TL072 lodged in foot

YouTube via synthmonger. "FELT GREAT" TL072

Robot Song No. 1

YouTube via robcat2075.
"In 1984 I wrote a program for my Commodore 64 to algorithmically compose "gregorian chants". Every time I ran it it came up with something different. This is a recording of one of those times"

Yamaha SHS-200

images via this auction

"49 MINI-KEYS AND BODY BUILT IN STEREO-SPEAKER & 66 VOICE LIST, 66 STYLE LIST, 6 VOICE/STYLE LIST, 6 CHORD SEQUENCER, 3 EFFECTS, RHYTHM CONTROL, 5 PARAMETER CHANGERS, 6 MODES AND MIDI OUTPUT."

What is really odd is that it's the same keytar model featured in this video just posted yesterday. That was the first time the SHS-200 has every been posted on this site.

MOOG Sonic Six

via this auction

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

images via this auction

"Multi-Tambral/Keybord modes/Sequencer/Apregiator

The unit may operate in onmi, poly, or mono mode The six trak has a midi in and out ports.

The Sequential Circuits Six-Trak was released in 1984 at a list price of $1295.

It features a 4 octave, non touch sensitive, keyboard with non spring loaded pitch and modulation wheels located on the left hand side above the keyboard. Editing is done by using a 10 digit (0-9) numeric key pad to dial up the applicable parameter you wish to adjust. Parameter values are adjusted by a single knob. "

Jupiter 6 detail

flickr by spacedust2019

full size


"6-voice polyphonic analog subtractive synthesizer from '83.

Almost everything on this unit is analog (oscillators, filters, envelopes, etc). The sound can be a bit thin but using the unison button will fatten the sound considerably!

This unit doesn't have any on-board effects."

Synthesizer Park

flickr by festival c/o pop (click for more)

full size

Create Digital Music Night at Etsy Labs!

YouTube via etsy. via Nusonica.
"Check out hacked synths, CD-Rs, a handmade keytar and more at Create Digital Music's party! Hosted by Esty Labs and Make: Magazine."

Thummer Demo

YouTube via JimPlamondon. via felix inferious.
"Melody with the right hand, accompaniment with the left, and expressive effects with your thumbs -- only the Thummer lets you do all that! See www.thummer.com for more information. Performed by Gavin Healy."

EMSME

Another EMS Synthi track via mono-poly

DZIENNIKARZE

YouTube via KASOWER. Spot the "synths." "2004 album Neuromantic wersja Albumowa Old School Mix"
Yamaha SHS-200.

Novation Supernova saves a prayer

YouTube via totaltwit.

Also check out this post.
"Hear the Supernova attempt to make sounds like Duran Duran on their Rio album. The Supernova needs to be twiddled, it has 3 oscillators not all are needed ro recreate early synth sounds. Here is an attempt at sounding like Save A Prayer which has those two memorable synth lines both recreated here."

Newborn BYOC

YouTube via IranContras.
"This BYOC Digital Delay pedal is less than five minutes old. This was made immediately after putting a battery in it for the first time."

Vangelis - Chung Kuo [Live]

YouTube via mugensx.
"Concert in Rotterdam. 18th June 1991.

'Event of Excellence' (Eureka).
---------------------------
Intro
Chariots of Fire
Spiral
Other Side of Antarctica
Chung Kuo
Glorianna (Markella Hatziano)
Pulstar
Mask Мovement 2
Italian Song (Jon Anderson)
Kinematic
Mask Мovement 5
Hymne"

Roland JD-800 + Oberheim Matrix-1000 + Roland TR-707

YouTube via retrosound72.
"synth demo by RetroSound

bassline: Oberheim Matrix-1000, triggered by the MFB Step64 step sequencer
drums: Roland TR-707
fx sounds and pads: Roland JD-800

hand-played

more info: www.retrosound.de"

Tone2 Gladiator - Revolution in Synthesis?

You be the judge

"A revolution in synthesis!

Gladiator is one of the most powerful synthesizers ever. This is a tough statement, but you should read this...

What is Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) Synthesis?

This new synthesis method is based on a large and expandable repertoire of standard waves like pulse, unique synthetic waveforms as well as resynthesis waves like trumpets, organs, pianos and voice samples. These waves can be modified in real-time by e.g. FM modulation, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, waveshaping,...
Any modification of a wave can be modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (recall: with only one oscillator!). In total there are more than 30,000 different spectra available for combination and modulation.

Example:
You can take a Hammond organ, FM modulate the organ with a sawtooth, create a hypersaw and amplitude modulate this signal with a BPM synced vocoder drumline.

What is the advantage of Gladiator compared to other synthesizers?
* Real high-end sound quality: Analog, warm, transparent and fat
* Huge sonic range: From classic to unique science fiction
* Excellent value for money
* Low CPU and high reliability
* Gladiator can replace a complete room full of hardware
* Flexibility and expandability
* 750 professional sounds from Vengeance and others
* Gladiator was created by professional dsp scientists"

Tone2 Audiosoftware

Musicmuseet Musical Instrument Museum

Remember this post? longforparade dropped by the Matrixsynth Forum to let us know that the Musicmuseet website has been updated:

"Hi,
I am in fact the "member of the swedish analog sympathizer-mailinglist working at the Musikmuseet". I am also, of course, a daily visitor to the Matrixsynth blog. As this is my last day working on the project of documenting the electronic instruments at Musikmuseet (The Stockholm Music Museum), I wanted to tell the world that many more instruments can now be seen, some even heard, on the museum's homepage:

www.musikmuseet.se

Direct link to the electric and electronic instruments

The collection of electric and electronic instruments is not a huge one, but it contains quite a few rare and interesting objects as can be seen on those pages, and for the most part the instruments are very well preserved due to the fact that they have been kept in storage since the 80's.

A few instruments are on permanent display in the museum, for example the EMS Synthi AKS (M4022) and the Yamaha GS1 (M4055) formerly belonging to Benny Andersson of ABBA, but most of them are kept in storage and can be seen on special appointment by contacting the museum."

Picutured (note the date on this one - it looks like something that would have be done today)
"Educational instruments constructed by Ralph Lundsten and Leo Nilson 1968 for Swedish Rikskonserters school tour "I tonsättarens verkstad" ("In the composer's workshop"). The instruments were distributed among the pupils to be played after a score shown as a film."

Korg Kaossilator Review on Sonic State

Be sure to check out the write up on Sonic State as well.

Touch gears combo.

YouTube via Wancoco.
"jam sessions ds + kaossilator + um a sampler that kept synch well and allowed track muting ther is another bit of gear that freaked me out until i realized it was an iphone." funny. :)

Roger Waters and Theivery Corporation's ARP 2600? - Update

daddio of tapewarm contacted the seller and got some images of the ARP 2600. You can find the link to them in the original post.

Update: there is a response from the seller in the original post as well.

TM Modules vs. the Korg ER-1 on Muff Wiggler

click here for the post with samples.

casio cz101

YouTube via yamahakorg12.
"casio cz101 süper star 1.bölüm"

Alesis Micron Piano FM Patch

YouTube via Gtechture.
"Hi, I have been getting a lot of comments about piano sounds. The micron has no piano preset. I programmed one thats rather convincing, especially coming from a micron. This thing suprizes me everyday. It was made using frequency modulation."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One

images via this auction

PAiA Proteus 1

images via this auction

"The Proteus 1 is a 2 Oscillator Analog mono synthesizer with patch memory. For more info, check out Sonic State

This particular Paia Proteus 1, which were sold in DIY kits back in the early 80's, is one of only 80 known sold by Paia. Who knows how many actually still exist, not to mention still work. The keyboard is based on CEM chips from Curtis. These are the same chips found inside the Prophet 5 and Memorymoog. This particular unit had a bad CEM3440, but I picked up a NOS one and replaced the bad one. The keyboard now works perfectly.

There are no bad keys, scratchy pots, or non working functions. Everything works and behaves the way it should. Even the program patch memory works perfectly. I replaced the batteries for the memory as well.

So what does it sound like? The closest match in tone is probably the Memorymoog, minus the polyphony. It functions very similar to a MicroMoog, only it offers more Osc. waveforms."

EMS VCS3 driven by Wiard Wogglebug

via mono-poly



"vcs3 driven by a wiard 300 series wogglebug. added some reverb and the sound is overdriven trough a limiter."

tamedblo

Another Waldorf Blofeld demo via Stefan Trippler: tamedblo.mp3

OZNI Music Synthesizer Systems Update

Back in November 21, 2005, I put up this post on OZNI Music Synthesizer Systems. CAndres who claims to have worked on the system just left a few comments. I've updated the post with those comments and thought I'd put up a new post let people know.

BugBran Postcard Weevils

More info on the BugBrandBlog.

Vangelis ( Chariots of Fire )

YouTube via nostroamor. via Nusonica. I originally put this up here, but it looks like the old video got pulled. We'll see how long this one stays up.

Ableton Live7: Analog

YouTube via acidmoongfx. via sequencer.de
"Programming the Live7 synthesizer "Analog".
Cuz starting from "init" is kinda boring i've added some trippy animations in this lil' tutorial."

Testing gear 02

YouTube via fmass.
"roland 184, CMU810, roland EP"

'69 Moog Modular --Not dead yet!

via CZ Rider on this VSE thread (click for the thread with more images).
"Just resurected an old Moog Modular System 1P, built in August 1969. I aquired this Moog last month from a person that stored it in his attic for the past 17 years. After ordering the parts I needed to first rescue the 38 year old power supply, the final part arrived this past Tuesday. So I wasted no time installing the fresh caps and wire-wound trimmers. Got a nice steady +12 and -6 VDC, and I was ready to fire it up!
I still have to calibrate and clean the individual modules, but was able to coax some sound out of the old guy. Here is a small sample of the first music this machine has made in years. Using a Dotcom 960 clone to run a sequence, the old Moog started churning out what sounded very old school Berlin style rythm. Recorded live as I played a Synclavier II (violin) and my 2 dollar soundblaster (flute) over top. moogmodular.mp3"

How to Make Your Sound Sing with Vocoders

"The vocoder has been a novelty staple (if that isn't an oxymoron) of pop music for more than 30 years. Even if you've never heard the word vocoder, you've heard the smoothly sexy yet oddly alien sounds that emanate from this device. In the '70s and '80s, vocoder was used on songs by Kraftwerk, Stevie Wonder, Bon Jovi, Donna Summer, Phil Collins, Laurie Anderson, Pink Floyd, Styx, and many other artists. (See the "Famous Vocoder Songs" sidebar.) In more recent years, Foo Fighters, Metallica, Beck, Britney Spears, Madonna, Marilyn Manson, and other pop icons have dialed up the sound of the vocoder."

click here for the full article on O'Reilly Digital Media

Made In Sheffield - The Birth Of Electronic Pop

YouTube via sheffieldvision.
"Buy DVD from sheffieldvision.com of critically acclaimed feature length film Made In Sheffield about early eighties post-punk music scene in Sheffield, starring The Human League, Heaven 17, ABC, Cabaret Voltaire, Pulp, John Peel"

Sequntial Circuits Prophet 10

images via this auction. via the Matrixsynth Forum.

SDS 8 ++ TR-808

YouTube via cretin4321. images on http://cliplead.blogspot.com/ Godzilla
If you like Godzilla, check out Toho Monster.

midi cv machines working

YouTube via falklandsound

Molar VST ported to PadKontrol / MicroKontrol!

YouTube via spmaspma.
"2 instances of Molar on MicroKontrol, 2 instances on PadKontrol, one running on the Monome 256 for good measure.

A bad demonstration, yes. I spent the time on the code, just got it all working solid on OSX and Windows (direct detection/communcation to the Korg devices!) :)"

STG Soundlabs P-L/LPF ARP 4072 Filter

images via this auction

Post-lawsuit Lowpass Filter
"This filter is not a clone of the ARP 4072 submodule. It does, however, have an identical topology with the same transistors and operational amplifier array. Some people may find this is close enough to use the "C" word but not here at STG Soundlabs, so in tribute to the origin of this filter design it is called the Post-Lawsuit Lowpass Filter.

And before you call to complain, let me point out that Post-Ambiguous-Legal-Action Lowpass Filter just didn't have the same ring.

This module has a standard Synthesizers.com-compliant power connector in addition to a MOTM-compliant power connector. physically it is compliant with MOTM frames and cabinets. thanks to Det3 and Yves Usson for their work on the inside."

via Suit & Tie Guy

30:5

YouTube via ninofficial. monome, lemur and buchla 200e. via mike

Vintage ARP 2600 Synthesizer **RARE** - $4800

"I have a vintage Arp 2600 that I'm looking to get sell. It was previously owned by Roger Waters, and is now in the Thievery Corporation (ESL) studios. Its in great condition, but currently taking up too much space in the studio. It is complete with the matching cases, and we are having it serviced right now to ensure that everything is working properly before being sold. If you would like to see pictures, please let me know! We can even provide the receipt for the work as soon as its done.

I have seen ARPs in worse condition sell on ebay for $4,500+, Considering the history and the condition of this particular ARP, we would like to make sure we are getting what it's worth."

via this Craigslist post.

We haven't had a poll in a while, so why not...


Update: click here for some images of the unit courtesy of daddio of tapewarm who contacted the seller.

Udpate: and a response from the seller:
"I completely understand that you would like more proof, but it was meant more as a point of interest rather than the only selling point. The current owner has had it for years, and really has no way of proving that Roger Waters owned it, it was just a little bit of interesting history on this particular ARP. I can however, prove that it is in Thievery Corporation studios."

Peter Zinovieff & EMS

"Electronic Music Studios (London) Ltd. was formed in 1969 by Dr. Peter Zinovieff to market innovative ideas arising from his private studio and interest in musical applications of computers. Over the next ten years many seminal products were released and many talented designers worked for the company. EMS had its own peculiar brand of British eccentricity which could be both endearing and annoying, but should be viewed in the context of true pioneering. It is easy to copy and follow others, but not to think up new ideas in the first place and EMS had no shortage of originality. The EMS influence was significant and can be traced into many contemporary products." Click here for the full article including more images. Pictured: "the Unit Delta Plus studio set up by Delia Derbyshire, Peter Zinovieff and Brian Hodgson." via daddio of tapewarm

Dick Hyman - the legend of Johnny Pot

YouTube via toyzonzo.
"from Moog the electric ecletics of Dick Hyman"

JP 8000 emulating a PRO ONE. Playing Just Can't Get Enought

YouTube via DX5. Need to balance out the last post.
"Me playing Depeche Mode's "Just Can't Get Enought" in a Roland JP8000. Just emulating the SCI PRO ONE sound (original synth used on the first record)."

Roland Juno 60 Van Halen Jump by JimmyPound

YouTube via synthartist69.

"Here is a Video of the Juno 60 in action. I programmed the jump patch from an analog brass sound by changing the cutoff, resonance, Attack, and chorus. The secret to getting a good Van Halen OBXA patch lies within the boundaries of a good chorus delay or reverb effect. This version is not exactly right, but it works. I played the bridge two different ways throughout the song and both are an easy variation of the original. Same goes for the synth part under the guitar solo. Hope you enjoy!"

Acumbass 12.07 hd

YouTube via acumbass.
Roland V-Synth and Korg Electribe EMX.

korg pa 800 beni bul anne vahde ritim putty set

YouTube via macuname.
"korg pa 800 ahmet kaya beni bul anne vahde putty set"

Circuit Bent Commodore 64 For Cynthcart

YouTube via IINewIIVirusII.
"Modified Commodore with optical control of Cynthcart."

sk-1 thru circuit bent TV oscilloscope

YouTube via salamanderanagram.
"a handheld TV i turned into an oscilloscope yesterday; showing the soundwaves off my circuit bent sk-1. later tonight i'll do a quick writeup on it at circuitbent.wikispaces.com for anyone who is interested."