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at 4/17/2006 01:36:00 AM

Title link takes you to a really nice page on the Korg Lambda set up by Carbon111 - also posted on Synthwire.

at 4/17/2006 01:35:00 AM

flickr by unrest.
Title link takes you to the set.

at 4/17/2006 01:34:00 AM

See the XLR connector in the bottom right corder? Follow it to the back of the case. those are batteries that power the modular. Nice. Title link takes you to more including the custom case. Via Julian on AH.

at 4/17/2006 01:33:00 AM

flickr by altemark. Title link takes you to the set.

at 4/17/2006 01:33:00 AM

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. It went for $439.

at 4/17/2006 01:32:00 AM

New track and new shots on Gnostic Rocket, featuring the Springboard Dub.

at 4/17/2006 01:31:00 AM

Title link takes you to more shots. I let this one slip away. It went for $2445. I played it and it was in immaculate condition. I really couldn't afford it, so maybe it's a good thing...

at 4/17/2006 01:30:00 AM

Title link takes you to a couple more shots.

at 4/16/2006 08:01:00 PM

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction. Details below.

Description:

3x VCO 01
Very acurate 1v/oct tracking.
linear and expo modulation.
High temperature stability.
Sine, triangle, Pulse/Square and Sawtooth waveforms.

6x ADSR ENVELOPE GENERATOR
<1 mS attack time.
Gate in and thru sockets.
0v to 10v output.
Manual envelope trigger button.
Attack and Decay LED's.
Attack and Decay Gate outputs.

1x Noise Generator
White, Pink, Red and Blue outputs.

3x Dual LFO (six LFO's in total)
Triangle/saw and Pulse/square outputs.
Bi-color Rate LED.
.oo1 Hz to 300Hz Range.
Output shape control.

1x Enigiser Filter
25 different filter responses
2 audio inputs
2 CV inputs
Voltage controlled resonance
Design Taken directly from the ORGON SYSTEMS ENIGISER

2x Log/Lin VCA
2 audio inputs
2 CV inputs
Log and Linear response
Initial Gain control
Good design, no "DC thump" or "bleed through"

1x Waveform Animator
Combined clipper, adder, subtractor and nonlinear amp

1x Multimode filter
2 audio inputs
2 CV inputs
lowpass, highpass, bandpass and notch responces
Classic statevariable design

1x Audio/CV Mixer
4 in 1 out

1x Multi Connection

1x PSU

at 4/16/2006 07:32:00 PM

Title link takes you there. Via Moogulator.

at 4/16/2006 07:22:00 PM

Nice modular posted on Sequencer.de.

at 4/16/2006 01:33:00 PM

Synthi VST from EMS Rehberg. Title link takes you there. Demo version on site. Via deb7680 in the comments of this post: "Hello, I like your blog on the synths. I was vorking with Ems Synth Aks during ten years. Now, i'm use the very nice emulation of Ems Synthi Aks,
EMS AVS." Thanks deb7680! Cool website, btw.

Samples via deb7680 via the comments:

"With Ems Avs I can work together with 3 or 4 Ems Avs. Listen this exemple :
http://ddata.over-blog.com/xxxyyy/0/23/32/50/mp3/avsssl128.mp3
realised with no effect, just electronic zigouigoui into Ems Avs and this one :
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/didier.debril/bcravsfiltre.mp3 "

at 4/16/2006 12:44:00 PM

Shot of David Talento's (Legion) Fenix, Cynthia and MOTM Suboctmux modular.

Title link takes you to a 3.73M mp3.

Thanks David!

at 4/16/2006 10:30:00 AM

Title link takes you to a much bigger shot. Also check out this MP3. Sent my way via Rui Peixoto.

Two more shots from RUI:

Modcan B multiples
Voyager Performer

Thanks Rui!

at 4/16/2006 02:02:00 AM

at 4/16/2006 02:01:00 AM

via sympatico.ca:

8-step Minisequencer - All Analog, All Real-time, All Performance synchronized to MIDI tempo.

Infinite number of sound sequences, now you can create whatever you wish by tweaking all knobs real-time synced to MIDI clock. You will not run out of sequences! All hardware design - no memory or CPU processing time delays. Punchy analog triggering. One of the "Retrobacks" sequencers was sold to MTV Europe.

* 8-steps pitch control
* Time gate control
* VCO level output from 0 to +5 volt control (covers standard 5 octaves)
* Real time knob for loop point control
* Start/stop/continue along with MIDI sequencer/drum machine.
* +5 volt V-gate (Oberheim, Roland SH, Arp Odyssey,Yamaha CS),+14 volt gate (SEM-1 ,System-100, ARP2600), S-gate (any voltage for Korg Monopoly, Minimoog ,Rogue ,Source) and Trigger output (ARP2600 , Odyssey 2800)
* Auto and Tap mode (TAP mode allows to tap analog sequence in MIDI song synced real-time, instead of steps mute buttons)
* 6 BPM ranges: 32 16 8 4 2 1 BPM.
* Built-in MIDI to DIN Sync converter to sync Roland's TRx0x TB-303 MC-202 machine.
* Power supply not included. Any 9 volt DC with negative center

Dimensions 28 X 18.5 X 3.5 cm

Via Moogulator.

at 4/16/2006 02:00:00 AM

Title link takes you to more shots.

at 4/16/2006 01:59:00 AM

Note the Moog Liberation neck.

Title link takes you to a much bigger shot. Via this VSE post.

at 4/16/2006 01:58:00 AM

Title link takes you to a number of soft synths from Rick Jelliffe including CS-80, SH-3A, and of course, the Neumixturtrautonium mentioned in this post.

at 4/15/2006 03:13:00 PM

Derek Warren sent me a photoset of the Novation Remote 25 disambled. There are some great shots in the set. Title link takes you there. Thanks Derek!

P.S. Click on the Club Adote link on the left when you get there for some cats. : )

at 4/15/2006 03:07:00 PM

fliker by bdu. Title link takes you to more.

at 4/15/2006 09:03:00 AM

And it's a synth one. Title link takes you there.

at 4/15/2006 01:22:00 AM

Title link takes you to shots saved from this auction. Check out the extra knobs on top. Anyone know what that is? It almost looks photoshopped. There is no mention of the knobs in the auction. This one in via underface.

Update via the comments:
"The extra knobs are a JL Cooper filter mod. It was incorporated into the emulator 2."

at 4/15/2006 01:21:00 AM

Title link takes you to more shots including the obligatory cat. Via CDM.

at 4/15/2006 01:20:00 AM

Title link takes you to Mark's thoughts on the Moogerfooger MF-104. He touches on the differences between analog and digital delays and he has very nice sample of the MF-104. If you ever wondered what an MF-104 sounded like, let alone what an analog delay sounded like, check it out. What's great about the demo is that it shows a wider range than typical demos. There is also a timeline on the page so you can read what's happening as you listen.

at 4/15/2006 01:19:00 AM

"This modification to the Poly-800 series of synthesizers adds the ability to control Filter Cutoff with DCO1. This is commonly known as FM control of a filter. Although it's technically not Frequency Modulation, the results are capable of sounding very much like an FM synthesizer. A knob allows the effect to be turned from completely off, to far beyond the normal capabilities of a Poly-800. This modification very nicely compliments the Moog Slayer modification for a total of 3 knobs full of fun."

Title link takes you there. Don't miss the sample link on top when you get there.
FM800 filter mod

at 4/15/2006 01:18:00 AM

Click here for episodes on YouTube. Via DVDBorn.

at 4/14/2006 01:35:00 PM

Title link takes you there. As always make sure to check out the rest on the right when you get there.

at 4/14/2006 01:34:00 PM

Modular synth maker Cynthia of Cyndustries and the acclaimed Zeroscillator, talks about Vactrols. Title link takes you there. Via Jay. Thank you Jay.

at 4/14/2006 09:33:00 AM

"Closeup of my dusty Roland RS-70 synthesizer keyboard."

flickr by J. Mnemonic.

at 4/14/2006 12:07:00 AM

via Das Subharchord

"The Subharchord is a unique electronic instrument which is somewhat comparable to the Mixturtrautonium from Oskar Sala. This site is dedicated to the Subharmonic Sound Generator, which was developed during the 1960s in East Berlin (GDR) at the Radio and Television Technical-Centre (RFZ) of the German post office."

The Mixturtrautonium.

You can find a VST emulation and more info on Rick Jelliffe's site.

More on 120 Years and wikipedia.

Via this this electro-music thread.

at 4/14/2006 12:06:00 AM

Two shot's via this auction. Title link takes you to the post on VSE where I found this. Some interesting bits (pun intended) from Micke in the post (that Micke knows his synths):

"It's a rebadged LEM Bit 99:
http://www.synrise.de/history/advertises/advert_005.jpg

...which itself is a rebadged Crumar BIT 99.

some insider info:

LEM is/was a subsidiary of General Electro Music, Italy (more known as GEM) and I'm pretty sure they bought the rights from Crumar to re-release the BIT 99 (under the LEM brand) when the Crumar company ceased to exist around the mid-to-late '80's.

Around the same time as this, Gem would buy the ELKA company (another well-known Italian manufacturer of musical instruments) which was owned by the other Crucianelli brother, namely Piero Crucianelli.
(Piero was brother to Mario Crucianelli who owned Crumar). "

at 4/14/2006 12:05:00 AM

Title link takes you to shots and samples pulled from this auction.

at 4/14/2006 12:04:00 AM

Title link takes you to a post on Craigslist for the Moog Polymoog used in the Disneyland Electric Light Parade. Kind of interesting to me in that I grew up in Hollywood and used to go to Disneyland all the time. I remember pulling an all nighter there with all the goths during one of their special events (I looked the part, but I never was a goth!). : ) I actually had a black crow try to pick one of my hairs thinking it was branch. Another story for another time. I forget what the event was for, but I do remember passing out on a bench and having a great time. What's odd is I've probably heard this exact synth serveral times. This one via Brian Comnes. Thanks for the flashback Brian! : )

at 4/14/2006 12:02:00 AM

walk into a bar, and...

meet a couple o' little TB ladies. The Serge says, "see, hear, and feel the power of my wave (on top)" The Fenix says "I filter the crap out of your wave." The Notrons? "Shut up and dance, slaves. Mr. Tape recorder, start rollin."

Shot sent my way via mrcarp. Click on the shot for its full glory. Thanks Mr. Carp!

at 4/14/2006 12:01:00 AM

flickr by altemark.

at 4/14/2006 12:00:00 AM

flickr by jumpstart.

"ekosynth p15, analog monophonic synthesiser"

at 4/13/2006 08:12:00 AM

Published on Mar 4, 2006 morbius001

"This is a video demo of the Synthesizers.com Q-960/Q-962/Q-963 ability to be "played" on-the-fly, including skip, reset, stage input/output triggers (C)2005-Cybertron Productions. For more info, join our "synthesizers.com user's group" on Yahoo. Also, check out our WIKI pages
For more info,video demos, and music excerpts by Cybertron."

at 4/13/2006 02:03:00 AM

Title link takes you to a Circuit Bent Item tracker for Ebay set up by Circuit Master of GetLoFi. The cool thing about it is that it saves off the media (images and samples) to his server. These are then permanently accessible via the blog posts. I asked him how difficult it would be to set up a synth version. As expected it would not be difficult at all - he just finished a prototype. What do you think? Personally I think it's a great idea for a number of reasons. One it saves the most interesting bits for posterity, two it's kind of cool having a repository for everything synth on Ebay, and three it brings the items to you, making it easier to track what's coming up. On the bad side? Well, for those rare occasions where you might be lucky enough to be the only person to catch a good deal... Well those days would probably be over. The tool would post any item with the word "synth" on Ebay. Please feel free to post your comments. Great idea, sucks, or who cares... Sorry Doktor Future. : )

at 4/13/2006 01:35:00 AM

Click here for a couple of samples of the EML Poly-Box by George Mattson. Check out his monster setup (click the image for a much bigger shot). That is one massive EML Sequencer. You can see the orange EML Poly-Box below and the EML 101 to the left. Also check out George's site for more.

Update: Notes from George:
"They're all EML, The sequencer is running on it's own, the Polybox is following an oscillator on the 101 and the 500 is doing the bass line. The drums are actually a real Pearl acoustic set on Power Dive being played by a guy named Pete Gerdin. The vibraphone sound at the beginning of Happy Tune was the vibratone setting on a Yamaha YC-45D combo Organ. The sequencer just gets programmed and turned loose. I just played along with it."

"the samples were 29 years old and dug up off an old cassette in order to let people hear what a Polybox could be used for besides chords. Remember, the BIG music happening then was Disco. (ugh)"

at 4/13/2006 12:06:00 AM

Title link takes you to the post on the Music Hardware blog with video including a performance and how it works by Evan Morris. What's interesting is in the end of the video he mentions a couple of links but shows links to the MIDIBox website, uCAapps.de. Wonder what the affiliation is...

"homebuilt midi controller from artist Evan Morris. The box is a button based wave sequencing system that chops and loops audio files in real time using a Reaktor Ensemble."

at 4/13/2006 12:05:00 AM

Title link takes you to more shots on Electric Music Box.

at 4/13/2006 12:04:00 AM

Title link takes you to Crazy Analog, a S. Korean dealer site with loads of gear shots. This one came in via Ken MacBeth, of MacBeth Studio Systems. BTW, if you are on the hunt for a brand new boxed M3X, at a discount, these guys have a few.

They didn't have a nice shot of the M3X, so here's a Moog Source from them instead.

Via Ken MacBeth on AH:
"Hi All! Many people on this list have asked me or made enquiries regarding the availability of the M3X synth that I used to build- I met my S.Korean dealer, Lee, in Frankfurt- to my surprise, he told me that there are 11 available from midistation in S.Korea and a very good price- they were $2200.00USD- but now Lee has dropped his price to $1450.00USD which is a great deal for those who want a brand new, boxed (un-opened) M3X- these one's are special too- featuring blue led's instead of the orange ones! Crikey- remember when blue leds were in fashion!!"

at 4/13/2006 12:03:00 AM

Reed posted a link to this in the comments section of this post on Laurie Spiegal. You can can order it from The Relaxation Company, or if you prefer Amazon, click here.

"Special Edition 3CD + DVD

New Collector's edition of this historic collection!

Leaps in technology: oscillators, generators, vacuum tubes, amplifiers, transistors, magnetic tape, integrated circuits, and the microchip—inspired new instruments: the telharmonium, theremin, ondes martenot,electronic sackbut, clavivox, electronium, moog synthesizer, and computers—and artists everywhere hungry for new modes of expression.

This collection is a humble but bold attempt to give form to the wonderful, multi-directional, inevitable birth of electronic music.

Three CDs—42 original music tracks from 1948–1980

112 Page Book—extensive artist interviews, commentaries, and archival photographs

Special Edition DVD—over two hours of rare performances, interviews,animations, and experimental video."

at 4/13/2006 12:02:00 AM

flickr by uetsu. Title link takes you to more.

at 4/13/2006 12:01:00 AM

Shot sent my way via Fredrik Segerfalk.

Here's a shot of the full system on Audio Playground.

at 4/12/2006 07:55:00 PM

Cool button based MIDI device. Title link takes you to the Monome site with video. Via Analog Industries.

at 4/12/2006 09:53:00 AM

This one sent in via Tony Saunders. Title link takes you to the Early Suzanne Ciani webpage with video clips including Buchla. Make sure to track back to the root of the site for more on Suzanne Ciani and don't miss this page on Buchla. Thanks Tony!

Update: John Simmons was checking out the site and found this gem. It's a video of Suzanne Ciani creating the sound for the pinball game Xenon. Note the Xenon was released in 1979 according to this site. You can see the NED Synclavier used to sample the sounds in the video and then the guy inserting the chips with the samples in the pinball machine. Pretty cool. Thanks John!

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