Korg Sigma Modifications

"Sigma is an extremely interesting synthesizer. Essentially a preset monophonic synth, it offers many of the same features as other preset monosynths - a 3 octave keyboard with aftertouch sensitivity, a range of preset sounds (19 in Sigma's case) and various performance controls.

Unlike other preset monosynths, however, it does not feature a single VCO-VCF-VCA signal path with a diode matrix or diode and resistor matrix to select the preset sounds."


via Richard Atkinson's blog here where you'll find the full details.
via Richard Atkinson in the comments of this post.

Korg Sigma

YouTube via ikworgek — December 28, 2008 — "Korg Sigma with a Kenton pro-solo. Weird old Korg synth with nice filter (same as MS20) and ringmodulation"

Suzuki sx 500 / Siel EX-80

YouTube via ikworgek — March 15, 2009 — "A litlle demo of my Suzuki SX-500. All parameters are accesible by Midi CC!
Nice synth wich is the same as the Siel EX-80.
You can open it up and screw around with the potmeters to make it sound more aggressive. In this case the resonance is adjusted by me.
Midicontroller used is a Kenton Spindocter but any midicontroller wil do. Sequenser is a Mam SQ16.
You hear only the Suzuki with a litlle delay.

enjoy!"

casio HT 3000

YouTube via ikworgek — April 19, 2009 —

"Casio HT-3000 keyboard/ synthesizer for synthsounds.
drums are from the soundmaster styx ST-305 synced by a Kenton pro-solo. Sequenser is the Mam SQ-16."

mks 7 and MAM sequencer

YouTube via ikworgek — March 28, 2009 — "Roland MKS-7 Synth. This is a nice machine with a bassliner, drums (TR-707) and 2 synthlines (Juno-106) it has volumesliders for every part and individual outputs for every part.
It is velocitysensitive (the Juno-106 isn't)
unfortunately you cannot save youre sounds on the machine, but you can sysexdump your sounds in it. It has 100 presets for the synth and 20 presets for the bassliner. Also as shown in the video you can control it realtime with a sysexcontroller.
another backdraw for me is that it doesn't have portamento.
But i love the sounds!"

Korg DW-6000 and Kenton Spin doctor

YouTube via ikworgek — December 28, 2008 — "Korg DW-6000 realtime controled by Kenton Spin doctor"

Korg MS-20 duophonic

YouTube via ikworgek — September 28, 2009 — "Korg MS20 played by 2 midi/cv converters (novation bassstation, Kenton pro solo) each oscilator plays a different melody"

Korg MS-20

ikworgek — March 20, 2010 — "Korg MS20 synthesizer, Kenton pro solo midi/cv converter, spectral audio cyclus 3 sequencer"

Korg Monopoly.MPG

YouTube via ikworgek — March 26, 2010 — "only Korg Mono/Poly arpeggiator and some delay"

schranzknecht chapter #2

YouTube via schranzknecht — April 05, 2010 —

"Installation No# 2.

No drumpattern switching here.
Basic drums by simmons SDS5 through a yusynth wavefolder.
MFB Step Seq Clock gets into a yusynth clockdivider which drives the upper baby10.
This one drives the lower baby10. The lower Baby ten switches some vca´s to control three different tracks: Beat, filtered noise and basic FM percussion.
In addition some other "events" are used to bring in a little more variation.
Sequence-switched S&H and CV-offsets for example.
Please excuse the harsh gate popping.
I´ve got another adsr and a dual slew limiter in my pipeline, but they are not ready yet.
More pics: www.vulkanware.de/diy"

Casio CZ-1000 Phase Distortion Synthesizer - List of Preset Patches

via this auction

"Made in 1985, this is a Casio CZ-1000. It was Casio's answer to the Yamaha DX series synths. This is the full-sized 49-key version of a Casio CZ-101. It has the same phase distortion synthesis engine the CZ-101 does. This one's in better-than-average condition with only minimal wear. All of the keys and buttons work. The membranes over the switches are all intact. (This is unusual for a 25-year-old synth.) All 32 of the internal presets work. I'm including a CD-ROM disk that contains the manual and additional patches. The patches can be loaded into it from your computer via a MIDI cable. This is an excellent lead synth for dance or techno music.
Specifications

* Polyphony - 8 notes (8 oscillators)
* Oscillators - Digital Phase Distortion Synthesis (sine, saw, square, pulse, resonance, double-sine, saw-pulse)
* #Instruments - 4 part multitimbral
* DCW - 8-stage envelope generators with level and rate controls with Key Follow (Adjusts Phase Angle)
* DCA - 8-stage envelope generators with level and rate controls with Key Follow (Adjusts Volume)
* Keyboard - 49 keys
* Memory - 16 preset, 16 internal and 16 cartridge patches
* Control - YES (MIDI In, MIDI Out)
* Date Produced - 1985

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