As you likely know, Knobcon starts this Friday, September 8. What you might not know is that they will be holding a banquet in honor of Tom Oberheim. If you are going to the event, you might want to check this out. Click here for details on how to attend.
"Join us Saturday Evening for our annual Golden Knob banquet featuring VIP keynote speaker Tom Oberheim. Admission includes catered buffet with vegetarian options, and each ticket is an entry into the door prize drawings.
Enjoy live music by the Knobcon Supper Club All Stars featuring Ed & Judy Howard and Cory Flanigan.
Schedule
Cocktails 6:30p
Dinner 7:00p
Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker
Tom Oberheim is the progenitor of the American polyphonic analogue synthesiser and designer of electronic music devices ranging from the Maestro Phase Shifter to the Oberheim DX drum machine. If you have listened to the radio in the past 40 years, it is impossible for you not to have heard sounds he had a hand in."
Streamed live 31 minutes ago Analogue Zone Showroom / Synths and Studio
"Modular Workshop - Live from the Showroom
Modular Workshop is a weekly live series from the Analogue Zone Budapest showroom with our experienced modular electronic music performer & friend, Ramin Sayyah. The series was created in order to introduce either one particular module or a very special selection of module-combinations to make various kinds of music with them.
A new episode is streamed live every Wednesday on Analogue Zone's Youtube channel. After a short live performance, Ramin walks us through the building blocks of the patch and answers any questions raised by the viewers.
Tune in every Wednesday afternoon for the show and feel free to ask questions directly during the live stream - also let us know if you want to pay a visit to the showroom during the live show: we can accept a few guests too.
This week's episode focuses on one of the mightiest sequencers, the Stillson Hammer MKII. Thanks to its versatility and utilisation modes, Ramin will demonstrate the best uses of the pattern saving function and good combinations for its 4 CV and Gate outputs in the composition.
"In the first part of the video demo, MBS-100 is being controlled by Korg SQ-1 step sequencer. No eq nor fx are applied. In the second part you can hear MBS-100 multitracked in a DAW via MIDI, no EQ has been applied only some reverb and delay at times. Drums are sequenced externally!"
"MBS-100 - a monophonic bass synthesizer inspired by synthesizers produced in the soviet era times while having the flexibility, MIDI control and compact steel package of the 21st century. It has 19 knobs, 3 switches and 4 buttons with which you can control the parameters of the sound and MIDI.
Details:
• Method of synthesis – hybrid analog-digital synthesis; • Voltage-controlled digital oscillators (VCDO) - two, each with four waveforms: saw, square, pulse 1 (25% rate), pulse 2 (10% rate).
Note: Pulse 1 and 2 are similar to PMW but are fixed similar to «Aelita», «Polivoks» synthesizers for e.g.
Octave ranges - 3 octaves for OSC1 and 5 octaves for OSC2.
• Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) - one fully analog 12 db/oct low pass filter with cutoff and resonance parameters;
• Envelope Generators (ADSR) – two;
• Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) – one, fully analog distortion effect selection switch;
• Low frequency oscillator (LFO) - one with two waveform options (square and triangle) to control the VCF.
• MIDI interface - MIDI In, MIDI Thru (16 channels + Omni);
• Audio output - one mix output (mono 6.3 mm jack);
• Controls - 19 knobs, 3 switches, 4 buttons and 11 LED indicators;
• Case: durable steel case with wooden sides;
• Weight: 1 kg;
• Dimensions: L30 x W16 x H8 (cm);
• External power supply – 220v adapter 9 VAC (included).
You can read the full manual here:
https://drive.google.com/open…
Video with direct audio will follow soon !
Price: 449 EURO (or its USD equivalent)
Trackable shipping to Europe/UK, USA/Canada is included.
For other locations, please contact us for a quote!
For all the inquiries please email us:
avpsynths@gmail.com
Best regards,
AVP Synth"
"Craig Peters walks you through our newest library Granada 49 which is the newest library of our Vintage Keys Series."
Note this is the first post to feature FESMA. They were primarily an organ maker. You'll find a video of the original FESMA Granada 49 from YouTube below. First, some samples and details via Soundiron.
"GRANADA 49 faithfully captures a rare 1970's-era portable analog synthesizer by the now defunct Italian synth-maker Fesma. The instrument's classic wood-accented body echoes the popular aesthetics of the 1970s and its fat, warm analog sound cuts through the mix. We've sampled its 9 stock waveform presets and included tons of custom FX patches and sound-designed ambient synth pads created from the source to make this compact library extraordinarily playable and versatile. Whether you're looking to recreate an old 8-bit videogame sound, fat synth bass tones or razer-sharp lead lines, the Granada 49 library can do it!
The power of Granada is really unlocked by our easy-to-use yet powerful 3D-modeled user interface. Basic sound shaping options are included: volume swell, note attack time, release time and sample start offset let users mold the sound anyway they want. Other main controls include vibrato and a special "Octave" knob, which really beefs up your tone by smoothly rolling in lower and higher octave layers.
The "Glide" option adds an adjustable-speed portamento pitch bend between notes. The advanced tempo-syncable LFO system features configurable LFO shape, modulation target, speed, intensity, and fade-in time. A versatile filter system allows you to select between 13 filter types, modulation options, and control the frequency and resonance. As always, we included our customizable arpeggiator, which lets users control pattern direction, rhythm, swing, randomization and duration. The advanced GUI is rounded out by our modular FX rack, which lets users put any of 18 different effects (reverb, distortion, etc.) in up to 10 slots, in any chain order they desire. This also includes 119 of Soundiron's high quality impulse responses which can be loaded into the "Reverb" effect.
The library is programmed for the full version of Kontakt 5.5.2 and later (OSX 10.9 or later / Windows 7 or later required). It comes equipped with a custom user interface and dynamic sound shaping and mixing controls: volume, attack, release, offset, vibrato, octave, bank preset loading (with optional key-switching), adaptive arpeggiation, advanced LFO and filter systems and our full FX rack with convolution reverb with your choice of well over 100 different rooms, halls, spaces and special FX impulses."
Note the following is a user video I found on YouTube of the original. It is not a video from Soundiron.
FESMA -GRANADA 49 Published on Mar 4, 2015 MUTAN MONKEY Creative Music Instruments
"Glitchy ambience coming from the Microgranny, pads and some percussion from the Electribe 2, Volca FM handles an arpeggiated part in the middle and the amazing PO-12 is being mangled by the mighty Monotron Delay. Enjoy!"
"In-depth product demonstration of Tonic, the new additive interval sequencer from Rebel Technology.
Tonic is a clever but uncomplicated module which opens up new possibilities in a modular system. It’s a new concept and very different from a step sequencer, allowing a new way of thinking about musical sequences and melodies."
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via this auction
ROLAND JV-2080 with 6 expansion boards:
SR-JV80-02 ORCHESTRAL
SR-JV80-07 SUPER SOUND SET
SR-JV80-09 SESSION
SR-JV80-10 BASS AND DRUM
SR-JV80-15 SPECIAL FX Collection
SR-JV80-16 ORCHESTRAL II
"Join us Saturday Evening for our annual Golden Knob banquet featuring VIP keynote speaker Tom Oberheim. Admission includes catered buffet with vegetarian options, and each ticket is an entry into the door prize drawings.
