Table Top Drone Box by FrankenMusik

Published on Dec 9, 2012 by FrankenMusik

"Hand crafted drone machine. Made with a vintage 1940's multimeter. All new electronics boasts 4 square wave oscillators, 1 gate oscillator, signal switches, output led monitor. www.frankenmusik.blogspot.com"

via this auction

"Hand crafted table top synthesizer / drone machine.

4 - Oscillators
2 - Frequency and Duty Controls; 2 - Frequency Controls
All have on/off signal switches to output 1 - Gate Oscillator with frequency control and on/off signal interaction switch

Output LED monitor

1/4" Mono output jack

2.1mm Input power jack with power on/off switch

Approximate Dimensions: 8-7/8" x 3-3/4" x 6-1/6" (including handle and knobs)

Modified vintage meter from the 1940's, made by Radio City Products out of New York City, USA. Circuit is built with all new electrical components. This instrument is designed to produce great audio drones and soundscapes. Excellent for live performances or use in the studio as a sound source for samples. The signature on the back is the original user of the meter. Please ask any questions you may have on this device.

Runs on a single power supply, regulated, 9-12 VDC (not included with this listing).

Please see pictures on the physical conditon of thisdevice. The is wear, scratches, and chips in the wood case. I left this intact to preserve its charicter. The only original electrical component is the meter, and this appears to have the tip of the needle broken. The needle moves in correspondence to the output signal.

Demo Video, audio from this device was feed into one effects processor, background and other audio sources generated in Reason"

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Vintage MUSITRONIC 6 Keyboard ORGAN MKS-470

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Be sure to see the pic of it folded up.

"Circa late 1960's, this is a rare MUSITRONIC 6 Keyboard Organ once marketed to schools as a teaching tool for potential musical prodigies. There are 6 identical 4 1/2 octave organ keyboards, each one with its own volume button, 5 tone position switch, and a low/high balance switch. They are all attached to the main organ which controls which organ is to be played. Two control panels have color-coded on/off switches that match the knobs on each keyboard. Measuring 75" long, 31" wide, and 29" high, this organ has 4 smooth rolling wheels. When not in use, the organ can be easily folded up and neatly stored away.

This 6 Keyboard Organ is in good working condition. All of the keyboards work although there is some static due to dust; it is in need of a good potentiometer spray. Great for classroom or stage group use !! Awesome at a party !! This is an incredible unique piece of music history that would make a wonderful Christmas gift for the serious collector !! Please enlarge all photos for maximum viewing. Pick up only: Manhattan area or Kearny, NJ."

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TouellSkouarn Strakal Brulu {Re Greñv Eo} Pedal

"The Strakal Brulu {Re Greñv Eo} is a versatile transistor germanium fuzz box.

Features :

Laser Etched red painted Hammond Box
Selected NOS Russian germanium transistors
Input/output volume / Feedback / Fuzz with CV control input (+expession pedal)
Handy Knobs for controlling chaos
9v Standard supply, center pin negative
Hand-wired, Boutique quality, Made in Plougastel-Daoulas.
Stupid Breton name
Operation :

Plug in and out, respect polarity supply, set gain input/output as needed. Different sounds can be achieved with the instrument's big knob in conjuction with the other knobs. Module is instable by nature (germanium transistors) and can produce cv controlled chaotic fuzzes and squeals.

Knobs :

Left --> input volume, set gain as desired
Right --> output volume and High Pass Filter, the more volume
and bass on the left, less volume and less bass on the right.
Middle --> Feedback
Down --> Fuzz control with cv in attenuator, the more fuzz and cv control with the knob on the left, you can plug an expression pedal into it too."

Check out videos of the eurorack version previously posted here and this previous video from Equinoxoz.

micromac-d with touch arpeggio and seq with NEXUS

Published on Dec 9, 2012 by macbethsynthesizers

"Here's an experiment that I did. I replaced one octave of touch keys that I'm working on on an old scrap SH101.....it works perfectly!....my next shot is to give the scrapper SH101 a full three octaves as opposed to the two and a half octave keybed. If this all works- the touch keyboard I'm going to do as a stand-alone will have this built is seq! The sequencer is driving the up and coming Micromac-D synthesizer and I also played here the prototype of the experimental NEXUS 1 analogue touch synthesizer!"

Paul Hartnoll Meets...!

Published on Dec 9, 2012

"Last Sunday, Paul Hartnoll from the great electronic band Orbital paid a visit for tea and a sandwich, and also to talk synths a play around with some new projects that I'm working on. Here we see him tweaking with the MacBeth NEXUS 1 prototype. All sounds are recorded to the camera mic, as opposed to the desk- so don't expect high quality. It was a fun day and I was a guest in the evening for a fantastic gig that featured the MacBeth M5N played by a master!"

analogue synthesizer sounds and beats

Published on Dec 9, 2012 jakobsweb

"Moog Voyager: Sync'ed and fm'ed sound at beginning plus lead further on; DSI Prophet 08 lead and beefy sweep sound; Doepfer A-100 sequenced sounds and deep beefy ones (A-105 SSM filter) plus sync'ed sequence via A-106-5 SEM filter; bass from Studio Electronics SE1x; Cwejman S1: sync'ed sequence at end; Vermona DRM: drums and percussions ... yes, I've enjoyed making sync sounds for this one and kind of discovered the beauty of those recently. Thanks for listening. (this track can also be found in my soundcloud/jakobsweb place)"

Kid Kasio - In The Studio - Brookside Theme

Published on Dec 9, 2012
"Kid Kasio performs The theme from Brookside written by Dave Roylance. Using the Prophet 5 for the lead line. The Juno 60 and DX7 was used for the other parts and the Simmons SDS9 for the drums. Filmed using the JVC GR-C1 VHS camcorder."

CatSynth Live performance at Microhousen 2012

Published on Dec 8, 2012

"Amar Chaudhary [CatSynth] live electronic noise performance at Microhausen 2012 in the Santa Cruz mountains. Featuring iPad, eurorack analog modular system, and silver hair and outfit."

Animoog & Eurorack modular.

iTunes:
Animoog - Moog Music Inc.

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KORG Mono/Poly Cake

This one in via elmosexwhistle who celebrated his birthday with this awesome KORG Mono/Poly cake. Happy birthday elmo!

See the Synth Cake label below for more.

"An ARP Odyssey Christmas"

via Steve Alcorn on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"This may be of interest to folks who like old-school analog synthesis, I have completed a CD of Christmas carols performed entirely on an ARP Odyssey synthesizer. The individual tracks were originally recorded in 1976.

This CD is called "An ARP Odyssey Christmas" and is a set of 20 Christmas carols in (mostly) classic arrangements. It is available on CD Baby and iTunes; information on how I made the recordings may be found on the CD Baby web site (cdbaby.com/cd/stephenalcorn) under "Album Notes".

The Odyssey is a monophonic synth, capable of amazing sounds, but only capable of playing one note at a time on its short keyboard, no chords or harmonies. (It is actually considered 'duophonic', but the second voice has limitations.) Because of this, each carol is a multi-track recording made up of several parts (up to seven) in which each part was actually played and recorded individually, in real-time sync with the other recorded parts.

This to me is really a bit of music history that might be of interest to anyone who remembers, or is curious about, some of what was happening with electronic music in pre-digital times (back when one had to compete with the brontosaurus for the use of the only quarter-track tape deck).

The album notes from the CD Baby web page, below, list the Christmas carols and "orchestration", and which go into some detail about how I did the recording. (I might mention that the professional results possible for 21st century home-brew recordists were not possible in the 1970s, as signal processing equipment was not available to folks without substantial trust funds.)

If you do take a look at this CD (and a listen), I hope you like it. If you have any questions about what this is and how I did it, I'd love to share my experience."

12 Days of Modular 2012-Day 9-Low Pass Filter

Published on Dec 9, 2012 by raulsworldofsynths

"Day 9: A look at a Low Pass Filter.Video series of 12 different scenes from the Modular World of Raul's World of Synths.Sound and Video by Raul Pena.©Raul Pena 2012"

All parts here.