MATRIXSYNTH

SCI Prophet VS + Pro-One "Electric Woman"

YouTube via retrosound72 | December 14, 2010 |

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

intro sample/hold + lead sound: SCI Prophet VS
bassline: SCI Pro-One internal sequencer, triggered by the TR-707
drums: Roland TR-707"

Buchla 200e & Elektron Mecha

YouTube via dkimcg | December 14, 2010 |

"A change from my usual shakey camera, stare at the modules videos. Some old CG things I made a while back mixed in with some goofing off in After Effects."

Buchla 259e & Eardrill ModuleModule

flickr By Yotsuba&!

"Utility modules in for a test with the Twisted Waveform Generator."

Livid Sampler Tutorial

Livid Sampler Tutorial from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"Livid Sampler 03 is a basic sampling application designed to work with Livid Controllers. This is a final update to the first release of Livid Sampler, an open-source Max/MSP patch, application, and VST plugin. This is "final," because it was done in Cycling 74's Max 4.6 and pluggo, which is no longer sold or supported, and Sampler is also going to evolve into something more sophisticated.
The real reason for this release is to put a fun and simple sampler into the hands of Livid customers that is designed to work instantly with your controller, and hope it sparks some discussion and requests on what it might do in the future. There are a minimum of controls and settings, letting you concentrate on playing, rather than making minute changes. We are planning to release some software using this sampler as the foundation, and we'd love to hear what you would like to do with it, what more you want from it, as well as test the playback mechanism for stability and usefulness. As you think about what you might want to see, keep in mind that we don't intend for this to replace or compete with software that you already use. We do intend to make a software package that maximizes interactivity, quick production, and musical focus on our controllers and others."

Sampler Mix from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"A simple mix using Livid Sampler and the block. I loaded a few samples and figured something out. Samples are from Arthur Lee, Bobby Humphries, Lalo Schifrin, Yellow Magic Orchestra, and a couple other loops I made."

BOSS PC-2 Percussion Synthesizer

via this auction

Electro Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer

via this auction

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Microsoft YAMAHA CX5MII/128 SYNTHESIZER COMPUTER + YK-20 KEYBOARD

via this auction
Note the OS: MSX Basic 1.0 by Microsoft 1983

Someone needs to update Wikipedia.

"Yamaha CX5MII/128 + Yamaha YK-20 - The Yamaha CX5MII/128 is an extremely versatile personal computer which conforms to MSX standard specifications. The unique features of the CX5MII/128 is it's built in FM Sound Synthesizer unit SFGII.

The Yamaha YK-20 is an addition keyboard that allows you to make lite of your working life around the CX5MII/128

Specifications:
* Sound Generator: FM (4 Operator, 8 Algorithms)
* Polyphony: 8 Notes
* Internal Voices: 46
* Connections: Syhthesizer Section - MIDI In/Out, Audio L/R, Keyboard In, General - Video, Audio, RGB, RF, Cassette, Joystick 1/2.
* Included Package: 1 x CX5MII/128 - 1 x YK-20 - 1 FM Program II Voicing Cartirdge"

Wicks Looper

flickr By rarebeasts
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"The Wicks Looper is a small electronic musical instrument that allows you the create real-time noise loops and sound effects."

videos previously posted here

Analog Bytes Pokey Progress

via Skrasoft

"The Pokey synth main board PCBs are going through surface mount manufacturing this week, so modules should be ready to test and pack in the next couple weeks. In the meantime there are manual pages to write and front panels to assemble. Here’s a shot of some front panels waiting for main boards.

Once the modules are tested and ready to ship, I will start e-mailing everyone on the waiting list. All sales on this first run will be handled directly through Analog Bytes."