MATRIXSYNTH

DIY Analog Synth Demo #6

YouTube via rodriemi. follow-up to these posts.
"On http://arsamus-lineal-tml01.blogspot.... you can see details

This is another a demo of an do-it-yourself analog synth I designed and build. This video shows some capabilities of the synth.

Mix with no effects

Remember I just want to show the synth no my performance skills!!!"

Water-controlled chipmusic! (Toriton and SEGA Mega Drive)

YouTube via littlescale
"The toriton water music controller is controlling the SEGA Mega Drive soundchip inside the SEGA Mega Drive in real time."

OXFORD OSCAR

via this auction

the minimoog synthesizer operation manual

via this auction

Roland Juno-6 Polyphonic Synthesizer JU-6

via this auction

click the image for the full size shot.
"SPECIFICATIONS
* The Roland Juno 6 is a 6 voices and 61 keys polyphonic synthesizer.
* The digitally controlled oscillator that offers exceptionnally stable pitch.
* The real 6 voices polyphonic synthesizer completly equipied with 6 VCF's, 6 VCA's and 6 ENV's period.

* An Arpeggio function that enables you to enjoy wide variations of the patterns by changing the mode and the range
* Chorus effects that expect the sounds for a rich performance.
* A key transposed function that allows you to transpose to any key

DIMENSIONS
* 1,6m width (5'.2") x 0,1m height (0.3') x 0.38m depth (1'.2"). Weight : 11kg (around 25 pounds)"

Yamaha CS-40M

via this auction
"4 VCO unison mode is hecka phat! It has so many unique features that make this synth very useful for anyone's setup. It has a ring mod, duophonic, sine wave generator on the VCA that allows you to make deep bass patches while using the band pass/hi pass filtering! The sine wave gen. really fattens things up and I really wish all synth had this feature. It has patch storage! cv and trigger in. This is by far superior to the cs-5, cs-10, cs-15, cs-20m and is really one of yamaha's best analogs possibly second to the cs-80. These are super rare in the USA and because the large size makes it very expensive to ship from japan, this unit is on US voltage 120v so you won't have any problems."

NAMM: Volta Screenshot

via Gur of TipTop Audio

Not picking favorites here, but I think VOLTA stole the show this year.

The L.L.Electronics Rozzbox

The L.L.Electronics Rozzbox from Makingsound on Vimeo.
"Overview of the Rozzbox.
Review, sounds and more soon.
Check updates on makingsound.free.fr"
The review with sounds are here in French [Googlish here].
http://www.rozzbox.de/

NAMM: Roland Prelude

"Portable, Affordable Home Entertainment
Prelude represents Roland’s next generation of home-entertainment keyboards, featuring high-quality sounds and musical styles, built-in amplification, and an affordable price. Prelude is portable, and packed with an impressive library of contemporary sounds and authentic ethnic styles.

Hundreds of essential, contemporary sounds inherited from Roland’s top sound modules

Multi-format song player that allows song data to be played directly from USB Flash memory (MP3, WAV, AIFF, and SMF format)

Stylish, lightweight design

Built-in speakers with impressively powerful sound

Flagship Sounds
Don’t let Prelude’s affordability mislead you ― it sounds like a keyboard costing twice the price. Prelude is equipped with hundreds of top-quality sounds derived from Roland's famous sound modules. It also features 128 polyphonic voices for smooth performance, even with stacks of sounds playing at the same time.

Play-Along Styles
Prelude is packed with a wide variety of contemporary sounds and intelligent backing styles, plus loadable banks of ethnic sounds and styles from around the world. Style Converter and Playlist Editor software is included so you can customize and arrange your songs via PC.

Fun, Friendly Features
Prelude’s USB Memory Player allows direct playback of MP3, WAV, AIFF, and SMF files from a USB key. For karaoke fun, the Center Cancel transforms your favorite pre-recorded songs into “minus one” type sing-along tracks. For dazzling performance effects, wave your hand over Prelude’s invisible D Beam to manipulate your sounds in unique and exciting ways."

No details on whether this is editable but the specs do list:
User Memory Performances: 128

Synths with built in speakers always intrigue me for some reason. The HS60 and Juno-106S for example are full blown Roland Juno-106es with built in speakers.