Analog Synthesizers on YouTube

You might recognize this one from this previous post. When I put it up, Marc Doty was the name on the video. Now it's AutomaticGainsay. I thought it was kind of interesting considering he also put up the videos on the Minimoog and the Roland SH1000 below.

AutomaticGainsay on the Minimoog on YouTube

Demonstration of the Moog Minimoog



Discussion of the various merits of the Minimoog

video uploads by AutomaticGainsay

AutomaticGainsay on the Roland SH-1000 on YouTube

Kawai SX-240 Analog Synth Demonstration on YouTube

YouTube via williamenroh of inside synthesis.
Update: I just found out this actual unit is up for auction here. Shots saved here for posterity. Also, there appears to be a second one for auction here. As always, be careful on the bay.

2006 MTV Movie Awards - Gnarls Barkley on YouTube

Boba Fett on the Hammond B3, and a Jedi on the Wurli and synth. Anyone know what synth that is? I'm guessing it's the Korg MicroPreset/M500. There's also what looks like a Korg MS2000 behind Chewy. And of course, Chewy steals the show on drums. BTW, my almost three year old daughter is on a huge Chewy kick at the moment. She's like, "what's he dooooing?!" Hopefully she will continue to appreciate synths.

SKnote

Remember the REALTHING analog VST hybrid synth? Title link takes you to SKnote, the makers of the REALTHING. You'll find a number of synth related software and hardware including, Grainz (a granular soft synth), Voices (a formant soft synth), Traks (a time stretching VSTi), Tolcbocs (a VSTi vocoder), hardware ribbon, breath, shaker, xyz plane controller (pictured), and much more. If you know more about their products please feel free to comment.

via sequncer.de.

Chrome Waldorf Microwave

1 of 2 ever made according to the anonymous sender of this shot. The knobs and buttons are metal, not plastic.

"it's one of two and it is chromium-plated, not silver. bcoz it is like a mirror, it is hard to take a picture of it. the "red-knob" is made of aluminium (also the other knobs-caps are metal and not plastic)."

Note the limited green Microwave under it. Image takes you to a slightly bigger shot and the title link takes you to the full size.

On The Inside

31 shots of the inside of various synths including the following. Check out the message inside the Sequential Drumtraks. Too cool. ARP Quadra Elka Synthex Oberheim OBXa Oberheim Xpander Roland Jupiter 6 Roland Jupiter 8 Roland TB-303 Roland TR-808 Roland SH-2000 Roland Vocoder Plus RSF DD30 RSF Kobol Sequential Drumtraks Sequential Pro One Sequential Prophet 5 Sequential Prophet 600 Yamaha CS40M Yamaha CS80 Yamaha SK-50

CLICK FOR MORE »

The Pile

Now, that's one mess I'd be a we bit excited to run into. I want that one octave thing in the left, center. Anyone know what that is? The one the pink thing's eyelashes are pointing to. Title link takes you to the post on Sendling.

Update via alex in the comments: "it's a circuit bent speak & math"

Banana Plantation

flickr by cray5656.

Serge and Plan B

Title link takes you to more.

Synthesizers

flickr by Julio Martinez.

Title link takes you to one more shot.

Novation KS4 and EMU MP-7.

Funny, I almost thought the EMU was some sort of painting when I first saw this shot.

batterie elettroniche

flickr by geccorulez.

Korg Electribe MX.

I love how the colors match in this shot.

Acidlab Bombass

I knew about the Acidlab Bassline for a while now, but I didn't realize they also had another product called the Bombass. Via xonox:

"It is named Bombass. It is a monosynth table top module as you can see on the picture. The bombass is quite quirky and can sound very acid too. It is quite flexible thanks to ring mod or sync between the 2 oscillators. The lfos have some weird waveforms, which helps getting some squishy sounds. It all depends on how you use it. It is one of the few monosynths i know with an accent input. The bombass does not have midi, it is cv/gate only."

I checked the Acidlab site (title link) and couldn't find any info on the Bombass, however there are some samples on the Klang page.

Update: Some info and another shot sent in via an anonymous reader.

"owners of the boombass can be happy, coz only 10 of them were made and it seems that no further batch is planned (8 are around, 1 belongs to me and 1 belongs to klaus). that is the reason why there is no info on acidlab.de.

the boombass is in principle a pimped bassline with a additional 2nd osc, filter-fm, a pitch envelope (sweep) and a lfo with individual routing to vco and vcf.

the lfo is very, very fast and could be reseted by gate in. also the lfo folows the contol voltage, so the filter or the osc can be "fm-ed" in tune. the lfo has 6 waveforms: triangle, square, "stepped-ramp" up and down, random, s/h.

the vco can be switched to 6 operating modes: single osc saw, single osc square, 50/50 mix square, sync, ringmod, external in (off). white noise can always be mixed to the signal."

Plexi Modular Case

Two shots of a clear Plexi modular case. That's Adam installing some modules. Nice. Shots via the Plan B Yahoo Group.

More on Plan B here.
Update via Adam in the comments: "Thanks to Sean Price for designing this cabinet, I think he should go into business with these..."

Indeed.

Telex on YouTube

Telex at Eurovision 1980


Telex - On the road again (music video)


Telex- Moskow Diskow


Telex Twist a St.Tropez - 1978


via Yves of http://yusynth.net

Trans X - Living on a Video on YouTube

Wow. I totally forgot about this song. I used to love the synth hooks. Also love the "integrated circuits" bit through a vocoder. Some nice air keyboards in the performance for you as well as a funky robot dance. : ) I can't make out what looks like a modular in the backgroud. If you know what it is, feel free to comment.

Here's the video for Living on Video with a Roland SH-101 and retro computers. Man this brings me back to clubbing in the 80s. And no the clubs were not that cheesy. They always made the alternative scene look moronic on tv and video back then.

Korg MS20

flickr by ellecer. Title link takes you to more synth shots in the set.

Korg VCF

Trip. Never seen one of these before. Title link takes you to a new info page on the Korg VCF on sequencer.de. Note how the controls look similar to the Minikorg 700s.

Serge Modular

Via sequencer.de.

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

CLICK FOR MORE »

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.