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Roland SH-101 T-Shirts from The Dole Shirt

http://www.thedoleshirt.com/

Be sure to see their other synth Ts. Note how the size of the synth will vary based on the size of the T. The smaller the T, the more of the T the synth will cover. The top pic is a size small.

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Rare Teisco P100

via this auction

"rare Teisco synth. The P100 - made in 1979. Teisco were later bought by Kawai, so this synth was also sold later under the Kawai brand. Though it is a so-called 'preset synth' with 32 different sounds, there are a whole host of modulation possibilities including portamento, filter cutoff (bright/dark), growl, vibrato etc.

The synth has a built in spring reverb which lends a nice quality and is highly unusual in that it is an analog synth with aftertouch! Once you have played a key, you can press it harder to introduce effects like opening the filter, pitch bending, vibrato and more.

The Teisco 100P is a preset synthesizer featuring 32 different voices. Each voice can be modified through various effects and touch sensitivities.

Specifications:
Keyboard 37 keys, 3 octaves (C-C)
Preset voice selectors: Trombone, Tuba, Saxophone, Bassoon, Trumpet, Mute Trumpete, Horn,
Shakuhachi, Clarinet, Oboe, Flute, Piccolo, Violin, Cello, electric Bass,
wood bass, fuzz guitar, hawaiian guitar, piano, accordion, sitar, banjo,
vibraphone, glocken, whistle, voices, wave, wind, synthe sound I - IV.

Effect levers: Hold/Sustain, Flanger, Repeat/reverb, portamento/glissando(long~short, 3 types).
Touch effect levers: Growl, vibrato, wow/brilliance, bend up/bend down.
Touch effect control: touch sensitivity.
General control: Volume, tune, transpose (up, normal, down).
Signal out: Headphone, high out(+4dBm), low out (-20dBm).
Accessories: Expression pedal jack (no pedal included)
Dimensions 830 x 295 x 116 (wxdxh).
Weight 10.5 Kg. "

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tracer wow filter sludge.MOV

YouTube via snazelle | August 10, 2010

"here is some afternoon rock on the tracer city and wow and flutter"

Update:

WOW DIST PITCH1

snazelle | August 10, 2010

JUPITER III + TIME MODULE

YouTube via chamberofsounds | August 10, 2010

"After hooking up the Jupiter III to the new Time Clock Module I was able to send alien transmissions to other galaxies while simultaneously shaking the foundation of my house... get your Jupiter Combo only from chamberofsounds.com"

Warpped MinD

YouTube via SlaughterClub | August 10, 2010

SID Sample Playback

The following came in via Rainer on the SDIY list:

"On the SID, samples are played back through 3 different methods:

(1) 4-bit playback abusing the volume register
(2) 8/12-bit playback using PWM (with nasty carrier beep-through...)
(3) stepping the triangle waveform using test bit (reset) and
incrementum (reaching the destination value within 1 sample)

The latter is a rather novel technique first presented in the "Vicious SID" and "Fanta in Space" demos, also demonstrating how this technique even outperforms the Amiga's sound capabilities (by being able to fully modulate the sample using ADSR, multimode filter, and final VCA -- plus having two SID voices in addition to the sample).

For those interested:

Vicious SID:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=72678

Fanta in Space:
http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=72563

If you run them on the VICE emulator, make sure to switch the reSID engine to floating point, otherwise you won't hear much...

Rainer"

Roland TB-303 Devil Fish w/ MIDI in Aluminum Case

via this auction

"Serial #178, Version v.4.0B

In December 2003 I purchased my very first TB-303 via Peter Forrest’s VEMIA auction, it was immaculate and functionality perfect. In the next couple of years I purchased several TB’s, but it was clear that the first was the nicest, and so, in 2005, I sent it off to Robin Whittle to undergo the Devil Fish treatment.

In a stroke of luck, I happened to be lucky enough to acquire one of the revered and totally gorgeous alu cases that Martin Rothlisberger designed in his spare time and sent this to Australia so that Robin could built the Devilfish into it.

The fitment into the case is a very tricky affair, they are carved from solid blocks of aluminium by a computer, and thus super accurate; the problem lies in the TB itself, which hailing from the 80’s is not so accurate! Some of the potentiometer positions can subtly vary, and there are other pitfalls, for example the wires can get pinched in different places. This TB has been fitted to the highest standards possible. There are crazy aspects to it, like 2 by 2 carbon fibre washers, an even larger capacity lithium battery than the one Robin uses as stock for the bank memory back up and the rear of the case attaches via precision machined titanium bolts. It’s a functioning piece of design / art.

Robin strikes me as the classic genius engineer and in implementing the modification, I guess his priority is in making sure everything works, not necessarily whether it looks beautiful. As a result, I have expertly implemented a host of cosmetic amendments myself to make things like the LED’s shine more attractively, the knobs sit at a comfortable height and, perhaps most practically, I have implemented a delightfully simple but important idea that buffers the main PCB board, in the event that the machine ever falls face flat, which due to the design by Roland, does leave the machine quite susceptible to a cracked PCB. Some of the ideas I have shared with Robin (to his interest!), others I have not as yet, but I suspect he and other TB enthusiasts would find them interesting, if not a touch obsessive :-)

As the numerous pedantic personal touches might indicate, I never foresaw parting with this machine, but am contemplating it primarily for two reasons, I have another Devil Fish (non MIDI version) so I wouldn’t miss this one all that much, principally I am interested to acquire something entirely different for my studio, which would entail raising the necessary funds.

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