Moog on Mountain XPress

Brian Kehew of the Moog Cookbook wrote in to let me know Mountain XPress has a must read article up on Bob Moog, the Bob Moog Foundation and the upcoming Moogseum. You can find the full article here. The following are a few excerpts. Be sure to note the upcoming fundraiser, "Enter the Mind of Moog" coming up on May 21.





"Michelle Moog-Koussa, daughter of the late Bob Moog (rhymes with 'vogue'), walks over from a set of floor-to-ceiling shelves filled end-to-end with boxes that are heavy with old papers and file folders, and lays down a blue notebook.

'We just ran across something the other day,' she says, leaning over and delicately unfolding leaves of slightly translucent paper covered in multicolored lines and strange squiggly symbols. It is the original hand-drawn schematic for the Minimoog synthesizer, one of her father’s most iconic developments. 'If you give this to the right person, it is enough to make them plotz,' she says.

'Plotz' is a Yiddishism that indicates extreme excitement. Its literal translation is 'to explode,..'" Indeed. Be sure to see the full article for more.

Waldorf Microwave + Roland JD-800

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

PPG like wavetable sounds: Waldorf Microwave Mk1 Revision A (1989); played with the Yamaha DX-7II
pad sound: Roland JD-800 (1991)


pics: Glossglockner, Hohe Tauern (austria alps)"

Bratigel Sequencer Part 7

YouTube via heidibeerbel. previous vids here. scroll when you get there.

"Bratigel analog Step +Trigger Sequencer in 6HE 19" AluRack controls my Modularsystem and Moog"

Roland System100M

via this auction

- 1 module 110 VCO/VCF/VCA
- 1 module 140 Dual ADSR / VCLFO
- 1 module 150 Ring Mod. / S&H / Noise / VCLFO
- 1 cabinet 190
- 5 DIN cables and a few patch cables.

White MacBeth M5N Synthesizer

via this auction
"Synthesizer Specifications:
* Voltage Controlled Oscillators - they go Low Frequency too!
* Featuring Saw/Square (PW/PWM)/Triangular and Sine waveforms.
* Frequency control of the Oscillators is by Octave Switching (5 Octaves) a Course Frequency Control slider and by a Fine Frequency Control slider and by +-1V/Octave, ie positive or negative polarity so that you can 'play the keyboard backwards' should you want to.
* There is a four input CV mixer as well as a Voltage Controlled Pulse width input.
* Prepatched into the oscillators are the two LFO's, as is Oscillator 2 to Oscillators 1 and 3. (Most of this synth is pre-patched in a very similar way to the 2600 synth. There is Oscillator Synch between Oscillators 1 and 2, Oscillator 3 features a 'Stability' potentiometer to cause drift inherant of older analogue synths, circa 1970, this control is very subtle, but fattens the sounds up greatly!)
* 2 LFOs with separate Rate controls as well as a Master Rate control, the Dual VC LFO's also include Sample and Hold and Lag/Slew Processors.
* 2 Voltage Controlled Filters - The main filter is of the 24dB/Octave
Self-Oscillating Transistor Ladder type and the second, 'Utility' Filter is a 12dB/Octave State Variable type that features Low pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Notch responses.
* The 24db/Octave Voltage Controlled Filter/Oscillator features a five input Audio Mixer and a five input CV mixer!

Again many sources are pre-patched for both Audio and CV. As with the Oscillators, Filter Control can be both positive and negative in it's polarity! The Filter features Both Course and Fine tuning sliders as well as a logarythmic Resonance slider that brings the Filter to oscillating a pure Sine wave!"

Rare Early Seeburg Rhythm Prince Synthesizer Drum Synth

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via this auction

"This really an electrical and mechanical wonder. First, it has a motor which moves across a field of contacts at a speed set by the tempo control. there are a few dozen neon lamps which trigger to (I guess) give that percussive sound. This is quite a light show - It might be fun to mod this to make these visible during use."

some inside shots

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YAMAHA Tone Generator TQ5 FM Synth MIDI Workstation

via this auction
"Yamaha Tone Generator TQ5 FM MIDI Sequencer Workstation.

Details:
* Maker: Yamaha
* Model: TQ5
* Type: MIDI Sequencer
* 8-Voice Polyphonic
* 4 Operator FM Synth Sounds
* Built-In Effects Processor
* MIDI In/Out/Thru Inputs
* Stereo 1/4" Output
* Heapdhone 1/4" Output
* Includes: Power Adapter"

Update via Loscha in the comments: "One of the finest, most innovative things Yamaha ever made.
It's a Tx81z with a basic effects unit, a sequencer, and a clock. Effects have a great gated reverse reverb. Think the "Silent Shout" album by The Knife (a few tracks have a horn-type sound that fades in with rev reverb, you can get that sound down pat easily).

The sound editing on it is intuitive, but, not complete. You can't edit everything, but, it's got a lot of useful Easy Edit parameters. Most useful for quick editing and tone optimization is the ability to change the waveforms of the 4 operators from the panel.

The sequencer has a metronome mode which is quite loud and pervasive. It is added to the mix post volume control. This can be routed to a jack on the side very easily, so that when you put something in the jack it mutes it, or you can route it to another channel. Timing is pretty good the sequencer.

The effects chip has a digital stream in and out, and is thus glitchable, although, I've only done this to mine once or twice. It's too precious to lose to a circuit bending disaster.

I have service manual if anyone needs any questions asker. Although, I should take some internal photos and include instructions on clock out for y'all one day!

Did I mention it has a clock and a calender on it?

-Loscha @ gmail dot com"

also see this post

CASIO CZ-101 Midi Controller Keyboard

via this auction

"serial Y133609"

Ensoniq MIRAGE DSK1 SAMPLER SYNTH

via this auction
"# Type: Synth/ Sampler
# Analog filters
# Keys - 61
# MIDI - Can send on simultaneous MIDI channels
# Five-stage envelopes for the VCA and VCF
# LFO and a low-pass VCF filter
# Sampling-rate of 32kHz
# 8-bit resolution
# Multi-timbral (number of parts): 8
# Memory : 16 internal patches, 128 kb sampler memory
# Sequencer - 333 Note capacity
# Sampler - 8-bit, 32kHz (up to 6.5 seconds sample-time at 10kHz)
# Dimensions : 40 1/2" X 13 1/2" X 3 1/2"
# Weight: 28 lbs."

patch sheets and disks

Yamaha CS-10

via this auction

original box