Has Elektron Lost Its Way? Sidstation, Mono & Machinedrum (Part1)

Published on Jan 30, 2019 Synth & Sundry

"Elektron started with the Sidstation in 1998 built around the sound chip from the Commodore 64. It wouldn’t look out of place on a spy’s desk, somewhere in Cold War Sweden.

3 years later, they upped the ante with the Machinedrum, a digital drum machine with four percussive sound engines, a super-involved sequencer and multiple outs.

The Monomachine came in 2003 and applied the same form factor and sequencer magic but, this time, around five synth engines.

Elektron uploaded their first video to YouTube in 2009. It starred Hector (played by Kola Krauze) as a stern instructor.

The setting was a positively dystopian anechoic chamber. In my opinion, Elektron, at this point, saw itself not as a maker of consumer-friendly products but rather, as designers of unique machines.
They appealed to those crazy enough to try."

ContinuuMini first improv

Published on Jan 30, 2019 boxoftextures

"First recording of the Haken ContinuuMini. I had it for maybe 20 minutes, and while I feel I can improve hitting the notes exactly with a little practice the thing just feels totally natural. Arpeggio is the IK Multimedia Uno, lead line is the ContinuuMini only with no external effects."

Folktek Resonant Garden (No Talking, Patch and Set Up in the Description)

Published on Jan 30, 2019 Stefano Bertoli

"First session with Folktek Resonant Garden alone, no external effects nor EQ.
One patch only and three different, very simple, FX set up combinations. Every set up has been
played with fingers, violin bow, flumi (gummy gong mallet) and two different Buddha Machines
on both Gardens (metal spring trees) and on the instrument surface itself.
I also played with different effects parameters (later in the description).
Patching of the three Alter (FX) elements (Alter I left and right, Alter II in the center):
Alter II out into Alter I (first on the left) input, Alter I out into Alter I (second one
on the right) input, Alter I output right into GO:MIXER.

00:00 COMBO I: Alter I (left) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter 2 Effect 1, Analog Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter I (Right) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF)

03:30 COMBO II: Alter I (left) Effect 6, Pitch Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: Damping) Alter II Effect 6, Pitch Shift (Control X: Pitch, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter I (Right) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF)

08:08 COMBO III: Alter I (left) Effect 6, Pitch Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: Damping) Alter II Effect 4, Palindrome Delay (Control X: Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF) Alter I (Right) Effect 1, Long Delay (Control X: Delay Time, Control Y: Feedback
Filter: LPF)"

1980's Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3.3 SN 5988

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"Clean, original Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev. 3.3 synthesizer with heavy-duty road case. Studio kept machine and was last serviced by Wine Country Sequential, where it received the following:

- remounted heat sink
- replaced 5V regulator
- regulator mod
- replaced bypass capacitors
- replaced battery
- cleaned pots, switches, keys contacts
- bushings replaced
- factory patches reloaded, tuned, and scaled"

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Original ROLAND TB-303 w/ Quicksilver Upgrade

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"This unit was tested on SWITCHED ON -Austin, Tx) on November 2018. They installed the Quicksilver CPU.

The Quicksilver 303 is a replacement CPU for the TB-303 Bass Synthesizer. With a completely rewritten operating system, all of the creative obstacles to programming amazing sequences have been removed. The experience still remains uniquely '303'."

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KAWAI K5m Additive Synthesizer SN 117811

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"Tested and everything works EXCEPT all the internal sounds are gone, meaning all the program sounds basically sounds the same. Buttons, dials, midi, outputs works as they should. Just minor marks/scratches, sticker residue. Power cord included. Backlight may not be the brightest but it is readable on a lighted room - see photos."

Polyphony - 16 voices
Oscillators - Digital Harmonic Generator (DHG)
LFO - 6 waveforms, speed, delay, trend
Filter - Digital Dynamic Filter (DDF) with cutoff, slope, envelope amount, keyboard, velocity, aftertouch, independent 6-stage envelope; Digital Formant Filter (DFT) 11-band graphic eq
VCA - Dynamic Digital Amplifier (DDA) with independent 6-stage envelopes
Keyboard - 61 keys with "release velocity" and aftertouch
Memory - 48 patches internal, 48 patches external memory card, 48 multi-mode memories
Control - MIDI
Date Produced - 1987

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Roland MC-202 Micro Composer w/ Doepfer MSY2 MIDI-to-Sync Converter

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GX1 Preset Tones

Published on Jan 30, 2019 sequentix

"Brief description of the GX1 patch control circuitry, followed by a dump of the preset tones."

Moog One 2

Published on Jan 30, 2019 Dimitrios Sismanis

"Second set of patches for the Moog One. I hope these are as well loved as the first ones."

NAMM 2019: MOK Waverazor Innovative Eurorack Oscillator Module

Published on Jan 30, 2019 SYNTH ANATOMY

"Taiho showed me at NAMM 2019, it's new innovative Eurorack oscillator Waverator which is based on a modified 1010music Toolbox platform."

Kind of reminds me of the rotors on the John Bowen Solaris. Taiho Yamada was one of the lead designers at Alesis and M-Audio. He brought us the Alesis Andromeda and the M-Audio Venom. You can find posts featuring him in the archives (by date or by relevance).