"Jag vill ha en egen måne" - on Roland JV-35

Published on Dec 29, 2014 organfairy

"I got this keyboard very cheap because it was pretty obvious that it had been in the hands of teenagers (it came from a school).
I could off course try and contact the local Roland supplier to get some new keys if possible. But I decided that I would try and cut some pieces from an old worn out keyboard from an organ I scrapped many years ago.
The operation went relatively well so I will probably keep it like this.

At first sight the Roland JV-35 keyboard is just another general MIDI affair. But because it has a build-in signal processor and edit sliders for cut-off, resonance, attack, decay, release, and vibrato it is actually a quite nice little synthesizer. At least that is my impressions after using it for a short while.

The music is from Sweden this time. Ted Gärdestad was a very popular teenage star in the early 1970's. Backed up by Björn Ulveaus and Benny Anderson - who later formed ABBA - he had several hits in his home country. And one of them was this song called "Jag vill ha en egen måne" which I here play on the Roland JV-35."

Mulperi Sounds for U-he HIVE (beta) Preview 1

Published on Dec 29, 2014 mikamulperi

DEXED - Open source DX7 librarian / emulator VSTi demo

Published on Nov 4, 2014 artofdreammusic

"An insight into the powers of DEXED v0.8, the open-source DX7 librarian / emulator VSTi.

This great VSTi can be used both as a DX7 librarian to edit patches and send them to your DX7 synth (if you own one) but also as an emulator as it's built in engine recreates quite faithfully I think the sound of the DX7 synth.

The sounds in this demo come from the DEXED engine, not from a hardware DX7... Sometimes reverb has been added in the daw (and in this case, it's noted).

DEXED was created by Digital Suburban and can be downloaded for free here : https://github.com/asb2m10/dexed

DEXED loads original DX7 sysex, so google them to find great presets to start working with it... but never forget that true synth lovers like to tweak their machines, and this has never been that easy for the DX as it is since DEXED exists :-)

Have fun with DEXED... and your DX7 if you are the lucky owner of one."

via Failed Muso

Asymmetry

"a brief self-generating Buchla 200e patch."

Ambient Exploration 002 - Live Streichfett & Beatstep performance

Published on Nov 1, 2014 Fading Canvas

"Playing around with Waldorf Streichfett and Arturia Beatstep, live performance. Recorded with Ableton Live."

Arturia Beatsteps on eBay | Streichfetts on eBay

Electronic Exploration 004 - Live Perfourmer Streichfett MiniBrute

Published on Dec 27, 2014

"I'm a bad keyboard player, have bad timing, and I'm misscounting. But I'm having fun.

Doing a live improvisation with my synths. Streichfett doing 2 voices (pads, lead sequence), Perfourmer 3 voices (bad ass bass, sub lead, lead/fx) and MiniBrute (lead). Sound mix is a little bad because synths are outputting multiple voices at once. One sequence entered live on the Beatstep, the other one done with Ableton Live with Push."

Electronic Exploration 001 - MiniBrute sequencing and Streichfett

Published on Nov 1, 2014

"5 sequences made with Arturia MiniBrute and Arturia Beatstep, Waldorf Streichfett string sounds, Korg Minipops drum samples."

Sequential Circuits Six Trak Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

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Mesi Persephone Analogue Fingerboard Synthesizer SN 061041

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"Up for auction is an analogue fingerboard synthesizer from the French company MESI MONSTERSYNTHS. This unique and expressive instrument includes a pressure sensitive ribbon for pitch and dynamics and an expression key for dynamics and modulation, depending on the mode selected. The instrument also sends MIDI and Control Voltage (CV)."

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korg mr-16 drum expander with MIDI

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Can be controlled by any MIDI keyboard or sequencer, and can be set to receive on any MIDI channel.

Has 19 onboard digital PCM sounds taken from the best of the above two Super Drum/Percussion drum units, which came out without MIDI - people complained about lack of MIDI so Korg released the MR-16:

Bass drum
SNare/RIm
Low tom
High tom
Hi-hat
Crash cymbal
ride cymbal
hand clap
low agogo
hi agogo
timbale
tambourine
cowbell
wood block
cabasa
low conga
hi conga

Also has a metronome.

Has 16 individual outputs, built in panning, volume mixing adjustments, Accent.

NOTE the Bass individual output is not functioning - all other outputs are working however."

ROLAND TR808 Vintage analog drum machine w MIDI

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"Here is a Classic Roland TR 808 drum machine. Serviced recently, looks and sounds awesome! Also, included the Kenton MIDI kit which connects to the 808 via KADI. There are a few minor scuffs and some wear around a couple knobs, but overall in excellent condition and fully working. Please look at all the pictures for complete details."

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Roland TR-808 Vintage Analog Drum Machine

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