Line 6 Filter Pro Rack Stereo Mono Synth Bass Modeler

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formanta drum

YouTube via mikeonop | December 07, 2010

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"Formanta UDS - extremely powerfull vintage soviet 7 channel analog drum synthesizer, produced by the same FORMANTA factory in Kachkanar city where was mades famous Polivoks synths in eighties. It has 5 identical channels (which can be used freely) for BASS DRUM, HIGH TOM, MIDDLE TOM, LOW TOM, SNARE and two channels for Hi-hats and Cymbals. The synth has also built-in beatbox with 16 patterns. The beatbox and the synthesizer are independent modules so they can work at the same time freely and you can tweak the generators of the beatbox patterns, full freedom. Each channel has trigger Input on a standart 1/4 mono Jack and two additional Inputs for pedals. It can be triggered from drum pads like Simmons, Rhythm-Stick hand controller (that you can see on the last picture) or any audio source - Line Outs of the drum machine or soundcard etc. The synth has two parallel mono Outs (1/4 Jack and 5Din) and two parallel stereo Outs (left-right on 1/4 Jacks and 5Din). It also has 5Din socket for Rhythm-Stick hand controller. This is an armoured antitank piece of gear and the sound it produces is very unique!

Controls on the front panel:

5 channels with identical parametrs - snare, small tom, middle tom, big tom, bass drum
-sensitivity
-tone (up/down)
-decay time
-octave (up/down)
-balance (tone/noise)
-filter
-accent
-volume
-sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)

1 channel - cymbals
-sensitivity
-decay time
-volume
-sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)

1 channel - high-hat
-sensitivity
-volume 1
-volume 2
-sound ON (synthesis/autorhythm)

Autorhythm section controls:
-switch synthesis/autorhythm mode
-start/stop
-tempo
-volume
4x4 knob matrix for selecting 16 styles

General section controls:
-out ON
-volume
-volume phones - out phones.
-synhesis ON.
-mains indicator

The supply voltage - 220-230V/50Hz. For use it with 110/127V, a voltage converter is necessary (not added).

The synth dimensions 440x440x100mm, weight 12kg.

THE SET INCLUDES
Formanta drum synthesizer, power cord, English panel translation diagram."

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Livid Block & Ohm64 Demos

YouTube via lividTV | December 06, 2010 |

"Livid Block Demo using Ableton Live and Max for Live with Chris Palmer aka Chili. Shot by Mike Abb and Livid Instruments"

Ohm64 Demo Video from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"Ohm64 Demo video with Joseph Pailo using Ableton Live and Max for Live. Thanks to Mike Abb and Pailo for rocking this out."

Patchwork - Flash Based Modular Synth

"Patchwork is a Flash application for realtime modular sound synthesis. You can connect basic sound generation or modification modules to create either music, effects or utter noisy crap. Although at the moment it has an interface for creating a so-called patch, you will in the future be able to run your creations standalone, which means: in your own site or game."
Try it here. Read about it here.

1981 Soviet Consumer Electronics Catalog

This one spotted by Eric Barbour of METASONIX

"Including an 'Elektronika 003' keyboard, 'Elektronika RITM' drumbox, and two 'Spektr' effect pedals. The videotape recorders were mostly B&W only, and 15 years behind the Japanese VCRs of 1981 in technology.

And it didn't matter anyway---even though these prices were very low, the average Russian could not afford 95% of the contents of this catalog. A small portable TV was 160 roubles, at a time when the average factory worker made 140 roubles/month and a retired pensioner made maybe 60 roubles/month."

click here for the full catalog.

KORG iElectribe Sale Ends Today

"In commemoration of "KORG M01 for Nintendo DS" release, we are holding a special sale, 50% off until December 6th!"

Follow-up to this post.

iPads on eBay
iPads on Amazon

Modular Withe Evil

via Bruno De Vincenti's Photos

Update via acm23 in the comments: "This is made by Sebastian Cordoves in Argentina"

1977 ARP OMNI Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up. Interesting bit on when the OMNI may have been released.

Madonna, Phil Collins, Steely Dan, Paul Simon Roland Jupiter-8 for Sale?

via this auction

"Serial # 161556.
From the studio of an award-winning composer/producer/arranger, this is the ACTUAL INSTRUMENT that played on the Number One records "Crazy for You" (Madonna) and "Against All Odds" (Phil Collins), as well as the albums Gaucho (Steely Dan), Nightfly (Donald Fagen), and Graceland (Paul Simon).

The Jupiter 8 features 16 rich analog oscillators at 2 per voice, eight voice polyphony and easy programming. Cross-mod, oscillator sync, a great LFO and a classic arpeggiator are also on-board. Two resonant analog 24dB/oct filters with 2-pole and 4-pole settings as well as low- and high-pass filtering methods."

See the seller's Fender Rhodes as well.

Arturia Analog Laboratory Now Available

"Analog Laboratory is an extremely powerful software synthesizer solution. First of all, Analog Laboratory offers 3500 legendary classic synthesizer sounds from Arturia’s vintage analog recreations: Minimoog, Prophet V, CS-80, Jupiter-8, ARP, Prophet VS and Moog Modular.

But Analog Laboratory goes further by offering a unique interface to tweak them all as well as the ability to edit each of them in depth, in the original synthesizer.

With the addition of 200 scenes organized by genres, including drum loops, advanced arpeggiation melodies and ways to allocate sounds to different parts of your keyboard, Analog Laboratory is likely to become your favorite synth workstation, constantly feeding your creativity with inspiring ideas.

Introductory Promotion / Limited quantities**

USD 249.00 / EURO 229.00

* Requires all synths to be installed on your hard-drive.
** Limited offer : first 1000 copies Get Analog Laboratory for the price of Analog Factory while stock lasts!

MAIN FEATURES:
* Includes 3500 synth sounds carefully selected from the Arturia Classic Synths: Minimoog V, Moog Modular V, CS-80V, ARP 2600 V, Prophet V, Prophet VS and Jupiter-8V.
* Fast filter the presets to your requirements: by Instrument (Minimoog, CS-80, ARP 2500,…), by Type (Bass, Pads, leads…) and by Characteristics (hard, soft, complex, simple, short, long…).
* In-depth Preset Editing available for the owners of the Arturia Classic Synthesizers (Minimoog V, CS-80 V, etc.). Edit your sounds on the original instruments within Analog Laboratory.
* 200 Scenes organized by musical genres offering complete live sets, including assigning sounds to pads, splitting sounds over the keyboard and an advanced arpeggiator.
* Straight forward editing with a complete array of parameters for tweaking sounds.
* Easy midi learn assignation to any MIDI keyboard controller.
* Works as a standalone or a plugin within your main sequencer."
http://www.arturia.com/evolution/en/products/analoglaboratory/intro.html