Access Virus TI Polar Fun Patches & Playing Style Demo

YouTube via acaruso36

"In this Video, I used Access Virus Ti Polar. I experimented with the Factory Patches and filters and effects control knobs that make the patch Sound interesting. While playing this Awesome synth, I keep addapting the playing style as I adjust the Patches in real time."

Blackey

YouTube via shadowfac via the forum.
"One-hand tweakformance with a Clavia Nord Modular G2, Korg Electribe ER-1, Emu MP7 Command Station, and Boss DR-770 drum machine."

Panther Modules

"Designed by Ken Stone, and bought to market by Laurie Biddulph of Elby Designs, TheBeast is proud to present The Panther Modular.

The module range is intended to work within the current market framework, set out by doepfer, analogue systems, et.al, but, insted of simply offereing yet another 'moog ladder' filter, to offer some truely unique modules, be it in function (Ken's 'Super Psycho LFO' is a fortcomming module) or in sound (try recreating the Steiner filter eleswhere!)

These modules, of course, are fully compatible with the Eurorack systems offered by Doepfer, Plan-B, Analogue Solutions, and the like, and electronically compatible with Analogue Systems modules, although different power cables must be used."

click here for the full list of Panther Modules via The Beast, makers of the Roland TB-303 Beast mod. via sequencer.de

TR-808 Obliterated by Iron Man - Synth Fans at Marvel Comics

Well, sort of. Watch the video here. It comes in the second episode. They are short so if you have the time watch the first, then scroll down to "Iron Man's Adventure Continues." It's in that one. Direct link here for the archives.

via ben shannon.

Sonic Boom and His EMS Synthi AKS

Click here for more images via Charlotte.

Update: The doll according to Charlotte now resides with Sonic Boom. She made it two years ago and gave it to him when she went to see him live. Her brother made his head, you can see more of his quality work here (pretty cool smurf art). I asked Charlotte if she had a website to see more of her work. She doesn't, but she is part of the beloved Tigersushi Corporation. You'll find some interesting posts there. She likes to work collectively with her bother. "I would love to make more action figures from musicians and of course moreover playing analog synths, well... maybe one day."

Moog Freqbox mf-107 Oscillator. Hexfix93’s Take.

You can find the full take here.

"The moog freqbox, a versatile fx pedal unit that can be used as an oscillator in a modular synth setup. When I first plugged them in, I noticed how huge they sounded. How alive. They reminded me of the older moog stuff, like tarus pedals and model d minimoog. With two, the oscillators would beat and sound pretty vintage. These things are FAT. The biggest. The sync sounds were so mean and huge, it would make my whole house shake. I ran these into my doepfer custom eurorack filled with rare boutique modules. I loves how the moog oscillators sounded through the polivoks filter the most. I prefered these oscillators for BASS duties. There is this warm beef that you get in the 60 to 200hz range on the low end of the frequency spectrum. No other synths and oscillators can pump this style of sound out. These pedals really did sound more vintage to me than the little phatty and the new minimoog voyagers. They had plenty of high end frequencies which I think are lacking a tad on the newer moog synths."

Oberheim OB-Xa Wood Sides by Synthwood

Synthwood

up for auction

Kawai SX240

click here for some great pics sent my way via marcel. Be sure to check these out full size.

Moog Guitar review spotted

via Cikira of Cikira.com and RedMoon Music:

"this was posted to Loopers Delight:
- - - - - - - - -

'Hello to all!

I just returned from the Ethermusic Festival, sponsered by Moog Music, in Asheville, NC.

Prior to my set on Thursday night, Jason Danillo from Moog Music expertly demo'd a new product from Moog Music that is simply called:
"The Moog Guitar".

I am not a guitarist myself however I was very impressed with what I learned and heard about this product. I run the risk of sounding like a "salesperson" however I want to share with you what I learned and heard regarding the Moog Guitar.

My first impression of this instrument is that it was an electric guitar with built in (software driven) fx in the body of the guitar. And I would add, super CLEAN fx. And the infinite sustain, for example, was INFINITE with no noise, glitches, etc. However, my guess about the theory of operation was mistaken.

The guitar utilizes built-in ebows -- I'm not sure how many are built into the guitar however there is a least one per string. As many readers here know, the ebow imparts energy to a string to set it into vibration and keep it vibrating forever. The engineers at Moog took things to another level -- for ebow technology can do the opposite: it can be used to remove energy from a string, too.

Each string is independently settable -- some can sustain, others can sound in the normal (unsustained manner), others can produce a staccatto pluck -- in fact, on [sic] of the sounds is a strum followed by a bow. This is all user-settable. Jason strummed a chord and as the chord died down a "bowed string chorus" came up -- as if an entire string section was doubling Jason's guitar part.

My first thought was: Ohhh... my looping friends would LOVE this.
And the tone was really clean. During Jason's demo, he mentioned that some people can't believe that this is all being done on the strings until he unplugs the guitar and folks listen to the strings themselves.

I look forward to hearing the "buzz" about this product among the looping community as well as the theremin community (which includes many guitarists and loopers).

While ebows have been around for awhile, this new product takes things to another level.

Best wishes to Moog Music. May the new Moog Guitar inspire many musicians and be another success story for Moog Music.

All the best to one and all.'"

M563 trigger sequencer modul

YouTube via moonmodular
"One M560 drives the pre-release series of the M563 trigger sequencer - 4 trigger bus to 6 voices."

2 guys, 1 girl and 4 spirits

via Big City Music

E & MM Spectrum Synthesizer

images via this auction

Roland TB-303 with Kenton Upgrade

images via this auction
"Kenton upgrade specification:
Kit to add CV / Gate / Filter / Acent / Slide sockets to the Roland TB-303

When used in conjunction with one of our MIDI to CV converters, such as the Kenton Pro-2000, these five additional sockets will enable the synth to be played from a MIDI keyboard or MIDI sequencer.

The inputs are on 3.5mm mono jack sockets which provide the following control:
CV - provides Volt per Octave control over the oscillator frequency
Gate - controls when notes play (0 volts = note off / >3 volts = note on)
Filter - controls the cutoff frequency of the low pass filter (from aux out of converter)
Accent - turns on or off the accent feature (0 volts = accent off / >3 volts = accent on)
Slide - turns on or off the slide feature (0 volts = slide off / >3 volts = slide on)

The kit contains all necessary components and diagrams for connecting the wires / components, and mounting the four 3.5mm mono jack sockets.

Used with a Kenton Pro-2000 this kit will give you the following control over the synth from a suitable MIDI keyboard or sequencer:

Notes - Around four and a half octaves range - (this is not limited by the kit or converter, but by the synth itself)
Pitchbend - range can be set in the converter
Modulation - from converter's inbuilt LFO. Speed and waveshape can be changed in real time.
Portamento (slide) - rate can be changed in real time.
Filter cutoff frequency - can be controlled using any continuous MIDI controller (cc) or other MIDI message such as Aftertouch or Velocity
Low / High / Recent note priority - can be set in the converter
Single / Multiple note trigger modes - can be set in the converter
Accent - turn the TB-303s inbuilt accent feature on or off using MIDI control
Slide - turn the TB-303's inbuilt slide feature on or off using MIDI control
See the specifications of the Kenton Pro-2000 for further features."

Novation Supernova

via this auction

Roland SH-101 Pink

click here for more images

elSID, now with red panel

flickr by SineSurfer
(click for more, including shots of the inside)

full size

Korg MS20 Legacy Controller

YouTube via thingstocomerecords
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full size

Mini Studio Tour

YouTube via muffwiggler. You can find the write-up here.
"Well I just spent about 2 days re-arranging my studio for better ergonomics. Still tough to cram what I want to do into the furnace rooom in my basement, but whatever.

This is my first video! Taken on a crappy digital still camera at 3am, I could probably do a better job but hey, you gotta start somewhere"

Metalbox Drum Modules

see the full post on Muff Wiggler

"Let's talk drum modules.... my modular has gotten to a point where there's really just two main things missing (ok three if you count a Frequency Shifter) for basically covering all the possible functionality I could wish for. One is an army of analog sequencers. The other is a nice set of dedicated drum modules.

Well, I've been chipping away at the latter issue, and yesterday received a shipment of some custom modules from Metalbox that's pretty much solved the drum-module defecit in my synth."

TR-808 run through some FX boxes

via swissdoc:
"I did some demo recordings of a TR-808 run through some FX boxes. You hear a Roland TR-808 run trough the Korg SE-300 Band Echo, but this not in Echo Mode, just using the very nice distortion it can create by overdriving the input stage. After the SE-300 I used a Korg CMP-1 Compressor to get the levels a bit under control.

tr808_se300_pure.mp3
This is the "dry" signal from the SE-300, just every beat turning the Channel A - Volume knob up one digit.

tr808_se300_tape.mp3
This is the delay signal from the SE-300, so the signal was recorded to tape and played back again. Only the "wet" signal is heard, so no delay effect is perceived, just additional punch from the tape saturaton. Again every beat the Channel A - Volume knob is turned up one digit.

tr808_se300_spring.mp3
Same again, this time the signal is run through the built in spring reverb of the SE-300. Mix is 50/50. What a shattery and metalic sound that is. Again every beat the Channel A - Volume knob is turned up one digit.

tr808_solasound.mp3
The TR-808 is now run through a Solasound Tone Bender, which is a 70s stomp box. Again every beat the FUZZ knob is turned up a bit."

Korg catalog 1984

You can find page 2 on a new blog, FakeBook.

Roland JP-9000

Another via the anonymous reader who brought us the JX-3P Performer.

GFORCE VSM Virtual String Machine

YouTube via sonicstate. This is actually an old one. I thought I put it up already, but apparently not.
"Another cracker from GForce (M-Tron, Odditty, impOSCar etc) sounds lovely and there's a funny story too"

MODULAR fun with the M563

YouTube via moonmodular. Transition at 1:13.
"A M560 sequencer drives a M563 - sounds from 6 voices."

SCI Prophet VS + Roland Juno-60 + Minimoog VCF by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

bassline: Roland Juno-60 through Minimoog VCF with LFO modulation and arpeggiator triggered by the TR-707
PPG like sound, porta lead and intro fx sound: SCI Prophet VS
drums: Roland TR-707

no overdubbing, no playback, no sequencer software used"

Modded TR 505 TR 606 SH 101 PSS 480 Kool Shades RY 1286

YouTube via inducejack
"Heres an analog session with a modded 505 for kick drums and a 606 triggering a modded kool shades toy for claps along also accomponnied with a sh 101 going through a DOD 585 Analog delay pedal just some random noise... I hope you like but if you dont thats ok too."

QUASAR

via Maurizio:
"here is a link to a DIY Synth built by my friend Licio, the Quasar: link"

Check out the link for more images. The description is in Italian. Here's a version in Googlish:
" From a technical point of view, and 'was built by a passionate music
electronic, moderate expert on these machines, recalls very sonicamente the minimoog, from whom and 'recovery was also a little' aesthetics, low profound and leads squillanti, but the sounds' almost 'endless as Sint all of this kind, and 'a very simple to manage, with its controls and 56 'suitable for different musical styles, but the presence of 5 lfo well, suggests that is more 'suitable for electronic music, more' has a section polyphonic editable and totally independent from 3 vco mono, but mixabile the same, a little 'as in DS2 (this is also used to pay these oscillators 3) The result and 'a good sint from the most 'varied sonorities' very stable (each has vco the differential input set), of course being built all handcrafted and devoid of digital circuits, lends itself to be very amended pleasure, and then improved. Sint polyphonic / mono 3 oscillators, prototype fully realized with analog components, 3 vco termostab. saw sin tri quad puls, variable octave system, 2 vcf 24db out lp, bp, hp, cutoff reson., 5 lfo tri sin quad shaper, 2 adsr, 2 vca, midi in, vcf in, cv out, out bf, poly , mix, headphones. Polyphony total g and vcf, autogate, noise, glide, sync 1 +2, keyboard 4 eighth, mobile solid wood lacquered. MP3 facts very quickly and only as a guideline, available. leave email"

Roland JX-3P Performer

This one sent in via an anonymous reader with zero description. If you know more, feel free to comment.

Customsynth.co.uk did this one a while back.

E-Mu SP12 Turbo

images via this auction

* incl. 'turbo' expansion (double sample memory)
* latest OS v2.6 (incl. Midi Sample Dump)
* new internal battery (buffers the sample memory)
* incl. 5,25" floppy disk drive with connection cable
* 6 extra single outputs (unfiltered)
* same sampler and sequencer engine as the sp1200 !!!
(difference is only memory and internal disk drive)

ELKA EM-44

images via this auction

"Rare vitange sound module from italy. Key-less version of Elka EK-44. It is a digital synthesizer that employs frequency modulation (FM) synthesis just like the Yamaha DX-7.

* 4 operators frequency modulation (FM) synthesis
* Polyphony : 9 voices
* Multitimbral : 8 voices.
* Générators : 2 DCG 4 op. stackables (2 sound per DCG).
* Enveloppes : one per op.,one global (ADSR + sustain).
* Filter : 1.
* Sounds : 64 presets + 32 prog.
* Combis : 16.
* LCD (32 car.).
* Stéréo outpouts + headphones
* MIDI in/out/thru
* pedal input
* Externe: RAM or Rom cartridge
* Dimensions : 37,5 x 31 x 10 cm (Lxlxp)
* Weight: 6 kilos
* production year : 1986"

xpander_xt_micron

flickr by AmbientDesigns
(click for more)

Oberheim Xpander
Waldorf Microwave XT
Alesis Micron

Rhodes Chroma Service Policy Guide

via Chris on the Rhodes Chroma list: "New on the site this month is Fender's Service Policy Guide for the Chroma. Thanks to Steve Grom of Fender for this information."

Here's an excerpt:
"1.1 Warranty Period
Rhodes Chroma synthesizers are warranted to the original purchaser only against defects in materials or workmanship for one full year from date of purchase.

1.2 Limitations
The warranty becomes void if the serial number is defaced or removed, or the product has been damaged by alteration, misuse, accident or neglect. Any warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS implied by law is limited to the duration of this express limited warranty. Some states do not allow limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts, so the above limitation may not apply to you. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages, so the above limitation or exclusion may not apply to you. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights which vary from state to State."

Be sure to check the full policy here and then check out the rest of the Rhodes Chroma site. It is probably the best site dedicated to an individual synth out there with "over 250 pages of historical and technical information compiled, written and edited by Chris Ryan." The Chroma Polaris is covered as well.

Hermann Seibs Hauptseite

click here for Herman Seibs Huptseite Synthesizer sub-site. You will find the following listed along with images and information on each:

Emax
Emulator III
Fairlight CMI IIx
Wavestation
PS-3100 [pictured here]
PPG System
Microwave
Microwave XTk
Waldorf Wave
SH-101
MonoWave
Verweise

Can't read German? Here it is in Googlish.

Creamware Minimax ASB

images via this auction

This was originally posted on MATRIXSYNTH-B, minus the additional images.

No synths in the garbage.

vintage pink minimoog

flickr by autoamerican79

"ain't it freakin' grand like, "Holy crap that's the best synthesizer i've ever seen in my life!!" grand?!

i'm sorry, i'm too excited...i love synthesizers soooo much!! "

Bent Fest 2008 Minneapolis Starts NOW

"Finally the last stop of the Bent Festival 2008. If you are in or around the Minneapolis area or don’t mind traveling there, please stop by the Intermedia Arts Center Thursday May 1 through Saturday May 3rd to check out the finest experimental artists Mid West has to offer in one place. Along with international performers that traveled specifically for this event. Workshops will begin on Friday with tutorials on HighlyLiquid’s MIDI kits and on Saturday there will be a wide range of classes for every skill level."

More info on GetLoFi.

666000666

flickr by heckadecimal

THE HARMONIUM

"Mechanical Fourier Analysis and Synthesis"

click here for more info.

via sendling

RIP Albert Hofmann

A synthesist of other sorts. You can find a nice write-up here . Some claim his "gift" influenced the early Buchla and MOOG days. I'm sure it influenced more than a number of synth compositions.

via Rick

Taking the ASys Modular for a Ride

via Big City Music.

Descubrimiento del Sintetizador Moog. Walter Carlos

YouTube via sergiourraca
"La Historia del descubrimiento del sintetizador..."

AHNE 2008 via alt-mode

click here for the images.

DX5 playing Alphaville Big in Japan

YouTube via DX5.

"New cover. Just a "quick done" backtape and some sounds that remind the song. It is not perfect, but I spent a nice time recording. New covers coming soon.

Low Keyb: Roland JP8000
Mid: Roland D10
Top: Roland JX8P"

Casio CZ-101

images via this auction

Korg Mono/Poly MP-4

images via this auction

Anyone know more about the overlay pictured below? What does the text on the top of it say?

Update via Dan: "if i recall correctly, at the top are a few tutorials on how to design different sounds. i think i found a scanned copy of this at synthesized dreams and nightmares or zen monopoly."

Update via plug it in, in the comments: "It say: Korg Mono/Poly Sound Chart, followed by 'presets' for BRASS, SYNC SWEEP, KING GONG, STEEL DRUMS, SYNTHE GUITAR and BOWED VIOLIN"

Stamba's Live Act @ Deviant Machine (BT59-Bordeaux-FRANCE)

You can find more images via Stamba on the forum.

"Here is the recording of my live act: [link1] and [link2]. About 45min and 192kbps

Gears used :
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-505
Clavia Nord Modular
Elektron Machine Drum
MFB Synth Lite II
MFB 503
MAM MAP1
AKAI MPC500
BOSS SE-50
X-FADE LVP110
Pioneer DJM-400
Mackie 1604VLZ
http://www.stamba.fr"

YAMAHA CS-10

YouTube via elfferichfour
"Can't live without him ; my YAMAHA CS-10. Best bass sounds I have ever heard. Never let me down. listen( download for free) to 5 albums ( only analog synthesizers) at www.wmrecordings.com."

PT-20 by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. "CIRCUIT BENT CASIO PT-20 WITH 12 MODIFICATIONS"

TYU-40 by S-CAT

"CIRCUIT BENY YAMAHA TYU-40 WITH 2 SWITCHABLE MODIFICATIONS"

BTW, for coverage of this year's NYC Circuit Bending Festival, NYC Bent Fest 2008, check out GetLoFi

Alesis Ion easy synth-ing 3: some osc sounds

YouTube via se7ense7
"I tried to make a decent video with some good sounding clean osc sounds of the Alesis Ion synthesizer. The Windows Movie maker f*cked up the sounds in the louder parts (some wind-like sound has sneaked in for no reason). But it's still quite decent.

People always ask how the sawtooth sounds, in relation to other synths. Now you can compare for yourself.

Feel free to add comments, requests, ...

I'm not the synth god, so I do not pretend to know it all.

Pz
ARD"

Yamaha Design Exhibition 2008

Yamaha Key designs by Milano Salone 2008

click here for more.

via Synthtopia

Notebook Keyboard