Galería Befaco

via BEFACO (Googlish here)

"Diego Garcia has finished its first full Befaco synthesizer, look how cool!

Modules: Interface MIDI CV / / VCO x 4 / / BF -20 VCF / / Complex EG x 2 / / Quad VCA x 2 / / Tube VCA / Distortion / / Noise + Lag / / Ring Modulator / / I / O Module

On the other hand [below], Manu (member Smëgg ) continues its pileup aelantando, based on modules with custom front panel"

See the BEFACO links above for more.

Circuit Bent Elmo

YouTube Uploaded by FrankenMusik on Jul 10, 2011

"Yet another fun Elmo Bent Toy. Originally this toy was a Silly Parts Talking Elmo. Unfortunately I do not have any of the accessories, but he is still loads of fun to play/sample from.

There are two basic mods, pitch control and power starve. About half way into the video I switch over to added effects; space like sounds from Elmo.

http://www.frankenmusik.blogspot.com"

" Power Starve
1/8" Output Jack
Pitch Control
Pitch Control Switch: Pitch ON/OFF/(ON)
Runs on 2 "AA" Batteries

This is a custom Circuit Bent toy that offers some great sounding glitches. Alter Elmo's voice and send him into drones by limiting the power to the CPU (brain); this is the Blue Control knob atop Elmo's head-appropriately place.

Originally this was a Silly Parts Talking Elmo and unfortunately I do not have all the accessories. Released in 2003 and discontinued in 2009. From what I gather a bit of rare toy, but not my forte. I fashioned a couple of aluminum pins that activate the switches in Elmo's body. The switches (8 of them) are located at his hands, feet head, belly and nose. If you have plans to dress him up, you are out of luck :).

Electronically, this moderately modified toy is in great working order. Battery cover is in place. Elmo has some minor scratches and scuffs."

CAUSTIC - Control Automation (knob recording)

YouTube Uploaded by CausticApp on Jul 9, 2011

"This short video shows how to record knob positions for playback, aka controller automation.

This new feature lets you add much more character to your songs by changing values over the length of the track. You can accomplish classic things like filter sweeps and volume fades. Any automation will be saved into your file and exported into output files."



Uploaded by CausticApp on Jul 9, 2011

"This video explains how to use the various sections of the SubSynth machine in CAUSTIC for Android.

The subsynth is probably the most complicated machine in the rack so I thought I'd give it its own tutorial. This video also shows off the cool new "Waveform Editor" that allows you to draw a waveform right on your Android device and use it as the starting point for your SubSynth preset.

For more reading on subtractive synthesis here are few links:
http://www.kvraudio.com/wiki/?id=The+Basics+of+Subtractive+Synthesis
http://www.fortunecity.com/emachines/e11/86/synth1.html

You can get CAUSTIC from the Android Market at
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.singlecellsoftware.caustic"

DX5 playing Depeche Mode "Photographic"

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Jul 10, 2011

"1981 Live version cover. Just rehearsed in a while, some mistakes can be found.
Gear. Roland JX8P
Roland JP8000.

Back in the temporary studio. New videos coming really soon. Stay tuned.

Composed by Vince Clarke"

Late in japan

YouTube Uploaded by kidysputpikii on Jul 8, 2011

"House track I made remembering my trip to japan with mainly my sp1200 and its famous swing.
As usual lots of mutator, 909HH some dp4 here and there ...
The actual track start at 0:46
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Inside an Akai AX-73

flickr set By kb_cheapmods
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"The Akai AX-73 is too big/heavy to be portable and has a very minimal control surface...perfect for a chop job. Thus was born the Akai AX-37.

It was a bit of work, with the hacksawing through the all-steel chassis and cramming the boards together, but it all works!

The walnut ends are from a fellow who does *very* nice work and is offering them for sale for the AX-family. I think they really make this project look quite classy."

Korg Delta Vintage analogue synth

via this auction

"For those that don't know this synth it is polyphonic and has 2 very seperate sections, namely the 'Synthesizer' and the 'Strings' and each section has its own dedicated set of parameter pots and switches.

1) The analogue String section is quite straightforward and has a simple AR (envelope generator) with a pot for blending the octave range of the sound from 16' to 8' with a nice fat sounding mix at 12 o'clock and completing the String section is the 2 band EQ with a simple yet effective Bass and Treble pots and a Multi/Single Trigger switch for Triggering of notes. The String section has its own dedicated output and a mixed output, very useful for live work as well as in the studio.

2) The analogue Synthesizer section is a little more complex with 4 octave range sliders for simultanious or single use from 16' to 2' plus Noise, these also have a an Octave switch to raise the pitch by one octave. The Synth section has a full ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain and Realease Envelope Generator which can be assigned to the Band-pass or Low-pass filter section where the Depth and Phase is controlled by the EG (Envelope Generator) Amount pot. Then there is the all inportant Resonance pot and Cut-Off Frequency slider, a must for any analogue synth and some truly weird and wonderful true analogue sounds can be realized from this simple set-up, along with all the classic fat basses and searing lead solo, plus of course the endless polyphonic capabilities for pads etc. There are 3 more switches for this Synth section for 'Keyboard Follower' to track the note frequency, the Trigger switch for Multi/Single shot triggering and finally the VCA/EG Mode switch, this is used for the amp section to either follow the envelope generator or simply on/off with no ADSR effecting the amp.

There are 2 sliders on the output for individual output level mixing of Synth and Strings and an overall Volume pot linked to the Power on/off switch. There is a joystick control for modulation of notes set by the MG Speed and Vibrato Depth pots, you can also use Noise to modulate with the Joystick, there are also 2 additional switches for the FM Depth and fcM Depth all controllable from the Joystick, all in all a great range of routing is possible for some truly amazingly effects to the basic oscillators, and of course it does the usual pitch up/dow bit too."

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Powertran Transcendant 2000

via this auction

"As used by Joy division on "insight" 1979

Heres a link to a photo of the Legend "Martin Hannett" playing around with the synth"

Korg Electribe EMX-1

via this auction

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Novation Bass Station

via this auction

"This thing covers a lot of ground on the bass and lead front. I loved the sync sounds, not like a pro one, more like a roland. I could make some really aggressive bass sounds, the attack is plenty fast. The resonance is great, think tb 303. Very roland resonance. Still though, I could program some huge sounding moog type bass sounds out of it as well. Honestly, I wish I had gotten one of these long ago instead of all the big vintage gear I had. One rack space, and very fat and snappy. Sounds like a moog meets a sh 101 synth. Amazing. The build quality is decent, could be a bit better though..."