via Paul Schreiber of MOTM on AH:
"Here are 4 "identical" demos of the MOTM-520 Cloud Generator hardware. The difference is the waveform used. In all cases the audio is unfiltered and mono. The MP3 encoding is 64K, so the overall dynamic range/brightness is somewhat compressed. But you will get the general idea.
Sounds are from turning the front panel controls (Pitch, Spread, Chaos).
saw_demo.mp3
tri_demo.mp3
sqr_demo.mp3
sine_demo.mp3
Let me know what you think!
Paul S"
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Chua's Oscillator
"For decades, musicians have been experimenting and working with electronic synthesizers to generate sound. In some cases the reasoning is logistical - often it is prohibitively expensive, for example, to haul a heavy and expensive piano or organ to a venue. Many times, however, the goal is creative expression in the generation of new and previously unheard or unharnessed sounds. Chaotic oscillators, including the example discovered by Leon Chua, open the door to a new universe of sonic possibilities.Chua's oscillator is a system described by a set of three differential equations that can be realized either in digital form or in analog form using opamps and passive circuit components, simple in appearance, but extraordinarily complex in its analysis and behavior."
Title link takes you to more info including a video
Waldorf Blofeld Vids
MusoTalk 81 - Angecheckt- Waldorf Blofeld Teil 1
MusoTalk 82 - Angecheckt - Waldorf Blofeld Teil 2
YouTubes via musotalk.
"Wolfram Franke, developer at whale village Music, presents the new Blofeld Synthesizer in the areas of audio Workshop. The thing sounds really very convincing and at a price of under 500 €. Sound Samples taken up to 24 Bit/48 kHz with the Metric halo mobile interface (ca.24 MT) on www.musotalk.de downloaden."
MusoTalk 82 - Angecheckt - Waldorf Blofeld Teil 2
YouTubes via musotalk.
"Wolfram Franke, developer at whale village Music, presents the new Blofeld Synthesizer in the areas of audio Workshop. The thing sounds really very convincing and at a price of under 500 €. Sound Samples taken up to 24 Bit/48 kHz with the Metric halo mobile interface (ca.24 MT) on www.musotalk.de downloaden."
PPG EVU
Click here for additional pics via this auction
"The EVU is an 8 voice synth with 2 wavetable oscillators per voice. They also have the great SSM filters on the voice boards. You have 2 envelopes, an LFO and a third AD envelope available. There are additional jacks on the back for VCF Filter control, trigger input, and more. The EVU can be edited from your favorite sysex librarian/editor. Sonically, the EVU matches up with the Wave 2.3. It has the newer voice cards and 12 bit processing like the 2.3."
Sequential Circuits Pro-fx
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this auction
MODEL 500 SYSTEM CONTROLLER (3U RACK SPACE)
MODEL 501 EXPANSION CAGE (3U RACK SPACE)
SCI 518 REVERB UNIT (1U RACK SPACE)
THE MODULES ARE:
SCI 512 DISTORTION
SCI 520 TRANSPOSE/SYNC
SCI 518 REVERB
SCI 524 DIGITAL DELAY
SCI 514 4X2 MIXER
SCI 522 FLANGER CHORUS
via this auction
MODEL 500 SYSTEM CONTROLLER (3U RACK SPACE)
MODEL 501 EXPANSION CAGE (3U RACK SPACE)
SCI 518 REVERB UNIT (1U RACK SPACE)
THE MODULES ARE:
SCI 512 DISTORTION
SCI 520 TRANSPOSE/SYNC
SCI 518 REVERB
SCI 524 DIGITAL DELAY
SCI 514 4X2 MIXER
SCI 522 FLANGER CHORUS
Casio SK-1
Click here for shots via this auction.
"Dual Mounted Modified Devices Offer a Fully Modular Independently Arrayed Open Patch System With Momentary Engage Buttons, Selectable Engagable Step Busses, & a Versatile Variable Speed / Length / Step / Patch Sequencer System with Unusual Timing Features like the Chaos Modifier, Freeze, & Freeze & Step Settings. Simply Put This Crazy Thing Will Generate All Manner of Unique Raymond Scott Karloff & Electronium Or Krell Musical Effects that Will Blow You Mind ! Patch Your other gear Right in with Ease and Use Any Part Of the Sequencer System to Glitch or Cross Glitch Any Number Of Bent Devices in Tru e modern Modular Synth Style. 1950's Retro Sci-Fi Modern."
Oberheim OB-Xa
Title link takes you to shots via this auction."Oberheim OBXA 8-voice vintage analog synthesizer with 120 programs upgrade and full midi kit"
Synthesizers.com State Variable Filter
via this auction."Synthesizers dotcom Q107 filter module in PRISTINE condition. I think this module has more sonic presence than the Moog ladder filter which is quite evident as you turn up the resonance - there's still a lot of bottom end. In addition to Low Pass, you get High Pass, Band Pass, and Notch. All outputs can be used simulatenously."
Godin LGXT Guitar Synth
Title link takes you to shots via this auction."Godin LGXT with a very nice Godin hardshell case. Cosmetically this guitar has a couple of minor dings, and some typical light pick marks, but I would rate it at least a 9/10. It has been professionally setup and plays like a dream! You will not find a better synth guitar, but this is also a monster when played as a normal electric guitar. This combination of fast synth tracking and a tremolo system makes for incredible sonic power and delivers it in a very user-friendly, eye-pleasing package. Exquisitely playable with surprising resonance and a vibrant natural tone, the LGXT pairs an ergocut mahogany neck with a sleek and smooth ebony fingerboard and a silverleaf maple body topped by figured maple. The LGXT has dual Seymour Duncan humbuckers a Jazz II in the neck position and a Duncan-modified Custom Custom in the bridge position; a Godin exclusive. The custom RMC X-Bridge fires the piezo transducer output and the excellent synth-tracking system. You can find even more specs on this guitar at Godin's website." Anyone know what the sliders do?
Friday, August 10, 2007
Korg X-911 and a Poll
The following is via Sir Ruff on VSE:
"well, I don't normally write about anything new I get, but this this just showed up today and kind of blew me away. I really didn't expect it to sound so damn raw and vintage, but I guess it is essentially components of a ms-20 in a pseudo-preset box. I frankly can't ever see this being used as a guitar synth-the bass is so massive, even with just one oscillator preset on, it would be silly not to use it for this. there is just enough resonance on the filter to achieve the perfect "phwoah" sound... very rude! Twisted Evil totally unlike any filter I have used before-again I assume this is part of the ms-20 legacy... Actually this would be a perfect addition to a ms-10/20 setup due to all the inputs for pitch/filter/lfo/portamento... I guess there were special pedals you could buy for this, but surely other connections would work as well? Failing this, I will at least be able to connect it to my cs15 for some 3 osc madness.
Unfortunately, I don't have a manual, and there's none on the net, so if anyone happens to know the inner workings of the "touch sense" parameter, and others, I'd like to hear!"
And the Poll... I frequently come across mini reviews like this on various forums and... I find them interesting. On the one hand it could just be a reflection of someone's joy in picking up a new synth, but on the other it is a perspective on the new synth. And... I have seen dissapointment as well. The poll, or rather my question to you is, should I put this stuff up when I come across it? It is fascinating in that you get to see one person's reaction to a given synth, but would you consider it worth posting here? On a forum, of course it makes sense. The comment in this mini review that stood out as interesting to me was the following: "I guess it is essentially components of a ms-20 in a pseudo-preset box." The X-911, guitar synth, consisting of MS20 components. Is this correct? Of course if you know it not to be, you are free to correct this statement in the comments here and/or on the thread as well. The thing with the VSE thread is that it will eventually disappear - inactive threads there will eventually expire. Let me know if you think I should post these one of mini reviews via the poll below. Note that I am completely on the fence on this one and normally I would not put this up unless someone sent it in for a post. So if you vote no, I will not take offense to it.
"well, I don't normally write about anything new I get, but this this just showed up today and kind of blew me away. I really didn't expect it to sound so damn raw and vintage, but I guess it is essentially components of a ms-20 in a pseudo-preset box. I frankly can't ever see this being used as a guitar synth-the bass is so massive, even with just one oscillator preset on, it would be silly not to use it for this. there is just enough resonance on the filter to achieve the perfect "phwoah" sound... very rude! Twisted Evil totally unlike any filter I have used before-again I assume this is part of the ms-20 legacy... Actually this would be a perfect addition to a ms-10/20 setup due to all the inputs for pitch/filter/lfo/portamento... I guess there were special pedals you could buy for this, but surely other connections would work as well? Failing this, I will at least be able to connect it to my cs15 for some 3 osc madness.
Unfortunately, I don't have a manual, and there's none on the net, so if anyone happens to know the inner workings of the "touch sense" parameter, and others, I'd like to hear!"
And the Poll... I frequently come across mini reviews like this on various forums and... I find them interesting. On the one hand it could just be a reflection of someone's joy in picking up a new synth, but on the other it is a perspective on the new synth. And... I have seen dissapointment as well. The poll, or rather my question to you is, should I put this stuff up when I come across it? It is fascinating in that you get to see one person's reaction to a given synth, but would you consider it worth posting here? On a forum, of course it makes sense. The comment in this mini review that stood out as interesting to me was the following: "I guess it is essentially components of a ms-20 in a pseudo-preset box." The X-911, guitar synth, consisting of MS20 components. Is this correct? Of course if you know it not to be, you are free to correct this statement in the comments here and/or on the thread as well. The thing with the VSE thread is that it will eventually disappear - inactive threads there will eventually expire. Let me know if you think I should post these one of mini reviews via the poll below. Note that I am completely on the fence on this one and normally I would not put this up unless someone sent it in for a post. So if you vote no, I will not take offense to it.
SAW Synth
For the ultimate sawtooth wave. Actually it's a theremin. Title link takes you to more info on fotosis.
Porting the XT Waves to Zebra
via suthnear via this KVR post.
"Since it looks as if Urs has fixed the 16 slot oscillator loading bug I'm now going to convert all the microwave xt wavetables to z2 oscillators. However, I can't just convert the wavetables themselves - they often have more than 16 waves. I'll definitely convert all the individual waveshapes from the xt's wavebank and bang them into z2 tables 16 at a time. There are 100s of them so this will mean many, many new oscillators. This is how I converted the prophet vs waveshapes to z2. However, there is not necessarily a relationship between contiguous waves in the wavebank. Relationships are handled by the wavetables which group individual waveshapes (wavetables are just a set of pointers into the wavebank) . So sweeping z2's table may lead to discontinuities. Also, since there's no way to copy individual waves between oscillators, it'll be tricky to build up your own wavetables using the sounds.
I'll try and create z2 versions of the wavetables themselves - i.e. pick the most characteristic waves in a wavetable and rebuild the wavetable itself as a z2 oscillator (using z2's interpolation where necessary). For the wavetables with 16 waves or fewer this will be trivial. However, for the tables with more than 16 waves, this will be manual and therefore will take some time. Any other suggestions for this?
Also, I don't have any web space - can anyone recommend a decent hassle free hosting service. As noted, I also have the prophet vs waves..."
You can find the waves at the post.
More info on Zebra here. This one sent my way via Greg 'Bug' Strutton.
"Since it looks as if Urs has fixed the 16 slot oscillator loading bug I'm now going to convert all the microwave xt wavetables to z2 oscillators. However, I can't just convert the wavetables themselves - they often have more than 16 waves. I'll definitely convert all the individual waveshapes from the xt's wavebank and bang them into z2 tables 16 at a time. There are 100s of them so this will mean many, many new oscillators. This is how I converted the prophet vs waveshapes to z2. However, there is not necessarily a relationship between contiguous waves in the wavebank. Relationships are handled by the wavetables which group individual waveshapes (wavetables are just a set of pointers into the wavebank) . So sweeping z2's table may lead to discontinuities. Also, since there's no way to copy individual waves between oscillators, it'll be tricky to build up your own wavetables using the sounds.
I'll try and create z2 versions of the wavetables themselves - i.e. pick the most characteristic waves in a wavetable and rebuild the wavetable itself as a z2 oscillator (using z2's interpolation where necessary). For the wavetables with 16 waves or fewer this will be trivial. However, for the tables with more than 16 waves, this will be manual and therefore will take some time. Any other suggestions for this?
Also, I don't have any web space - can anyone recommend a decent hassle free hosting service. As noted, I also have the prophet vs waves..."
You can find the waves at the post.
More info on Zebra here. This one sent my way via Greg 'Bug' Strutton.
Vermona vs. Analog Solutions Demo
Title link takes you to the mp3. Via Mark of cold hand murr.
"Red Square, DRM1mkii, and Perfourmer wired up together in a way I'm sure I'll never be able to reproduce... i.e., all sound sources are realtime analog. Recorded in one take with a bunch of frantic knob traffic.
Vermona DRM1mkii, Vermona Perfourmer, Analogue Solutions Red Square, Lexicon MPX-550 (verb and trem), Akai MPC1000 (sequencing), MAM SLE 82, Echo AudioFire 2"
"Red Square, DRM1mkii, and Perfourmer wired up together in a way I'm sure I'll never be able to reproduce... i.e., all sound sources are realtime analog. Recorded in one take with a bunch of frantic knob traffic.
Vermona DRM1mkii, Vermona Perfourmer, Analogue Solutions Red Square, Lexicon MPX-550 (verb and trem), Akai MPC1000 (sequencing), MAM SLE 82, Echo AudioFire 2"
Studio Electronics ATC-1 Demos
A few videos sent my way via Mr. Array. Note a couple of these are just still images for the audio demo. The ARP Little bother in the first vid is not what you are hearing; it's the ATC-1 that you hear.
Bach Little Prelude BWV 934
"Ok, the last one. I apologize for the mistakes, but that's what I could record while I'm at home recovering from a cold. I played a Studio Electronics ATC-1 from the CME UF6, with Lexicon PCM-60 reverb, Echo indigo I/O, Cubase, iSight with iMovieHD."
Playng with a monophonic Synth
YouTubes via marcelojohann. I actually found this one checking out the rest of his videos and thought I'd include it. Be sure to check out the rest.
"This is a music of my own, actually a simple theme that I like and keep improvising over, but it has no defined begin, ending or structure. Here I'm playing it on a monophonic synth, interleaving notes and using a lot of reverb to give them sustain..."
Studio Electronics SE-1
YouTube via chriszanf.
"This is my SE-1. Im just messing about with a simple bassline and 1 bar of drums. There was only 1 other video of an SE-1 and that was broken/munted but still played. [its in the 'related' below] Ill post more later as Ive just got my studio together finally!!"
Bach Little Prelude BWV 934
"Ok, the last one. I apologize for the mistakes, but that's what I could record while I'm at home recovering from a cold. I played a Studio Electronics ATC-1 from the CME UF6, with Lexicon PCM-60 reverb, Echo indigo I/O, Cubase, iSight with iMovieHD."
Playng with a monophonic Synth
YouTubes via marcelojohann. I actually found this one checking out the rest of his videos and thought I'd include it. Be sure to check out the rest.
"This is a music of my own, actually a simple theme that I like and keep improvising over, but it has no defined begin, ending or structure. Here I'm playing it on a monophonic synth, interleaving notes and using a lot of reverb to give them sustain..."
Studio Electronics SE-1
YouTube via chriszanf.
"This is my SE-1. Im just messing about with a simple bassline and 1 bar of drums. There was only 1 other video of an SE-1 and that was broken/munted but still played. [its in the 'related' below] Ill post more later as Ive just got my studio together finally!!"
The Oakley Sound Orbital
"The Orbital is a classic three VCO monosynth with powerful features. It uses the same tried and tested circuits as the Oakley Modular System. It has the same powerful huge sound but in a more compact and classic format.My design brief was simple. To build a superb analogue monosynth for musicians using existing Oakley PCBs and to fit it all in a 4U rack. It had to be simple to operate, yet flexible enough to keep virtually everyone happy. So what has the Orbital got to offer:
Three VCOs. Each oscillator is the Oakley 'One of three' VCO with sine, triangle, pulse and sawtooth available simultaneously. An ingenious mixing system keeps the overall volume level the similar as the waveforms are switched in and out. Synchronisation is provided so that VCO 2 and/or VCO 3 can be synched to VCO1. VCO2 can have its pulse width modulated by one of the ADSRs. While VCO 3 can have its pitch swept by the envelope generator, for powerful lead sync sounds."
Title link takes you to more info and images on the Oakley site.
PPG Mods
Title link takes you to a number of PPG mods on seib.synth.net. While there, be sure to check out the rest of the site.Pictured is a Wave 2.3 mod
"This modification has been done by DI Helmut Fischbach (who built a lot of stuff for Kraftwerk) for Manfred Hermann und Jon Kaiser from Berlin. For that, the whole Wave was "sliced" and put into a rack case."
Mods include:
Wave 2 Rack
Wave 2.3 with velocity-sensitive keyboard
Wave 2.3 Rack (pictured)
moog the source detail 2
flickr by SineSurfer.click here for the full size shot and be sure to check out the rest. More synths after the hop.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Tenori-on Website is Up
Title link takes you there.via Robert
"Tenori-on finally has its own website. I e-mailed a Yamaha UK rep and he said the site will have stuff on it starting next week. Yamaha is launching the product in the UK on Sept. 4. No word yet on price."
Piano in a Can
If it only had MIDI...Canned Piano Roll, play it by Can! from STRAPYA
YouTube via tomonaring. Product page.
The Chemical Brothers Talk Synth on Remix Magazine
The Chemical Brothers are featured in this month's Remix Magazine. And... There is currently an excellent video up on the Remix Magazine site. The video is on the bottom right. DO NOT MISS THIS. Really, really good stuff. I wish more bands talked about gear like this. They love and know their synths. Be sure to check out their site as well. They are currently promoting their new album We Are the Night. You'll find tour dates, videos and more. I saw them back in 1997 - amazing show.Update: It looks like some of the interview is up here.
via brian comnes.
Update: For the archives: direct link to the vid here.
Alesis Ion Complex Synthesis - FM & Sync Feedback
YouTube via futureimage.
"Demo of the Alesis Ion doing some rare complex synthesis you won't find on any Alesis demos. What's happening is both the oscillators' sync and FM functions are being used, making a feedback path of modulation around the 3 oscillators. This way you can find some pretty wacky sounds.
Please note there's a small echo in the sound as the direct sound from the Ion and the sound from my camera's mike are merging."
SIEL C64 Synth
via this auction. Anyone know more about this? The following are the details from the auction:"COMMODORE C=64 DISC
featuring an amazing, SYNTH (check the picture)-that you can play using your commodore's own qwerty keyboard and other programs to make music.
LOW and noisy BASS SOUNDS, retro!!
TIRED OF ALL THOSE SAME SAME SAME SOUNDS?!
try this synth out!
303, 909, 808, it's always the same, isnt it?
here you can program stuff, play it, maybe put it in your sampler, mod it, f*ck it up and then sh*t it out on yer mixer, boyee!!
CHIPTUNE ENTHUSIASTS! DJs WITH BRAINS!
BEDROOM LEGENDS!
come to life with this UNIQUE synth!!!
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS ANYWHERE-CHECK g*ogle OR ANY EMULATION SITE, IT'S NOWHERE!
...AND IT'S REAL!
..comes in a plain floppy disc, tested and ready to turboload!
I FOUND THIS IN MY BASEMENT AND DONT KNOW WHERE THIS COMES FROM, I SELL IT AS IS.
100% tested to work fine!!
THE DISC IS A PLAIN DISC, NO LABELS. CANT ASSURE IT'S ORIGINAL."
Keyboard Pics
Title link takes you to synth pics on e-prog.net. There's a Hammond CX1 listed as a sampler. Anyone know if it was just a sample based Hammond emulator or an actual sampler? via Magnus
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
EVOS Modular Scans
Via Mike Peake on AH:
"From 1997 through 1999, Dennis Graham advertised a new modular synthesizer of his own design. I was in contact with him, and received literature on the system. I believe that I contacted him again in the early 2000s; there may be a post from me on AH confirming this, when the name EVOS comes up every now and again.
I tried phoning and emailing him today; his phone number is disconnected and I have neither received an email bounce nor an answer (although only an hour or so has gone by- the foibles of the information age! If it isn't instant, it may not exist!). I didn't want him inundated with the curious, but if he answers, I'll post about what he's up to.
Pardon the quality of the scans; the machine I used didn't press down on the papers, so the folds cause curving of the images in places! They are lower quality due to there being 20 pages; perhaps I can send the lit to Joe at the Audio Playground for true archive-level scanning."
On flickr
And via John Loffink of The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site and The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site
"I don't know if Dennis ever made prototypes, but circa 2002 he did confirm that he never shipped any systems."
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KORG With Accordian Style Chromatic Keys
via the comments of this post.If you know more about this one, feel free to comment.
The image is from the Nishimoto Laboratory.
Complicated Protocol
YouTube via ComplicatedProtocol. Via Dewb in the comments.
electro-music European Modular Event 2007
Via Matt:"The first sets of photos from this awesome event that just wrapped up: chateau_sonore, pedrotrotz, the original thread on electro-music
Looks amazing, doesn't it!?
Matt"
Yep, I would say so. : )
Prophet64 Meets MOOG
Remember the Prophet64? Here's a one built into a custom case with MOOG style knobs and small display. It was seen on sheebo's MySpace page. Via sequencer.de.
alka
Title link takes you to a flickr set featuring a Roland SH-101, a field and in some shots, Bryan of alka."they were used for promotional purposes for my project: alka. I am currently working with Roger O'Donnell on his upcoming CD and my solo CD "principles of suffocation" will be out this month on the 21st on electronic eel records...
i hope you like the shots.. if you do, feel free to use one for matrixsynth. keep up the excellent work..
bryan michael"
MOOG The Source
Click here for shots via this auction. Be sure to check out Matrixsynth-b for more.
"The Moog Source was notably used by New Order to create all the bass parts for their hit 'Blue Monday' and was the replacement to the Minimoog and has the classic moog lead and bass sounds. The Moog Source is a monophonic microprocessor-controlled analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 1981 to 1985. The Source was Moog's first synthesizer to offer patch memory storage. The design was also the first (and only) Moog synthesizer to feature a flat-panel membrane keyboard to replace the standard buttons, knobs and sliders. In addition to the memory capable of holding 16 presets, the Source features a 37-note keyboard, and two VCOs that can be selected between three waveforms and three octaves. Programmed presets can be saved to a cassette interface to free up the onboard memory for additional new patches. The 24dB/octave VCF has parameters for keyboard tracking, cutoff frequency, resonance, and envelope amount. There are two ADSR envelope generators that can be set in single or multi trigger modes, one for the VCF and one for the VCA. For modulation, the Source features LFO and sample and hold. The Moog Source is a 2-VCO, micro-processor-controlled, programmable monophonic synthesizer, with 16 memory locations, and a 3-octave, 37-note (C-C) keyboard. It features an arpeggiator and a digital sequencer with memory for two seqences of up to 64 notes. The Source was one of the first to use digital parameter access for programming, a method now commonly found in today's synthesizers, using membrane switches, a two-digit LED display and a single data knob. Both VCOs have three available waveforms (sawtooth, triangle, and pulse; with pulse width modulation) and three available octaves (32', 16', and 8'). VCO2 can be detuned at fixed intervals and it can be also synced to VCO1. The mixer section features levels for VCO1, VCO2 and Noise. The VCF (24dB/octave) has parameters for keyboard tracking (off, 1/2, and full), cutoff frequency, resonance, and contour (Moog's word for envelope) amount. There are two ADSR envelope generators, one for the VCF and one for the VCA. The envelopes can be set in single or multi trigger modes. The LFO (triangle and square waveforms) can be routed to the VCOs and the VCF. The Source also features a sample-and-hold which can be routed to the VCF. To the left of the keyboard is the pitch bend and the modulation wheel, along with two octave-switching buttons. These and a volume knob are the only dedicated controls. On the back panel are the audio out, cassette interface, a recessed pitch knob (for fine tuning), and CV and S-trigger inputs and outputs."
ARP 2600
Title link takes you to shots via this auction.ARP 2600 model 2600P, serial number 26846, and matching keyboard model 3604P, serial number 36846.
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Yamaha CS80 Vids
cs-80 history
"a small history video about the old yamaha cs-80 synth, made by arturia upon the releaso of the cs-80v vst synth"
"a small history video about the old yamaha cs-80 synth, made by arturia upon the releaso of the cs-80v vst synth"
Synths in TV and Film Added to Sticky Posts Section
Just a heads up that I added the Synths in TV and Film post to the Sticky Posts section on the right.
Steiner Synthacon VCF
Peng recently posted a Steiner Synthacon VCF for sale on AH. I asked him if he wanted me to put up a post and if so how long the images and samples would remain on the page. He gave me the go ahead to back everything up and put up a post, so here it is. You can find his contact info if you are interested in picking it up on his page. If the page is gone it's probably sold. Images saved here.
Stiener / Synthacon VCF
Built using a CGS35 pcb and a pcb designed and etched by me. This extra pcb adds an AP input with Wet / Dry control,
Bipolar FM input, and normal / inverting LP, BP, and HP input attenuators
Front Panel Express MOTM size and layout panel
Bourns and Spectrol pots
Sheilded cable for audio inputs
This VCF has a lot of charactor and many faces
Responses range from sweet coloring to extreme distortion
Using the AP input and Dry/Wet knob it can produce phaser-like sounds
Price: $250.00
Controls
FREQ - manual cutoff frequency
RES - Resonance control (sometimes called Emphasis). Turned fully clockwise the filter will oscillate
AP MIX - This control mixes between the Dry signal presented at the AP IN jack and the filtered signal. At the right settings you get phasing sounds.
HP IN, BP IN, and LP IN - controls the level and polarity of the input signal(s).
FM1 - bipolar (level and polarity) control for FM1 signal,
FM2 - level control for FM2 signal.
Inputs and Output
The four audio IN jacks (LP,BP,HP,and AP) can be used simultaneously. A spectral mixer. That is one of a handful of things that make this filter special.
AP IN - the signal presented here is routed to four places after it is buffered: The Dry side of the AP MIX pot, and the normalled lug of the LP, BP, and HP IN jacks.
Plugging into any of these jacks will disconnect the AP IN signal from getting to that input. A huge variety of sounds can be produced by plugging different VCOs into the seperate filter input stages.
LP IN - audio input for LP stage of filter.
BP IN - audio input for BP stage of filter.
HP IN - audio input for HP stage of filter.
1V/OCT - CV input for control of cutoff frequency. Commonly used for keyboard tracking. This is not exactly 1V/OCT! the filter will oscillate with the RES cranked but will not acurately track the keyboard. See the sound sample below.
FM1 IN - CV input for control of cutoff frequency.
FM2 IN - CV input for control of cutoff frequency.
OUT - Final output.
Important Notes
I could have ironed out some more of this filter's quirks, but I find that these quirks contribute a lot to the VCF's charactor.
I wanted to keep it as pure to the original design as possible.
Be forewarned, this design behaves very different than most VCFs you may be familiar with.
There's nothing else like it.
The output signal range is huge. Cranking up the input attenuators and RES level results in a large signal (I measured a little over +/-10V!). At certain mixes of the AP MIX pot and phase reversed input levels, the signal is well below +/-5V (assuming +/-5V input signals are used). You'll have to whip or tame this beast with an external mixer. Most times this is a nonissue since a VCA and/or mixer will commonly follow a VCF in the signal chain.
In the original design, turning the RES control would result in audible scratchiness. Once set the scatchiness disappears but using it a performance control was a no go. This has been improved greatly by adding a cap across the RES pot. Now it can be used while playing but the scatchiness is not completely gone. It is lessened by maybe 90% from how it used to be but, in some cases, can still be detected. This is not from a bad pot (I tried a half dozen different types)! It is a product of the circuit itself. It's nearly a nonissue but still, you should know.
High settings of inputs and RES will lead to unusual and downright unpredictable behavior. Not a bad thing IMO.
Youscope (oscilloscope demo)
video upload by tejeez
"a demo using an oscilloscope to display something. It was third in assembly 2007 shortfilm compo, and won altparty's most original demo prize. The oscilloscope is connected to PC soundcard and is in X/Y-mode, with right channel connected to X and left to Y input."
Title link takes you to more info. Via HarriL "There's a link to a youtube video in that page.
The video was made by a 16-year Finnish boy (tejeez), for a demoparty called 'Assembly' (www.assembly.org). It's basically an audiofile(available for download from the koodaa.mine.nu-page) being played from the computer into the oscilloscope. the soundtrack was obviously added later."
MDCB60 Midi kit for JUNO60
Remember the Dtronics MDM60? It looks like it is now available."This unit fits inside your JUNO60 and replaces the DCB plug with a MIDI-in and MIDI-out plug.
Installation is simple:
Open the Juno, disconnect the DCB plug, connect the MDCB60 plug
Replace the DCB-plug with the MDCB-bracket and your done!!
So, What does it do?
It converts the Juno DCB signal to a midi signal, So you can use the Juno midi-out to control other midi devices.
It only sends out midi-on and midi-off messages.
It also converts midi to DCB, now you can use the Juno as a sound module and play the Juno with your sequencer.
It only converts midi-on and midi-off messages, no other things as control messages or program-change and pitch control.
You can select the midi channel (IN and OUT) with a simple dip-switch.
We designed this internal interface as a simple and cheap midi-dcb converter.
If you need more features than only playing notes than you should find another (more expensive) midi-dcb converter.
For more information, please visit this products webpage."
via Dennis.
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