Squidfanny - "Steam-Punk" Omnichord Synthesizer (OM-27 April 2012)

YouTube Published on Apr 25, 2012 by squidfanny
squidfanny on eBay

"Antique Omnichord Synthesizer from 1981, well-modified......

Busted Power-Amp & Speaker has been removed and replaced with a Filter, LFO and a serious amount of circuit bending mods. Analog drum machine is now capable of new rhythms and new drum sounds. Glitch mods transform the huimble Omnichord into a respectable techno-esque analog synthesizer.

I very much dig the Omnichord, it's a highly understated artefact of the 80's and well worthy of all the time & effort spent on this mod.

Details -
This Omnichord was badly knackered when I got it, so firstly, added about 20 new little capacitors around the analog drums, to (mostly) remove the unwanted clicks & pops. Replaced the old electro. caps too.
Added a pre-amp to replace the busted power-amp, then a Filter & LFO made from a spare '4069' salvaged from another Omnichord.
6 x Switches above the rhythm buttons to combine the rhythm presets. Mute switches for the drums / chord / bass &Knobs for tweeking the drum decay. Metal Touch-points, LED Lights, chrome knobs & switches cover the machine."

Atomosynth Desktop setup

YouTube Published on Apr 25, 2012 by DJjondent

"Quick demo on a beginners setup of the desktop version of Atomosynth's Synthsizer,
Midi keyboard used: Yamaha Keytar SHS-10"

AtomoSynth on eBay (RSS)

Oberheim Four Voice 8 oscillator bass

YouTube Published on Apr 25, 2012 by AnalogSweden

"Adding one voice at a time, and then playing around with portamento, cutoff and resonance. It's a beast.

www.analogsweden.com
www.facebook.com/analogsweden"

Yamaha Ex5 Synth Workstation + Vl-7 synth performed by S4K ( space4keys Tv )

YouTube Published on Apr 25, 2012 by Space4Keys
VL1 comes in at 4:38.

"Yamaha Ex5 Synth Workstation + Vl-7 synth performed by S4K ( space4keys Tv )

http://www.space4keys.com
http://www.keyboardsolo.com"

Sky on Fire (Korg M50)

YouTube Published on Apr 25, 2012 by beckhusen

"Music made with Korg M50. Since i have this wonderful machine my other synths become more and more dusty."

Multiple Cascade Failure

YouTube Published on Apr 25, 2012 by hawklord2112

"this is some of my most dense patching.

and yet - i had cables and modules left over!"

Mojo Build Time-Lapse

YouTube Published on Apr 24, 2012 by moldover

"Moldover builds a copy of his custom Mojo controller with full explanations of each step in the process. This is now an OPEN SOURCE project. More info and all downloads at http://60works.com/mojo

http://moldover.com"

Follow-up to this post.

Dazibao Color Based Software Synthesizer for Mac

DemoDazibao2.m4v

YouTube Published on Apr 24, 2012 by HNMusiqueTV

"Introduction to a new music synthesizer. This musical instrument helps to create the sounds using colors and graphs. You can create easily and fast complex sounds with instead of using a modular synthesizer."

"I have connected the modules of my synthesizers during twenty years. I'm bored with this kind of programmation. I wanted to create a music synthesizer as powerfull as a modular system, but with no jack and no slider.

It is easy to use Dazibao : first create some "sound colors" thanks to an analogy between colors and sound. The hue modifies the wavefrom, the saturation and brightness control the filters and the level of the noise generator. Even more, this color includes detune, vibrato and space effects. You just need then to associate these colors in a patch to create rich or complex evolutions of the sound."

You can find it here.

Korg Mini Pops 120 / Univox SR-120 Samples & Pics

flickr By David De Tautavel

"full samples of the minipops here"

Innerclock Systems Sync-Shift MKIII Video Overview & Demo

Sync-Shift MKIII.mp4

YouTube Published on Apr 24, 2012 by innerclock2004

"Midi Clock and Din-Sync Redefined: Real-Time Tempo-Sync Offset Correction and Slave Syncopation Interface

Dedicated and separate Midi Clock to Din-Sync and Din-Sync to Midi Clock Conversion ICs with ultra-low, constant conversion lag time so your sync offset remains fixed and tight.

Proprietry Innerclock Sync-Shift Din Sync Offset and Real-Time Lag Correction Engine lets you compensate for common hardware and software Midi Clock and Din Sync start lag time issues plus it has two full bars of Shift available so you can easily syncopate sync slave devices or software against the master. The rotary push-pull Shift 'Fine Tune' lets you rush or drag the slave against the groove in real-time with no loss of sync. Go from hard 16th swing to phase-locked grid quantised and back again all in one bar and in real-time.

Modular/Discreet design with no CPU multiple personality disorders. We could have done all three jobs on one chip with a shared instruction set but we didn't. From experience, especially where synchronisation is concerned, sharing hardware resources is a bad idea. Each of the three core components that makes up the Sync-Shift Mk III has its own dedicated IC and ultra-lean code. This means they work great in isolation and there is no loss in performance when you connect them together.

The Sync-Shift MKIII is really three separate, high quality devices in one compact package where the whole truly is greater than the sum of the parts.

http://www.innerclocksystems.com/index.html"