A Touch Of Chaos (Korg DSM-1) (1987) - Don Muro

Published on Jan 18, 2016 jd wall

"Korg issued a series of DSM-1demo disks in different styles. This sequence uses some of the orchestral sounds. (The four-part multitimbral capability was a challenge.) The 2.8' demo disks were compatible with the the Korg SQD-1 sequencer."

Build a 'Psych-Tone' Musical SYNTHESIZER Book from the Early 1970's!

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"I'm pleased to offer here on Ebay a complete early 1970's magazine, featuring a cover story on how to Build a 'Psych-Tone' Musical SYNTHESIZER...or call it a 'Music Composer Synthesizer. Includes long description, a number of pages, and the Parts List, Circuit and schematic. This is the first time I have ever encountered this particular magazine and article, and it looks straight forward and not hard to build. Someone is going to love this one! You get the entire magazine and it is in excellent shape."

See the SWTPC channel label below for more.  These were from Popular Electronics.

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Moog Minimoog D Synthesizer

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Minimal Arturia AIRA (Microbrute and TR8)

Published on Jan 18, 2016 Calle Nilsson

"Only the Arturia Microbrute and the Roland AIRA TR8 were used."

A little try while debugging the Easel.

Published on Jan 18, 2016 Hathor Menat

"Music Easel 1:1 clone of 1972 original version"

I believe this is the Roman Filippov of Sputnik Modular clone of the Easel.

Mogees & Kitchen Pots

Published on Jan 18, 2016 Synth Anatomy

"This is my first little video showing you Mogees with my Kitchen Pots. Mogees is a contact microphone with which you can transform any object in an instrument"

iTunes: Mogees - Mogees Ltd.

The First EMS VCS3 - SN 001

Apparently, you are looking at the very first EMS VCS3 aka The Putney and sibling to the EMS SYNTHI. Red Bull Music Academy has an excellent post up on White Noise with the history of this particular synth.

"Perched on top of a speaker in another corner sits the synthesizer used on the early White Noise albums, The EMS VCS3, serial number 001.

'That was the very first one he ever made,' Vorhaus says. 'He turned up with a bottle of Dom Pérignon, which cost probably more than the synthesizer.” The ‘he’ in question is Peter Zinovieff, who created the VCS3 with Tristram Cary and David Cockerell in 1969. If it wasn’t for Zinovieff, Vorhaus might never have met his two principal collaborators on An Electric Storm, Brian Hodgson and Delia Derbyshire, of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. 'Delia Derbyshire was my girlfriend. She showed me everything that was known about electronic music in a couple of weeks,' Vorhaus explains, adding, 'There wasn’t much more to know than that then.'"

On a separate note, one of my biggest regrets was missing the opportunity to purchase Delia Derbyshires' VCS3 several years back. Sonic Boom of Spectrum was selling it along with a Synton Syrinx. Two dream synths I would have loved to own.

KORG to Show the New minilogue at Control Voltage in Portland on Jan 27

via Control Voltage

"Join us for an evening of analog polyphony! On Wednesday, January 27th from 6-8pm, Korg will be presenting and demonstrating their latest synth, Minilogue. After which we'll also be treated to a live performance by local Portland producer and vocalist, Natasha Kmeto!

They'll be a few Minilogues setup to get hands on with in the shop and ample time for Q&A from the audience.


Presented by KORG themselves!

Control Voltage
3742 N Mississippi Ave, 97227
01/27/16 from 6-8pm
Free"

Korg Minilogue Exploration

Published on Jan 18, 2016 experimentalsynth

"A quick look at a small part of the sonic possibilities inside the new Korg Minilogue. Using the presets as a starting point, the Minilogue can go to some pretty wild place with just a few knob and switch tweaks. Learn more at www.experimentalsynth.com"

Korg minilogue on Amazon

Keyboard Magazine's Bob Moog's Third "On Synthesizers" Column From January/February 1976

via Keyboard Magazine

"Continuing our celebration of 40 years of Keyboard, we present Bob Moog's third "On Synthesizers" column from our January/February 1976 issue, in its entirety.

An oscillator is a circuit that produces a regularly repeating waveform. When used as the signal source of an audio path, an oscillator determines the pitch of the sound. Its counterparts in acoustic instruments are vibrating elements such as the strings of a guitar or the air column of a wind instrument.

What are we hearing when we listen to an oscillator tone? And what does that have to do with the waveform that we can see on an oscilloscope screen? The answers to these two questions are vitally important to the understanding of oscillators and their roles in synthesizers."

Click through above for the full article.