80's teen movie love theme by Gazdatronik

YouTube via Gazdatronik — May 13, 2010 — "Because of John Hughes, I felt as if my adolescence would be right out of one of his movies. That did not happen, instead turning out closer to David Lynch. But I composed this when I felt very nostalgic of both love and my childhood.

Images from John Whitney's "Calalog" (1961) A man who figured out windows media player visualizations 50 years before they became so commonplace.

Oberheim Matrix 6 as analog choir and PWM arpeggio
Korg DW-8000 as Staccato strikes
Yamaha TX81Z as stripped bass

TR808 on drums,
Mellotron String samples,
Courtesy Emu 6400"

Synclavier II

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 13, 2010 —

"Voici un New England Digital (N.E.D.) Synclavier II.

L'unité centrale c'est la rack 19" (avant et arrière).

Il y a évidement un clavier musical ici c'est un O.R.K. pour Original Keyboard (76 touches lestées)

L'extrait musical est Plumbicon de Monolake (Robert Henke).

Pour en savoir plus sur les Synclavier : ned synthesizers fr"
googlish:
"jbfairlight - May 13, 2010 - Here is a New England Digital (NED) Synclavier II.
The CPU is the 19 "(front and rear).
There is obviously a musical keyboard here is a ORK for Original Keyboard (76 keys weighted)

The musical excerpt is from Plumbicon Monolake (Robert Henke).

To learn more about the Synclavier: ned synthesizers en"

Fun with RPG-8 arpeggiators in Reason 4

YouTube via NoizeHack — May 13, 2010 —

"Some noises made with RPG-8s in reason 4 with some thor synths"

Chimera Synthesis BC9

"bC9 synthesizer –
Based on the popular bC8 synthesiser/sequencer, the bC9 offers the same astonishing range of sounds with the ability to externally modulate any possible combination of the eight main control knobs, including the infamous ‘patch’ control; a ninth knob controls the depth of external modulation...

The semi-transparent frosted body diffuses the light from the ten LED’s that logically show various conditions and processes (warning: mesmerising).

Connections
CV input: 3.5mm jack socket (near yellow VCO knob): 0v to 5v Trig input: 3.5mm jack socket (centre): 2 to 10v Audio out: 3.5mm stereo jack socket (near grey volume knob), drives headphones.

Indicators
10 separate LED’s of various colours. Aside from showing the current status of the LFO, envelope generator, battery and external trigger. The LED’s also show the modulation destinations when the black push-button is pressed. External CV voltage shown by the ‘analog’ LED by the black push-button.

Knobs
1st knob, yellow - VCO frequency 2nd knob, yellow - VCO & LFO modulation depth control 3rd knob, blue - Waveshapes for VCO and LFO 4th knob, blue - LFO speed 5th knob, green - External CV modulation depth control 6th knob, red - Attack, envelope generator 7th knob, red - Release, envelope generator 8th knob, green - Patch control 9th knob, grey - Volume control

Controls
On-Off switch (right-hand toggle) Envelope mode (left-hand toggle) >up=auto-repeat, centre=single shot (no sustain), down=single shot (sustain allowed). Black push-button >press to see and modify the external modulation-destination. Red push-button >triggers envelope generator, effectively in parallel with external trigger

Battery
3x AAA cells, alkaline or rechargeable types. Supplied allen key loosens four screws to allow stainless steel base plate to be removed.

Unibody construction
CNC machined from a solid lump of transparent acrylic polymer, hand frosted with alumina. Stainless steel base plate/battery lid. Four rubber feet.

Chimera Synthesis Ltd
http://www.Chimera-Synthesis.com
E&OE 13 May 2010"

Update: see the comments of this post below if you are considering picking up a Chimera.

Korg MiniPops 3 / Univox SR-55

flickr set by Pablo Penas
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AS FILTER BANK FB3 mk2

flickr by KandaMori

Analogue Systems FB3 MK2

"Nice FILTER. Made in England."

Rare Crumar Bit One Analogue Hybrid Synthesiser SN 01074

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"Features:
* Digital hybrid synthesiser combining digitally controlled oscillators for perfect tuning stability
* 2 DCOs
* VCF and VCA
* 2 LFOs
* MIDI IN/OUT/THRU
* Mod wheel and pitch bend wheel
* Detune and noise sliders
* Upper and Lower volume sliders
* "Stereo" output aka Elka Synthex where one note is randomly sent to one speaker and not to the other
* Tape interface (like the Rolands) for saving/loading patches
* "Trigger" output produces 20ms pulse (for each key played)
* 63 patches
* "Release" input for latched foot switch for sustain effect (up to 8 seconds)
* "Double" button for voice layering
* "Unison" button for fat duophonic sounds aka Mini Moog
* User defined keyboard splits
* Adjustable dynamic keyboard sensitivity
* Adjustable global pitch
* "Compare" function aka DX7 for comparing a voice being edited to its original
* "Unison" mode available PER voice in split mode
* Touch sensitivity can be used to also:
o Attack and Envelope of VCF = Timbre
o Attack and Amount of VCA = Volume
o Pulse Width modulation of DCO 1&2 = Waveform
o Modulation Rate of LFO 1&2 = Modulation"

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CRUMAR ORCHESTRATOR

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YAMAHA SK15

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Blofeld Sounds pt3...

YouTube via vinyljunkie07 — May 13, 2010 — "My patches pt3....ALL BLOFELD and no external processing OR EQ or Comp etc...

Was going to upload this a while back...I really wanted to let people hear this thing in ((( STEREO ))) as that's how it should be heard so here it is...making some lovely digital textures...why make a synth like this sound analogue or model analogue when it's not really that and when we have analogue synths...much like why make a analogue synth sound digital...sacrilege!
This thing is made to complement analogue :-)
Any way first few sounds are your bog standard shit it's capable of..then later on it gets very good even if I do say so my self lol

I got some more vids coming up soon about synths hopefully if I have some time to shoot them..so for the moment here is a pic of my rack and some sounds haha"