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Red Sound DarkStar XP2 Digital Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

"Red Sound DarkStar XP2 Digital Analog Synthesizer
Serial Number: 00976

Red Sound says "The Analogue Synthesiser, mainstay of Seventies' and Eighties' music, is back, reinvented in a new, more reliable and flexible form. Physical modelling via powerful DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) allow all the warmth and control of the synthesizers of yesteryear without the problems of unstable tuning and unrepeatable sounds, and with modern benefits like realtime control and multitimbral access."

This Red Sound DarkStar XP2 Digital Analog Synthesizer has the following features:
Polyphony - 8 voices
Oscillators - 2 per voice (Osc 1: continuously variable between Sawtooth and square/pulse; OSC 2: Formant or pink / white / blue noise); hard sync-able
LFO - 2 with separate speed and delay controls (Ramp, Triangle, Square, Sine, Pulse, Sample & hold, Random waveforms); MIDI sync-able
Effects - Auto-Panning, Tremolo, Fixed frequency Ring Modulation, Portamento
Filter - 12dB/oct resonant with low-, high- and band-pass
Keyboard - None
Memory - 64 patches
Control - MIDI (5-parts)"

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Spectrasonics "Bob Moog Tribute Library" to benefit Bob Moog Foundation

"Bob Moog Foundation Announces Spectrasonics Benefit

New Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere Library and Contest to Win Custom OMG-1 Synth to Raise Funds for the Foundation

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA — MARCH 21, 2011 — The Bob Moog Foundation today announced that music software developer Spectrasonics has launched a unique, multi-faceted tribute to honor the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Dr. Robert Moog. Spectrasonics has released the “Bob Moog Tribute Library” created by renowned artists for Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere® virtual instrument software, and also kicked off a contest designed around the library, where participants enter to win the one-of-a-kind “OMG-1” hardware synthesizer created by Spectrasonics’ Founder, Eric Persing. 100% of the proceeds from this Tribute go to benefit the Bob Moog Foundation.

Spectrasonics’ Bob Moog Tribute library features over 700 stunning new sounds for Omnisphere, Spectrasonics’ flagship synthesizer, and was produced by Persing. The sounds in the new library were created by more than 40 of the world's top synth artists, remixers and sound designers, including Hans Zimmer, Vince Clarke (Erasure/Depeche Mode), Jean Michel Jarre, The Crystal Method, Jordan Rudess, Money Mark (Beastie Boys/Beck), Bernie Worrell (P-Funk/Talking Heads), Larry Fast (Peter Gabriel/Synergy), Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Air/Fiona Apple), Ryuichi Sakamoto (YMO), Morgan Page (Madonna/Katy Perry), Keith Shocklee (Bomb Squad/Public Enemy), Steve Porcaro (Toto), Fredwreck (Snoop Dogg/50 Cent), Jan Hammer (Jeff Beck/Mahavishnu Orchestra), Michael Boddicker (Michael Jackson), Richard Devine (Aphex Twin), Patrick Moraz (Yes/Moody Blues), Eddie Jobson (UK/Roxy Music), Diego Stocco, Danny Elfman, The Moog Cookbook, and many more.

“Through this stunning Tribute Library, Eric Persing's passion for sonic innovation is manifested in a multi-layered homage to Bob Moog's pioneering work and legacy,” said Michelle Moog-Koussa, executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation. “That passion is continued through the myriad of synthesists and sound designers who have participated by donating sonic tributes in the way of patches and sounds. The Bob Moog Foundation is deeply grateful to Eric, Spectrasonics and the participating musicians for the creativity and generosity that has driven this project. Without a doubt, the funding generated from the Tribute Library will be a tremendous help in driving our mission forward.”

The grand prize in Spectrasonics’ contest, the OMG-1 hardware synthesizer, was designed by Persing as a live performance instrument and is not a commercial product — it’s truly one-of-a-kind, integrating the worlds of analog synthesis, computers, software synthesis and the latest multi-touch surfaces into one extraordinary instrument. The state-of-the-art dual manual OMG-1 combines a Moog Little Phatty® analog synthesizer, Spectrasonics’ flagship Omnisphere software synthesizer, a powerful internal Apple Mac Mini computer, dual Apple iPads®, dual iPods®, and Spectrasonics’ brand-new Omni TR™ iPad app — all integrated into a beautiful, hand-crafted curly maple cabinet created by American artisan Daniel Auon.

Contestants vying to win the OMG-1 buy and download the $100 “Bob Moog Tribute Library" for Spectrasonics’ Omnisphere software, then write one or more pieces of music utilizing the sounds from the library. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2011. Spectrasonics will be flying the contest winner to the October 2011 “MoogFest” in Asheville, NC, where Eric Persing will present the OMG-1 grand prize to the winner.

Learn more about Spectrasonics’ Bob Moog Tribute Library: http://www.spectrasonics.net/products/tribute and about the contest to win the OMG-1 synthesizer:

About The Bob Moog Foundation

The Bob Moog Foundation honors the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog through its mission of igniting creativity at the intersection of music, history, science, and innovation. Its projects include MoogLab Student Outreach Program, which brings electronic musical instruments into the schools to teach children science through music, the Archive Preservation Initiative, an effort to preserve and protect the inventor's extensive and historic archive and the future Moogseum, an innovative educational, historic, and cultural facility that will bring Bob Moog's spirit alive. It will be located in Asheville, NC in the years ahead, pending necessary funding.

The Bob Moog Foundation is an independent, donor-driven 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization and is not formally affiliated with Moog Music, Inc."

Cantos Music Exhibits over 650 Keyboards at Obscura Day

"Atlas Obscura, an online "compendium of the world's wonders, curiosities, and esoterica" is hosting our second annual International Obscura Day on April 9, 2011. Last year's Obscura Day saw 4,000 attendees at events in 80 cities in 20 countries all over the world.

The first events for 2011 are up at http://atlasobscura.com/obscura-day, with new ones being planned every day. The event at the Cantos Music Foundation will include a behind-the-scenes tour of their growing collection of over 650 keyboard instruments and electronic equipment, including pipe organs and modern synthesizers. Cantos has the largest collection of synths in Canada, and many of the exhibited instruments can be played by visitors. More information and the chance to RSVP can be found here: http://obscuraday-cantosmusicfoundation.eventbrite.com/"

Click here for some posts featuring the various synths at Cantos including an ARP 2500, EMS SYNTHI 100 Modular System, Buchla 100 with The Flaming Lips, Moog Modular and much, much more. Cantos has one of the most extensive and impressive synthesizer collections in the world.

Huba and Silica

A couple of gear shots via Huba&Silica

"Check the Eminent Solina under the novation launchpad. If you look under the shadows you will find an Arp Odissey used as noize machine. Besides from that the usual gear, Vermona DRM Mk3 + Voyager + Akai MFC42 + Ableton live and novation controllers."

"Noche de Psicodelicias
Florian Droids + Huba&Silica
Lobo Estepario, San José. Costa Rica.
Foto: Pablo Murillo + Suzi Love"

KORG PROPHECY SYNTHESIZER HD

YouTube Uploaded by PianoVintage on Mar 21, 2011

"More infos on : http://www.pianovintage.fr
Here's a demo of my KORG PROPHECY synthesizer !!!
Like arpegiator :D
Enjoy !!!"

New MFB Dominion EX

Expander for the MFB Dominion

via sequencer.de
"3 VCOs (gute stimmstabilität) mit pwm, sine to tri mod, tri to saw mod, double Sync, triple Ringmod, double FM, Glide
Mixer mit VCO 1, 2, 3, Noise/Audio In

2 LFOs mit 6 wellenformen, one shot und keytracking
1 Schippmann VCF mit 6 modes (nachfolger des ebbe und flut filters), resonanzverzerrung, filter kann in die sättigung gefahren werden
2 ADSR envelopes
umfangreiche Velocity modulationen, Modulationsrad select und einstellbarer Pitchrad wert
CV/Gate steuerbar, umfangreiche CV steuerungen
diverse Midi modes
Midi in/out/thru
100 user speicher
angepeilter vk: unter 850 euro"

A Canter Through The History Of Electronic Music With The Pony Harvest

flickr By richarddubreq
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"My set up for my talk 'A Canter Through The History Of Electronic Music With The Pony Harvest', given at day 2 of the EAR festival organised by White Label Music at Croydon Clocktower, 19-02-11"

The Shruti Module

The Shruti Module by experimentalsynth
"A quick sketch using a MakeNoise Rene' to modulate a bunch of non-modular synths and effects. Moog CP-251 is supplying the master clock. Rene' is modulating multiple parameters on a Moog Voyager (filter cutoff & osc 2 freq), filter cutoff on a Moog Little Phatty and osc freq on a MF-102 ringmod. The CP-251 LFO is also modulating the filter cutoff of three MF-101 low pass filters processing a Yamaha MO8 (in stereo) and a Korg MicroX."

via experimentalsynth.com

DIY Noise Modular Synth

via http://diysynth.blogsport.de/

"The Noise Modular is a very nice handmade Synth. It features 12 squarewave oscillators. You can connect the outputs of the oscillator with two mainoutputs. The signal strength of the main outputs can be adjusted with a potentiometer. With the two push buttons you can control the sounds of the oscillators. You can change between a nice and clean to a noisy sound. You can make hundreds of nice combinations with the synth... It is based on different "Lunetta" schematics..."