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via this auctionNot the best shots of the interface but you should be able to make out the controls.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Akai AX-60
via this auctionNot the best shots of the interface but you should be able to make out the controls.
Crumar CTR Electric Piano Organ Strings
via this auction
"Built in reverb Built in brass, paino, clavich, chello, violion. Each of these different instruments have their own right and left audio level controls. Up to 8% pitch control"
Update via ralf in the comments: "Hi, this a Crumar Multiman-S (or in the US: Orchestrator) with beautiful strings like Solina, Logan/Hohner and a Moog 'shaped' filter for the brass section. If it wouldn't be so heavy...
Hopefully this year I will build a new lighter case with multiplex wood and aluminium. Thanks for the ever great blog."Oberheim OBERNotes Winter 1980
via this auctionI actually used to get these when I bought my first synth, an Oberheim Matrix-6. You can see what the jacket looks like here.
SYNARE 3 DRUM SYNTH Modded - This One Goes to 11
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via this auctionDetails (anyone confirm the comments on sound?):
"You are looking at the famous Synare 3. Used on "Bette Davis Eyes" and a whole lot of disco tracks. It is the best sounding one. Phatter than the 1 and 2. The 4 sounds like crap compared to this.
This is one of a kind because of a special mod. It has a speaker with a larger cone in it than the original one. I did not do this mod but it sounds awesome! If you know physics that means Synare 3's go low but this one goes really low! Crank the resonance up and it will shake your house and scare your friends. Although I admit I used this mostly for bells and chimes. It has a wonderful 70s sound to it. Its filter is nuts. The guy I bought it from also had his drum tech resurface it. It is in as-new condition. All dials and the jack work perfectly. Comes with Ludwig mount. Most Synares you see are rusty and scratched to hell. This is in marvelous condition."
Soviet SYNTH MAESTRO
via this auctionReminds me of when I first got into synths. I didn't know what anything did. I just started exploring.
"20 preset timbres:
Keyboard instruments
Clavesin
Piano 1
Piano 1
Harpsi 2
Harpsi 1
String instrumentsBass
Cello
Alto
Violin 2
Violin 1
Woodwind instruments
Bassoon
Clarinet
Oboe
Flute
Piccolo
Brass instrumentsTuba
Trombone
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3"
Admin: Updates via Twitter
This is just a heads up that you can get updates to old posts on http://twitter.com/matrixsynth.
Every now and then updates for old posts come in. Sometimes I put up a new post here to let you know, and other times I just update the post with a red Update:. I'll try to put the latter up on Twitter like I just did for this post.
I just started using Twitter and I'm getting the hang of it. I realize I don't have to post every little detail, like when I decide to go use the restroom. I will be posting little bits that don't quite fit here on MATRIXSYNTH and I'll be calling out posts that interest me in one way or another for those on Twitter that may not following the site closely. An example of what I posted there but not here is this wireless remote monitor I picked up off of Ebay for $108. It's called an AirPanel and it's made by ViewSonic. In about 2003 Microsoft came out with remote wireless monitors. The project was called Mira. It bombed because for about the same price you could get an actual laptop. The idea was that you could remote into your desktop and work on things at your leisure. I thought... hmm... wouldn't that be useful in the studio. I could remote into my desktop and I'd have a wireless touch screen monitor to control all of my software synths and sequencers. I had some trouble getting a network card that works with it. Yes, the remote wireless V100 comes with no wi-fi. Go figure. I couldn't get on my network with a Cisco Aeronet 350 which was supposed to work, but I did manage to get on with a D-Link 650 with some help from this forum. Now that I'm on, it works great. I was able to sequence my hardware synths using Techno Toys SEQ-303, while playing some soft synths at the same time. The cool thing about this is that the interface is completely wireless and it's a touchscreen! Having that direct interaction with the controls of a soft synth makes a big difference. Being able to walk around with a wireless monitor makes a huge difference.
Anyway, back to Twitter, if you are new to it, think of it as micro blogging. A perfect place to note little things like the above that may not make sense for a full blown post. You just put up little bits of stuff that interests you. You can post like crazy or you can post once a week, whatever and whenever, it's up to you.
Currently I'm adding anyone that follows me, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Quite a bit does come in and I don't keep up with it all, so if you have something for the blog, still send it in here via the comments of any post or contact me directly - my contact info is on the bottom right of the site.
Every now and then updates for old posts come in. Sometimes I put up a new post here to let you know, and other times I just update the post with a red Update:. I'll try to put the latter up on Twitter like I just did for this post.
I just started using Twitter and I'm getting the hang of it. I realize I don't have to post every little detail, like when I decide to go use the restroom. I will be posting little bits that don't quite fit here on MATRIXSYNTH and I'll be calling out posts that interest me in one way or another for those on Twitter that may not following the site closely. An example of what I posted there but not here is this wireless remote monitor I picked up off of Ebay for $108. It's called an AirPanel and it's made by ViewSonic. In about 2003 Microsoft came out with remote wireless monitors. The project was called Mira. It bombed because for about the same price you could get an actual laptop. The idea was that you could remote into your desktop and work on things at your leisure. I thought... hmm... wouldn't that be useful in the studio. I could remote into my desktop and I'd have a wireless touch screen monitor to control all of my software synths and sequencers. I had some trouble getting a network card that works with it. Yes, the remote wireless V100 comes with no wi-fi. Go figure. I couldn't get on my network with a Cisco Aeronet 350 which was supposed to work, but I did manage to get on with a D-Link 650 with some help from this forum. Now that I'm on, it works great. I was able to sequence my hardware synths using Techno Toys SEQ-303, while playing some soft synths at the same time. The cool thing about this is that the interface is completely wireless and it's a touchscreen! Having that direct interaction with the controls of a soft synth makes a big difference. Being able to walk around with a wireless monitor makes a huge difference.
Anyway, back to Twitter, if you are new to it, think of it as micro blogging. A perfect place to note little things like the above that may not make sense for a full blown post. You just put up little bits of stuff that interests you. You can post like crazy or you can post once a week, whatever and whenever, it's up to you.
Currently I'm adding anyone that follows me, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Quite a bit does come in and I don't keep up with it all, so if you have something for the blog, still send it in here via the comments of any post or contact me directly - my contact info is on the bottom right of the site.
Reopening of Musee de la musique
via Yves of yusynth"The "Musee de la musique" in Paris has reopened yesterday after a long closure and among the good surprises is that the section "Musique du XX siecle," which did disappear from permanent display some ten years ago, has now been reintroduced.
Therefore for those coming to Paris, they can now admire some beautiful pieces of synthesizers (Ondes martenot, Moog modular, EMU modular, Eric Siday's Moog drum modular, Frank Zappa 's E-Mu modular, and many other rare pieces such as prototypes from... this link (it is in French, unfortunately I couldn't find the same in the english version of the site) and click on the following sentence (highlighted in orange); "Voir le diaporama des nouveaux espaces du Musée de la musique" There it will play a short diaporama and the fun really starts at image 10!Thanks to jbfairloght for pointing this to me...
Cheers
Yves yusynth"
Update via micke in the comments: "The big E-mu modular seen on the right is most likely Frank Zappa's old one. He never used an ARP 2500 afaik.
The boxy thing sitting beside the VCS-3 looks like it could be a Synket. It sure would be great to see some high-res photos of that rarity."
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