Akai S612 w/FPA Mod. Great fun! + QD Emulator

Espen Kraft

"An awesome mod that makes it possible to control and record the sample Start/Splice - End - Decay - LFO Speed and Filter through Midi CC. Endless possibilities for glitchy fun!

What's the big deal you might ask, I can just move those sliders on the S612 itself? Yes, you can, but you can't record your movements that way. With this you can, and by doing so, you can record these movements into a DAW and later manipulate and adjust to taste to make snippets of cool stuff or whole soundscapes for further use."

Additional demos and details on the FPA mod from Hideaway Studio:

Hideaway Studio · Hideaway Studio's AKAI S612 FPA, FDM and XD-280 Upgrades in Action....

"A few demonstrations of Hideaway Studio's Front Panel Animator Module (FPA), Filter Defeat Module (FDM) and Virtual Floppy System (XD-280) for the AKAI S612 Sampler in action...

The FPA retrofit module allows most of the front panel controls including the infamous sample splice sliders and filter cutoff to be animated in realtime via 5 MIDI CC channels.

These modules have been proving popular with many upgraded units now in the wild. For those interested in further details or wishing to purchase their own module please contact me at: dan@hideawaystudio.net

Please Note: Although FPA and FDM module are a very neat fit once in place it does require strong PTH desoldering skills and patience to fit but it is not difficult for a tech to install each in less than 2 hours."

Additional links in the description here.

"Jeannie" 8 Voice DIY Teensy Synthesizer by Rolf Degen

Rolf Degen

The project is currently on https://forum.pjrc.com

"I am currently developing a new DIY synthesizer based on a Teensy 4.0 Boards. The synthesizer will look similar to the small Shruthi Synthesizer from Mutable Instruments. Compared to the Shruthi this synth will be polyphonic, have a color TFT display and other things like a 2Channel 16Bit DA-Converter, digital and analog filters. The housing and board format is similar to the Shruthi (see picture). That's why for the DIY Project I also created the Name 'Shruthi 2' selected."

Rolf Degen is the man behind the De-Generator and TubOhm.

KMI Synth Spotlight: KBP4 meets ARGON8 from Modal Electronics

Keith McMillen Instruments

See the dealers on the right for availability on each.

KBP4 meets ARGON8: Setting up MPE

Vintage Maestro RM-1A Ring Modulator

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Pics of the inside below.

The Maestro RM-1A was designed by Tom Oberheim. You can find a demo of one previously posted here.

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Korg Mono/Poly SN 371237 w/ Doepfer MCV1 MIDI to CV Interface SN 005 ?

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Roland System 100 Modular 100M Synthesizer w/ Modules 130, 131, 112, 120 & 121

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SNs

112 243253
121 252911
130 252944
140 253923
131 190570

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Noise Engineering Fall 2018 - Modular Jam Session

Noise Engineering

Another jam from the back catalog. This one with guest star George.

Gear List

Case:
- Jabara Sequent (prototype)
- Basimilus Iteritas Alter x2
- Roti Pola
- Pons Asinorum
- Ataraxic Iteritas x2
- Manis Iteritas
- WMD DPLR
- The Mullet x3
- WMD/SSF Pole Zero
- WMD DPLR
- Xerest Dualis x2 (prototype)
- WMD MSCL
- Mimetic Digitalis x2 (green prototype)
- Lapsus Os (prototype)
- Univer Inter x2 (prototype)
- Clep Diaz
- Bin Seq
- Tonnetz Sequent
- Mutable Instruments Clouds
- Monome with JBOB running on a NeoPi
- Coffee
- George

Recording:
Berhinger mixer for monitoring.
Sony PCM-M10 for conversion to the digital domain.
Panasonic HC-770 for video.

Processing:
Just a quick eq/limiting pass in Reaper. No edits etc.

Electro 11-5-2020

SynthMania

"raw recording straight to two-track, no remixing,... just the synths, sampler and drum machine in one take."

ARP 2600 & EMS SYNTHI Keychains

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"Wonderful keyring of the mythic ARP 2600 synthesizer. Made with classic metal engraved technique and hand paint enamel. The instrument is transmitted to this keyring through his details and technique. High quality, detail and handcraft, made with all the love for this beloved instruments.

You can use it with your keys or attach to your bags and backpacks. Go with your ARP 2600 everywhere!

An excellent gift that sure will like to any synthesizer lover.

ARP 2600 keyring measures:
76 mm x 48 mm"

And:

"Wonderful keyring of the mythic EMS Synthi A synthesizer. Made with classic metal engraved technique and hand paint enamel. The instrument is transmitted to this keyring through his details and technique. High quality, detail and handcraft, made with all the love for this beloved instruments.

You can use it with your keys or attach to your bags and backpacks.

An excellent gift that sure will like to any synthesizer lover.

EMS Synthi A keyring measures:
45 mm x 40 mm"

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MicroKorg Patches - 100 Presets - Boards of Canada, Tycho, Tame Impala

Krzysztof Steplowski

"----- Get the pack here: https://synth-patches.com/microkorg/ -----

NEW 100 unique, well designed patches for Korg MicroKorg for fans of Boards of Canada, Tycho, Tame Impala etc.

You can listen to 100% dry sounds at https://synth-patches.com/microkorg/

Melodic, living sounds ideal for ambient, downtempo, vaporwave or leftfield. Leads, pads, ARPs and textures"