Firstman SQ-01 Sequence Synthesizer

via this auction
"The Firstman SQ01, manufactured by Multivox, is said to pre-date the Roland TB-303 and has a deep analogue bass sound somewhere between the 303 and a Moog bass. The controls (left to right) are: Tempo, Release, Bar, Filter Cutoff Frequency, Filter Resonance, Oscillator Fine (tune) and Oscillator Frequency, Sustain and Power/Volume. Connections at the top rear are: DC12V in, CV in, Gate in, Clock in, Footswitch, Synchro out, CV out, Gate out, Clock out and Audio out. These connections really add to the fun-factor when hooking up with other analogue gear, or use a midi-cv converter to control it via midi."

Snow Fall - EMS VCS3 Filter Clone

via AMSynths

AM8071 Module - "Snowfall" Diode Low Pass Filter

"During the exceptionally snowy weeks of early 2010 I built a redesigned version of this classic filter which was used in the EMS VCS3 and AKS synthesizers in the 1970’s. With snow falling and the wonderful bubbly sound of the filter, I named this module - Snow Fall. It was a 4-pole diode ladder low pass filter using all discrete and rather old components. The Roland SH-3 filter (AM8003) and PE Minisonic 2 (AM8050) filters are close copies of this legendary design.

EMS originally (in 1970) described the filter as Low Pass and with a cutoff rate 12dB for the first octave and then 18dB per octave thereafter, with band pass filter response at medium Resonance levels and a maximum Q of 20. From early 1974 EMS updated the filter with an extra capacitor at the base of the diode ladder to provide a steeper 24dB per octave response, this appears to have changed the character of the filter. The filter frequency response is stated as 5Hz to 10kHz.

In terms of electronic design the standard filter is 4-pole but the characteristics of diode ladders makes this sound more like 18dB, and the 24dB version is really 5-pole. No matter, the filter sounds fantastic....

Visit the AMsynths web site for the full story here..." You will find samples there as well.
Be sure to see the rest of AMSynths for more DIY clones and projects.
via VICMOD

M-Audio Venom Demo by Khoral

via Khoral's Cafe 80

Khoral comments on the Venom's lack of access to all editable parameters via the hardware synth itself. If you are thinking of a Venom, be sure to read my review. I opted for a custom iPad TouchOSC template to get around the limitation. If you are accustom to working with a computer the Venom does come with a full blown editor.

SpiderWorker (M-Audio Venom Demo) by khoral

noise box

YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 27, 2011
drmoonstein on eBay

Update:

optical space theremin

Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 27, 2011

DUB CAT DUB SIREN by S-CAT

YouTube Uploaded by PHONICPOTION on Mar 27, 2011
S-CAT on eBay
"CIRCUIT BENT DUB SIREN WITH BUILT IN ANALOGUE DELAY"

THE DISINTEGRATION DELAY by S-CAT

Moog Little Phatty Stage II - "Red Dimension"

YouTube Uploaded by synthypnosis on Mar 27, 2011

"VELVET VOYAGE - "Moog Little Phatty Stage II - red dimension" - Recorded on 2 stereo-tracks in January 2010 by Bruno Ender Lee
...my first recordings with the Moog Little Phatty...taken from the CD "Live in space""

Arturia ARP 2600V - ...les dunes du Pyla 1...

YouTube Uploaded by synthypnosis on Mar 27, 2011

"VELVET VOYAGE - "Arturia ARP 2600V - les dunes du Pyla 1" - by Bruno Ender Lee, every sound was made with the Arturia ARP 2600V, taken from the CD "Mindsong" 2005 ...with some holiday-pictures from France..."

Squidfanny - circuit bent YAMAHA PSS-100

YouTube Uploaded by squidfanny on Mar 26, 2011
squidfanny on eBay
"Really nice little Squarewave Synthesizer from 1988. . . Bleep-Core Drums, Programmable Instruments and a little Sequencer.

Precision Oscillator provides pitch modulation, as well as LFO, 3 x Phat Bass / Screaming Feedback Oscillators, Glitch Knob and an Array of Glitch Buttons for generating random sounds, drum loops and abstract analog soundscapes.

Note the big flashing red Glitch button which indicates LFO rate.

As usual, wicked metal keys in lot's of shiney reflective colours."

iMinimoogV v1.2 Wireless iPad Editor Now Available

Apple has just released iMinimoogV v1.2, a free upgrade for all iMinimoog V1.1 users.

iMinimoogV v1.2 offers:
- a redesigned look & feel for enhanced readability plus some very tiny UI adjustments to make the workflow even better
- parameter default value buttons. In v1.2, if you touch the parameter value label, it resets the label / slider to a default value (ex: VCO wave = Saw; VCF Freq = wide open, etc...) for each parameter... this is the fastest workflow you'll ever get in sound designing!"
iMinimoogV - iControlMIDI - iTunes
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The new MOONMODULAR M568A and M568P premier@Frankfurt Musikmesse 2011


YouTube Uploaded by moonmodular on Mar 26, 2011

"The M 568 A module is an addition to the M 568 Quad Sequential Trigger Source.

It expands the four trigger tracks of the 568 QSTS with a couple of useful functions:
- each track has its own reset-input jack
- each track has two independent trigger outputs, which can be assigned to any desired step position
Assigning/deleting these positions takes place at the 568 QSTS module in combination with the „Select A" and „Select B" buttons at the 568 A module:
Press and hold the select A/B button (set positionen on the 568 QSTS blink), press the desired position at the 568 QSTS.
If a 568 P programmer module is attached to the 568 QSTS, the eight step-positions of the 568 A will be saved together with the sequences.
- each track has a 4-position rotary switch to select the 568 QSTS's running direction
Changing the direction (except random) doesn't happen at once but after the next reset (end/start/turning back) of the respective track.

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The M568P programmer module is an extension to the M568 Quad Sequential Trigger Source.

Now 2 x 12 sequences/sequence-combinations can be saved to memory for later recall.
The non-volatile memory consists of two memory banks with 12 memory slots each. They are selected by the toggle switch "Memory Bank" and the 12-position rotary switch "Sequence Memory".
Pushing the "Recall" button activates a saved sequence. The "visible" sequence is being hold in an edit-bufer, a sort of "zero"-memory position -- so nothing will get lost when switching the module on and off. Only when a memory slot gets recalled the edit buffer is overwritten (therefore there is no automatic recall of the dialed memory position when the module is turned on).
To save an adjusted or modified sequence, push the "Save"-button (Save-LED blinks), select the desired memory-position and push the "Save"-button again (Save-LED dies out, sequence is saved).
To erase an adjusted or modified sequence, push the "Clear"-button (Clear-LED blinks), select the desired memory-position and push the „Clear" button again (Clear-LED dies out, sequence is erased).
To duplicate an adjusted or modified sequence or to move it to another memory slot, push the "Copy"-button (Copy-LED blinks), select the desired source memory-position, push the "Save"-button (Save-LED blinks), select the desired destination memory-position and push the "Copy"-button again (LEDs die out). The sequence ist copied now.
The buttons/jack combination under "Go to" in the lower part of the module the next and previous memory slots can be recalled -- using the respective push-button or a trigger pulse.

http://moonmodular.com"