Doepfer A-100 Monster Base Frame

via Doepfer, via ross.
On the occasion of the Musikmesse Frankfurt from March 12 to 15, 2008 we show the prototype of the A-100 Monster Base. It has the same width as the A-100 monster case and is planned as a base frame for these. But it can be used also without the monster case. It has a removeable top cover with handle for easy transportation.
The base frame has two rows for modules available: one with horizontal alignment and another 45 degrees inclined row. The useable width will be probably 160 HP (i.e. a bit less than the monster case because of the mechanical construction). Two A-100 power supplies (PSU2) and four bus boards are built in.

Release date: spring 2008, price: still to be calculated

zorlon cannon

flickr by nakedintruder

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This image is actually from wire to the ear where you can find a write-up of the Harvestman Zorlon Canon.

IMG_7844

flickr by goutroy

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Anyone ID the Roland?

Korg X50

YouTube via RockPalaceDenHaag
Description in Googlish:
"This ultra-light compact synth has 61 keys, 62 votes, 64 MB sample ROM, USB, editing software and more! The Korg X-50 is the best synth for live performances or in the studio."

e-mu Emax sounds disk test PPG cello

YouTube via yamahacs80 (click for more). Emax sound disk test : ppg cello
Not the best audio quality, but they should give you a sense of the character as well as some of the soundsets for the E-Mu Emax.

PAiA Fatman Analog Synthesizer Jam/Test

via Nusonica
"Simple jam session, testing out the PAiA Fatman Analog Synthesizer. The drums are from a Korg drum machine. The PAiA Fatman is a DIY Analog Synthesizer kit. It arrives… More» in a thousand pieces, and you build it. The included instructions are excellent, and this was a very fun build. I highly recommend PAiA’s products."

Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage drum machine demo by RetroSound

Roland TR-707 from 1985

15 sounds (kick 1, kick 2, snare 1, snare 2, low tom, mid tom, high tom, rim-shot, cow bell, hand clap, tambourine, open and closed high-hat, crash/ ride cymbals)

hi-hat, cymbals and claps are identical to the TR-909 [maybe not - see the comments of this post]"

MusoTalk 128 - Use Audio Plugiator Teil 1

YouTube via musotalk
Description in Googlish:
"2nd Part and additional information on www.musotalk.de-The Use Audio is a DSP hardware synthesizer, whose conviction on toner plug-ins based. Some of the synths already known from the Scope DSP platform. The device is phonetically very flexible and can be in the future for more sounds and plug-ins. Particularly suitable for musicians whose sound from the studio to the stage."

Jomox Resonator Neuronium Pt 3 with Mike

YouTube via bigcitymusic. Parts 1 and 2 here.
"Ok. Here is part 3 of the "Freqtones" trilogy. Read more about this machine and it's origin at jayemsonic.com"

End of the line cafe

YouTube via adigitalnoise. Sent my way via Shawn of Analogue Haven.
"A man bides his time at the End of the line cafe collecting tickets for the Big Prize."
Payout comes in at 6:42.

Kaossilator/Downgrade/Cyclodon

YouTube via opsysbug
"Loop on Kaossilator thru Squarewave Parade. "Downgrade" crusher driven by the Technosauras "Cyclodon" sequencer."

Roland SH-09 in Prague

YouTube via petenesss. "eZone sraz 3/2008. Ecson Waldes předvádí SH-09"

Roland Promars in Prague

YouTube via petenesss. "eZone sraz 3/2008. Bodyia předvádí Promars."

Korg Wavestation in Prague

YouTube via petenesss. "eZone sraz 3/2008. Amorph předvádí Wavestation"

Looks like there was a synthesizer event in Praque

TR-606 mod vs TR-808

YouTube via lesingemonotone

Update via /kroffe in the comments: "It's only a comparisson - I'm not claiming I've turned the 606 into an 808. The 606-mods are based on the Geoff Waterston mods: The TR-808 in the movie is not modified.

/kroffe a k a Le Singe Monotone"

Kurzweil K250

images via this auction
"Rare Kurzweil K250 synthesizer in great condition. Included are the hard to find QLS sampling software, original stand, two owners manuals, power supply, Macintosh computer with external hard drive, floppy drive, NOS keyboard and mouse and spare computer hardware. This package sold for $12,000 in 1984. I have seen stands and power supplies sell for $250 each recently. Other features include the 88 note velocity sensitive weighted keys, 341 standard presets, 18 bit floating point resolution, user sampling, and built-in sequencer. Research this unit for all the details. The piano and organ patches are great and the piano feel is true.
These units are still widely used in recording studios. This particular unit was owned by the late Billy Rancher. The entire package weighs about 125 pounds. "

Oberheim OB-1

images via this auction

Roland SPV-355

images via this auction

"Roland SPV-355 vintage analog pitch to CV monosynth. I would like to add that effecting the VCO pitch or VCF cutoff very easily by using the LFO for your Kenton Pro Solo or other MIDI to CV converter and hooking it up to the Pedal Control section. There's a slider for both the filter and VCO so not having an onboard LFO is really no big deal." The auction includes this Sound on Sound article on the SPV-355.

MOOG Sonic Six

via this auction

"This model is an older model that I've actually NEVER seen available online, as the few I've seen have lacked the unique "Moog" molding on the top of the case as this one has. The power cable is also connects to the synthesizer as a three pin plug."

Some Unconventional Roland TB-303 Tracks

You can find them on Wikipedia of all places: link. Check out the classical pieces.
And BTW, Happy 303 Day! :)

NIN Releases Ghosts I-IV - Nine Tracks For Free

"Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I - IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I - IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain.

Trent Reznor explains, 'I've been considering and wanting to make this kind of record for years, but by its very nature it wouldn't have made sense until this point. This collection of music is the result of working from a very visual perspective - dressing imagined locations and scenarios with sound and texture; a soundtrack for daydreams. I'm very pleased with the result and the ability to present it directly to you without interference. I hope you enjoy the first four volumes of Ghosts.'"

You can get the new album here. You can download the first nine tracks for free on the site.

Gratuitous and required synth shot via a2sidedcoin. Spot the synths.
Update: If you are a fan, I should note that Alessandro Cortini of NIN has supported this site. You can see some posts either featuring or mentioning his influence here. Be sure to check out this video of the Buchla 200e he sent in. Also check out the Kind Words on Matrixsynth section on the right of this site.

EMS SYNTHI HIFLI

via Stefan. spotted on Marktplaats.nl

Google translated description:
"Learn offered a very rare EMS 70 years `effect. The HIFLI. Want something special in terms of its appearance and sounds, then this is the ideal machine! Not cheap or megavet and super-apart (art)! Incusief the manual, and of course the pedals retrostandaard well as suitcases holding them zitten."

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Technos Acxel Resynthesizer

click here for more images sent in by an anonymous reader. Be sure to click on the label at the bottom of this post for more info on this interesting synth from history including video.

Update: these are actually images of Mathias Boman's Acxel

Roland TB-303 AcidLab

click here for some images sent in via an anonymous reader.

Nice Roland System 700 in the background.

waldorf blofeld demo 1

YouTube via kKryptum
"starting with init patch,i experimented with some parameters and filmed the display only.sorry about the crappy camera quality."

waldorf blofeld some presets

YouTube via kKryptum

Crumar DS-2 by syntezatory.prv.pl

Crumar DS-2 - demo by syntezatory.net.pl YouTube via Jexus

"1978 Crumar DS2. All sounds 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.

DS-2 has this brutal and invasive quality to its sound and my ears were bleeding at the end of editing. Hope yours will not."

Korg Synthesizer MS-10 Pitch Bend Repair

YouTube via aztechmusic
"http://www.aztechmusic.com
Gary explains the voltages present on the pitch bend pot and how to determine it is working correctly. Use of a volt ohm meter is explained in the process."

Roland TB-303 AcidLab Mini Modular

images via this auction
"Acid Labs Mod Features:
POTENTIOMETER FEATURES:
- Overdrive: Gives a distorted tone to VCO
- Decay: Normal 303 decay is fixed at 2 seconds, now you can set time from 0-2sec
- Resonance Boost: Increases the amount of resonance
- X-MOD: This gives the VCO a more harmonic overtone

TOGGLE SWITCHES:
- Accent on/off: On all notes will accent, Off notes will accent as programmed
- Slide on/off: Up normal, Down all notes will slide
- Bend on/Off: On notes bend in the on position, Off notes play normal

LED'S:
- Accent, Slide, Gate: The LED's light as programmed

For full disclosure - the mounting of the Decay knob on the mod did not come out perfect as you can see in the photo the knob is slightly bent off to the right (does not affect functionality at all, totally cosmetic). Also - the jacks on the back of the unit for the mod inputs and outputs look like 1/8th inch mini-jacks, but they are actually a bit smaller."

The Weisstronauts: Ring Mod

YouTube via weisstronaut. MOOG Voyager. Roland Juno-60.
"Music video for Ring Mod by The Weisstronauts. Song is featured on the upcoming album "Instro-tainment." Pete Weiss guitar, electric sitar, and Moog & Roland synthesizers. Jeff Berlin drums. Written by Weiss-Berlin, BMI. Directed by Pete Weiss. http://www.weisstronauts.com"

Access Virus TI

via this auction

Roland JX-3P

images via this auction

"Polyphony - 6 voices
Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice
Memory - 32 preset, 32 user
Filter - Resonant Low pass
Effects – Chorus
Arpeg/Seq - Simple Sequencer
Keyboard - 61 keys
Control - MIDI (no velocity except with a special ROM upgrade)
Date Produced originally – 1983"
Box shot

Oberheim OB-SX

images via this auction

Preset OB-Xa with limited editing.

Oberheim OB-8

images via this auction

Metasonix Waveshaper/RingMod

via this auction

Be sure to check out the seller's other items on Matrixsynth-b.

BTW, anyone know who the image in the backround is of?

"UBE based synthesizer effect. it uses new old-stock tubes to create a crazy sounding fuzz box. the effect is very lo-fi...but a gorgeous grinding sound. it makes samples/drums/casios etc especially sound really cool. My particular box is from the first run...when it had the much cooler looking gold case (now this model ships with a noxious yellow encasing). there is a hand written serial # near the power jack...TM-1 008. so if you're a collector nerd that may be of interest to you. i assume this is the 8th TM1 ever."

This is my Buchla.

"This is my Buchla. There may be others like it, but this one's mine. My Buchla is my life."

No not actually mine.

flickr by verbos

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sherman1

flickr by esparticus

"Promo slick for the original Sherman Filterbank. Was sent with the demo cassette."

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6 Oscillators in Remittance - Cloudscraper

YouTube via STAKKERHUMANOID. via sendling. That would be an electronics kit breadboard that you are looking at.
"6 oscillators being triggered by light sensors reacting to the movement of the clouds across the sun - followed by a composed 16 min soundscape where each of the 6 oscillators are fed through echo's and reverbs - go to FSOLdigital.com for more info / free downloads / rarities / unreleased classics"

The Zen Riffer

"a custom, hand made, wireless-midi, vertical keyboard controller that can be configured to play sitting, standing or in 'guitar' mode in less than 2 seconds flat"

More info here including videos and testimonials.

via Dave of umop.com
Also via this month's Keyboard Magazine that features Jordan Rudess and his custom Zen Riffer.

EMS sequencer MINIMOOG OSCAR

YouTube via emssynthi100. follow-up to this post.
"EMS trig the mini and oscar sequencer trig by tr 808. the ems seq also clocked to the tr 808"

Bach Sinfonia 15

YouTube via TatTwamAsi. No actual video in this one.
"Roland Sound Module U-110
ZX Spectrum 128
Recorded 1991"
image via wikipedia where you can find more info. "The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. Originally dubbed the ZX81 Colour and ZX82,[1][2] the machine was later renamed the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair to highlight the machine's colour display, compared with the black-and-white of its predecessor, the Sinclair ZX81.[3] It is affectionately known as the Speccy by its fan following."


Some info and samples of the Roland U-110

Analogue Systems rs310 Reverb/Chorus module (eurorack)

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is the Analogue Systems rs95 VCO being triggered by the rs200 sequencer. We are running the audio through the rs310 Reverb/Chorus module which is being modulated by the rs80 and rs85 LFO's. Crazy, huh?"

TR-606 + Prophet64

YouTube via lesingemonotone
"Using the Prophet64-application Bassline on a Commodore 128 computer and syncing the TR-606. This particular C128 features the MOS6581 rev3-chip, quite rare on C128s but more common on C64s.
The TR-606 is modded based on Geoff Waterston mods and features, among others, an envelop that is triggered from HT and can be set to sweep BD-pitch or HH-filter.

enjoy!
/Le Singe Monotone"

Korg KAOSSILATOR Improv # 3 Mike the Teacher

YouTube via MikeTheTeacher. follow-up to this post.

MOOG Polypedal for Polymoog

via this auction

Note this and the last four posts come from the same seller who sent these in. Be sure to check out his other auctions. There is a KORG VC10 Vocoder and an AMS DMX 15-80 studio delay in the set as well.

Matrix Patch Panel

via this auction

"Here a nice extremly rare big Matrix patch panlel + a lot of different pins, very good for Synthesizer diy projects or recording studio setup."

I'm labeling this one as EMS for reference as that is where you commonly see patch panels like this. Not sure if this actually is an EMS patch panel. If you know feel free to comment.

KORG MS-02 vintage analog interface

via this auction
"The Korg Interface MS-02 is designed for the purpose of connecting Korg MS-Series synthesizers with other synthesizers available throughout the world. This sophisticated signal processor greatly enhances the performance possibilities of the MS-Series. Among presently available music synthesizers, there are two different types of control system used for the VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) and EG (envelope generator). One of these systems is used by Korg and Yamaha; the other is employed by every other synthesizer manufacturer. The Korg MS-02 provides you with a way to change the control signals of one system into the control signals used in the other system. In this way, it acts as an interface so that any two synthesizers can be used together, provided that the synthesizers are equipped with the conventional input and output jacks for control voltage and trigger or gate signals."

Korg MS-03 Signal Processor

via this auction
"Korg MS-03 vintage pitch to voltage converter interface. This unit produces VCO CV (control voltage) signals and trigger (gate) signals so that you can use an electric guitar, microphone, or other transducer output (from an acoustic instrument, for example) to "play" a synthesizer. A variety of remote control input jacks let you use foot switches for more freedom and flexibility during live performance. With this amazing unit you can instantly put together your own guitar synthesizer, vocal synthesizer, etc., by simple connection with any synthesizer equipped with VCO CV IN and TRIGGER (Gate) IN input jacks."

Oberheim TVS

via this auction

"OBERHEIM SEM Two-Voice with built in step sequencer. Oberheim's first synthesizer was a single-voice mini-module called a SEM (Synthesizer Expander Module). However, in 1975, Oberheim created their first compact, programmable and polyphonic synthesizer by coupling two SEM modules to a 37-note keyboard and a simple analog sequencer. This was what became the Two Voice. Oberheim achieved a polyphonic sound not yet seen in ARP and Moog gear at the time by hard-wiring the two monophonic SEMs into the compact keyboard design. In 1976 Oberheim came out with another module, the Polyphonic Synthesizer Programmer (see SEM). This could memorize the control voltages of many parameters for up to eight SEM modules. When these were added to the Two Voice, Oberheim finally had one of the earliest programmable and polyphonic instruments! Released alongside the Two Voice also came the Four Voice which had four SEMs installed, and a larger 49-note keyboard. Two voices was great in 1975, and eight voices was pretty monstrous in the later seventies. But, a major drawback to these first Oberheim synths was that polyphony was achieved by having multiple modules. This meant that each voice had to be independently programmed. This also means that each voice has its own filter, making real-time filter sweeps of all your voices more than a handful! Fortunately the sequencer comes in handy for controlling each voice/module independently."

YUSYNTH EMS Diode Ladder Filter

via YuSynth where you can find more info:

"Well, here is another classical and very special filter : the EMS diode ladder filter!This filter has a sound of its own and is the signature of the classical Pink Floyd's song "On the run".

My aim here was to design a quite faithful copy of this mythic filter while using components that minimize the burden of selecting a great number of matched transistors. This is why I used transistor arrays (CA3046, CA3096). However, because the CA3096 has become a rare part and is now overpriced, I have also designed a PCB with discrete trannies to replace it. As for all the other filters of my YUSYNTH project, I have added an input and an output buffer to adapt this filter to the input and output levels of my modular system.

I also added an input for voltage control of the resonance : everything was there in the original module but was not made available, probably because of the limited size of the patch pin matrix of the AKS/VCS3...

Because, my power supply standard is +15/-15V, I have included a power regulator IC (78L12) to convert +15V to +12V and a single transitor voltage regulator -15V to -9V (I wanted to use a 79L09 but changed my mind when I realized that this voltage regulator is quite a rare part and is difficult to source)."

via this electro-music.com thread

Waldorf Blofeld Presets

YouTube via thekilon. via fischek. Audio comes it at :50.
"The audio was recorded separately to Ableton Live and then imported back to the video for extra Quality.

WARNING!!!!!!
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THE PRESETS OF THE BLOFELD ARE MONOTIMBRAL BUT THE SYNTH ITSELF USES UP TO 16 TIMBRES. THIS MEANS THAT THE SOUNDS YOU HEAR IN THIS VIDEO USE ONLY 1/16 OF THE TRUE POWER OF THE SYNTH!!!!"

Cynthia Quad Lowpass Gate

First look sent my way via Cynthia.

Click the image for a larger shot.