EEF Modular Page on Sequencer.de

Remember the EEF modular? Title link takes you to a newly created EEF Modular page on sequencer.de.

Cynthia Darth Vader C Monster Modular

Saw this shot on sequencer.de. Title link takes you to the source on Cyndhustries. Yeah, I just might need a black cape for this one...

Mono Touch Live

"MonoTouchLive its a standalone software controller, with 6 channel mixer, designed for work in conjunction with touch screen LCD panel and ableton live."

Title link takes you to more info.

via Music Thing.

Lemur like.

Death of Kantos?

This one in via Brian Comnes:

"Antares, the folks who brought you the ever famous "Cher-effect" with Autotune have apparently dropped their Kantos product. It is nowhere to be found on their site.

This is one weird softsynth and it has my all time favorite user interface, a copy of which is below for your posterity files. I see it and I think of Will Smith in the Martian cruiser in Men in Black.

Kantos used audio in as the driver for a 2 oscillator synth and a whole lot of other sound shaper/benders, the characteristics of the sound in could be used as a mod matrix for any and all of the parameters in the tool. Needless to say it produced weird stuff. On my more cynical days I would take George W. Bush sound clips on the Iraq war and turn those into break beats. If i can find one I'll send it later. I also use it to take my guitar to strange strange places.

My guess it is it did not sell well and hence the withdrawal.

For those who want grab some history, those wonderful Wisconsin folks at www.novamusik.com are having a blow out sale for $49. Warning: It has that BS online challenge response authentication so it is limited pretty much to one computer and I worry for how long they will support that, 'cause I get a new computer about every 18 months

Peace
Brian"

MISC Synths

Various synth shots sent my way via an anonymous reader. Captions in quotes via anonymous. Warning: this is a long one. Don't mis the rarities.

"The AEMIT synth completely based on CEM only one made"


Roland TR-909s


Clear Gleeman Pentaphonic

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New Doepfer

A-111-2 Dynamic VCO


A-188-2 Tapped BBD Module


No title link. Click the title link of each image for more info.

Plan B Model 12 Mk II Samples

Remember the Plan B Model 12 Mk II? Title link takes you to the Model 12 product page with samples. Via Peter Grenader of Plan B:

"I've uploaded a sample of the Model 12 Mark 2 filter enhancement to the
ear-group.NET site. Go here: link

Scroll down to Sound Samples, click on the two links listed in the section
labeled;

Q LOW - Q HIGH SAMPLES***

A description of the patch and process can be found directly underneath."

Devowski

flickr by wacky doodler.

EEF Sequencer and Modular

Via an anonymous reader:

"The EEF 16-4 Sequencer (an Belgium 80ties brand) only 8 made.(I bought this one for 150$) It was owned from an 80ties electro band ‘The Klinik’ The EEF Modular.."

No title link.
Update: make sure to check out the comments for more details on EEF.

Little Phatty Demo by Stefan Trippler

Title link takes you to a 1.23M demo of the Little Phatty by Stefan Trippler as mentioned here. Two shots also sent my way via Stefan. Note Stefan has the Little Phatty on loan.

M-Electroworks

Look what just showed up in my inbox. : )

"Hi ,
This are the first pics of the first prototype modules from our new brand M-electroworks.
From L-R:
Generators
VC State Variable Filter
External
Wave Modifiers
VC State Variable Filter
Dual ADSR
Generators

More modules will be pictured ASAP When iv time I will send some sound files.. Contact info will be available ASAP"

Title link takes you to more shots. I'll let you know more as I know more."

Update via the sender: "BTW: to claryfie the M-electroworks is ex lassence brand ofcource…"

Moog vs. Big Briar Moogerfoogers

Analog Industries has a post up on his Moogerfoogers. What's intersting is he noticed a difference between the Big Briar and the Moog build quality. He states both are built like a tank, but the Big Briar pedals feel more solid. Title link takes you to the post. If anyone has a pedal from each, please feel free to comment.

Fender Rhodes Chroma

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.

via failed muso.

Fairlight- The Whole Story

Fairlight founders Kim Ryrie and Peter Vogel, with Series III Fairlight CMI

Title link takes you to the full story.

via failed muso.

Can't Wait to Get Down on Your Little Phatty!

Apologies for the image. Well not really... So, Stefan Trippler just posted a sample of the Little Phatty he has on loan, on AH. I asked him if I could put it up on Matrixsynth, and I asked him... "Can you send me a picture of the Little Phatty." Hmm... So... I'm now wondering if Bob did this on purpose as some sort of joke. "Hey, I can't wait to get my hands on your Little Phatty!" "Hey, wanna play with my Little Phatty?" "Feel the bass." Think about it... Hopefully Stefan will still reply to me after this post.

Different Skies 2006

Electronic Space Music Festival and Concert

It's that time again. Title link takes you there.

Update on the Lassence Ventury II

Make sure to check out my prior post on the Lassence Ventury II for a major udpate (under the picture).

Natural Rhythm DIY

Remember Natural Rhythm? Looks like they added a new DIY page. Via the comments of this post:

"check out Natural Rhythm for a newly added Synth-DIY page. Images of Thomas White's work on Oakley, Cat Girl, Music From Outer Space, Wiard, and more up close and personal custom work. "

Michael Hoenig

Remember Michael Hoeniq's Oberheim 4VS? Here's a shot of him with a bank of EMS Synthis. Damn. Wonder what the view out that window is like. Title link takes you to Michael Hoenig website with more.

via Frederic.

Boehm SoundLab

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.

Tech details:
"As pictures clearly tell, the condition is top-notch and would be mint, if it wasn't for a few minor scratches. Of course, the synth performs flawelessly and has been serviced by us, analogia.pl The keyboard, joystick, every single module, be it CEM3340 based VCO, VC ADSR or multimode filter work perfectly. Namely, the set comprises 7 following modules: PSU, 2 VCOs, VCF, VC ADSR, Twin VCA, Noise / LFO / SH / Ringmod / Mixer with inverter. The set ships with original set of babana jacks."

Moog Vocoder

Nice. On synthesizer-magazin.de.

Tangering Dream Xpander for Sale

Title link takes you to more shots via this auction. via sequencer.de.

Knuckledragger

flickr by Knuckledragger.

Title link takes you to more.

The Trigotronic 665

After listening to one of the most annoying sounds ever, I decided to neanderthal over to the Trigotronic site. I took a look and a listen to the 665. It's actually a pretty beefy sounding unit. Title link takes you to more info and sound clips.

1975 Micromoog Analog Synthesizer 2

flickr by mano_paysages.

Title link takes you to some samples and another shot in the set. Now that's a brilliant idea. Sounds samples with your flickr shot.

Moog Prodigy

flickr by hebig.

Groovy font.

nevers

flickr by devowski.

Moog Documentary at Analogue Haven Sept 9th

For those of you in the LA area:

"We are showing the Moog Documentary and the director Hans Fjellestad will be in attendance! If that wasn't enough, there will be a brief question & answer period...and then Hans will play live!

The Moog Documentaty has gotten rave reviews from UK magazines such as The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and The Observer.

The fun starts at 7:30pm, so don't be late!"

Black Eyed Peas Minimoog Voyager at Night

This one via Lee. Wow.

"Did a gig as stage tech for the Black Eyed Peas last weekend, got a few pics of their keyboard rig including

cool shots of their Mini-Moog Voyager, daytime and at night just before their performance.

Also, there's a pic of their Pro-Tools rack that has a Paul J.Cox custom "Live Sequencer Changeover Unit"...for backing tracks failsafe!"

Very cool. Thanks Lee. Title link takes you to the other shots. BTW, that's my new wallpaper.

Blue Cat Audio Digital Peek Meter Pro

Digital Peek Meter Pro lets you take the audio input of whatever you feed it and apply it's audio envelope to MIDI CC.

"you can now send MIDI CC messages following the envelopes and transformed envelope. The Tutorials section will let you discover these unique features: manage any parameter of any plug-in or external MIDI hardware with the envelopes of the audio signal!"

Title link takes you there. Make sure to check out their other products as well.

Gary Numan on SonicState

Note the following is just video 1 of 7. Title link takes you to the article on Sonic State. Click on the "Flash Video" link when you get there for the others.

Korg KAOSS Pad 3 on Sequencer.de

Title link takes you there.

Sonic State Talk - 012

"Up for chit chat this week are the new Virus Ti OS update and all things Virus, Moog Little Phatty gets on the cover of FM, Waldorf's imminent resurrection, Computer Music's inspiration feature, Myspace to sell music, Creative settle with Apple and get 100 mill, Steve Gadd is a groovy drummer, the origins of band names 'n stuff.

(note: contains some adult content)"

Ok, now I'm curious. Title link takes you there.

Yamaha CS50, CS60, CS80 Voice Card

The Yamaha CS50, CS60, CS80 Voice Card. Reminds me of an amuzement part.

shot via this auction.

MacBeth Studio Systems Update

Remember this post on the new Moroco Synth? Looks like it has been officially announced on the website along with the M3X2:

"Hi All! It's been some while since I updated the website- I've basically been building up M5s and also working on two new prototypes! These being the long awaited M3X2 and a new varient of the moroco stereo filterbank- it's now the moroco stereo synthesizer! Within the next few days, I shall provide you with protoype pictures to let you all see what is happening..."

The image to the left is MUSE. Note the M5 behind the drummer. Click the image for the full shot.

Title link takes you to MacBeth Studio Systems.

via Yves of yusynth.net

Destroyer by Trogotronic

Title link takes you to a post on Sendling, on the Destroyer by Trogotronic. I wasn't going to put this up as I already posted on Trogotronic, but when I saw this something immediately came to mind. Thomas Dolby and his custom MIDI controllers: one, two. The difference is these actually produce sound. Note this is not a slight on Thomas Dolby. I think it's pretty cool that he turns old devices into unique MIDI controllers. Hmm... with all the buzz around circuit bending and DIY, you'd actually think there was more modding of old non-synth equipment out there.

P.S. Don't miss the sample of the Destroyer on Sendling. No offense, but that is one of the most annoying sounds I have ever heard. Wow. : )

Kleonard.com

Title link takes you to Kleonard.com where you will find pages on the Alesis Andromeda, ARP 2600, Hammond A-102, Mellotron, Realistic/Moog MG-1, Minimoog, and more.

Multivox MX3000

Title link takes you to a new Multivox MX3000 page on sequencer.de.

Three Weevil Tracks on Sendling

The Weevil by bugbrand.
Title link takes you to three tracks featuring the Weevil on Sendling.

BTW, cool looking Weevil. I haven't seen this one before.

Impact of EU Ban of Leaded Solder and the Sequentix P3

Remember the EU Ban of Leaded Solder? Apparently this may have a greater impact than we anticipated. Not only will it impact vinatage gear, but new botique manufactures may find it too expensive to continue with planned projects. Case in point, the Sequentix P3 being phased out. Title link takes you to a post on sequencer.de, with comments from Sequentix. The following are excerpts. The good news? There will be a new sequencer from Sequentix as alluded to in my previous post.

"The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive becomes law in the UK next year. This directive makes manufacturers responsible for ensuring electronic equipment is recycled at the end of its life. While that is not a bad idea, the proposed UK implementation will require manufacturers to join a ‘disposal scheme’. They will pay into the scheme some amount related to the amount of product they sell. Where this may become a problem is if there is a high minimum level of payment required. That could make low-volume production uneconomical."

"One thing that won't feature on the next sequencer will be the name "P4". Google on P3 and you get 60 million irrelevant pages. For P4 that rises to nearer 90 million. Whereas if you Google on Sequentix, the vast majority of hits refer to the P3 Sequencer. We'll need to come up with a more distinctive name..."

Wendy Carlos on Bob Moog

Portrait by none other than the woman who possibly started it all, Wendy Carlos. Note, I put up this image back on Bob's birthday. At the time I either completely missed Wendy's notes on Bob or it wasn't up at the time. If I missed it, I sincerely apologize for that. Title link takes you there.

"Bob and I were friends for about 41 years. That sounds incomprehensible now, but there you are. We met when I accidentally woke him up. He was taking a much needed nap on a banquette on the Mezzanine of the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel, in NYC. The Moog Company had setup an exhibit at one of the yearly AES conferences (the Audio Engineering Society was a LOT smaller back then, and more informal -- even the tech papers were free and handy, open to anyone attending the exhibits)."

via CDM. Bob Moog portrait.

Mr Modern listens to stereophonic sound

flickr by Dr. Bleep. Title link takes you to one more.

Bleep Labs Thingamagoop, thingama. Funny, I didn't realize individually these were called thingamas (according to the Thingamagoop site).

Note on Flickr shots: I will be doing away with the "New Flickr Shot" in the title moving forward. I originally did this for two reasons. One, I was posting every single new Flickr shot that was tagged with "synth" before, so literally that's what they were. Two, I used to not include "flickr by" in the contents of the post, so I used Flickr in the title to quickly search for Flickr shots.

Also note for the titles of the posts, I do a straight copy and paste of the title in the Flickr shot, so if you see typos, mismatched letter case, etc, it's not me. That is how it was titled. The only time I will rename a shot is if wasn't titled or it just has a digital reference number like DSC_0243213.

Korg MS2000

flickr by Gotimmy.

C64 Messiah

via C64 Music!

Update via the comments:
"The c64 messiah website can be found at http://www.c64messiah.com"

http://www.myspace.com/64messiah

Bulcha Garbage!!!

Here's one for the archives. Title link takes you to the Craigslist post while it's up. Enjoy. This gem via Kerry.

"RARE SYNTH GEAR ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED...PLEASE HELP

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reply to: sale-203465817@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-09-05, 5:46PM PDT

The Original Post Sunday Morning was for "Church selling organs and old telephone boxes" . Included in the equipment were numerous Buchla boxes (modular synth gear). The Church people were misinformed and told it was worthless, and a friend of theirs is disposing of it in a dumpster behind his supermarket. The ad had no contact information so I only received the included email this morning stating that the boxes were going to be thrown away in the "large bin" behind Mr. Chung's supermarket.

I called looking for Baptist Chuches that were closing, and other places, but I only know that this is somewhere in Los Angeles...so now I post for any help in finding these boxes before it's too late.

please let me know your thoughts and/or informations asap

Thank You So Much

A.
...and the email with a few clues, also PJ is somehow related to a Rev. Devon if that helps any...

Oh my! I forgot to put our phone number or website. Well, I am so sorry
about that. I was wondering why nobody called. I just checked my email today.
Sorry to say that all the items have all been sold. I owe an apology for those that emailed me. With all the moving and cleaning, I must have rushed through the ad. I guess I should let you know that they went to good homes. The Elka Synthex was purchased by the local community center so that the elementary street kids can learn to play organ after school. The Yamaha DX-1 was sold to the senior center. As for the telephone boxes, I asked the phone company gentlmen that came to disconnect our phone and he pointed out that they were not telephone boxes. He noticed that there were a lot numbers in the cases something from 100s up to like almost 200. There were over 80 of these Bulcha things. He said they were outdated lab equipment for some kind of testing and useless. So we called the trash company pick-up but they would not take electronic equipment. So a friend of ours, Mr Chung left them in back of his supermarket and said he would throw them in his large bin for us. Again, I apologize for not putting all the info. We are leaving today for Texas. Have a very nice day! I won't be using this email anymore since my new one will be from the new church.

God Bless you all and a safe trip to us!

P.J.
Southern Baptist Group

this is in or around Somewhere in LA"

Cartoon Dub on bleepsandbloops

New track on bleepsandbloops. Title link takes you there.

Tangerine Dream Live Set

Three more exclusive shots sent in by Frederic.

"It's the synths of Froese, Franke and Haslinger after their concert"

No title link. Click each for a bigger shot.
Update: Make sure to check out the comments for some more shots and debate on whether this was actually 1981 or 1986.

The Gizmotron

Thought I put up a post on this already, but apparently I only mentioned it here. Note this is from Peter Grenader of Plan B.

"Simply put, once the Gizmotron is installed, the center position will become null (no VC), clockwise from there will process your VC positively (like a 'normal' VC attenuator), and counter-clockwise from center will process your VC negatively (inverted), much like most of the VC processing on Buchla and Serge systems and some on Modcan."

Title link takes you there.

Analog Industries Taking Feedback for Next Product

Just in case you missed it, title link takes you to a post on Analog Industries where Chris Randall is taking feedback on their next product. Here's your chance to ask for what you want. On my list? An uber analog style multitrack sequencer that'l let me control my hardware synths via a tablet PC. Think the Sequentix P3 and MiniMusic BeatPad on steroids. Imagine a virutal that you can map to your midi controller of choice or just use your tablet.