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Yamaha CSY-1 ( SY-1 ) Analog Synth / Organ GX1 Filter

via this auction

"In 1974 Yamaha released their first ever synth, the SY-1 which was also available in the rare form of the CSY-1 which we have here, a funky 2 manual organ with the SY-1 built-in and playable from either the upper keyboard or the 13 note bass pedals.

The sound is amazing, organic, unique and very expressive too thanks to Yamaha's excellent pressure sensitive keyboard (aftertouch) which can be assigned to various parameters. The presets are pants as you'd expect but get tweaking and it really comes to life. It's something a bit different. The sound is in my opinion very similar to the mighty Yamaha GX-1's monosynth section and I have been told that they even share the same filter circuitry, if not more. (The GX-1 was made in 1975). If you can't find a GX-1 for sale or just don't have £100,000 or so to pay for one but simply must have that bubbly warm early Yamaha sound then here's your solution.

From the CSY-1 operation manual, "Do not be alarmed if sound rattling (sympathetic vibration) occurs. All materials have critical resonance frequencies at which they vibrate. Since the CSY-1 produces continuous tones, it is only normal that some will cause windows, shelves etc. to rattle."

The CSY-1 has it's own amplification/speakers built in and even has a real built in Leslie type 2 speed rotary speaker, the synth sounds great through this and the spring reverb is very sweet too.

Have a listen to Royksopp, see if you can spot it, it's one of their favourite synths. You can get an idea of the sounds on Youtube. Search for Yamaha SY1 / SY2, there are a few demos, also search for a Youtube video called Synth Barocco, the soundtrack is exclusively CSY-1. You can also download the whole CSY-1 manual if you go to the Yamaha online manual library."

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GUITAR SYNTH JOHN MCLAUGHLIN'S 360 CONTROLLER

via this auction

auction details: "I picked this up through a famous guitar maker friend (ken parker of the parker fly ) who made the scalloped neck for john's guitar.
John used this with a hex pickup to control a mini-moog per string!
I confirmed that this is the one with bob easton of 360 systems back in the late 70's.
This is a important piece of rock memorabilia from one of the guitar greats.

This apparently costs $10,000 when he purchased it without the mini-moogs. here is an interview where he mentions it. go to this link this is how i found this price"

Vocal Filter 17

flickr by fonitronik
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Jim Patchell Vocal Filter by fonitronik

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MoogerFooger Cluster and Analog Rig

flickr by brotherloco
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Moog Synth

flickr by Peter William Vinther Sørensen

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"This is without doubt the coolest guy ever"

do bem™ - Suco de Laranja 100% fruta (MPC de torradas)

do bem™ - Suco de Laranja 100% fruta (MPC de torradas) from do bem on Vimeo.

The Breakfast MPC sent my way via khoral
"Ingredientes: Laranjas fresquinhas, funk carioca e uma pitada de bom-humor.
dobem.com twitter.com/dobem
flickr.com/photos/dobem

Art direction and Creation
Hardcuore - hardcuore.com

Design and Animation
Breno Pineschi e Rafael Cazes

Audio Effects and MPC Tropical Soundtrack
Joao Brasil

Colaboration / Thanks
Joana Angert"

Korg Poly 800 RC with man

via Alex

Korg DS-10 Spooky Forest

YouTube via LPChip.
"Have you ever heard reverb on a Korg DS-10? Well, technically, its not really reverb, but the delay, that produces a similar effect to reverb. I used this to create strings like sound. My initial goal was to create an Ambient track. I even set the BPM to 10 and it worked quite well. Too bad that I got all these faster melodies in my head that I couldn't write down due to the speed. So I decided to set the speed higher and clear the patterns. I ended up with 45 BPM. I'm very proud on the sounds that I made.

I've got a new camera, and that allowed me to get a better quality video than my previous video's. In addition, I've recorded the video also through my line-in. After that, I edited the video and replaced the audio with the line-in recording. This produces a much better sound here on youtube. Its nearly the quality that you get when you download the mp3 version, except ofcource that the mp3 version is just the song, not all the edits afterwards, which you'll get here on youtube. :)

If you want the mp3 version, click here: http://files.lpchip.nl/lpchip/LPChip%..."

Korg DS-10 Walking

"For this song, I wanted to do something different. I wanted something like Baseflow, but differently.

I was aiming for New Age, but I think it went more into Ballad/Waltz. Not a bad change though, I like it. :) You can expect a really nice and calm song. I also added the more important screens. :)

I hope you enjoy the song as much as I did making it. Want the MP3 version? http://files.lpchip.nl/lpchip/LPChip%..."

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An odd time signature theme

YouTube via attorks
"The time signature for this theme is 5/4 so its a little bit difficult to track the chords and the solo. You can see my head moving on the down beats in the solo. But it turned out well I think. The Waldorf sequencer has an 8 step sequence with 6 x 1/8 step-lengths and 2 x 1/4 step-lengths. The Doepfer MAQ16/3 has 10 step sequences on two rows driving the Synthesizers.com and the self-built Modular. The first odd note sequences comes from the self-built Modular, the second sequence from the Synthesizers.com and the third sequence from the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The Roland XP80 is currently on the keyboard stand because I have to practice some music to be played on a 50 year anniversary party together with some Tidal Wave members from some 30 years ago. The XP80 has the Vintage Keys card which contain some Mellotron sounds. The solo is played on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.
Notice you can see our dog Zoë in the mirrordoor behind me.
I had to shorten the video somewhat because of the YouTube limit of 10 minutes. The original video can be seen or downloaded from my website."