip out my credit card. Cash only. I have no cash. I ask him if there is an ATM near by. He says there's one accross the street, but he's closing shop as he has a movie to catch. He suggests the next day, but my plane leaves before they open. I ask him to give me five minutes. I run accross the street (think hwy/mini freeway), get the cash and run back. I get back and I see him locking up the doors. I get that sinking feeling in my stomach. He turns around and he has the 909! I pay for it and head back to the hotel. It's in pristine condition both cosmetically and functionally.
Another story, this one short. I went to a local guitar center and they had a Pro-One sitting there. I ask them if I can try it out and the guy says yes but it's broken - one note just hangs. Their tech looked at it and couldn't figure it out. I buy it for $125, take it home, open it up and bend a j-wire so it isn't in constant contact with the bar. Worked perfectly after that. :)
customsynth.co.uk
"the sh09 and sixtrak i found in a farmers barn , covered in hay and i mouse nest in the sixtrak was an interesting find , both were just rust buckets , but looked great chromed , and the sh black and orange , both are on my home page ,
jeff : )"
Update: see the comments for more. I also added a link to the More Stuff section twoards the bottom right of the site.
My stories:
Several years back I went to Maui. I set my wife up with expectations that we would hit every single pawn shop while there. We never got around to it until the last day when we were partially sunburnt and just plain beat. I convince my wife to trek around the island. Over two hours of hitting pawn shops with nothing but jewelry we give up. On the way back to the hotel I see one. I ask her if we can go in and she says hell no. I then see a Taco Bell right next to it and realize its about lunch time and we are pretty hungry. I say how about Taco Bell? :) I manage to get us a quick look in the pawn shop and sitting in the back I see a beige drum machine. I think, no, it can't be. I'm thinking it's probably just a TR-707, but when I get up to it, it's the 909. I pick it up and aside from being dusty it's in prestine condition. I see a few amps and ask if I can try it out. They go searching for a cable for about 15 minutes and can't find one. I'm thinking maybe it's busted, but I look for a price and see a little sticker on it. 220, no $. I think, no way... that can't be the price. I ask someone and it happens to be the owner of the shop. I shout accross the room "is 220 the price?!" The response? Oh, I can take $30 off of it! I whip out my credit card. Cash only. I have no cash. I ask him if there is an ATM near by. He says there's one accross the street, but he's closing shop as he has a movie to catch. He suggests the next day, but my plane leaves before they open. I ask him to give me five minutes. I run accross the street (think hwy/mini freeway), get the cash and run back. I get back and I see him locking up the doors. I get that sinking feeling in my stomach. He turns around and he has the 909! I pay for it and head back to the hotel. It's in pristine condition both cosmetically and functionally.
Another story, this one short. I went to a local guitar center and they had a Pro-One sitting there. I ask them if I can try it out and the guy says yes but it's broken - one note just hangs. Their tech looked at it and couldn't figure it out. I buy it for $125, take it home, open it up and bend a j-wire so it isn't in constant contact with the bar. Worked perfectly after that. :)
customsynth.co.uk"the sh09 and sixtrak i found in a farmers barn , covered in hay and i mouse nest in the sixtrak was an interesting find , both were just rust buckets , but looked great chromed , and the sh black and orange , both are on my home page ,
jeff : )"
Update: see the comments for more. I also added a link to the More Stuff section twoards the bottom right of the site.
ARP 4027-1 VCO Clone
MM8027 Module - ARP 4027-1 VCO"Overview This is a clone of the ARP 4027-1 VCO that was used in the ARP 2600 as well as the basis for the VCO's in every other ARP synthesizer from 1972. This replication has been carried out with care and detailed research, including borrowing a recently serviced ARP 2600 to test out the capabilities of the VCO design, to ensure I could achieve or even improve upon the original ARP design."
More info on The Emulator Archive
Top image is the original ARP 4027-1 VCO
Bottom two are the clone
circuit bent effects casio va-10
YouTube via spunkytoofers
"another from the casio va-10. just wanted to demo the added looper in the feedback path."
Me playing Depeche Mode "Fools"
YouTube via DX5.
Previous vids here.
"Fools. Backtape, sounds search and assign, and rehearsing in an hour or so. No samples or sounds coming from the original song.
Above: Roland JX-8P
Mid: Yamaha DX7 mk1
Below: E-mu Emax"
Kaossilator Jam 2
YouTube via blackmuzzle
"A quick jam with the Kork Kaossilator and KP3. I'm slowly getting the hang of switching scales on the fly. What a fantastic little box..."
Minimoog Voyager Old School. In a Wardrobe
YouTube via hafstrat
"Hafstrat is now hafmoog. Nothing sounds like a moog."
Yakitori Song - KORG microKORG XL with GarageBand
YouTube via jetdaisuke
"I composed this song with KORG synthesizer "microKORG XL". I used only a few Presets.
And recorded with Apple GarageBand
Title logo and lyrics animations are made with a Nintendo DSi software "Ugoku Memo-cho (うごくメモ帳)"
Yakitori is Japanese style grilled chicken.
[Yakitori song] lyrics(English translation)
My favorite yakitori is negima.
My favorite yakitori is seseri.
My favorite yakitori is sasami.
My favorite yakitori is bonbochi.
liver
burn enough
So liver
rare
salt or sauce
sauce or salt
【やきとりのうた】歌詞
焼き鳥のネギ間を食って
焼き鳥のせせりを食って
焼き鳥のささみを食って
焼き鳥のぼんぼち食って
レバー よく焼き
そう、レバー 生焼き
しお、たれ
タレ、塩"
OSCar Monosynth Audio Demo
YouTube via JMPSynth
"Not many OSCar synth demos about so here's an audio demo of the one I had a while ago, apologies for lack of video footage on this one. Includes use of the built-in arpeggiator."
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