Klaus Schulze - For Barry Graves (1977)

YouTube via marflothloloply. Sent my way via Ben.

Note I believe I posted this video previously but the link in that post was dead. I updated that post with this new upload of the video. The image was from the middle of this video, so I'm pretty sure it was the same.

Sequential Circuits Nameplates Via Synthwood

You might remember Synthwood from previous posts. They specialize in custom wood cases for the Pro One and wood panels for various synths. They take custom orders and they now make nameplates for the Sequential Circuits Pro One, Prophet 5, and Sequential Circuits line of analog synths. You can find more images of the nameplates here. Title link takes you to Synthwood.

"We used a satin brushed stainless plate that is just a bit thicker than the originals. The result is it won't curly up or crimp as easily. I found this out by plopping down one a PRO-ONE and noticing it was slightly crooked, I was able to pull it off and re-set it without the folding. One other thing that is really noticeable is that the original PRO-ONE/SEQUENTIAL circuits (at least the rev1) isn't brushed, but a plain bright aluminum. I find the satin brushed aluminum to be closer to what the Prophet-5 has and much better looking.

We've also made our own little badge which we are shipping with our Pro-One, Prophet 5 and Mini-Moog cases. We don't install the badge, but we do write the completed date and a 3 digit serial number (do you think we could break 999?). Oh! And we *ARE* shipping all our wood Pro-One and Prophet-5 cases with the new nameplates.

We're asking $18 shipped for each nameplate (Add $3 if you're outside of the USA). They're currently listed on ebay, but we actually have a revamp, customer gallery and shopping cart in testing for our website that should show up next month."

You can find Synthwood on Ebay.

Waldorf Attack Demos

Two demos via the Waldorf list: 1, 2. I've heard the Wave 2.V sounds closer to the real thing than other soft synths sound to their real thing. I have no idea why I've waited for so long, but the Waldorf is definitely next on my list. You can pick it up for $79 in the US at Nova Musik. You can find more info on the Waldorf Edition on the Waldorf Edition Product Page.

AS RS500e EMS Synthi Filter

Title link takes you to a sample and some info on the Analogue Systems AS RS500e module on EMS Synthi.

Inside the Waldorf miniWORKS 4pole Filter

Title link takes you to more. Via Till "Qwave" Kopper in the comments of this post.

Modular Formfactors

Ever wonder what the form factors were for various modular gear? Title link takes you to a table on synthesizers.com.

Blackbird Played on a Buchla 200e

Brilliant. Title link takes you to the mp3 with some background by Chris Muir.

Previous 200e posts

Inside a DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard

Title link takes you to more shots sent my way via brandnewmath, who wanted to say a good few words about Dave Smith Instruments after they repaired a problem actually due to the prior owner:

"I'd like to add that DSI is a model of good customer service: they reply to emails promptly and thoroughly, are polite and do not assign blame, do their best to fix the problem without having to charge you, have extremely reasonable expired-warranty repair terms, and pay for shipping both ways (!). I definitely recommend them and want to buy more stuff from these guys."

I couldn't agree more.

Roland CMU 810 Videos

YouTube via fmass. Title link takes you to more including a Roland CMU 800R.

"Hot For Teacher" on a keyboard

YouTube via hamsterdunce, aka Dave of umop.com and our favorite, The Packrat. BTW, if you haven't checked out The Packrat, just do it. Roland JD-800 featured in this video.