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Monday, July 04, 2011

Moog Minimoog Model D Synthesizer

via this auction

SN 4503

More pics at the auction.

KORG Mono/Poly MP4 Analog Synth

via this auction

SN 371320

Korg Mono/poly Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

SN 371566

Suitcase Studio Ambient Improvisation


YouTube Uploaded by insanic4 on Jul 3, 2011

"Here is an ambient improvisation using my suitcase music studio. On the Nintendo DSi XL I run Electroplankton and on the iPod touch I run Brian Eno's Bloom app."

Sunday, July 03, 2011

Serge Creature and Sequencer-A Modular Synth


YouTube Uploaded by tastysoilrecords on Jul 3, 2011

"Weird blips from just the Serge Creature & Sequencer-A modular synth. I recorded this video as a reference or guide so *maybe* I can remember how to find this patch again in the future."

Maui Media Lab Jaw Harp Free for 4th of July!

via Maui Media Lab:
"Happy Independence Day! Free Jaw Harps in the iTunes App Store.

Enjoy Maui Media Lab's Jaw Harp for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. The Jaw Harp, also known as a Mouth Harp or Jew's Harp, is one of the oldest musical instruments in the world. The Jaw Harp is also one of the most simple and fun musical instruments to play.

Just place the Jaw Harp near your mouth, and twang the tine with your finger. Use your open mouth as a modulated resonator and filter by changing the shape of your lips, cheeks and tongue as you twang away.

Everyone loves the Jaw Harp, especially Kids! Twang Twang Boing Boing!

Maui Media Lab LLC, a licensed Apple developer based out of Maui, Hawaii, has more than sixty applications available for sale in Apple's iTunes App Store for iPad, iPhone and the iPod Touch in more than eighty international markets. Maui Media Lab LLC applications for iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices include games, productivity tools, remote controls, musical instruments and much more.

Available exclusively in the iTunes App Store [click here]. Made in Maui Hawaii"

iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Korg Monopoly

via this auction

"This synth is extremely powerful and a lot of fun to experiment with. It can be played as a 4osc mono lead synth or a 4voice multi synth. Truly a classic and this particular unit is a gem. As an interesting side note, one of Korg's most influential product engineers Yasuhiko Mori named the Korg Mono/Poly his favorite Korg synth ever made. There is also plenty of external control available with CV and Gate Ins."

VINTAGE CRUMAR DS-2



SIMMONS CLAP TRAP


YouTube Uploaded by holyghostnyc on Jun 25, 2011

via this auction
"Here's a rundown of the various functions/knobs...

AUTOSPEED: This controls the speed of the internal sequencer or "AUTO" mode and was one of the repaired controls. The pot is original but the wiring to the board was replaced. Works as it should.

AUDIO SENSITIVITY: This is the sensitivity for the external trigger input. You adjust the knob according to the type of signal. I.E. a trigger from a drum pad would require higher sensitivity than line level audio like, say, a sound from a drum machine. Works as it should but as you can see the knob itself is not original.

PITCH (CLAP): This controls the pitch of the clap sample. This is one of the pots that was completely replaced. Works as it should.

DECAY (CLAP): This sounds pretty self explanatory but if you've ever played with one of these things you know it's not quite a true "decay" in the traditional sense. Yes, when at it's lowest setting you get a very tight short sample and the sound will increase with length as you turn it up BUT as get to around the 3 o'clock position the it actually starts to loop a part of the sample in a very strange way. You can hear it in the video link below. It's pretty wild sounding and works as it should.

PITCH (NOISE): Another weird one as this knob isn't so much a pitch control for the noise but a filter for the noise. You can here it in the video. This pot is other that was totally replaced and as you can see the knob is not original but it works exactly as it should.

DECAY (NOISE): This controls the decay for the noise. At it's lowest setting you get very tight percussive white noise attacks and at it's highest you get nice long noise crashes. Works as it should.

BALANCE: This is basically a crossfader for the clap sample and the noise. When at 0 all you will hear is the clap and at 10 all you will hear is the white noise. It's worth mentioning that the noise a bit louder than the clap which is to say that with the knob centered, the noise will be louder than the clap. Not sure if this is normal or not and, of course, you can still get a good even balance by turing the knob slightly more towards the clap but, again, thought it was worth mentioning.

LEVEL: This the volume knob and power switch. Pretty self explanatory. Works as it should.

AUTO BUTTON: This engages the internal non programmable sequencer.

HUMANIZER: This is very cool function that when engaged slightly randomizes the clap sample's pitch resulting in a slightly more realistic - or "human" - feel. Sometime it takes the button a few tries to engage as you can see in the video it does work most of the time.

TRIGGER: This is the manual trigger which you can use to play the clap trap by hand without an external trigger/pad."

Korg VC-10 Vocoder

via this auction

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