Korg Minilogue - "Stranger Things" & More

Published on Jul 20, 2016 Jae Ryan

1. Korg Minilogue - "Stranger Things"

"I was a little slow obtaining a Minilogue since I live in Canada. I happened to get mine last weekend while binge watching Stranger Things on Netflix. Although this is not what the synth is known for (based on what I've seen), I figured I would take a shot at making something that wouldn't be out of place on a scene in the show. This whole sequence is just one track of the Minilogues audio out. No overdubs. No second synth. No layers, just 1 pure audio track of Minilogue madness. As usual I recorded this to the UAD Studer tape plug in and added some delay and Lexicon 224 reverb for width and depth.

I also own the Korg Arp Odyssey and MS-20 Mini and I must say that at some points this synth can sound very similar to those, even in how difficult it can be to find the sweet spot. When you open this thing up though, it has a sound that's all its own. Personally i'm not a huge fan of poly synths but ANY analog at this price is worth owning. The Minilogue has a very unique character, love it or hate it, you'll be hard pressed to find the sound anywhere else."

2. Korg Minilogue - Vanilla Pads

3. Korg Minilogue/Roland TR-8 - DENIM

Moog Sub 37/Roland Juno 106 (Live Synth Jams)

Published on Jun 14 - 29, 2016 Jae Ryan

1. Moog Sub 37/Roland Juno 106 (Live Synth Jam 1)

Synthesizers:
-Moog Sub 37 (Sequence)
-Roland Juno 106 (Unison Sub Bass Patch)

Effects:
-UAD Roland RE-201 ("Stereo" Delay)
-UAD Lexicon 224 (Stereo Reverb)

Recorded live on 14/06/2016!


2. Moog Sub 37/Roland Juno 106 (Live Synth Jam 2)

A little sunday synth jam featuring the Moog Sub 37 on "lead" and the Roland Juno 106 on some pad type textures.
I really fell in love with the Sub 37 when I realized that 1. Turning the oscillators past 5 will bring them into the "Sub Distortion" zone but if you keep them below 5 it's much much easier to get smooth, classic Moog sounds. I am a bigger fan of the latter. And 2. Being able to route both mod busses to the mod wheel opens up a ton of expressive playing options. Although the patch I designed in this video doesn't really show it off, I just had to mention it. Having filter cut off and vibrato working together is beautiful!

I recorded this using an Apollo Twin and a few UAD plug ins, most notably the Studer Tape Machine, Lexicon 224 and LA-2A!

Recorded live on 27/06/2016!

3. Moog Sub 37/Roland Juno 106 (Live Synth Jam 3)

Basic little jam I had today soundtracking the storm outside my apartment! Massive Lexicon 224 reverb and Moog triangle waves :)

Recorded live on 29/06/2016!

Waffles?

Published on Nov 3, 2016 Oren Levy

"8 turing machines from the 2 O_C. 4 voices from Edges. 2 x uBraids. Akemie's Castle. AFG."

Vintage Oberheim OB-MX 4-Voice Analog Rack Synthesizer SN MX001480

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"Up for auction is a used rare vintage Oberheim OB-MX 4-Voice Classy White Analog Rack Synthesizer in Excellent to Near Mint Condition. It is not easy to locate one these days in such a beautiful condition. There are 2 expansion cards in the unit. It needs 4 more cards to max out for 12-voice. Cosmetically it is also in excellent condition to near mint condition with very minor scuffs and scratches. Hard to let this one go, to be honest..."

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2016.11.3 Jupiter-8 drone.

2016.11.3 Jupiter-8 drone. from bucketbd on Vimeo.

PussCat Patches Episode 1

Published on Nov 3, 2016 jdanielcramer

"Using Chaotic CVs to control an entire patch."

Dataline - Rude

Published on Nov 3, 2016 MrDataline

http://dataline.bandcamp.com
http://soundcloud.com/dataline

Akai Tom Cat First Tweak

Published on Nov 3, 2016 zibbybone

"Musician's Friend offered the Akai Tom Cat for $100 as their 'Stupid Deal of the Day' the other day. I figured 'why not' and it didn't disappoint. The kick is pretty aggressive. Some of the knobs don't seem to have any effect, though I haven't RTFM yet. It would have been nice to have individual outs, but it's a solidly built machine. Super slim."

Incredibly Rare Jen Synx 508 Polyphonic Analogue Synth Prototype

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Published on Apr 10, 2016 duoblank

Update: found the videos above and according to Mal in the comments, these may not be so rare after all. I guess it depends on how many are left. The videos above are the only ones I found on YouTube and out of well over 144,000 posts to date on the site, this is only the 3rd post to reference the Synx 508, so if they are out there, they aren't getting much exposure.

Playlist:
Jen Synx 508 - Trying out presets
Jen Synx 508 - Using the Sequencer
Jen Synx 508 - Noodling around with this synth from 1983 - "Managed to get hold of a unit # 1129 (possibly #29) which was one of a handful imported in Malta by Nani of Valletta. The Jen Synx 508 was a 5 voice polyphonic synthesizer from Italy which could be expanded to 8 voice. Soon after being released the company went bust... judging from its architecture this unit was still in prototype phase!! Will be also uploading a demo of its sequencer. No MIDI is available however the onboard sequencer can be clocked to an external source."

And via Mal in the comments: "Not that rare and also it did make it to production. I once owned 2 of these, serial number #40 and #151. Number 40 was clearly a work in progress as each board had many additional wires attached on both sides of the PCB but by #151, the voice cards had been retraced and all external wires were gone. Thin, weedy sounding synth... more like a string machine with extras then a full synth. Noises chorus, nowhere near the quality of the Polysix. Heavy, bulky casing... end cheeks are compressed cardboard coated in thick paint and chip real easily. Worth more for the myriad of Curtis chips, each voice card comes with a CEM 3310 ADSR Envelope, a CEM3320 24db/Oct, 4 pole, Multipass filter and a CEM 3360 Dual VCA."

Original post:

via this auction

Unfortunately not the best pics, but you definitely do not see these often. There has only been two previous posts on the Synx 508 here on MATRIXSYNTH.

via the listing: "CHECK OUT MY OTHER RARE KIT LISTED NOW & MORE TO COME ! It's a very rare synth indeed ! VCOs ! Very similar to the mighty korg poly six in architecture & sound but this is a prototype & was NOT commercially available. The synth has memories a sequencer but no midi see pictures for more detail . Some of the legend has worn off as like I say it is a prototype & was not commercially finished the synth is listed as not working but that is just one key ! However it does need a good service to bring it upto scratch..."

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Buchla 296e tutorial 8

Published on Nov 3, 2016 Todd Barton

"Episode 8 of my series of basic tutorial on the Buchla 296e. This time I look at Sampled Envelopes."

All parts here.