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Chimera Synthesis BC6 Walnut synth / step recorder

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"A brilliant compact synth / drone machine from the now deceased Chimera. Great for sampling :-)

This is what Chimera had to say about the BC6:

[BC6] WALNUT, handmade, small, standalone synthesizer with in-built 16-step sequence recorder

[DESIGN] Beautiful Black Walnut wood, brushed stainless steel, bright-red printed circuit board, green plastic button and green LED

[SOUND] Distilled Chimera bC8 type sounds

[USE] Live, backing, drone, musique-concrete, glitch, industrial…

CONTROLS:

[1] VCO pitch, from 27.5Hz [A0] to approximately 3.1KHz [G7]

[2] LFO>VCO modulation depth, controls both AM and FM depths

[3] LFO rate (sub-sonic to audible)

[BUTTON] envelope trigger (with sustain), mode selection and playback start-stop

[4] Envelope, combination attack/release control 5 milliseconds to 20 seconds

[5] VCO waveshape continuous morph (sine, triangle, square, sawtooth) and LFO waveshape selection (sine, square, rising sawtooth, falling sawtooth)

[6] Volume [also auxiliary functions of mode selection when at zero and playback speed]

[MODE] single-shot mode with sustain, auto-repeat, playback

[RECORDER] automatically records the last sixteen notes played including, note duration, time between notes and the values of knobs 1-5 (these maybe overridden during playback if desired),

[PLAYBACK] plays back the last sixteen notes, speed maybe smoothly varied from 1/16th speed to 16x speed

TECHNICAL:

[OUTPUT] Stereo 3.5mm jack socket (50mW available for driving headphones)

[POWER] 3x AAA cells, drain ~55mA, power switch on base

[SIZE] 90mm diameter x 45mm overall height (including knobs)

[CONSTRUCTION] body from black walnut, hand-finished and protected with Danish Oil, stainless steel top-plate, high quality double-sided

PCB hand-assembled and tested.

[AVAILABILITY] only 100 units were built (this is number 28)"

Circuit Bent Aircraft Carrier Jet Sound FX by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on Aug 31, 2011
freeform delusion on eBay
"HMS freeform delusion - Toy aircraft carrier with two added jet sound FX.

Aircraft Carrier Mods:

1/4inch Mono jack output
On/Off Toggle Switch
Pitch Up/Down Control

Jet1 Mods:
1/4inch Mono Jack output
On/Off Toggle Switch
Pitch Up/Down control
Once jet sound momentary button
Loop Jet sound toggle switch
Two Red LEDs

Jet2 Mods:
1/4inch Mono Jack output
On/Off Toggle Switch
On/Off/On Switch for LFO style effect and crushing effect
Once jet sound momentary button
Loop Jet sound toggle switch
4 LEDs"

virtual midi on slide control fluidsynth [BETA]

YouTube Uploaded by rouetproduction on Aug 31, 2011
"Demo of virtual midi with slide control , baseline and mod rum"

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Serge Space Sounds

YouTube Uploaded by DrOctave1 on Aug 31, 2011
"Some Space Sounds From The Serge."

Serge Doing it's own thing

Uploaded by DrOctave1 on Aug 31, 2011
"A serge patch that uses 2 extended adsr for a multi layered kick and ab and the group abcd out on tkb controling the synth line. enjoy"

MrOxygene77 Oxygene Tribute Covers

YouTube Uploaded by MrOxygene77 on Nov 5, 2010
Tons of synth spotting including the Eminent string ensemble, EMS Putney VCS3 and more.

Playlist:
oxygene part.1 tribute cover
oxygene part2.avi
equinoxe2 b
OXYGENE TRIBUTE Part.3
oxygene IV.avi
oxygene6 tribute
Oxygene 13
oxygenation
analog mind1.avi

Psilodump - "All You Need Is Love"(8-BIT OPERATORS - Beatles Cover)

YouTube Uploaded by 8BitOperators on Mar 17, 2011

via Thomas on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Psilodump - "All You Need Is Love"(8-BIT OPERATORS - Beatles Cover)
On iTunes: http://bit.ly/8bitopsy and Amazon: http://amzn.to/8bitopsmp3
From the album "8-Bit Operators-Wanna Hld Yr Handheld" Beatles Tribute
2009 ReceptorsMusic DL released in 2009, performed on 8-bit video game equipment.
Homepages: http://8bitoperators.com & http://8bitops.com

Formed in 2005, conceived and compiled by long-time electronic artist and 8-bit composer Jeremy Kolosine (a.k.a. Receptors), the 8-BIT OPERATORS collective features some of the top 8-bit artists from North America, South America, Asia, and Europe, including inventors of the compositional 8-bit tools themselves. This is the original hardware 8-bit Kraftwerk and Beatles cover project, no relation to the comedic general-midi-files piped thru an emulator as are other '8-bit covers' on Youtube and elsewhere! Check the internationally released 8-Bit Operators albums on Astralwerks/EMI/ReceptorsMusic available on iTunes and Amazon."

Absolute Extremes DSC Monster DJ System [Meeblip, Midifigher & More]

Featuring Meeblip, Midifighter, Numark Mixtrack, & Alesis NanoVerb.

via Chris of Absolute Extremes where you'll find full details including more pics and a flash overview. Once the flash loads click on the arrows top right to flip through the screens and descriptions.

"Here is an awesome computer mod that I have been working on for the last four months. I built this computer mod to appeal to DJ's and music artists. I call it DJ SOUND CONTROL or DSC for short.

I made it as compact as possible, but not too small that you could not be comfortable performing a set. I added a powerpack that allows true portability, giving you a full hour of power without plugging it in.
With the 23" touch screen the performance can now include finger gestures and multitouch controls. Crazy RGB backlit panels makes sure your party keeps hoppin' through the night. Cutting edge DJ hardware, like the Midifighter that has been customized to put super fresh effects right at the fingertips of both your right and left hands, will make this a musical game changer. Built in Meeblip digital synth controlled by the optional slide out keyboard will let you rip off an amazing bass solo or dub step routine. On board effects from the Alesis NanoVerb give you instant overall expression of the multiple outs. And the meat and potatoes customized Numark Mixtrack gives you all the standards that every DJ needs to stylize their set. With tough Lexan custom CNC machined panels and high strength aluminum frame this box is ready to travel around the world with you no matter where and how you perform."

Update: video below.

DSC at NYC Lenovo event

YouTube Uploaded by deathstarchris on Aug 31, 2011
"Here is a quick vid of the DSC in action at the NYC Lenovo event. Great to see people giving it a go! I was not able to make it, but it looks like they had a lot of fun.
DJing is Richard LaBennett, who is the WW ThinkPad Product Manager at Lenovo. He DJs on the side!"

Minimachines Threesome - Synth Pillows & a Tote

via softmachines where you'll find more.

The new line:

All minimachines

links to the single machines:
the snource
the cozyo
the oddyssey
Tote bag

This Second Sleep - The Refugees

YouTube Uploaded by arthurpainter on Aug 31, 2011
"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
Another powerless act of desperation in the wake of Irene. This time I'm using two Bugbrand Weevils through their tiny internal speakers. No outboard effects were used. Please listen with headphones."