Modified Moog Prodigy

YouTube via moogfreak.
"This video shows my selfmodified Moog Prodigy Synthesizer. It is played by a little software step-sequencer (seq-303) on my windows-computer, together with a Doepfer MCV4 Midi-to-CV/Gate-Interface. One row of the sequencer controls the pitch, another row controls the cutoff-frequency of the filter. This little Moog is also shown in the german musicians-magazine "Keyboards" 09/2006. On the magazines added DVD you can find another audio-example and some samples I`ve recorded."

Heiko`s Synthi-Bude

"Hello, this is my little Synthesizer-Studio. The audio-sequence is done with my selfmodified moog prodigy, which is midi-controlled by a little step-sequencer-software called seq-303."
YouTube via moogfreak.
"Hello, this is my little Synthesizer-Studio. The audio-sequence is done with my selfmodified moog prodigy, which is midi-controlled by a little step-sequencer-software called seq-303."

Lea with dad`s minimoog

YouTube via moogfreak.
"My eight years old daughter Lea love to improvise on my 30 years old Minimoog to the s&h-sequence from my Korg MS20."

ORQUESTRA MODULAR

YouTube via dinoboxe.
"Performance em tempo real,música e imagem.FILE 2007 Sao Paulo BRASIL."

"Sequenced Moogs" with TR606 and MS20

YouTube via moogfreak.
"Here you can hear my Minimoog and my Moog Prodigy, which both are controlled from the little nice softwaresequencer Seq-303. The Minimoog plays an 8-note-sequence and the Prodigy an 16-note-sequence, which both are repeating at the end. The MIDI-signal comes from my windows-computer into a Doepfer MSY-1 MIDI-to-Sync-Interface, which triggers my modified Roland TR606. From the MIDI-thru of the MSY-1 the MIDI-signal runs to another Doepfer-box, the MCV4 - a MIDI-to-CV/Gate-Interface, which controlls the Moog Prodigy. From this Interface the MIDI-signal went finally into the Lintronics-MIDI-Interface, which is build inside of the Minimoog. The soundeffects you can hear are a reverb-program from my Zoom RFX1000 and a delay-program from my Alesis Quadraverb."

Simmons Clap Trap

via this auction.

"You can trigger the clap sound with the button on top, an external trigger or an internal trigger with an adjustable rate like a metronome. There is a humanizer feature which gives each clap a bit of variability."

NajNaj tutorial

YouTube via larsby.

The Danny Carey Mandala Drum - Preset 00 - Filter Synth

YouTube via metopia69.
"Here's a demo of preset #00 out of 83 total. It's a synth sound and I turned on the pan delay effect. Also, a filter opens up as the sticks hit from center to edge. All sound is straight from the Mandala Pad and Brain."

The Danny Carey Mandala Drum - Preset 10 - Lea's Harp

"This preset is a harp sound. The Mandala plays different notes in different scale patterns depending on where and how hard you hit the pad."

Be sure to check out the others via the thumbnails at the bottom of the player when done.

Synesthesia Mandala Drum

"LAUREL CANYON, Calif. (Oct. 3, 2007) – It’s a drum, it’s a harp, it’s a guitar, it’s a marimba… it’s all of those things, and much, much more – at once.
Musical ingenuity once again emerges from the hills of Laurel Canyon, as Synesthesia today announced Mandala™ 2.0 – a new version of its wildly popular, patented high-def drum and synthesizer, co-developed with professional drummer Danny Carey of the progressive rock band Tool.
Now a computer peripheral – its USB cable plugs into PC or Mac – the Mandala 2.0 is the only electronic drum that truly emulates an acoustic drum. It offers drummers and musical explorers the only drum pad that knows exactly where it’s hit and how hard, across seven assignable zones – with an immediate trigger delivering the fastest-traveling sound possible.
A new kind of synthesizer, the Mandala 2.0 packages a musical range so wide it simultaneously offers players the top of the line, most accurate model of a physical drum (via 3,000 professionally created, proprietary samples of the Black Beauty Snare Drum) – along with a library of sounds derived from more than 100 other instruments. In all, the Mandala 2.0 features four gigabytes of sound samples. It’s a synthesizer with drumsticks, with a drum pad so sensitive it responds even to a fingertip touch.
"The Mandala helps people find their rhythm – whether it's the beat of a drum, or of a sound they haven't yet created," said Vince De Franco, Synesthesia founder and CEO, and inventor of the Mandala. "Use it as a compositional tool, or to create any sonic reality your heart desires. It's got percussive sounds down cold – and that includes percussion instruments like the piano, the vibraphone and the triangle. Its range gives people a rich, satisfying way to experiment. It literally will be a different product for everyone who buys it. It's the smartest thing you'll ever hit with a stick."
Whereas most electronic drums have one zone in the middle that detects the strike, Mandala’s creators invented and patented a technology that enables the drum pad to detect the exact location and strength of every point of contact across the entire pad. With 128 concentric rings from the center to the edge – each offering its own sound variation – the Mandala offers unprecedented musical breadth. This high-def drum and synthesizer is bringing to percussive music-making the same kind of high resolution experience that HDTV has brought to viewers.
The Mandala 2.0 retails for $349, and is available November 1 online at http://mandaladrum.com and www.musiciansfriend.com. Each Mandala is hand-crafted and thoroughly tested before it is shipped. Expect two-week delivery.
Other key features:
• The accompanying software lets players synthesize a host of new sounds and expand their drum kits and sample libraries at will. The software automatically accommodates up to five separate drum pads. It’s also designed to inspire and facilitate composition – along with the included instruments, players can add their own samples to the library, and use the effects to mold and create their own sounds.

• The Mandala 2.0 works seamlessly with most major music software, including Apple GarageBand, Ableton Live, and Native Instruments Battery and Reaktor.

• Mandala’s easy-to-use software comes with more than 100 presets for out-of-the-box functionality. Players also can create their own configurations as they explore and discover its astonishing audio range.

• One pad can accommodate from one to seven different zones of sound – each of which can be configured as a separate instrument, with an array of specialized settings. Players can have a snare, a bass and a cymbal (or a harp, marimba or organ, or any other instrument) – all in the same drum head, all at the same time. One Mandala can act as one drum, as an entire drum kit, or as an eclectic combo.

Drummer Meets Physicist
Inventor and physicist Vince De Franco developed the Mandala with professional drummer Danny Carey from the progressive rock band Tool. Carey uses seven Mandalas every night on stage because, he said, it’s “the only way I can trigger and control all the sounds I want to play.
“I told Vince I wanted an electronic drum that would trigger immediately, and that would let me load a gigabyte of sound samples,” said Carey. “What he created is the most advanced electronic drum I’ve ever seen. And now this new version blows the last one away.”
Carey used the Mandalas to trigger many of the sounds on the band’s latest album, 10,000 Days. Every percussive sound in the track, Intension, is produced as a result of hitting a Mandala. Other professionals using the Mandala include Pat Mastelotto of King Crimson; Will Calhoun of Living Colour; Lol Tolhurst, co-founder of The Cure; and Matt Chamberlain – who has played with Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Tori Amos, and many others. "

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Wersi String Orchestra

Listed for sale on the Matrixsynth Forum. More info on this piece here.

Update: it is now up for auction

Casio MT-400V Filter Tweak

"The Casiotone MT-400V may not be a serious, professional synthesizer, but thanks to its true analog lowpass filter section, it is seriously fun to play with. Having realtime sliders on a "toy" synth is completely unheard of in recent products and rare in 80s-90s products as well.

That said, the MT-400V's filter falls a bit short on the resonance side; it just doesn't make it into the "squinky" realm of self-oscillation when the resonance control is pushed to the max. But, with a simple tweak, it can!"

[link] via best in the comments of this post

Synthi Anton

"A comic from the year 1977, created by Klaus Schulze (text) and Harald Grosskopf (drawings). The story was one of Klaus' many efforts to tell and explain to the world: What is a synthesizer? This was still necessary in 1977. More than twenty years later we have digital equipment and computers..."

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via Till "Qwave" Kopper

Tron - Light cycle sequence (1982)

YouTube via allertonoff.
"Among the all time great science fiction classics. The first feature film to make extensive dramatic use of CGI. It still looks fresh today, with a wonderfully retro score by Wendy Carlos. Sheer industrial delight and magic. Highly reccomended."

via Wikipedia:
"The background music for Tron was written by pioneer electronic musician Wendy Carlos, who is best-known for her album Switched-On Bach and for the soundtracks to many films, including A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. The music featured a mix of an analog Moog synthesizer and GDS digital synthesizer (complex additive and phase modulation synthesis), along with non-electronic pieces performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (hired at the insistence of Disney, which was concerned that Carlos might not be able to complete her score on time). Two additional musical tracks were provided by the band Journey. They were originally going to be recorded by British band Supertramp. The soundtrack album was released on record and tape by CBS Records. It has been recently re-released by Walt Disney Records."

ARP 2600 Vintage Modular Analog Synthesizer Video Demo 2

YouTube via 123synthland. Demo 1 here.
"We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a lot of fun toys. One of our favorites is the ARP 2600. We've sold many of them over We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a lot of fun toys. One of our favorites is the ARP 2600. We've sold many of them over the years, and each one sounds different. This is a video of 1 of a couple short "jam sessions" I had with the we just put up for sale. Its knobs are off as we were wrapping up cleaning and servicing this unit. We've got a keyboard for it but it wasn't used for this noisemaking session. ARP 2600s are well known for their filter instability. This one in particular is quite unstable - the filter clips really easily when the resonance is low, to the point where the sound can sometimes disappear, so it's great for distorted noises. Simply altering the volumes of the signals going into the filter and VCA can cause some very interesting rhythmic effects. Because of its unique sound, we decided to leave the filter the way it is rather than tweak it or replace it with a "better behaved" one. This video is a departure from my normal 10 second clips, so hopefully this won't bore you guys to death. :) Enjoy. Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

Zeit in the Box

via Robert

Note this Zeit is not yet completed hence the lack of knobs.

The New Mellotrons on Radio 4

via Nelson:
"UK national speech station Radio 4 reported on the new Mellotrons today:
Link to the realaudio segment. The relevant sequence begins at 11m40s. in case that link doesn't work here's the link for the show. The relevant segment being 7:30-8:00. I don't know how long these links will work!

Cheers,
Neltron"

The Red Room NW

flickr by The Red Room NW

click here for the full size shot

click here to see the mouse overs for each item and more shots.

Prepare to get Wave:d

"As the development process of the new nord wave is about to be finalized, we would like to take this opportunity to share with you some of the astonishing sounds that has been flying around the office the last couple of months. The latest nord invention closes the gap between analog and digital; now you can use digital samples in an virtual analog environment. That means that you can take a sampled sound and tweak it into something completely different. Here is an example using a sampled trumpet - the sound is tweaked in real-time. The nord wave has a classsic analog synthesizer set-up with filters, LFO's and envelopes plus a massive oscillator section capable of producing classic analog waveforms (with sync), FM-synthesis, wavetables, sampled waves (wavetable with attack), noise and other miscellaneous waveforms as well as - yes - samples. Plus, oscillator modulation allows you to modulate one oscillator with the other; for instance a FM-sound modulated by a sampled sound - the character of the sample is applied to the FM sound - this example uses a sampled persian santur, as well as a classic analog lead. At the end, the lead is tweaked into a drone like sound as it is modulated by a sampled accordion(!). Every sample in the nord wave can be replaced. You can use your own samples - simply map any standard .wav-file in the nord wave manager software (for Windows and OS X) and transfer via USB. Here is an example using a custom loop with some filters and overdrive, and adding some analog stuff as well as a some oscillator modulation using a Mellotron violin sample (multi-track recording). Since the nord wave uses flash ROM to store samples, even user samples are constantly available at power-up - no external loading media is required! The nord wave has a few more weeks to go in developement - more information to follow!"

more info on the Clavia website.

supa machine - supercollider + iPhone

YouTube via tn800. A little Kraftwerk.
"experiment for supercollider and iphone. Also the hommage for the masterpiece of 70s, performed with small contro"

ANALOG SYNTH SID 8580

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"This is a hand made Analog Synth with SID 8580 as the sound engine. It has a 2x16 Blue LCD, RED LED power and BLUE & ULTRAVIOLET midi in indicator LED's. There are (6) BIG GREEN ARCADE Buttons to select menu functions. There is also an extra GREEN BIG SID MENU SELECT BUTTON on the side. It is the same function as the small gray one on the front. There are midi in and outs on this unit.


_it has blue, ULTRAVIOLET and red LED's
-this version has artwork on front panel
-All internal wiring is CAT5 and hot glued down at the solder locations to survive a very long lifespan
-the front and back panels are very thick clear and Transparent RED plexiglass.
-12v AC power adapter is included (WALLWART)
-It can be edited via CC midi messaging.

This item was a prototype I had for about a month, that is why it is 'Used'. I was going to keep it for myself because of the Rare 8580 SID chip but i have decided to let it go. The wood is painted C64 case color. The bottom has a few scratch marks on the wood. You can't see them unless you lift the unit up and take a close look.

The difference between the 8580 chip and 6581 is that the 8580 sound more musical and has more clarity. The resonance is also a bit more defined.

Here is the myspace link to here a demo of what it is capable of: It was mixed down in CUBASESX. The demo's here however re from a 6581, i haven't had the time to record the 8580.

All songs are 100% SID only, the first song only has VOCODED INTRO."

Not fully analog. More info on the SID chip here.
More info on MIDIBox here.

L1000286

flickr by one_point_twentyone_jig awatts

KORG MS20

click here for the full size shot

modified TR-606

YouTube via lesingemonotone.
"My modified TR-606 based on Geoff Waterston modifications."

pro-12 twiddling

"Creamware pro-12 twiddling"

Creamware ASB Pro-12 live-tweaking

"Creamware ASB Pro-12 live-tweaking in "manual mode" to demostrate some aspects of the soundpotential in Creamwares "Prophet 5" hardware/software-emulation."

YouTubes via lesingemonotone.

Moog prodigy, evolver and a 606

"Trigging the evolver from the 606, using the evolver to sequence the Prodigy via its synhouse midijack."

moog workout

"Giving the moog in the kitchen its daily workout."
YouTubes via lesingemonotone.

Korg Polysix tweaking

YouTube via lesingemonotone. via kroffe in the comments of this post.
"a little Polysix demo showing off some of its sonic potential."

La Invención del Sintetizador Moog

YouTube via funkberto. Description Google translated from Spanish:
"To the equal q the one of the Mixer de Sun Record, this video also is of “Lost Objects.” of the History Channel. Here one is, by means of interviews to his inventors, the creative process of one of but the revolutionary musical instruments. Although I doubt the veracity that the Beatles has used one, and to the mediocre sound of the video; very interesting and it is entertained for the “tecnomúsicos”."

Wendy Carlos

"Composer and musician Wendy Carlos discussing electronic music and the Moog synthesizer."

embedding on this one is disabled. Click here to watch it. The video includes both Wendy Carlos and Bob Moog.

Lev Thermen 2

YouTube via MattatoioNumero5. Leon Thermen receives and award at Stanford and plays the theremin.

Lev does Patsy

YouTube via moonmilklabs.
"Since one "Crazy" isn't enough. More craziness at moonmilk.com."

toy theremin

flickr by -hi-no-to-ri-mo-rt-al-

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Lego NXT Music Synthesizer

YouTube via robotixlab. via Nusonica.
"Interactive Music Synthesizer deviced by Robotixlab for a Robotics Demo, based on Lego Mindstorms NXT and Alesis Micron Synth."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One

hi-res images of this Pro-One up for auction. I asked the seller if I could grab the shots for a post and he was kind enough to send me the hi-res shots.

"This unit falls into the 4xxx serial number range, so it's the most desirable version, with the case-mounted power supply (unit prior to serial # 1500 had a board-mounted PS), and with the J-wire keyboard (units after serial # 8500 had a membrane keyboard)." More details at the auction.

SleepDrone vs FreqBox (Moogerfooger Fight)

YouTube via Analogger
"This was originally 20 minutes long so I had to chop it up for You Tube. The Sleepdrone was my main sound source - its four oscillators modulated each other in interesting ways. That was fed into the FreqBox with its own oscillator which refused to play nice. I tamed the whole thing a bit with the Lowpass Filter but that was fed into the Ring Modulator which stirred up the insurgency all over again. That was fed into the Virus where I used its Phase Shifter. Roland SH-32 drums. Again, I used my Roland MPU-101 midi-to-cv converter to modulate different parameters.

That's a crazy woman at the train station in lower downtown Denver. she was coming up to people and saying all sorts of insane things. She approached me and began talking about her "private parts" and how they suffered when she didn't follow a strict hygiene regimen. I was able to get some video before security escorted her out."

Crumar Performer

images via this auction

"All keys work they produce sound when depressed but because it is circuit bent, there may be alterations made on the normal controllers which I wouldn’t know or not sure about. The ones I can tell and obvious ones are the bunch of switches on the left hand side when activated act like it detunes the note half step.

Some sliders and switches may have been disabled. The ones that work are in Modulation section like Depth and Rate. The Sustain slider, LED indicator switches light up, The Transpose UP/Down work, The Tuning control at the back works but it is missing its knob. Crescendo and EQ section don’t seem to generate any changes. The controls on the brass section don’t seem to change in sound when slide up and down. The volume controls are disabled. There are 2 slider caps missing and crescendo slider cap insert thing is broken but you can still slide it up or down without the cap. It is missing one little screw at the front."

Roland Juno-106

images via this auction

MFB Poly Lite

images via this auction.

007 matrix 999

via scheferman

Kent Spong - Synth Restorer

flickr by Ben Burling

click here for the full size shot
click here for a pdf on kent

"kent spong (ksr restorations). he's the best restorer of cs80s in europe - they say"

Alesis Andromeda A6 PWM Pad

Image and mp3 via Jeff.

MMM Video by inside synthesis

Remember the MMM Video posted earlier?

via William of inside synthesis in the comments of that post:
"I posted a much high quality version at insidesynthesis.com, since the YouTube compression hardly does it justice.

Only delay on the lead bits, and a highpass on the hihat were used. No chorusing, phasing, reverb, or compression/EQ, so it's overall a pretty raw sound.

I double-tracked the lead and bass parts for stereo width.

I'll make a more modern, less 80's song later. Assuming I have time - I'm only borrowing the prototype for a few days."

There is also a great shot of George and William in the post. Be sure to check it out.

Korg Polysix Demo

Korg Polysix Demo 1


Korg Polysix Demo 2

YouTube via 123synthland.
"Here's the serviced Korg Poly-6 we just put up for sale. This video shows it playing itself in arpeggio latch mode. We feel the P6 is a terrific sounding synth but unfortunately most P6's you'll find today have been seriously damaged from battery acid leakage. Repairing this problem requires skill - we've seen some really poor amateur attempts that didn't work. Luckily, our tech is quite skilled with P6 repairs! If you've got a P6 with the original factory battery in it, save your patches (if they're still in memory) and clip the old battery IMMEDIATELY. Acid damage can be found above and below the circuit board, so don't conclude that things are OK if you don't notice any corrosion on the top. Enjoy the video, and email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

The Synthesiser Museum

The Synthesiser Museum Part 1


The Synthesiser Museum Part 2

YouTubes via Sharpblue. Part 1 here.
"Uploaded by original request, this video features the original music composed and performed by Martin Newcombe on equipment in his Synth museum which sadly closed in the mid 90's"

WSG, Weird sound generator

flickr by f!tO

"Finished modules, great sound and noise making, each one is producing differant sounds which is Great, Individually screen printed.
Would upload sound / video soon."

full size shot here.

Voynich Modified Analogue Yamaha CS-10 Synth

YouTube via Synthasy2000.
"An extra multiple waveshape oscillator is added to this monosynth for extra sonic power"

Yamaha CS 60 demonstration

YouTube via kyleresumevideo. Auction referenced here.

SEARCH /Broadcasting Tijuana Electronic Music to outer space

YouTube via pepemogt.

"Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullfight ring of Tijuana located at the border in to a Radio telescope searching for "aliens". He suspended an antenna above the building and a receiving dish below, Live Electronic Music was brodcasted in the building, on the web, FM radio and into space. This project makes reference to the social situation of Mexican "Aliens".

In the video Pepe Mogt(Latinsizer, Fussible, Nortec), Ramon Bostich(nortec Collective) and Leslie(Dream addictive) were making music with digital and analog sequencers and synths(Arp Odyssey, Oberheim), the audio out of this machines was sent to Manglano-Ovalle Transmiter in real time in to outer space.

info about synths used:
The ARP Odyssey was and still is a very popular synth because it is a powerful lightweight version of the awesome ARP 2600. It was also ARP's response to the Minimoog and the Odyssey became the most popular synth ARP ever sold! The Odyssey is a 2-oscillator analog synth (with duophonic capability) which sounds really nice; the Minimoog has 3 oscillators and is considered fatter. The Odyssey comes well equipped with all the tweakable features you'd expect: resonant low pass filter, ADSR envelopes, sine or square wave LFO and even a sample-and-hold function. It also added a few new features such as a highpass filter in series with the lowpass, oscillator sync capability and pulse width modulation. It is a very professional and expressive machine that can create nice analog basses, interesting leads and great effects and sweeping sounds or noises!

There were many versions of the Odyssey over the years, each a little different. Pictured above is the Odyssey I (Model 2800). These original white-faced Odysseys used a tinny 2-pole VCF filter design (Model 4023) similar to old Oberheim SEM modules. They also used a rotary knob for pitch bending. These models were produced between 1972-74. Odysseys have been used by ABBA, Bomb The Bass, Ultravox, Gary Numan, LTJ Bukem, Air, Tangerine Dream, 808 State, Apollo 440, Nine Inch Nails, Astral Projection, Chick Corea, George Duke, Josef Zawinul, John Foxx, Vangelis, Elton John, Latinsizer, Jethro Tull, Fussible, Nortec Collective, Jimmy Edgar, DEVO, R.E.M. and Herbie Hancock

TR-808
The TR-808 is a classic drum machine that used analog synthesis to create its sounds. The sounds have a very thin and pure quality and aren't grungy like it's successor the TR-909. In fact, the 808 has become the signature beatbox used in most R&B and hip-hop as well as a lot of dance and techno music. Booming bass kicks, crispy snares and that annoying cowbell sound made famous during the 80's are all part of the 808 and its famous sound.

Its 16 drum sounds include the famous boomy low kick, snappy snares, low/mid/hi toms, low/mid/hi congas, rimshot, claves, hand clap, maracas, cowbell, cymbal, open hihat, closed hihat and accent. All of the sounds can be edited and/or tuned and have individual outputs. Unfortunately it is not MIDI equipped but it does use Roland's DIN Sync.

The TR-808 was OK in its time. It just didn't sound like real drums. When the Linn Drum machines appeared, the 808 seemed doomed. But its unique sound and analog allure have found it a long-lasting home in many forms of music. Clearly the 808 has been one of the more important and famous drum machines in the history of music, spawning imitators (ReBirth, DrumStation) and band names (808 State). Famous users include Orbital, Uberzone, Download, Aphex Twin, 808 State, BT, Bomb The Bass, Sense Datum, The Prodigy, Josh Wink, Faithless, Skinny Puppy, Bushflange, Jimi Tenor, A Guy Called Gerald, Eat Static, Dr. Dre, Jimmy Edgar, Nortec Collective, Freddy Fresh, Richie Hawtin, Jean Michel Jarre, Cocteau Twins, Bostich, Marvin Gaye, Latinsizer, Luke Vibert, Ice Cube and Puff Daddy."

slot machine logic

YouTube via dnnny.
"slot machine sequencer driving a pinball sequencer"

Loops and Arpeggios

YouTube via demerzel242.

"Here is some pretty noise for my various boxen."

Kawai Synthesizer 100F / Teisco S-100F

images via this auction

"The Synthesizer 100-F is a very good and classic single-vco monophonic analog synth. It has a small but usable 3-octave, 37-note, C-C keyboard. Sawtooth, square and noise waveforms and external sounds can be run through the synth's filters and envelopes and mixed with the oscillator. Also made under the badge of Teisco, the S-100F has a single oscillator with a very wide range, selected via a 7-position knob (2', 4', 8', 16', 32', 64' and "low").

Although there is only one oscillator, there's plenty of modulation ability to really liven up the sound. There's an LFO which can modulate the VCO, VCF and VCA. The VCF resonant filter is good and can be modulated by the LFO, Envelope 1, the external input or even the VCO! There's also a VCA section with Attack, Decay, Sustain and Release controls and finally there's a Hi-Pass filter. There is also a portamento effect for that final crucial analog synth effect! A typical analog synth with just about all the features and functions you'd need. It's got the classic wood side panels and a front panel layout that leads to very straight forward programming resulting in good analog bass, lead and synth sounds.

The Kawai Synthesizer-100F is a single VCO monophonic analogue synthesizer with a .

A slider controls tuning within the octave. Available waveforms are sawtooth and square, which can be mixed with either noise or an external audio signal. The VCO can be modulated by either envelopes or the LFO, with a slider controlling delay. The VCF section has sliders for cutoff frequency and resonance (called "peak"). The filter can be modulated by the LFO, Envelope 1, the external input, or the oscillator (sawtooth or square waveforms).

The amplifier can use its own envelope generator, Envelope 2, or a simple keyboard gate, and has its own gain slider in addition to the main volume slider. A simple high-pass filter is also available at the end of the audio chain, with a slider controlling filter cutoff. Both of the envelope generators have a three-position switch for envelope type and a slider for attack and one for decay. The first switch position creates a simple AD (attack decay) envelope. The second turns the envelope into an ADS (attack decay sustain) where the sustain is set at about 75% and there is no release value.

The third creates an ASR (attack sustain release) envelope where the sustain is at full value. A switch between both envelope sections chooses between keyboard and LFO triggering for both envelopes. There is a three-mode portamento (not sure what the modes are) with a slider controlling lag amount. The LFO section has a slider for rate and is switchable between sawtooth, triangle, and square waveforms."

Linn Drum LM-2 Demo w/ Powder Trail

YouTube via 123synthland

"Here's the Linndrum with Forat MIDI we just put up for sale. Excuse the white powder trail - the pharmacy was out of powderless gloves and I only perform in character. :) Enjoy, and email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"