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Soviet Synth RMIF TI 5 Ultra Rare Analog Strings Poly Synthesizer

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"Good things: It is very rare and hard to find in nowadays instrument, even in Latvia. It was engineered and produced in Riga Musical Instruments Factory in early 80-90 ties. Synthesizer is in good visual condition (see in pictures) , it has all the knobs and keys sounds powerful and has very interesting sounds. Comes with a original soft case and original user manual.

Bad things: All the keys are working, but when pressing, sound comes with a small delay. So it does not play the sound instantly. May be someone is smart enough to fix this and make this really rare machine into full life again."

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KORG MS-20 SN 149542 with Moog Style Knobs

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KORG POLY-61 SN 721170

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Roland Juno-106 SN 491319

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Native Instruments Introduces SKANNER XT

"Berlin, 26th of April, 2012 - Native Instruments today introduced SKANNER XT, a unique and highly distinctive KOMPLETE instrument, designed by the expert team behind REAKTOR. With a strong focus on unconventional tone and genuine musical expression, SKANNER XT is both an exceptional library addition for REAKTOR 5 users as well as an excellent sound resource for the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER.

Part sampler, part synth, SKANNER XT utilizes a unique synthesizer architecture to create a wide variety of intense and cutting-edge sounds for contemporary electronic music production and sound design. Two oscillators 'scan' a sample, which at low frequencies deliver a scratch sound. At higher frequencies the oscillators, shaped by the sample waveform, become the dominant force. In this way, SKANNER XT provides a broad range of highly distinctive sounds - from heavy and dirty bass tones to morphing soundscapes and organic pads.

Developed together with NI synthesis mastermind Stephan Schmitt, SKANNER XT offers two interface views for different levels of interaction with the complex architecture under the hood. Besides a simplified page with a preset morpher and four macro controls, a second view provides access to more detailed parameters in order to further explore the sonic potential of the instrument. A morph control option allows for convenient switching between eight different snapshots - producing unpredictable, evolving sounds that range from the ethereal to the extreme.

SKANNER XT runs in the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER or the full REAKTOR 5 version, and is also optimized for easy browsing from the MASCHINE hardware.

SKANNER XT is available at the NI Online Shop for $59 / 49 EUR. Users of the previous free version SKANNER, are entitled to crossgrade to SKANNER XT for a special price of $29.50 / 24,50 EUR until May 31st.

Additional information on SKANNER XT is available at
www.native-instruments.com/skannerxt"

Circuit Bent Yamaha DX100 demos

Circuit Bent Yamaha DX100 demos by circuitbenders.co.uk
"Demo of a circuit bent Yamaha DX100 synth. Features 8 dataline cut switches that prevent sound setup data getting from the ROM/RAM chips to the FM synth chip. When a data line is cut, each voice of the 8 note polyphony takes on a different circuit bent character leading to some bizarrely morphing digital wavetable type sequences."

1983 MPC Electronics Music Percussion Computer Ad

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"MPC Electronics Music Percussion Computer "Play What You Feel..." 1-page colour advertisement from the December 1983 issue of Keyboard Magazine."

Mr. Foley

Mr. Foley from D.A.D.D.Y on Vimeo.

Some light synth spotting in this one. Note the vintage oscillator under the tape machine. A Casio VL-Tone VL-1 & SK-1 make an appearance. via Music of Sound where you'll find additional videos focused on sound.

"Written & Directed by D.A.D.D.Y.
Short film
Duration: 4.50 m

A darkly funny but nightmarish scenario, a man wakes up in hospital with a group of sound artists soundtracking his life. Mr Foley is an award winning short film directed by Dublin directing duo Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman aka D.A.D.D.Y. The film has been on the festival circuit for a while but has just premiered online for all to see, YAY!

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Winner Best Short Film at the San Francisco United Short Film Festival
Winner Best in Festival at the Fastnet Short Film Festival, Ireland
Winner Best ‘Sound-Scape’ Award from the European Centre for the Arts at Dresden Film Festival, Germany
Winner best film 2010 Short Short Story Film Festival, Rhode Island
Winner Best Musical, Amsterdam Film Festival
Winner Best Film Audience Prize, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
Winner of the Metrópolis-Mecal Prize , Barcelona
Winner, best Art direction International Short Film Festival of Cyprus
Golden Méliès Nomination for best European fantastic short film, Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival
Nominated for the LEO at the 24th Braunschweig Int'l Film Festival, Germany

To see all the screenings we can remember check out:
mrfoley.com/mr-foley-screenings.html"

Analogue Workshop 1 Distortion and Feedback review

YouTube Published on Apr 26, 2012 by SoundsAndGear

"http://soundsandgear.com checking out a new library from Timespace and Ian Boddy from the Analogue Workshop series. This one is focused on Distortion and Feedback. It's a custom Kontakt interface ready to play and tweak all sorts of sounds and noises created from analog modular synthesizers using distortion and feedback routing"