TRONIX RB-1

Another rhythm box. Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

This one runs on a 9 volt battery.

MAESTRO MRQ-1

Here's another vintage rhythm box. Title link takes you to the shots pulled via this auction. Groovy buttons.

Update: The seller contacted me and let me know that he will be pulling the auction down due to an issue he found with the unit. He will re-list it when fixed.

KENT K-220

Title link takes you to images pulled via this auction.

Anyone know more about these in general? The auction claims this to be vintage analog. These old rhythm boxes fascinate me as the sound and analog synth technology is there producing sound, yet the target audience for these were totally different than that of the pro synth market, or was it?

More NAMM Shots on fdiskc

Title link takes you there. Click on NAMM Shows, Winter, 2007 when you get there. Looks like the Percussa Audio Cubes made an appearance which is very cool. If these ever come out I will be buying me some without a doubt.

Roland SH-101

b|c sent in a link to some shots he took of his mint Roland SH-101. This synth is in spectacular shape. According to b|c, he bought it from someone that put it in storage when they couldn't figure out how to get it to play more than one note; they bought it for for piano lessons. : )

What's interesting is in the comments of this post, b|c noted how the SH-101 battery case slightly sticks out when closed. You can see it in this second shot. Makes you wonder how many were broken by people trying to fix them.

Title link takes you to more including a couple of the box. For a second, I thought it was the same box shot as the previous post, but it's not. I've never seen the box before and now it comes up twice in a row. Odd how that happens. Things usually come in threes, so maybe I'll get to pick one up soon.

: )

bOOmChik Poster

Title link takes you to the source shot on EX5Tech.

Roland SH-101 Box

Funny box. Never seen one before. Box and SH-101 pulled via this HC thread. Sent my way via Gord.

The AM2000

Remember the AM4000, ARP 2500 clone? Well the AM2000 is a replica of the classic E-MU Modular.

"Overview The AM 2000 Modular Synthesizer is a replica of the original E-mu Systems Modular synthesizer that was manufactured in California by E-mu Systems from 1972 to 1980. Over 125 were built, and the last model was given to Scott Wedge when he left E-mu Systems in 1993 - he still has it.

The modules were updated with new circuit ideas during their life time, and Dave Rossum exploited SSM chips in many of the later module revisions from 1976 onwards. Some of the circuits are unique designs, not available from any other manufacturer. For example the Resonant Filter and the Universal Active Filter (an improvement over the ARP 1047 filter show cased in the ARP2500 Modular)."

What's cool is it's almost complete! Title link takes you to more info on The Emulator Archive.

Original E-MU Modular shot via MIDIzoo's NAMM set (go there for a much larger shot).

Filtermodulation II

flickr by altemark.

Title link takes you to more.

EMS Filterbank BII

Click here for the post on EMS SYNTHI. Note that the image on EMS SYNTHI is a link to a PDF brochure with more detail. I didn't realize this at first. So are many of the previous posts on site.

Korg MS-10

flickr by JonRowett.

sidpanel

flickr by mesak.

MS20 mug

flickr by Equaliser.

Matrixsynth by b|c

Read the display. :D

Matrixsynth graffiti. This is the floor model at NAMM. Friggin' awesome! I wonder how long it sat there like that. : )

Title link takes you to more including a few other NAMM shots sent my way via b|c. You'll find the more shots of the green, blue, orange, and red Voyagers, the Arturia Origin, Access Virus TI Polar and some Pioneer DJ babes.

Thank you b|c!!!

New Waldorf MSRPs

Stromberg: $3999 with a target release date of July.





Blofeld: $799 with a target release date of April.





Zarenbourg: $3999 with a target release date of April.





MSRPs courtesy of Novamusik. Note the actual street price is usually much lower than MSRP. For example the Q Phoenix has an MSRP of $3149 with a street price of $2299.

Access Virus TI OS 2.0

And it's official.

"Version 2.0 for the Virus TI adds Graintable, Formant-based oscillators and enhanced Wavetable synthesis. The new operating system introduces Section Locking for the Virus Control plug-in, searchable patch categories, 25 additional Wavetables and 256 additional signature ROM sounds, an improved user interface, a patch complexity indicator as well as loads of other refinements."

via Harmony Central

PDF of OS2 previously posted here

Swedish Mystery Modular

Found this one on sequencer.de. It looks like it's up for auction on this Swedish site. Anyone able to translate or have more info?

Moduler......
-Dual LFO : sinus, triangel och puls. symmetri funktion och sammanlagt 9 utgångar.
-Oscillator : 1V/oktav input. PW, PWM.
-Filter : utgångar för lågpass, bandpass och högpass filter.
-Envelope generator : ADSR med positiva och inverterade utgångar.
-VCA : stort telejack för utsignalen.

-Modulerna patchas ihop med labkablar.
-På baksidan sitter stora standard telejack för CV och GATE input.
-Ljud ut är också stort telejack.

-Säljes med ett MIDI interface som inte är med på bilden.
-Passar alla MIDI keyboards eller alla vanliga cv/gate synthar
-som har cv utgång med moog/roland standarden 1V/oktav.

-Patchkablar och svensk bruksanvisning följer med.
-Bara att koppla in och börja laborera med.

Plan B Model 21 Milton Venti

In the flesh. Image via fdiskc.

One more time: if you haven't checked out fdiskc's NAMM coverage, do it now. Click on NAMM Shows, Winter and 2007 when you get there.

EAR-Group.NET

NAMM via Inside Home Recording

You'll have to weed a little for the synth content, but I'm sure some of you are interested in more that synths as well. Title link takes you to Inside Home Recording where you'll find images and audio of the show. Also... I see they are the source of this Flickr shot, which was the first shot of the Waldorf Stromberg in the flesh that I'm aware of. And hey, they got to hang out with Bert and Ernie.

Rhodes Mark VII Video on Gearwire

Title link takes you there.

The Clavia C3 is now the C1

Thought this was kind of interesting. I first hear of the new Clavia combo organ being referred to as the C3. The text in that post and the text in this Gearjunkies post is your standard press release text, meaning we didn't write it. When I read the title of the Gearjunkies post I thought they had a typo calling it the C1, well, take a look at the label on the image - C1. I head on over to Clavia, and sure enough, it's the C1 now. The PR verbiage has been updated to C1 as well.

Title link takes you to Clavia where you can hear some audio of the C1.

EMS SYNTHI Blog

Because every nun needs a synthi. Title link takes you to a new blog on everything EMS. I won't be posting everything that comes up there, as that would be wrong, so be sure to check back there, or just subscribe to it on your favorite RSS reader. Mine's Bloglines. I'm subbed.

Waldorf Q

Title link takes you to images pulled via this auction.

Roland Jupiter-6

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Korg MS2000R

Title link takes you to one more shot pulled via this auction.

Update: Decided to add the second shot. I probably should have put this one up instead. Note how thin the rack is compared to the keyboard version. Korg should have made the keyboard more sleek like a Nord imo.

Matrixsynth by Brian

Brian Comnes sent in a few shots including this Matrixsynth shot of a Technics WSA1. Title link takes you to the rest including a Redsound Elevata, Oberheim Matrix-6, and the Technics WSA1, all on Matrixsynth green felt. ; )

Thomas Henry's "Electronic Drum Cookbook"

"After a long wait and a lot of work, we're happy to announce that Thomas Henry's "Electronic Drum Cookbook" is now available at Magic Smoke Electronics! The Drum Cookbook contains 54 pages of information and 18 schematics detailing various percussion controllers, tone generators and modifiers. Some reference information and interweb links have also been updated in this new version. Available as a PDF file, the Drum Cookbook can be ordered for $US15 from www.magsmoke.com.

You can also find a sample chapter and other information on our website (including a very low cost trade-in program for owners of "dead tree" Drum Cookbooks)."

The Genoqs Octopus

I just love this shot via fdiskc's NAMM coverage. Brandon put up more shots today, so be sure to check them out.

Prevous genoqs posts including video

Future Retro XS

The Future Retro XS in the flesh via fdiskc.

NAMM Videos on Sonic State

Title link takes you to the full list, currently including the Korg M3, R3, Legacy Mono/Poly and the Roland VSynth GT.

Maudio Way Out Ware KickAxxe

"Built with Way Out Ware’s award-winning analog-modeling technology, the KikAxxe brings together a faithful emulation of the classic ARP Axxe synthesizer, analog-style 16-step sequencer, programmable drum machine and a tape delay effect. Modern conveniences include presets, MIDI sync and comprehensive MIDI-mapping capabilities. Compatible with RTAS, VST and AU hosts. Mac/PC."

Note this is via Way Out Ware, makers of the TimewARP 2600, so you know this is going to sound good as well.

M-AUDIO GForce Virtual String Machine

"The Virtual String Machine from GForce brings the evocative tones of over a dozen of the finest vintage string synthesizers to your personal studio—Freeman String Symphonizer, Eminent 310, ARP Omni II, ARP Quartet, Crumar Multiman, Polymoog, Elka Rhapsody, Korg PE2000, Logan String Melody, Eminent Solina, Roland RS202, Yamaha SS30 and more. Far more than a preset device, the Virtual String Machine lets you layer any two of the 60 Sample Sets and apply an intuitive synthesis engine to each—as well as add master vintage phaser/ensemble effects. The result is a truly authentic and highly versatile range of textures, perfect for just about every musical genre. Mac/PC stand-alone or host operation (RTAS, VST, AU)."

Note this is from GForce/Gmedia, the group behind the Oddity, Minimonsta, M-Tron and impOSCar. If it's from then, it's sure to sound good.

Title link takes you to more info including samples.

Woody - SID synth

flickr by fibra.

title link takes you to more.

New Fender Rhodes on CDM

Title link takes you there.

Simmons SDS7 + ARP Sequencer Quick Demos

YouTube via 123synthland.

Radias MATRIX

Title link takes you to a few more shots via SoNiCbRaT.

Stromberg via MIDIzoo

Another gorgeous shot of the Waldorf Stromberg. This one via moose on MIDIzoo. Again, check out MIDIzoo for more NAMM shots.

Dave Smith and Roger Linn Drum Machine

Apologies with the slow posting today. Caught up with the day job. Here's something to hold you over.

: )

Via moose's NAMM set. Be sure to check out the set for more NAMM goodness.

Sent my way via Oliver

Customize Your Moog

Another shot of the green. This one via Sonic State. Title link takes you to the article with a very nice shot of red mod wheels. The red one is going to be nice as well.

"Since introducing the Electric Blue edition in 2004, Moog has received hundreds of requests to build customized Voyagers. Now those requests, once only fulfilled for a handful of artists, can be accommodated for anyone. Backlight options include: Electric Blue, Solar (orange), Lunar (white), Fire (red), and Jade (green). Cabinet styles are available in Electric Blue (black with fractal blue flecks), Traditional Ash, Mahogany, White Wash, Walnut, Cherry, Black Ash, and Maple. Any combination is available."

via Oliver

Stromberg and Blofeld

I'm diggin' those knobs! More via Brandon Daniel on fdisk. Brandon rules. These are the images we want to see.

Update: I should note there are supersized shots of these on fdiskc. So if you want to zoom in and really look at the detail, go check it out.

MOOG Voyager in Green

: )

More NAMM pics are up on fdiskc

EvErY tHiNg BuT ThE BrAiN...

Title link takes you to a post on SoNiCbRaT with some beautiful tracks utilizing the Korg Radias.

Sampling and Samplers – Theory for Beginners

Another tutorial; this one on sampling via Muff Wiggler on KVR. Title link takes you there.

"This document on sampling is intended as a primer for the NEWBIE, who is looking to form a deeper understanding of what samplers, samples and sampling is (and are), and what they can be used for. This document is intended to give you the basic knowledge needed to begin to explore the world of sampling, multi-samples, and sample manipulation and composition."

Waldorf at NAMM

There it is.... : )

The Stromberg.

flickr by penmachine

Rob Papen Predator

The following is just a partial list. Title link takes you to more. The full feature list is just too long, even for me, and I put this up. : )

# Oscillators section: 3 Oscillators with 128 waves included Analogue, Additive and Spectral type of waveforms plus pink & white noise generators.
# Oscillator waveform Symmetry control for each oscillator
# Free running option for each oscillator and Oscillator Syncing of oscillator 2 or 3 to oscillator 1
# Extended semitone range going from -48 semitones up to +48 semitones.
# Separate octave control and fine-tuning
# Keyboard tracking on/off for each oscillator.
# Each Oscillator offers Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) using an independent LFO for each oscillator with individual speed and amount controls.
# FM and Ring modulation modes for Oscillator 2 and 3.
# Each oscillator has a PWM square wave Sub-oscillator
# Spread function for detuned multiple oscillator sound within one Oscillator.
# Volume control for each oscillator and output on/off for Oscillator 1 and 2.


# Overall Pitch modulation section: Tempo sync-able global Pitch LFO. You can set the amount and also which wave is used for this LFO.
# Pitch bend with separate settings for up and down pitch-bends.


# Filter section: Main filter is an analogue modelled stereo Multimode Filter, offering 6dB LowPass and HighPass, 12dB, 18dB and 24dB LowPass and HighPass, 12dB and 24dB BandPass, 12dB and 24dB Notch and Comb Filter.
# Pre-filtering distortion with smooth or edgy mode option.
# Easy Filter control by pre-defined Cutoff Frequency modulation controllers: Envelope, Velocity, Key-tracking, LFO and Modulation Wheel.
# Build in Filter Envelope with Attack, Decay, Sustain, Fade and Release.
# Build in Filter LFO with various waveforms, modulation amount control and tempo sync option with speed settings between 16/1 and 1/32t.
# LFO Poly, free or mono mode options.

Driver's License as Ableton Live MIDI Controller

"Using the magnetic strip on the back of my driver's license to make a ribbon controller which then controls Autofilter in Live 6 via MIDI."

This is just too cool. Another via Muff Wiggler.
Previous ribbon controller post