Some pics sent in via Thesis Audio Service who had the following to say about it:
"Here at thesis Audio Service we are restoring a Memorymoog in my shop for a customer in Chicago, but I also have another in from Colorado that is NOT a Memorymoog, it's a SANCTUARY, but it's the EXACT SAME SYNTH!
Back in the late 1980's, Moog Music thought it would increase sales to churches if they put the Sanctuary badge on the Memorymoogs. They only produced 100 of these making them a very rare moment in Moog history and one of the greatest poly synths of all time."
The Sanctuary has been featured on the site before, but notice the badge on the right above the keys is diffrent on this one. The others appear to be missing the "by Moog" text and "Sanctuary Synthesizer" is on one line while it's on two on this one.
"This module is an open source general-purpose CV/Gate module based on Arduino nano.
It can be applied to various CV/Gate modules by changing the program.
There are some performance limitations, but it uses general-purpose inexpensive components.
Euclidean sequencer: 8step or 16step sequencer. Adjustable output probability and number of hits.
This appears to be the first one to be featured on the site. Apparently only 12 were ever manufacturered, however, Doepfer's A-107 is based on it.
[Side note: CONTROl is also having a holiday sale on new items. Enter HOLIDAY10 for 10% OFF. The Erwik Musikelektronik is used so it does not qualify. Just sharing for those interested.]
Details on the Erwik Musikelektronik Voltage Controlled Multimode Filter follow:
"Based on the filter used in the Oberheim Matrix 12 and Xpander.
This Matrix 12 filter is a limited edition module, with only 12 filters produced by Jesper Johansson (ERWIK) in Sweden. It was produced in the end of the 90s.
Features:
2 Audio inputs. 2 VCA´s adjusting the input signals (manual or with CV). Filter "cutoff" and "Q" controllable manual or with CV. 1 VCA controlling the output signal (manual or with CV). Filtertype can be selected manual or with trigger at input "UP" & "DOWN".
Software: Switching on your system you can choose between 4 different modes.
No button pressed - normal function. Downbutton pressed - rotating filtertable. Upbutton pressed - faster triggering/switching filtermode. Both buttons pressed- rotating filtertable as well as faster triggering/swithing filtermode. The display gives an indication of 'r' or 't' as well as both.
Filters:
1 pole Low 2 pole Low 3 pole Low 4 pole Low 1 pole High 2 pole High 3 pole High 2 pole Band 4 pole Band 2 pole Notch 3 pole Phase 2 pole High + 1 pole Low 3 pole High + 1 pole Low 2 pole Notch + 1 pole Low 3 pole Phase + 1 pole Low
Very limited edition (Only 12 manufactured worldwide)."
"When I went to Superbooth 2024 in Berlin and tried TEO-5 by #oberheim there, I immediately knew that this is the synth I wish to have and wish to combine with my modular system. This is the very first try I played both together.
I am not a keyboard player, no musical background, just learning on my own and enjoying the sound so please bare with me :). Also this is the very first try to put both instruments together.
TEO-5 setup: this is my own patch I set when I was chasing for Yamaha CS-80 sound. It is not quite like that. I love this patch anyway. Both oscillators are combinations of square and sawtooth waves, bit of filter detuning, voice spread panning. Also it is runs through #meris Mercury X pedal for larger reverb (preset #1 Two Worlds)
Modular setup:
Drums are samples on #1010music Bitbox Micro, triggered by #intellijeldesigns Steppy
Voice: ALM Busy Circuits MCO MKII (Digiwave engine), Wave B modulated by Pam's Pro Workout (sine wave, heavily attenuated). It is run through #xaocdevices Zagrzeb LPF into #intellijeldesigns Sealegs for delay + reverb. It is sequenced by #xaocdevices Moskwa II with probability for step play, ratcheting and also I use #intellijeldesigns Planar 2 into #intellijeldesigns Triplatt for attenuation into #intellijeldesigns Scales into #xaocdevices Ostankino's Transpose occasionally to transpose the sequence."
"A historical and technical deep dive into the synthesizer designs and ideas that influenced the development of the Make Noise x Soundhack Spectraphon, featuring excerpts from an interview with Tom Erbe.
Spectraphon is an oscillator for Eurorack modular systems that allows you to analyze and resynthesize sonic characteristics of OTHER sounds, using those characteristics to create unique waveforms and timbres…with the ability to continuously transform them into something new. It’s Erbe’s unique take on the concept of a harmonic oscillator—inspired by some of instrument designer Donald Buchla’s work from the 1970s and 1980s.
Erbe and Make Noise specifically name three Buchla instruments as important inspirations: the Model 259 Programmable Complex Waveform Generator, the Model 296 Programmable Spectral Processor, and the Touché, a hybrid keyboard instrument developed in collaboration between Don Buchla and David Rosenboom.
This video unpacks each of these instruments in turn, examining how their innovative approaches to timbre control and spectral manipulation influenced Spectraphon’s design.
Special thanks to Tom Erbe for sharing his insights on Spectraphon’s development and its relationship to these historic Buchla instruments, and to the Buchla Archives for providing images.
Buchla Touché footage made possible by the Buchla Archives—check out Buchla Archives website: https://www.buchlaarchives.com/
Watch my Spectraphon Overview + Exploration video:" [posted here]
The MiniDexed FM synthesizer similar to 8x DX7 (TX816/TX802)
"Dtronics DT-DX Dtronics, Dutch maker of high quality synthesizer controllers such as the popular DT-RDX for the Yamaha Reface DX and other MI-related technology announces the DT-DX Kickstarter project.
At the end of last year we came across a fantastic project on Github, MiniDexed.
We immediately fell in love, imagine 8 x a DX7 in mini format.
This compact powerful hardware unit is based upon the Github project MiniDexed and about to provide you with legendary FM sounds in a purpose designed instrument at an unbelievable small footprint and affordable price.
This beautiful project just needs to be made more widely accessible to everyone who is not handy enough to put it together themselves.
So we desided to contacted the developer to see if we could work together to create a ready to use Dtronics DT-DX. The response was very positive, and so the DT-DX project started in colobaration with PROBONOPD (MINIDEXED).
Eight DX7-compatible FM-synthesizers in a box
The DT-DX relies on a Raspberry Pi 2 Zero hardware which runs a version of the famed software-synthesizer Dexed which closely emulates the legendary Yamaha DX7. It makes use of MiniDexed which ports Dexed to run on a bare Raspberry Pi without the need for a Linux kernel or operating system.
When we at Dtronics came across MiniDexed, we immediately came into contact, with Probonopd who manages the MiniDexed project. The DT-DX is the result of this collaboration.
We went ahead to build a prototype and decided to create a dedicated sturdy hardware in a metal housing to be used as a professional musical instrument on stage, in the studio and at home. We also took advantage of a specifically designed printed circuit board to make optimal use of the functions being offered by MiniDexed.
Next, we added a back-lit display in tasty orange, a push-encoder to be able to access sounds and parameter directly from the unit, USB- and MIDI-connectors, an SD-card reader for sound import/export and finally a stereo output using a high quality converter with 122 dB dynamic range. In short: DT-DX is ready to be used with any DAW and MIDI-keyboard and controller. The Raspberry Pi 2 Zero which is used in the DT-DX is capable of running eight polyphonic tone generators simultaneously which will allow for splits, layers and multi-timbral use as being found in the Yamaha TX802 and TX816. And just like like Dexed, the DT-DX is compatible to any DX7/TX7 SysEx data and therefore also with our own massive DT-7 controller.
About Digital Suburban Dexed Dexed is a multi-platform and multi-format software-synthesizer which is closely modeled on the Yamaha DX7 to which it is fully compatible through system exclusive MIDI data. It doesn't stop here since Dexed also offers a few additions to the sound engine such as the availability of multiple waveforms as being found in the TX81Z. Dexed is licensed on the GPL v3. It runs as a plug-in on any relevant computer platform and DAW and offers a generous graphical user to edit its 144 parameters. This way, Dexed may not serve only serve as a fantastic sounding instrument but also as an editor to all compatible Yamaha FM-synthesizers. And certainly, it is also great front-end to create and fine-tune your personal sounds which can then be used on the DT-DX.
About Probonopd MiniDexed MiniDexed ports the FM-synthesizer Dexed to a bare Raspberry Pi. On a Raspberry Pi 2 and larger, it can run eight polyphonic instances of the synthesizer allowing to also recreate the sounds of the Yamaha TX802 and the mighty TX816. Additionally, each instance can be detuned and shifted in the stereo panorama to create wide and complex sounds. On top, MiniDexed adds compressor and reverb effects."
