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Banana Franken Fracan - First Patch!

flickr by zonkout.

Mmmmm... Green.

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S.O.F.T. - Singapore Synth Forum

S.O.F.T. is a music forum in Singapore.

Three shots from three posts (1,2,3). Each post has more.

via SoNiCbRaT.

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JunoTube

flickr by polaranta.

www.syntezatory.prv.pl

Yamaha KX1

That's got to be the classiest keytar I've seen. This one sent in via Zeronyne. Title link takes you to more.

KORG MS2000R in Case

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

via ludo

Remember this post on the Q+ sequencer demo? Well, that's the Q+. That's Dmitry's friend Jason of "Scenic Square." The fog isn't smoke, but humidity on the lens of the camera, formed on the drive over in -6 degrees F. Well, I guess the Q+ itself wasn't actually in in Sub Zero temperatures. Or was it?... Either way, cool shot.

Circuit Bent Casio SK-1

Thought this one looked particularly nice. No title link, just the shot and details pulled via this auction.

Details:
This auction is for a heavily modified Casio SK-1 keyboard. This keyboard has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years due to how well it lends itself to circuit bending. Some might say the SK-1 is almost considered a staple in any benders collection. I originally purchased and modified this board to use myself, but have recently grown more interested in building synths from the ground up, so I am selling this instrument to raise some money for more projects.

If you are familiar with circuit bending, you are probably familiar with the SK-1. This keyboard contains the following modifications:

-18 toggle switches to control bends (contains most "standard" bends, you know, the "tablebeast" and "ghazala" bends)
-3 knobs (one controls pitch, two control bends)
-1/4" Audio out jack (for simpler compatibility with standard pro audio gear)
-DB-25 connector for external patch bay (connect to patch bay such as those from highlyliquid.com, or if your soldering skills are up to snuff, create your own unique controller)
-MIDI IN kit from highlyliquid.com (control the SK-1 from your computer or other MIDI controller)
-Fresh coat of glossy red paint (looks great next to your Nord Lead, and don't worry, none of the original control legend is painted over.)

SK-1's with MIDI capability don't seem to come up for sale too often, so if you're in the market for a new instrument to add some character to your MIDI studio, this may be the thing for you.

One last thing, if you follow the whole circuit bending "scene", you're probably familiar with the sound these things can make, but here's a quick sample for you. (it's just the sk-1 recorded and sequenced with MIDI thru cubase LE)"

Circuit Parade

via Joe of Circuit Parade:

"Circuit Parade is playing on Wednesday night at the Luna Lounge in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Analog content: I'll be playing my PolyEvolver Keyboard, and Leon Dewan will be playing his home-made analog synthesizers: the Swarmatron (pictured) and the Melody Gin (for more info, check out Dewanatron.com). The band also features woodwinds by Mike McGinnis (The Four Bags) & cello by Julia Kent (Antony & The Johnsons). Incidentally, I've been enjoying the PEK immensely, and it plays an important role in this new "band".

Actually, I put together the whole night, and the other bands are very cool as well.

Info:
Unicornicopia 8 PM (Natalie Weiss' one woman set, with tape loops & samples, somehow melodic & noisy at the same time). Click on the link for a nice vocoder & ARP 2600 track that I produced.

Circuit Parade 9 PM (My band, don't have any mp3s yet)

Spray Paint Star 10 PM (My good friend Julian Maile's new band--features a Juno-60 and SixTrak)

Padre Pio 11 PM

Luna Lounge
361 Metropolitan Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

Thanks for the bandwidth,

Joe McGinty

http://www.joemcginty.com
http://www.myspace.com/joemcginty
http://www.carouselrecording.com
http://www.loserslounge.com"

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5 Andromeda A6 Demos via nyatsuko

http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/ssgt_725/A6_test.mp3
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/ssgt_725/A6_try01m.mp3
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/ssgt_725/A6_try02m.mp3
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/ssgt_725/A6_try03m.mp3
http://members2.jcom.home.ne.jp/ssgt_725/A6_try04m.mp3

Also mirrored here for the archives.

Novation Nova Demo

YouTube via thealien666.
"Factory demo of the Novation Nova Analog Modelling Synth module. There are no samples in this one, it's all DSP analog emulation. What you hear is straight from the box.
Sound was converted to mono by YouTube's re-encoding into flash format.
6 parts multi-timbral, 16 voices, 3 oscillators, analog modeling. Same as the bigger Supernova but with a 42 band vocoder added. These little blue boxes are inexpensive today. They were produced by Novation from 1999-2000 only. They are cheaper (in price only!) than the comparable Roland JP8080 but they include more voices, more oscillators, more vocoder bands, better display, and better effects, and more modulation sources and destinations."