Depeche Mode Black Celebration on the Emulator II

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by JMPSynth

"With the assistance of some original DM Emax 2 samples re-sampled into the Emulator II, a shortened version of Black Celebration played from two EII soundbanks and using the EII's internal sequencer."

Steim synth

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by casperelectronics synthesizers

"Heres the first video of the research I'm doing at STEIM in Amsterdam. this is a simple analog synthesizer which can be patched and modified using a breadboard interface. The visuals are made by setting my oscilloscope to XY plot mode. The X axis is a triangle wave. The Y axis is a ring modulated signal between the same triangle wave and another triangle wave. There are 5 oscillators total which are all inter-modulated. There's also a sample&hold in the mix which gives the visuals a stepped appearance which you can see once in a while."

ACID! SONG KORG EMX-1

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by tribeofthesun

"CREDITS : written & produced by Filipe Santos"

electribes on eBay

Music Korg Wavestation "Fire Dance"

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by musicgearvideos909

"Music Korg Wavestation using the patch 'Fire Dance'."

LuisCarlos Esteban Macro y Micro Tiempo Extract

Published on Oct 2, 2012 by Luis Carlos Esteban Catalina

"Sta Catalina Castle (Cadiz, Spain) concert extract. May 2009."

Also see Keyboard Fantasy David Baron

New CYGNX Desktop Synth Video

Published on Oct 4, 2012 by Dtronicsmusic

"Fun with CYGNX LINN9000 and TR808"

Note the Mode Machines logo on the top left. You'll find some videos on one without the logo along with specs here. Note the white faced model as well.

Update: "The cygnx is a spacehardware design. Spacehardware is working on a new/improved version for the modemachines product line."

Tiptop Machine

Published on Oct 4, 2012 by GM1ify

"The new HATS909 module joins the percussive side of the Station 252."

http://tiptopaudio.com/

Tiptop Machine 2

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by GM1ify

"HATS909 keep on ticking..."

Harvestman Tyme Sefari Arrives in Equinoxoz AU

via Equinoxoz on Facebook

"Nows the Tyme! Gotta love DHL, from Scott to me in 1 day! thats fast! The Harvestman Tyme Safari is in stock and ready to cause some serious destruction! http://equinoxoz.com/ordering/the-harvestman/tyme-sefari-mk2"

Pic below of Scott Jaeger with boxes of the Tyme Sefari ready to ship out to retailers via Juliana Jaeger on Facebook.  Be sure to see the Dealers banner section on the right, below for eurorcrack dealers in your area.

Coming Soon - Repeater for the iPad

Repeater App Demo #1

Published on Sep 23, 2012 by clone45a6

"Coming soon, Repeater for the iPad. Load in your own sounds or choose from a large variety of internal sounds from artists such as Richard Devine, Atomic Shadow, Toppobrillo, IamTrip, Enfants Terribles, The Klirrfaktor, and many more. To sign up as a beta tester or sign up on the mailing list, go to r.epeater.com.

Cheers,
- Bret"

CLICK FOR MORE »

34 Years of Syntar

via Juliana Jaeger on Facebook

Today marks the 34 year anniversary of the Performance Music Systems Syntar. It was the first "keytar" with a built in synthesizer.  Before it, keytars were merely controllers for external synths. The prototype was shown by it's creator George Mattson at the 1979 Atlanta NAMM show.

George Mattson currently makes modulars as Mattson Mini Modular.  His latest creation is the Mattson SQ816 Sequencer with Scott Rise of Division-6.  I've seen the sequencer in action and it works great.  It is close to being released.  You can catch a video of it here. 

You can read up on the Syntar at Carbon111's Syntar page here, as well as my email exchange with George Mattson here.  And of course see the Syntar label below for numerous posts that have gone up on the site including video performances. On a side note, you can find Syntar swag at Cafe Press here.

Below is a scan from the Idahonian newspaper from Moscow Idaho (photo credit: Randy Klisek) Oct. 03 1978.  Pictured is George Mattson to the right and his brother Gregg Mattson in their studio also in Moscow, Idaho.  The interesting thing about this photograph is that it was published the day before George came up the idea for the Syntar. The bottom pic is the same but with the caption. Further below is a recent pic of George Mattson playing the first production Syntar via Wikipedia, uploaded by clusternote on Oct 29, 2011, which would place this at the 2011 PNW SynthFest at Shoreline Community College.