Door #16: Jingle Bells - Synthmas '21

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"Ho-Ho-Ho! This is Synthmas '21, the virtual calendar presenting a Christmas carol played by synthesizers - every day from 1st to 24th of December.

The song:
This well known winter's song was made by american composer James Lord Pierpont around 1850. The song is actually about a horse sleigh race and has no context to Christmas.

The gear:
Before technology made digital multi track recording available there was tape recording. And before polyphonic synthesizers where were mono synths. In this arrangement I walk on the paths of history doing a multi track recording track by track on a loop station. All sounds come from the Yamaha CS-5 mono synthesizer. The challenge of multi track recording is timing. The loop station BOSS RC-202 represents state of the art technology that helps to synchronize the tracks. I can imagine how much work it was to record albums like "Switched on Bach" by Wendy Carlos when everything had to be done by hand and ear.

PS Sorry for the bad video quality

Trailer material: Pexels.com (image @seurafrancis99, video @cottonbro)"

AS1 DMatter

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re-303

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Selected Tracks From Synthesizers Demos Vol​.​12

video upload by Nacho Marty Meyer

"high-quality (WAV 24 bit 44.100 Hz) download: https://nacho80.bandcamp.com/album/se...

00:00 01. CASIO CZ-5000 - Darkwaves
03:57 02. MFB-NANOZWERG - The Powerful TEAM ARCADE
12:36 03. Vermona Mono Lancet '15 - Polylancet1
16:57 04. Novation Drum Station v2 & Roland MKS-70 - Safari
24:47 05. Roland MKS-70 - Waiting on the Road to Damascus
29:25 06. Roland JV-1080 - Congo Congo 2080
42:00 07. Vermona Mono Lancet '15 & Oberheim Matrix-1000 - Y
45:16 08. CASIO SK-1 - La Danza de las Amazonas
47:18 09. CASIO SK-1 - Sky Jaguar
48:17 10. CASIO SK-1 - 8bit Acid_1
48:49 11. CASIO SK-1 - Aqualab
49:57 12. CASIO SK-1 - Vertical Laminar
51:02 13. CASIO SK-1 - Synthpatico
52:12 14. CASIO SK-1 - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
53:45 15. CASIO SK-1 - Deep Tunnel
55:59 16. CASIO SK-1 - Sala de revelado"

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M8TRIX ( M8 Tricks ) Episode 1 & 2

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"Welcome to the M8TRIX, learn new tricks for the Dirtywave M8 every week."

Fender Rhodes Chroma Polaris w/ Vol.1 Data Cassette

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Mid-2000s Signal Arts MAPS Sequencer

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"The rare, more playable predecessor to the TetraMAPS, the MAPS has 16 banks of 8 sequences, able to run multiple concurrent sequences, chaining sequences to other sequences, modulating sequences by each other, and sending the sequencer output to any of three cv+gate pairs as well as up to 32 channels of MIDI.

Sequences can run at different speeds from each other, sync'd to external trigger, external clock, each with different step lengths.

While you could use it for some drum applications, where this really shines is leads and melody (or bass and acid, for that matter). Unlike most sequencers, you can trigger the same sequence to play from different start points simultaneously, leading to polyrythms that are more difficult to achieve with most other gear. You can also start and stop those layered sequences very smoothly live."

Roland Alpha Juno 1 SN 773822 + PG 300

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Roland XV-5050 Platinum Trax SRX-08 Expanded

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"Roland XV-5050 Keyboard Synthesizer. Great condition. Platinum Trax Expansion installed."

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Behringer RD-9 vs. Roland TR-8 (909)

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"Tried to match the them as close as possible. RD-9 in 'Authentic' mode.
Who wins ?"