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YouTube via dolphinicus "This is completion of all (except Portamento) of my modifications for Ray Wilson's WSG! 6 modulating oscillators; on / off for each of 2 voices per modulator; 2 modulation inputs per voice and TWO VCFs for stereo output! She's completed and up and running! Enjoy!"
YouTube via AnalogAudio1 "The Moog Satellite is the successor of the rare Minitmoog (not Minimoog). It is built around a solid woodframe - it looks great! It's a monophonic synthesizer with presets, which can be changed (filter, modulation, LFO, envelope). The filter sounds great, although it's not the famous 24 db Moog filter. It sounds a bit like the Minikorg 700 or the Farfisa Syntorchestra. I like the meaty, analog sounds of the Satellite, which come to life when using it with delay, phaser, flanger...
I played the Moog Satellite with the Roland DEP-5 multi effects processor (for hall and delay)."
YouTube via OculoRapido "Psychedelic ArtMatic visualization of analog techno drum and bass track, performed on Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia synth modules. Sequencing by Future Retro Revolution, Blacet MIDIverter, and Metalbox Sequential Switches and Gate Sequencers. Production by Doktor Bob. Copyright 2009, Robert B. Trelease, Ph.D. Best viewed in HQ due to frame synchronization with music: iPhone resolution."
Folding Space to XI: The Hawking Warning (iPhone Mix 1)
"Video excerpt from Folding Space to XI: The Hawking Warning, track 1 of Analog Planetfall. Original CD by Oculo Rapido on Eurock Records, www.eurock.com. Audio produced with Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia analog modular synthesizers, Video synthesized by ArtMatic, from U&I Software. Produced by Doktor Bob and Mac Power at Rapid Eye Soundlabs. Copyright 2009 Robert B, Trelease, Ph.D. Special thanks to Archie Patterson and Eurock."
VCOnet vs the Drone Racks: A Dirge for BC
YouTube via OculoRapido "A doombient salute to BC, as we approach the first year of unfilled bc16 orders. Is that Buzzy the bc8 lying silent and dead under the marble skull before the Borg Disk? Tune in next time to find out what new disaster awaits our long-suffering, backlogged gear cult as the fabled bcX and XWIND eat all available time and components. Perpetrated on Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia modular synths, VCOnet proto, KAOSS Pad 3. Xacti HD1010 video. Produced by Doktor Bob at Rapid Eye Soundlabs. Copyright 2009 Robert B. Trelease, Ph.D."
YouTube via vigasan. Be sure to see the GRP label for more. "Enrico Cosimi plays GRP Synthesizer A8 - Bologna Animalogica meeting 22/03/2009"
Video Playlist: The Big Grp Synthesizer A8 GRP Synthesizer A8 - Sequencer Grp Synthesizer A8 - Sample and hold Grp Synthesizer A8 - On The Run Grp Synthesizer A8 - Percussion Grp A8 - Noise
"The structure of the analog synthesizer is the following:
·6 VCOs, temperature stabilized, with 3 FM sources (lin/exp) and 2 PWM sources. ·6 SUB VCO with -1 and -2 octave selector. ·2 RING MODULATORS ·1 NOISE GENERATOR (White, Pink, Low Freq). ·2 VCF Low Pass 24dB/Oct Transistor Ladder (Moog® style). ·2 VCF State Variable 12dB/Oct with four modes (Oberheim® style, but with auto oscillation). ·2 FIXED FILTER BANK 14 BAND (a la Moog® 914 module). ·8 VCAS (three on the main audio signal path, the others for modulation). ·3 AUDIO MIXERS. ·1 AUTO PAN. ·4 SIX STAGES ENVELOPE GENERATORS in DAHDSR configuration. ·3 FOUR STAGE ENVELOPE GENERATORS in ADSR configuration. ·2 VCLFO ·1 PERFORMANCE LFO amplitude modulatable by Aftertouch or ModWheel. ·1 Real SAMPLE & HOLD. ·1 Full function (and complex) 8x2/16x1 STEP SEQUENCER syncable with MIDI, Int Clock, Ext Clock or whatever. ·Separate PORTAMENTO TIME for Upper and Lower sections. ·A-440 Hz reference tone. ·1 Internal MIDI INTERFACE"