New Systems Instruments Harmonic Shift Oscillator

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Drone Piece (Harmonic Shift Oscillator)

Note the New Systems Instruments Harmonic Shift Oscillator was featured back in April here.

Details via New Systems Instruments

"$355The Harmonic Shift Oscillator (HSO) produces harmonic and inharmonic spectra through all-analog electronics. It provides similar capabilities to FM synthesis, but with a more direct relationship between the parameters and the resulting spectrum. You can separately control the tuning, the level of the harmonics, and the harmonic stride—the spacing between consecutive harmonics. When the harmonic stride is integer valued, you can get tones that sound similar to the traditional sine, triangle, square, and sawtooth, although the waveform will be different. If harmonic stride is non-integer valued, you'll get a complex inharmonic waveform.

The Harmonic Shift Oscillator has CV control over all parameters, with carefully chosen ranges. It responds well to self-modulation. With frequency, harmonic stride, and harmonic level modulation available, even a single HSO can produce extremely complex, evolving soundscapes with no other input. See the drone video, below, for a demonstration.

The HSO produces two outputs with all frequency components one quarter turn out of phase, making different wave shapes for the same harmonic content. However, because they reach their peaks differently, they'll distort differently. At higher harmonic levels, the HSO itself will produce warm and gentle distortion. While you have to be a little careful of phase issues, these two outputs are a great starting point for stereoizing a signal."

Roland SH-201 Panel & Knob Upgrade Kit

via the comments of this post featuring a CustomSynth.UK overlay:

"Hello I am now producing black overlay panel stickers very high quality with 17 brushed steel and black Bakelite sh2 style knobs in a kit. People can contact me at Jonnyhead66@gmail.com"

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Love Hultén LOB-61 Custom Synth

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New creation from Love Hultén.

Curious what this one is based on. You can find previous posts featuring Love Hulten's creations here.

Some pics for the archives:

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Kawai S-100F: First check up of basic functions

video upload by Synthfluencer

"I recently purchased a new friend for the Synthcave: The Kawai Synthesizer 100F. This gem was born around 1980 and for many synthesists it is an instrument they would never give away because of its unique sound. Basically my device is in a good overall condition but it desperately needs a service. Many faders don't work as they should and I'm not sure if I want to know what I'm going to find when I open it up 😳 In this video I'm checking some basic features and try to figure out how the signal flow works."

YAMAHA CS-30 Vintage Analog Synthesizer Sequencer SN 2782

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via this auction, also on Reverb

"This unit is 100% perfect working. All Knobs, Keys are fully functional.
This unit is in EXCELLENT condition as vintage because it has been kept in the case.
This unit is for 100Voltage. You may need the voltage converter to use it."

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Marius Leicht - Der Prophet / Der Schwarm (live in studio)

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"The song 'Der Prophet', along with 'Der Schwarm' of my debut album Weltmaschine. Recorded live at the release concert summer solstice, 21.06.2021 at Weltklang Tonstudio.
Claim a free high resolution download of the whole album and lots of unreleased making-of material at: http://www.weltmaschine-album.com"

Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 2: Oscillators

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth."

EthanJamesMusic Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lessons

Sequential Prophet-6 patch: Mohikan Pad RA

video upload by the sun god RA

"Noisy, stereophonic, mellow Sequential Prophet-6 pad “Mohikan Pad RA”. Bass is from Korg Legacy Collection MS-20, “Boom Boom RA”. Resonant hi-pass filters!"

Novation Peak - Trance Pluck Tutorial

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"A quick tutorial on how fast you can create a good Trance Pluck with Novation Peak. For sequence, I used FL Studio 20."

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Kama Sutra Lovers and Modcan

This one was sent in via John L Rice who noticed the prototype modules.

You can find additional pics at Kama Sutra Lovers site here.

P.S. You can find a great shot of Diana from Kama Sutra Lovers with Elektron gear prevoiusly posted here.

From the Modcan post:

"We had the pleasure of meeting with Bruce Duncan when we were picking up our Modcan synth modules.

Bruce Duncan the founder of Modcan builds the modules by hand and there is a long waiting list so we were excited to be finally getting our pieces. For us these are our favourite modular synths as the sound is mega-phat and the large size is super ergonomic and fun to work with. Needless to say, the build quality is superlative and sets the standard!"