Weevil 08 by Bugbrand

YouTube via cygnusvideo (btw, thanks for the link! :) )
http://www.bugbrand.co.uk
http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/cygnusmusic

DIY Buchla 200e Cabinet

via electro-music.com

"the 'blue' colour is because there's a sticker to protect the aluminum."

physical modeling synthesizer of grand piano - pianoid

YouTube via valerykx
"Audiofanzine video from musikmesse Frankfurt 2008"
Anyone catch the name of the company? Speak Piano ID or Speed Piano ID? I did a search for both and came up dry.

Update via Valerykx in the comments: "Our companies name is pianoID :) News about device you can find here - http://www.pianoid.com/teamblog"
and via retrosynth: http://www.pianoid.com/

Synton Syrinx

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"The Synton Syrinx is one of the few analog synths to come out of the Netherlands. It's a monophonic lead synth in the same category as the Minimoog, Arp Odyssey, and Roland SH-7. But the Syrinx is pretty rare, only a few hundred were produced from 1983 through 1984.

Description
Pre-MIDI monophonic analog synthesizer with two oscillators, hard- and soft sync, pulse-width modulation, sub-oscillator, ring modulation, noise source, two LFOs, two ADSR envelopes, formant filter, two parallel bandpass filters with separate resonance controls, 44-note keyboard, and unusual pitchbender. A few keyboardless Syrinxes were manufactured during the 1990s.

Produced
May 1982 to 1984.

Approximate Number Manufactured
325 to 350.

Manufacturer
Synton, Breukelen, Holland (no longer doing business).

Insider Information
Synton founder Felix Visser was inspired to design synthesizers after purchasing an EMS Synthi-A that stopped functioning three days after he’d brought it home from London. In the process of repairing it, he analyzed the Synthi-A’s circuitry and thought he could do better. He started Synton in 1973 to materialize his concept of a voltage-controlled synth. . . . Visser was a jazz drummer who began experimenting with electronic music during the late ’60s. He owns an extensive collection of vintage electronic gear and is in the process of opening a museum called the Elektryseum in Holland.

Original Retail Price
$1,095.

Current Value
$4,000 to $6,000."

Weevil 08 by Bugbrand

YouTube via cygnusvideo
"http://www.bugbrand.co.uk http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/ http://www.myspace.com/cygnusmusic "

The Bob Moog Foundation Blog

"The Bob Moog Foundation is proud to be sending you this message from The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC where we are hosting the CD Release party for Mooged Out: Asheville.

To see pictures and read some stories from the night, visit our new blog at link

With 12 bands here, it's going to be quite a party. The first set features a mix of artists from the CD (you can buy it at our website) and the second set is one of our favorite funk bands: Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band.

Have a great night! Make sure to check www.moogfoundation.org to get your copy of the CD."

Utopia synth vs the Moogerfooger Phaser

YouTube via RothHandle
"A short little film showing some of the sounds you can get using the Utopia synth and a moogerfooger phaser.

This film was shot at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm, Sweden. The studio is based around Mattias Olssons collection of vintage keyboards, stompboxes and other musical oddities. If you are interested in the studio for more info or booking please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

World's Smallest Rhodes Piano (Stage 1?)

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is a Rhodes piano that was used at NAMM back in the days to show how the action worked. Pretty cool!"

SEXY-SYNTHESIZER [ROCK-SPECIAL EDITION] CM

YouTube via sexysynthesizer. C64, Nintendo, or other? You tell me.
"SEXY-SYNTHESIZER NEW ALBUM "ROCK-SPECIAL EDITION" 2008.5.14 ON SALE!!"

Yayaya - guitar voice - faking a talkbox

YouTube via bigcitymusic. Boots or socks?
"Here we have a Dirty Boy Afro Fuzz running into a Zvex Wah Probe running into a Malekko Echo 600D and finally into the Frostwave Sonic Alienator. The Sonic Alienator's bit crunching along with the sweeping filter from the Wah Probe gives that yaya vocal sound. Fun stuff!"

Yamaha TQ5 and Logic 8: Everything Old Is New Again

YouTube via gearwire
"French theorist Jean Baudrillard defined the term "retro" as a "demythologization of the past, distancing the present from the big ideas that drove the modern age." If you're like me, you just as much about 20th century post-structuralist thought as you do about MIDI (i.e., not much). That's why I rely on Bill Holland to help me differentiate my MIDI ins from my MIDI outs, if you know what I mean."

Logan String Melody 2 + EHX Small Stone by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage gear demo by RetroSound

the different presets of the Logan String Melody Mk2 through the electro harmonix small stone phase shifter from the 70` years
drums: Roland TR-606"

Destroying the Soundmaster Discobeat through Moogerfoogers

YouTube via RothHandle
"An extreme treatment on the Discobeat. Messing with moogerfoogers.

This film was shot at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. for more info and booking please visit
www.roth-handle.nu"

MOOG SOURCE Synthesizer Operation Manual

via this auction
"Original MOOG ROGUE Operation Manual by Herb Deutsch. A VERY RARE original manual on the SOURCE, a classic MOOG synth. Written by Robert Moog collaborator Rock Wehrmann. Wehrmann got a job with Moog Music, first as Artist-in-Residence, and eventually as Manager of Marketing & Advertising. He subsequently worked at Audio-Technica U.S., Inc. and with such prominent artists as Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stevie Wonder."

MOOG ROGUE Synthesizer Operation Manual

via this auction

"A VERY RARE original manual on the rogue, a classic MOOG synth. Written by MOOG collaborator and Emeritus Professor of Music at Hofstra, Herbert A. Deutsch (see link)"

Iguana on Minikorg

flickr by Jabberwalky

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a3

flickr by breath.sound

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Realistic MOOG MG-1

Roland 100m 185 Sequencer

M185 Front panel
Finished unit
Close up of gate-mode and count switches

flickr by ryktnk
(click for the set)

Políssonos and More

Políssonos from Rui Penha on Vimeo.
"Políssonos is a loop-based midi sequencer that elicits the relation between the rhythmical division of time and the shapes of polygons. It was developed in September 2007, for the month of "Music + Mathematics", in October 2007, at Casa da Música. A simple midi sequencer at its core, Políssonos is mainly a proposal for a loop orientated alternative to the traditional “piano roll” interface. Políssonos was awarded with an honorable mention at Lomus 2008 - International Music Software Contest."
You can find this and more software made with Processing and Max/MSP for free here.

Untensed Time - The Long Goodbye

YouTube via ZonkOut. "Nanobangbang version."
Blacet/Bananalogue/Modcan modular for the bass line and a Multivox FR-6 drum machine (through a Moogerfooger Ringmod).

Vice Vostok

click here for another Vostok sample via Califaudio.

layout200e

flickr by cray5656

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Buchla 200e

Vangelis on Yamaha CS80

flickr by Neil Vance

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"Also in photo, Korg Poly Ensemble, ARP Pro-soloist, Farfisa Syntorchestra, Clavinet D6 and Fender Rhodes 88"

Surachai Modular Loops

"The current modular tour setup is:
Livewire Dalek
Cwejman VM-1
Doepfer A-188-2 BBD
Doepfer A-142-3 Quad LFO
Doepfer A-155 Sequencer
Harvestman Malgorithm
Harvestman Polivoks VCF
Plan B Mixer"

click here for the post with audio on Trash_Audio.

Flame Clockwork Mini-Workshop (deutsch)

YouTube via flameampere. via sequencer.de.
"Mini Workshop with Daniel Dorsch from Berlin (to use Kaoss Pad 2, Flame Clockwork, Moogerfooger LowPass Filter and Electribe EM-1) - specify the Shift function and CV/Gate outs for moogerfooger Filter control.
The Flame play three drum sounds of the Electribe (via fixed NoteOns of the Clockwork tracks) and filter the sounds with the moogerfooger.
All music tracks in this video are parts of a theater music by Daniel Dorsch, playing exclusive in this configuration."

KaossPad2+Clockwork+Moogerfooger+Electribe

click here for more.
"Short cut of session with Daniel Dorsch from Berlin (to use Kaoss Pad 2, Flame Clockwork, Moogerfooger LowPass Filter and Electribe EM-1)"

Mellowtron

flickr by lightgazer

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Note the desktop Prophet-5 minus keys in the background and the Minimoog's knobs.

"The Beatles used a Mellowtron prominently in "Strawberry Fields Forever"

The heart of the instrument is a bank of magnetic audio tapes. Each tape has approximately eight seconds of playing time. Playback heads (underneath each key) enable the playing of pre-recorded sounds."

Casio Rapman RAP-1 Sample Kit

Samples, pics and thoughts on The Midi Mechanics Showroom

"The Casio Rapman is probably the most bizarre of all Casio toy keyboards from the 80s and 90s. The RAP-1 is the first of the two Rap-themed keyboards from the big 'C' and was released in 1991...

The two main features of this fun little machine are the neat pseudo-vocoder effect and the surprisingly good drums. You can either trigger kick, snare and cowbell yourself with little orange rubber-pads or play 25 pre-programmed rhythms and create wacky breaks with a scratchweel. Some of those beats even come with a funky bassline and sound like they were pulled from some lost "Prince of Bel Air" soundtrack or a never released Vanilla Ice comeback album... Wouldn't it be nice to have those sounds on your MPC or Machinedrum or load them in Battery?"

Duran Duran and the Prophet-5

Duran Duran - Their First Live TV appearance 1981

YouTube via Blockbuster9002. Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. Anyone ID the second synth? I'm guessing the Roland Promars.
"Another gem from Block's tape archives. Here is Duran Duran performing Careless Memory on the BBC Midlands TV show Look Hear! March 10th 1981. They played 3 numbers in total but I've just put one of them up here for you to enjoy."

Duran Duran - Planet Earth (Night Version)

YouTube via samegirl.
"1981 The Night Version video with lots of fabulous New Romantics"
Some brief synth shots in this one.
Just a couple of videos inspired by AnalogSuicide. It reminded me that their first synth of choice was actually the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, not the Roland Jupiter-8 which came later.

Brood and the HFT modular

via John Hughes of BROOD

"We're building a site for HFT right now and I'll be able to send you some nice pictures once we get that together. Here's a few shots from an interview with my friend and designer, Jonas Banker, who designed custom panels to bridge the different format modules together (and allow for shorter patching).... The HFT modular synth is the modular synth at the studio, HFT."


"Brood is the collaborative project of Chicago's John Hughes and Pompeii's Lino Monaco and Nicola Buono (both of Retina.IT). The single was recorded in the late summer of 2007 at Hughes' HFT Studio while cicadas screamed from the trees across the street. The cicada's mass hatching coincided with the birth of this new project and inspired the single track, Brood XIII. The material for this and the upcoming full-length was recorded almost entirely using the HFT analog modular synth."

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AHMW 2008 via Suit & Tie Guy

images here

Cable Holders via Synthwood

synthwood.com is now offering a custom cable holder for $38 shipped in the USA ($48 international). If you are interested, please email orders@synthwood.com

YouTube via thetonewrecker
"The Squarewave Parade Downgrade 2 pedal with CV control from the Frostwave with a simple beat via the Roland TR-626."

Flame Midi Talking Synth Demo With Robots

Flame Midi Talking Synth Demo With Robots from Kung Fu Girls Club on Vimeo.

SRR!

YouTube via Cranda11. BTW, don't forget about 45 Tribute.
"Working out some songs for a micronaut live PA. This is SRR!, a new track I'm just ironing out the bugs on. The end result almost certainly won't be seven minutes long. And it won't have my elbow blocking the lense for half of it either."

Mondo Modular Episode 3

YouTube via scootermccrae
"Yet another attempt to deliver the most amazing electronic sounds possible with my meager talents holding on tight to the controls of a spectacular modular sound generating system.

Give this one two or three minutes to warm up; I promise the second half delivers stuff that sounds like Robby the Robot barfing Anne Francis a star-sapphire encrusted dress.

(Also want to note that the end of this episode actually happened the way you hear it -- I did not overdub any sound effect and it really did happen as it appears on-camera)

As always, thanks for watching."

MiniMoog Voyager Old School

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's a snippet of the new Moog Voyager Old School. We love the sound of this board. There are some cool new modulation options like LFO rate as a destination and filter envelope as a modulation source at the turn of a switch. Cool. Old School!"

Korg MS-20 Softi Teil 2b

YouTube via Thermobier

Enjoy The Silence

YouTube via analoguecrazy4. Roland W-30 (manual drums), KORG Wavestastion (pads).
"Here is my attempt at 'Enjoy The Silence' by Depeche Mode. This is one of my all-time favorite songs."

Roland Juno-106

images via this auction

Elektor Formant Modular Synth

via this auction

"Late seventies early 80's elektor formant modular synth in near mint shape. Modules include noise, lfo, adsr, adsr,dual vca, com, vco, vco, vco, vcf, vcf, 24db, and rfm. It does have cv and gate oput. Keyboard has octave tuning, FM, and portamento."

FM Theory & Applications

via eBay

"FM Theory & Applications By Musicians for Musicians.

Dr. John Chowning (inventor of FM Synthesis)
David Bristow ( Yamaha synth designer)

Great condition-
Copyright 1986 Yamaha Music Foundation

Very rare book, hardcover with dust jacket.
Covers topics relating to Frequency Modulation synthesis theory and it's relevance to making music.
If you have used a Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer or many of the other Yamaha DX synths, the sounds are created using FM synthesis."

Update: check the comments.

Elby Designs CGS Synthacon Filter

via this auction

"details can be found here"

Oberheim OB-8

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"equipped with factory MIDI and has the page 2 silk-screened on the front panel. It has an elaborate modulation routing configuration, especially with the "page 2" options which gives you a full additional set of parameters like an envelope (invertable!)for the lfo..speed and/or depth delay, just to name two! It has an extra LFO on the bend panel, also with many features: 6 waves from which to choose- up saw, down saw, square, S/H, noise, and triangle. Route to OSC 1, OSC 2, or both, and again, completely independent of the front panel LFO, which is probably already doing its own modulations on PW, FILTER, VCOs, and VCA.

THE ARPEGGIATOR (!) was way ahead of its time with the ability to program the intervals at which it can arpeggiate: DOWN, UP, UP/DOWN, and RANDOM. Yes, you do not have to rely on the $4000+ Jupiter 8 for the same (if not better)random arpeggiator ! It's hidden from the functions silk-screened on the bend panel, as are the programmable intervals, etc... Right now, it's programmed to arpeggiate octaves, (same as Jupiter 8's RANGE). It Sounds amazing and is the OB-8's best kept secret.

The OB-8 has 16 VCOs, 8 VCFs with 2 modes, and 16 VCA/EGs."

Hartmann Neuron

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"Hartmann Neuron Surround Sound Synth"

Access Virus Indigo

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"a comparison chart between it and the Inidigo 2 from the Access site"
The chart actually includes all Access synths.

MOOG Micromoog

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Vermona DRM1 MKII Analog Drum Synthesizer

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"The DRM1 MKII is an eight-channel, completely analog drum synthesizer. It gives you total control over every parameter through its 72 controls.

Each channel features specific parameters for generating a certain kind of drum and/or percussive sound. They are divided into:

- three DRUM channels
- one MULTI channel
- one SNARE channel
- two HI HAT / CYMBAL channels
- one CLAP channel

In addition to the main stereo output, every channel is also equipped with an individual output / insert jack, which allows you to insert external effects.

Each channel has its own output/insert jack on the front panel. The rear panel features the master output (L/R), as well as the MIDI IN and THRU jacks. The DRM1 MKII has an integrated power supply.

The design and construction of the chassis makes it possible to use the DRM1 MKII either in a 19" rack (5U) or as a tabletop unit with the front panel tilted on a convenient angle.

The DRM1 MKII can be triggered via MIDI - MIDI channel and note number can be freely assigned."

SK-1 demo thru Modular Synth

SK-1 demo thru Modular Synth from Derek Sajbel on Vimeo.
"by madman Dave Wright of Not Breathing circa 2005
on his homebuilt modular Le Quarto"

My friends song is in my head!

My friends song is in my head! from LCF on Vimeo.
"Composition: Oram Hahn
Analog Remix: me ;)

My friend made a really cool track for his music project - it's stuck in my head, so I went about recreating it on old analog synthesizers - soon I hope to make more videos about them and how this all works :)

Program: Logic 7
Synthesizers:
Akai AX73
Roland HS-60 (Juno)
Casio CZ3000
Mixer: Yamaha MW10C Digital"

Doepfer VCF as Spectral Gate

Doepfer VCF as Spectral Gate from Ben Cameron on Vimeo.
"This video demonstrates the 24db and LP of the multi-mode filter being triggered by fast ADSRs to use them as spectral gates of sorts rather than routing the VCO sine waves through the VCA. It also demonstrates the S&H being used as a random note length modulator by varying the filter frequency of one of the 2 filters used."