"MOS-LAB is a new company in france, opened in june 2007. speciality : Moog modular clone modules and Moog portable systems, as well as several parts for Synth-diyers."Pictured is their first custom system recently sold.
www.mos-lab.com
Saturday, September 29, 2007
MOS- LAB MOOG Modular Clones and DIY
"MOS-LAB is a new company in france, opened in june 2007. speciality : Moog modular clone modules and Moog portable systems, as well as several parts for Synth-diyers."Pictured is their first custom system recently sold.
www.mos-lab.com
Yamaha DX200 Song Demos
"Two factory demo songs from the Yamaha DX200."
Yamaha DX200 Song Demo - One More
YouTubes via bluelake07.
Introduction to Korg Poly 800 Super Mod
"A brief description of the upcoming (2007) Korg Poly 800 super modification that expands its memory beyond anything anyone has previously imagined."
Korg Poly 800 EX 800 super mod - new MIDI controllers
"This video crudely demonstrates the three new MIDI controllers that are implemented in the prototype super mod."
YouTubes via korgpolyex800. Sent my way via Randy.
"Lots more details on his site and the korgpolyex yahoo group."
korg mono/poly
YouTube via eingang.
"another clip of me, playing in the mono/poly. starting out playing in poly mode, and changes over to arpeggiator mode."
Crumar DS-2
images via this auction.
"Vintage Crumar DS-2 Synthesizer.One of the first dual DCO analog synths, with a poly section as well."
Anyone confirm these are DCOs and not VCOs?
"Vintage Crumar DS-2 Synthesizer.One of the first dual DCO analog synths, with a poly section as well."
Anyone confirm these are DCOs and not VCOs?
Reason version 4 - Thor
YouTube via PropellerheadSW. via Nusonica.
"Thor is a multi-synthesis synthesizer with six oscillator types, four different filters, a step sequencer and a modulation matrix. Fully routable. Fully automatable. Fully everything."
Friday, September 28, 2007
Kaoss Mod Demo 1
YouTube via tomassio22. via Nusonica.
"Vibrato, LFO Filter, Delay, Reverb, Reverse Delay, Synth, Synth"
Thomas Dolby 1986 Interview on EM
click here for the interview. There is plenty of synth talk of course."I chose to use the largest part of the space for the control room, in order to accommodate my video equipment (a small Sony ¼-inch editing system, Fairlight CVI, and a large screen Barco projector over the mixing board) along with a large battery of electronic percussion (Emu SP12, Linn 9000, and assorted Simmons and PPG modules) and my new Fairlight Series III and Emulator II. I've never sold a keyboard, even my first two — a Micromoog and a Roland JP4 with which I recorded everything in 'She Blinded Me With Science.'"
I wonder if that is still the case.
Roland XP-80 demo
YouTube via StudioF. via Kitsunexus
"Demo of the Roland XP-80. These sounds do not represent the true power of the XP-80"
Two More Modular Noodles via Appliancide
Click here for the link to them. Spot the cat."They are single pass recordings with all of the same limitations as the previous two tracks. They are called "how rude" and "falling up the stairs". Falling up the stairs is my favorite so far of the modular recordings that I've done.I also put up a couple of catsynth pictures there. I moved the other two modular tracks to soundclick but if anyone wants to hear them, they can listen to them directly from my blog at http://appliancide.blogspot.com. There you will find links to all of my modular noodles as well as a bunch of my old music, which is mostly soft-synth and sample based.
Korg Maxi-Korg K3 (800DV) Vintage Synthesizer 1975
images via this auction."This is a unique vintage 1975 Korg Maxi-Korg synthesizer - serial number 0594! This synth is also known as the Korg 800DV and Univox K3 but was sold in the US under the name Maxi-Korg K3. The power of the Maxi-Korg lay in the way it could create and play sounds. In essence, it was two Korg 700S synths in a single box, so you could treat it as two distinct synths, creating two different sounds, and then playing them independently. Some other mid-'70s synths allowed you to play two notes, but these used the same patch parameters for both. Only the Maxi-Korg could produce two sounds that you could play as a composite, or as two independent synths. Yet this was only half the story, because the 800DV allowed you to allocate the voices in a huge variety of ways. This made it possible to program more realistic, more expressive, or more off-the-wall sounds than was possible on other monosynths. The Maxi-Korg was, and remains, one of the most impressive, flexible and articulate synths ever built."
ARP 2800 Modular
images via this auction."one of a kind ARP 2800 analog modular synthesizer. This synth started out its life as an ARP odyssey MarkII (black and gold faced unit), which then had its keyboard removed, front panel hand brushed and refinished, custom durable (water proof) sticker artwork (which is reminiscent of the original artwork) created and applied, and then reassembled in a custom plywood modular cabinet. The back panel of the cabinet has space to tuck the attached power cord into. Also added are 1/4" jacks tapping off nearly all the signal outputs, and allowing you to insert any signal into the signal modulation selector switches. And also adding several 4x jack multiples. The unit works fine, but when the modifications were done, it disabled the use of the CV portamento control, and the octave range select switch. The synth can be controlled with standard 1V/Oct CV input and positive polarity gate signals. I think this unit also had a snappy envelope mod done to the ADSR envelope, as I always found the ARP envelopes not quite fast enough for my tastes."
Quasimidi Sirius
images via this auction.* polyphony -- 28 voices
* multitimbral -- 7 parts - 3 synth,4 drums
* Patches -- 384, 16 vocoder settings
* drumkits -- 192 kick, 192 snares, 192 hi hats, 192 percussion sets each of 12 sounds.
* vocoder -- nine band with high and low pass filters
* patterns -- 242 - 142 preset, 100 user
* songs -- 16
* sequencer tracks -- seven
* effects -- Two processors with reverb, delay, chorus, and flange; global overblast effect.
* keyboard -- 49 keys, velocity sensitive
* inputs -- mic, carrier, analyse, footswitch
* outputs -- stereo out, headphone
* midi -- in,out,thru
Thursday, September 27, 2007
AudioCubes Demo at New Media Meeting, Sweden
YouTube via Percussa.
"Tobias von Hofsten (aka ONE) giving an overview of the Percussa AudioCubes at the recent New Media Meeting in Sweden."
Thomas Dolby on the tube - She Blinded me With Science
YouTube via BrusselZuid. via DVDBorn. Spot the synths.
"Thomas Dolby performing 'She Blinded me with Science' on the tube circa 1984."
Update: One more sent my way via Jared.
Thomas Dolby Hyperactive
YouTube via parkhill62.
Take The Time Keyboard Solo
YouTube via jd800er. KORG DW8000. Via kitsunexus.
"Here's some more info on the DW-8000: http://www.dw8000.com/index.html
And here's some more sound demos: http://homepage.mac.com/synth_seal/html/dw8000b.html
IMO the DWGS waveforms on the MicroKorg don't sound nearly as good as they do on the DW-8000."
Kawai K5000 *Advanced Additive Synthesizer*
YouTube via retrosound72.
"Additive Synthesis + special PCM samples; some typical factory sounds from the Kawai K5000R. more info: www.retrosound.de"
Performing with the TouchBox
YouTube via raidersofthelostarp.
"The TouchBox is running two step sequencers controlled with two onscreen keyboards, a monosynth controlled via MIDI, and a guitar fx... Filmed during a performance with a low quality photocamera :( More info at... link"
Something I have been working on today with Gazdatronik
YouTube via Gazdatronik. Name of the video, not actually me.
"A nice chilled out piece, sorta. I show little bits of the setup in action
Moog on bass
Matrix 6 on angry bass
e6400 on drums
korg dw-8000 on choral
TX81z on 'rhodes'"
DACS FwS FREQue II
via this auction. via philip"Produce pumping tracks that stand out from the crowd with the FwS FREQue II, a genuinely new and inspirational analogue effects processor. In a world filled with plug-ins that do everything, the FREQue II is a processor that few, if any, plug-ins can emulate. The FREQue II is truly a sound designer’s dream. It’ll chew up program material like nothing else out there!
The Effects:
With low frequency modulation inputs:
Simple to complex autopan effects, gating, amplitude modulation, flanging, spatialising
With mid frequency modulation inputs:
Vocoding type effects, adding tunable harmonics, both lower down to subsonic, and up to supersonic, second harmonic distortion (like valves/tubes), harmonising, retuning percussion, gating, general rich distortion, Sci-Fi voices (eg a Dalek)
With high frequency modulation inputs:
Transposition with distortion, adding glitter, air, sparkle etc when mixed back into original
With music or sounds into both inputs:
Vocoding effects, gating effects, fattening/thickening effects, spatial effects, weird transformations
Internal FM:
Frequency Modulation of modulation oscillator at all frequencies, giving effects ranging from slow pulsation to the classic FM generation of complex waveforms
External voltage control of oscillators:
Envelope follower effects, FM effects as above, randomised autopanning
Frequency shift:
Up and down shift of frequency with change in harmonic structure, with FM for sliding effects, using feedback loop to create filter type sweeps
Paul White from Sound on Sound said:
'I’ve used numerous ring modulators over the years, but none have felt either as musical or as natural to use as this one.'"
Previously posted
EML Poly-Box
via this auction. via phillip."The Poly-Box is an odd piece of synthesizer technology. It's basically a small-remote keyboard controller for ancient analog synths, but with a twist. It takes control of your analog synthesizer and, even though they're monophonic, the Poly-Box will create polyphony by programmable chord memory presets. Designed for use via CV/Gate with these Related synths. Here is how EML describes it: 'Poly-Box is a pitch following variable chord generator controlled by your synthesizer and Poly-Box's own keyboard with built-in memory. Poly-Box takes a single pitch from your synthesizer and creates two banks of pitch sources. Each pitch bank contains 13 simultaneously available pitch sources at precise semitone intervals - covering an entire chromatic octave. The pitch banks may be in the same or different octaves, and can cover the range from one above to three octaves below the synthesizer oscillator.'"
Latronic Notron
images via this auction. via philip."This is probably the best step sequencer ever made, its very sought after and very rare. Only about 100 of these were made. This one is in great condition. I'm the original owner, bought it new back in 1998. Has MIDI inputs and outputs. I have a US power suply for the unit and also comes with the owners manual. It fits very nicely in a standard guitar stand (like shown in the photo's), or can sit flat on a table. I will Ship the item with UPS. No PO boxes. Paypal payment prefered.
Some well known Notron user's are Goldie, The Orb, Jeff Mills, The Advent, Joey Beltram, Bjork, Claude Young, etc. Its great for making techno, electro and some incredibly unique basslines.
If you want to know what this machine does and how it works, you can read Paul Nagle's review from 'Sound on Sound' here
Also, some info from Wikipedia, here"
2007 Disco Keytar
via Dave
"It's a monophonic, monotambric (same note every time) sound module, employing not a VCO but an ACB (air-controlled blister). I don't see any inputs or outputs on it, but I'm sure we'll figure out a way to sample it eventually. It's not technically a synthesizer, since it creats not artificial, but only natural sounds. But I strongly believe that when in the right hands (or paws), it shall prove to be a surprisingly expressive instrument."
FreqBox vs Access Virus
YouTube via Analogger.
"I used my EMG equipped Strat thru a Vox distortion into the Moogerfooger FreqBox into the external in of an Access Virus. I wrote a rhythmic pattern into my sequencer which gated the Virus. That same pattern was also converted into control voltages with my MPU-101 which modulated the frequency of the FreqBox oscillator. The osc. was synced to my guitar pitch. I also wrote a basic 8-bar pattern for the sampled drums on the SH-32. I included a snippet of video of my brother-in-law and I setting off a Blockbuster in a ditch. That's my wife screaming "He's so insane!!!" I really can't argue with her."
Fade to grey-Visage and Gazdatronik
YouTube via Gazdatronik
"I play Visage's Fade to grey somehow. Micromoog on Bass, Korg DW-8000 on strings, Oberhiem matrix 6 on the high part, and Emulator SP-12 on drums. I'll clean up the production and re-record it and put it up at my other site"
Roland JD-800 Digital Synthesizer - *Pad Sounds* (part2)
YouTube via retrosound72. Follow up to this video.
"more vangelis like sounds from the Roland JD-800 Digital Synthesizer
more info: www.retrosound.de"
Vintage 1972 PAiA Modules
images via this auction
Modules include:
2720-14 - a Sine Converter/Pulse Width Modulator
2720-12 - an Inverter-Buffer
2720-11 - an Envelope Follower
2720-7 - a Power Supply
2720-5 - a Control Oscillator
2720-4 - a Function Generator
2720-3L - a Low Pass Filter
2720-3B - a Bandpass Filter
2720-2 - a Voltage Control Oscillator
2720-1 - a Voltage Control Amplifier
Roland MC-202
images via this auction."The modification that was done gives control voltage inputs for
1. Slide
2. CV
3. Gate
4. VCF (filter cutoff)
It also gives an additional output of the PWM waveform.
The original CV ins and outs all work also. The new CV/Gate input is better than the original (there is a lag on all the original 202s) I think most people would prefer to use external controls as the internal sequencer requires thought and time to program. However the internal sequencer affords special results with the use of accents and slides.
While the MC-202 is often compared to the TB-303, I think the sound and filters are closer to the SH-101. When the resonance is set very high the machine becomes very acid. It synchonized via din sync.
There are two wave forms Square (with PWM) and Saw. There is also a square Sub Oscillator that can be shifted one octave down, two octaves down, or down two octaves with PWM.
The MC-202 is obviously a great bass line synthesizer. The Sub can be absolutely devastating. "Watch the bass bins...." The MC-202 also excels in making acid. The combination of solid bass, acid sequencing, and filters that take on a life of their own when you krank the resonance, makes for acid bass lines or great sqeeky acid effects. The MC-202 also makes very nice strings sounds and woodwind sounds."
Elektron Sidstation
images via this auction."Elektron laser-etched numbers into the last 200 Sid Stations that they made. This one is laser etched with the number 14. So, it was the 14th to last one ever made!"
Or is it the 187th to the last made?
KORG SQ-10
images via this auction."Korg Analog Sequencer, the SQ-10 Model. It is in fully working condition. This old school sequencer was designed for the MS series, using CV/Gate Controll. You can make some reall groovy basslines like the TB-303. It has three rows of 12 steps for a total of 24 or multi timberal 3 seperate channels (3 channels of CV control), 1 Pattern, 1 Song, 36 Knobs in all. Cosmetically, I would rate it at 8 out of 10, it has minor scratches, blemishes, which is typical for an instrument that was produced in 1978."
Roland MKS-30
images via this auction.
"The MKS-30 is the rack version of the Roland JX-3P keyboard and the GR-700 Guitar Synthesizer. Sounds like a Juno Series Syntheszer, but much better since it has 2 oscillators with sync and ring modulation, as well as PWM. Excellent Filters plus, one of the best features, just like the Juno 60, 106 and MKS-7, is the pitch bends have a very analog, elastic kind of stretching quality to them, sort of like a rubber band being plucked and stretched. Not many DCO based Analog Synths I've heard do this, except for the Juno's. In fact I recently had a MKS-7(rack of Juno106), and I was surprised by how close the oscillators sound to the MKS30 's. Except you get two of them that can sync and be ring modulated. Plus it has a nice analog chorus circuit built-in for stereo effects.
Some people say it's got a digital sound, but I compared this to the MKS-7, which everybody says is effectively a racked Juno-106. The MKS-30 is just as analog sounding with a remarkably punchy, and pure musical character, especially on those pitch-bends. A few years ago, I was planning to buy a Access Virus C, and this MKS-30 was sitting close by in Guitar Center. After trying both of them out side by side, I ended spending my money on this one. The Virus is great, but compared to this, it's sound is clearly digital. At the time I was looking for that deep analog quality. This synth has that. It's also functionally better than it's keyboard counterpart, the JX3P. It has a better implementation of MIDI with velocity. It's easily programmed from the front panel, however their isn't any sysex that can be accessed by an editor. However, the Roland PG-200 programmer/knob box can be plugged into it, or there is a 3rd party ROM upgrade that can be purchased for around $100(last time I checked) that gives you full sysex, CC control over every parameter. Here's a link to that information."
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
pdPod
YouTube via mkalten. via Wingo Shackleford in the comments of this post.
"pdPod allows the creation of interactive musical applications for the iPod. It integrates Pure Data (http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html ) a visual sound programming language by Miller Puckette which allows the rapid development of musical applications. Guenter Geiger (http://gige.xdv.org/ ) has made PDa (http://gige.xdv.org/pda/ ), a port of Pure Data for PDA Linux devices which we recently adapted to run under iPod Linux as well. Martin Kaltenbrunner (http://modin.yuri.at/ ) created a GUI application which allows the execution, display and control of PD patches on the iPod. This application was made by the creators of the reacTable at the Music Technology Group (http://mtg.upf.edu/) at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain.
This instrument was made possible thanks to the efforts of the iPodLinux (http://ipodlinux.org ) project, which provides a Linux environment for the iPod. pdPod itself can be downloaded from its WIKI page (http://ipodlinux.org/Pdpod)"
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