Serge Modular (A4) 5 MODULES

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"1- DUAL PROCESSOR
2- KEYBOARD ENVELOPE GENERATOR
3- DUAL UNIVERSAL SLOPE GENERATOR
4- DUAL UNIVERSAL SLOPE GENERATOR
5- UNIVERSAL EQUAL POWER AUDIO PROCESSOR"

Serge Modular (A2) 6 MODULES

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"1- PRECISSION VOLTAGE CONTROL OSCILLATOR
2- NEW TIMBRAL OSCILLATOR
3- TRIPLE WAVESHAPER
4- DUAL AUDIO MIXER
5- UNIVERSAL EQUAL POWER AUDIO PROCESSOR (ONE KNOB IS BENT)
6- DUAL PHASER (THREE KNOBS ARE BENT BUT THIS CAN BE FIXED)

Nearly all voltage control functions of the SERGE modules are accurately log-linear. This means that a control voltage will be directly proportional to the logarithm of the effect it produces, whether the effect is a change in amplitude, duration, or frequency. Log-linearity is essential because we perceive differences in these parameters as a function of the ratio of the change, rather than as a function of the difference. We hear an octave (a ratio of 2 to 1 between two frequencies) whether the frequencies are 200 and 100 Hz or 2000 and 1000 Hz.

All Timing and Frequency Ranges Are Wide Range
The minimum range of any module in the SERGE system is at least 10,000 to 1, from the highest to the lowest frequency, or from the longest to the shortest duration. In many modules the ratio is typically 100,000 to one, and in some cases exceeds 1,000,000 to 1.

Input Processing At VC Inputs
This allows a voltage to be scaled at an input with regards to both the depth or intensity of its effect as well as its direction. The response of the module to a control voltage can be set at the processing input, reducing the need for intermediate processors and inverters.

Calibrated Inputs
Experience has shown that it is also desirable to have pre-scaled control voltage inputs at 1 volt per octave, especially when using keyboards or computer controls. All SERGE oscillators, filters, and envelope generators have both calibrated and processing type inputs

These modules are at the heart of the versatility of the SERGE synthesizer. Examples can be seen in such modules as the Smooth & Stepped Function Generator, the Dual Universal Slope Generator, and the Universal Equal-Power Audio Processor

A Unique Packaging System
The SERGE synthesizer owes much of its versatility, portability, and affordability to the way it is packaged. Nearly any configuration of modules can be grouped together into one or more standard Panel/Racks. All holes are pre-punched to accommodate the entire line of SERGE modules. Jacks, switches, and other components are mounted onto the front Panel, and then the printed circuit boards are fitted into the Rack assembly behind the Panel. Since the Rack and its printed circuit boards open away from the Panel like a page in a book, both the initial assembly and its subsequent inspection are simplified.

Compatibility With Other Equipment
SERGE systems are electrically compatible with other synthesizers and audio equipment. When required, interfacing can usually be handled at each module's processing input. Adapters for other types of patchcords can be easily installed on the Panel

Ease of Incorporating Custom Mode/s
This is another benefit of the Panel/Rack package. Custom circuits can be installed into the Panel without drilling a single hole. Using standard Vectorboard, circuits can be fitted into the Rack and wired to front panel components. Custom faceplate graphics are easily applied without any special materials. The end result is a custom module integrated into the SERGE synthesizer with minimum effort."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One

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MOOG Taurus Operators Manual

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Synth Soundtracks

Micke came up with the mother of all lists for films featuring synths in their sound tracks. Click here for the list on VSE. So... the one thing that bugs me about VSE is that posts expire over time to make space on the server. That said, I will put the list in the comments. Hopefully Micke is ok with this. Pictured: Blade Runner featuring Vangelis and the Yamaha CS80. Trailer directly below.


YouTube via Mart138.Blade Runner - Vangelis Music Video

Anyware-Instruments Semtex Promo Materials

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Coolest. Logo. Ever. via jan. Anyware-Instruments website

Grids - the all monome album

"Of course, the notion of an all monome album is somewhat of a misnomer. The monome is simply an interface - a bunch of LEDs and buttons that may or may not have something to do with each other. There no built-in sound generator like there is on the Tenori-On, (I used a Doepfer modular, Prophet 5 and MachFive 2) and the software that determines the behavior of the device is entirely up to the user/artist. While this fact dilutes the idea of an all monome album, people interested in finding their own voice with an instrument consisting of a grid of buttons should note the lack of predetermined software and sounds is the true strength of the monome."

click here for the album on The Stretta Procedure.

Trios lp by Tristram Cary of EMS

Trios
Composed 1971. First performed at Cheltenham Festival, 1971, the composer taking the VCS3 part, and Messrs John and Robert Cary (the composer's sons) the turntable parts.

Click here for more info including the audio on EMS SYNTHI.

STG Labs Mankato - FU Edition

Nice edition.

Note that STG Labs is available via Analogue Haven although I do not see the Mankato listed as of this post.

STG as in Suit & Tie Guy. I don't see the Mankato listed there yet either.

Udpate via Suit & Tie Guy in the comments:
"yes i've been slacking on the website actually. sorry about that.

there's a stack of mankato PCBs et cetera almost fully stuffed, just waiting on some components that showed up today and a particular VCA IC which should be on its way as well.

the line at analoguehaven.com/stgsoundlabs will within the month be the multiples, the gate delay, the post-lawsuit lowpass filter and the mankato filter.

there's also a wave folder i'm in the middle of testing right now, but i don't know if i can get it out by christmas."

Update: more info on this electro-music.com thread.

5Pulser Waveshaper by frijitz

"The most effective waveshapers are the radical ones that produce multiple peaks per input cycle. There have been a number of these designed over the years, of course, but most are fairly complicated circuits.

A while back I discovered that the LM3914 LED bar-graph display driver chip can run at very high frequencies -- crisp square pulses well above the audio range! Operation of this chip is quite simple. It is basically a stack of window comparators, which fire one at a time as the input signal increases. The total span of the comparators is set by an external voltage.

From this I figured out how to make an interesting waveshaper that puts out a variable pulse train. The waveshape control voltage changes the span of the comparators, so an input sawtooth leads to a train of pulses from a single square wave up to a train of five pulses in less than half a period as the control voltage is varied. (The more traditional wavefolders use a VCA on the input signal to vary the waveshape.) The circuit is quite simple for what it does -- a dual opamp for the input signal and CV conditioning, the LM3914 and an output opamp summer to combine the pulses."

Click here for more info including the schematic and a sample.

Roland PH-830 Stereo Phaser

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"Roland PH-830 Stereo Phaser. This rare piece is part of Roland’s RSS line of rackmount effects. It has 3 LFO waveforms, CV and Trig inputs, controls for Intesity, Shift Frequency, and Resonance. It also has an inverter on Channel 2, and has switches to adjust input and output levels."

West Virginia - Roland Juno-106 Demo

via cornutt in the comments of this post.

"For another example of what you can do with a 106, see one of my tracks here: West Virginia. This was done entirely with a 106 and a Boss DD-20 delay."

This is a really cool track.

Speak&Spell LFO

Click here for "schematics for adding a pitch modulating LFO to your Speak&Spell" on Casper Electronics. Also includes "hold" and "tone" effects.

Electribe-MX & Waldorf-Q : Study1

YouTube via kay396ss. via Nusonica.
"Factory patches of Electribe and tweaking nobs on Waldorf Q. Drum parts are played by Electribe, Synth parts are played by Waldorf "

Piano Calculator

Product page in Japanese. And in Googlish.

Unfortunately, I don't think this one is programmable like the Casio VL-Tone.

Arturia Analog Factory Experience on Music Thing

Music Thing has "first review" up on the Arturia Analog Factory Experience. You can find it here.

ARP AXXE

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Lessons in Electronic Music

Roland Jupiter-6

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Sequential Circuits Prophet T8

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Inside a JoMoX XBase09

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Update via Mok in the comments: "that is not normally inside an XBase... i†'s an XRom card. Allows you to load in samples to the Hat section via PC. That's a hacked XBase and might be great to use. Totally unsupported by Jomox though, so... "

BeeGees Rhythm Machine

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You know you want it.

"This little gem has a 1 1/2 octave keyboard and a diverse selection of 3 rhythms--disco, latin and pop! It even has tempo adjustment for the rhythms and tuning control for the keyboard. Plus you get a box with some really happening pictures of the BeeGees. Runs on a 9 volt battery. This toy is for ages 8 and over. Please do not bid if you are under the age of 8."

KORG EX-8000

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What's more interesting, the synth or the rug?

BME Axiom Modular Synthesizer

Just posted on sequencer.de where you can find more info on the BME/Baumann line of syntheizers. Also see the BME link below.

Cynthia Sawtooth Animators

The Cynthia Sawtooth Animator info is now up on the Cynthia website.

"Turn the sound of one lone oscillator into seven!

(Your ear or an oscilloscope simply can't tell the difference between this module and a whole rack of seven VCOs tuned in unison!)

This amazing Bernie Hutchins circuit has been admired by Designers for years as a true electronic engineering marvel, (Of course here at Cyndustries we could not simply leave well enough alone, click here for Mark Barton's "Full Story" on what makes this one superior to previous designs).

It's optimized for a sawtooth input, but any single waveform with a slope going into this thing... comes out as a super fat three-hundred pound gorilla of waveforms!"

Note: Analogue Haven is selling both the EuroRack and Frac Rac versions, and Cynthia is selling the MOTM, Dotcom, and Banana versions direct from their website.

MOOG Sonic Six

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ARP Odyssey III

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Oberheim OB-1

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Roland Juno-60 Analog Synthesizer by RetroSound (audio)

YouTube via retrosound72.
"audio sound demo with some self-made retro-sounds by RetroSound. more info: www.retrosound.de"

Circuit bent Roland Tr-626

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My Moog Music Inc. Minimoog Model D.

YouTube via demokid2000.

"Just some pictures of my Moog Music Inc. Minimoog model D, serial number 1737. It is in very good condition incl. Kenton MIDI."

Poly Evolver step sequencer controlling a Synthesizers.com

YouTube via demokid2000. via Nusonica.
"My friend plays around with my .COM modular synthesizer. The step sequencer in the Poly Evolver Keyboard controls the .COM. Sounds pretty good. :D"

Nord Lead 2x

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full size

Studio Electronics Pfive 05

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via heliospace.

"This one has just been serviced by Studio Electronics and is working 100%. It has a new custom face panel and a new rack enclosure so it looks pretty much new. These are very rare and even more so in this kind of condition. As some of you may know these are made from real Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 boards and are not cloned. "

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*+.+* - Asako Music

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Red Roland SH-101

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New MG-1 Sliders

via Stefan

" i bought the parts from Technology Transplant, after i stumbled on this site. i put some picture on a picassa webalbum"

The Harvestman Featured in Sonic Talk - 066

"This week we the winners of the Circuit Bending Challenge, the rather wonderful Experiments in Musical Intelligence, the Harvestman Polivoks Filter Module R1982, Atmosphere and Trilogy for Intel Macs, the weird world of celebrity perfumes, Windows hold on to XP and Logic 7 not working on Leopard."

Click here for the full description and link to the podcast. Analogue Haven gets a mention as well.

EMS Price List - 1975

Click here for the list on JoeMcGinty.com.

Dtronics USB to CV/GATE

"USB to CV/GATE converter

Convert direct from your PC or MAC to cv/gate!!

features:
USB to cv / gate ( v/oct , 5v gate. Also responds to pitchbend!)
USB to sync24
USB Midi interface (Midi in, Midi out)

Midi to CV/Gate (*)
Midi to sync24 (*)


(*) available soon with a new FREE firmware upgrade." Dtronics website

Roland Jupiter-8

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Blofeld Feature List?

via Mr. Array.

Orpheus Music: The Electronic Music Time Machine

Pictured: Synthesizer Demonstration Record: The Serge Synthesizer, Volume One

You can find this and other synth recordings on Orpheus Music.

Interviev about Oxygene live in your living room

YouTube via auris1948. via ghostdog. New video here.
"Interviev about Oxygene live in tour living room Jean Michel Jarre"
Also see this post. OXYGENE Jean Michel Jarre.
Update: Anyone know if this will be available on DVD? I did a quick search on Amazon.
I only found the CDs. Anyone know if the CDs include video content?
Update: Link to the DVD via the comments. There are also different versions. You can find more info here.

Update: Someone else posted this video as:
Making of interviews new Oxygene DVD

Vintage Roland guitar synth's Gr-50 and SPV-355

YouTube via Vtolus. Via the Russian YouTube.

"Small demo of two rare guitar synth's no external FX beat was made with Korg ESX-1"

syntezatory.prv.pl - Korg 800 DV

YouTube via Jexus.

"1975 Korg 800-DV "Maxikorg". Brought to you by WC Olo Garb. The sounds have been programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer."

EMX FUN

YouTube via drjackohollious.
"this is me using the korg emx-1 and a kaoss pad 3. I programed the emx the other day and I am just playing around. I am programing the synth parts and seeing what i can make. let me know what you think."

An200 first noises

YouTube via drjackohollious. Via Nusonica.
"Just got this of of ebay. It is so cool. This is just a little insight into just some of the sounds and some of the knob tweaking. Cant wait to hook it up with my electribes. Keep checking in for new videos."

Roland Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer by RetroSound (audio)

YouTube via retrosound72.
"audio sound demo with some self-made retro-sounds by RetroSound. more info: www.retrosound.de"

Circuit bent Yamaha Rx-17

YouTube via Vtolus. I think this is the first video from the Russian YouTube I've put up.
"Small jam of circut bent Yamaha Rx-17, Alesis Micron, Korg Kaoss Pad2, ESX-1 and circuit bent Roland Tr-626"

playing with my 606

YouTube via MADRRRRR.
"And yes this what we call funk ! you can do it too .. Only dutch sorry"
This video gives you an idea of how you select different instruments on the Roland TR-606. You can see the LEDs light up for each drum part selected.

SDS7 PWND BY THE 909

YouTube via MADRRRRR.

"Just playing around with my 'new' simmons sds7. The accent of the 909 works on the trigger too and gives random responses.

To bad the analog part of the bassdrum is a bit busted. Some pots react only at the end and one of the toms leaks noise when it set to zero.

But listen to those cem 3340's osc's, the lovely noise and those 8bit crushed & cut up sounds.

Can't find any clues on the filter but it's sweet ! if anyone got any clue about the filter please let me know. Also i would love to have service manuals but i think they're just not there anymore. If anybody got more cards or a 'full' working sds7 let me know too.

thanks to theo parrish for the groove inspiration and 123synthland for pointing at the sds7"