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Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer (1986)

YouTube via retrosound72 | January 26, 2011 | 4 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer from the year 1986.

part2: a few of my favorite VS sounds

- 8 Voices
- 4 Oscillators per voice
- 96 preset waveforms + 32 user waveforms
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass Curtis CEM3389 VCF
- analog VCA CEM 3360
- Arpeggiator

Update:

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer pt.2

YouTube Uploaded by retrosound72 on Jan 16, 2012

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer from the year 1986.

- 8 Voices
- 4 Oscillators per voice
- 96 preset waveforms + 32 user waveforms
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass Curtis CEM3389 VCF
- analog VCA CEM 3360
- Arpeggiator"

Korg ESX-1 sampler/drum machine

via this auction

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Novation Remote Zero SL USB MIDI controller

via this auction

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RECO-SYNTH ::: THE GATO FELIX ::: test

RECO-SYNTH ::: THE GATO FELIX ::: test from arthur joly on Vimeo.

"testing the new synth ... "

::vtol:: Sonora + Volte-Face "Space jam"

::vtol:: Sonora + Volte-Face "Space jam" from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

more info - vtol.tk

Pea Hicks demonstrates the Optigan

YouTube via MellotronMovie | January 26, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Pea Hicks of Optiganally Yours demonstrates the Optigan after the Museum of Making Music "Mellodrama" screening in San Diego 2010
www.optigan.com
www.mellotronmovie.com"

The Roland SH-3A Part 1 (high quality)

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | January 26, 2011 |

"Here is a higher quality version of part one of the Roland SH-3A demonstration video."

The Roland SH-3A Part Two (high quality)

1974 Experimenting with Electronic Music, 1st ed.

via this auction

"Published the very same year electro-industrial pioneers Kraftwerk released their breakthrough album "Autobahn," here's a wonderful, rare book covering virtually everything you ever wanted to know about music synthesis and reproduction. Within its pages is an overview of the history of electronic music, from RCA's tube-based Mark I to modern solid-state synthesizers, with photos of the Minimoog and the Moog Sonic Six, as well as the Tonus ARP 2500, 2600, and Soloist consoles. For you tinkerers out there, the book also contains numerous construction projects, including two (2) separate transistorized theremins complete with detailed alignment instructions. All projects come ready-to-build with full schematics and parts lists.

Contents include:
* Musical Electronics
History - Mechanical Tone Generation - Electronic Tone Generation - The Music Synthesizer

* Sound and the Electronic Signal
Sound - Harmonic Motion - The Sine Wave - Additive Synthesis - Square Wave - Sawtooth Wave - Beat Notes - The Envelope - White Sound - Using the Complex Wave

* The Instruments
Mechanical Tone Generators (string, wind, and percussive) - Experimenting

* Microphone and Pickup Applications
Principles - Ceramic and Crystal Applications - Homemade Ceramic - Homemade Percussion - Dynamic Microphones - Magnetic Pickups - Homemade Magnetic Pickup - Condenser - Impedance

* Building a Small Electric Organ
Tone Generation - General Construction - Tremolo Modulator - Mixer - Homemade Keyboards - Combining the Stages

* The Electronic Modifiers
Tremolo Circuit - Envelope Control Circuit - Trigger Circuit - Attack Envelope Generator Circuit - Photoelectric Modulator - Reverberation - Chime Device - "Fuzz" Circuit - Sustain Circuit

* Electronic Tone Generators
Multi-waveform Generator - Pink Noise Circuit - Two Theremin Projects - Automatic Percussion Circuit - The Almost Nightingale - Mini-Organ

* Odds and Ends
Two-Channel Mixer - Three-Channel Mixer - Voice Selector - Variable Bandpass Amplifier - Active High-Pass Filter - Resonant Filter - Tube Filter - Tape and Echo

Apart from a little cover wear, the book is in very good condition. 180 pages. First edition, copyright 1974. This item ships WORLDWIDE."