YAMAHA CS-80 back on track .

YouTube via nicotinetech
"Please , i am not a musician , so dont send hate mail , this video is to demonstrate that the synth is working again."

Bryan Williams Custom Moog Minimoog Wood Case and Wheel Box

more images at synthwood.com

# Nicaraguan Cocobolo
# RGB LED backlight and clear acrylic wheels

via Blind Date

"Bryan is known around the country to be one of the best to hit the keys. He also plays the drums, guitar, keyboards and sings background vocals. His most recent work has been as the exclusive keyboard player for Boys II Men. He has also played with Frankie "Double Dutch Bus" Smith, Sister Sledge, The Delfonics, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Ray, Goodman & Brown, and Blue Magic."

Buchla Pugs

via Mr. Array via prscrptn on Muff's Modules and More

Synth dogs.

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China’s First Post-Revolution Concert

The China Concerts (Part 8 of 9) - Jean Michel Jarre

YouTube via 9thenazeing.
China’s First Post-Revolution Concert was a synth concert.
1981 with Jean Michel Jarre and featuring the Electro Harmonix Mini Synthesizer.
You can see Jean Michel Jarre and the Electro Harmonix Mini Synthesizer at 8:01. Some general synth spotting as well. Via EHX.com, where you'll find a great image of Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthew showing the Mini Synthesizer in Russia two years earlier. These are fascinating views of history and how music bridged and you could say broke through cultures. You can read more about the Russian trip here.

Via EHX.com:
"Jarre breaks the barrier and steps out into the audience with his Electro-Harmonix Mini Synthesizer, using it as a literal and figurative bridge between East and West"

video description:
"Peking: October 21st and 22nd, 1981 & Shangai: October 26th, 27th and 28th, 1981.

... After two years of negotiations, the Government of the People's Republic of China agreed for the first time to officially invite a western contemporary musician to give a series of concerts in Peking and Shangai.

... On October 12th, a team of sixty musicians and technicians left Paris for Peking with 15 tons of stage gear in the plane's hold. A gigantic stage installation, one of the most sophisticated concert happenings yet seen, and the technical, diplomatic and human accomplishment of five triumphant concerts fired the Chinese public with enthusiasm.

... The film of the China Concerts retraces this unique adventure, and, with Jarre's music, illustrates post-Mao China: its sufferings, its beauty, its desire for modernity, its aspiration for liberty ... images captured in 1981, at a historical moment when it seemed China was opening itself to the outside world...

... In 9 parts. :-(" You can find the other parts here.

Serge red factory orange sky

Serge red factory orange sky by b3nsf

"Drones returning to their homes, dusty air. All Serge 4 takes with Creature, Quad Slope, Dual Osc and Wave Proc.... Dry, no effects."
via b3nsf. Also see these posts for more.

Sherman Filterbank 2 Guitar Synth/Octave

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Someone asked about running guitar into the FB2 and this is one of the settings we came up with. We're also using the Eventide TimeFactor, which is amazing. It's set to a very short delay time in Digital Delay mode. Funky!"

KORG POLY ENSEMBLE 2000 UNIVOX K5

via this auction

"Vintage korg polyphonic ensemble ii pe-2000 ensemble s for univox. Model k-5. Serial no 780004. Ac 117v, 50/60 hz, 30 watts. Eight sounds you can blend two at a time, 2 pipe organ, 2 brass, 2 chorus, 2 strings. Attack, sustain, bass, and treble bass/cut. And phase shifter"

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Roland EG-101

via this auction
"Details:
* Maker: Roland
* Model: Groovekeyboard EG-101
* Filter, Ring Modulation, Reverb and other features accessible through knobs during real-time play
* On-Board Sampler/Recorder; 7.81KHz and 31.25 KHz sample rates; Pitch, Time Stretching, Filters, Effects, Auto-Looping available on sampling
* 24-Voice Polyphony
* 49 Velocity Sensitive Keys; Velocity Sensitivity can be turned on and off
* 11 Part Multitimbral
* 12 Drum Kit sounds
* 64 RPS Phrases
* 448 Preset Memory
* MIDI In/Out Controls, Headphone Jack, Sustain Pedal Input"

Drawbar Synthesizer for Hammond B3 Organ

via this auction
"Drawbar Synthesizer for a Hammond B3 Organ. These parts were in working condition when they were removed from my Hammond B3.
* Drawbar Synthesizer Converts nine of your drawbars to true electronic organ sounds.
* Adds a totally new spectrum at a touch. The Concert Company Drawbar Synthesizer has been designed for use with Hammond Organs using drawbars.
* It is easily installed and will completely transform the sound of each drawbar into a totally new and exciting synthesizer voice.
* This is not a conversion of the original drawbar sound. It is a startling new pure electronic voice at a different pitch.
* Each drawbar serves as a volume setting so that each new synthesized voice may be mixed at varying intensities to create thousands of totally different sounds and new effects.
* There are no under key contacts or switches to install.
* The unit takes a single 4' signal from the organ and divides it into 4 equal octaves, completely voices and mixes each into 9 synthesized voices and then injects one each back into 9 different drawbars.
* This unit gives the user two different string type percussions, one sounds like anelectronic piano in the treble clef. The second percussion is a snarling buzz for space odyssey tunes.
* There are three strings each with a variable delay attack and a variable delay vibrato. This makes the violin sound very realistic.
* The cello and viola have a variable delay tremulant.
* There are two clarinets, one at 8' and one at 16' which may be blended together and mixed with all other voices.
* There is a brilliant English post horn, and a trumpet that speaks with real authority.
* This is a monophonic poly voiced unit which will work with both spinets and 61 note consoles.
* It may also be connected to operate through the presets with a different voice on each preset.