Giuliano with Doepfer & MFB

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Intellijel Designs: μFade and μVCA

flickr By Analogue Haven

"Intellijel is on a roll lately! Here are the two newest modules released, the μFade and μVCA.

The μFade is a 4 HP DC coupled linear crossfader. The μVCA is a 6 HP dual VCA, each with
a continuously adjustable curve response (from linear to exponential).

Both modules are priced well and function as advertised, as you'd expect from Intellijel.
They ship from stock.

LINK for more info:
www.analoguehaven.com/intellijeldesigns/."

VC 303 sequenced by bindubba1 & 3 sequencers

YouTube Uploaded by DJjondent on Dec 19, 2011

"The VC 303 is a modular format TB 303 (minus the step sequencer).
Thanks to Mijo of Somatic Circuits
http://somaticcircuits.com/"

HSS2g demo

YouTube Uploaded by ggijs on Dec 19, 2011

"short demo..

http://gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=hard-soft-synth-2
http://gieskes.nl/shop/#HSS2g"

HSS3g extra mode

Uploaded by ggijs on Dec 19, 2011

"hold down the button during startup, to get these sounds."

gbTouch 3.1 iPad app controller for GarageBand

YouTube Uploaded by DeloraSoftware on Dec 9, 2011

"Highlights the features of the Delora gbTouch 3.1 iPad app"

gbTouch 3 for GarageBand - Harmony Systems, Inc.
GarageBand - Apple
iPads on eBay

Pugs Luv Beats: Live!

YouTube Uploaded by LuckyFrameIsGreat on Dec 19, 2011

"Pugs Luv Beats, the new music game for iPhone and iPad, is recreated with live pugs! Hilarity ensues! Buy the game now: http://www.itunes.com/apps/pugsluvbeats/
For more information go to http://www.luckyframe.co.uk/pugsluvbeats/"

DSI Tempest Demo

YouTube Uploaded by darthzoidberg on Dec 19, 2011

"For demo purposes only, the Tempest track in isolation, from the "Static Song" sessions.
Not the best recording quality, my audio interface might be getting old, but with all the little live manipulations, I didn't want to do another take, so there you go...
A fair amount of Lexicon MX200 reverb (the only built-in FX are analog distorsion and compression, no digital ones)."

IDOW & MATRIXSYNTH Modular Pic of the Week - Week 8 Contest Winner!

"Our eighth winner of the Modular Pic of the Week contest goes to Hansi Güçlüer for 'Serge1.'

 Hansi records electronic music under the name St Catharina. "St Catharina is Stockholm's best kept secret."

Here's some of Cathy's work: http://www.youtube.com/user/komputerbrown

We'd like to give a big thanks and congratulations to Hansi Güçlüer for the submission! This is the 8th week of a 30-week contest, and we are looking forward to many more modular photo submissions, so please keep 'em coming! For details on how to submit and what you can win, see this post.

For more info on the upcoming 'I Dream of Wires' documentary, be sure to see the trailer and IndieGoGo fund raising campaign here.

See the IDOW label for all posts pertaining to the film including the weekly contest winners."

Oberheim OB-Xa: An Amazing Story of Survival

flickr By kb_cheapmods
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The story via kb_cheapmods:
"I did a buy-it-now of an OB-Xa on ebay around Thanksgiving. It had a nice picture and the price was quite low, though there were oddities: it had NO description and the seller had no reportable selling feedback. But I jumped and did it.

Subsequent emails to the seller after the B-I-N suggested that he was new to selling and not a synth aficionado. He told me everything lit up when turned on, when buttons were pressed that things did change, but he didn't have an amp so couldn't test the sound. His shipping indicated that it would go next-day USPS and the charge was very high. I told him to pack it well and go ahead and ship it. Note that he lived in Maryland and I'm in Los Angeles.

So, I waited and waited and waited. It took about 2 weeks for it to arrive and - hoo, boy - was I scared when I got home that night. It got shipped Parcel Post (that's why it took so long), but the packaging was almost non-existent: the outer box had holes and, as you can see in the pics, there was just about no bubble wrap or anything else. Traveling cross-country, the synth should have been destroyed.

The happy ending: there was no discernable damage to the synth! The cosmetics pretty much match his ebay picture, it did fire up and buttons did change panel settings. After a bit of investigation, I had to replace one tantalum cap on the lower control board to get it to work. Of course, the J-wires need some cleaning, it needs calibration, but all 8 voices are as thick and buzzy as you'd expect."

Be sure to see: How to pack a synth

Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer

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