Homebuild Synth 5 - Sequencer

YouTube via organfairy. All Hombebuild Synth videos here.
"I still have a way to go but this time I build an 8-step sequencer which means that I can actually start to make something that could resemble music with my little modular synthesizer. I do a short demo with the sequencer and the modules I have build so far at the end of the video.

Again the music is played on the Elka X-1000"

Musikmesse: JazzMutant Lemur at MusikMesse 2010

YouTube via gearjunkies

"Demonstration of the JazzMutant Lemur during the MusikMesse 2010 at Frankfurt. We got a demonstration from the guys from JazzMutant."

Syndrum vintage 80's analog drum synthesizer

via this auction

"Here is the Grand Daddy of all electronic drums, the Syndrum. I love the syndrum because of its quality of sound and it looks like a real drum. It has a great "real" feel that will fit right in with your acoustic drum set and can easily be attached to existing drum hardware.

This vintage made in the USA analog drum synthesizer will rattle your windows with its sub sonic lows, make the famous laser sound that you heard on many disco songs in the 70's, plus much more. These are hard to come across and were used by open minded musicians in the 70's like Frank Zappa, Keith Moon, Queen, etc. I am including a pair of drum sticks so you can get started right out of the box. Everything functions as it should. The syndrum includes its original power supply, box, and a syndrum catalog. THe syndrum catalog has a rip in the front cover, but all pages are intact and it shows all the cool gear that was available from syndrum at the time and the artist that were using it. The original box looks like a thirty year old box but works. And the syndrum is in great condition with a small amount of wear on the drum head from normal use."

Original Roland SH-3a Analog Synth

via this auction
"These monophonic synths came with a collection of new and interesting features, but also retain solid analog synth sound... Think SH-101 in terms of sound. The filter is also somewhat Moog-y, real smooth. The SH3 combines subtractive and additive synthesis, using a 5-octave mixable source oscillator. I've never seen anything quite like it. There is also a pink/white noise generator. This routes into the envelope and amplifier sections, each can be enveloped with the ADSR section, or with preset envelopes. These can also all be modded by 2 LFOs with 3 possible wave forms! And finally, add to this the craziest feature of them all, the "Sampler" Section. I'm still not entirely sure how this works, but it's roughly like an arpeggiator. In any case it can do some craaaazy sounds!"

Update via fanwander in the comments: "This is a long living misinformation:
The SH3 has a diode based ladder filter with five stages.
The SH3a has Ladder Filter with four transistor stages (more moogish than the SH-3).

The rumours that the version change of the SH-3a were caused by a law suit with moog, are wrong. In fact the SH-2000 is the only Roland synth which used a quite complete clone of the moog cascade filter. According to several knwoledged people on Analogue Heaven maillist the SH-2000 was the instrument that caused infringment of Robert Moogs patent.

Btw: I made a webpage with an overview on most of the filters of analogue roland synths including filter schematics. http://fa.utfs.org/diy/roland_filters/index.html"

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[iPhone Beats] Technobox

YouTube via siedgey

"Thanks for watching!

Here's a wee track I made this morning in bed! Ah...the joys of technology. The app is called Technobox and features emulators of a TB-303, and a switchable TR-808 / 909. The latest update also includes various effects.

Of course, this is just a wee noodle but I reckon you could probably make something pretty decent if you put your mind to it! I've used the bit crusher effect on the 303 here, hence why it sounds really crunchy - without any effects the 303 reproduction is none too shabby for a phone!

Cheers,

Simon"

Technobox on iTunes:

N7Studio

flickr set by PulseWidthMod
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Moog Cabinet, MacBeth M5, and Moon Modular

via Aliens Project where you will find more. Googlish

Musikmesse: Bonjour Biscuit!

Bonjour Biscuit! from Calvin Cardioid on Vimeo.

"CL516 Blog checks out the new OTO Biscuit pedal. Sound clips also available, please visit the blog." [LINK]

Arduino Modular Synthesizer Demo

YouTube via davitr0n
"All sound is being generated by the arduino. The only thing the computer is doing is power and recording.

Demonstrated in this video:
2 voltage controlled square wave oscillators
1 envelope (also can be controlled by voltage)
1 clock (speed controlled by voltage)
1 sequencer (S&H voltages)

Two of the knobs are controlling VCO pitches and the last is helping send voltage to the S&H sequencer.

There's still another envelope on it that can be used as an LFO.

We are in the progress of designing an interface so a lot of parameters are hard coded in due to lack of components. We'll do another demo soon with everything connected. It should be a beast by then.

Talks of selling such a device have come about, also. Stay tuned to learn more."

ADASYNTH Prototype Demo

YouTube via davitr0n. via ADASYNTH Tumblr
"ADASYNTH is an arduino based modular synthesizer.

This video displays a heavily updated version of the previous video I uploaded."