808 Swing

Title link takes you to a sample and a how too by Andrew Scheidler. Thanks Andrew!

The New Moog?

Sorry, had to. : ) It's actually the Midimax Keyboard controller for Creamwares Minimax. It was showing in NAMM 2004. Just ran into it again on this VSE post.

Akai AX80

One more shot from this link. I just love the way this one looks. Something about the contrast, the black and that shade of blue.

One Lucky Kid

Title link takes you to a slew of gear shots including this one. I ran into this link on this post on the-gas-station, but when I reached the last shot I relized it was the same one in Analog Industries GPF post this week. PSProject. ARP 2500 and more.

"Cross Wave Synth" - New Flickr Shot

flickr by Jaffa2004. There's another nice shot of just keys after the hop.

WC Olo Garb - Sunbathing - New Flickr Shot

flickr by polaranta.

Antler - New Flickr Shot

flikcr by killrobots. Looks like a Korg CX-3.

Moog 55 Advert - New Flickr Shot

flickr by maxkalehhoff.

Rhodes Chroma Printouts

Title link takes you to Rhodes Chroma printouts added to the Rhodes Chroma site. "There are books for sets 1, 2, & 3; and sets 4 and 5. These are printouts, I believe from Fender's Apple II software, of the program parameters of all the factory patches." Might be interesting to try these patch settings on other synths and see what comes out.

Roland SH-1000

Just a couple of shots pulled from this sale on Craigslist. Love the green velvet.

The Bahn Sage Makes a Come Back!

Remember the Bahn Sage? Word has it it's featured on page 14 of the April issue of Keyboard Magazine. Can't wait to get my copy. BTW, the same Elhardt that does the insanely impressive emulations, like the Jupiter 6 covering Freebird, was the man behind the Sage.


Shot via Sequencer.de

Metasonix S-1000 Take 2 on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video link under date, under title.

Misprints of the Synth World

Update: Make sure to check out the comments in this post for some other interesting examples.

Thought this was interesting. Peter Forrest of Spheremusic and the VEMIA auction called out that the Korg PS-3100 up for auction had LIMITER misspelled as LIMITTER. Ron West posted a link to the image below where you can see it. According to Peter Forrest the mistake was caught and later models were corrected. I wonder how many other synths have unintentional misprints. I know many of my posts do. : )

"I was just having a last play on the Korg PS-3100 that is in the auction ending today, and saw that this one has the spelling mistake LIMITTER on its front panel. It's serial number 712139 - presumably an early one, before it was spotted and corrected."
Peter Forrest
Susurreal Publishing (A-Z of Analogue)
VEMIA auction (www.spheremusic.com)
fax +44 1363 777872

Korg Mono/Poly Samples

Two Korg Mono/Poly Samples.


One of my favorite Mono/Poly shots. Via the Zen Mono/Poly site.

http://www.retrosynth.com/tracks/joe_erwin_zippity.mp3
"The following tune was done by friend Joe Erwin on a Mono/Poly multritracked on a Tascam DA-88. I think this is circa 1998." Via Cary Roberts.

http:// www.baward.plus.com/mp3/MP4.mp3
I am jumping on this one a bit late (DSL has been down) but here's another example of the Mono/Poly solo which I originally I posted last year. 5 minutes of noodling, me getting carried away with the arpeggiator and lots of modulation options, as it is so easy to do. That's a Stage Echo tape delay it's routed through.
Ben
Korg Kornucopia - analogue synthesizers

Musical_instrument_shop1 - New Flickr Shot

They even have a spittoon. Shot by resonanced sky.

Moog Solar

There is Balance in the Synthiverse

Apologies for being down most of the past 24 hours. Blogger had a few hiccups with affected not only me but a number of blogs out there. I've been catching up and WOW, Moogulator has had quite the burst of posts while I've been out. Title link takes you there. Some drool worthy stuff going on there. There is balance in the synthiverse.

Update: Moogulator tells me the post that featured this shot was about another commercial site that used the shot without giving credit. That is just wrong. It's the equivalent of stealing it, because people visiting your site have no reason not to assume it's yours. Bad mojo. It really pisses me off because I go out of my way to make sure I give credit when credit is due and I definitely don't mind people posting about stuff on my site as long as they give me credit. I won't link to the offender in this case but I will call them out - they are called Phonostar. You can see the full post on Moogulator.

Li riconoscete

Title link takes you to Li riconoscete, a website filled with synth shots from various band videos. Clip from Billy Idol's Rebel Yell below?... Via Moogulator who has Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran in Planet Earth up. Definitely remember that one...

TR Brothers

Via Brandon Daniel.

Juno 106 - New Flickr Set

Title link takes you to more. Shot by unyo303.

HGPF on Analog Industries

And it's a synth one. Title link takes you there. Thought the following intro was kind of funny: "Old Schoolers Anonymous. Check this shit out. No computer, beeyatch! He makes songs the old fashioned way. He types them in to an MC-4, one note at a time, like Real Men Used To."

Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video under date, under title. Eric Barbour controls it with the Eowave Persephone picutred below. He also triggers it with the on board joystick. Thought that was pretty cool in that it actually does the triggering in addition to pitchbend so you can control the joystick with one hand and adjust knobs with the other sans midi controller.

Synth Demos by Ron West on StudioB12

Title link takes you to some synth demos by Ron West. Synths featured: Korg Mono/Poly, Moog MicroMoog, Yamaha CS-15, and Roland System 100m. Also check out his other links. It's worth noting Lenny the Lemur helped him with these. Who needs a cat when you have Lenny the Lemur. ; )

Jupiter 6 Does Freebird

Another from Elhardt. Title link takes you to the MP3. Has to be heard to be believed. I have no idea how he does it....

"The entire demo is all JP6 through the Johnson J-Station amp simulator,
except the bass which is straight JP6 by itself. No other keyboards or
synths used.

-Elhardt"

The ErsatZ Planet Oberheim Databank

Title link takes you there. Focus is on the SEM, 2-voice, and 4-voice. Schematics, Manuels and more.

Psychotropic Carousel - New Flickr Shot

I was checking out Mark Pilkington's Flickr set after reading this post on GetLoFi. I ran into this shot of Psychotropic Carousel with a Jen Synthtone SX1000. Title link takes you to the set with tons of shots of Einsturzende Neubauten, Coil, Genesis P Orridge of Psychic TV, Cosey Fanny and much more.

My Synthesizer - New Flickr Shot

Korg Karma. Shot by level4world.

Hobo # 615 - New Flickr Shot

Nice Moog. Shot by lily pepper.

My Moog Rules the Nation! - New Flickr Shot

Shot by Omega_Helsinki.

The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeee

There's been some buzz on The Samchillian midi controller. I just took a look at these two videos (one, two) and it does look interesting. The first video is the current design floating around while the second video is the original design using what looks like a custom ergonomic qwerty keyboard; just like the one you use with a PC. The Samchillian website (title link) actually has a sofware version of The Samchillian so you can try it out yourself. You will also find instructions on how it works. The second video does a good job of showing you it's flexibility - you can chose various scales including some in depth microtonal scales that allow you to have 40 notes to the octave instead of the standard 12. Pretty interesting stuff.

New Samchillian Design


Original Samchillian

zebranologic 5osc Synth Soundsamples

Sound samples are up on SubtleNoiseMaker. Title link takes you there.

Short Vangelis Vid

Title link takes you to a short snip from a Vangelis interview. Nice Yamaha CS80 in the background. Via Simon Gouldstone. Thanks Simon!

OCP

Joao Ricardo sent me a link to his site where I pulled the nice shot below. Title link takes you there, make sure to check out the links on the right nav. BTW, I didn't see Matrixsynth on his links page, but I did see Moogulator! What's up with that! ; ) Update: Turns out Matrixsynth is linked under blogs. Thanks Joao! : )

Red Square and MX3

Fred's Mini Sound Lab

Title link takes you to a post on Fred's Blog on his Mini Sound Lab. He took an old videopac and used it to house the Mini Sound Lab. I love the color on this design, especially the red knobs. More shots on the project after the hop. Thanks Fred!

Sidcontrol and Pong VSTs

SidControl is a VST controller for the MIDIBox SID.



Pong is... well a pong VST you control with your mod wheel.



Title link takes you there. Via C64Music!.