The Voice of the Daleks

How do you voice a Dalek? @BriggsNicholas teaches us how and shares some of his favourite Dalek lines! 💥 🎤 pic.twitter.com/Srbdmlon7y

— Doctor Who (@bbcdoctorwho) December 21, 2020

via @selgart

Tombola vintage Korg 800DV | SynthFest 2021

"SynthFest France 2021 - Tombola vintage - Korg 800DV - 10€
Ticket: https://www.weezevent.com/synthfestfr..."

SEQUENTIAL PROPHET 10(2020)/Prophet 5 SOUND-DEMO vs Prophet T8

AMAZONA Music Mag

"Der neue Prophet 10 (2020) bzw. Prophet 5 REV4 in schönen Soundbeispielen und im Vergleich mit dem Sequential Prophet T8."

Googlish:

"The new Prophet 10 (2020) or Prophet 5 REV4 in beautiful sound examples and in comparison with the Sequential Prophet T8."

Launchpad Pro - Custom Modes

Playlist:
Launchpad Pro - Custom Modes: Korg Minilogue // Novation
Launchpad Pro - Custom Modes: Korg Volca // Novation
Launchpad Pro - Custom Modes: Elektron Digitakt // Novation
Launchpad Pro - Custom Modes: Elektron Octatrack // Novation

Crumar Performer Goes Virtual

zioguido

"Crumar is proud to present the first official virtual instrument: Performer.

Credits:
UI design by: Pierre Collard
Code by:
- Luigi Felici @ nusofting.com
- Michele Picaro @ TantalumAudio.com
- Guido Scognamiglio @ GenuineSoundware.com
Project management by: Andrea Agnoletto

Video editing by Guido Scognamiglio, Andrea Agnoletto
Voiceover by: Luke Martin
Music by: Liqih @ soundcloud.com/liqih & Michele Picaro

Visit: www.crumar.it"

via Crumar.it

"It was back in 1979 when the italian company CRUMAR released the Performer. It was a 49 keys compact string machine with a brass section. The idea arrived after the success of the Multiman-S model (Orchestrator in USA). After few years, the company was enough smart to understand that the demand of musicians in 1979 was different and music was evolving differently in those days. Here came the CRUMAR Performer, a compact and more modern keyboard that seems perfect for the music of the upcoming '80a.

Performer uses the famous "TOS" configuration. This was a very common and practical way to achieve polyphony at that time: a high frequency clock drives a "top octave generator chip" which produces all the note frequencies for the top octave as a basic square waves. These square waves can be then be fed to frequency divider to produce a note an octave lower, then to another one to generate an octave below than that, and so on.

Performer used the Mostek MK50240N as a top octave synthesizer and used 12 TDA1008 as dividers to create a logical tonal grid according to which keys are being hit on the brass and 8' and 16' string mixes. From here there's an analog filter/envelope on the brass and EQ and analog delay section based on BBD chips for the string section. Performer had 2 hardware revisions during production years basically with these differences:

Rev.A - First instrument release.

Rev.B - Added an extra transpose switch and boards revision. The brass section was completely redesigned using chips from SSM company (Solid State Micro Technology for Music): one SSM2050 IC as envelope generator and one SSM2040 IC as 4-pole filter. SSM2040 is considered one of the best sounding filters for the way it can add harmonics to the original signal, for its resonance and small amounts of distortion when overdriven.

Brass sound is para-phonic.

After more than 40 years since the release of the CRUMAR Performer keyboard, and after one year of accurate and intensive research on the original instrument, sound, components and schematics and all its variants, we decided to offer the same playing experience with an accurate software, a faithful replica of the original hardware instrument.

Performer is a physical modeling simulation of the original vintage instrument.

Main features:

- Adjustable global and single note tuning.
- Fully polyphonic.
- Realistic control panel with sliders and buttons like the original.
- Accurate simulation of original circuitry.
- Selection for Rev.A and Rev.B filter.
- Selection for the "sustain modification".
- Built-in adjustable reverb and chorus effect.
- Simulation of pedals effect section including Graphic EQ, Phaser, Flanger and Analog Delay.
- On-screen help tips and readout values.
- Very low memory and CPU power needed.
- Easy MIDI-Learn feature.
- MIDI map import and export feature.
- Bank and program import and export feature.
- Compatible with Windows and OSX.

Wounded - Octatrack MK2, Digitakt, and Digitone Performance

EZBOT

"In this video I take my new Octatrack MK2 Anniversary edition for a spin with my Digitakt and Digitone. Again using the "remixer" setup with my Octatrack. The music feels somber to me, perhaps it's just that time of the year here in Seattle when the gloom gets in your room."

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Stimuli​-​Tumuli by Le Corbeau-Poisson

A new release from supporting member, Emmanuel Bawin aka Le Corbeau-Poisson. The release is limited to 10 copies on vinyl.

"This is a dark record about ancient spirits.

The only synth used on this record is the Soma Lyra-8. I also used the Moogerfooger MF-101, the PTdelay by Bugbrand and the Eventide Space.

Music, recording and cover by Emmanuel Bawin"

https://lecorbeau-poisson.bandcamp.com

Korg KO-1 Kaosillator (from eBay): Unboxing & Demo

poorness studios

"I've been looking around for one of these for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger on a used one that came up on eBay. This is the K-01 Kaosillator from Korg. It's a phrase synthesizer that makes it surprisingly easy to create complex beats in seconds. Unfortunately, these are no longer made so you have to find them on the used market.

Unboxing @ 3:36
Overview @ 1:15
Functions @ 2:34
Sound Demo (with talking) @ 5:52
Sound Demo (no talking) @ 8:57
Final Thoughts @ 11:11"

Rare Maartists Music Pack MusicPack Roland M-64C JX-10 MKS-70 RAM Cartridge

via this auction

"2 cartridges in 1! Maartists Music Pack MusicPack Roland M-64C JX-10 MKS-70. 2 BANKS; pre-loaded with purchased Kid Nepro custom patches "JX-10/MKS-70 Vol 1 & 2"."

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Roland PG-800 Synthesizer Programmer w/ cable

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via this auction

"Dedicated PG-800 programmer for the Roland JX-8P, MKS-70 and JX-10 synthesizers. It offers complete control of all parameters realtime; much more functional for controlling parameters real-time vs using the newer CC/Midi control surfaces. Great Condition, includes the propriety din-cable as well."

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