- Powers on with output and the classic "Oberheim" sound.
- Later model OB-Xa with storage for 120 programs.
- All 8 voice boards were recapped with new electrolytics a couple years ago. Instrument powers on and autotune functions properly to tune voice boards.
- New key bushings were also installed a couple years ago. Keys are nice and soft when depressed, not clunky...
- An E and F key second from the right didn't sound when depressed though a quick inspection revealed the J-wire for both keys is in good condition and may just need some cleaning as well as the contact bar."
"The P600 is extremely versatile and easy to use! Its best functions include the onboard arpeggiator, 2-track sequencer and poly-modulation. The P600 is great for creating analog effects, swells and drones. It has a cool glide effect and has very flexible modulation possibilities! Perfect for Ambient, Dub and other electronic music.
MIDI Parameter Codes:
Record + 1 = program change on/off
Record + 2 = current program dump
Record + 3 = center pitch wheel
Record + 4 = wheel send/receive on/off
Record + 5 = sequence dump
Record + 6 = Omni mode on
Record + 7 = voice defeat (hold key down first)
Record + 8 = Poly mode on
Record + 9 = channel +/-"
"Just a quickie this time. I liked how this little jam was sounding, but it was the end of the evening and I was about to leave the studio, so I quickly shot a jam with no studio lights. Arturia Minibrute on bass, Arturia iSEM on pads and keys. Tr-8 and KP3 handling the beats, fx and loops.
"Finally got V2 of the mattoverse Analog Square Wave Sequencer wired up and installed in the enclosure. It took many hours... and many wires. A relief to have it finished and working.
http://mattoverse.com
Features:
2 independent selectable clock sources
option to feed Clock 1 into Clock 2
Clock can control speed/tempo and/or filter lfo speed
8 steps max, selectable as 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8 via rotary knob
Resonant Filter
Modulate filter using clock 1, 2 or 1into2 as LFO
Portamento
Pause
Reset
Volume
1/4" Mono Output
CV Out 1/8"
9volt or DC Power"
"I still intend to do a full Polivoks demo but I was having fun with this sequence so I had to share. I love the vibrato-like modulation I used on oscillator one. This Polivoks has a MIDI IN / THRU mod, and I'm using the Synthesizers.com quantizer bank aid Q172's MIDI out to transmit CV for pitch via the Q119 sequencer."
"Dear friends, 'Sing with the Birds' from Deep Forests upcoming LP, EVO DEVO is now available to pre-order.
Thanks everyone who has ordered already, and look forward to the rest of you joining us. Enjoy!"
Just a few new pics of the back side jacks, front panel, circuit boards and shipped casings via their kickstarter page. You'll find details on the upcoming synth there and of course the futuresonus channel here on MATRIXSYNTH.
"Recently, Moog had the honor of sitting down with Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor [see the bottom of this post], the genre-defining music innovator, master synthesist and Academy Award winning composer. In the interview, Reznor recounts his intimate relationship with the Minimoog Voyager, which he feels “is the archetype of what a synthesizer is and should be.” Through personal stories, Reznor reveals his decades long history with the instrument and how it has shaped the way he views and creates music.
The video is set to an original score by British electronic music producer, The Haxan Cloak, co-producer of Bjork’s Vulnicura.. Befitting the occasion, the artist used a Minimoog Voyager and a prototype Mother-32, Moog’s newest synthesizer, to create the score.
'I made the track in a unique way that I never have before.
I have had modular synths for a long time, and consistently produced music with them, but purposefully never had a ‘keyboard-based’ setup because of not wanting to treat them in such a ‘traditional’ manner (purely for reasons of self-limitation).
Having the Voyager allowed me to utilize a more responsive approach of seeing the picture and essentially ‘playing’ along to it. I then took those results and used them to modulate other parameters and processed them further. The Mother 32 was used extensively as a sound source alongside also.
The Voyager is a synth I have always been fascinated by, but unfortunately never had the opportunity to own. I knew people that had them, but my first physical encounter was actually on the recent Bjork tour. I used it for a lot for recreating basslines from her back catalogue, which it did effortlessly.
It’s such an incredibly versatile synth and has already become a uniquely indispensable backbone of my studio.' - The Haxan Cloak"
"Preliminary information
This is a Pre-Order Project.
Technical details may change as the design progresses.
The Q167 LFO++ is a Low Frequency Oscillator and universal modulator with a wide range of interesting features. This functionally-dense module creates complex modulation with a variety of common and unusual waveforms. The built-in envelope generator produces spring-like decays for both frequency and amplitude - increasing or decreasing.
Pure smooth analog! No processors or digital logic.
Direct patch points for both frequency and amplitude make it easy to control modulation with a wheel, expression block, keyboard pressure or a sequencer.
The envelope generator provides control over sustain time to produce delayed modulation, a partial section of a waveform, or a burst of waves including pulses useful for programming sequencers and creating multiple gates.
The unique waveform control section starts with simple familiar waves and curves them into waves you haven't heard before.
The Q167 can also act like an audio oscillator with 1V/Octave response, amplitude control, and harmonically rich waveforms.
Cross patch two Q167 modules together for mind-bending FM and AM sounds.
The Q167 makes patching modulation from controllers and within a system much easier. The same functionality would require 3 or 4 modules in a typical system - VCO, EG, VCA, Signal Processor, and multiple patch cables.
"Oberheim OB-Xa in excellent physical condition: 
