A J McCluskey Plays M5N

YouTube via macbethsynthesizers
"A great vid here AJ McCluskey playing around with one of the last M5Ns that went to that famous french guy! Recorded neat into a Nikon D90 cam using a 50mm F1.4 lens and a 18~105mm VR Nikkor lens. Some of the vid is shaky. Basic editing on Windows Movie maker..."

Commodore 64 As Bitcrusher Audio Effect

YouTube via littlescale
"Commodore 64 As Bitcrusher Audio Effect - with visuals :)"

monotonic labs Type-N38 Synthesizer

YouTube via monotoniclabs

AKAI MPC-5000 Sampler

YouTube via 7sick0Productions
"Powerful and versatile
The MPC5000 is the first MPC ever to include 8-track streaming hard disk recording, a 20-voice, 3-oscillator analog synthesizer with arpeggiator, a new sequencing engine with 960 ppq resolution, pad and track muting and mixing, 64 continuous sample tracks. There's even a new effects engine with four effects buses and two effects per bus.

Drum/phrase sampler, large display
You get a 64-voice drum/phrase sampler with 64MB memory ? expandable up to 192MB. The display is twice the size of the MPC2500 and MPC1000 so waveforms appear crystal-clear. Integrated Chop Shop 2.0 now supports stereo chops and Patched Phrases. The MPC5000 is the first MPC to include Random and Cycle sample playback in addition to velocity Zone Play. A turntable preamp is also included.

In-the-box production
The MPC5000's virtual analog synth eliminates need for external analog synth modules or buggy software based synthesizers. Its 8-track direct to disk recorder lets you produce your whole song in the MPC and then mix it down with the internal sequenced programs and any input thru material. Add the optional CD/DVD drive and you can then burn an audio or data CD or your mix. Over 650MB of premium-quality sounds from Loopmasters are included to get you up and running with pro-quality production in seconds"

Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer Synth Filter

via this auction

"Crazy stand alone Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer Filter.
A bank of CV controlled Bandpass filters to mess up your life good !
A dirty filthy filter for your modular synth or anything else !
This is the 1.1 early version-as pictured but ALL MINI-PLUGS
(yes-we have no bananas !)
Find info here"

Arturia Moog Modular V 2.5

via UniQue Werkx

* Switch to Syncrosoft copy protection ( V 2.5 )
* VCF audio quality improvements ( V 2.5 )
* lower CPU utilization on Mac OSX ( V 2.5 )
* All the parameters of the original Moog Modular: 9 oscillators, 2 LFOs, 3 filter slots, 1 Noise Generator, 6 envelopes, 2 VCAs
* 16 auxiliary VCAs with modulation inputs
* 24-step sequencer
* 1 filter bank (14 bandwidths available)
* More than 600 presets, made by professionals, more...

field studies generative synthesis software

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via yakthekyle

Tiptop Audio: Z-DSP depth

flickr by Analogue Haven

"One more photo of the Z-DSP, on the development "bench". This photo gives an idea of the depth of the module. Most manufacturers these days are trying to make modules which are shallow in size. This leads to lighter, thinner cases as well, and gives us more room to stock modules and ship them safely. LINK."

Sequential Circuits Prophet T8

via this auction

Chimera Synthesis bc8 micro-synthesizer

via this auction
"The maker describes the bC8 as "probably the smallest production synthesizer in the world and certainly the cutest." That's probably about right. This thing is only 2.75 inches in diameter and 2 inches tall, but they packed in a hand-assembled gold-plated circuit board, eight potentiometers, a stereo mini-plug, a push-button control, four LED's, and a battery holder (it takes three AAAs).

The maker says: "Sophisticated digitally based oscillators are housed on the DSP as well as an innovative recording system and internal control voltage patching. Choose between single-shot and repetive envelope generator modes; use the separate ATTACK and RELEASE knobs to create long and soulful drones; select the recording system to record and play back complex patterns of control knob movement, speed up or slow down the pattern playback to add extra glide detail or confusion, override any of the controls during playback to adapt, complicate or simplifiy your composition."

More description is here.

This was one of the last batch of bc8s made, and Chimera Synthesis says they have no plans to make more. If you followed the saga, you'll know that it was almost impossible to get one even when they were being made. I waited about six months for this one, then realized I really need more definite pitch control (read: keys, and polyphony) for what I want to do.

You can hear the bc8 in action played by my friend Opsysbug on YouTube"
Here, here and here. Click on the Chimera link below for more.