dub session with monomachine and modular

YouTube Uploaded by martinHETERJAG on Mar 7, 2012

"uploaded a dub jam 5 mins ago but forgot to record the sound. damn i suck sometimes :)
anyways this one is pretty similar, same patch at least but i think i liked the first recording better :("

Electrocomp & Univox

flickr By oliverchesler
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Bottom is OSC 4 on the Electrocomp 101.

You'll find a post featuring the 101 on Oliver Chesler's Wire to the Ear.

Arp Omni 2

via this auction

"This Arp Omni 2 was recently serviced and all the tantalum caps replaced by Bay-Area pro tech Chris Hewitt. (Who sent the photos of the inside of the board).

It sounds amazing. It has the famous Arp string sounds used by Joy Division, New Order, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk, the Cars, etc. There are a couple of really deep chorus settings "Hollow Wave" and "Chorus Phaser" that make this synth famous.

It also has incredible Bass sounds- really LOUD, punchy and warm.

The synthesizer settings allow for creating very musical, spacey sounds, especially using the resonant VCF and the LFO. Also cool is the separate outputs for "Strings," "Synth," and "Bass" in addition to the main "mixed" output. This way, you can process each part through different effects, and send them to different amps. Really cool feature, especially for live playing.

Some notes about the condition of this synth: I am not a tech, but the synth appears to function as designed. The keys play well and are in good shape. They are not perfectly even, and some show minor wear and tear- a scratch here, a mark there. ALL of the voice settings work and sound great. The highest key does not produce sound. Some slider caps are missing.

This is a beautiful old synth."

Pics of the inside below.

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Vintage ARP Pro Soloist 2701 SN 473454

via this auction

"The low pass VCF in this is the same as the 4035:

'Overview This is a classic "moog" transistor ladder low pass filter with the usual 4-poles and 24dB cutoff. In 1974 ARP went back to their "moog" filter design (the 4012 module used in the 2600) and updated it to use transistor array chips and put it into the Odyssey as the 4035, and the Pro-Soloist and Explorer 1 as the 4034. This two modules are virtually identical and both are temperature compensated.'"

Some pics of the inside below.

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japanese analogue synth book

via this auction

"this book is all in Japanese! it's thick and full of pics of old analog synths and Japanese bands like Yellow Magic Orchestra. ideal collectors piece if u are into old synthesisers"

Added to the Synth Books post. If anyone knows more about this one, feel free to comment or shoot me an email via the email icon at the bottom right of the site.

Update: some info via an anonymous reader:

"Meaning of the title: Electronic Music in Japan
Author: Yuji Tanaka
Publisher: ASPECT

Publisher's site on the book:
http://www.aspect.co.jp/np/isbn/9784757208711/

In Amazon Japan, a revised book is still available. [link
- note the cover is different]

This book is not beautiful because figures are gray, but it is still great because
it includes history of not-famous Japanese experimental and popular electronic music."

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments: "The first version seems to have come out in 1997. It's about just what the title says "electronic music in Japan", it's not a book about Japanese Analog Synths. The cover of the first edition says 1955-1981, maybe that was the first edition. I have the second edition from 2001 with the grey cover. It covers up until 1987. I see the last entry in the back page timeline says "D-50" then "M1" under an otherwise blank 1988. I found it in NYC in the mid 2000s. It contains a CD of example recordings dating from 1969-1987 and it's about 600 pages long. There are hundreds of very small pictures averaging about an inch, 1.25" square and b&w. There are some synth shots that size but nothing to really study. Maybe about 20 pages are color and the bulk of the 100s of images are album covers. It covers a lot of Non Japanese albums for context. The author did a second book in 2005 called "Electronic Music in the Lost World". It has a lot more small color images of vintage electronic music albums."

KORG Bloggers Meeting 2012 Japan

コルグ・ブロガーズ・ミーティング2012 - KORG Bloggers Meeting 2012

YouTube Uploaded by CardiacTrance on Mar 6, 2012
via @CardiacTrance

"コルグ・ブロガーズ・ミーティング2012の模様をまとめた動画です。Kaossilator2、mini-Kaosspad2、iKaossilator ver.2など新製品の紹介デモンストレーションの他に、monotron DUOとmonotron DELAYの回路図（KORGウェブサイトwww.korg.co.jp/Support/Manual/download.php?id=512でDL可能）の解説、ユ­ーザー試奏タイムで個人的に行った実験、monotronでキックドラムを作る際のリアルタイムなオシロスコープの映像、おまけのNG集が収録されております。
Vids from KORG Bloggers Meeting 2012. Includes: The demonstrations of new products such as Kaossilator2, mini-Kaosspad2 and iKaossilator ver.2. The special seminar by the KORG engineers about monotron DUO and monotron DELAY (The schematics are available for downloading at KORG website. www.korg.co.jp/Support/Manual/download.php?id=512), and some basic synthesizer physics. A weird experiment I did there - trying to find out if the click pulse noise from my geiger counter can be used as a control signal for the Monotribe. The footage of me making a kick drum using Monotron, demonstrated on the cool analog vintage oscilloscope. Bloopers. :-D"

Ikariotis.f4v - MOCM DIY Workshop

YouTube Uploaded by TheMOCM on Mar 7, 2012

"Module creation at the MOCM DIY Electronics workshop from the participant Giorgos Ikariotis.
http://www.mocm.gr"

Vintage Synthesizers I PPG wave 2.2

YouTube Uploaded by MusicMarketingTV on Mar 4, 2012

"A voyage into the heart of the PPG wave 2.2 Wavetable Synthesizer from the year 1982.
Polyphony - 8 voices | ssm filter chip module based.
It has been used by Trevor Horn, Gary Numan, Art Of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Depeche Mode, Propaganda, Saga and many more!
Exploration by Marko Ettlich"

Wolfgang Palm Creates PPG Waveterm Demo Disk

via wolfgangpalm.com where you'll find an audio demo.

"Building up on my simulations of the Waveterm system, I assembled a demo disk with new wavetables and resonators. These were generated by analysis software, which I developed over the years. I could only dream of those tools in the old days! (1979) Today I can calculate wavetables in the optimal numerical range (limited by the 0-63 range) or can generate reasonable resonators. I did not enter the data by hand, but “injected” it directly into the waveterm by the simulator, and then saved it to the simulated disk. There is one version for the Waveterm-B and also one for the Waveterm-A.
Lars Johansson makes real floppy disks from the images I gave him. Infos can be obtained from him."

via Thomas Mark on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

MFB-DOMINION X Details and Specs

via mfberlin
* Programmable Analogue Synthesizer
* 3 VCOs with wave shaping and ring modulation
* Dual-Sync and Dual-FM features
* 6-fold multimode-filter including 3 low pass configurations with 12/18/24 dB
* patch-section for external CV/Gate-control
* Velocity routing matrix with 11 destinations
* 3 LFOs with 2 LFOS offering one-shot-modes and reset
* MSRP: 780,- Euro

DOMINION X is MFB’s latest synthesizer. It combines analogue synthesis, programmability and modular patching. With advanced circuits, increased functionality and a new design, DOMINION X is the first of MFB’s next generation musical instruments.

DOMINION X offers three oscillators for maximum flexibility. Each waveform can be varied in symmetry. Besides altering the pulse width of a rectangle, you may also continuously turn a saw tooth into a triangle and a triangle into a sine. All oscillators also offer ring modulation. In addition, VCO 2 and VCO 3 can be synced to VCO1. Finally, VCO3 can modulate the frequency of VCO 1 and VCO 2. The analogue oscillator circuit is processor-controlled for stable tuning. To complete the available sound sources, noise or an external audio input can be added to the VCOs in DOMINION X’s mixer section.

The filter offers six operation modes. Available are three low pass variations with 12, 18 and 24 dB/oct. slopes. Also available are high pass-, band pass and a notch filter with slopes of 12 dB/oct. respectively 6 dB/oct. Variable filter modulations are possible via an invertible envelope, keyboard tracking, LFO, VCO, different MIDI controllers as well as by the use o the CV-input.

The two ADSR-type envelops are internally routed to the VCF- and VCA-sections. In addition, envelope 1 can also modulate the VCO section. LFOs 1 and 2 offer six waveform shapes including sample & hold. They may be switched to one-shot-modes to emulation simple envelopes. A third sine-LFO works in combination with a keyboard's modulation wheel and can dynamically address the VCO, VCF and VCA sections.

Modulations are assigned by the use of selector switches, located at the destinations. This allows easily setting and re-routing internal modulation paths – ideally for your live-performance.

To integrate external modulators, control- and audio sources, DOMINION X offers nine inputs. Therefore, oscillators, filter, VCA, CV/Gate and mixer can be easily combined with other analogue synthesizers such as MFB’s MEGAZWERG, analogue sequencers such as MFB’s URZWERG PRO or modular synthesizer systems.

An additional selector switch allows assignment of velocity for up to eleven modulation destinations.

DOMINION X offers 128 programmable patches for your personal sound creations. To support sound programming without an attached keyboard, different demo sequences are available. To use DOMINION X as a filter box for external audio sources, the VCA can be opened permanently. Finally, there is an insert available to integrate an effect or distortion unit into the signal path.

DOMINION X has the following dimensions: 330 x 170 x 60 mm. An external power supply is included."

Also see:
MFB Dominion X.mpg
MFB Dominion-X Audio Demos & Video
New MFB Dominion EX