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Navigational Stars :: Ankaa

Navigational Stars :: Ankaa by chrisstack

via Chris Stack of Moog Music

"[the track] uses one of my favorite production techniques.

I have a Little Phatty with the CV Out Modification. Here I synced its arpeggiator to a master MIDI clock from a Yamaha MO8 (MO8 run through MF-101s on each stereo channel). I connected the Pitch Out CV from the Phatty to the Filter Cutoff In CV on a Voyager, dialed up a wet, resonant patch and had a lot of fun.

The rest is Alesis Micron through MF-101, Korg MicroX through MF-101 and Kurzweil K2000 through a MIDI Murf."

Evolution X-Session USB Midi Controller

via this auction

The seller "replaced the silver plastic knobs with soft-touch knobs from Mouser, which are much easier to use and see in the dark."

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YAMAHA SY1

via this auction

"Analog preset synth Yamaha SY1 , big brother of the SY2 which can be seen in the movie 'close encounter of the third kind'"

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S1 MIDI Trigger Ver 3.2 プロモーションビデオ

YouTube via bebinico | November 07, 2010 -
Update: The video is pretty self explanatory, but I added the new English version below.
No knobs, no problem. Direct control of your synths with the iPad. USB support with the Camera Connection kit is coming (see this related post). And of course direct iPad to synth via the Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer. You can create your own layouts with this and it's only $2.99. This is pretty amazing when you think about it. The only other option is TouchOSC and OSCulator which runs $19 to $39 depending on how much you want to pay, and they require a computer to run between the iPad and your gear. Note there are obviously some differences between the two, so do your research, but we now have customizable controllers for our synths. Currently the two only support MIDI CC, but Sysex is coming. The iPad will bring new life to cryptic synths. This is going to open up a whole new world in rediscovering menu based synths. I can't wait to unlock the Yamaha FS1R for example.

"S1 MIDI Triggerの最新バージョンです。
iPad / iPhone用のMIDIコントローラとして動作します。

iOS 4.2に対応し、Camera Connection Kitでの接続も可能になっています。
（※ただし、現時点ではAppStoreの承認待ち状態ですので、しばらくお待ちください)"

""S1 MIDI Trigger is the latest version.
iPad / iPhone for work as a MIDI controller.

iOS 4.2 support, Camera Connection Kit has become possible connection.
(However ※, AppStore, so at the moment is waiting approval, please wait) "
Listen"

iPads on eBay
iPads on Amazon

iPod Touch on eBay
iPod Touch on Amazon

Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer on eBay

Computed plasma 251 (Plogue Bidule + 2 Moog FreqBox + Moog CP-251)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | November 06, 2010

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. The music has been made in one take with Plogue Bidule (sequencers, mixer, solo synth and various delay effects), two Moog FreqBox and a Moog CP-251. Enjoy !
http://www.myspace.com/fredericgercha..."

THE SOUND OF MICROS Computers and music by Robert A. Moog

You can find the full article on AtariArchives.org

"Robert A. Moog is the inventor of the practical music synthesizer and president of Big Briar, Inc., a Leicester, North Carolina, firm specializing in the design of custom electronic instruments.

'For some of us, the idea of an electronic muse is scary; after all, music is an essentially human activity, while electronic equipment, especially the computer, is "mechanical" and "unnatural." Throughout history, however, music has been closely linked to technology. Except for the human voice, the instruments of music-making have always been "high tech" in their time...'"

Complete MS-collection

flickr By faxtelius

Not counting the MS02 and MS03 signal processors of course.

Modular synth exhibit @ Tekniska Muséet

flickr set by faxtelius
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Update: the top system is The Modulator with Roland System 100 101 synthesizer. Bottom is Buchla.

Acidlab Bassline 2

via this auction

"This german-made TB-303 clone that regularly sells for $1000 if you can find it at all easily creates those squelchy TB-303 sounds so loved by electronica affionados world-over. It is a monophonic bass synth with a midi-clock synchronized sequencer that can easily reproduce the coveted TB-303 in all its glory."

This one has a BIN of $450