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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

ARP Axxe and a Bag O' ...


via this auction

See this post for the bag reference.

"You are bidding on a lovingly cared for orange and black face ARP Axxe synthesizer model 2323 in excellent 'collector' condition. These units were the final ones to be produced by ARP from about 1978 up through ARP's demise in 1981. It is a monophonic analog synth with one voltage controlled oscillator, permitting one note playablility at a time. Excellent for solo leads or bass synth lines. This specific unit works 100% and has no broken slider control posts. All keys are level and accurate (not common for ARP's of this vintage) and all color coded knobs are in their correct locations according to the manufacturer's specifications and slider's function. There are some slider controls that 'stick' while moving them, but work fine using the proper care. This was also common even for brand new units in the day. I know...I was there. Also included in this auction is an additional ARP Axxe model 2321(earlier in the orange & blackface production), which I have used over the years to access replacement parts whenever needed on the 2323. This 'parts unit' has the classic wooden sides, as opposed to the final production 2323's (and ARP Odyssey's) which were produced with tanned leather sides in order to reduce original production costs and provide improved durability."

Interesting note regarding the sticky sliders when new. No mention if the bag contains crack.

Green Moog for St. Patrick's Day

via Vincent
"Hey Matrix, here's a green synth for everyone celebrating St. Patty's Day...Voyager Select, Maple Jade. Pictures don't do it justice :)"

I was curious if anyone would send anything in for St. Patrick's Day! Thanks Vincent!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Play or at least drink something green today. :)

As always click the image for the full size shot. Green shots.... Hmm...

DIY Analog Synthesizer Demonstration


YouTube via GVNZ9
"This is my DIY Synth. Using schematics from Ray Wilson, Thomas Henry and Marc Bareille, i've bulilt my owm machine featuring:

2 XR VCO
1 24dB Lowpass Filter
1 12dB State variable Filter
2 ADSR
2 VCA
1 LFO whit S&H
1 white noise generator
1 MIDI-CV (mcv876-4CV)
there is also a modular section in the lower-right corner of the upper half, allowing to reach almost every output&input of the single circuits. Patching an input overrides the internal connections to that input.

The XR vcos are great! Those allows continuous variation (called SKEW) from triangle to saw and from sine to "rampoid" (sort of saw with sine-ish decay) waves. I added sync switches, fm switches, lfo to skew, lfo to pitch switches, vco to skew switches.

The 12dB filter has a special feature: beyond the LP, BP, HP output it has an output wich continuosly blends the LP and HP outs according to the LFO signal

the LFO outputs saw, ramp, triangle waves and a S&H stage output. The S&H is clocked by the LFO and feeded with white noise.

Apart from circuit schematics, I made everything: PCBS, enclosure, panels, knobs, labels. The enclosure is made of walnut and can be closed and carried as a suitcase.

once closed it measures (HxWxD) 23x33x14 Cm and weights around 6Kg

took many hours of work and cost me something around 250€"

My diy synth into diy filterbank

"This is my diy synth (see my other video for more info about it) going into my diy filterbank, wich adds some further filtering and distortion to the sound.
A midi sequence is sent from my pc to the synth, the sound generated by the latter is fed into a filter, wich is controlled by a cv and by the output of another filter, again fed with the signal coming from the synth. The step sequencer is controlled by the note gate signal coming from the synth's midi-cv, and it's output voltage controls the second filter of the filterbank. What you hear is the lp+bp (plus a bit of the original signal) output of the first filter run thru the filterbank compressor."

filterbank groove mangling

"This is a simple drum loop (never changes during the video) passed thru my filterbank. The gate generator outputs a pulse every hihat hit (1/8th) which commands the beatslicer and the step sequencer. The first has 3 outs and slices the input according to the rhythmic pattern "1&2&" : "1" goes to first output, "2" to the second, "&s" to the third; every output is processed in a different way. The step sequencer controls the first filter. Also other things are used in this patch: distortion, compressor, square wave vco."

808NRG



via http://twitter.com/BoxPhenom
"made a track with my new 808 todayQ"

Update: "The track is made with the Tr-808, Jp-4, Ms-10 and Cs-5 in Live 7... also a little thing called the M.P.C. DSM-2"

z3ta club presets vol.1


YouTube via LorDBassePL
"New 10 HQ Presets for Club music production made by me [LorDBassePL] :)

http://rapidshare.com/files..."

V-Station Pack Vol.4 by Dan Rott aka LorDBasse

"V-Station Pack Vol.4 made by Dan Rott aka LorDBasse
This is last pack for v-station that i made

DOWNLOAD LINK FOR PRESETS:
http://rapidshare.com/files/196286241...

DOWNLOAD A HQ DEMO MP3:
http://www.megaupload.com/pl/?d=54XF644Z"

Synth

flickr by the_pink_star

full size

Odd shot. Anyone know what keyboard that is? The mod wheels should give it away for someone.

flickr description:
"title: "Synth"
photographer: Xley Miguel

This photo was taken last June 1 2008 during a band's performance in our company's summer event, ACS Summer Getaway, held at the 8 Waves, San Rafael, Bulacan.
I was asked to jam with the band. We did an impromptu funky instrumental song with guitar and drum solo (by me hehe) at the end. :p
***
Click here to see the full set of pictures."

Yamaha DX7 Demo


YouTube via coltoncraft23. via fischek

E&MM Spectrum Synthesizer

via Colin Fraser's E&MM Spectrum page where you'll find larger images and info on the synth.

I'm digging the green wires.

little drummer boys and elektron in a row

flickr by sushiluv
(click for more including some nice studio shots)

full size:
little drummer boys
elektron in a row

affaire s report a


YouTube via marianoequizzi
"a liver cinema work made for Franck Vigroux music, Images by Mariano Equizzi, Editing and mastering Luca Liggio, with the technical collaboration of KOMPLEX, Live Cinema Group"
via dau:
"music by franck vigroux aka "Supersonic riverside blues" uses Jomox m-resonator; TR 909, Schippman filter, Moog taurus 1"
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