CASIO CZ-1000 Digital Synthesizer

via this auction

"According to the web the CZ-1000 is without a doubt the best low-cost means of truly useable sounds for pads and lead synth sounds. It was used on countless records in the 80's."

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RC CIRCUIT BENT EK001 Analog

via this auction
This is the one in the video here.
"THE EK001 IS A ANALOGUE MULTIPLE SQUAREWAVE KEYBOARD THAT CONTAINS NO IC CHIPS OR BLACK BLOB CIRCUITS BUT IS BASED ON 100% ANALOGUE CIRCUITRY TO PRODUCE ITS SOUNDS. THE SOUNDS OF THIS KEYBOARD ARE REMINISCENT OF THE ATARI POKEY SYNTHESISER CHIP OR C64 SID MUSIC, WITH UNIQUE DRUMS THAT ARE SIMPLY NOT LIKE THAT OF ANY OTHER KEYBOARD

MODIFICATIONS
EXTREME OVERDRIVE CONTROL WITH ON/OFF SWITCH
2 WARP MODULATION CONTROLS
THE WARP CONTROLS ALLOW SELF OSCILLATION, WARPING RHYTHMS AND FREQUECNY SWEEP MODULATION
LOW PASS FILTER CONTROL
HIGH PASS FILTER CONTROL WITH ON/OFF SWITCH
THIS CONTROL PROVIDES EXTREME HIGH PASS FILTERING WITH AN ALMOST BITCRUSHING EFFECT
METAL SIDE HANDLE, ALUMINIUM CONTROL PANELS
MINI JACK INPUT
THE MINI JACK INPUT ACCEPTS MICROPHONES OR ANY LINE LEVEL SOURCES, ALL MODIFCATION CONTROLS WILL EFFECT THE INPUT SIGNAL
1/4" JACK OUTPUT
INTERNAL SPEAKER HAS BEEN REMOVED TO HOUSE MODIFICATIONS

ORIGINAL FEATURES
37 MINI KEYS
2 NOTE POLYPHONY
8 PRESET SOUNDS
8 PRESET DRUM LOOPS/RHYTHMS
VOLUME SLIDER/INPUT LEVEL SLIDER/TEMPO CONTROLS/DEMO MODE
VIBRATO SWITCH
LED TEMPO INDICATOR
POWER SWITCH
POWERED BY 4 1.5V 'AA' BATTERIES OR 4.5-6V DC INPUT"

Synthesizers.com Serge Doepfer Modular System

YouTube via belempa1 | November 20, 2010 | 2 likes, 0 dislikes

"Les 3 petits monstres en discussion , pas évident à synchroniser tout ça :)
3 small monsters in discussion, not evident to synchronize all this ."

New PAiA Sequence

YouTube via shaolinskater | November 20, 2010

"Sorry about the clipping, I'll have to redo this one. All synths running from the same sequence track. The paia is the lead "high" sound. The Red Square is doing the bass-y background along with a MoogerFooger FreqBox. The Mooger is being fed by the TR 606 and the frequency control comes from the Red Square."

The Synth Store: Pookie buys Metasonix

YouTube via MOTMguy | November 20, 2010

"Pookie wants a scrotum smasher"

Arduino controlled casio keyboards and samplers

YouTube via bubagoo | November 20, 2010 | 2 likes, 0 dislikes

"In this video I'm controlling 2 casio SK1s, a casio SA-38 and 3 SAW voice memo recorders with an Arduino. I've wired a bunch of the pushbuttons on the different devices to the arduino and have written some simple code to sequence it all.
-The SA-38 is useful because it has a pushbutton for each drum voice. By interfacing this with the arduino I'm able to write and play drum patterns.
-Then I wired up the "one key play" buttons on the SK1s. The SK1 lets you record a sequence then play it back one note at a time every time you hit "one key play".
-Finally I wired up the "record" and "play" buttons on 3 little voice memo recorders. These record sound from the keyboards and play it back. They're pretty noisy but add some nice variety to the overall sound.
The whole project was pretty easy and is very flexible, especially if you're a savvy arduino programmer. Tutorial coming soon to Make magazine."

Penta on the AXiS-49

YouTube via JLMoriart | November 20, 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"This is an improv using mainly the pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale falls in a tight block in the center of the layout making for some really fun runs and glissandi.

I'm using the "Axis Tweaker" application which converts my axis-49 into a jammer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammer_key­board).

Ken Rushton (aka MusicScienceGuy), who wrote the Tweaker software, is a leader in making the playing of jammers possible:
http://musicscienceguy.typepad.com/blog/

More about the wicki/hayden note layout here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicki-Ha...

And more about the keyboard I'm using here:
http://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page..."

AtomoSynth Krakken Keyboard

via Atomo Labs

"Krakken Analog synthesizer keyboard MIDI controlled.

This machine gives you the great powerfull analog sound of AtomoSynth now with a build in keyboard and also it is MIDI controlable !!!.

Play it directly, it features a 2 octaves keyboard (tactile button keys ), with octave up and down shift buttons.

Connect it to a MIDI keyboard and play!!!

Control it from a MIDI sequencer, MIDI controller or computer and set it to any of the 16 Midi channels.

Control other analog gear with the built in MIDI to CV converter.

Create weird analog sounds, brilliant leads, acid basslines or make noise, change the sound in real time by tweeking the knobs on stage or in studio.

Specifications
Keyboard: 25-key (tactile button keys).
Octave Shift up/down buttons (5 octave range).
VCO1 and VCO2:
This synth features two analog square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound.
Glide: effect control with a wide range that allows radical effects.
White noise generator.
LFO: One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like sounds.
Also it modulates the VCF (voltage controled filter) creating a tremolo effect.
It has a led that shows the LFO rate.
VCF: One High pass and Low pass VCF (voltage controlled filter) with cut off and ressonance controls that can be modulated by the LFO and the VCO depth, It also features a decay control.
EG: envelope generator with attack and release control.
MIDI to CV converter:
The Krakken features a MIDI to control voltage converter with a range of 5 octaves, it can be easily set to any midi channel from 1 to 16.
You can control any external analog synthesizer with the CV and Gate Outputs (1Volt/octave).
Also you can connect many Krakken synthesizers in chain with its midi thru output to a computer or midi sequencer and each one will play a different midi channel.
The instrument is is housed in a clear, laser cut, acrilic case that shows the analog circuitry.
It is powered directly from 110V or 220V AC.
Dimensions: 280mm(W), 240 mm(D), 85mm(H. incuded rubber feet and knobs)"

Jingle Bell / Electric Holiday Orchestra featuring iPad and Korg iMS-20

YouTube via btpro | November 20, 2010 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"One man recording by Korg iMS-20."


iPads on eBay
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mattel electronics - synsonics drum test 1

YouTube via snoopyoverthehills | May 23, 2010
Not seeing a part 2.
"just plugged in my new mattel drum computer and played around. quite funny :) and its made by mattel - f... barbie!"

via this auction

Note the Midwest Analog Products ADV-MIDI Assembly Guide below.

"This unit was produced in 1981 (!) and is a sought-after collector and Circuit bending object... All Pads are pressure dynamic"

inside a Mattel Synsonics.