MATRIXSYNTH

EMS Polysynthi

via this craigslist post

"Designers: Peter and Rose Zinovieff, (Delay by David Cockerell)
Four Octave keyboard with Aftertouch.
Four Octave Oscillator Bank.
Noise and External input with envelope follower.
2 x VC LFO.
2 x VC ADSR.
2 pole/4 pole VCF.
VC Analogue Delay(This was the original design for what is now the ElectroHarmonix Memory Man) .
Less than 30 built.

This is a very special, obviously rare synthesizer. It is in excellent condition. I purchased this from Sonic Boom of Spacemen3 and Spectrum(I can provide proof/put you in touch to confirm this if you'd like). I had it serviced by a very well known EMS tech in August 2008. There is no serial number on this unit but Sonic was told that it was #1 when he bought it back in the mid 90's. Cosmetically, the biggest issue is that the plastic frames around some of the switches are gone. I never spent any time looking for these but I imagine that they are difficult/impossible to find. There are small tears in the tolex covering. All switches and pots are working 100%. The only thing worth mentioning is that during the shipment of this from the UK to SanFrancisco, the C key got pushed in about 2 millimeters and will rub against the C# key when pushed all of the way down. I'm sure that it would be a simple fix for anyone, but it never bothered me."

Stylus RMX 1.8 Power Review Part 1

YouTube via thepluginguru
"Visit http://www.pluginguru.com to Get Custom inspiring Presets for Stylus RMX. You can also DOWNLOAD these Videos for free at my website..... This is part 1 "An Introduction to Stylus RMX 1.8" introduces you to the abilities of Stylus RMX. There will be 3 additional parts to this review. Part 2 = "All about Parts". Part 3 = "Multis and Drum Kits". Part 4 = 'Installation and tricks on getting the most from PlugInGuru's Power Pack for Stylus RMX.'"

Diy Project: Make an Upright Case For Your microKorg Synthesizer by I Love Analogue

YouTube via iloveanalogue
"This is a project I did, which allows for the microKorg synthesizer to be stored and played vertically.
It was done for under $10 using scrap wood, nails, wood glue, and off-the-shelf paint stain.
Measure the wood approx 20" across, and give yourself about 13" for the vertical storage.
You can hear more Robbie Ryan musik videos and such at http://iloveanalogue.blogspot.com or
http://www.myspace.com/robbieryanmusik You can also follow my tweets at http://twitter.com/robbieryanmusik"

Update: video removed and re-uploaded:
How to build a DiY vertical storage case for your microKorg Synth.

Max Jitter+Ableton Live

YouTube via alkopop79. follow-up to this post
"Jitter analyzes the video and tracks the position of red color on the screen. The position (x, y) is converted to MIDI CC and sent to Ableton."

The Ekdahl Moisturizer

"The Ekdahl Moisturizer is a spring reverb where the springs are exposed so they can be played/hit/fiddled with. As well as being capable of creating sound in itself, you can of course also play sound through the springs like a regular spring reverb - this makes for happy-fun-time finger-modulation of the reverb on whatever audio that's going through it. On top of this there's an analog multimode filter that can be used to attenuate or exaggerate certain frequencies in the sound..." There is also an LFO and CV control. Be sure to see The Ekdahl Moisturizer site for tons more including samples.

Playing the springs of The Ekdahl Moisturizer

YouTube via elektrodwarf
"The Ekdahl Moisturizer having its springs played, mostly without any audio source connected."

Moisturizer feedback clean

"The Ekdahl Moisturizer feeding back through an amp, no audio source or other effects used. Sorry about the shitty quality of the sound, this does NOT show the full frequency range. Check out www.sdiy.org/knas for more shit."

velo life UNPEU First Anniversary Party

flickr set by unyo303

Happy Knobbing 2009

flickr set by sadnoiss
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via Stiev A. in the comments of this post

insect

YouTube via lazenbleep
"my little fly in a jar. solar powered insect synth. hex inverter. inspired by ralf schreibers solarsoundmodul.

http://haha-fresh.blogspot.com

for garikula"

Update: images on hahafresh

minator keytar synth guitar - "The Hi-Tech Guitar"

via this auction

"Vintage AMT minator keytar in good working condition. This is a rare and bizarre noise maker that I ran across. It is pretty simple device with about 5 pre-programmed riffs on it. It has no midi control and has a 1/8” headphone out, also a weird jack that looks like a phone cord that says sync. It has guitar strap hook-ons. The drum pads trigger 3 drum fills. Works off 6 c sized batteries. It accepts cartridges in the slot with more song riffs. It includes cartridge #71001- classic rock 1- with start me up/stones, whole lotta love/zep, Roxanne/police, money for nothing/dire straits, and lets go/the cars. the cartridge contains about the most butchered versions of these riffs. they sound rather cool. Pretty rare and hard to find these days. This is a very cool looking and bizare sounding"

Update via Anonymous in the comments: "This is actually called the JAMINATOR. Not AMT Minotar. Hah! [funny]

I have one. They have several expansion cartridges. You can sync up two of them with a phone cord."

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