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at 10/30/2006 03:27:00 AM

Title link takes you to the details and audio on Sonicbrat.

at 10/30/2006 03:21:00 AM

"The Tangible Sequencer. A simple musical instrument. Colored blocks are associated with sounds. Pressing the play button plays a sound. Putting blocks next to each other plays back a sequence of sounds in the direction of the play arrows. Here, blocks are arranged in a circle producing feedback and infinitely repeating the sounds for each block until the user disrupts the flow."

YouTube via traer. Sent my way via FreakyFreeFrancis.

at 10/30/2006 03:10:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

Sequence starts at 5:26.

The following is the Doepfer Regelwerk - audio (Quasimidi Polymorph and 309) starts around 7:27.

at 10/30/2006 02:51:00 AM

YouTube via porchka66.

at 10/30/2006 12:36:00 AM

Title link takes you to shots of this Yamaha CS15 for sale. Samples, mirrored here.

at 10/30/2006 12:20:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

"MP3 VERSION: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...

Hey again, here's another live by me.
I whipped this little techno/trance ish track up in a few hours today.

The ending is crap, yes i know. My finger slipped :D

Gear used:
Korg EMX and Novation KS. Goldwave to record.
So try to enjoy."

at 10/30/2006 12:20:00 AM

via the RSF Synth Site. Via Yves of yusynth:

"Olivier Grall and I, have updated the RSF synth site. Among the new stuff : now the site has been translated (French/English), new photos of the systems were added (in particular check the serie 11 modular), sound clips are provided for some of the systems and a copy of the Blackbox user manual (french version though) can be downloaded. Comments and suggestions are welcome at rsf.grall[at]wanadoo.fr"

Enjoy.

at 10/30/2006 12:10:00 AM

flickr by bdu.

Title link takes you to more shots.

at 10/30/2006 12:05:00 AM

Update: Looks similar to audiopad:

Make sure to check out the comments for more.

at 10/29/2006 08:48:00 AM

Title link takes you a new album by La Orange Factory made with the Commodore 64 (C64). It's available for free off of rapidshare. Here's the Google translated page.

"With 8-bit Panik, 41.2 Hz propose to discover under one another angle the sounds 8-bit resulting from Commodore C64 (first computer to include year semi-analogue sound synthesizer going back to 1982), by pushing them in theirs extreme limits, exploiting thus parasitic, low frequencies, childish melodies. The surprising result transport the listener in extreme boxes of the auditive field and in the reminiscence of digital sounds of his youth."

at 10/29/2006 08:42:00 AM

via Another Lost Day in Paradise.

at 10/29/2006 08:34:00 AM

One last video of David Skinner and his Synthesizers.com modular at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting. Click here for previous posts featuring David Skinner and his synthesizer.com.

BTW, this is my last video for this year's PNW Meeting, so for those of you that need a break from the videos, your break is here. : ) Thanks for bearing with me all, this blog is where I archive this stuff for me and others to look back at over time. Trust me, putting these videos up was a bit more work for me as well.

at 10/29/2006 02:45:00 AM

Uploaded on Apr 19, 2011 matrixsynth

Eleven videos of John Bowen talking about his experience at Sequential Circuits at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting. Apologies for the number of videos and short lengths of each. If you don't have time to watch all of this in one sitting, this might actually be to your advantage. Update: At 2:08 in Part 6 John mentions his classic sync preset used by The Cars Let's Go. Earlier in the vid, he also talks about conversations with Pat Gleeson and the concept of charging for presets.

at 10/29/2006 02:37:00 AM

Carbon111 Demos the Little Phatty at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting.

at 10/29/2006 02:36:00 AM

Minimoog shown at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting. This is a pretty good example of the symptoms in this post. BTW, I didn't catch the presenter's name, if you know it feel free to post it in the comments.

at 10/29/2006 02:34:00 AM

James Gallent talks about his Moog Etherwave Theremin at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting.

at 10/29/2006 02:32:00 AM

John and Stephen play and talk about the SCI Prophet 5 Rev 1 and Rev 3 at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting. The Rev 1 is on the left.

Warning: For those of you that complained about the last Creamware/Prophet 5 video, you might want to skip this one as well. This is synth geek material.

at 10/29/2006 01:54:00 AM

Posted by synthbaron on Synthwire. Anyone know what it is?

Update via anonymous in the comments:
"this is an SMS MARS with the planet 7 (?) expander. Neat little modules. Its a single rack space. 1 each of: vco, vcf, lfo, eg, vca. Patch point on the back of the rack. The planet module brings all patch points to the front (actually for 2 mars units) and adds a couple utility modules (mixers, inverters, etc)."

SMS (Synthetic Music Systems)

Upate via Chris in the comments:
"I was lucky enough to buy on of these from the designer 5 years ago, and was silly not to buy a second one that went through ebay a few months back, its that good !!! The two 1u racks sit above and below the 2 u unit which brings all the patch point to the front and include noise, ring mod and many more extras. I'll try to put up some samples up on the web site soon so you can have a listen. The filters are moog 24db and the VCOs have a very useful vc morph, from saw to saw and square to narrow pulse. I have to say again I love this synth, maybe evern more than my Organ system it is realy that good. The designer worked on a second version with analouge systems called the Spawn which was reviewed in SOS. I also have to say the designer was a lovely bloke, if anyone has his email I would love to get in touch again.

Chris

PS if people have a preference to alonger Mp3 or smaller wav files like my other samples let me know and any requests will be considered."

at 10/29/2006 12:05:00 AM

Remember the ASM-2? Here's one with a wooden faceplate via Sendling.

at 10/28/2006 11:34:00 AM

Via daddio:
"It's made with a DJMC, Digitar, and and Expressionmate for the "neck". Held together with Day-Glo legos - UV reactive!!!! Sort of a home made midi guitar I suppose, but I don't play it like that."

Click image for a much larger shot.

at 10/28/2006 10:17:00 AM

Title link takes you to a few more PG-1000 shots pulled via this auction. The PG-1000 is the dedicated contoller for the Roland D-50 keyboard and D-550 rack.

Via anonymous in the comments of this post:
"The shear number of sliders on the PG-1000 is astonishing, but even more astonishing is the fact that each slider gets routed to one of four different active layers at any given time depending on the mode the box is in. On top of that, there is another mode that controls totally different parameters (labeled in a different color) that are common to pairs of tones. So, each slider has, IIRC six different fuctions. It sounds confusing, but it really isn't in practice.

The D-50 is an amazing pad machine. pulse width modualtion and four LFOs, resonant filter plus interesting envelopes."

at 10/28/2006 09:21:00 AM

I've been listening to a bit of daddio's Tapewarm lately. Really good experimental synth music. Daddio also sent me a shot of his LEGO guitar. I'll be putting that up later as soon as I find out if it's a MIDI controller. In the mean time check out some of his music on Sevcom. BTW, daddio recommends Sevcom as a good place for artists to host a site (50M free), and it has a decent forum.

Tapewarm Kit List:
Nord rackII controlled with an expressionmate
Doepfer Modular run through a Kaoss pad
Digitar controlled Proteus2
Electribe esx1
Beat loops from Brian run through an instore Alesis stomp box demo rig.

at 10/28/2006 02:30:00 AM

via this auction

at 10/28/2006 02:25:00 AM

-Advanced Simulated Analog Modular Synthesizer: Modular patching of synth components and controls.
-Internal high-frequency digital simulation of analogue voltage levels.
-Oscillator with phase, Detune and Pulsewidth that generates standard synth waveforms.
-Dual Oscillator with Detune, Hardsync and Ring modulation.
-Sampler, 16/24/32 bit Mono/Stereo multi sample player that imports WAV/SF2 files.
-2/4 Pole Multimode Filters with Cutoff, Resonance (LP, HP, BP and BS filtertypes),
-SVF, Zolzer, Moog, EQ, Formant, Comb, Allpass, Parametric and Shelving Filters.
-Amplifier and Mixer with Panning, Volume and Velocity control.
-Delay, Reverb, Phaser, Chorus, Distortion and PitchShift Effects.
-Soft-knee Compressor with Peak/RMS detection and optional Sidechain.
-10 Octave/12 Note Pitch control with Detune and Portamento.
-Controllers for frequency modulation (FM) and fast frequency sweeps.
-Bipolar/Unipolar LFO, HFO, ADSR/Multipoint Envelopes and Step Sequencer.
-Output component with Panning, DC removal, Volume and Clip control.
-Noise generator, filtered Pink, White and Brown noise with freq. sync control.
-Input generator so synth can function as an insert effect.
-Full stereo support (selected components can run in mono to save CPU cycles).
-Instant visual feedback on all controls. Frequency, Time/Amplitude, Modulation, etc.
-Up to 128 assignable automation controls.
-5 banks of 128 pre-made patches.
-Choose between Mono, Legato, or up to 16-voice true Polyphony.

Title link takes you there including samples and download. Via Brian Comnes.

at 10/28/2006 02:15:00 AM

Remember the Pollard Syndrum? Click here for more shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"Syndrum Quad By Pollard Industries.

Four analog synths in one box, triggered by four drum pads. The synths have a noise generator with sustain for snare and long noise effects, like crashing, separate volume control, tone sustain, tone sweep (up, down or off), tuning (course, fine and waveform shape), and vibrato control (spread, waveform and range).

The outputs on the back include seperate outs for the four pads, mixed outs for pads 1 & 2 and 3 & 4, and a seperate mixed output for all four pads (XLR & 1/4 inch).

There is an input for the footswitch that controls some of the parameters of the pad chosen."

at 10/28/2006 02:07:00 AM

Click here for more shots via this auction

Details:
"The D-Lab Classic Multi-Plexer in Baked ON-Dark Metallic Blue

I have had request’s to keep the unit simple for those that enjoy the sound and liked the original look, this unit is it! with a few updates:
1. New design Main circuit board (just received this week!)
2. New FREQ range pot (for better response).
3. Blue Metallic Bezel paint and Yellow LEDS. For a bit of 1970’s style.
4. Overview sheet.

Found this website write-up on my device! I guess they share synth technology.

GETLOFI.Com

The Multi-Plexer will produce those famous sounds that you grew up hearing on Lost and Space, The Forbidden Planet, Star Trek and other Sci-Fi classics. The name was assigned, simply because that’s what it does. The circuit sends an analog signal around in a circle, bending and distorting it, like a ring modulator. However, the MP is a FREE RUNNING Synth. No input is required for it to operate. But if you input a signal (like your guitar) it will ride the MP self generated wave. The end product is a result of many manipulations. I cannot describe its sounds in words. Please listen to the links and judge for yourself.

Multi-Plexer.MP3
Multi-Plexer.MP3
Multi-Plexer.Wav

Circuit:
The circuit is a basic pure Analog Synth (not noisy digital) with Depth, Sustain, Impact, Rate, Frequency and Volume adjustments. Only TOP Quality components were utilized. “Spared no expense” Runs on 2- 9vdc batteries (included). Totally isolated circuit will not produce hum or ground loops on your Guitar amp or stereo as other plug in the wall synths do. This is a great gadget to add to your rock band as a creepy, self running, sound generator. It’s also a lot of fun to just play with on your home stereo. Works best with Bass guitars or Keyboards, since the frequency is basically low.

Check out the MP3 files that my friend in OK sent me (see links above). The original circuit was developed in the 1970’s. Over 60 of them have sold on the ebay so far. See my feedback for great comments on this device. This gadget is not available anywhere besides D-Lab. In other words, you will be getting a very unique item. My investment per unit is $70.00 (parts), excluding numerous hours of layout and construction time. The cost have elevated due to the cosmetics I have been incorporating, plus quality components. I am doing my best to provide a top notch product. I realize that my gadget is small league compared to the big hitters (Moog, Paia & Korg). I just hope that you enjoy it. Bands around the country have been e-mailing me with great reports incorporating the Multi-Plexer's weird sound into their gigs.

This device is intended for fun or interface with your band equipment, not for development of a new Outer Limits episode. The cost is much less than store bought models and it is fully portable, unlike anything else on the market. Please e-mail me with questions or concerns before bidding. Unit comes with a nifty overview sheet for operating this crazy instrument. I can accept PayPal or M/O’s only. Payment must be received within 5 days of auction end. Shipping will be via Fed X ground ($9.00) to a street address, NO P.O. boxes. Thanks for looking and for your consideration.

NOTE: GREAT HALLOWEEN Sound effects device! Last one till 1 Nov."

at 10/28/2006 01:51:00 AM

No title link. Shot via this auction.

at 10/28/2006 01:50:00 AM

flick by shelle_eyes.

at 10/28/2006 12:30:00 AM

Roland PG-1000 --- BTW, I'm listening to New Order's "Temptation" as I put this up, and this shot just captures it for some reason. Amazing shots. Title link takes you to more. Via Matthew.

analog studio dark

analog studio lit

Update via phloem in the comments: Looks like the PG-1000 is up for auction. Shot's grabbed here.

at 10/28/2006 12:10:00 AM

YouTube via utdgrant. Sent my way via frederic.

at 10/28/2006 12:05:00 AM

at 10/28/2006 12:03:00 AM

flickr by zyphichore.

at 10/28/2006 12:01:00 AM

Remember the Kinetic Sound Prism? Title link takes you to a 3.99M demo according to Elhardt. The question mark? Well Elhardt is the man who brought us the Bahn Sage, and is suspect number one on the SMS 2000, so...

"The following excerpt is a mp3 I recorded off of the Prism demo tape. As
can be heard, it's probably a better advertisement NOT to spend $30K on this
synth. It doesn't seem to be making any kinds of sounds that couldn't be
done on something like a Prophet-5, except that with the polyphony and
multitimbral capabilities, maybe it can be done without multitracking. And
by the time the Prism appeared, NED had added sampling to the Synclav, and
there was the Fairlight. Both with demo tapes that made you want to buy
them. If I can find somebody to host large MP3 files, I can record those
demo tapes too.

I should point out also, that bubble memory was not a useless or obsolete
technology. It maintains memory on power down without battery backup, just
as my Apple ][ bubble memory card has been doing for the past 25 years, and
might be able to do so even with an EMP from a nuclear bomb. Bub mem was
still being sold up into the 90's in the form of RAM Disc computer cards.
Maybe still is."

at 10/27/2006 02:11:00 PM

"This is a sculpture that produces electronic synthesiser sounds and precussion. I used to see the old photographs ow ww1 submarines and the "talking tubes" that connected the various areas of the submarine."

Via Mike Ford. Title link takes you to more of his incredible work. Absolutely beautiful. Mike also tells me he will be putting up some videos of his work on YouTube. I can't wait. I'll be putting up posts as soon as they come in.

at 10/27/2006 01:51:00 PM

Title link takes you there.

via Gijs.

at 10/27/2006 01:47:00 PM

Here's a shot of the Waldorf Nano card for the CME range of MIDI controllers. The image was grabbed from an animated gif on this site. Sent my way via aves.

at 10/27/2006 01:25:00 PM

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this VSE thread. Note that it's for sale.

at 10/27/2006 01:17:00 PM

flickr by basilb.

at 10/27/2006 01:16:00 PM

flickr by basilb.

Title link takes you to more synth shots.

Update via one of the anonymous in the comments:
"This one is also on the Hinton modification page: link1, link2.
It belonged to a band called Zorch."

at 10/27/2006 01:12:00 PM

flickr by tvvork.

Title link takes you to more cover shots in the set.

BTW, you can download issues of Synapse magazine off of the Cynthia website under the goodies section.

at 10/27/2006 01:04:00 PM

Title link takes you to the video on the Novation Xio Synth site, or watch it teeny tiny here.

at 10/27/2006 12:55:00 PM

Gleeman Pentaphonic - Clear

Gergo Palatinszky Synth

Ginos Buchla

Title link takes you to the set.

at 10/27/2006 01:14:00 AM

John and Stephen play with a Creamware ASB Pro-12 and Prophet 5 at this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting.

at 10/27/2006 01:11:00 AM

Stephen Talks About his Doepfer Ribbon Controller

Two more via this year's Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting. You can see the Prophet T8 minus keys that Stephen refers to here. You can find Stephen's custom woodwork on Synthwood.

at 10/27/2006 01:04:00 AM

Two more of David Skinner and his Synthesizers.com modular at this year's Pacific Nortwhest Synthesizer Meeting. Click here for two previous posts.

at 10/27/2006 12:38:00 AM

Click here for shots pulled via this auction.

via Dave.

More on the Ondioline on 120 Years.

Via wikipedia: "The Ondioline was a vacuum tube-powered keyboard instrument, invented by Georges Jenny, which was a forerunner of today's synthesizers.

The Ondioline was capable of creating a wide variety of sounds. Its keyboard had a unique feature: it was suspended on special springs which made it possible to introduce a natural vibrato if the player moved the keyboard from side to side with their playing hand. The result was an almost human-like vibrato that lent a wide range of expression to the Ondioline. The keyboard was also pressure-sensitive, and the instrument had a knee volume lever.

Jean-Jacques Perrey first acquired an Ondioline in the mid-1950s [1], and used it on all his older albums from the late 1960's."

You might recognize the name Jean-Jacques Perrey from these posts (you can see him playing it in the first post). I saw him play live with Dana Countryman and he had the Ondioline with him. It sounded just like a theremin. Jean-Jacques Perrey stated that the Ondioline was his favorite instrument.

at 10/27/2006 12:30:00 AM

So in the comments of this post on Synrise, dan s. calls out that Synrise has had the same site design since 1999. It occured to me that I might actually hold the record for the synth site with the oldest original design! I know, exciting stuff. The original Matrixsynth, which is still up, btw, has had the same exact crappy design since Oct. 1997, when I originally put it up. If anyone knows of another synth site with an older design that is still up, feel free to comment. And yes, the blog link is new, but the overall site really has been the same since day one minus adding and updating links. Appropriate title, huh?

at 10/27/2006 12:29:00 AM

flickr by saftpackerl. Title link takes you to more.

at 10/26/2006 04:57:00 PM

Click here for shots pulled via eBay

Details:
"You are bidding monstrous EMS Synthi Sequencer 256 (formerly known as Synthi Moog Sequencer), very rare separate version of the Synthi 100 sequencer . Very few of them were produced back in the very early 70's. Designed by David Cockerell. Features the following options:

-Layers with 2 Control Voltages plus Key Parameters
-Fourth Key only Layer
-Five Octave Velocity Sensistive Keyboard
-256 Event x 42 bit Memory
-Each event comprises 2 x 6-bit Control Voltages and 13-bit Start & Stop times
-Internal (0.1 - 200 Hz) or External Clock
-Plays Forwards and Backwards
-Editing

Classic piece of electronic music history, it was surely the most sophisticated sequencer of the early synth years. List price in 1974 was $6500 in the States or 2500 pounds in UK. Looking incredibly cool. Every picnic would need a Synthi like that. The world would be different. I would not sell it I have not to. Cosmetic condition is very good (some traces of being used in the studio during the years, see the pictures; never on the road), working condition should be very good either , however sold as is because of the age. It was originally part of the one of the few modern electronic music studios fully based on EMS equipment founded in 1973. Serial number 6023, what means it is probably 23-rd unit ever produced. I guess not many more than 50 units were produced in general. Power plug included. To be picked up from Hayes, London or I will ship everywhere, however it might be expensive as the unit is quite big and heavy (more than 40 lbs)."

More info:
http://www.ems-synthi.demon.co.uk/emsprods.html#seq256
http://members.tripod.com/werdav/vosyn100.htm
http://www.obsolete.com/120_years/machines/ems/index.html

Sent my way via Johan.

at 10/26/2006 04:56:00 PM

This image popped up on AH today. The synth in the center is the Davolisint. Title link takes you to a page dedicated to the synth with specs, samples and more shots. Anyone know what the synth below it is?

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