flickr by polaranta.Yamaha CS15D.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Oberheim OB-MX
No title link. Just three shots pulled via this auction. A two voice with a buy it now of $1,399.00.
Star Instruments Synare S3X
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.Details:
2 Oscillators w 3 way selectors and each with separate tuning parameters
Filter section with Tuning,OSC 2 MIX, SWEEP, RESONACE
MASTER SECTION WITH DECAY & VOLUME as well as an Adjustable PRESET
Bank selector.This could become the most versatile 10" in your set up!
Standard 1/4" out put works with any amp or PA
Standard 1/8" ac jack and piggyback power link, The unit also runs on 9 volt batteries
The AC jack is included and is a modern low noise Radio Shack Multi amp model with the original 1/8" jack spliced on
This came straight out of a studio and is fully tested and 100% operable
The striking surface has recently been replace with a neoprene surface for silent use in studio and stage settings
No scratchy pots or bad OScillators in this one
The noise switch sometimes needs to be activated more than once to engage so the new owner should plan on giving this contact switch a cleaning
Software
Title link takes you to the Software site where you will find photos, videos and more. Don't miss the site navigation links on the top of the page. BTW, the videos might be down as YouTube appears to be down at the moment, so if you don't see them, check back later. via zonkout in the comments of this post.
The Waldorf Forum is Back
Title link takes you there. The forum was closed with the Waldorf insolvency. It was then hosted by private servers by Paul Maddox and Till Kopper up until Thursday August 31, 2006. Now it is back with Waldorf. via Dr. Georg Muller.
Update via the comments:
"I was not hosting it. That was only done on Paul Maddox' server. I was only the admin.
Thanks for all the Waldorf forum member who supported us by donating money to pay the bills. The money for a whole year was donated within a few hours. And the donations came from many different countries.
Thanks to Waldorf. They gave us the nice synths.
keep on turning these Waldorf knobs
Till "Qwave" Kopper
(now moderator of the new list)"
Update via the comments:
"I was not hosting it. That was only done on Paul Maddox' server. I was only the admin.
Thanks for all the Waldorf forum member who supported us by donating money to pay the bills. The money for a whole year was donated within a few hours. And the donations came from many different countries.
Thanks to Waldorf. They gave us the nice synths.
keep on turning these Waldorf knobs
Till "Qwave" Kopper
(now moderator of the new list)"
Peavey DPM-C8
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.• 88-note, wooden, weighted, velocity and channel pressure sensitive keyboard.
• 64 patches, eight fully variable zones per patch.
• Three assignable wheels, four assignable sliders and four assignable buttons.
• Serial port for mouse connection.
• MS-DOS compatible disk drive for patch and SysEx storage.
• Large LCD display.
• Four independent MIDI Outs, two merging MIDI Ins.
• Two CV pedal inputs, two dual footswitch inputs.
via Matthew.
Brown from Livewire Electronics on KXLU
Rtopia just posted some shots of a radio appearance of Mike Brown of Livewire Electronics. Title link takes you to shots. To hear the mp3 go to rtopia and do a find for KXLU. The first find will be the shots, the second the mp3. I tried to link directly to the post, but it looks like it is down. The mp3 is definitely worth the extra effort if you are interested in hearing some Livewire modules and Mike Brown.Update: You might recognize the case here and here. It's the custom case for NIN. Thanks goes to Unrest for spotting it, via the comments.
Update via r in the comments: "the custom modular was made for Alessandro Cortini.
Athough he did tour with NIN earlier this year - he's currrently touring/performing with his own band modwheel mood
It's all his - he paid for it : )"
AH Bay Area Gathering 2006 Gallery on rtopia
Title link takes you to another set on rtopia. When you get there do a find for 2006. I tried the direct link to the post but I'm getting a 404.
Ray Kurzweil on TEDTalks
Title link takes you there. No direct synth content, but I thought it would be interesting to hear what the man behind the Kurzweil line of synthesizers has to say about technology.
Synthi AKS For Kontakt 2
"Synthi for Kontakt 2 is a surprisingly versatile library, giving you horror klangs and snappy zaps, snarling ring-mod leads and basses, and fat, rubbery mellow textures ready to slot into your productions. You'll be astounded at the sheer size and sense of life in the sounds. With complete control over filters, envelopes as well as the Spring Reverb convolution impulse, you'll be able to tame the beast. Well, almost."
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
d16 group Audio Software - Drumazon
"Take a look on our newest product - the Drumazon. It's virtual drum synthesizer emulating the well-known classic drum machine.Drumazon will be released on December 15-th but it's available now in special pre-order offer (read below). More details on Drumazon soon... Visit the audio samples section and hear it now. You can also take a look on its GUI"
Title link takes you there. Via SIGHUP a brand new blog.
And the PHOSCYON
virtual 909
virtual 303
Music Gear Repair and Hacking
http://www.marksmart.net/gearhack/gearhack.html
Included pages on:
1. ARP Axxe
2. ARP Omni
3. ARP Quadra
4. Electric Sitar
5. Fender Lace VI
6. Guitar Feedback Generator
7. Jazz Looping Pedalboard
1. Copeland Hex Pickup
2. Fenderizer Amp Simulator Pedal
3. Split Guitar Pickup Experiments
8. Pogo Studio Moog Modular
9. Roland GR-300 Guitar Synth
10. Roland GR-50 Guitar Synth - Sustain Modification
Clarity RETRO polyphonic MIDI - to -CV converter
No title link. Three shots via this auction. Not much as far as details (note the Clarion typo): "here we have a CLARION RETRO, a polyphonic MIDI-to-CV converter that also acts as 4 seperate LFO with variable waveforms if needed :)
i used this unit with my modular for the past 4 years with NO complaints. the buttons function smoothly with no resistance or double triggering. the input and outputs are all dust free and connect firmly. since i recently sold me modular i now have no need to take this with me so i'm hoping it can go to a good home."
ROLAND MC-8 MICROCOMPOSER ANALOG SEQUENCER
Title link takes you to an article on Sound on Sound. This image and the details below were pulled from this auction."INFORMATION > The Roland MC-8 MicroComposer was introduced in 1977 at a price of around $8000 as the world's first digital microprocessor driven, VC (Voltage Control) unit, (a pre-MIDI sequencing method used for electronic music). The MicroComposer could precisely adjust multiple sound producing and effects elements of a synthesizer, such as the VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator), the VCF (Voltage-controlled filter), and other voltage controlled components very rapidly, which is nearly impossible to do manually by a performer. The MC-8 was designed to work with the large complex modular synthesizers such as the Roland System 100 and System 700. It could also be used during a live performance to control lighting by using pre-programmed, timed pulses, and pre-programmed timed voltage levels."
via sonicbrat.
Jessica Rylan in Chicago
This one in via Alex. If you are in the Chicago area this might be interesting. Title link takes you to more info including a map.JESSICA RYLAN
Nov 18 9pm 6ODUM
Something new from JR … synthesizer blurpage and campfire vocals … mysteries nested like Russian dolls … homemade and heart-wrenching. Masters of the Ellipsis, we are.
Rylan (b. 1974, London) is a sound artist and electronic musician who lives and works in the Boston area. She builds analog synthesizers, which she uses for sound installations at galleries (LIST Visual Art Center at MIT, the Boston Center for the Arts, Bard College) and also in her high energy musical performances. Her recordings are available on RRRecords and Ultra Eczema, as well as her own IRFP label. In 2005, Rylan was named Research Affiliate at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT to study chaotic synthesizer design. She has lectured at Bard College, Boston University, Harvard and Smith College.
Via Alex
Vaco Loco MIDI2SDS
"A handy module for converting MIDI data to trigger pulses, suitable for driving the Simmons SDS range. The module can also be used to trigger any drum machine that requires a short pulse of a variable level to trigger."Title link takes you there. More on Simmons here.
Update via Paul in the comments:
"Thanks for the link, If you want, you can buy the kit from elby-designs ;-"
Waldorf Edition Update v1.2.3
30/10/2006:
This update is strongly recommended for all users of the new Waldorf Edition package published by Waldorf. It addresses the following issues:
*Saving and loading of Sounds and Banks on computers with Intel processors (Windows and Intel Mac) with the PPG Wave 2.V. The resulting files had some wrong values that might result in wrong behaviour or even crashes when loading them or opening song projects. Note that the PPG Wave 2.V 1.2.3 can load these erroneous Sounds or Banks and saves them back properly if wanted.
*Opening the PPG Wave 2.V as AudioUnit in Logic might result in up to 32 output channels assigned to the PPG Wave 2.V when run as a multi out instrument. On these outputs, digital noise might have occured.
Title link takes you there.
This update is strongly recommended for all users of the new Waldorf Edition package published by Waldorf. It addresses the following issues:
*Saving and loading of Sounds and Banks on computers with Intel processors (Windows and Intel Mac) with the PPG Wave 2.V. The resulting files had some wrong values that might result in wrong behaviour or even crashes when loading them or opening song projects. Note that the PPG Wave 2.V 1.2.3 can load these erroneous Sounds or Banks and saves them back properly if wanted.
*Opening the PPG Wave 2.V as AudioUnit in Logic might result in up to 32 output channels assigned to the PPG Wave 2.V when run as a multi out instrument. On these outputs, digital noise might have occured.
Title link takes you there.
PAiA Modular
Title link takes you to some shots from this sale. I also backed them up here in case the images disappear. via Gord.
Update: More via Music of Plexus.
Yamaha TX81Z
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. I need to stop with the box fetish...via loscha
Waldorf MicroWave 1 Demo Sounds
Title link takes you to Dr. Georg Mueller's MicroWave 1 Demo Sound page. Tons of samples and some descriptions after the hop. Enjoy.
Magic Smoke Electronics Mankato
"Magic Smoke is the exclusive licensed source of Thomas Henry's books on do-it-yourself musical electronics as well as the source for exclusive analog synthesizer modules and kits. For starters, we're bringing out Thomas's classic books plus his fantastic new voltage controlled filter."The Mankato!
Designed by well known synth DIY guru Thomas Henry, the TH-201 is a low-pass VCF with some unusual operating modes. Magic Smoke will be producing kits for a four output model (TH-201/4) and an eight output model (TH-201/8). With the Resonance control turned all the way up, these filters will self-oscillate, operating as multi-phase LFOs or VCOs.
Both DC-coupled and AC-coupled inputs are available. The DC-coupled inputs allow the TH-201 to operate as a voltage-controlled lag processor (slew limiter). All outputs are buffered and have standard 1k impedance.
The TH-201 VCF will be produced as a kit in Euro Rack and Frac Rack panel formats. The PCB will be available separately for those who want to package the TH-201 in other formats.
The Mankato covers a very wide frequency range -- around 0.005Hz (200 seconds/cycle) to beyond 20kHz without range switches. Changing the timing capacitors can provide extended low frequency operation.
TH-201/4
• 12 and 24 dB outputs
• inverted 12 and 24 dB outputs
• 90 degrees of phase difference between each output
• quadrature sine wave oscillator
TH-201/8
• 6, 12, 18, and 24 dB outputs
• inverted 6, 12, 18, and 24 dB outputs
• 45 degrees of phase difference between each output
• 8-phase sine wave oscillator
The following is one via this gallery of this year's AH Bay Area Synth Gathering.
AH Bay Area Gathering 2006 via Electronic Musician
The synth gathering made the Electronic Musician blog. Our own Brian Comnes got a mention as well. Pretty cool. : )
"List member Brian Comnes, who coordinated the gathering, set up a raffle to raise money for the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation. The donated prizes included hats and shirts from RobotSpeak, a Metasonix TM-6, a gift certificate to Analogue Haven, and a vintage Korg MonoPoly synth (donated by sound-designer and EM author Nick Peck).
Personally, the most interesting aspect of an AHCali meeting is hearing what people have to say about their instruments, finding out what they like most about them, and hearing how they use them. I was particularly interested in learning more about the Buchla 200e, and Chris Muir was patient enough to explain some its deep feature-set to me."
Update: I realized I didn't give the celebrity list for the event. Here it is:
"Instrument designers visiting the show included Don Buchla, Dave Smith, Mike Brown (LiveWire), and Eric Barbour of Metasonix. Composer/performer Robert Rich was kind enough to bring along his large MOTM system. And San Francisco-based retailer Robot Speak was also present with plenty of Moog-related hardware and software items on display."
"List member Brian Comnes, who coordinated the gathering, set up a raffle to raise money for the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation. The donated prizes included hats and shirts from RobotSpeak, a Metasonix TM-6, a gift certificate to Analogue Haven, and a vintage Korg MonoPoly synth (donated by sound-designer and EM author Nick Peck).
Personally, the most interesting aspect of an AHCali meeting is hearing what people have to say about their instruments, finding out what they like most about them, and hearing how they use them. I was particularly interested in learning more about the Buchla 200e, and Chris Muir was patient enough to explain some its deep feature-set to me."
Update: I realized I didn't give the celebrity list for the event. Here it is:
"Instrument designers visiting the show included Don Buchla, Dave Smith, Mike Brown (LiveWire), and Eric Barbour of Metasonix. Composer/performer Robert Rich was kind enough to bring along his large MOTM system. And San Francisco-based retailer Robot Speak was also present with plenty of Moog-related hardware and software items on display."
PAiA midi2cv8 MIDI to CV converter
Bookmarking this one for me to look up when I need one. "This freshly updated MIDI to CV converter from PAiA is an economical and versatile solution for interfacing MIDI to the world of analog synthesis and control. It is an easy to build and use system with eight analog outputs that can be Control Voltages, Gates, Triggers, even variable amplitude pulses for triggering analog drum sets. The newly revised firmware allows Multi assignment of notes by midi channel and a DIN sync mode that can also control of one or two synths while sync is running."
Title link takes you there. via brian comnes.
"my favorite now if I did it over again wpould be that PAIA MIDI2CV8 kit. This thing gives you 8 separate CV outs that can be configured in several ways - coolest is the mono with pitch. gate, and 6 more assigned CC controllers (think about that ) , or 4 channel pitch and gate only , it's a trip ..... you can build one for about $130 or check the 1U rack mount with the pair horizontal , can you imagine 16 CV channels and a computer sequencer on a modular?? ..woohoo ....except no LFO, you have to get that somewhere else, also the M2CV8 has power circuit on it (wall wart too) , the other modules get their pawer from the M2CV8 or separate supply"
Monday, November 13, 2006
Fairlight CMI III Audio Demo
Title link takes you to the post on Failed Muso.I thought the following summed up why many of us still go after vintage synths and why we appreciate different synths from different manufacturers. They all have their own character. You can usually get close approximations between synths, but rarely can you capture the unique character that makes any given synth shine.
"However, after listening to this and yearning to own one more than ever, I found myself thinking about why I really wanted one as I could get sounds like these from any number of newer, more advanced and able machines. Heck, my Alesis Fusion is 100 times more powerful and can produce many similar tones. A Kawai K5000 could do very good additive as can Camel Audio's Cameleon 5000, but there is something in the Fairlight sound that tends to be lacking from many modern day instruments and that is character. The Fairlight has it in bucket loads, like many other synths of it's era. Nowadays, we seem to accept power and bloatware as the way forward. This is a big mistake."
The Simmons Electronic Drums Virtual Museum
Title link takes you to The Simmons Electronic Drums Virtual Museum where you'll find manuals, patches, images and more.via Georg.
AH Bay Area Gathering 2006 Gathers $565 for the Moog Foundation
Brian Comnes, host of this year's AHBA set up a raffle for the gathering in which proceeds would go the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music. They raised $565. Pretty cool. "Here's the list of goodies some lucky folks walked away with yesterday. Not bad for a $5 ticket
** Korg Mono/Poly in a flight case (donated by Nick Peck)
** Metasonix TM-6 tube filter (from Eric Barbour of Metasonix)
** $100 gift certificate to Analogue Haven (from Shawn Cleary and Chuck Oken, owners of the store)
** Moog DVD from Moog Foundation
** Several Moog Hats from Moog Foundation and RobotSpeak (Steve Taormina and Alan Stewart, owners of the store)
** Hooded sweatshirt from Livewire Electronics (from Mike Brown of Livewire)
** Moog Tshirts from Moog Foundation and RobotSpeak
** Studio Electronics T shirts from Robot Speak
Please go to www.moogfoundation.org. You can find out about the group's work. You can also contribute online. Their goal is to get to $5mm and to date they only have $30k, plus our $565, so they have a ways to go and could definitely use help from the synth enthusiast community.
The goal of this Foundation honoring this unique and special (Bob Moog) is to foster innovation and curiosity in electronic music.
In my humble opinion, I think the AH local groups should adopt the Bob Moog Foundation for at least all of 2007 and maybe in perpetuity if all goes well.....and beside a raffle adds an element of excitement, tension and anxiety to an otherwise blissful day ...and if they can't get any prizes they can just set out a coffee can and collect.
Peace
Brian"
Great idea Brian.
If you haven't checked out the Bob Moog Memorial Foundation for Electronic Music, please do.
Update: Brian suggested I put up a permanent link to The Moog Foundation. Great idea. I'll be adding the below image shortly.
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Metasonix,
MOOG,
Studio Electronics,
Synth Bling,
Synth Clothes,
Synth Ts
The GTR Orgatron
via loscha. Update via Loscha in the comments:
"Hi Folks,
Once a year I get someone emailing me asking for information on the Orgatron. Sadly, I lost all that information to a HDD crash in 2009 or so, and I sold the Orgatron soon after these pictures were published, as I moved to a much smaller house.
So, I'm really sorry - I can't help anyone out with further information about the keyboard.
It had a chord organ section on the left, and the main synth voice was a very sketchy monosynth. There was some kind of weak lowpass filter that would close on some of the brass sounds, I seem to remember.
If you can get one for $50 -- do it!
If you can get one for $200 -- don't do it!"
Air Synth Shirt
Well, technically it's an air guitar t-shirt, but I'm hijacking it. I need to make my Matrixsynth T out of this stuff. Then we can have a Matrixsynth rave with everyone actually creating the music as they dance in a trance. "Our air guitar consists of a wearable sensor interface embedded in a conventional 'shirt' which uses custom software to map gestures with audio samples. Freedom of movement is a great feature of these textile-based interfaces. It’s an easy-to-use, virtual instrument that allows real-time music making – even by players without significant musical or computing skills."
via CDM and Gizmodo. Title link takes you to an article on the shirt with contact info. Also see this article on the BBC.
Kenton Selling Starts Selling MIDI Retrofits Again
Add MIDI to your old analogs. Title link takes you the list. It's a long one. Korg Polysix MIDI Retrofit pictured. I think it costs about as much as a Polysix. : )
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