LIGHT SHADOWS - KORG EMX-1 / KORG Kaoss Pad 3

YouTube via dreamstrider.
"This one kinda sucks but I haven't the heart to delete it yet. Still some cool sounds in there. Song should be about half as long as it is in this vid."

Korg Electribe EMX-1/ Dave Smith Evolver/ Korg MS2000

YouTube via dreamstrider.

Genoqs Octopus Demonstration

YouTube via ripe909. Sent my way via Cikira.
"Programming the melody for Ferry Corsten's "Rock Your Body Rock" in under 2:30."
genoQs Octopus and Roland JP8080

Alesis Andromeda A6

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
"Real Analog Powerhouse
Andromeda’s fully analog signal path is controlled by a high-speed Motorola Coldfire microprocessor, offering 16-voice polyphony with 16-part multitimbral capability. Andromeda features two analog oscillators per voice, with standard waveforms (available simultaneously), suboscillators, hard and soft sync, and more. It provides two analog filters per voice: these 2-pole (multimode) and 4-pole (lowpass) resonating filters are classically-derived designs, and offer you an astounding range of sonic variability.

Andromeda also provides external audio inputs that allow you to route any signal through its filters. Andromeda has three LFOs, each with six waveforms and many powerful features. It also has three 7-stage, 3-level envelopes capable of functions never before found in any analog synthesizer. An extensive mod matrix offers you an enormous freedom in configuring Andromeda’s sonic firepower, adding to its monstrous capabilities.

In-Depth Control of Your Sound
Andromeda’s 61-note synth-weighted keypad features velocity and aftertouch sensitivity, and its ribbon controlled offers multiple, assignable fuReal Analog Powerhouse
Andromeda’s fully analog signal path is controlled by a high-speed Motorola Coldfire microprocessor, offering 16-voice polyphony with 16-part multitimbral capability. Andromeda features two analog oscillators per voice, with standard waveforms (available simultaneously), suboscillators, hard and soft sync, and more. It provides two analog filters per voice: these 2-pole (multimode) and 4-pole (lowpass) resonating filters are classically-derived designs, and offer you an astounding range of sonic variability.

Andromeda also provides external audio inputs that allow you to route any signal through its filters. Andromeda has three LFOs, each with six waveforms and many powerful features. It also has three 7-stage, 3-level envelopes capable of functions never before found in any analog synthesizer. An extensive mod matrix offers you an enormous freedom in configuring Andromeda’s sonic firepower, adding to its monstrous capabilities.

In-Depth Control of Your Sound
Andromeda’s 61-note synth-weighted keypad features velocity and aftertouch sensitivity, and its ribbon controlled offers multiple, assignable functions. A distinctive, futuristic front panel features 72 knobs and 114 buttons (the majority are single function), optimally arranged for rapid-fire tweaking and in-depth experimentation. Andromeda’s large, backlit LCD display provides real-world values of parameters (time, frequency, BPM, etc.) and high-resolution graphics. No other synth has ever offered such a sophisticated, informative control panel for creating analog pyrotechnics.

Extensive features
In addition to its real analog synth engine and hands-on interface, Andromeda provides a wide range of performance features, including multiple keyboard modes, portamento with nine slopes, and legato functions. For added grins, Andromeda provides a built-in arpeggiator and analog-style sequencer with MIDI sync, high quality digital effects Z(reverb, chorus, echo and more), and a nasty little analog distortion circuit. Internal program memory features 256 preset and 128 user-defined programs. Andromeda also offers a PCMCIA-format memory card slot for additional programs and mixes. nctions. A distinctive, futuristic front panel features 72 knobs and 114 buttons (the majority are single function), optimally arranged for rapid-fire tweaking and in-depth experimentation. Andromeda’s large, backlit LCD display provides real-world values of parameters (time, frequency, BPM, etc.) and high-resolution graphics. No other synth has ever offered such a sophisticated, informative control panel for creating analog pyrotechnics.

Extensive features
In addition to its real analog synth engine and hands-on interface, Andromeda provides a wide range of performance features, including multiple keyboard modes, portamento with nine slopes, and legato functions. For added grins, Andromeda provides a built-in arpeggiator and analog-style sequencer with MIDI sync, high quality digital effects Z(reverb, chorus, echo and more), and a nasty little analog distortion circuit. Internal program memory features 256 preset and 128 user-defined programs. Andromeda also offers a PCMCIA-format memory card slot for additional programs and mixes."

Aurora AR51 Synthesizer

Remember the Aurora AR1? The following is info and samples on the new AR51 via AH. No image yet, the image here is the previous AR1.

"Here are some of the synth's specifications [below demos]. Demo MP3s
aurora%20demo%201%20-%20.mp3
aurora%20demo%202.mp3
aurora%20demo%203.mp3
aurora%20demo%204.mp3
aurora%20demo%206.mp3

MODEL type: AURORA AR51 (previously AR1)
• August 2007 UPDATE - Anodized silver panel, with black engraved lettering.
• Hand crafted cabinet, choose from light oak or dark maranti hardwood.

Specifications updated July 2007
- VCO 1 : saw,pulse,triangle waveform, adjustable pulse width, octave shift.
- VCO 2: saw,square,triangle waveform, adjustable interval (pitch), octave shift, sub oscillator level.
- VCO 3: saw,square,triangle waveform, adjustable interval (pitch), octave shift, sub oscillator level. (Overall tuning from front panel control)
- LFO: (can be used as another vco at hi-frequencies, for ring mod type effects) routing to VCO's, Pulse width, VCF, VCO & VCF.
- Individual tri,sq,saw, random waveforms (any combination can be used) Manual depth, plus mod. wheel amount.
- VCF 24db type, with resonance. High or low pass type (switchable) cutoff, resonance, keyboard tracking, ADSR amount, modulation from vco 3 also.
- ENVELOPE GENERATOR. ADSR type (attack,decay,sustain,release) routed to VCF, and VCA. Auto trigger switch
- PERFORMANCE CONTROLS: VCA keyboard gate mode, portamento (glide), white noise level, main output volume.
-INTERFACE. Main output,headphones out, CV input, GATE input, VCF external control, external audio input.
-POWER: IEC (kettle-plug) power input (external power switch/fuse holder) 220-240 volts.
37 note keyboard.

Aluminium data plate, with serial/model number
UK price £799 (price includes VAT and shipping within UK)

All enquiries to Synthrestore. (01234) 343 343 email: info at synthrestore.co.uk website: www.synthrestore.co.uk"

KORG Window Blind

Check out this shop's window blind. via Tolaemon.

"It was taken in Barcelona two months ago."

Click on the image for the full size shot.

Ned Lagin and Seastones

"In April [ 1975 ] Phil Lesh and electronic music wizard Ned Lagin put out SEASTONES, an album of experimental "electronic cybernetic biomusic," in the words of a Dead Heads newsletter.

Lagin and Lesh made several appearances at Dead [Grateful Dead] shows before the "retirement," opening the second sets of their final week at Winterland with a section of apparently formless electronic cacophony- high tweedles, rumbling bass notes that vibrated the entire hall, waterfalls of swooshes, bleeps and assorted noises that defy onomatopoetic description.

The album is considerably more sophisticated than what the pair could manage live, however. On the LP, Lagin performs his compositions on a huge battery of synthesizers and keyboards, including such experimental instruments as a then-revolutionary digital-polyphonic keyboard developed by E-mu systems, a custom setup by electronic music pioneer Don Buchla, an Interdata 7/16 digital computer (used for processing the music), and scads of other high-tech machines. Lesh's bass during this era was a futuristic marvel to behold, as well a fully electronic bass developed by Alembic that allowed him to independently process the signals from each string of his instrument."

Title link takes you to more info on the album including a full download. Via Amos.

MUSIC FROM OUTER SPACE "16-STEP SEQUENCER "

Rotary Format Design by Thomas White. Title link takes you to more shots and info.

"This is an actual Front Panel Express Panel being fit with the parts to complete my layout of the Music From Outer Space Sequencer by Ray Wilson. I wanted to go for the rotary look in the MOTM-Basic format. Of course, you can see the knobs are no where near MOTM spacing, nor are the switches. But, they are switchcraft jacks and flatted bat switches. I am short a few knobs and control switches, but you get the idea of what I am going for. The sequencer features:

* 16 Step Operation With LED Indicator Per Step
* Gate Switches per Step
* Coarse and Fine CV Adjustment
* Built In Oscillator for Sequence Rate with LED Indicator
* Forward and Backward 1-Step Switches
* Reverse Mode
* Random 16-Step Mode
* Play Till End of Sequence Mode (Triggered by Gate or Start Button)
* Gate/Trigger Out Per Step
* Glide
* External Start"

Sequential Circuits DrumTraks

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

The Sonica

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Not mentioned in the auction, this features Serge components.
"This is definitely the first time 99% of you have ever seen this exceedingly rare instrument, and it is most likely that this will be the only opportunity to purchase one. No information is available online and only one other Sonica has ever been auctioned on eBay (approximately 4 years ago.) [Not Exactly]

This rare "portable self-contained synthesizer" as it is described within the original pamphlet (included), features "Sens-a-Touch, an electronic sensor that converts the pressure of your touch into creative musical tones and expressions."

For the lack of a better analogy, this instrument is most like a stylophone. However, the Sonica is more responsive, better sounding, more versatile, and seemingly effortless to manipulate. The Sonica features; volume control, key control, half-step pressure-pad function, tone pressure-pad function, and the slider pressure-pad function. The Soncia is powered by a 9v battery, has a built in speaker and features a mini-jack output ability.

The back of the headstock has a heart-shaped plate which typically has a serial number. This one has the plate without a number as I was told it is a prototype version. It is 1.5 octaves and still includes the original soft case and original booklet which is signed and dated 1979.

The Sonica works perfectly with the exception of the "key" control being temperamental, as such it is being sold "as is" with the belief that it is in need of repair. There are also several non-original screws which fasten the front brass plate to the lute-like body. Otherwise the Sonica is in great cosmetic condition with no breaks or significant originality issues.

The Sonica was designed by Frank Eventoff of Sound Instruments L.A., CA."

Yamaha RX-5

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Note the sliders.

Audio Damage Liquid

New product coming from Audio Damage.

"Told you it'd be quick. We've saved up a lot of ideas in the time it took to do Dr. Device. This is Liquid. It'll be done Real Soon. What does it do? As the name implies..."

Plan B Model 15 VCO Audio Clips and Images

via Peter Grenader on the Plan b list:

"I've added pictures and audio clips of the various outputs of the Model 15 VCO to it's product page on the EAR site. Go here, scroll to Waveform Images."

MX4 Layers

YouTube via stretta.
"An early demonstration of MX4 from 2003. Four instances of MX4 are layered to produce the final result which was performed in real time and controlled from the DPM-C8 controller."
More info on Stretta's blog

Edgar Froese of Tangerine Dream's PPG 340/380

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"340 A Generator Unit
340 B Prozessor Unit
380 Event Generator
2 Terminals
2 Computer Keyboards
all racked in a silver aluminium flightcase.
This system is former owned by Edgar Froese from Tangerine Dream (s. label on flightcase)"

via swissdoc

Steelphon S900 synthesizer demo

YouTube via aemmezero.

"A little demo of my vintage monophonic Steelphon Synth, made in Italy in 1973."

Follow up to this post. via insektgod.

Darkbeat

via Mark: "Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage aims to recognize the genre of music known as Electro. [...] The film expands on the past, present and future uses of technology and its influence that have defined sounds of groundbreaking acts and future generations of producers. [...] From the underground raves to the continuous use of sampling in today’s popular music, machines such as Roland 808 Drum, MPC60, & Moog are shown as staples of creating the captivating beats of Electro and live performances."
Title link takes you to the Darkbeat website.

Darkbeat: An Electro World Voyage Trailer


There's another one prior to this called "Electro Dziska"

Electro Dziska

PARASITES by the squarewave parade

"i would like to introduce the PARASITES. the PARASITES are intended to be used as both "circuit bending plugins" ( think VST's for speak & spells and casio's) as well as "lo-fi mini synth modules" that will all run off of a wide range of readily available power supplies. the first batch of PARASITES are now available in the store. i have pages, photos, details and some rough samples posted for them as well. you will find links for everything from the main page.

i have also added a PARASITE section on the new message board to help everyone figure out how to use and install them, so put it to use. there is a little added spam protection during the registration, the extra authorization code it asks for is: +!Ck73dP1nK

tons of new stuff on the way !!!"

Turn an analog modelling synth into a drum machine - MS2000

YouTube via williamenroh.
Update: renamed: Episode 1:Turn an analog modelling synth into a drum machine

"This is the first episode of Inside Synthesis. It's a tutorial on how use a Korg MS2000 as a drum machine, but you'll still be able to play bass and lead lines over it."
Be sure to check out inside synthesis

Phenomena (Goblin)

YouTube via aemmezero.

Do not miss the Steelpone S900 Synthesizer. Great sounding synth and a great performance.

Sent my way via insektgod who had the following to say:

"It's in Italian but the music is universal...
Steelphone S900 Synthesizer
Roland 505
Korg PolySix
Ensoniq ESQ-1
Yamaha Motif
There's even some oscilloscope thrown in. I really like the "I nailed it" move at the end."

Alesis Andromeda A6 07 - A6 Demo Track

Title link takes you to the track via Roland Oberheim.

Gear Addict Clothing - Synth Ts

via Jordan:
"I've always had a hard time finding cool t shirts and stuff to wear so I went on some forums and started talking to people-- and found out that people have a hard time finding cool gear too. I hate all the generic t's I see in trendy stores...so we started brainstorming, put together some ideas, and i made some designs.

Our designs range from microphones and recording related, to analog gear, vintage and modular synths, theremins and other fun stuff. I am constantly talking to people in the community on forums and making new designs. We are a small community so why not help each other out.

I figure Matrixsynth would be a great place to get ideas and suggestions from people, as well as great exposure for the kinds of people we are trying to design shirts and other accessories for. Above sales is the community-- we design shirts by and for our small little niche, and would like to try to extend out to more people."

If you have any ideas feel free to comment or shoot Jordan an email at gearaddict at gmail.com.
http://www.cafepress.com/gearaddict

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Rev 1 Samples

The following in via an anonymous reader:

rev1-response-to-pro8.m4a (2.1mb)
rev1-response-to-pro8.aif (9.4mb)

This is a 54 second 5 note chord performed on a rev 1 Prophet-5 as a response to the 10 (or so) 2 minute demos featuring the prototype Prophet-8. I feel it sums up many of the beautifully subtle features of the SSM revs that helped make the Prophet-5 the legend that it is.

Some technical notes:
Chord: F1,F2,F4,Ab4,C5 held for ~53 seconds (F2 is released ~ 0:18 for LFO mod) OSC 1 tuned to a 4th above OSC 2 (~3), both SAWs Filter EG A8 D10 S6 R4 (1 voice has a faster EG for effect and because it can) Cutoff 1, Resonance 7, E Amount 4 Amp EG A0 D0 S10 R5 LFO FREQ 6, TRI mod FREQ 2

Only a plate style reverb (t.c. electronics) was used, no external dynamics. Note the harmonics through the sweep and low end (if your speakers can render it!)"

Roland SH-09 Analog Synthesizer

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay. Previously...
"Here is a demonstration of the functionality and sound of the Roland SH-09."

The Boy With The Digital Heart "Trailer"

YouTube via Hiddenfortress. Pixelh8.
"Trailerfor upcoming documentary and album."

Aphex Twin Tha (cover)

YouTube via fischek.

"Aphex Twin Tha on Nord Lead 2X, Korg TR and KP3"

Roland System 100m

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

This system has 2 VCO's, 2 VCF's, 2 VCA's, 4 EG's and 2 LFO's
Includes:
112 Dual VCO
This module contains two independent VCOs with expanded features; both have a range from 32' to 2', three modulation inputs, and a sync input and output. Three waveforms are available, as is Pulse Width Modulation. These VCOs are pretty stable, with a very wide range. If they are cross-synced at their higher ranges, they make a nice impersonation of FM synthesis

121 Dual VCF
Each VCF is a -24dB/octave low pass type with a built-in, fixed, high-pass filter that's switchable between three cut-off frequencies. Each VCF has cut-off frequency resonance sliders that can send them into oscillation. With a beautiful high end and a gut-rumbling low end, these VCFs sound incredibly rich and musical compared to most digitally generated filters. Use two in series, set to a different cut-off frequency, for an even deeper effect

130 Dual VCA
Each VCA can be switched between linear and exponential modes for different amplitude curves and percussive effects when used with the EG. Each has an initial gain control, which also allows the VCAs to be used without a modulation input

& Two 140 Dual EG + LFO's
This module provides two ADSR EGs and a single LFO (with five selectable waveforms)

& 191-J Five Module Rack
Originally, the racks came as self-assembly units. The rack contains the power supply, connectors and front-panel 36-jack patchbay. The front panel also featured two pairs of lined mini and standard jack sockets that are connected to two phono sockets at the rear. The sockets on the rear of the racks often get overlooked but can be very useful for linking signals to other racks and saving on patch cords

Also includes the Screws for mounting the Modules to the Rack & The Hard to Find 8 Pin Din Cables to connect the Modules to the Rack (may not be original Roland cables)"

System 100m on Matrixsynth

MOOG Multimoog

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"It is one of the most rare Moog synths-less than 1,000 were ever manufactured. (They were made in the late 1970's, maybe until 1980 or 81 at the latest.) It's an awesome sounding synth , with that unmistakabley rich warm analog sound you get from Moog oscillators and filters. This synth has 2 oscillators, and tons of routing possibilities for the modulation and ribbon controller. The ribbon is a very cool feature, as are the touch sensitive keys which allow you to vary the amount of modulation you bring in depending on how hard you depress the key. This model was loaded with a surprising amount of features for a synth this size, and some of them, such as the keyboard touch feature or the ability to morph from one waveform into another, are definitely unique to the Multimoog."

Multimoog on Matrixsynth

The Prophet '08

"The rumors are true. (Well, most of 'em, anyway.) Dave has emerged from his underground lair (the Dave Cave?) with a fresh take on a classic, the all new Prophet '08. It is an eight-voice synthesizer with a 100% analog audio signal path. And it will be shipping very soon. More details will be available here on the Web site in a few days. Following hot on its heels will be the Prophet '08 Special Edition, each of which will be hand-signed by Dave and which will feature lighted wheels (RED!) and exotic leopardwood end panels. And for those of you who are wondering what happened to BoomChik, stay calm. Do not panic. Development is progressing nicely. Stay tuned!

Dave Smith Instruments: Celebrating 30 Years of Great Synth Design (a little early...)"

Title link takes you to the official site.
Previous posts

Early Recordings to Feature the MOOG Synthesizer

This one in via Micke on AH, posted here with permission. If you can add to the list feel free to in the comments. "Here follows a number of early recordings that feature the Moog modular synthesizer, all of them from 1967.

The first commercial recording to feature a Moog Modular is afaik Cosmic Sounds by Zodiac which was recorded in the around the summer of 1967.
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The first pop/rock album to feature a Moog modular is I believe either "Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, & Jones, Ltd." by The Monkees or "Strange Days" by The Doors, both of which were released in October/November 1967.
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The Byrd's "The Notorious Byrd Brothers" was also recorded in the same period (i.e. fall of '67) but wasn't released until Jan '68.
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The first record to be entirely recorded with a Moog modular is most likely Beaver & Krause's "The Nonesuch Guide To Electronic Music", released at the end of 1967.
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Electronic music pioneer Paul Beaver was involved in all of the above recordings, programming and (in most cases) playing the Moog, an early 1966/67 model "Synthesizer III": Moog synthesizer III (1967). This early model came with a different module configuration and was slightly wider by 4 inches than the later model IIIC. [image source]

Have I missed any other album from 1967, or earlier, that features the Moog modular? if so, feel free to add to my list."

Micke"







Note: you can probably pick these up on Amazon or maybe even Ebay. I did not include affiliate links in this post as I thought it would be disrespectful to Micke and the post, but... if you are planning to pick any of these up and you want to support this site, feel free to scroll down to the album section on the right and click on any of the links to search for these.

Emu Audity - Samples

This one in via swissdoc.

Click here for the E-mu Audity page on the Emulator Archive where you will find samples and notes on the E-mu Audity. When you are done there, also check out the E-mu Audity page on Synthmuseum.com. You can also find the samples on theGerman Keyboards.de. Google translated version of the description:

"1977 hangs well-being and blows the modular system handbuilt of E-mu system still from only one product. In order to generate additional incomes, Dave Rossum works as an advisor for other Synthesizer companies and develops one-off productions for different musicians as for example the volume Grateful DEAD…"

E-Mu

Plan-B Model 25 Demos from REWire

via REwire:
"All the Demos feature one or two Oscs (Sine Wave mostly) into the Waveshaper or Ringmod independently and a set from the Ringmod into the Waveshaper and into the VCA for all sounds. I added a bit of reverb to the whole batch as well to give them space. I used LFO's, ENV's and a Theremin Controller to modulate mostly the Waveshaper's CV input. A few of these have audio going onto the CV of the Waveshaper or no input, creating a noise output that can be modulated by the CV input. The Ringmod has a Feedback switch that dirties it up quite a bit.

Sine to Waveshaper - LFO to WS CV input: click here
Saws to Waveshaper - Theremin Control of WS CV: click here
Sine to Waveshaper - Fast LFO to WS CV: click here
Waveshaper Noise - Triangle to WS CV: click here
Ringmod - Flip Feedback Switch: click here
Ringmod Sequence - Env to Freq of Sine: click here
Ringmod to Waveshaper: click here
Ringmod to Waveshaper - Sync LFO to WS CV: click here
Ringmod to Waveshaper - Repeating Env to WS CV: click here
Ringmod to Waveshaper - Env and LFO to WS CV and OSC CV: click here
Ringmod to Waveshaper - Theremin Control of WS CV: click here
Ringmod to CV input of Waveshaper - Triangle to WS Audio Input: click here
Ringmod to Waveshaper - Env to WS CV - Flip Feedback Switch: click here
Sine to Waveshaper - WS to Ringmod - LFO to WS CV: click here"
Plan B

Daft Punk's Magical Pyramid/Spaceship: Infiltrated!

"Yep, there it is. The view from within the technicolor dream pyramid inhabited by those rascally robots Daft Punk. The innards of the very vessel Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo use to make tens of thousands of people all jump in unison and gyrate their hips in some grand, cosmic harmony. Pretty sweet, although it doesn't hold a candle to the view from the outside."

They definitely like their MOOG Voyager RMEs. via antonio. Title link takes you to the full article.

Rush - Tom Sawyer

YouTube via lmpec.
MOOG Minimoog, Oberheim OB-X, MOOG Taurus Pedals.

Stretta on the Tenori-On

Title link takes you to an interesting perspective by Stretta on the Tenori-On. Of course this is all speculation, but it is interesting nonetheless. BTW, note the red lighted Tenori-On in this shot.

"Most of the unit is dominated by the button grid with a handful of extra buttons around the frame and an LCD. This suggests a limited opportunity to tweak the sounds or process. I suspect the LCD and associated navigation system is best suited to mundane tasks like selecting patches, loading samples from the card slot, and setting preferences - not editing. Perhaps software is included that will allow the user to more extensively edit using a computer."

Etiquette Demo 1

YouTube via doublewah. More info on CDM and the Etiquette installation.
This is pretty cool, so do check it out the post and the site.
I know this isn't reactable, but I'm labeling as such so it is easier to find in the archives.

8x16 monome by david phipps (sts9)

YouTube via sts9phipps. via CDM.
"The diy 8x16 monome controller, built by david phipps, kit by monome.org. music is 'b-nice' (monome version), live versions with the full band sts9 available at sts9music.com."

Rebel Droid

Title link takes you to a track "rebel_droid_-_a_single_voice" by Rebel Droid. See if you can guess the synth used.

"Last night I was working on my synthesis chops with a particular synth and when I struck upon a fun little idea that is the polar opposite of the way I normally work. I make nu-skool breaks most of the time and tend to make things extremely complex and densely layered but tonight I made a complete little song using just 3 oscillators, a ring mod and a noise source from a single mono patch. It was recorded on the fly in one take with no overdubs and no multitracking and no rehearsing. There are also no effects whatsoever except for a small delay and a convolution reverb. There isn't even any eq.

It's basically me playing an arp pattern mostly with one hand while tweaking knobs with the other but don't let that fool you.. it's kind of surprising how well it turned out. It's a little unpolished of course but it is just about a complete song and, yes, it is a single mono patch! I particularly like when the first bassline comes in and how I only turned the noise source on once near the beginning for percussion and it did the rest on it's own! There's a lot of randomness and little bleeps and squeals in there that I can't fully explain. It's also interesting that if you played the patch normally without the arp and with all the oscillators it doesn't sound anything like this!

It's not an earthshattering concept by any means but it's kind of a testament to what you can do with limited resources, some strict constraints and a little creativity.

Anyway.. I deliberately left out what synth it is to see if anyone can guess or at least guess what they think it sounds like."

noiseprofessor's Xpander Demo

download here
"Moody demosong made with an Oberheim Xpander only. Recorded with multitracker to show off the possibilities for doing percussive sounds, which is often said that the Xpander can`t do this. Sure used some Delay in mixing process. Note: Even the drums & percussions are made with this synth."
Previous tracks by noiseprofessor

Dual x0xb0x Demo

YouTube via october71.
"Here I am demoing the two x0xb0xes I built, #117 (my personal one) and #329 (for a customer). This isn't intended to be a real song, just a demo of the two of them together. Equipment used: 2 x0xb0xes, Korg ER-1 Sequencing my Novation Drumstation, Alesis Ineko, Ibanez SM7 Distortion Pedal, Behringer UB1622FX-PRO Mixer."
via october71:
:and here's a couple of pictures:
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More of my electronics/circuitbending projects can be found here:

http://www.picturetrail.com/october71:

Public Image: Careering

YouTube via Galgo23. 1980. Sent my way via SRH.
Features the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5.

Modular 2003

YouTube via liquidcolor.
"This is a short video of the modular from 2003. There is a Tama Techstar drum brain in the top right, but I don't recall if it was wired in. Sounds like it could have been. Wiard, Blacet and DIY EFM."

Synton Syrinx

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Roland Jupiter-8

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

ARP Quadra

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Sequential Circuits Split 8

Title link takes you to shtos via this auction.

"he Sequential Split 8 is Japanese produced analog synth marketed by Sequential Circuits. It is very similar in voice architecture and sound to the MultiTrak and SixTrak. All of these synths as well as the Akai AX 60 use one Curtis SENTE (CEM 3394) chip per voice. The Split 8 has eight voices where as the others mentioned above only have 6. The Split 8 seems to be designed for more use as a traditional analog poly synth like the Prophet 5 than as an analog workstation like the SixtTrak and MultiTrak. The Split 8 is capable of doing splits and layers and this is really its strength. As it has 8 voices, you can double up the oscilators and still have 4 note polyphony! By creating a split you can basically have a 4 voice synth with two oscilators per voice that can be detune really thickening up your pads. In split mode the Split 8 is also capable of Poly Mod like the Prophet 5 which uses once voice in the stack to modulate the other. Neither the SixTrak or MultiTrak have this ability. The Split 8 can also stack up all 8 voices to have one massive monosynth; great for supper thick leads and weighty basses!"

EMS DK1 Cricklewood Keyboard

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"The Cricklewood is a Velocity sensitive "Dynamic" monophonic Keyboard for use with the Synthi VCS3. Cricklewood has 1 VCO and 1 VCA, and the VCO can be used as a mod source or a second voice making the synth Duophonic. This example is really in amazing shape for almost being 40 years old! as you can see in the pictures, there are some very minor wood scuffs. Playing wise this keyboard practically feels new! absolutely no clickity clack that can be felt on keyboards of this type that have worn brushings. includes 8 way cinch-jones cable for connection to Synthi."

DSI Prophet '08 Demo - p8l.mp3

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Customsynth Roland JX-3P

Another shot of the white Roland JX-3P via CustomSynth.

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What The Future Sounded Like - EMS Documentary

Remember this video? Title link takes you to the official site.

"Documentary, 27 minutes
HDV and Digital Betacam
16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

From Dr Who to the Dark Side of the Moon, the members of the Electronic Music Studios used pioneering technology and ideas to create a radical new soundscape for the 20th century."