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Friday, June 15, 2012

Vintage Moog Source Synthesizer

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"Presets:
Lead 1, Lead 2, Horn, Flute, Clav Bass, Vibes, String Bass, Harpsichord, Organ, Trill Voice, Taurus, Synthevox, Sax, Wind, Snare Drum, and Lead 1

Dimensions:
26.5" wide x 12" deep x 2.75" tall
16.5 lbs"

Waldorf MicroWave XT 10 Voice SN 830726394

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Note the smooth almost glossy orange paint under the nextel surface in some of the edge shots.

Gershon Kingsley's Moog Modular System Up for Auction

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This is the one featured in this video posted yesterday.

"This extraordinary and historic Moog modular system has been completely and expertly restored to full working conditon by E.A.R.S./The Analog Lab of New York City. They are New York's premier repair and restoration center for analog synths, and head tech Jeff Blenkinsopp has spent months (and I have spent several thousand dollars) on this restoration. All jacks, switches, and knobs have been thoroughly cleaned, all faulty modules have been repaired, the keyboard has new bushings for a smooth and consistent action, and it's tuning has been re-scaled, etc. In fact, the tuning is as good as you'll ever find on a 5 octave Moog keyboard- you can play the entire range and it will still be in tune with itself. Also, 3 of the oscillators had a factory mod done which makes the tuning more stable on them. This was done at the factory by Moog Custom Engineering, not by a third party. Everything else on the whole system is totally original and stock. A link to a video,below, allows you to hear the synth as well as see it, but first a bit more about what modules it consists of and it's history:
It is actually several things put together- the guts of the system , over half of it, was the original modular system first owned by Gershon Kingsley. He was a famous synth pioneer of the 60's and a good friend of Bob Moog's. He used it in a group called The Moog Quartet, who famously gave the first ever live public performances of a synthesizer at The Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan. By the way, Gershon will be celebrating his 90th birthday this fall with a performance in NewYork at Lincoln Center and has expressed an interest in using this synth for it. If the buyer is on the East coast of the U.S. I can put you in touch with him, and you might be able to rent him the system for that performance.
Several modules were added over the years, such as the reverb module (a great sounding spring reverb), and finally around 1977 the double sequencer cabinet. Most of the modules are dated Jan.1969 (they are stamped inside), some Oct.1969, some 1971, a few later than that.
It is a huge system, with 6 oscillators, 4 filters (2 low pass, one high pass, & one fixed filter bank), 2 VCA's, 4 envelope generators, and many other modules, some quite rare (such as the filter coupler) and topped off with 2 sequencers, complete with sequential switches and a sequential interface A complete list of the modules follows. with cabinet #1 being the furthest left in the photos, #4 all the way to the right:
Cabinet 1: 1x 904a Low Pass Filter, 1x 904b High Pass Filter, 1x 904c Filter Coupler, 1x 911a Dual Trigger Delay, 1x 903 White Sound Source, Control Voltages (no model #), 6 blanks
Cabinet 2: 1x 901 VCO, 1x 903a Random Signal Generator, 1x 905 reverb unit, 1x 995 attenuator, 1x 912 envelope follower, 3x 901a oscillator controllers, 5x 901b oscillators, 2x 4 channel mixer modules (no model #) Cabinet 3: 1x 907 Fixed Filter Bank, 1x 904a Low Pass Filter, Filter and Attenuator (no ID #), 2x 902 VCAs, 4x 911 Envelope Generators, 1x 911a Dual Trigger Delay, 2x 962 Sequential Switches, Envelope and Trigger Voltage Module (no model #), Mult module, Power Module w/ trigger and pitch in/out (no model#)
Cabinet 4: 2x 960 Sequential Controllers, 1x 961 Sequential interface,

Here is a link to a video made by The Analog Lab, who just completed the restoration. If you have trouble opening this link, try pasting it into your browser, or go to their website,www.theanaloglab.com and you will find the video You can hear the synth-the entire piece was recored on it a few days ago."

All Systems Go - Analog Synths, Sequencers & Drum Machines


YouTube ublished on Jun 15, 2012 by synthjunk

"All synth parts were sequenced using midi, cv/gate & dcb.
This is the final track from the "Control" album. Hope you enjoy it."

Lost Keys (korg Electribe Emx-1)


YouTube Published on Jun 15, 2012 by djgalactic

"New live electronic music 'Lost Keys' by DJ Galactic: using Korg Electribe (Emx-1) + Koass Pad3. DJ Galactic is a french born electronic music producer: making live electronic music mix on youtube,,,,

Official Website
http://www.djgalactic.com"

via Dj Galactic on The MATRIXSYNTH LOUNGE

Circuit Bent VOCAID BABELBOX

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Details and video at the auction and previously captured in this post.

YAMAHA VL-70M ACOUSTIC PHYSICAL MODELING SYNTHESIZER

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"This is the little brother to the Flagship Yamaha VL-1, but it has more effects than the VL-1... If you use a Breath Controller BC-2 or BC-3 or any type of midi wind instrument, the expressibility is unlimited..."

Phatty's at the Factory


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"Happy Phatty Friday! Love, your friends at Moog. http://instagr.am/p/L0rCJrEY9g/"

Ill Wind


YouTube Published on Jun 15, 2012 by vcs3dreams

"LZX Monolith / 3 Diy Sequencers / Modified Monotron - modular tron / Casio MT 400V"

Everyone Can Play Music #18: Composing the Groove Section


YouTube Published on Jun 15, 2012 by Discchord

"Now that we have a bunch of great sound patches, let's put them together! Remember to visit http://discchord.com for all of the latest iOS Music App News, Reviews & Tutorials!

iMS-20 is available on iTunes: http://goo.gl/Zw8I4 (If you use my link, I get a cut and this has helped me buy better recording gear. Thanks!)
I am available on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/discchord"
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