Single Synth Demos by Tomislav Babic

A thread on the AH mailing list came up regarding people's favorite synth sounds. Tomislav Babic shared the following:

"andromeda: BP pad i made many years ago. probably my most used A6 sound: http://www.babic.com/SYN/A6/clc_A6-BerlinPad.mp3

obxa, hi spacey strings featuring classic CEM sizzle: http://www.babic.com/SYN/OBXA/OBXA_spacepad.mp3

jupiter 8, for blippy/bloppy quirky arpeggio: http://www.babic.com/SYN/JP-8/clc_JP8_fx-tweak-arp.mp3

prophet5 rev2, self oscillating, filter fm, droning weirdness: http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_1974.mp3"

You can find more samples of the OB-Xa and Prophet-5 here:
Oberheim OB-Xa
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

Roland System 100m vs MFOS - DIY modular VCF shootout

Audio comes in at :18
YouTube via hnydell — June 15, 2010 — "Comparison between Roland System 100m 121 VCF module and the Music From Outer Space 4-pole VCF.
Setup: MFOS 16 step sequencer driving two MFOS VCOs. Each VCF is fed a sawtooth and a pulse wave from the VCOs, slightly detuned. An MFOS AR envelope controls the VCA (Sys 100m 130), an MFOS ADSR controls the two filters. The sequencer is in 2x8 mode, where the second half later is patched in to the VCF control.
Since the 100m uses 15 volts, the MFOS adsr (12V) cannot really sweep through the full VCF frequency span on the 121. This is not very apparent though."

Making a simple Tribal House groove with Cubase 4 on the iPad using iteleport

YouTube via DjPuzzle73 — June 15, 2010 — "Testing out the iTeleport app on my iPad for the first time. Just using it as a basic remote control for Cubase. There will be more extensive videos soon using drag and drop when i figure out how to do it :)"

iTeleport on iTunes:

iPad prices on Ebay

Native Instruments MASCHINE 1.5 Demo - Sweetwater

YouTube via SweetwaterSound — June 15, 2010 — "Check out the MASCHINE and what's new in Version 1.5, in this hands-on demo with Native Instruments' Josh Fielstra."

Diabolical Devices Fuzz Burglar

YouTube via bigcitymusic — June 15, 2010 — "Here's a demo of the crushing Fuzz Burglar. We're playing a 70's Strat into a vintage Fender Princeton silver-face. The Fuzz Burglar can do some tamer fuzzes but it excels at blistering, gnarly fuzz. Engage the self-oscillation and blast off!

There's a twelve-position rotary switch that controls the range of your base pitch and there's a knob for adjusting/tuning the oscillations. There's also a momentary "Drop" switch that will drop the oscillations down roughly an octave. The Fuzz Burglar can also sort of track the pitch of your guitar when playing single-note lines, giving you some great synth-like sounds. Tune the oscillations to the key of your song and shred. Works great on synths too."

Kenny´s Death - Studio Integration

YouTube via KennysDeathFX — June 15, 2010 — "Here you can see Kenny integrated in a DAW-based production. This is what it was made for. It is connected to a professional audio interface, wich is connected to a Mac with Logic Pro. The video was made during a cd production."

Ensoniq OEX-6sr Output Expander

via this auction

"Operation Manual: http://bipolarization.com/asr/OEX-6sr.pdf

From The Manual: 'The OEX6sr is a multi-function digital device that adds six individual outputs, or three additional pairs of stereo outputs to an

ASR- 10, ASR-88, or EPS-16 PLUS keyboard, enhancing the capabilities and flexibility of the ASR/EPS-16 PLUS.

The power of the OEX-6sr Output Expander lies in its unique configuration: six individual outputs or three stereo pairs (AUX 1,

AUX 2, AUX 3). The addition of these outputs allows you to route separate signals for independent processing, or isolate parts

for click or monitoring references. Even individual WaveSamples within an instrument (for instance, the snare and kick drum from a

drum kit) can be sent to different outputs for discrete external effects processing (such as with the ENSONIQ DP/4+ Parallel

Effects Processor). The design of this product resulted from customer requests for a multi-purpose output device that could be

configured with stereo outputs and/or individual outputs.'"

Electrocomp EML 101

via this auction

"Electrocomp EML101 synthesizer , it's similar to the ARP 2600 in the way of working not by sound , it's play's without patching and can by patched to create a sound/modulation. it's not so big as the ARP 2600 , much smaler and compleet cased with keyboard. it's 110 volts unit , it's in very good condition with wear on the case , as you can see on the pictures."

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New England Digital Synclavier II System

via this auction

"Synclavier II (PMST 16 voice version) system with Mac interface/computer, SCSI upgrade, 4 Gig synclavier library, and MIDI upgrade. The unit is 100% functional and was gone through by Synhouse a few years ago."

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PPG Wave 2.3 classic vintage synthesiser

via this auction

"This is available to inspect and test play at our shop in Bondi Junction/Woollahra."

Note the PPG Processor keyboard and the Rhodes Chroma panels.