Macbeth X-Series MicroMac D Desktop Synthesizer

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YAMAHA CS50 Polyphonic Synthesizer

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"Everything works as specified, overhauled before shipping to have long life and to keep original sounds. Change all electrolytic capacitors and voltage regulators, some short life OpAmps, transistors and logis ICs with new ones, and keys knobs, sliders, switches and jacks cleaning before shipping. Voltage FIXED 100[V], voltage convertor required."

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Arp Odyssey MKIII

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"Late Model Odyssey circa 1980. A few scuffs here and there, but near mint and even sides hardly have a mark on them. This odyssey has been professionally overhauled. The boards were throughly bathed, all tantalum capacitors replaced, the sliders cleaned with isopropanol / lubricated with a silicone base and everything calibrated. The 4072 filter range has been extended from 12kHz to ~22kHz (correcting the design flaw actually) so it sounds a bit brighter than other mkIII's when the filter is all the way open, but the filter sound and response is otherwise identical. No other mods are present. It comes with 3 new spare sliders, one of each kind the synth takes. Ships in a custom fit Anvil hard case that has good thick foam, no old rotten gross stuff."

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Flash & The Pan - Walking In The Rain (Cover 2015 using Roland Aira and Elektron gear)

Published on Jul 6, 2015 Calle Nilsson

"Flash And The Pan - Walking In The Rain. Remake
Hardware only. No Computer. Gear used:
Roland Aira TR8
Roland Aira TB3
Elektron Analog 4
Elektron Rytm"

MOOG LITTLE PHATTY ROLAND JUNO-106 THRU KORG KRONOS EFX ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

Published on Jul 6, 2015 SynthgodXXX

"MOOG LITTLE PHATTY 'Toxic' GREEN Edition
ROLAND JUNO-106 "The HOLY SYNTH"
THRU KORG KRONOS Insert Effects Delay & Reverb
***Watch in HD***

First we have the Moog Little Phatty TOXIC thru
the Korg Kronos insert effects....
I use the JUNO-106 as a midi controller in this part.
Then we layer the two analog synths via MIDI thru
the Korg Kronos insert effects!!! Sa-WEEEEET!
I also am controlling the Moog with the JUNO-106.
Keeping the pad sound 'Moogy' with the JUNO-106,
the layer is totally Wakeman... I LOVE it!!
Not trying to show off any playing skills,
just having fun on a rainy day!
Always a good thing to do on a rainy day!!!

Thanks for watching!!
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More synthesizer videos coming soon!
Rik"

RIP Charanjit Singh

Mumbai-based Charanjit Singh has passed away at the age of 74. For those not familiar with him, he was an electronic music pioneer that many claim to have inadvertently created the world's first acid house record, notably with the Roland TB-303. You can listen to it above.  Note his was recorded in 1982. You can see him pictured below with a Roland Jupiter-8 and TR-808.   You can find a previous post on the release here.

via The Guardian:

"Electronic music pioneer Charanjit Singh, 74, has died. The cult figure, who was noted by some as the creator of the first ever acid house record, died at his home in Mumbai on 3 July.

Charanjit Singh on how he invented acid house ... by mistake

Although he had forged a career as a session musician playing on numerous Bollywood film soundtracks throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the producer’s proto-acid music had a revival in 2010, when his 1982 album, Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat, was reissued by record label Bombay Connection. Although Singh was reluctant to claim his part in the evolution of the genre, the album was one of the earliest records to use the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the Roland TB 303 bass synth – a machine that built much of the acid house sound.

'There was lots of disco music in films back in 1982,' Singh said, in a 2011 interview with the Guardian. 'So I thought, why not do something different using disco music only. I got an idea to play all the Indian ragas and give the beat a disco beat – and turn off the tabla. And I did it. And it turned out good.'"

Yamaha Reface Synths Leaked

Update: Details are here.

Four mini synths:

CP electric piano.
YC combo organ
CS synth
DX synth

These line up with the teaser pic here.

Curious if the CS will be a digital emulation or analog. If it's polyphonic, based on the size, it would likely have to be digital, not that there's anything wrong with that.  Roland's Aira line was originally ill received by many when it was revealed that they would be digital.  They are now pretty much well revered by all. I own an AN1x, Yamaha FS1R, DX-200 and CS60. All are fantastic sounding synths.

We'll have full details tomorrow.

https://yamahasynth.com

FM Synthesis in Reaktor using AudioCubes Topology by Salamanderanagram

Published on Jul 6, 2015 Percussa AudioCubes

"How to build an FM operator synth in Reaktor using Percussa AudioCubes and Topology mode https://www.percussa.com/2015/07/05/F..."

"In the first video Salamanderanagram shows off a very simple FM operator synth which he built in Reaktor, and demos it using the AudioCubes. To control the FM synth he is using MIDIBridge 3.0 for AudioCubes, and uses the new topology mode. Topology mode will send MIDI note triggers when cubes detect each other and will send MIDI CC messages for the distance between the cubes. This makes it easy to connect things when cubes detect each other and to change sound parameters when the distance is changed between cubes.

In the case of the FM synth in this video, when cubes detect each other, FM operators (sine oscillators) are connected so they can modulate each other. By moving the cubes closer or further away, parameters of the oscillators can be changed. In his setup depth modulation, width modulation and ring modulation parameters are changed when the distance between the cubes changes. Oscillators can also modulate each other simultaneously when 2 cubes are placed together which creates very interesting results! Finally, when you turn a cube, you can change the parameters that are being modulated, from ring modulation to feedback for example."

FM Synthesis in Reaktor using AudioCubes Topology by Salamanderanagram (part 2/2)

7 Minutes with an Ipad Synth - KORG iM1

Published on Jul 6, 2015 Synth Anatomy

"This week, I jam on the KORG iM1 Synthesizer. iM1 is an emulation of the legendary M1 Synthesizer. This synth is also available as VST Plugin."

DrankWalker - Evaton Technologies CLX Polyrhythm Demo by Vasculator

"Demo by @vasculator

"drankWalker" is showing the CLX as a trigger/clock source only. various combinations of the outputs are run into both Maths trigger inputs. the Maths slopes are opening and closing both sides of a Intellijel uVCA. Piston Honda and Neutron Orgone Accumulator are the audio sources."

More info on the Evaton Technologies CLX module (MSRP $159, available August 2015) at http://www.evatontechnologies.com/clx