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Diabolical Devices Juno-106

via the Big City Music Blog. Diabolical Devices are back in stock at bigcitymusic.com.

Diabolical Devices is http://circuit-bent.com/. You can find more info on the Roland Juno-106 mods in the Analog section under Diabolical Devices.

Bitfinder LiveSets

A couple studio shots from Bitfinder LiveSets. Check the site out for more.

Update via fischek in the comments. Note the Elektron posters on the wall in the bottom shot. Anyone know where to find them online? I did a quick search for Elektron poster here and didn't find it, but I did find this, which is very cool in it's own right.

Update via creekree in the comments: "you can buy elektron posters directly at the elektron.se webshop"

You can find them at the bottom of the extras page. No good shots online though.

EMS Synthi A with DK-1 Keyboard

Updated images for this auction. Click on each for the full size shot.

"This is something special! A good looking Synthi A from the Electronic Music Studios in London. Both the Synthi and the keyboard are recently serviced and there are a some very nice modifications on this one! The following modifications have been performed by a pro synth tech:

Osc-sync 2&3, filter keyb follow, filter slew/unslew, filter 18/24 dB. Also new internal trimmers and elco's have been installed. Oscillators 1 & 2 have the temperature compensation mod to make them more stable. These are the same mods as performed at EMS London.The 3 black (Serge) knobs: 2 are the sync-switches for the OSCs, the one near the filter controls the keyboard follow of the filter. Left of and above the Cutoff knob are the toggles for filter slew/unslew en 18/24dB"

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Kraftwurst

Hotdogs, Stylophones and Kraftwerk. What more can you ask for.
via fabio

Interview with Frank Serafine

"Frank Serafine is an award-winning sound designer, sound supervisor and sound editor, who created nearly all of the sound effects for Tron. In this exclusive interview, Tron Wiki founder Max Petrosky discussed with Mr. Serafine about how some of the movie's most memorable sounds were created and how they were put together using technology no one have ever used before for sound editing."

You can find the interview on Tron Wiki here. There is mention of the Fairlight, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, and Minimoog.

via Mix Architekt

Modified Yamaha CS01 CS-01 Analog Synth

YouTube via rolandsh1000
"This is a brief video demo of a modified Yamaha CS-01 Mk1 battery-powered analog synth. I'm not going through the internal speaker here, but rather using the line-out to a Roland MicroCube amp.

The mods are:
1) expanded resonance and continuous control of the resonance
2) VCA drone mode

Except for the fact that the breath controller will no longer work on this unit (how many folks actually use it anyway?), both are 'non-destructive' mods, which means you can return to stock functionality if you want.

The 12dB low-pass filter on the CS-01 isn't terribly stable at high resonances, which is probably why Yamaha kept the stock setting to be a bit tame.

I make some odd comments here: why am I calling the footages "high sounds?" Please ignore some of the rambling!"

Roland VP-330 + Juno-60 + TR-606 + Moog Taurus

YouTube via retrosound72.

Not sure if this is the same video that was posted here.

Update: it's not.
"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

analog strings and human voice sounds: Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mk2;
bassline: Roland Juno-60, arpeggiator in hold-modus is triggered by the TR-606 drum-machine
deep bass: Moog Taurus 1;
drums: Roland TR-606"

Udu Drum treatment 2 added overdrive

YouTube via RothHandle
"Yesterday I started working a new track with the ever so talented Rhys Marsh. The track I am working has a slightly indian or middle eastern feel so I brought some of the percussion instruments that would fit into that sonic environment...But. to create an edgier and possibly more modern feel I decided to do some treatments on the Udu drum...which turns out to be the base of the verse rhythm.

If you are curious about the studio and the music that is recorded there please stroll by
www.roth-handle.nu for more info."

Treating Rhys Marsh Udus through the MOTM 420 filter

"Yesterday I started working a new track with the ever so talented Rhys Marsh. The track I am working has a slightly indian or middle eastern feel so I brought some of the percussion instruments that would fit into that sonic environment...But. to create an edgier and possibly more modern feel I decided to do some treatments on the Udu drum...which turns out to be the base of the verse rhythm."