Nicholas In "A Synth Odyssey"

YouTube via figital666
"This is Nicholas, who is 14 months old, having a play on an Arp Odyssey and a Roland D-20."

played with synthesizer "東方メドレー" [東方Project]

YouTube via Tuengxx. Roland Fantom.

Testing a Kurzweil PC1x

YouTube via DX5.

Sent my way via fischek.

"Me testing and playing for the first time my Kurzwel PC1x. A demo of some preset sounds.
Start with an organ sound.
Following, strings, pianos, pads, etc."

Inside an Roland RE-201 Space Echo

images via this Craigslist post. via brian c.

AIR GUITAR PRO "ACOUSTIC GUITAR"

YouTube via jetdaisuke.

FLStudio Trance Arp-Synth

YouTube via mnc000
"a little toy ;) nexus+SuperWave"

synths out for a clean

flickr by man pikin.

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KORG Polysix
Roland JX-3P
Roland Juno-106

1973 MU-TRON Promo Ad

via this auction

"original framed promo ad for Mutron featuring Larry Coryell that came out of a 1973 music publication."

You can find more info on the Musitronics MU-TRON III on mu-tron.org.

MFOS Soundlab Synth

YouTube via tylersplan. via this auction.

Roland SH-101 Red

images via this auction

C batteries

Use Audio - The Plugiator - ex Creamware in New Hardware

"Use Audio Inc. is announcing the release of a ground-breaking new product: Listed at just 399 EUR incl VAT / 469 USD net, the Plugiator is an excitingly innovative table top synthesizer which utilizes the latest and fastest DSP technology to provide high-end plug-in technology within a most convenient portable form factor.

The Plugiator comes loaded with four great plug-ins:




The Minimax
MiniMax is the highly acclaimed replica of the famous legend. Incredibly fat and responsive sound, intuitive control... tweaking its knobs is pure fun, a real performance synth!


The Lightwave
While the oscillators of the LightWave are based on wavetables, the aftermath is virtual analog - giving you wide control of the sound. From complex pads to powerful leads, LightWave offers a vast range of sonic possibilities.


The B4000
The B4000 turns your keyboard into the Queen of Organs. The genuine sound of a real living electromechanical 400 pound monster. Lively, authentic, emotional...



The Vocodizer
(free registration bonus)
That's what the microphone input of the Plugiator is for :) Plug in your microphone and modulate sounds with our voice ...



Still can´t get enough? There is room for more: Four more plug-ins will be available for optional online purchase at nice prices.

The Plugiator box provides MIDI In and Thru connections, USB, a microphone input, stereo line outs and a headphone output. It will have its debut at NAMM in January (Hall E Booth 1204), and will be available with dealers from February 2008.

If you own a CME keyboard controller, the Plugiator is also available under the name “ASX – Authentic Sound Expansion” as an expansion board for the UF and VX family of keyboards, see www.asx-synth.com"

Cynthia Saw Animator Euro Format

Cynthia Sawtooth Animator available in Euro format from Analogue Haven

PAiA “2-Transistor Ribbon Kit”

"We're going to show you how to make the world's most bare-bones electronic music instrument – and a bunch of other things, as well.

This instrument is called a 'ribbon controller', but it's also known after its inventor, Paul Tanner, as a 'tannerin'. He called this instrument an 'Electro-Theremin'. That name didn't catch on because this is not a Theremin (the musical instrument you control by moving your hands in the air) even though it sounds like one. You are going to build a sound generator that changes pitch as you slide wires back and forth on a conductive “ribbon” we will make as part of this project..

We also discuss how you can take this same circuit and do many other experiments with things you have around your home.

Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' song “Good Vibrations” used the magic of Paul Tanner's ribbon controller to make its distinctive sweeping wee-oo-wee sound. Wikipedia has a great page on the history of the ribbon controller"

click here for more detail.

Waldorf Nano

just a stock photo from Sweetwater who is selling them for $199.96 at the moment. These fit into the CME line of keyboard controllers. Not sure if they all support the expansion or just specific models. You can see previous posts here.

synth

flickr by Zilla -Boo

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Crumar DS-2

monome 40h kit

click here for the flickr set by Mark Gutierrez.

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catrsynth

catsynth

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"Description: i was repairing my alesis ion when my cat arkansas started wanted attention."
Alesis Ion. via catsynth.com

Bruno Spoerri - Iischalte (Switched-on Switzerland)

via swissdoc in the comments of this post:

"Synthi-100 is used on other Spoerri Records as well, i.e. his Swiss version of Switched-On "Iischalte" He still has some records left."

Wolfgang Dauner - CHANGES

via swissdoc in the comments of this post:

"There is a Jazz Record (still available as CD) from Wolfgang Dauner "CHANGES" on the mood label. He is using Steinway--C-Flügel, EMS-Synthi-100 and Oberheim-4-Voice"

Cynthia Sawtooth Animator - MOTM Format

via Cynthia

Moog Concertmate MG-1

images via this auction

Oxygene 4 Live

YouTube via biodroid. Per Kristian again. Follow-up to this post.
"Two norwegians performing a classic song of Jean Michel Jarre live."

Synth Lights For Synth Nerds

YouTube via oxygene65.
"Oxygene65 wakes up. Music by Oxygene65."

The 8Bit Philosophy Trailer

YouTube via quqo.
"This is the official trailer of the upcoming documentary 'The 8Bit Philosophy'. A film about commodore 64 musicians. Coming 2008. Have fun."

Radiohead Broadcasts on New Years Eve

via DEAD AIR SPACE:

"Dear Reader

Hope you are having a peaceful christmas.

As you may now have heard we will be broadcasting a pre-recording of some songs and other bits on New Years Eve.. you will be able to view it online from here at midnight new years eve, uk time that is...

radiohead.tv

as well as other places that i am not sure about. this is a wee celebration of the release of the physical manifestation of 'in rainbows'.

yours hopefully
Thom"

Picutured: Johnny Greenwood and his Analog Systems French Connection and Modular. The French Connection is based on the Ondes Martenot.


Recuerdos de la Alhambra played on a French Connection

The above features the French Connection by Stretta (previously posted)

"After watching the Jean Laurendeau Ondes Martenot video on youtube, I was inspired to seek out an Analogue Systems French Connection controller. It so happens that I came across a used unit, so I jumped on it. I received it two days ago and I was eager (perhaps too eager) to contribute a demo of my new toy to youtube. Yes, my intonation is questionable. My apologies.

All the music was generated exclusively with a (primarily Doepfer) modular synthesizer, one monophonic line at a time. This exercise is somewhat of a test balloon for a long form modular project I'm currently sketching out.

Correction: the original piece is Recuerdos de la Alhambra by Francisco Tárrega"

Useless but Interesting Bit of Trivia

Note the placement of the names Dave Smith and RogerLinn in the top two renderings for the LinnDrum II Analog. The third shot is the LinnDrum II Digital (minus the analog engine from Dave Smith). The top image is the official from the DSI website. The bottom two are from this post.

Update: In case it wasn't clear, what is interesting about this is that the names Roger Linn and Dave Smith are swapped in the two images of the Analog version. Same version of the synth with the the names in different order. The top has Roger Linn's name first and the second has Dave Smith's name first. My guess is they decided to go with Roger Linn's name first as that is what is on the DSI site.

Metamorphoses

[Switched-on special] Various Artists - Metamorphoses. Electronic Interpretations of Classic and Modern Musical Works (Melodya, 1980)

"Take a regular switched-on xxxx record like Wendy Carlos' Switched-on Bach, play it on an EMS Synthi 100, and you'll get this lost diamond of Russian electronic music, and possibly one of the rarest "switched on" records ever made.

Since the Synthi 100 is perhaps the most versatile synthesizer ever build (at least that's what Karlheinz Stockhausen once said) and given the lack of recordings with it (I remember Stockhausen's Sirius, some early Rolf Gehlhaar stuff and Bruno Spoerri's Toy Planet) this record might also appeal to the vintage gear fetishists."

via Orpheus Music where you can find the download (Sharebee link at bottom)

Equinoxe 4 live jam

YouTube via Sydreyc. Sent my way via Mr. Array: "Per Kristian is the dude on the left playing the Synthex."
Video description:
"Me and a friend of mine is playing Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe 4, totally live and without rehersal :)
Instruments used are:
Access Virus TI
Roland D-50
Eminent 310 U
Elka Synthex
Mooog Etherwave Theremin
Roland TR-909"
perkristian

Cynthia Sawtooth Animator Board

Quarter-Inch Phone Jack Sawtooth Animator.

via Cynthia

Linndrum II Drum Machine on Dave Smith Instruments

Looks like the Linndrum II is up on the DSI website. Click the image for the full size shot.

"Many of you have been anxiously awaiting news of BoomChik, the collaboration between Dave and Roger Linn announced at Winter NAMM 2007. As information becomes available, we'll be posting it to this page. The most obvious development over the last year is that it is no longer called BoomChik: it is now the LinnDrum II. There will be two models: the all-digital LinnDrum II and the LinnDrum II Analog, which adds a 4-voice analog synth and 27 dual-function voicing knobs. The LinnDrum II will be available from Roger Linn Design and the LinnDrum II Analog will be available from Dave Smith Instruments.

The operating system emphasizes real-time performance with the ability to drop in and out of record on different beats, play multiple beats simultaneously, switch in and out of song mode, and much more, all without stopping play. Both MPC-style real time and XOX-style step recording are provided, and the 16 velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads—backlit for visual sequence animation—can be assigned to sounds, tunings, beats, pad mutes, or sequence steps. Dedicated buttons exist for touch sensitivity, sound restart, real-time erase and pressure-sensitive note repeat or rolls. 16 megabytes of internal flash memory exist for sound storage, but because sound data is read directly from flash, expanding sound memory is accomplished merely by plugging a compact flash card into the rear panel slot. Inputs and outputs include four audio outs, two sampling/audio processing/drum trigger inputs, phones, USB, MIDI in/out, two expression pedal/foot switch inputs, and four additional direct voice outputs for the Analog model.

Sample playback is enhanced with 8-level velocity switching, dynamic filters and resonators, distortion and lo-fi algorithms, two complex modulation matrices and the ability to use sequence events as modulation sources. The Analog model enables significantly richer voice timbres with its four Curtis chip-based analog voices, analog feedback resonator paths, and dedicated voicing knobs. Performance enhancements include two programmable sliders and dedicated on/off buttons for filter, resonator, amp sim/compressor, EQ, delay and reverb effects.

We hope to be shipping by mid-2008."

Thanks to MG and J for sending this in.

Kawai SX-210 Analog Synthesizer

hi-res images via marcel.

Magnatron tape delay by FOLKTEK

YouTube via benpumpkin.
"Magnetic tape Delay by Folktek= Arius Blaze=Ben Houston."

MOOG Little Phatty and Akai MPC500

images via jsrockit on the Matrixysnth Forum. Note these are for sale. More info and images on the forum.

Cortez D-2 Pro-Rhythm Mini Synth

via this auction

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

I hope everyone is having a great holiday!
Merry Christmas (Dec 25 - Jan 6), Happy Hanukkah (Dec 5-13th), Kwanzaa (Dec 26 - Jan 1), Yule (Dec 24), Boxing Day (Dec 26), Festivus (Dec 23, or whenever you choose), et al! Let me know if I missed any. Like last year, may your Holidays be synthfully warm. Pictured is the Novation Nova a particularly special Synthmas gift for me this year. click here for some more shots.

Update: My wife got me a Casio VL-Tone!!! Woot! Da-Da-Da... If you got anything synth related feel free to post it in the comments.

Yamaha CS15 Synthesizer Demo

Yamaha CS15 Synthesizer Demo Part 1


Yamaha CS15 Synthesizer Demo Part 2

YouTube via stenophonic

TB-303 Acid Reflux 006

YouTube via RRKS69.
"The second track from The Reflux Experience EP. Due out when someone signs me (LOL)... You can listen to the stereo version on my MySpace page. Another 8 minutes of Acid Madness here.
PEACE & CHEERS,
RRKS"

Form 12

YouTube via thedeepelement.
"The patch is somewhere in this video. I've always been compelled to use harsh tones that simulate distortion but don't actually incorporate it into the signal flow. *Some of my modules are in for repairs."

1981 Moog Rogue Synth Schematics Program Manual Ad

via this auction

"1981 Technical Service Manual. 8 fold out pages. 1981 Factory Service Bulletin. Authorized Dealer Logo Page. 2 page info on the Prodigy. Even an Original Moog Envelope"

1981 Moog Minimoog Synth Promo Ad Service Bulletin

via this auction

"1980 Promo Ad on the Minimoog. Printed on both sides. Descriptions, specs and more. Also includes an Original 1981 Factory Service Bulletin. 3 pages. Gives info on Oscillator tuning"

Secession 'Touch' 1985

YouTube via AGESOFTHEROD. Via sequencer.de. KORG Poly-61.
"Performing on BBC TV's Oxford Road Show .... 1 February 1985"

Weird Sound Generator demo

YouTube via sduck409. Sent my way via Steve.
"A brief demo of my Weird Sound Generator - built from a pcb/plans from Music From Outer Space."

Casio CZ-1 Spelunking - CZ-1 Easter Eggs

It looks like the Casio CZ-1 has some functional Easter Eggs in it. If you are not familiar with Easter Eggs, in software they are basically hidden or previously unknown features or other functionality. They can be credit rolls of the people that worked in the software, secret levels, a flight simulator in the old version of Microsoft Excell, or in the Casio CZ-1, extra functionality.

"I was in the process of making a program that would let me edit Casio CZ-1 sysex dumps. A Casio CZ-1 is a synthesizer. I wanted the program to also be able to take advantage of any known easter eggs in the CZ-1. I was reading about these easter eggs on the Sealed web pages. Those pages were the basis of all of the studies I have been doing. Without them I wouldn't have even started.

However, those pages left me with a lot of questions, so I started doing bit-by-bit analyses of my CZ-1. I wanted to do a really systematic study of those easter eggs, and to document them better so that they will be more usable. I was originally just doing this for my own interest, but I've wasted so much time on it now that I figure I ought to make it available to everyone.

The easter eggs I'm working on concern the waveform types, the "window function", and the modulation type. For example: There are more basic waveforms than the Casio documentation admits to. The "resonant" waves are created by passing a certain waveform through a window function, and if you manipulate the window function separately you can create all sorts of new waves. Also, if you program the CZ-1 from the front panel you can only combine certain waves. But when you use sysex you can combine any wave with any other wave and run it through any of the windows. And lastly, there are more types of modulation available than Casio has documented. All of these things were written up on the Sealed website, and I just wanted to do more thorough documentation and samples of those things."

Click here for more detail. This one sent my way via swissdoc.

Roland D-50 demonstration

YouTube via VintSynth.
"One of ther most beautiful synthesizers of the late eighties can still impress."

blosync2

Another Waldorf Blofeld demo via Stefan Trippler: blosync2.mp3

The Mill

via Chris Muir:

"A granular file player. Great for warping XMas music, enabling you to enjoy songs in a new way. This current version does some calculations based on a 44.1K sample rate, so if you use other sample rates things will be a little wacky.

There are two versions here, a Max patch and a stand-alone Mac OS X application. If you are on a Mac and you don't have Max, you can run the application. If you're on Windows and don't have Max, you can run the patch version, if you install the Max Runtime for Windows."

link

Roland System 100

via Aliens Project

Thorsten live in Frankfurt 2007

click here for a couple more shots on the excellent Tangerine Dream site, The Archive Plus.

its some kind of delicious mess.

flickr by BlacKSacrificE

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click here for mouse overs of the gear.

HC KSS Synth Demos

Swissdoc sent me a link to the HC KSS Synth Demos thread on Harmony Central. The thread contains a massive list of synth demos started by clustorchord back on 10/11/2004. Do check it out.