The Sound of the Roland Jupiter-4

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Roland Jupiter-4 Analog Synthesizer (1978);
For me the Jupiter synth with the most interesting sound. Four voices. These are nearly always „out of tune , them are never correct. But makes for one possible so outstanding musical sound."

VMI

YouTube via mopipi2

Soundlab Analog Synthesizer Modular

via this auction

You can find more info including videos and samples on electric joyland

"This is the Electric Joyland analog mini synth by Health Club Music. It includes the mini synthesizer and a joystick controller.

About the synth:
2 VCOs (1 ramp, 1 ramp/rectangle, syncable)
1 LFO (triangle/ramp/saw/square)
1 Noise Generator (white noise)
1 VCF (lowpass/bandpass)
1 VCA
1 Envelope Generator (Attack, Release, gate/trigger or loop like an LFO)
1 Ring Modulator / VCA with alternate "Brown Output"
1 Super Amp (ultra amplification)
12V AC Power Adapter
1/8" jacks for gate in, VCO1 CV in, VCO2 CV in, VCO1+2 CV in, RingMod Audio in, VCF Audio in, VCA Audio in.
1/4" jack for Main Output
Patchable with Banana cables, multi-colored jacks for banana cables.
A few low-quality banana cables are included to get you started.
We can include high-quality Pomona Brand Banana Cables for $10 each, but it will take 2 weeks extra for delivery.

About the Joystick Module:
X-axis (left, right)
Y-axis (up,down)
Trigger A
Trigger B (These are the arcade pushbuttons)
There are also jacks for:
+Volts, -Volts, and Ground on the Joystick Module and the Main Synth, so you don't need to use batteries.
Batteries in the photos are not included.
The Green and Blue Jacks on the Side are +V and -V."

The Synth design is based on Ray Wilson's SoundLab: www.musicfromouterspace.com
The Faceplate design is from Damion Romero. It can be found on Ray Wilson's site.

Notes on the Plan B Case

See the comments of this post.

Tweak Live at the Tinderbox's Last Night

Tweak Live at the Tinderbox's Last Night from John L on Vimeo.
"Tweak (the one based in Brattleboro, Vermont USA) plays a set of electronic music at the Tinderbox on December 27, 2008. This night was the last show at the Tinderbox, a collective studio and performance space.

Tweak is me (John Levin) and Charlie Schneeweis. On this night there were a lot of bands in the lineup, so we had a short set. We wanted to make it portable, so we both brought our Gakken SX-150's and delay pedals. That was pretty much it, except for a Cracklebox and a tube amp.

This was shot on a little Canon Elph by the light of one 60 watt bulb in a dark and funky space, while a lot of the audience was talking (it was a punk rock scene, after all). So the quality is not exactly the best. But it's a document of a moment in time, not to mention my first foray into documenting my work visually. Enjoy!"

Juno 60 repair

YouTube via michakey

Modular Synthesizer Meeting - Fischbach

via sequencer.de

HILLWOOD SYNTH

flickr by industrial drawing
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Electronic Music Techniques

via this auction

"This is an out of print synth book The book is called Electronic Music Techniques. A Musical Approach to the Roland SH-1000 Performance Synthesizer. its by Benjamin Suchoff its Copyright 1975. its a total of 55 pages. Nice to have if you own a Roland SH-1000, or if you collect any synth books like me.It tells you about the SH-1000 & amp; how to use it in performances , It has some sheet music in it too. The book is not a copy, its the original thing."

I added this one to the synth books section on the right.

Roland Sh1000

YouTube via abertronic. "up for sale ebay soon"
Not seeing it listed as of this post. Roland SH-1000 on Ebay. I did find an interesting book though. Post on that coming up.