images via this auction
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Kawai Q-80EXE
Images via this auction
"upgraded to the Q-80EXE version with an enhanced memory of over 100,000 notes. Q-80EX software version 1.30.
This unit gives you reliable hardware sequencing with standard MIDI files and also serves as a SYSEX data manager. Has 32 channels on dual MIDI outputs, non-volatile internal memory and permanent storage on floppy disks.
Comes with original 205-page factory Owner's Manual which is in mint condition. Also includes a bound copy of the supplemental 17-page Q-80EX Operation Guide, and a wall wart AC power adapter."
Roland MSQ-700 MIDI DCB Sequencer
images via this auction"The MSQ-700 Sequencer is an 8 track MIDI / DCB sequencer that can sync to Roland DIN SYNC 24 code, MIDI clock and/or FSK tape sync code. It will also convert MIDI clock to DIN Sync for your Roland TR808, TR909 or TB303. Provides DCB sequencing for your Juno 60 with an appropriate DCB cable (NOT included).
This sequencer has been tested under AC power, and while I cannot test the MIDI or DCB sequencing, all functions, keys and LEDs appear to be fully functional Metronome click is loud and clear, responding to tempo changes."
Saturday, November 24, 2007
CITILAB Open Day Alex Synth
Behringer BCR2000 controlling Nord Modular
YouTube via lesingemonotone.
"Using the BCR2000 midicontroller to sequence step sequencers within the Nord Modular."
Jamming On The Gem
YouTube via loonytunes1234.
"I have been playing with the sample playback features of the Equinox and built a reasonable moog lead, here is a short clip of me "trying" to record a lead line using it. Syncs a little off on this one but i couldn't get my DV running smoothly, probably cause i dropped my camera yesterday which hasn't helped i think :-)"
New Cwejman + Livewire Modules
YouTube via thedeepelement. You can read more about the system including a review on trash_audio.
"During the summer, I received a shipment of Livewire and Cwejman modules. This is a timelapse of me assembling/disassembling my modular. The audio is from a patch made shortly after."
Old Brochures, Posters and Articles etc.
Click here for more vintage synthesizer scans on Tim Stinchcombe's website, currently featuring EMS and MOOG.
Latronic Notron Sequencer
via this auction. via Sascha of SubtleNoiseMaker. Note that this is his.
"Details:
* Parts -
- 4 step time sequencer "Elements" with 16 steps per element.
- Each element is completely independent but can interact with others when they share the same Midi Channel.
* Maximum data generated at any instant -
- Up to 4 Midi Channels with total of up to 24 Note On or Note Off messages plus up to 3 other Midi messages of Pitch Bend, Aftertouch or Controller; all user-definable for Channel / type.
* Effects (generated by Midi data) -
- Echo - up to 4 simultaneous different settings (Delay Time and Number of Repeats-user definable)
- Super Step Soundshapes ( user manipulates wave forms to control Pitch Bend, Aftertouch or Controller messages)
- Beatcreep adds "swing" to steps or whole Elements or both.
- Kill consecutives for special echo effects.
- Scale correction (45 available).
- Events (user "draws" own shape of effect on Note Numbers, Pitch Bend, Controller, Aftertouch, Sequence Skip or Sequence Pause.) Other Events can be Transpose, Chord or Strum up/down
- Midi Kill for "broken midi lead" effects.
- "Inverse" muting.
- Loop Point flipping with "Inverse".
- Copy and Paste element data.
- Creepmap & Velomap algorithms (approx: 29,000,000,000,000,000 per element)
- CreepMute /un-mute.
- Volume and Panning with "Inverse".
- Preset & Custom instant recall Controllers.
- Re-assign Controllers and or Aftertouch.
- ... All settings can be saved and retrieved as System Exclusive data.
* Internal Memory -
- Chords 16 (5 are pre-set) plus extra functions see Patterns...
- Patterns 16
- Setups 16
- Chained Patterns 16
- Scales 45
- Super Step Soundshapes 16
* Connectors -
- Midi Connectors (In and Out)
* Display -
- 87 triple colour LEDs
* Power Consumption -
- D.C. 5v up to 1 AMP
* Dimensions -
- Approximately 14 inches wide x 18 inches long x 2.5 inches high.
* Weight -
- 5kg
* Accessories -
- Instruction Manual
- Notron Power Supply
- Aluminium case
mehr info unter:
http://www.technomage.freeserve.co.uk/notron.htm"
WARNING: NEW EBAY SCAM!!!
There appears to be a new Ebay scan in which the auction link on Ebay redirects you to a phishing site that looks exactly like the auction post. If you log into Ebay on that site you are actually logging into the phishing site where they can grab your info including your password. What is scary about this is that it is not an email link sent to you that is easily identifiable. It IS THE EBAY auction on Ebay itself. If you clicked on the auction link for the last EMS Synthi post I put up here, change your password immediately and check for any activity on your account. I would check any accounts for activity that you have link to Ebay such as Paypal. Do this immediately and be careful. Thanks goes to retrosynth for catching this one. I got caught on this one myself. BTW, please spread the news. This is real.
NOTE: If you want to be safe purchasing on Ebay, there is only one way to do it. Purchase by Credit Card only and make sure your credit card has fraud protection. Call your credit card company and find out. If it does than all you have to do is report the fraud to your credit card company and they will reverse charges and handle the situation for you.
NOTE: If you want to be safe purchasing on Ebay, there is only one way to do it. Purchase by Credit Card only and make sure your credit card has fraud protection. Call your credit card company and find out. If it does than all you have to do is report the fraud to your credit card company and they will reverse charges and handle the situation for you.
MACBETH STUDIO SYSTEMS Site Updates
There are some new shots of the M5N on the Macbeth Studio Systems website along with some news last posted on Novermber 12th if you haven't dropped by in a while. The following is just an excerpt of what you will find on the home page:"Each Oscillator now has the 'hidden' preset calibration parameters available to the user- with the use of a small screwdriver- parameters such as tuning, waveshaping and range are now at the discretion of the player- not everybody wants oscillators rigidly in tune- and some may feel that they prefer a more vintage sound by affecting how the oscillators track in accordance with each other- subtly adjusting the oscillator tracking can provide the user with some very 'fat' bass end sounds- conversely - high end detuning can add some real sparkle to recordings! Any of the adjustments can be quickly and easily returned to the normal without fuss. Other functions also have this facility and this also means not having to send a unit back to be recalibrated..."
marvin gaye - sexual healing drum beat Roland TR-808
YouTube via lewisjp8young.
"i created this sound completey by ear, i know its not absolutey perfect but if anyone can help me out to get it completey right i would appreciate it."
Vintage Synth Jam
YouTube via lewisjp8young. Sent my way via JB. Spot the synths.
"I was just having a late night jamming session and decided to post it on you tube. Hope you enjoy"
New Tracks via Carbon111
There are a couple of new tracks featuring the KORG OASYS, Yamaha VL1, DSI Prophet '08, Nord Modular, and Waldorf XT amongst other synths up on Carbon111's music page, specifically Dead Leaves and Crows for Marie. There are a number of older tracks on the page as well. What's great about the track listing is that each has the list of instruments used so you can get a general idea of what the instruments sound like. Definitely worth checking out. When done be sure to check out the root of Carbon111 for more synth resources including some of the best pages dedicated to individual synthesizers.
Tony Allgood on Propellerheads Thor
The following came in on the AH list from Tony Allgood of Oakley Sound Systems. I thought it was an interesting perspective.
"> Anyone had a chance of trying out the new THOR synth in Reason...
Yes. I've been a Reason user for quite some time now, and I signed up for 4.0 as soon as it came out. I don't tend to use Reason these days much though, but I thought that Thor would be useful. Indeed, my first thoughts were that it was very good. However, the more I played with it the things I found on it that I didn't like.
The filter's overdrive is no where near right. There's a harshness about it that sounds simply like Reason's own distortion unit. It has two modes for some reason - something about the overdrive being applied at different points in the filter. Anyway, it doesn't sound right.
The other thing is that the filter is not 'always on', I guess to conserve CPU. This means that at low frequencies and high resonance you can hear it 'warming up' at the start of every note. On a real synth, the VCF is always connected and always ready to accept its input. In Thor it must start at the same initialised state for every note. This means that every attack sounds wrong - its takes a while for resonance to start. Other VSTi do this much better.
The 'Moog' filter mode is the best one, but really its nowhere near as good as the donation ware ASynth.
The oscillators alias quite badly. The FM one is really easy to hear this, but the analog one does it too. Running Reason at 88.2kHz helps.
Expect aliasing at levels of around -55dB, which is pretty bad these days.
You can't detune them very easily. They're just too accurate in pitch.
ie. play an octave and they phase lock. Yuck.
The modulation matrix is good, but its a shame there's only two knobs on the front panel.
The wavetable oscillator is excellent. Limited waveforms though, but the PPG clones are wonderful.
CPU is quite high in comparison to the other Reason synths.
The note allocation, legato and glide modes are good. The EGs are not bad at all. Perfectly linear attack, but exponential decay and release.
Almost identical to the Moog Voyager I might add.
Reason's new sequencer takes more than a little getting used to.
In summary: Good, but there are better sounding VSTi out there. I prefer the Pro-53 and ASynth, coupled with the freeware GSuite effects. Routing is good, but its beaten by things like Vaz Modular and Absynth. CPU is fair, but it needs to run at higher sample rates to make it sound good.
But, after all that, if anyone wants to buy Reason 4.0. I'm selling my copy for 150GBP including shipping to UK/EU.
Tony
www.oakleysound.com"
"> Anyone had a chance of trying out the new THOR synth in Reason...
Yes. I've been a Reason user for quite some time now, and I signed up for 4.0 as soon as it came out. I don't tend to use Reason these days much though, but I thought that Thor would be useful. Indeed, my first thoughts were that it was very good. However, the more I played with it the things I found on it that I didn't like.
The filter's overdrive is no where near right. There's a harshness about it that sounds simply like Reason's own distortion unit. It has two modes for some reason - something about the overdrive being applied at different points in the filter. Anyway, it doesn't sound right.
The other thing is that the filter is not 'always on', I guess to conserve CPU. This means that at low frequencies and high resonance you can hear it 'warming up' at the start of every note. On a real synth, the VCF is always connected and always ready to accept its input. In Thor it must start at the same initialised state for every note. This means that every attack sounds wrong - its takes a while for resonance to start. Other VSTi do this much better.
The 'Moog' filter mode is the best one, but really its nowhere near as good as the donation ware ASynth.
The oscillators alias quite badly. The FM one is really easy to hear this, but the analog one does it too. Running Reason at 88.2kHz helps.
Expect aliasing at levels of around -55dB, which is pretty bad these days.
You can't detune them very easily. They're just too accurate in pitch.
ie. play an octave and they phase lock. Yuck.
The modulation matrix is good, but its a shame there's only two knobs on the front panel.
The wavetable oscillator is excellent. Limited waveforms though, but the PPG clones are wonderful.
CPU is quite high in comparison to the other Reason synths.
The note allocation, legato and glide modes are good. The EGs are not bad at all. Perfectly linear attack, but exponential decay and release.
Almost identical to the Moog Voyager I might add.
Reason's new sequencer takes more than a little getting used to.
In summary: Good, but there are better sounding VSTi out there. I prefer the Pro-53 and ASynth, coupled with the freeware GSuite effects. Routing is good, but its beaten by things like Vaz Modular and Absynth. CPU is fair, but it needs to run at higher sample rates to make it sound good.
But, after all that, if anyone wants to buy Reason 4.0. I'm selling my copy for 150GBP including shipping to UK/EU.
Tony
www.oakleysound.com"
drbloexcerpt - Waldorf Blofeld Demo
A super short but good one via Stefan Trippler: drbloexcerpt.mp3
The TR 909 meets the TB 303
YouTube via eljuanlux.
"This is a demo using a NanoVerb Multieffects Processor combined with the TR 909 and the TB 303, i hope u enjoy !"
The making of x0xb0x
YouTube via emerography. via Nusonica.
"A stop motion animation of the construction of a x0xb0x - the DIY clone of the classic Roland TB-303 Bass Line synthesizer/sequencer, which started the whole acid movement.
The open source x0xb0x is available in kit form from Ladyada
and the movie was made by /mr
Transistorize the world. Order a kit today. Happy soldering! :-)"
Roland V-Synth XT
images via this auction"Named the “Synthesizer of the Year” at the 2004 MIPA Awards,
Roland’s groundbreaking V-Synth now has a travel-friendly offspring.
The XT is a portable new V-Synth with some spectacular tricks up its sleeves —
and with enough synthesis and audio-processing power to make heads spin.
It’s fully stocked with a potent array of synthesis types, including the V-Synth’s famous Elastic Audio Synthesis engine,
plus analog-synth modeling, vocal modeling, and classic D-50 emulation.
Add to that a rich lineup of COSM® effects, external audio processing, a touch-sensitive color display,
eight universal edit knobs, and you have an instrument that redefines rack/tabletop technology.
Product page"
EMS Synthi AKS
This is the first time i have seen this on Ebay, and I've been to quite a few auctions links. Thanks goes to retrosynth for immediately catching this one. I will keep an eye out for these scams moving forward.
more images
"The Synthi AKS has three oscillators, a patchbay grid, a small touchpad keyboard , a 256 step on-board monophonic digital sequencer and a 30-note touchplate keyboard(activated by the 50 Hz-hum in our fingers), and housed in a plastic briefcase for portability. There's a Noise Generator, 2 Input Amplifiers, 1 Ring Modulator, 1 Voltage Controlled Low Pass Filter (VCF), 1 Trapezoid Envelope Generator, Joy-Stick Controller, Voltage Controlled Spring Reverb unit and 2 Stereo Output Amplifiers."
Friday, November 23, 2007
Trope Advanced Sequencer
Prophet 2002 Multiple Outputs
"This page contains some photos showing the multiple outputs expansion board in my Sequential Circuits Prophet 2002+ sampler."click here for more shots.
via brian c.
distarping - Waldorf Blofeld Sample
Another Waldorf Blofeld sample is in. This one via Boele of SCD.
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/distarping.mp3
More info on the Blofeld here.
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/distarping.mp3
More info on the Blofeld here.
Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek (Houston Warehouse Live)
YouTube via blakeeb. Sent my way via brian c - "vocoder and autotune heaven"
"Live video of Imogen Heap playing her keytar for Hide and Seek at Warehouse Live in Houston, TX. Amazing use of vocoders!"
And on the acoustic side, also via brian c:
Imogen Heap Come Here Boy
"Imogen Heap Come Here Boy 11/12/2006 @ Webster Hall, NY"
MusoTalk 103 - Angeklickt - VSM Virtual String Machine
YouTube via musotalk. GMedia Virtual String Machine.
Google translated from German:
"Further information on www.musotalk.de.Die best Synthistring-Sounds in a plug with samples of Arp Omni, Poly Moog, Oberheim Expander Solina, and more. Gforce again have a really fat sound at the start. Essential to the sound of the seventies and eighties of Kraftwerk to Pink Floyd. More information and sound files: www.gforcesoftware.com"
Waldorf Blofeld Demo
Via Stefan Trippler posted, on the Waldorf list: blop.mp3
Drums from Spectrasonics Stylus.
Update via jhuukson in the comments:
"Notice that Thomann has put up a date for the Blofeld. This could be a sign that the elusive Blofeld might hit the shelves for christmas."
Drums from Spectrasonics Stylus.
Update via jhuukson in the comments:
"Notice that Thomann has put up a date for the Blofeld. This could be a sign that the elusive Blofeld might hit the shelves for christmas."
DD103 via Residue
Residue DD013 from stretta on Vimeo.
"This is a video of me [Stretta] messing around with some software I created for the monome 256 called 'residue'." You can download and mp3 and read more about this on The Stretta Procedure.
Workspace and Environment: James Cigler
click here for the full interview on trash_audio."What is your favorite piece of hardware?
My Livewire/Plan B/Doepfer modular is probably the easy answer. The variations on sound and pure flexibility and uniqueness make it my favorite. The hard answer, like if I could only keep one single piece of gear and the rest *had* to go, I would have to say my MachineDrum. The amount of modulation possibilities, tone sources, and the sequencer make it far more useful than just drums. It would be my "desert island" piece of kit."
KORG KAOSSILATOR OVERDUB
YouTube via jetdaisuke. I saw this one over on Music Thing and thought it was pretty cool and funny at the same time. I love the tune he does in the end.
"http://webdog.be/archives/071112_071409.php"
KAOSSILATOR（カオシレーター）便利アイテム
At the end of the clip you can watch more by clicking on one of the thumbnails in the bottom of the player.
Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus by RetroSound (audio)
YouTube via retrosound72.
"short audio demo (string and human voice section) of the Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus. more info: www.retrosound.de"
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thighpaulsandra on Scream 2007: AnalogLive!
Thighpaulsandra sent the following to the Plan B list regarding his performance. I asked him if I could put it up here, and he was kind enough to give me the ok. Enjoy."Here's my take on my piece for Analog Live. As with much of my material truly live performance is very difficult. I have no problem with that. Some things sound better sequenced (ask T Dream) and if I can get a computer to do all my patch changes too then I can concentrate on playing. On this occasion I opted for some written material, some improvised and some sequenced. Like Peter, I too recreated some of the more module intensive events from samples of the original work. One particular three second event would have involved the use of 24 modules and some very precise tuning. As this was clearly impractical for the purposes of this show I opted to replay a sample of that event. Another sample was the use of four VCOs and four Serge Waveform Multipliers for the opening drone. As Virgin Atlantic have pretty tight baggage restrictions these days I was unable to bring my whole Serge system from the UK for this show. I played as much of the score as was possible and practical and if you noticed I always had my hands full.
As Peter mentioned [on the Plan B list] the piano was a Steinway. The piano was micd with two AKG 414s. The original score had the piano ring modulated by two Synton Fenix ring mods. In rehearsal we tried to recreate this but the ring modulators seemed to add to the monitor feedback problems from the piano so I opted to leave the piano untreated. The rest of the gear for the show was as follows:
-Waldorf Microwave - used for bass sequences, and the long chords in sections 2 and 8. This also provided the filtered chords in the improvised middle section.
EMS Synthi AKS - used for effects in sections 2 and 8
Custom EH 16 sec delay - used to reverse and pitch change the EMS in the above sections
Nord Modular - Added sharp attacks to Moog bass notes in section 4
Aries Modular - (kindly lent by Roger Cordell at Big City Music) used to recreate the two
ARP 2600s from the original score. I was seriously impressed with this synth. I checked the tuning on my strobe tuner the day before the show and it seemed very stable. Five minutes before the show I checked it again and was pleasantly surprised to find that all four VCOs were rock solid.
Moog Voyager - (thanks again to Roger Cordell) used for fast intro sequences in section 1, bass in section 4 and the nasal solo I played in section 6.
Serge Modular - (thanks to Chris Pitman) used for Peter's SLOS
Kenton Pro4 - Midi - CV convertor used to run the Aries
Doepfer and Fatar midi controllers - (kindly lent by Analogue Haven) used to control the
Waldorf and Nord in both my piece and Alessandro's.
Apple Macbook with MOTU midi and audio interfaces - played samples via NI Kontakt,
sequenced the onstage synths and provided large visual cues (because I'm almost blind) via MOTU Digital Performer for sections 2 and 8.
During my piece Gary added various Roland textures throughout but particularly amazing bell-like textures in sections 2 and 8. Peter added more to the chordal sections and descending tones on my Moog solo.
Alessandro added some great French Connection/EAR to the chordal sections and evolving Buchla to the improvised section 5.
Chas played steel on the chordal sections and bowed his waterphone device in section 5.
Thighp"
Commodore Sound Sampler (with SX64)
via stamba on the Matrixsynth Forum:
"Here is the Commodore Sound Sampler (1985) used on a Commodore SX64 executive computer !
Yes ! This little (BIG) cartridge is a sampler for Commodore64/128 computers.Just received this one after MONTHS looking for one… and it works !
Here is the 1st sample i’ve been able to record: linkAnd for those who had the interface but no floppy or tape for this unit,
here is the .d64 file: link
And finally.. you can find the whole documentation (few pages) there: link
Question : How can I get my saved samples on a C64 floppy to my modern PC and sequencer ?
You’ll need a 1541(-II) or 1570/1571 floppy unit attached to the // port of your PC and run StarCommander under DOS (works great under Freedos, with both EPP/ECP // port allowed).Once you got the file (the sample is a .prg file) back on your PC… Just rename the file as .raw and open it with Soundforge, it will ask you preferences to open the .raw file, set this : 8 bits / unsigned / 22khz
Last few things to do… cut the beginning and the end of the sample which are relative to the c64 software, your audio data is in the middle, resample at 16khz.. and you’re done.
_________________
Techno.Elektro.EBM - DJ / Live Act / Producer - http://www.stamba.fr"
Yamaha cs-10 Synthesizer
YouTube via bookm97. via Nusonica.
"I'm no musician (obviously)!! I picked up this synth at the local auction a couple years ago, for $50. I'm just getting around to playing with it now. I love the strange analog sounds you can get out of it.
On key doesn't work. I would appreciate some advice on how to fix it... perhaps someone has a repair manual or something for it. Thanks in advance :)"
Logan String Melody MK2
Logan String Melody Mk2 by RetroSound
"Some presets from the Logan / Hohner String Melody Mk2 (1977-1980). For me, one of the best vintage string machines ever. Sorry Solina ;-)
Sorry for the bad sound quality of my little camera." Logan String Melody Mk2 + NM phase shifter by RetroSound "The presets of the Logan / Hohner String Melody Mk2 and the Clavia Nord Modular phase shifter(the small stone is better, but is ok)." Logan String Melody 2 + Korg Mini Pops Junior by RetroSound "The presets from the Logan String Melody Mk2 (1977-1980). For me, one of the best vintage string machines ever.
the drums: Keio (Korg) MiniPops Junior"
Sorry for the bad sound quality of my little camera." Logan String Melody Mk2 + NM phase shifter by RetroSound "The presets of the Logan / Hohner String Melody Mk2 and the Clavia Nord Modular phase shifter(the small stone is better, but is ok)." Logan String Melody 2 + Korg Mini Pops Junior by RetroSound "The presets from the Logan String Melody Mk2 (1977-1980). For me, one of the best vintage string machines ever.
the drums: Keio (Korg) MiniPops Junior"
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