KORG DELTA DL-50 With Patch Panel Overlay and Original Box

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YAMAHA CS 15D VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

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Elektron Monomachine SFX-6 SFX-60 synthesizer

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"This is one of the rarest synths elektron has made limited to 500. This unit has been updated to the latest OS 1.22b which just came out from Elektron. Unit comes with original shipping box as well as the main box in the picture, manual and power cable. Don't be deceived, the Monomachine can be used as a six voice polyphonic synth at the touch of a button.

Effects Sound and Control Hardware:
6 Track Sequencer
6 x 1-Band EQ
5 Mono Synths
128 x 64 Backlit LCD 64 Step Patterns
6 x Resonant 24 dB lp/bp/hp filter
20 Mono Machines
MIDI In/Out/Thru
16384 Patterns
6 x Sample Rate Reduction
6 x 1/4" Impedance Balanced Audio Outs

3072 Songs
6 x Distortion
6 Part Mono Synthesis
2 x 1/4" Audio Ins
16384 Kits 6 x Tape Style Delay
18 LFOs
1/4" Stereo Headphone Out
Programmable Swing, Slide, Transpose Up to 6 x
Gatebox Reverbs
12 Arpeggiators Dual DSP System
16 x 24 lockable parameters
Up to 6 x Chorus Effects
6 Dedicated MIDI Tracks
Poly Mode Up to 6 x
Dynamix Processors
MIDI Parameter Locks
Steel Casing Full Realtime Control
Up to 6 x Ring Modulators
Full MIDI Implemention
World Wide Switched Mode Power Supply

Synthesis:
SuperWave is inspired by the analogue world. With a smooth and full sound, these machines are ideal for creating all those well known synth sounds. SID is a faithful emulation of the MOS6581 chip, originally found in the Commodore 64. The SID tones can be strong and dirty. Be careful! DigiPRO offers raw digital waveforms which cut like hot knives through butter. This method also hosts the user waveforms and a set of sampled drum sounds. FM+ uses three customized FM machines each with its own personality. Soft bells or total mayhem, anything is possible. VO is the genie in the box. The implemented formant synthesis, inspired by classic voice modeling, will basically make the Monomachine talk.

The Sequencer:
The Monomachine sequencer offers total control over the tracks. Treat a pattern as an incredibly complex sound, transpose it up and down in real time and enjoy the most powerful compositions in existence. Use slide, swing and transpose functions to fine tune a pattern. On top of this, there’s no less than 12 arpeggiators available.

Parameter locks:
A parameter lock lets a note trig have specific parameter settings assigned to it. Basically every parameter found in the Monomachine is possible to parameter lock. In a melodic sequence every note can for example have unique synthesis, filter and effect settings. Parameter locks open up a new world of sequencing possibilities.

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KORG iELECTRIBE for iPad: Performing with a Pattern Set

YouTube via Denkitribe — April 27, 2010 — "Now available for US$ 9.99 until June 30, 2010 at iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/korg-i...

Details of the Pattern Set: http://www.korguser.net/ielectribe/en..."

iElectribe on iTunes
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iPad and Toplap for creating atmospheric computer sounds

YouTube via pepemogt — April 27, 2010 — "I was playing with the Toplap app by Click Nilson on the iPad.

TOPLAPapp is a sonic puzzle based around a virtual machine for sound synthesis. This machine only accepts a few valid instructions, and you control it by placing each command letter within a grid, along with setting some associated parameter sliders. The machine runs through the grid, following the instructions to create the output sounds, which are usually of a somewhat noisy character, hopefully interestingly so. The historical antecedents include instruction synthesis as pionneered at the Institute of Sonology in the 1970s, and the live coding movement, of modifying a running program as it acts. This app is intended for those interested in more experimental sound art, and is in no way a traditional diatonic melody generator. Don't download this unless you are open to stranger computer music sounds.

Be careful of your ears, this app can produce wild sounds at high volume. Program this sound synthesis puzzle machine by dragging letters TOPLAp to the grid; you can also set a parameter for each position via the slider at each slot. The audio engine whizzes through the states many times per second. Press ! to clear the grid, and ? to randomise. No save or load is allowed, to promote improvisation. Live coding engineered by Click Nilson.


Click Nilson emerged from the Swedish algorithmic music scene in the mid 1970s with his groundbreaking piece "An Instructional Game for 1 to many musicians". This piece, whilst entirely unrealiant on digital technologies, formed a key part of the techniques - along with other pioneering artists such as Sol Lewitt and the Alan Turing Five - that formed the basis of what has today become the production of software in a live performative context - i.e., livecoding."

TOPLAPapp on iTunes:

SPEKTRUM SYNTH TUTORIAL 1

YouTube via DonGarbutt — April 27, 2010 — "Reaktor Spektrum Synth by Don Garbutt: Wavetable sound section is examined. This section came from the Reaktor Library instrument "Oki Computer 2.1". It is similar to the PPG and Waldorf instruments, in that multiple waveforms are placed in a list and the list position is controlled and morphed by various mechanisms such as step-sequencer, envelope generators, low frequency oscillators, automation and MIDI controllers. More features of the Spektrum Synth and some cool sounds in subsequent videos."

Analog Test Array

flickr by sduck409

"Here's my modular Synth as of April, 2010. 96U x 5U, 49 modules. There's still room for new stuff, as there are some less-than-stellar modules in there, and some dupes."

Hex OSC Full - OSC/MIDI Now Supported

"Tokyo, April 27, 2010 SkyLight, Japanese techno music label, announced a new musical keyboard software for iPad, Hex OSC Full.

Hex OSC Full has substantial 4-octave keys which are designed to meet the needs of musicians who have been waiting for the real keyboard software. It can expand the repertoires of performers. Besides, transmitting signals to OSC/MIDI devices give inexhaustible variety of sounds.

Hex OSC Full is developed by joint project of SkyLight and Denryoku Label. This creative team provides the following advantages;

- Variety of built-in sounds - Hex OSC Full allows you to play your music anywhere anytime.
- Seamless transposing – Hex OSC Full provides the most comfortable position for your play.
- Control of OSC/MIDI supported hardware and software – Hex OSC Full becomes a controller of your favorite synth. (To control MIDI devices, Hex OSC Full requires a conversion from OSC to MIDI. A patch for signal transmitting is available on our website.)

Product for iPad :
Hex OSC Full
Regular price : US$15.99
Special offer : US$9.99 – This offer ends May 1st, 2010.
It is available for immediate download through iTunes Store web site at [link]

Denryoku Label is post techno and live techno label in Tokyo, Japan. atnr, and KOKURITSU (belonged artists) are creating built-in sounds for Hex application series. Another belonged artist, Nyolfen, is going to release his piece at beatport on 5th May. For more information about Denryoku Label, visit http://denryokulabel.com/

SkyLight based in Tokyo, Japan is a creative team for software development.

More product information is available on
http://www.sky-light.jp/hex/en/"

Inside a KORG Monotron

via Babaluma on Muff's

Word is it's based on the earlier Korg35-based filter. You can find more info on the Korg35 filter on Tim Stinchcombe's site here.

Voltage Controlled Wah Wah for Modular Synths

YouTube via thecmpguru — April 27, 2010 — "This is a circuit I designed, based off of a multiple feedback active filter described by R.G. Keen (http://www.geofex.com/article_folders/wahpedl/wahped.htm).

The effect is a band-pass like response with a movable center frequency. Unlike Keen's circuit, however, the frequency of this circuit is voltage controllable (instead of manually using a pot). Also, I have increased the input impedance and made it non-inverting overall.

The circuit takes an input signal (typically, 5 Vp-p audio) and an input control voltage (tested ranges of -5V to 5V). It outputs the filtered audio with a potentiometer for controlling volume.

This demo shows a MOTM synth generating the input signal (a sawtooth wave) and the control voltage signal (from the LFO). The control voltage sweeping up and down is akin to a guitarist rocking a wah-wah pedal back and forth. But instead of guitars, here we're dealing with a modular synth.

Next steps..... make a prototype board of this sucker!"