MATRIXSYNTH

OB-Xneo Teaser

ob-xneo_teaser01 from Nutzer5582238 on Vimeo.

This one in via A. Nonym. Your guess is as good as mine. Upcoming Oberheim OB-X emulation in software? Render of upcoming hardware? We'll find out in time. Cool LED knobs.

New Ritm-2 Synthesizer by VG-Line

Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

Pics via https://thngs.co/things/10267.

No additional details, but you should be able to get an idea of what it can do from the controls, the video above, and previous Ritm-2 posts. This appears to be a new desktop version by VG Line.

Update: details posted here.

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Deckard's Dream synthesizer by Black Corporation

Published on Sep 17, 2017 Thngs

Note: I created a new Black Corporation label for these moving forward. Previous post will get the label added as well.

The unstoppable Wersimatic

Published on Sep 18, 2017 organfairy

"Normally 'unstoppable' is a positive word. But when it is used in the same sentence as "drum machine" it tends to be annoying.
My Wersimatic II was literally unstoppable so I had to do something about it. It turned out to be a defective logic gate. Quite and easy fix but still something I had to do.

The music is 'Knuden' which was a minor hit for the Danish band Shu-bi-dua back in 1978. Apart from the Wersimatic II I play it on my Wersi Prisma DX-5."

RECO SYNTH EL DIABLO + RECOVERB

Published on Sep 18, 2017 Arthur Joly

1940 Hammond Novachord Synthesizer Fully Rebuilt

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via this auction

Beautiful, but pricey!

"This is the exact instrument that was recently featured at Sweetwater Sound's 2017 GearFest. To see a video of this synthesizer up close and hear what sounds it can produce, search YouTube for "Sweetwater Novachord".

Having spent more than five years, my son and I have recently completed a thorough rebuild of this Hammond Novachord Synthesizer. This legendary instrument is now fully functional as original. It looks as good and performs as well as it did the day it left the factory in 1940, and is considerably more reliable, with all of its capacitors and resistors replaced, and the original cotton-covered wiring replaced with Teflon insulated, silver-tinned copper wire. All 163 vacuum tubes test as new or nearly new. The pedals have been replated in polished nickel, and the original Bakelite and Plaskon keys are smooth and shiny.

The Novachord is considered to be the first commercially available polyphonic synthesizer, and was used extensively in science fiction and horror movie soundtracks of the 1940's and 1950's, as well as radio theatre and nightclubs around the country.

To our knowledge, there are only five Novachords that exist in this condition.

This rare instrument is currently located at Sweetwater Sound Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana."

How much?

$96,000.00 listed here.

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