Sunday, March 08, 2009
Yamaha SS30
via this auction
Note this is the one in this video.
"Control section running from left to right pitch/ detune - The outer pot adjusts the overall tuning and the inner pot detunes the voices against the pitch which can produce a wonderful thickening effect ( some sources describe this synth as a duphonic/ multiphonic ,others describe it as a 4 voice polyphonic. I have a feeling it is a 4 voice polyphonic but the 4 voices are split between cello (two tones) and violin (2 tones) . It then uses divide down chips enabling all keys to be played at once)
Orchestra -Depth ( Speed 1/2 ,cello ,violin ) A great ensemble effect with 2 different effect types (speed) and the ability to separate the effect between cello and violin ( so you can have ,for example cello effect and violins dry )
Vibrato ,Delay/Depth- Very nice vibrato effect.
Sustain, Cello /Violin - sustain 1 control each for cello and violin giving again the ability to have separate amount of sustain for cello and violin sections . Very short to very long .
Keyboard split 0/1/2/3 .0 setting is no split and just the violin sound over the whole range. 1 gives a split with the lowest octave for cellos the rest strings. 2 setting gives 1 and a half octaves to the cello . 3 gives 2 octaves to the cello. The splits are indicated by a white dot above the note on the control panel
Cello ,Volume, attack/slow ,cello1/cello2 - control section for cellos giving control over attack fast/slow. Choice of 2 cello sounds.
Violin Attack/Slow, Viola/violin1/Violin2 /Volume - Same as cello control section though the volume is at the far right.
Brilliance Cello/Violin Very usable low pass filter for cello and violin. "
Update via stevenorgate in the comments: ""some sources describe this synth as a duphonic/ multiphonic ,others describe it as a 4 voice polyphonic. I have a feeling it is a 4 voice polyphonic but the 4 voices are split between cello (two tones) and violin (2 tones) . It then uses divide down chips enabling all keys to be played at once)"
Nearly. It has two master oscillators which are both dived down to give you the full set of notes, twice.
You need two waveforms to get a stringy effect so the same note outputs of the dividers are mixed.
When you press a key you're switching in a mix of two divided down oscillators.
The detune affects both oscillators but not equally hence you can detune one against the other and get to the good old thick sound but more importantly set the PWM type character you need for strings.
The outputs of these mixed waveforms are sent to either the Violin, Viola, or Cello mixers. In some cases the outputs can be sent to either one or the other mixer as set by the split selector switch.
The cello, viola or violin character is set by filters after each mixer. Violin 1 & 2 just are different (1st order) filters fed from the mixer, so when you switch them in you're just mixing and matching different filtered outputs of the same thing. the same goes for Cello 1 & 2.
So far it's just a paraphonic organ but with two tones per key. However the SS30 rules over other string synths because it has an AR envelope generator per key. When you set a long attack each time you press a key it starts a new attack just for that key. same with Release.
There's no VCF per key but that's what we have Polymoogs and, err, GX1's for."
090308_Xplorer

flickr by greg_baumont
full size
Oberheim Xpander, Matrix-12 editor
"- sysex loading/saving now ok
- remote automation for the 226 single patch parameters with MIDI CC
- program change on Xpander now reflects into Xplorer
The waveform at the bottom is coming from the Wave Candy plugin of FLStudio
BCF2000-[midi]->FLStdio->Xplorer->Xpander- [audio]->FLStudio"
Mike Oldfield & Anita Hegerland-Innocent (Original Version)
YouTube via balabanbal. Sent my way via khoral:
"1989 "Innocent" video and Mike Oldfield goofing around with a Korg M1 and an Atari ST."
"Second one needs some explanation for the non-French, eheh... Les inconnus were a very popular french comedy act, performing live and hosting successful tv shows circa 1990-1992. This clip is a parody of a very lousy Cure rip-off synth band that was big in the late 80s, with fake interview bits. The lyrics are totally moronic, with the same dull sentence repeated over and over. I think there's a Memorymoog and a Prophet 5... can't seem to recognize the third one." Anyone ID the third synth? Kind of looks like a KORG DW8000.
Simmons drum pads as well.
2. Les Inconnus - Isabelle a les Yeux Bleus
YouTube via jplarch
arp sequencer + rsf kobol
YouTube via scienceforce.
Note this is the ARP Sequencer in this auction, previously posted here. Also see the seller's other auctions.
"Arp sequencer driving the RSF Kobol expander"
advanced cacophonator (bunt)
YouTube via druesenhieb. via Deviant Synth
"SubtleNoiseMaker advanced Cacophonator + digital reverb (sometimes)"
Cacophonator
"SubtleNoiseMaker Cacophonator 2009"
Clavia Nord Rack noodle
YouTube via hilltree
"A noodle on the expanded nord.
All 4 parts are used.
More at www.groenewoudnet.nl"
CausaliDox - The Future (is retro)
YouTube via causalidox
Video for CausaliDox - The Future (is retro)
Filmed in the CausaliDox studio
www.myspace.com/CausaliDox
www.glaxclock.com"
Unknown NES Clone - James Bond Jr
YouTube via xxxogchris
"This is the 8 bit console I used to play when I was younger."
Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 "Prophet Strings"
YouTube via retrosound72
"vintage synth demo by RetroSound
'Prophet Strings'
the string-sounds of the SCI Prophet 600 Analog Synthesizer;
drums: Roland TR-808;
FX: only a little bit reverb added, no chorus, no EQ
Some say the Prophet 600 is crap at making pad sounds... I think the problem is not the synth. ;)
The Prophet 600 does not sound like a Prophet 5, but the Prophet 5 cannot sound also like a Prophet 600."
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