VINTAGE ROLAND TR-808 ANALOG SYNTH DRUM MACHINE

via this auction
"The TR-808 is a classic drum machine that used analog synthesis to create its sounds. The sounds have a very thin and pure quality and aren't grungy like it's successor the TR-909. In fact, the 808 has become the signature beatbox used in most R&B and hip-hop as well as a lot of dance and techno music. Booming bass kicks, crispy snares and that annoying cowbell sound made famous during the 80's are all part of the 808 and its famous sound.

Its 16 drum sounds include the famous boomy low kick, snappy snares, low/mid/hi toms, low/mid/hi congas, rimshot, claves, hand clap, maracas, cowbell, cymbal, open hihat, closed hihat and accent. All of the sounds can be edited and/or tuned and have individual outputs. Unfortunately it is not MIDI equipped but it does use Roland's DIN Sync."

ELEKTRONIKA EM-25 RARE SOVIET USSR ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"Electronica EM - 25 is a synthesizer-strings that has 3 timbre sections: stringed - contrabasses, violoncellos, violins, organ-registers ("16'","8'","4'","2'"), wind-trombones, trumpets.

Stringed and organ sections:
polyphonic attack and release of sound with duration control
switching decay mode

Wind instruments section:
generator of curved with controls: ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN.
modulator with controls: RATE, DELAY, VIBRATO
controlled filter with controls: ENVELOPE, MODULATOR, CUTOFF, ACCENT
filter run mode -mono or polyphonic

There is also a possibility to split the keyboard to 2 section (with setting up different timbres of sounding)

Specifications:
— Number of octaves in a keyboard, 4 1/12
— In audible range, 9 1/12
— Number of programmed timbres, 12
—Power consumption max, 30V*A
— Dimensions, 890x355x102 mm (35'x14'x4')
— Weight without soft case, 15 kg (approx. 33 Pounds)
— Also contains 1.126 gramms GOLD materials, 6.143 SILVER materials"

Making MFOS Sequencer frames.

YouTube via akorbeti
"A sequence of the making of a sequencer. A meta-sequence. Each component placed on the beat, is another frame on the pic sequence. It starts with some components pre-soldered. This sequencer is built to be shown on http://www.synthfrog.com"

U-PLEX Tonal Plexus keyboard

YouTube via AaronAndrewHunt
"Here I show one of the new U-PLEX keyboards, fist just playing through the editor (TPXE) and then routing out from there to Native Instruments KONTAKT. U-PLEX are the new more affordable USB-only line of Tonal Plexus keyboards. Find out more at www.h-pi.com"

Happy Thanksgiving and Holiday Sales

This post is a day late. I wasn't planning on putting up a Thanksgiving Day post but I figure why not. I hope everyone that celebrates the holiday had a great one. The day after Thanksgiving here in the US is known as Black Friday, which is considered to be one of the biggest days for discount shopping. People will line up in front of stores at ungodly hours just to get a deal. Well, fortunately we don't have to. If you haven't already, I encourage you to check out the MANUFACTURERS section on the right of this site. You will find a number of sales going on right now. Click on each image and check out what they are offering. I also created a "Stocking Stuffers" label below on interesting deals at reasonable prices. BTW, if you have any Stocking Stuffer posts or see that I missed the label for an appropriate post, let me know.

Oberheim OB-MX

via this auction

"Oberheim OB-MX analog synthesizer with 10 voices. The unit is 100% functional and is in nice cosmetic shape as well."

Novation Bass Station

via this auction

Heavy Wood: LUNAR ECLIPSE of the MOON (Eclipse of the Keyboard)

YouTube via FlametopFred
"Music in celebration of the lunar eclipse. A beautiful hour spent on the back porch watching the moon dance across the sky as light and dark played across her face.

Likewise watch my arm eclipse the keyboards of the wonderful Yamaha D-85 while playing the Kurzweil K2000 mounted above."

E75 Drone Collins 1

"E-75 Electone Organ / Synthesizer Hybrid"

journey

flickr by feathermeal

analog VS digital FM

via Tal:
"a couple of years ago I created a track using 64 instances of Native Instruments' FM7 (it was mainly to practice my FM skills) and now I recreated every sound using my analog synths. (I mainly used DSI Evolver, Prophet '08, Roland Jupiter 6 and SH101).

There's a site that lets you play 2 youtube videos at the same time, with a crossfader for the audio, so I uploaded the two tracks and since their timing is identical, you can switch back and fourth to hear the difference between analog and digital. I just thought that it's something that might be suitable for an item on Matrixsynth... check it out"

Anyone know how to launch the two videos in sync?