Update on the Alpha Centauri

See the update towards the bottom of this post.

Rammstein

flickr set by psyberyeti
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Anyone ID the "keytar?"

Update via Jason in the comments: "Yup! It's called the Flakkordeon, more info here. Good to see some interest in Herr Lorenz!"

"Schlafende Barbara" - on Elka X-1000

YouTube via organfairy
"The title of this song is a little play on words: In Germany there is a well known up-tempo pop song called "Du schwarze Barbara" or "black Barbara" but I am not sure if it is her hair colour the title is referring to. But this melody is called "Schlafende Barbara" or "Sleeping Barbara" and it is quite relaxing :-)

I use the Elka X-1000 for most of the voices and the smaller Elka EP-8 for the Oxygen-like strings."

Roland TB-303 Vintage Analog Synthesizer w/ Box & Bag

This one not up for auction.

Click the image and note the background.

via John Van Eaton
jhve.com
http://www.myspace.com/nocturnelament

"Anybody want to rent a Birotron?


Gotta pay the !@#$%^&*ing rent some how..............................."

Roland TB-303 Vintage Analog Synthesizer w/ Box & Bag

via this auction

PEK, emblingened

via Cikira

"Here's what a PolyEvolver keyboard looks like with Prophet'08 knobs."

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Hamsterdunce #9

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for more, see:
http://hamsterdunce.com/
http://hamsterdunce.blogspot.com/

follow-up to this post

Cwejman/Analog Systems/Doepfer A-100, MKH40 Mic

for sale at Macumbista

click the image for the full size shot

Module list:
Analogue Systems RS-100 VCA EUR 149 / 80% = EUR 119
Analogue Systems RS-110 Multimode Filter EUR 155 / 80% = EUR 124
Analogue Systems RS-80 VC-LFO EUR 145 / 80% = EUR 116
Analogue Systems RS-95 VCO EUR 165 / 80% = EUR 132
Cwejman VCO-2RM Dual Oscillator EUR 575 / 80% = EUR 460
Doepfer A-100 Suitcase 220V EUR 370 / 80% = EUR 296
Doepfer A-105 VCF SSM 24dB Low Pass EUR 100 / 80% = EUR 80
Doepfer A-128 Fixed Filter Bank EUR 160 / 80% = 128
Doepfer A-135 VCMIX Voltage Controlled Mixer EUR 120 / 80% = EUR 96
Doepfer A-138 Mixer (exp) EUR 45 / 80% = 36
Doepfer A-140 ADSR EUR 65 / 80% = EUR 52
Doepfer A-147 VCLFO EUR 80 / 80% = EUR 64
Doepfer A-175 Voltage Inverter EUR 45 / 80% = EUR 36
Doepfer A-180 Multiples EUR 30 / 80% = EUR 24
Doepfer A-180 Multiples EUR 30 / 80% = EUR 24

DIY Modular by Macumbista

You'll find another pic and more at Macumbista

"The modules I've built, from top left to right:

TOP ROW
Two Dual Thomas Henry XR-2206 Voltage Controlled Oscillators (Bugbrand PCB layouts, self-etched)
4x4 Bipolar DC Matrix Mixer (Ken Stone CGS 33 & CGS 04 PCBs)
Blank Panel (singlewide)

MIDDLE ROW
Super-Psycho Modulation Source (Ken Stone CGS 21)
Wave Multiplier (Ken Stone CGS 29)
Blank panel for another Dual Thomas Henry XR-2206 VCO (will complete tonight!)
Blank panel (doublewide)
Two channel DC Mixer (three inputs per channel, large jack outputs)(more CGS 04 PCBs)

BOTTOM ROW
Dual Synthacon Voltage Controlled Filters (Marc Bareille PCBs)
Dual Polyvoks Voltage Controlled Filters (Marc Bareille PCBs)
Blank Panel (doublewide)
Blank Panel (singlewide)
Breadboard Prototyping area (= doublewide blank panel)"

New Yusynth Quadrature VC-LFO

via Yusynth where you'll find more details - look for the red blinking led.
"The quadrature LFO is a special module that was not found on many modular synthesizers back in 1970s. Mostly, only companies like Polyfusion, Buchla or Serge would propose such a weird LFO.
Basically, it is a sinewave LFO with four outputs which are running at the same rate but are phase shifted by increment of 90°. That is, the first output has a shift of 0°, the second 90°, the third 180° and the fourth 270°.

What is it useful for ? Mostly it is for modulating simultaneously up to four sources at the same rate but out of phase. This makes it possible to achieve so called "Barber pole" effects or "Shepard tones". For example, imagine that you connect each output of the Quad-LFO to the V/oct input of four different VCOs, then you'll hear continuous though steady (paradoxical, ain't it !) rising and falling intermangled pitches (see ,).
It can be used also to drive four VC-panners to create rotating sound effects that fill the stereo space.

The core of the circuit is based on the quadrature oscillator circuit of Ian Fritz's ChaQuO chaos oscillator . I modified it in order to have voltage control of the frequency and also I added buffers with output LED indicators and a toggle switch that makes it possible to exchange the phase of the 90° and 270° signals in order to change the direction of the phase rotation. This simple trick is very handy when performing "barber pole" modulations.
Each LED show the positive part of the corresponding signal, they are organized on a circle to visualize the phase differences between the signals."