Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Kawai K3m Schematics
Title link takes you to a 5M zip posted on AH by Plutoniq9. Note these are for the K3m, not the K3. Scan by Fredrik Zetterling.
Monday, February 27, 2006
Admin Note: Updating Flickr Posts
Update: I haven't seen any new posts in Bloglines, so maybe this won't be bad at all. I wonder if there is a point where updates just don't show up anymore. So if you don't see them, this might be why.
No title link. If you are subscribled to my RSS feed with any of the popular readers, you might notice a bunch of Flickr posts being updated. I'm going through each and updating them with "Shot by xxxxx" where xxxxx is the name of the author on Flickr. I just finished February and will work through the rest of the archives over time. Right now I need a little break. It's amazing how many synth shots have come in via Flickr since I started this blog. Anywho... Apologies for the noise - beleive me, this isn't much fun for me either. Just ignore them or enjoy them all over again. : ) I'm also commenting in Flickr to let people know I am posting and linking to their shots. If you are one of them, please know that this is not me attempting to spam you. I originally did not comment for that reason, but then realized I should be letting people know when I link to them and post one of their shots. I'd want to know.
No title link. If you are subscribled to my RSS feed with any of the popular readers, you might notice a bunch of Flickr posts being updated. I'm going through each and updating them with "Shot by xxxxx" where xxxxx is the name of the author on Flickr. I just finished February and will work through the rest of the archives over time. Right now I need a little break. It's amazing how many synth shots have come in via Flickr since I started this blog. Anywho... Apologies for the noise - beleive me, this isn't much fun for me either. Just ignore them or enjoy them all over again. : ) I'm also commenting in Flickr to let people know I am posting and linking to their shots. If you are one of them, please know that this is not me attempting to spam you. I originally did not comment for that reason, but then realized I should be letting people know when I link to them and post one of their shots. I'd want to know.
miniMusic BeatPad driving a Voyager and 909
Update2: Moogulator put up a post on this. The funny thing is that I completely missed the irony in the shot - a mighty knob ladden Voyager being driven by a tiny pda. Too funny. Thanks Moogulator! Update: I should note that everything in the samples is being triggered by BeatPad - I am not using the 909 sequencer. Also you can sync to BeatPad, so I could have the 909 running its own sequence, synced to BeatPad and have BeatPad sequencing another synth though the 909 via the 909 MIDI through.
I just posted about the miniMusic MixPad. That post actually came about when I was setting up this post. I was playing around with BeatPad driving a Minimoog Voyager and a Roland TR-909 and I thought I'd put up a couple of samples and a link to miniMusic. When I checked out their site I found the new software. That aside... Title link takes you to a couple of samples and shots. Note that these samples are a bit long, daft and don't fully showcase what BeatPad is capable of. I was just dinking around. BeatPad has a super intuitive UI. There is one page for your main lead and one for your drum machine (pictured above - click the shot to see the individual parts). You can mute and solo different sounds on the drum grid and you can mute either the entire lead or drum section. In the lead section you can mute notes, adjust the length of the pattern , gate time, velocity, transposition and tie notes all on the fly. It's a blast to tweak things live. There are four things I wish it had - support for driving multiple lead sequences driving different MIDI channels at the same time (basically multi-track live sequencing), the ability to sequence MIDI CC independent of notes for things like filter, resonance and other modulations, the ability to save sequences, and the ability to flip back to saved or "sanp-shot" sequences. To clarify when you edit one of the 64 sequences available, the edits remain when you close out, so in that sense they are saved, but once you edit one there is no way to go back. I beleive you are supposed to just use a new track, but when you have multiple tracks previosly saved it can be painful remembering each track. Hmm... Add a fifth item - the ability to name your sequences for saving. Regardless BeatPad is pretty amazing - there is just something super intuitive in using a stylus to control your sequences. Believe it or not, it beats the pants off of a bulky knob box. I'm still in disbelief that a Pocket PC MIDI device/cable for external sequencing has not yet hit the market.
What's up with that?
miniMusic MixPad and More
I previously posted about updates to MiniMusic's Beatpad. Well it looks like they have more software coming including MixPad, a full featured MIDI file player/recorder/editor. Title link takes you to the miniMusic site.
"MixPad is a full featured MIDI file player/recorder/editor. It will let you take any raw MIDI file with you on your Palm and play on any connected MIDI hardware. MixPad differs from any other Palm MIDI file applications with powerful graphic support for simple viewing and quick editing.
Ideal for real performance situations, MixPad uses the Palm hardware buttons for playback control, allows you to lock songs to prevent unintended changes, and gives you a powerful real-time mixer interface to control channel volumes, panning, and solos and mutes for every track during playback. The main display gives smooth scrolling of all MIDI data (including velocities and controller data in the lower window) and full zooming functionality. We are also building in a full range piano controller to play along with the current file or to add a new track to an existing file, and some slider controllers as well that can be assigned to any MIDI controller value (pitch bend, volume, vibrato, etc.).
We expect to release a Lite version of MixPad that works only as a player/viewer, and a full Pro version with complete recording and editing features enabled.
Available soon for $19.95 (Player) and $39.95 (Pro)"
"MixPad is a full featured MIDI file player/recorder/editor. It will let you take any raw MIDI file with you on your Palm and play on any connected MIDI hardware. MixPad differs from any other Palm MIDI file applications with powerful graphic support for simple viewing and quick editing.
Ideal for real performance situations, MixPad uses the Palm hardware buttons for playback control, allows you to lock songs to prevent unintended changes, and gives you a powerful real-time mixer interface to control channel volumes, panning, and solos and mutes for every track during playback. The main display gives smooth scrolling of all MIDI data (including velocities and controller data in the lower window) and full zooming functionality. We are also building in a full range piano controller to play along with the current file or to add a new track to an existing file, and some slider controllers as well that can be assigned to any MIDI controller value (pitch bend, volume, vibrato, etc.).
We expect to release a Lite version of MixPad that works only as a player/viewer, and a full Pro version with complete recording and editing features enabled.
Available soon for $19.95 (Player) and $39.95 (Pro)"
Zebranalogic - Analog from Peru
Trip. Title link takes you to Zebranalogic, makers of effects, a modulator, oscillators, and a soon to be synthesizer. They are based out of Lima, Peru. I dig the clear cases. I hope they do this with the synth. If they do, I'll have to buy one for that reason alone. Samples on line. This one via the great GetLoFi.
Sekiden - New Flickr Set
Title link takes you to more. Roland SH-101 and Juno-60 in the set. Shot by "x is for people."
Animusic MIDImotion
Title link takes you to the Animusic website. They created proprietary software they call MIDImotion that "plays" 3D animation with MIDI sequences. Each instrument has a different 3D animation. When you play a piece of music, the animation plays in sync. Unfortunately at this point they have not released MIDImotion for others, but they are considering it. Check out the video samples online to get an idea of what it is.
"Animusic uses proprietary motion generation software called MIDImotionTM, to drive animation parameters within commercial packages." "But no matter what commercial software we use, the animation is always calculated procedurally with MIDImotion. This software is not currently available commercially, although it is likely that we will release a software product at some point in the future (many people have encouraged us to do so). Details will be posted here.
Without MIDImotion, animating instruments using traditional "keyframing" techniques would be prohibitively time-consuming and inaccurate. By combining motion generated by approximately 12 algorithms (each with 10 to 50 parameters), the instrument animation is automatically generated with sub-frame accuracy. If the music is changed, the animation is regenerated effortlessly.
"Animusic uses proprietary motion generation software called MIDImotionTM, to drive animation parameters within commercial packages." "But no matter what commercial software we use, the animation is always calculated procedurally with MIDImotion. This software is not currently available commercially, although it is likely that we will release a software product at some point in the future (many people have encouraged us to do so). Details will be posted here.
Without MIDImotion, animating instruments using traditional "keyframing" techniques would be prohibitively time-consuming and inaccurate. By combining motion generated by approximately 12 algorithms (each with 10 to 50 parameters), the instrument animation is automatically generated with sub-frame accuracy. If the music is changed, the animation is regenerated effortlessly.
Moogulator on MySpace
Title link takes you to Moogulator's MySpace site. Pretty cool. Moogulator runs a number of sites including Sequencer.de and the Machinesound.de blog amongst others. When I think of the top synth sites out there and especially in Germany, I think of Moogulator and Sequencer.de.
Klaus Schulze
Gorgeous shot of Klaus Schulze pulled from this Moogulator post. Title link takes you to a bigger shot.
ORLA Piano, Drawbar Accordian
More accordian madness. This one along with some other links sent my way via ben shannon illustrator. Title link takes you to ORLA.
Sunday, February 26, 2006
EML Synkey OVATION
via this auction. Details below.
"Rar, fancy: vintage EML Synkey vintage analog punch-card programmable synthesizer in recently adjusted; absolute top condition. It's the top rar: OVATION - version. Fully works and sounds incredible: The low-pass filter goes to high-pass filter and the band-pass in between and this is extremely effective. It has ringmodulator and some arpeggioator-like LFO-waveform varies due to the speed. It's unique and you can make some unpredictable polyphonic arpeggiations. Dealing with punch-card makes this machine very exotic! So maybe you bid on technically one of the best Synkey of the world! Pitty, it runs on American standard current 110 V , so there's a 220 V -adapter in need or comit me to do the modification for some extra (ca. 35-50EU depending on trafo)!"
"... these came out as early as in 1976, not 1978/79 as stated on most synth-sites out there. At least, this is what I was told by one of the founders/owners of the EML company - States Mikael. Thank you for the info! "
Update via the comments: "The Synkey service manual I have dates the individual drawings from about April 1974 to March 1975. 1976 therefore seems about right."
Santuarios
Thought I put up a post on this previously, but I can't find it, so here it goes. Title link takes you to Santuarios, a site with tons of gear p*rn of various studios.
Christian Wittman of Lightwave
Christian Wittman of Lightwave
Deathknöbbes
Hubba hubba. Waldorf Q on top of Alesis Andromeda. I found this one on this post about the PEK. You never know where you'll find some of these gems.Update via Mr. Array in the comments:
"That's no Q+. Just a regular 16 voice Q, and a yellow one at that. I think the yellow was the best color by the way.
If you want to see a Q+, look over yonder:
studio_2005_small.jpg
There's an XTk 30 hidden somewhere in the pic too ; )"
matrix: I thought that was a reqular Q based on the logo, but the only color that made sense to me in the shot was red. Thanks for clarifying Mr. Array. It's updated.
Update2: And another shot form Mr. Array.
DX11 With Accordian Keys
Another synth modded with accordian style keys. Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.
Roland MC4 b + MTR100
Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. The Roland MC4b is an old school sequencer with CV outs (pictured below). Note the MTR100 cassette interface for storing your sequences in the other shots. Via bleepsandbloops. BTW, according to the post, if you buy this for bleepsandbloops you'll get a boob flash.
Saturday, February 25, 2006
Gnostic Rocket and The Springboard Dub
Title link takes you to Gnostic Rocket, a new blog on "Analog Synths, Circuit Bending, Music Production, Loop-Based Music and more. Brought to you by Gnostic Rocket, a Toronto-based experimental dub musician." Current post is on The Springboard Dub (pictured below) with samples. Interesting piece. I'm looking forward to seeing what else crops up. Check it out.
"This instrument is basically two cannibalized delay circuits, with bends added, built in a small piano-shaped cabinet (the unit is about 13" across, 18" high). There are springs in the cabinet where the piano keys would usually be."
Update via Doktor Future in the comments: "Hey , I listened to this guy (Gnostic Rocket) and this instrument at the Ambinet Ping in Toronto. Was pretty good. He backed it up with an electribe. It was a good set. He told me he paid a lot (can't remember exactly how much, somewhere between 2 and 4k CDN I believe) for that springie thing." Thanks Doktor.
"This instrument is basically two cannibalized delay circuits, with bends added, built in a small piano-shaped cabinet (the unit is about 13" across, 18" high). There are springs in the cabinet where the piano keys would usually be."
Update via Doktor Future in the comments: "Hey , I listened to this guy (Gnostic Rocket) and this instrument at the Ambinet Ping in Toronto. Was pretty good. He backed it up with an electribe. It was a good set. He told me he paid a lot (can't remember exactly how much, somewhere between 2 and 4k CDN I believe) for that springie thing." Thanks Doktor.
The ANYSEQ
Title link takes you to a page on the ANYSEQ on sequencer.de. For those of us that do not speak German but speak English, here is a Google English translation. This appears to be a hardware sequencer by the folks of Anyware Instruments who brought us the SEMtex.
Roland SH-5 Modular - New Flickr Set
Title link takes you to more by unrest including Fenix and Serge modulars.
Unisynth Electronic Guitar
Friday, February 24, 2006
Synth Buddha Says...
"Every human being is the LFO modulating his own health or disease."
I think mine is set to random. Title link takes you to more shots by The Genie Photos.
I think mine is set to random. Title link takes you to more shots by The Genie Photos.
Dance Buddha Dance!
Ok, had to put up another. I just picture this little Buddha rocking out.
Make sure to read the captions when you get there.
Make sure to read the captions when you get there.
Three Decades of Buchla
You are looking at three decades of Buchla in one gorgeous Buchla modular consisting of modules from the 100, 200 and new 200e series (who said you couldn't mix the 200e with older Buchla modules?). Title link takes you to a larger shot and one additional shot. Absolutly breathtaking. Note there is one non Buchla module in the system, a Milton Sequencer by Peter Grenader. Thanks Reed! Update: Notes from Reed: "I decided it was time to put the greatest hits of all my Buchla systems into one easy-to-use configuration. It is basically all my personal favorites of the 100, 200 and 200e world, culled from systems that have come in & out of my hands over the past 12 years.
After I figured out the module configuration, I had the guy who did the metal ducting in my studio fabricate 7 "boats," in Buchla parlance, out of galvanized steel. Then my business partner Phil & I bought a router & some maple: plywood for the sides & solid pieces for the front. Learning how to use the router to cut curvy pieces of wood was fun. Phil did nearly all of the routing while I did nearly all of the sawdust-sweeping. We both did a lot of sawing. In the meantime, my long time technical guru Takeshi Kawana of Kawanatron built a beautiful power supply which weighs in at 46 pounds & sits separately from the maple cabinet. All 3 of us ran the various power wires & terminals throughout the boats, and I spent many nights installing the modules, replacing their power wires & terminals, and overcoming my 20-year fear of soldering.
I will not sell this. Most of the modules (except the 200e and some of the late-70's 200 stuff) have been an integral part of my music-making life for years, and ever since we first threw the power switch the instrument has been used every day in our television music business and almost every night after work when I stay & get wrapped up in the banana cords."
New Gear from EAR
"Electro-Acoustic Research is pleased to formally announce four
Livewire modules premiered at the Winter Namm show:
The Sub-Divider
A modern day re-issue of Nyle Steiner's classic Synthasystem
Frequency Divider. The Sub Divider is everything The S-P
Frequency Divider was...and a little more.
The Chaos Computer Series
The Chaos Computer, Random Gates and Analogue
Computation modules are the first three in a series of modular
analog computing functions which will be coming in the next few
months.
For details, images and descriptions of these and other Livewire
products, click on the link below and hit the Livewire tab for the
product summary menu.
http://www.ear-group.com/"
BamBam Studio
Title link takes you to BamBam Studio sent my way via Marc van den Hurk. Links to some gear p*rn below.
Mmmm... Hartmann
"A studio from om of the three Gearjunkies ;))))
http://www.bambamstudio.nl/plaatjes/studio/HighRes_photos/
I also have pics from my stydio in the 80/90ies:
http://www.bambamstudio.nl/plaatjes/studio/Jaren-80-studio/
more info on www.bambamstudio.com
Marc van den Hurk
music producer | sound engineer"
Full gear list on site.
Mmmm... Hartmann
"A studio from om of the three Gearjunkies ;))))
http://www.bambamstudio.nl/plaatjes/studio/HighRes_photos/
I also have pics from my stydio in the 80/90ies:
http://www.bambamstudio.nl/plaatjes/studio/Jaren-80-studio/
more info on www.bambamstudio.com
Marc van den Hurk
music producer | sound engineer"
Full gear list on site.
The Honky Tonk Music Klone Dual Percussion Synthesizer
This one came up on AH with no info. If you know more about it, please share. Title link takes you to more shots [2/1/10: looks like the link is down].
Update 2/1/10: Some additional info via Alex: "The Klone Dual Percussion Synthesiser features -- as the name suggests -- two individual synthesis channels. Each channel comprises a VCO and noise generator, a multimode filter (HP, LP, BP, BS) which can self oscillate, and a simple D envelope (with variable polarity) for filter and pitch modulation. The envelope's decay time (which can be considered as release time) also affects the VCA. Channel 2 features also an LFO and the ability for FM -- which can produce some interesing results. Klone is either triggert by pads (e.g. Simmons Hugger Slave) or by a drum machine with separate (trigger) outputs.
I bought mine for 230€ (or was it DM?!) some years ago and it is in a rather poor optical condition, despite of that it's still fully operational." Click the KLONE link below for more.
Q R Ghazala's Tape Canvas
The brown stripes are tape. See the tape head at the end of that cable? Well you can pass it along all that tape in any direction you want. Interesting. Title link takes you to the post on GetLoFi. I'm digging GetLoFi's new looks as well - very sharp.
Stooge Industries
Title link takes you there. "Stooge Industries began by accident in 2000 when Dave Bradley decided to add modules to his Synthesis Technology MOTM synthesizer from different manufacturers, but with custom matching front panels. After a long period of trial and error, he found he was able to exactly match the original look of his system. Word got out and other folks wanted panels for their own systems. Six months later Dave and Larry Hendry joined forces. These "wise guys" shared a love for the Three Stooges, as well as synthesizers. Guessing correctly that there was a demand for synthesizer accessories, they became partners even though they had never met face to face."
Monosynth Lead War on HC
Remember the Mono Bass Synth Samples on HC? Well unfed started a Monosynth Lead War thread on HC. Feel free to submit your own or see what others are submitting. I'll post back when the results are in.
Update: Looks like there will be a Pad War as well. I'll put up a post on the results.
Update: Looks like there will be a Pad War as well. I'll put up a post on the results.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Larry Fast and Synergy
Title link takes you to the Larry Fast Synergy site. Scroll down and look for the album list on the left and/or bottom of the page for links to shots and interesting info behind each album.
Shot from The Metropolitan Suite - Note the Moog Modular 15
Shot from The Metropolitan Suite - Note the Moog Modular 15
Dave The Packrat's Studio
David C. Lovelace, creator of The Packrat sent me the following shot of his studio. I asked if it would be ok to put it up on a post and he said sure. Nice studio. Title link takes you to a bigger shot. Thanks Dave.
914 Fixed Filter Bank and More Coming From Audio Damage
Title link takes you to more on Analog Industries.
"We will release the 914 Fixed Filter Bank, which is a major upgrade to the 907A. The 914 features 12 bands, as opposed to 8 in the 907A. It also has makeup gain (an oft-requested feature of 907A owners), separate level controls for wet and dry, and an overall bandwidth control. It is head and shoulders above the 907A, and with the bandwidth control, makes a stellar passive-style equalizer. The 907A will be discontinued, and the 914 will be $39.00. The upgrade for previous owners will be $10.00, and will include Universal Binaries for the OSX crowd."
"We will release the 914 Fixed Filter Bank, which is a major upgrade to the 907A. The 914 features 12 bands, as opposed to 8 in the 907A. It also has makeup gain (an oft-requested feature of 907A owners), separate level controls for wet and dry, and an overall bandwidth control. It is head and shoulders above the 907A, and with the bandwidth control, makes a stellar passive-style equalizer. The 907A will be discontinued, and the 914 will be $39.00. The upgrade for previous owners will be $10.00, and will include Universal Binaries for the OSX crowd."
Maplin 5600 Vintage Analog Synth
Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. Details below. You can also grab a zip of the 5600 technical specs here.
"Sound sources: 4 Oscillator; Noise generator (pink-white); External signal in.
Sound modifiers: 2 Filters; 2 Amplifiers; 2 Ring modulator; Envelope control
Joystick-action is unparalelled: you can set the intervals; amounts and you route anything to be adjusted to the joystick as: filter cutoffs; oscillators... by a single pin-matrix-ing.
Spring-Reverb; LFO; Inverter; Sample & hold; Transient-generator; Exponential converter; Phaser; Stereo output.....
The machine is pre-wired and modular and can be cross patched with the pin-matrix like that on the EMS- synthesizers. That makes all much easier; faster; and sensible and adds endless possibilities. This modular synth is one of the most versatile synth of the world in it's class and beats all the famous and classic modulars in this aspect!
I only sell it because I don't have the time to work on it! 1 Year ago I've been spent hours with testing it and I have to say all was very easy to find on it and I've made some kick-drum sounds and I have to tell: The precisity of the access to all the possibile parameters was really amazing: Setting the pitch of a kick drum's click-portion and adjusting the level and lenght; then the thumb, the tail, the body can be set likewise. All the levels; pitches; times can be set on say even a single kick drum and it's far not that easy on almost any other modulars!
The machine is in showroom condition, like never used, without any scratches. Internally I will try testing before selling it. It comes with the flighcase-cover and will look like a small Fender-Rhodes. The included manual details the diagrams, the operation and has setting-charts. If I will find it, I will include the other manual which has all the technical details as specs. service manual. Weights about ca. 30 kg so please think accordingly!"
Note: I am not selling this so do not contact me. Just pulling the shots and details so they are not lost when the auction is lost months from now.
"Sound sources: 4 Oscillator; Noise generator (pink-white); External signal in.
Sound modifiers: 2 Filters; 2 Amplifiers; 2 Ring modulator; Envelope control
Joystick-action is unparalelled: you can set the intervals; amounts and you route anything to be adjusted to the joystick as: filter cutoffs; oscillators... by a single pin-matrix-ing.
Spring-Reverb; LFO; Inverter; Sample & hold; Transient-generator; Exponential converter; Phaser; Stereo output.....
The machine is pre-wired and modular and can be cross patched with the pin-matrix like that on the EMS- synthesizers. That makes all much easier; faster; and sensible and adds endless possibilities. This modular synth is one of the most versatile synth of the world in it's class and beats all the famous and classic modulars in this aspect!
I only sell it because I don't have the time to work on it! 1 Year ago I've been spent hours with testing it and I have to say all was very easy to find on it and I've made some kick-drum sounds and I have to tell: The precisity of the access to all the possibile parameters was really amazing: Setting the pitch of a kick drum's click-portion and adjusting the level and lenght; then the thumb, the tail, the body can be set likewise. All the levels; pitches; times can be set on say even a single kick drum and it's far not that easy on almost any other modulars!
The machine is in showroom condition, like never used, without any scratches. Internally I will try testing before selling it. It comes with the flighcase-cover and will look like a small Fender-Rhodes. The included manual details the diagrams, the operation and has setting-charts. If I will find it, I will include the other manual which has all the technical details as specs. service manual. Weights about ca. 30 kg so please think accordingly!"
Note: I am not selling this so do not contact me. Just pulling the shots and details so they are not lost when the auction is lost months from now.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Oakley, MOTM and Blacet Modular Synthesiser
Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. Details saved below.
"Custom built “one off” large format Modular Synthesiser in Mint condition and perfect working order. It has been custom built from the very best of Oakley Sound, MOTM, Blacet, Encore and Tellun System modules, with custom engraved stunning looking electric blue front panels and a solid American Oak case. It has been designed and built to the highest standards, and has two separate power supplies, a Power One 1.7Amp PSU for analog modules and a Power One 800ma PSU for the “dirtier” digital modules. This arrangement keeps the soundpath noise free.
I built this modular without regard to cost and for my own personal use, it has a wide variety of filters so that as well as making all of the usual (and unusual J )modular sounds, it will also mimic a lot of old school Analog synths – the Oakley VCO’s are based on the Minimoog core, so in conjunction with the Oakley Superladder moog filter you can get perfect Minimoog and Moog Modular sounds, or use the MOTM 440 for Pro 5 sounds, the MOTM420 for Korg MS20 sounds, The MOTM410 for Korg PS3200 sounds, the MOTM480 for Yamaha CS80, the MOTM485 for Yamaha GX1 etc. BUT it also includes 2 Blacet Miniwaves with optional PPG wavetable ROMS, so wire in a couple of the Miniwaves and use them with the MOTM440 filter and you have instant PPG Waveterm 2.3 sounds!
But there is more, it also includes some very rare modules including the Oakley Octal Resonator (Only 20 ever built!), the very highly regarded ENCORE thru zero Bode style frequency shifter and the extremely wacky Neural Agoniser, which uses two huge (and very expensive) Accutronics spring line reverb tanks to make sounds you have never heard before! The Blacet MiniWaves both have the Hylander Rom expansion boards, so each MiniWave has TEN selectable Roms instead of one or two, and there are 256 waves and 256 banks in each rom - that is a LOT of waveforms. One of the ROMs even allows the MiniWaves to act as a fully featured Quantizers!.
Here is a list of all modules:
TOP ROW
OAKLEY MidiDac Midi to CV Convertor
1 of Custom Built Noise source - produces White Noise, Pink Noise and two of three oscillator 808 type “Chime” Noise sources – great for bell tones
2 of OAKLEY VCO Modded with Switchable Octaves and Fine tune (like minimoog)
1 of Oakley VCO with standard Coarse and Fine Tune controls
2 of BLACET Mini Waves – Modded with Rom expansions, each miniwave has TEN selectable roms, instead of usual 1 or 2. Includes PPG Roms and many others.
2 of Oakley ADSR / VCA’s latest issue with extra fast envelopes and status leds
1 of MOTM 440 Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of OAKLEY SuperLadder Moog filter 1P, 4P and bandpass
1 of OAKLEY Octal Resonator resonant filter bank
BOTTOM ROW
1 of OAKLEY VC-LFO
1 of OAKLEY Sample & Hold and Slew Module
1 of OAKLEY Wavefolder
1 of ENCORE Electronics Thru Zero Frequency Shifter
1 of OAKLEY Little EG – AD and AR envelope shaper
1 of OAKLEY Triple VCA
2 of OAKLEY MultiMix – With full “Stooge” mod front panels, allow addition or subtraction of voltages
1 of MOTM 485 – Yamaha GX1 LP and HP Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of MOTM 410 – Korg PS3200 style Triple Bandpass Voltage Controlled Filters
1 of OAKLEY OMS410 Expander for MOTM410, allows external use of 3 LFO’s, extra CV’s etc
1 of MOTM 420 – Korg MS20 style LP/HP/BP Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of MOTM 480 – Yamaha CS80 type LP/HP Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of TELLUN TLN-156 Neural Agoniser – With Dual Accutronics spring reverb tanks and full front panel design.
I will include a useful selection of patch cables. Also included is a huge ring binder with operation notes, building instructions, parts schedules and circuit diagrams for all of the modules. The whole system has been recently calibrated and fully tested and is 100% working. It has had very little use and should provide years of faithful service.
This is advertised elsewhere (SOS) so I reserve the right to end the auction early. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, not just the best sounding Modular synth available but the best looking one too! You could easily pay more for a piano and that just has one sound and doesn't look as nice either :-)
For further information the links below should be useful:
Oakley homepage: http://www.oakleysound.com/projects.htm
MOTM Homepage: http://www.synthtech.com/motm.html
Blacet Homepage: http://www.blacet.com/MW.html
Expansion board for Miniwave: http://www.hylander.com/miniwave.html
Encore Electronics: http://www.encoreelectronics.com/cont_fs1.html
Tellun Corporation: http://www.tellun.com/motm/diy/tln156/TLN-156.html"
"Custom built “one off” large format Modular Synthesiser in Mint condition and perfect working order. It has been custom built from the very best of Oakley Sound, MOTM, Blacet, Encore and Tellun System modules, with custom engraved stunning looking electric blue front panels and a solid American Oak case. It has been designed and built to the highest standards, and has two separate power supplies, a Power One 1.7Amp PSU for analog modules and a Power One 800ma PSU for the “dirtier” digital modules. This arrangement keeps the soundpath noise free.
I built this modular without regard to cost and for my own personal use, it has a wide variety of filters so that as well as making all of the usual (and unusual J )modular sounds, it will also mimic a lot of old school Analog synths – the Oakley VCO’s are based on the Minimoog core, so in conjunction with the Oakley Superladder moog filter you can get perfect Minimoog and Moog Modular sounds, or use the MOTM 440 for Pro 5 sounds, the MOTM420 for Korg MS20 sounds, The MOTM410 for Korg PS3200 sounds, the MOTM480 for Yamaha CS80, the MOTM485 for Yamaha GX1 etc. BUT it also includes 2 Blacet Miniwaves with optional PPG wavetable ROMS, so wire in a couple of the Miniwaves and use them with the MOTM440 filter and you have instant PPG Waveterm 2.3 sounds!
But there is more, it also includes some very rare modules including the Oakley Octal Resonator (Only 20 ever built!), the very highly regarded ENCORE thru zero Bode style frequency shifter and the extremely wacky Neural Agoniser, which uses two huge (and very expensive) Accutronics spring line reverb tanks to make sounds you have never heard before! The Blacet MiniWaves both have the Hylander Rom expansion boards, so each MiniWave has TEN selectable Roms instead of one or two, and there are 256 waves and 256 banks in each rom - that is a LOT of waveforms. One of the ROMs even allows the MiniWaves to act as a fully featured Quantizers!.
Here is a list of all modules:
TOP ROW
OAKLEY MidiDac Midi to CV Convertor
1 of Custom Built Noise source - produces White Noise, Pink Noise and two of three oscillator 808 type “Chime” Noise sources – great for bell tones
2 of OAKLEY VCO Modded with Switchable Octaves and Fine tune (like minimoog)
1 of Oakley VCO with standard Coarse and Fine Tune controls
2 of BLACET Mini Waves – Modded with Rom expansions, each miniwave has TEN selectable roms, instead of usual 1 or 2. Includes PPG Roms and many others.
2 of Oakley ADSR / VCA’s latest issue with extra fast envelopes and status leds
1 of MOTM 440 Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of OAKLEY SuperLadder Moog filter 1P, 4P and bandpass
1 of OAKLEY Octal Resonator resonant filter bank
BOTTOM ROW
1 of OAKLEY VC-LFO
1 of OAKLEY Sample & Hold and Slew Module
1 of OAKLEY Wavefolder
1 of ENCORE Electronics Thru Zero Frequency Shifter
1 of OAKLEY Little EG – AD and AR envelope shaper
1 of OAKLEY Triple VCA
2 of OAKLEY MultiMix – With full “Stooge” mod front panels, allow addition or subtraction of voltages
1 of MOTM 485 – Yamaha GX1 LP and HP Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of MOTM 410 – Korg PS3200 style Triple Bandpass Voltage Controlled Filters
1 of OAKLEY OMS410 Expander for MOTM410, allows external use of 3 LFO’s, extra CV’s etc
1 of MOTM 420 – Korg MS20 style LP/HP/BP Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of MOTM 480 – Yamaha CS80 type LP/HP Voltage Controlled Filter
1 of TELLUN TLN-156 Neural Agoniser – With Dual Accutronics spring reverb tanks and full front panel design.
I will include a useful selection of patch cables. Also included is a huge ring binder with operation notes, building instructions, parts schedules and circuit diagrams for all of the modules. The whole system has been recently calibrated and fully tested and is 100% working. It has had very little use and should provide years of faithful service.
This is advertised elsewhere (SOS) so I reserve the right to end the auction early. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, not just the best sounding Modular synth available but the best looking one too! You could easily pay more for a piano and that just has one sound and doesn't look as nice either :-)
For further information the links below should be useful:
Oakley homepage: http://www.oakleysound.com/projects.htm
MOTM Homepage: http://www.synthtech.com/motm.html
Blacet Homepage: http://www.blacet.com/MW.html
Expansion board for Miniwave: http://www.hylander.com/miniwave.html
Encore Electronics: http://www.encoreelectronics.com/cont_fs1.html
Tellun Corporation: http://www.tellun.com/motm/diy/tln156/TLN-156.html"
Alesis Andromeda and Dave Smith PolyEvolver
Title link takes you to more, surgical shots of the Dave Smith PEK on HC.
Tapewarm Studio
I asked daddio if he had a link he wanted me to put up for this post on his modded Sequential Circuits Six-Trak. He sent me a link to his Tapewarm Studio. Nice. It's a pretty cool site with tons of groovy shots and music. Well worth checking out. Title link takes you there. (P.S. I also noticed I had Tapewarm listed on this studio p*rn fest post, but I haven't gotten around to checking all of them out yet. Glad I ran into this again.)
Thanks daddio! Hmm... never thought I'd say that.. I'm old, but not 1950's old. ; )
ARP 2500 Sample, Upgrades and Service on C.M.S.
Title link takes you to Phil Cirocco's C.M.S ARP 2500 page with samples and a list of upgrades.
Oakley Sound TB3031
I previously posted about the Oakley Sound TB3030. I just ran into the TB3031. It's a heavily revised version of the TB3030 including discrete divider and waveshaper allowing more musical sub basses according to the site. The overdrive circuitry allows level changes w/o affecting overall volume and the unit supports filter FM, a sub octave generator, VCA decay control, accented decay control, velocity CV and more. Title link takes you there. Samples on site.
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