MATRIXSYNTH

Subterranean Moogs

flickr by darklorddisco

Rick Wakeman? :)

MPC5000 messing with the built in VA synth

YouTube via XpanderXT
"I go through a bunch of sounds I've made using the VA synth on the MPC5000. It is often dismissed or overlooked but the synth is really good and can do a lot."

Korg Mono/Poly, Roland TR-606, Roland RE-201 Space Echo, Oberheim Mini-Sequencer "techno 1"

YouTube via 123synthland. 123synthland on Ebay
"We buy, sell & trade vintage analog synthesizers, but you knew that already.
Here's a quick video we took while these items were on our test bench. As usual, we're not out to impress anyone with a good performance - all our youtube videos are thrown together in a completely half-assed manner. We just want people to hear examples of what the instruments we sell can sound like.
Featuring: Korg Mono/Poly, Roland TR-606, Roland RE-201 Space Echo, Oberheim Mini-Sequencer, gray gloves.
For sale at http://www.tonetweakers.com
(gray gloves NOT for sale, sorry)
Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

Roth Mobot Electronic Saturdays

"A Weekly Symposium
Saturdays, Noon - 3 PM
Lizard's Liquid Lounge
3058 W Irving Park Rd., (773) 463-7599

Starting this Saturday, August 29, 2009, in an effort to nurture the experimental electronics community in Chicago, Tommy Stephenson and Patrick McCarthy of Roth Mobot will be hosting free weekly electronics meetings at Lizard's Liquid Lounge in Chicago.

Weekly agenda will include soldering, playing, tinkering, Q&A, show-and-tell, bending circuits, an experimental electronics open mic, etc., and $4 Burning River pints.

Stop by and share your thoughts, questions, projects, ears, experience, and advise.

Please pass this email along.

Thank you,

Patrick McCarthy
www.RothMobot.com"

Elka Synthex loves Roland TR 808

YouTube via zaphid
"Elka Synthex sequencer triggered with a tr 808 played along a nice Synthex pad and Synthex squarelead. The thin leadsound that drops in, is the Oberheim Xpander."

THUMP for the iPhone and Mac

THUMP
"Thump is the ultimate pocket groove box for your iPhone or iPod Touch.

The intuitive interface allows you to dive in straight away to make music in seconds, then explore the wide array of options and settings to tweak your sound to perfection. Ideal as a musical sketch pad or a live performance tool.

Create huge basslines or warped synth sounds with the two powerful polyphonic synthesizers onboard. Modeled on the classics, these synths offer a wide palette of sounds with its subtractive synthesis engine.

Choose from 9 studio-quality different drumkits, create your own or share and download more. The sample-accurate sequencing engine ensures your beats are as tight as mathematically possible!

Mix up your sound with multi-state filters, echo, distortion and lo-fi effects. Perform your compositions live by switch between different patterns you've created and using the onboard mixer."
Available on iTunes:

Mystery Meat - Circuit Bent FOOD!

YouTube via snorkborgle. via AnalogSuicide
"Join Steven Land-Ree on a expedition into the dark heart of nearly edible circuit bent art."

mOne Open Source Step Sequencer

mOne
• Hardware Step Sequencer
• 8 marks a 8 patterns each with 16 steps
• Each track can have) its own MIDI channel (input, output
• Internal resolution of 24 pulses per 1 / 4 note (PPQN)
• Inclusion of external MIDI devices
• External and internal synchronization (play, stop, resume, clock)
• Modifying the sequence during playback "

via sequencer.de

THE LM13600/LM13700 STORY

You can find the story here. I did a quick search on LM13600 here just to see what might come up. This one post on the KORG MS20 did. I did a search on LM13700 and this one post on the Salamandar synth came up. I'm curious what else used these chips.

"The LM13600 has designed by Bill Gross and myself in less than 5 minutes. At the time the Consumer Linear IC design group was training a new mask designer. We needed something with a few transistors for her to learn how to arrange them in a optimum circuit arrangement while using minimum silicon area."