MOOG Taurus

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"13 Note organ-style pedal board
Three preset sounds(Tuba, Bass, and Taurus.)
One user-programmable patch
Used by - Pink Floyd, Electric Light Orchestra, Yngwie Malmsteen, Geddy Lee and Alex
Lifeson from Rush, Styx, U2, Jon Anderson and Chris Squire from Yes, Sting and Andy Summers of The Police, and Mike Rutherford & Daryl Stuermer of Genesis, and Francis Buchholz of the Scorpions
Synthesis Type - Analog subtractive
Polyphony - Monophonic
Oscillators - 2
Filter - low-pass
Attenuator - ADS
VCA - Attack, Decay, Sustain
Foot sliders for loudness and tone color variation
Five octave range - 16' 8' 4' 2' and 1'
Serial Number - 2948
Dimensions - 24 1/4" x 20" x 8 1/4"
Weight - 29 lbs"

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600

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"The Prophet-600 is a 6-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer with a 5-octave, 61-note (C-C) keyboard. Each voice consists of two VCOs, two VCFs, and two VCAs. Each of these components has its own independent ADSR envelope. Each Prophet-600 voice uses 2 sets of Curtis Chips for its architecture. The sound originates in a pair of Curtis 3340 VCOs, each with independent on/off switches for sawtooth, triangle, and pulse waveforms. VCO1 can be synced to VCO2. Both oscillators are set with a frequency knob that is notched in semi-tones, with a separate fine tune knob for VCO2. Portamento is adjusted by a single knob. The sound then passes through a pair of Curtis 3372 chips. Each 3372 contains a VCF, a VCA, and a separate volume control for mixing. The VCF is a resonant 24dB/octave filter, with its own ADSR and knob for frequency. The frequency knob is quantized into steps, not allowing you to change it smoothly. Key follow can be set to full, half or off. The LFO can modulate the oscillators (both at the same time), the filter frequency, and the pulse width on the oscillator.

The Prophet-600 has mono mode with chord memory as well as two one-track sequencers and an arpeggiator. The sequencers are programmed in real-time and cannot be edited. The arpeggiator can be set to the normal up or down modes or can cycle through the keys in the order that they were played"

Hammond 102200

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"Made in the mid 70's, the only synthesizer Hammond ever produced and I do believe there were only about 200 of these baby's made."

Previous posts on the 102200

Roland GR-300

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"The GR-300 is known for its lightning fast tracking. This baby follows your playing perfectly - probably because there is no midi to slow things down! I originally got into the GR-300 not for fast Pat Metheny wank-outs (I just can't play like that), but for the cool ambient textures the synth can produce. For instance, "Invisible Sun" by the Police. The GR-300 has 6 VCOs, one for each string, a Hexa-Fuzz circuit (basically six fuzz units, one for each string) all which go thru an ultra-fat analog filter. You can combine the VCOs with the Hexa-Fuzz for some seriously sick sounds. There are also two separate pitch pedals which take the synth out of the standard tuning and lets you tune the VCOs to a 3rd, 5th, octave up or down. You can also program the rise and fall time of the pitch change. There is a very cool envelope mod pedal which creates those Mutron envolope follower sounds. An inverted envelope is available as well. There is a built-in compressor which fattens things up even more.

On the back you have 1/4" jacks for compression on/off, VCF pedal, sweep on/off, string select, straight guitar output, and guitar/synth mix output. You will need a guitar controller with a 24-pin cable connection to trigger this synth."

SMS - Salamander Music Systems Data Sheets

via John Loffink on AH:

"I have posted data sheets for Salamander Music Systems modular synthesizers, from around 1980. There are 30 pages, scanned at 150 dpi, all in one zipped file. Most of this information is excerpted in the excellent SMS web site.

SMS Data sheets

John Loffink
The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site
The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site"

Below: Programmable Envelope Generator 240
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Solton Programmer 24

Title link takes you to and image and more info on sequencer.de.

Roland System 100 Cyborg with PPG Sequencer

You might remember this one from this post. Title link takes you to the full gallery on Aliens Project. The PPG is on the top left of the shot.

E-Mu Proteus 2500

Click here for shots via this auction. This one in via ScillonS.

"128 polyphonic voices, 32 midi tracks sequencer, 16 real time control knobs, 24 bit multi FX, 50 filters types, loads of arpégiators, 6 outputs + SPDIF etc: The last and greastest of E-mu's rack module!"

Sequential Circuits Pro-One with Synthwood Case

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"Sequential Circuits Pro One, serial number 6247. This is the superior and reliable J-wire keyboard model with the chassis mounted power supply. As the photos show, the control panel is immaculate. All knobs are original and just a couple have some slight fading of the white indicator line. As shown in the photos, there is some tape residue around the serial number sticker - mentioned for complete accuracy sake. Please be aware that there are some photos with camera flash wash-out/glare that just prove I'm a lousy photographer!

During the process of transplanting this into the new case, ALL rubber key bushings were replaced, so the keyboard plays like a dream. Additionally, all pots and switches were triple-flushed with Caig CaiLube MCL (Moving Contact Lubricant) 5% spray to fully clean all dust and old lube out. After that, every pot and switch was then lubed with Caig CaiLube MCL 100% spray to assure smooth, noise-free operation - and that they do!

The solid cherry case was made by Synthwood, who sells here on eBay, and includes the custom Dave Smith wheel box with clear pitch and mod wheels. Not only are the wheels nice and chunky, but the pitch wheel has spring return to center, which the originals did not have (they had a center detent). Not to disparage Synthwood in any way, but the beautiful finish you see here was done by me - I felt the synth deserved nothing less than a "furniture-like" finish. I painstakingly progressively sanded the case, ending at 400 grit, then hand applied a light cherry tinted Tung oil finish (two coats of color, one of clear). It turned out stunning, if I do say so myself. I also replaced the case screws with longer, proper wood screws for strength and aesthetics. The case alone, without MY beautiful finish job, will cost you $325.00 + $25.00 shipping, and a degree of custom fitting is required.

A custom made LeCover dust cover is included; the Pro One has ALWAYS been covered when not in use.

If you're looking at a Pro One of this caliber, you already know all the technical details of the synth itself, so I won't drone on with those. Suffice it to say, this Pro One is an amazing synth - sounds amazing, works perfectly and looks phenomenal. The investment I have in this in both time and money is staggering, any buyer will certainly get a bargain at any price. The cost to build one like this today, in materials alone, would be around $1,200.00 if you had to buy the donor Pro One as well."

Navs Vintage Classifieds

Title link takes you to the full listings on canecutters. Look for the links MT1_0987, and MT2_0987 in the first post. Fortunately this one looks like it will be a sticky post. Sent my way via Navs.

MS-20 Delay Patch

"Self-running MS-20 patch with Moogerfooger delay and CV processor. Control voltage mind-melt."
Click here for a nice pic of the setup.

wacky organ synth drum machine thing

YouTube via oliptimus. Sent my way via Aretzki.
"I met this machine in hamburg." If anyone has more info on what this is, feel free to comment.

Kitty said what?

You might have seen the following videos. My wife showed me the Pug one about a week ago. What's interesting about these is that they actually came from someone in the synth community. Via nadafarms on VSE:

"So I got asked to do "viral" marketing for a company on youtube... I followed the Ancient formula: 808+Synth+Kitties+Rap+Animation = success. I got featured last week on the main page! 2 million views... Don't hate me... I just did what I knew would work. Not much synth on those tracks, lots of 808 kick and jomox kick. I will be sneaking in as much vintage synth stuff as I can from now on."

Kitty said what? - Morphing Kittens


I'm a Pug! Woop - Morphing Pugs


I'm a Pug! Woop - Morphing REMIX

tan my hide

flickr by feathermeal. via michael

wsg delux triwave picogenerator

YouTube via horchacha.

Rackifying an Electromarmonix DRM16

via altemark on my facebook wall.

"Synthx, a member of the 99musik music community, posted some pictures of his rack-ifying an electro-harmonix drm-16. pretty nice"

Title link takes you there.

Japanese Yamaha CS-15D demo

YouTube via ApolloBoy.

Plan B Model 28 Tap Clock Demo

video upload by jamescigler

"A brief demo of the Plan B Model 28 Programmable Tap Clock and it's use in a couple basic patches."

OBSERVER by Red Martian

OBSERVER

via Red Martian:
"The music was made with a synsonics drum machine (manually played), a Roland Jupiter-4 and a Yamaha CS-5. The video was shot in the small PNEACEA studio in Seattle, 2000 and makes use of video feedback and features some of the masks that were made for us by SERPENTINE."

TENORI-ON

Title link takes you to the Global website with everything finally up - videos, mp3s, interviews and more.

Sent my way via Robert who had the following to say about it:
"Now I've read through the manual and am impressed. The Tenori-on looks more useful than most of us thought it would be. It's not THE ULTIMATE SEQUENCER, but I don't think anyone expected it to be. It has better sequencer specs than I thought it would and some interesting UI implementations that other sequencers would have a hard time duplicating. I think the demo mp3s they've posted so far don't do justice to the possibilities of the Tenori-on. The big disappointment is the onboard sounds are just a rompler selection and don't appear editable. But the RM1x is this way, great sequencer with boring sounds. I always thought of it as a sketchpad where I would replace all the sounds with my own once I worked out the song. The Tenori-ON looks the same way.

I can think of a bunch of features I'd like to see on the sequencer, but maybe those will come via a software update.

Is it worth 500 pounds? It's really going to depend on the end user.
Some people already compose in the way the Tenori is laid out and they'll probably jump right on it. Is it worth $500? If Yamaha can sell it for $500 they'll sell DX-7 quantities.

A feature not previously mentioned that may really tip the scales for some is the 'Interior mode' where you can set up your Tenori to be a fancy clock that plays songs. Really. I'm not making that up. That's the feature that says 'I'm Japanese-designed!'"

MOOG Inspection Tags

Title link takes you to a couple more shots including a couple of the Minimoog sent my way via Seth.

tehn with two fifty six

tehn with two fifty six from tehn and Vimeo.
via roberto and also on the monome site.
"a video of brian playing mlr + w the 256"

15 Questions to Morton Subotnick

"Morton Subotnick, to make it short, is an icon of electronic music. Subotnick's "Silver Apples of the Moon" was commissioned by Nonesuch Records in 1967 and represented the first electronic work written with a specific record release in mind. Back then, Subotnick was one of the protagonists of the Buchla Modular Synthesizer and his use of the instrument was a deciding break in the tradition of focussing primarily on tape manipulations - epecially after "Silver Apples of the Moon" turned out be a huge critical and commercial success."

Title link takes you to the interview on tokofi. Peter Grenader of Plan b got a nod.

Kawai K1 ROM Cards

via this auction

Note the shots are pretty bad, so unless you really want to see the others, don't bother. A funny note on the auction is you get the synth "free" with the cards.

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Roland JD-800

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IMOOGINATION

via this auction.

"Rare MOOG Synthesizer literature circa 1975

This is an offering of rare Moog synthesizer literature from the mid 1970's. Included are both issues of the IMOOGINATION printed in newspaper format. These are shown in the picture. Included in these are stories, interviews and rare pictures. Volume 1 is 20 pages and Vol II is 32 pages. Also included in this offering ( but not pictured ) is a rare interview with Bob Moog in the "Plug" magazine published by "Ampeg" entitled THE MAN WHO MADE THE MOOG. It is the FALL 1974 issue. It is a lengthy two page newspaper format interview. This was when MOOG was first acquired by Norlin Industries and obviously they were starting to promote their new acquisition. Last but not least, are pages from Newsweek August 2, 1982 that has a small article on Moog entitled "A Musical Inventor Tunes Up His Life". Also included in this feature is a great two page feature on Morton Subotnick, the Buchla synth and more. All of this vintage literature is in excellent condition."

KORG Mono/Poly

via this auction.

"It also has Midi capability."

MOOG Micromoog

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Pearl SC40 Syncussion Percussion Synth

via this auction.

Crumar T1/c

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Analog Hammond organ emulator.

Roland PG-200

via this auction. JX-3P and MKS-30 knob box.

Access Virus Classic

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DSC_0001

flickr by GeschnittenBrot.

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"Three of my favourites...Moog Voyager, Clavia Nord Lead 3 and polish beer Tyskie..."

The Twins - Love System

YouTube via efatrix. PPG Wave 2.2.

Synthesizer Meeting Kufstein 2007

Title link takes you to more pics of the event. Be sure to see the previous posts and of course sequencer.de who was at the event.

Bluesynths event 2007

Waldof Wave Pics

via swissdoc on the Waldorf forum:

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Terry Poison

Buzz on the Bell


Comme Ci Comme Ca

YouTubes via terrypoison. via ponyXpress. Previous post. KORG Poly-800 reverse keys.

Alice Cooper - clones

YouTube via ajps28. via Larry.
"Clones (we're all) Alice in paris 1982"
Anyone know what vocoder and synths were used?

Bluesynths Meeting 2007

YouTube via Moogulator of sequencer.de.
"Synthesizer Meeting in Kufstein (austria) by Theo Bloderer and his wonderful Bluesynths.com Site - this is my personal trip, later I talked to ppl. enjoy!" Looks like the Leopard Skin Minimmog made it. Be sure to catch the ending.

The Volt Per Octaves ~ Super Milk

YouTube via MusicalCafe. Sent my way via Carl. "Musical Cafe TV presents the Volt Per Octaves"
Mouse over the thumbnails at the end of the video for more. Previous post.
Update: I was trying to figure out what this reminded me of. "Red Light" by Siouxsie and the Banshees off of the album Kaleidoscope, mainly the drums and a little bit of the overall vibe.

Schrittmacher controls iDrum

YouTube via shagghie.
"A quick insight into using a hardware sequencer to run a plugin like iDrum, etc. I get a lot of questions on how I use the Schrittmacher, so thought I'd share this tid bit. I normally run DRM1mkII on S1, iDrum on S2, JazBase03 on S3, and leave S4 open to do sample triggering or basslines, etc."

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Synthesizer SN 062013

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"kenton midi kit installed in 2006. To date ive only seen a handful of other VP-330's with midi installed. Needless to say its very useful feature. The retrofit was installed by kenton electronics. Fantastic sounding instrument, rare too with less than 2000 units being made worldwide."

View these full size. Absolutely gorgeous synth.

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Ruin in the Office

Steampunk meets modular synth DIY.

Title link takes you to more shots sent my way via Philip Baljeu of ruinProjects, where you will find more under Projects.

Synthesizer Meeting in Kufstein 2007

Title link takes you to some images of the Bluesynths event in Kufstein, Austria. via sequencer.de

Anyone know more about this one?

Update via swissdoc in the comments:
"This is the EEF-Modular owned by Theo from Bluesynths. You have had it on you Blog allready: link

Theo said, it was built in the 80s in Belgium. More on Sequencer.de"

Beaver and Krause - Spaced - Original THX Theme

Another interesting tidbit from Analog Days. At the end of Beaver and Krause's track "Spaced," is the classic THX theme of rising notes. It was originally played on a MOOG in 1970 and was later copied by a famous Marin County film company. Guess the company and when it was copied. BTW if you have Napster, Rhapsody or any other subscription music service you can listen to the track. Just search for Beaver and Krause. It's on "In a Wild Sanctuary/Gardharva." The theme comes in at the very end.

Previous post. Update: Also check out THX on Music Thing, for the story behind the THX theme. Andy Moorer, the composer of the THX theme, makes no mention of Krause. Stuff like this always fascinates me. People do come up with the same ideas independently of each other, so who knows... It's fascinating either way - by chance or a copy without credit.

Yamaha AN200

posted by LD Thomson on Matrixsynth on Facebook.

AudioRealism ADM Released

Just a heads up that AudioRealism's ADM Drum machine previously posted here is now available. Title link takes you there.

via Larry.

Roland JX-3P

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Be sure to check out the full size shots. The contrast in these are great.

Keyboard - 61 keys
Polyphony - 6 voices
Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice
Memory - 32 preset, 32 user
Filter - Resonant Low pass
Arpeg/Seq - Simple Sequencer
Effects - Chorus
Control - MIDI capable (Roland's first MIDI synthesizer).


BTW, be sure to check out Matrixsynth-b for more. I was just thinking about how dry the auction listing have been lately, and then this. I guess when it rains it pours.

Elka Rhapsody 610 String Synth

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"It is "multi-phonic" as it uses a divide-down, electric organ type of architechture for its tone generation. There are two tones for each note so it's probably fair to say it's dual-oscillator, and it can create some really lush timbres. It's richer sounding than the ARP Solina String Synth (if you can believe that!).The four-octave keyboard is not velocity sensitive.
SUPER RARE! Vintage! 1974!! As used by Vangelis, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, J. M. Jarre and more!

Very big, great sound!
elka_sample.mp3"

I wonder how these compare to the Elka Rhapsody 490.

Update via Micke in the comments:
"The Elka Rhapsody was Billy Currie's favorite stringer for many years. He used it quite prominently on U-vox's first three albums and also to some extent on 1980's "Vienna". John Foxx was also using it on his first couple of albums."

Roland RS-09

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"ROLAND RS-09 RARE VERSION 1, LATE 70'S. MADE IN JAPAN. There are three versions of this unit. This oen [sic] is The older version 1. The differences are mainly cosmetic and in the control surface; the V.3 uses touch-switches, the V.1 uses rockers and tends to be more reliable due to that.