Theiss Modular System

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After the cleaning

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"cheap facelift: new knobs"

via Stiev A. in the comments of this post.

Korg MS-20 + RM-55 Jam

YouTube via deused
"I've connected a Korg Rhythm 55 with a Korg MS-20 by using the patching system.. (i used the trigger out and signal out from the drumcomputer)"

Korg Rhythm 55 + Korg MS-20

"The sound you are hearing isn't anywhere near the sound of the KR55. It just produces the beeps and blips wich are controlling the VCO's."

Korg MS-20 Softi

YouTube via Thermobier
"Leider wird der Sound auf Grund der Komprimierung in dem Video ziemlich verzerrt aber schon der USB-Controller ist ein echter Hingucker."
"Unfortunately, the sound on the ground in the video compression rather distorted but the USB controller is a real eye-catcher."

White Roland SH-1000

via CustomSynth.

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CIRCUIT BENT YAMAHA DD-12 DRUM MACHINE

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. CIRCUIT BENT WITH 12 MODIFICATIONS.

CIRCUIT BENT YAMAHA DD-12 DRUM MACHINE (PT-2)

KORG MS20

images via this auction

it's there. see it?

inside a KORG MS20

Waldorf Microwave XT

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Roland SH-5

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Yamaha VSS-30

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"Yamaha Porta Sound VSS-30
Key Board Voice Sampler Synthesizer"

Moog Taurus I analog synthesizer pcb

via this auction

MiniKorg Front

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Sweet Synth

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Anyone know what this is?

Ring Modulated Generative Patch

YouTube via isotopeofme. via poictesme on the forum.
"Sunday morning generative patch with the VCO sine outputs ring modulating each other. Sounds a bit like I remember space mountain sounding! The lower part of the patch is one of the 2 oscillators being driven by the sample and hold, then heavily filtered to keep only the bass notes. The creschendo is the 24db VCF self oscillating thanks to a rising saw LFO on the secondary CV input."
Here's the patch:
Audio Signal Path
A110 Saw> 24db LPF
A110 Sine > RingMod Xin
24db LPF > main mix
A222 Sine > RingMod Yin
RingMod X*Y out > VCA
Noise > S&H Smp. in
VCA > MMF
MMF LP out > main mix

CV Path
LFO1 Square out > S&H Trig. in
LFO1 Sine > LFO2 CV
LFO2 Square out > ADSR Gate
ADSR > VCA
S&H out > VCO1 CV
LFO3 Tri out > MMF VCF Q CV
LFO3 SawUp out > 24db LPF QCV

вселенная

YouTube via BodyThief100. "Music composed with FL studio 6"

NEriks Audio

"Welcome to NEriks Audio. We are a small company highly specialized in repair and maintenance of electronic musical instruments and studio equipment like analog synthesizers, outboards, mixing consoles, amplifiers etc. Apart from repairing and maintaining instruments and studio equipment, NEriks Audio also develops products for various musical applications."

http://www.neriks.com/

ABBA's Minimoog

via Niklas of NEriks Audio

"The white Minimoog to the left in the picture belongs to Benny Andersson, ABBA. The picture was taken last time I had it in my workshop for service. Benny Andersson still owns the Minimoog but it currently resides in a studio in Stockholm called Roth-Händle."

BTW, you might recognize the name Roth Handle from these videos.

Baltimore SDIY Meeting #1 minutes for April 2008

via Logan on the AH list:
"Hello to all. The 1st meeting of the newly formed Baltimore SDIY (Synthesizer Do It Yourself) Group was held today at The Golden Corral Restaurant on Chesapeake Drive in Glen Burnie MD. Dave Vosh & I were the only attendees because of the short notice with which I put the meeting together. He brought his Doepfer A-100 Analog Modular System & I bought my DVC-1 Dual Voltage Controlled Oscillator module, DNG-1 Dual White/Pink Noise Generator module that I designed & built in 2005 & 2006 respectively, and a Single LFO module that I made on 11/06/1979 that still works. There are photos of Dave's system & my modules including photos of the two of us on my personal website.


We enjoyed checking out each other's systems and just talking about different approaches to the SDIY field as well as circuit pros & cons. This meeting really enhanced both of our viewpoints on this subject and may even lead to future live performances together. Today was an eye opener & an inspiration to the continuing construction on my own self-desgned & built analog music synthesizer.

In November of 2007 I decided that it was time to try & form an SDIY group here in Baltimore MD since some of the other groups seem to be located in the Upper East Coast, Midwest & West Coast areas, so due to the long distances & today's ever-increasing gas prices I find it difficult to attend any of these meetings. I really didn't know if anyone else would be interested in doing something like this when I put out my original Baltimore SDIY Group formation proposal on the AH & SDIY email groups lists last year.

Dave & I are hoping that there will be other members at the next meeting and we're also thinking about other locations to hold future SDIY meetings. The future meeting location(s) will hopefully be in an area that will be a central meeting place distance-wise since we all live in different parts of Maryland with one member living in Alexandria VA. We're also hoping to get other members to join the Baltimore SDIY Group who may not necessarily put together their own synthesizers but still have an interest in Electronic Music and/or music synthesizers. If you're interested in joining the Baltimore SDIY Group just send me an email to ProwlerRaven32 hotmail.com and request to be added to the group. Also include your contact phone number(s) if you feel comfortable doing so so that I will have a faster way to contact you in case the group has a pre-planned event with last minute changes that you may need to know about right away. Thanks for reading this posting and Happy SDIYing."

Roland SH-5

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"The SH-5 is a classic yet very advanced monophonic synthesizer rivalled mainly by its successor, the SH-7. The SH-5 has just about two of everything. There are two analog VCOs with triangle, ramp, square and pulse waveforms, two LFO's, two filters, two VCA's, white and pink noise generators, and more. The oscillators can be modulated by the LFOs or the ADSR envelope generator. The two LFOs include controls for rate and waveshape: ramp, reverse ramp, triangle, sine, square, delay; and there is also a Sample + Hold feature. The two multi-mode filters include hi-pass, low-pass, and band-pass filtering with cutoff, resonance, keyboard tracking, envelope sensitivity (AR, ADSR or preset) and modulation (ramp, sine, square, s+h) controls plus an additional band-pass-only filter. The two VCAs offer Attack/Release and ADSR envelopes which can be triggered by the Sample + Hold, LFO #2 or an external audio trigger input. Extra features include the standard SH-type Mixer section with 5 sliders to adjust noise, VCO1, VCO2, ring mod and an external signal levels. Each of these 5 signals can be individually sent through the VCA, the multi-mode filter, the band-pass filter or both. The SH-5 even has stereo output with panning controls in the VCA section and portamento! The Ring Modulator alone is enough to wet your appetite for this synth. A serious analog mono-synth with lots of flexibility for creating serious electronic and dance music"

Roland System 100, 101 & 102 Keyboard & Expander

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"The Synthesizer 101 section is a fully self-contained analog mono-synth. It features a 37-note keyboard (with no performance controls, velocity or aftertouch), and lots of sliders to tweak. Its design is similar to the SH-series analog synths. Controls for the VCO, LFO, VCF lowpass/highpass filters, VCA with ADSR, Noise, and Portamento/Glide effects are all within hands reach. There's also a handy A-440Hz tuning oscillator, like on the Minimoog. The Expander 102 section is a keyboard-less version of the 101, designed to stand upright and behind the main Synthesizer 101. More than one Expander 102 can be added to make your system fatter and fatter! The Expander is identical to the Synthesizer except that it replaces Portamento/Glide effects with a Sample-and-Hold feature for the LFO, the Noise gen. is replaced by a Ring Modulator, and the A-440 tuning osc. is replaced by weak/strong sync inputs and a mix-in jack. The Expander is an excellent way to add more oscillators and synth effects (the s&h and ring-mod) to a System 100. The oscillators can be synced if you have both modules. The 101 & 102 are already internally patched and ready to produce sounds, but that can be bypassed by external patching."

Update: box shot via this other auction from the same seller. There is also a System 100m 181 keyboard controller here.

Roland SBX-80 and TB-303

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"The Roland TB-303 Bass Line is a synthesizer with built-in sequencer manufactured by the Roland corporation in 1982 and 1983 that had a defining role in the development of contemporary electronic music. The TB-303 (named for "Transistor Bass") was originally marketed to guitarists for bass accompaniment while practicing alone. Production lasted approximately 18 months, resulting in only 10,000 units. It was not until the mid- to late-1980s that DJs and electronic musicians in Chicago found a use for the machine in the context of the newly developing house music genre. At the time they were very cheap, which helped to contribute to their popularity. The TB-303 is considered a collector's item today, often valued at US $1000 to $3000. An example recently sold on eBay for US $2,275.00. Phuture's "Acid Tracks" is widely acknowledged to have been the first Acid House recording to incorporate prototypical TB-303 sounds. Earlier recordings featuring the TB-303 can be traced back as far as the early Electro scene, including artists such as Ice T, Newcleus, and Mantronix, as well as pop musicians such as Heaven 17 and Section 25. In the early 90's, as new Acid styles emerged, the 303 was often overdriven, producing a harsher sound. Examples of this technique include Hardfloor's 1992 EP "Acperience", and Interlect 3000's 1993 EP "Volcano". The well-known "acid" sound is typically produced by playing a repeating note pattern on the TB-303, while altering the filter's cutoff frequency, resonance, and envelope modulation. The TB-303's accent control modifies a note's volume, filter resonance, and envelope modulation, allowing further variations in timbre. A distortion effect, either by using a guitar effects pedal or overdriving the input of an audio mixer, is commonly used to give the TB-303 a denser, noisier timbre--as the resulting sound is much richer in harmonics. The head designer of the TB-303, Tadao Kikumoto, was also responsible for leading design of the TR-909 drum machine. " No details on the SBX-80. If you know more, feel free to comment. via ni hao in the comments of this post.

Update via burstgenerator in the comments: "the SBX-80 was good for syncing sequencing hardware to tape machines via SMPTE that it would then translate into midi-clock or roland sync, etc. link"

ID the Synth and Music

swissdoc sent in this mp3. Anyone know who composed the background music and what synth or synths are used?

Update via Z: "The 'bells' are Roland D-50, it's a preset, but I forgot which one. At 1:40, the narrator says "David Lanz" who is a new age composer that was on the Narada label back in the 80's. Not sure if he's the composer of the background music or not."

A little bit of deep house... :-)

YouTube via feelda303. via Mr. Array. Access Virus TI Polar.
See the thumbnails at the bottom of the player after the video ends for more.

Bach: At the Frontier of the Future w/ Rosalyn Tureck (3/4)

YouTube via maetriks
"Rosalyn Tureck plays and discusses the music of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Aired 1/31/80
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42HC8...
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2oRM5...
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Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90zwyZ..."

Voice Reader Online

Click here and create some samples. via sequencer.de.

Analog style sequencing on a MS2000R II

YouTube via trom69. via Nusonica.
"Another experiment with the MS2000R synth/sequencer."

Moog Prodigy sequence demo patch

YouTube via sensormusic. http://myspace.com/sensorband

AHMW Year 10 Pics by Synthasonic

Click here for images of this year's event by Synthasonic.

Update: more images in on Retrosynth.com

A Few More P'08 Sounds

via Stefan Trippler: p8t.mp3

Clavia Ddrum AT

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"This is an extrmemly rare Ddrum AT Drum module by the Swedish company Clavia. There were only a couple hundred of these units made. This module comes with the even rarer sound paks. There are five: Orchestral 1, Kick & Snare, Ddrum Kit 3, Larrie London Signature Kit, and Effect snares. The DDrum AT also has internal kits ranging from rock to electronic. The samples are great.This module is one of the best I have ever heard and the control and sensitivity is awesome. It has some scratches and dings cosmetically but it functions 100%. It is one of the easiest units to use and program as well. I am selling the pay the taxman otherwise I would definetly be keeping this. I will email you a PDF of the manual at the auction end but you can download it yourself on the Clavia Nord site." via Nick.

Sequential Circuits Model 700 Programmer

via this auction
"Mark 2 In 1979 the Mark 2 model was released with front panel V/octave trimmers for the 3 control voltages, and a single multi-way socket for a single cable connection to the partner synthesizer. The Mark 2 has revised PCB's and a slightly different circuit design. The original CA3080 and matched transistor design was updated to use SSM2050 and SSM2020 chips, along with TL072 Op Amp's. The high quality sealed cermet pots were also replaced with standard carbon pots. All these changes meant the Model 700 could be manufactured for less money.

Sequential Circuits went on to sell over 200 Programmers, and it was still in the catalog in March 1981.

The Model 700 has a place in synthesizer history and it provided some funding and technical R&D for the legendary Prophet 5. Below is a Mark 2 version with Prophet 5 knobs, and lettering above the tactile switches. The 7 segment display is larger and the patch Record facility has a red button rather than being on the right hand lower toggle switch." via Nick.

Kawai K5 Additive Synthesizer

"Kawai K5 and Kawai K5m are Digital Multi-Dimensional Synthesizers working based on fourier synthesis Additive Sound Synthesis , that gives nearly infinite freedom in creating sounds. Using realtime Additive Synthesis, each sound of the Kawai K5 can consist of up to 126 harmonic sine waves. This simple but powerful technique, makes it possible to create complex waveforms for new and unique sounds or even recreate waveforms similar to natural sounds."

Click here for a website dedicated to the Kawai K5 and K5m additive synthesizers. You will find samples, images, a librarian, and more.
via swissdoc

flight of harmony Infernal Noise Machine

via flight:

"Pics, diagrams, specs and samples are up at flight of harmony. We hope to get as much feedback as possible and would love to hear what people really *want* in a synth/ music- related device. If we get enough suggestions for something specific, we’ll work to make it a reality."

Samples of the Infernal Noise Machine are on site.

MC202 does Boards of Canada

YouTube via nibkey
"Well no one really knows what they use but here's my little 202 doing a (very) passable impression of one of their signature tones. No fx AFAIK, maybe a touch of reverb, not sure. Sorry for the sound quality, that MC has a nasty resonance!

And yes, my playing sucks and the sequence hasn't been edited to play properly, I know but this is just a proof of concept, not a performance. If you're lucky you can make out the settings to copy them!"

OX2

YouTube via ThomashAcid. via Nusonica.
"Roland D50, JP8000, Eminent 310, Minipops7, Smallstone"

CASIO MT-55 by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. "CIRCUIT BENT with 7 MODIFICATIONS"

Elektron's Computer sound

YouTube via lasercicalone
"I'm trying to reproduce some kind of computer's sound with my Elektron's gears in a short demo."

Realistic Concertmate MG-1 Service Manual

via this auction

Realistic Concertmate MG-1 Owners Manual

via this auction

Roland D-50 Set-Ups

via this auction

"Quick Step-by-Step reference to operating your synthesizer. 32 pages."

MOOG Liberation

via this auction
"The Liberation is a 2-VCO monophonic synth with a polyphonic section that can play simple organ-type sounds. Its keyboard is aftertouch-sensitive and on its neck it has control wheels for filter cutoff (spring loaded), modulation and volume, as well as a pitch ribbon. VCO1 is switchable between triangle, sawtooth, and pulse wave. VCO2 has triangle, sawtooth, and square waves and can be synced to VCO1. Both oscillators can be switched over a 3-octave range.
However, VCO2's range is an octave higher than VCO1's. The Liberation has a single VCF and 2 ADS envelopes: one for the VCF and one for the VCA. There is a 40-foot cable that connects the Liberation to its rackmounted other half which houses its power supply and cv/trigger output sockets."

Hobnox Audiotool Live Performance

Hobnox Audiotool Live Performance from joa e on Vimeo.
http://www.hobnox.com and http://percussa.com/ Audio Cubes.

Modular

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White MOOG The Rogue

via CustomSynth.

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Serge and Nord Jam...

MP3 on SYNTHWIRE, via Carbon111.

Analog skys

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Live Test#01

YouTube via unyo303. "Doepfer A100 & KORG ER-1 & KP3 & LIVE"

The Tone Generation - Around the world in electronic sound

"This Friday sees the launch of a new simonsound produced radio series looking at the history of electronic music as a worldwide phenomenon. The 10 part series called ‘The Tone Generation’ is presented by electronic musician and film-maker Ian Helliwell. Starting in Europe and finishing in the Southern Hemisphere Ian will be playing vintage tracks - some celebrated, many obscure and overlooked, to give an overview of electronic music. Part one starts with Great Britain and features music from a number of BBC Radiophonic composers including Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire." More info on Simon Sound, via Music Thing.

The Synthi AKS

via What The Future Sounded Like, via Analog Suicide.

Cwejman MX-7

"The MX-7 is a seven channel voltage controlled mixer. It consist of seven "state-of-the-art" voltage controlled amplifiers which can be routed by switches to main outputs (A and B). All channels has the individual mute control, as well. The mix for both outgoing channels (A+B) can be voltage controlled."
Under the News section of http://www.cwejman.net/