HESWare SYNTHESOUND Commodore Vic-20 Music Synthesizer Cartridge

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Synthesound by T Dachsel and D. Hassinger.

via the listing: "I am a lover and programmer of the VIC and am passing on some special gems. Please check out my additional auctions. This could be a great way to jump start you love of programming the machine that started my love for computers.

Here are some links to more information about VIC cartridges. One of my goals on eBay is to spread the word of Commodore Vic-20.

http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/funet/cbm/vic20/Cartlist.html

http://www.digitpress.com/the_digs/vic20/texts/vic-rare.htm"

Moog Memorymoog SN 1303x

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Marsynth Updates for July 2013

via Damon of www.marsynth.com

"Greetings all! It has been quite a while once again since my last enewsletter... I've come to grips with the fact that life and marsynth have to be tended to in an unbalance nature with more focus needed on the prior. Nonetheless, I have been plugging away with things as I have found time and I finally have a few new and exciting things to share.

First up, I'm excited to report that the next generation of the morris box is ready to go: the MSMB2! The design saw a major revamp including a totally new (and original) vactrol filter (with a real vtl vactrol) and a new double-pulser lfo. The MSMB2 is also done in the form of the WSB series as a stand-alone PCB, so it will be available as both an assembled unit and as a kit. Some of you may have notice a few pictures and audio demos that I posted on the marsynth facebook page a week back: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marsynth/271596576199986?bookmark_t=page Special thanks to Matrixsynth for posting the info too here: http://www.matrixsynth.com/2013/07/marsynth-in-windy-city.html I'm hoping to post a video of the unit soon. The info sheet for the unit will also be posted soon (along with prices and ordering info), but this brings up a nice segue to my next bit of news...

The marsynth website is getting an overhaul! I've been slowly putting together pages that are greatly simplified which I think result in a much cleaner layout. Part of my reasoning for this update is to reflect a change in focus on my product line. I will be focusing primarily on self contained, PCB based designs for the time being and will be moving away from the custom, one-off builds that I did in the past. The main reason for this shift is time; I simply don't have enough time anymore to do all of the hand wiring and enclosure preparation that is involved with custom builds for all products. I'm also constantly looking for ways to improve and "clean up" my designs both in terms of functionality and aesthetics, and I've found self-contained PCB route to meet these desires. PCB-based designs also allows me to offer any product as a kit which is very important to me as it is how I ended up doing all of this in the first place. With all of this said, I will still take on custom orders as I have time, but they will be at higher costs and will take longer.

And for one final bit of news, I will be attending the http://www.electro-music.com/ Kansas City regional gathering this weekend with a MSMB2 in tow (along with my modular rig and other goodies). A "marsynth jam" has become an annual tradition at this event to showcase just how much of a racket can be made when dozens of marsynth creations all try to talk over each other! Good times =) If you are in the KC area this weekend, come out and say hi! Info for the event can be found here: http://kevinkissinger.com/kcregionalem2013.shtml

All for now,

Damon
www.marsynth.com"

Nerd's Ascent

Nerd's Ascent from Portrait on Vimeo.

"This is what happens when you sneak into a synthesizer store at night.

Direction/Production/Editing/Music: http://P.ortra.it
Director of Photography: http://Malcolm-Elijah.com
Location/Gear: http://SwitchedOnAustin.com
Audio Mastering: http://darkartmastering.com
Special thanks to Sarah, Chad, Eric, Michael, Eli and the whole Switched On Crew.

All sounds were recorded live at Switched On in Austin, Texas using new & vintage hardware synths & effects. The name "Nerd's Ascent" comes from the title of a patch on the amazing Eventide Space Reverb.

Cast of characters: YAMAHA CS-40m, Moog Minimoog Voyager XL, YAMAHA YC-20 Combo Organ, Roland RE-501 Chorus Echo, Korg King Korg, Moog Sub Phatty, ARP Solus, Eventide Space Reverb, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks, Hohner Clavinet D6, Electro-Harmonix Q-TRON Envelope Filter, Moog MF-103 12-Stage Phaser, Moog Opus 3, Korg PME 40x Pedals, Moog Thermine Etherwave Plus, Cynthia Four Transients, Make Noise Rene, Make Noise Echophon, Bubblesound CVWS, Bubblesound VCOb, 4MS Quad Pingable LFO, 4MS Pingable Envelope Generator, 4MS VCA Matrix, Make Noise Function, Grendel Formant Filter, Livewire Dual Bissell Generator, Apple Macbook Pro, RME Fireface UC, Ableton Live 9.

All inquiries: talk@p.ortra.it"

Update 8/3/2013:

Nerd's Ascent - Sample Audio & Footage

Nerd's Ascent - Sample Audio & Footage from Portrait on Vimeo.

"A few of my favorite bits of Audio from Nerd's Ascent.  [posted here]
https://vimeo.com/70150110

You can download the audio for this video here: http://is.gd/PortraitNerdsAscentAudioSample"

New Synthesizers.com Q175 MIDI Interface Aid Module

via Roger Arrick of Synthesizers.com on Facebook:

"May I introduce to you the new Q175 MIDI Interface Aid module:

The new Q175 MIDI Interface Aid connects to the Q174 MIDI interface module to provide an Arpeggiator, Portamento (Gliding between notes), a MIDI Thru connection, and a MIDI merge input.

http://www.synthesizers.com/q175.html

RA"

1985 Wersi Digital Multi-Sound (DMS) System Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the full write-up.

"Wersi Digital Multi-Sound (DMS) System 'The Impossible No. 3' full page colour advertisement from page 13 in the January 1985 issue of Keyboard Magazine."

Corsynth C103 2 VCOs & C103 LFO Audio Demos

Two VCOs , Sine Wave -> Mixer -> C103




2 VCO Saw -> C101 Filter
C102 LFO -> 2 VCO and C103
C103 -> C101 Filter

Doepfer A170 Dual Slew Limiter-Glissando AM example

Published on Jul 18, 2013 Raul's World of Synths·219 videos

"A continuation of the Doepfer A170 Slew Limiter Series. In this segment we examine a patch from the manual involving AM.Special thanks to chrisso from the Muff's Module forum.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

Analogue Solutions: Oberkorns, Telemarks and Medic Modules EKG - TRANSPOSE!

Published on Jul 18, 2013 rezfilter·54 videos

"Here are a couple of Analogue Solutions Oberkorns working together.

Oberkorn 1 is performing the duty of clock source and divider while Oberkorn 2 is stepping at a divided rate and controlling transposition of all CV synths -- hands free in real time.

Multiples are used for CV Pitch.

EKG sequencer is the primary sequencer controlling the pattern while Oberkorn 2 is governing pitch changes.

Synths heard: Roland System 100m, Analogue Solutions Telemark x 2

http://www.medicmodules.com
http://www.analoguesolutions.com
http://www.soundofscience.org"

Korg 03R/W ROM Demos

Published on Jul 18, 2013 Harry Axten·2 videos

"Possibly the cheesiest ROM demo tracks ever written, but I guess if you've come looking for ROM demos this is what you're after :-)"