New Synthesis Coming in KORG OASYS OS 1.3 Update?

Saw this one on sequencer.de:

"MOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer
New EXi MOD-7 Waveshaping VPM Synthesizer with „classical” synthesis procedure, whose flexibility was increased here in the almost immeasurable. A demo version is contained in system V1.3."

sequencer.de states: "it does not look like 6 OP FM or something since Korg never did complex FM, but possibly something new or different since they tell us it is 'unbeliavable and unlimited'.

As of this post there is only mention of the 1.2 OS on the OASYS site.

If you know more, feel free to comment.

Update via the comments:
"More info here [Look for "Tour the OASYS Virtual Interface – Now includes the new MOD-7!!" and "New Operating System"]

And sounds here, at the bottom of the page [second to last section]

Highway 43

YouTube via JimGordon5. "43-note-per-octave music by Jim Gordon"

The Devil Went Down to Jupiter

Remember this vid? Here's the mp3 with lyrics. Listen to the words on this one. : ) Via Dave.
Update: you can find the lyrics here.

Eruption on Alesis Fusion

YouTube via richmenga.

AH Bay Area Gathering 2007 - Chris Muir's Buchla 200e

YouTube via therealretrosynth.
"Chris Muir's Buchla 200e at the Analogue Heaven Bay Area gathering in Oakland CA on Sept 9 2007."

KORG EX-800

images via this auction.
"The EX-800 is a programmable synth-module that works as a sound source for any MIDI keyboard (DW8000, Poly-80011, RK100, etc.)
or other MIDI control device such as computer or synthesizer. For real versatility, it responds to eight kinds of MIDI data:
# key data
# pitch bends
# modulation
# sequencer clock
# program change
# volume
# computer dump
# active sensing

The MIDI THRU jack allows series connection with additional EX-800s or other MIDI units. This is an easy way to add extra musical power to your system with but a small investment. The EX-800 has eight voices, 64-program memory, and a built-in 256-step polyphonic sequencer. Dual DCOs and triple ADBSSR DEGs permit rich tonal variation and flexible envelope shaping. There's even a tape interface."

Yamaha CS50

images via this auction.

"From 1975, it's the little brother of the Yamaha CS80 (the famous "Blade Runner" Synth). This board was amazingly ahead of it's time in it's polyphonic implementation. If you recall, the majority of the big names at that time were strictly monophonic. This guy came out and featured 4 key polyphony and an early form of aftertouch that can affect the filter, VCO or LFO. There is also a auxillary input to run sounds through the side panel which I have used on a couple of tracks. Small or not, this still weighs close to 100 lbs and is the size of a small organ. There is a really great sounding ring modulator for crazy sci fi sound, 13 presets and a full synthesizer section including both HP and LP resonant filters. BTW: Check out the last pic of Herbie Hancock from the "Sunlight" album. You'll see a CS50 behind him, over his right shoulder!"

KORG Polysix

images via this auction.

Kurzweil 1200 PRO II

images via this auction.

Quasimidi Polymorph

via this auction.

KORG KAOSSILATOR

Google translated via KORG.de:
"The KORG KAOSSILATOR is a new cliche Synthesizer in the vest pocket format with famous KORG Synth sounds and performance possibilities, which inspire abslout. The KAOSSILATOR is served over its touch-sensitive PAD, with which one can fire a rich treasure at Synthesizer sounds. The horizontal axle steers the pitch, during one along the vertical axle parameter such as filter frequency, feedback, modulation intensity, etc. affected. With this new, creative beginning music makes fun above all correct. In the hand turning one enriches a volume Gig or a DJ-set with driven off sound explosions. Even musical beginners can freshly, impudently and freely make music with the KAOSSILATOR.

The most important functions
* Synthesizer sound, sound effects, impact things sounds (100 hochkarätige programs)
* 31 scales, with which one can play simply clay/tone sequences always correctly intoniert
* 50 gate Arpeggio types for sophisticated rhythm figures
* Loop photographs with complex Layer function to the Over Dubbing of the cliches"
via Music Thing.

Casio PT-7

Published on Dec 22, 2006 inverseroom


images via this auction. via inverseroom

"If you're into little tiny home keyboards of the past, this is about the rarest of the rare. The Casio PT-7 is a bizarre two-piece box with a detachable capacitive keyboard, and a bunch of preset sounds and rhythms. It has a nice, thick, fuzzy tone, and works equally well using AA batteries or an adapter."

Roland JX-10 Advert

Roland Super JX

image via John

MMm...

Update: What this is will begin to be revealed tomorrow.

Kawai SX240

images via this auction

Here are some of the features:
+ On-board sequencer
+ Ability to edit the synth parameters
+ 48 Preset memories
+ 8 Voice Polyphony
+ Midi In,Out,Thru
+ 8-Character Display

DSI Prophet '08 Polymod Sample

Via Stephen Jones:

"Here is an example of how well a P'08 can do a polymod filter routing. I spread the output just because you can. I think it sounds quite good."

http://redmartian.com/p08/p08filtmod.mp3

Update: more samples and info here (scroll for the samples when you get there).

REwire Modular Track

via REwire:

"MFB OSC-01 triple DCO Oscillator plus a Plan-B Model 15, Asys-RS-95, Buchla 259, Steiner Parker Microcon and a Cwejman D-LFO at Pitch Level. All together, 8 Sawtooth waves panned 4 left through the Livewire Frequensteiner and 4 right through Plan-B Model 12 all with a little Spring Reverb. A great combo of new and super vintage VCO's + 3 new DCO's."

REwire_-_8_Modular_Oscs..mp3

Premiata Forneria Marconi PFM - Celebration - Live TV, 1974

YouTube via SholingBr. Sent my way via gattobus.
"They are a legend in Italy... They were the very first band in Italy playing with a Minimoog and THIS is absolutely the most famous synth Riff in the italian music history. They also played live in America in the seventies and recorded a live album there, called "Cook" This video was recorded in the U.S.A. in 1974..."
visit http://www.progprologue.blogspot.com/.

SH-09 Bass Riff

YouTube via analoguecrazy4.

guitar solo es8 and radias rythme

YouTube via graal7.
play with radias preset drums and preset gt on motif"

Oberheim OB-1 Minus Keys

via this auction.

"A working Oberhem OB-1 without the keyboard built into an instrument case. Great for someone expanding a modular synth or adding on to a performance setup where control voltages, triggers and gates are available (compatible with ARP, Moog, all analog synths)."

Synth ICs & Spec Sheets

via this auction.

SSM 2056 VOLTAGE CONTROLLED TRANSIENT GENERATOR (8 PIECES)
SSM 2038 VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR (4 PIECES)
SSM 2300 OCTAL SAMPLE AND HOLD (3 PIECES)
SSM 2142 BALANCE LINE DRIVER (2 PIECES)
CEM 3381 DUAL VOLTAGE CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER (2 PIECES)

Korg 700 Minikorg Demonstration

YouTube via jabberwalky.

Univox Mini-Korg

images via this auction.

Persephone Controlling a Metasonix Wretch Machine

"It outputs CV from the ribbon, which I use the M#@g CP-251 attenuator to tweak a bit. It works really well. For trigger, I use the audio out of the Persephone which works perfectly as well."

Click here for the post with the sample on Deviant Synth.

Custom MOOG Minimoog and Oberheim SEM

This one via michael:

"i just picked up an awesome rig and figured i'd share it with my fav synth blog.

the rig consists of a minimoog (#6536) (i'm thinking it is the discrete VCO board but I don't know a lot about mini's maybe you or your readers would know more) and an Oberheim SEM. It also came with a moogerfooger ring modulator which I haven't used yet. The mini has been modified, so the Loudness Control Input is now a CV out, and the S-trig input is no an S-trig output, both used for controlling the SEM. Also, the external input of the mini has been routed to automatically mix with VCO-2. there is no level control for the external signal input anymore, but the on-off switch for VCO2 controls both VCO2 and the external input. the external input section on the front panel has been converted to a sync section to sync VCO2 to VCO1. the external input mixer switch turns sync on and off, and the external input volume knob controls the amount of VCO-mod from the filter envelope (when sync is on) This mod rules, and this system is a 5 discrete beast that sounds amazing, no sound samples yet (i have no means to here at home) but i've posted a few hi-res pics i just took. the only problems with the rig is that the mini's keyboard could use a new set of bushings. i'll probably buy a set, i think this rig deserves it! the mods were supposedly done by kurt's amps and keys more than 15 years ago (but not 100% sure of the date of the mods)

dig the red paint job!"

Very nice. Click here for a couple more images. Thanks michael!

Audio Damage Fluid

The official page is up with demos and more info.

YMO's BTM w/ Prophet '08

"My band did a cover of YMO's Behind The Mask and I used a Prophet-5 and Multitrak on the recording. This evening I replaced the six Prophet-5 tracks entirely with the Prophet-08. The only remaining synth track that is not a Prophet'08 is the background arpeggiated sequence.

http://redmartian.com/BTM-Prophet08.mp3

And if you're curious, here is the version with the Prophet-5 which was actually mixed by Tom Ellard:

http://redmartian.com/btm.m4a

I think the P'08 does a pretty good job. What I'm doing now, and for the next 2 weeks, is only play it. Then I'll turn on a Prophet-5 and see how I react. :)"

You can see YMO's version here.

synthillance

Two shots via synthillance.

Waldorf Q+ Phoenix Track

Two images and this track via Olivier.

proto-heads 0.72: Live Monome

YouTube via avanturb. Picks up about two minutes into it. "Download audio here"

Mmm...

moog by ~no-morals

via deviantart via potumblr.

MOOG Taurus
MOOG Multimoog

Silkworm, Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, 04/16/05

flickr by photophonic

click here for the full size shot.

Moog Prodigy

monome 40h running fourths

YouTube via stretta.
"A demonstration of using the 40h as a simple alternate controller. The beauty of the 40h is it can be anything you want it to be - this is just one example."

MusoTalk 90 - Angeklickt - Reason 4 - Teil 2

YouTube via musotalk.
"Der Thor ist ein Alleskönner und es macht echt Spass eigene Sounds von Grund auf zu programmieren... oder man plündert die obulente Soundlibrary. Ausserdem zeige ich den neuen Arpeggiator. Die vollständige Sendung ist online auf www.musotalk.de"

KORG Poly-61

images via this auction.

"The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It was somewhat of a step up [not really - the Polysix is more highly regarded] from the Polysix, as it has 2 DCOs for better reliability. It also retained the arpeggiator of the Polysix. It has a very dirty sharp sound much like the Yamaha DX7. This is good if you are into the lo-fi sound of electronica. The Poly-61 can provide cool gritty basses or trippy analog sounds and fx.

Also added is the familiar Korg joystick, which can be used to modulate the VCO or the VCF. However, its filter only has 7 steps of resonance and is not as fat as the Polysix's filter. It also uses the same method of programming the Poly-800 and Yamaha DX-7

Specifications:
Polyphony - 6 Voices Oscillators - DCO1:sawtooth, pulse, and square; DCO-2: sawtooth, square LFO - 1 LFO can modulate the DCOs or the Filter Filter - 1 lowpass filter w/ ADSR Memory - 64 patches VCA - ADSR Keyboard - 61 keys Arpeg/Seq - Arpeggiator with external sync Effects - Chorus Control - MIDI (on later Poly-61M models) Date Produced - 1982 - 1986"

Access Virus TI

images via this auction.

Don't throw this one in the dumpster.

Clavia DDrum 2

images via this auction.

"Six Soundpac voice cards
- Asst. Perc. 3
- Drummachine 1
- Effect toms 1
- Metal 1
- Ethnic 1
- Minneapolis 1
Five pad triggers (four tom-style one of which is missing it's hardware mount, one larger kick drum-style). We do not have the hardware pertaining to the kick drum trigger.
MIDI Kit Selector pad.

Ddrum unit itself features:
Line input with level control.
Individual trigger inputs and line outputs for each of the eight instrument channels.
Stereo mix output.
MIDI in and out.
Headphone output.
Separate volume controls for Master level control and headphone output level control.
Trigger buttons on front panel to audition sounds while loading/editing.
Programming control section with LCD display to fully select and edit sounds and banks.
Individual trigger input sensitivity controls with metering.
Kit number LCD display.

MIDI Selector Pad features:
Dual-function numerical pads.
Kit number LCD display.
Value change pad.
Enormous BANK pad.
MIDI in and out.

The four tom-style trigger pads have XLR output (XLR to 1/4 inch cables or adapter will be necessary to use the unit properly).
The larger kick drum-style pad has two XLR outputs, one of which does not appear to have output (this may be due to our not knowing exactly what the significance of having the two outputs may be)."

Roland The Synthesizer Four Volume Set

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"The Synthesizer", published as a FOUR VOLUME SET by Roland (1979 softcovers with index and illustrations.)

"Very rare and extremely collectible - especially in MINT condition as this set is!
Absolutely PERFECT and still in the original SLIPCASE, which is also in fine condition!

Volume titles are:
-A Foundation for Electronic Music
-Practical Synthesis for Electronic Music - Volume One
-Practical Synthesis for Electronic Music - Volume Two
-Multichannel Recording for Electronic Music"

Korg M3 First Person Industrial Revolution

YouTube via rfoshaug. via Nusonica.
"A first-person view of my cover of Jean Michel Jarre's Industrial Revolution Overture. All sounds come from the Korg M3 Music Workstation/Sampler, and only the "machine run" percussion sound is sampled - everything else is programmed sounds using internal waveforms. Everything that looks live is played live, offering an unique first-person look. :-)"

DIY Modular wth Two Henry/Stites SN-Voices

More info and shots on this electro-music.com thread.

Third Annual Austin Analog Synthesizer Party!

Two PM on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 at Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd, Austin Texas, 78722.

Bring your analog synths (remember an extension cord and a stand) and BRING HEADPHONES!

CORON DS7 Drum Synce Clone

"The DS7 Drum Synce (DC860) is a little analog percussion synthesizer from the 80's made by CORON. This drumsynth was dedicaced to drummers : the DS7 was fixed on the border of a drum to be played/triggered by hitting the drum.

The DS7 contain a VCO +VCA chain. The VCO is modulated by a cheesy LFO and a simple decay envelope trigged by the piezzo cell pulse. The cell work as a pressure/hit sensor. It can be replaced by a jack to be used with any kind of trigg pulses or even gates. In this case the "decay" pot become a "Release" pot ... The VCA is directly controled by the envelope. The LFO can drive the VCO from slow modulation to hi-speed to produce FM like sounds." click here for more.

Moog 904a LPF Noise Test

flickr by mpeake

"An extremely quiet filter."

click here for more via Mike Peak

KORG MS50 Schematics via Mike Peake

click here for more.

Oberheim FVS-1 SEM Expansion

via this auction via the comments of this post.
"this FVS-1 is the expansion for the Oberheim 4-voice synthesizer, adding 4 extra SEM modules and an extra output module to it and thus letting you enjoy an 8-voice Oberheim synthesizer"

What The Future Sounded Like.

You might remember this post. Well, it looks like it will finally air on ABC, this coming Tuesday, the 18th of September at 10pm. Title link takes you to more info including images and video. EMS.

Update: Word is this is ABC Australia only. Unfortunate for the rest of us...

Metasonix M-1000

Title link takes you to more images and info on Muff Wiggler.

Buchla 207

via this auction

This one is being auctioned off by Ezra Buchla, Don Buchla's son.

"This is a Buchla model 207 mixer and preamplifier from the 200 series, made sometime in the early 1970's. It is quite rare and consists of all original components.

The mixer section includes 6 input channels, 4 of which have manual control over location, and two of which have voltage control of location. This section also includes a third, independently switchable mono output bus.

The pre-amplifier section has a single 1/4" input, three switchable gain/impedance settings and a potentiometer for finer gain control."