via this auction"Modified Roland TR-727 by Diabolical Devices: Roland TR-727 with added pitch controls for the first 8 drum sounds/groups (bass drum through Hi-Hats..not cymbals) Each pitch control has a bypass switch and a bi-color (red/blue) LED to indicate pitch status. There is also a 12 point circuit-bending patch bay and 4 hard-wired switches, when these are activated you can generate a variety of ring-mod, distorted and bit reduced, and delayed effects. Please check out the audio samples on our web site. I will post a video in this listing when I can. This machine also has Blue LED color change. Audio Samples are at: www.circuit-bent.com"
via this auction "Modified Roland TR-707 by Diabolical Devices: Roland TR-707 with added pitch controls for the first 8 drum sounds/groups (bass drum through Hi-Hats..not cymbals) Each pitch control has a bypass switch and a bi-color (red/blue) LED to indicate pitch status. There is also a 12 point circuit-bending patch bay and 4 hard-wired switches, when these are activated you can generate a variety of ring-mod, distorted and bit reduced, and delayed effects. Please check out the audio samples on our web site. I will post a video in this listing when I can. This machine also has Blue LED color change. Audio Samples are at: www.circuit-bent.com"
With the Neptune Mk2, the original Neptune has been even more improved and carries internal and general improvements. It has been changed:
Much better quality smooth potentiometer New graphics Soft touch knobs High efficiency 5mm leds 2.2mm travel push switches for optimal optical feedback Keyfollow switch has been added Freerun switch to have Osz3 free of the keyboard as the ProTone had Better Noise generator which is still a true noise generator with a spectrum now up to 100kHz Volume potentiometer has been added Power on Switch Several possibilities for additional manual changes
Also original Neptune already had: Pure DC Design means no capacitors in the signal flow Pure analog technique Low noise design High quality cascade filter True noise generator (NOT digital noise) MIDI Signal regeneration means the incoming MIDI signal is internal completely new generated to MIDI Thru, not only amplified The Neptune Mk2 still carry these advantages/features.
Complete Performance Features list:
Voltage Controlled Oscillator 1 and 2: Precise temperature stable Sawtooth and Rectangular Waves 4 Octave Range Switch for Osc2 Ring Modulation Sync for Osc 2 External Signal Input for Osc 2 White Noise Generator
Spectrum from 0 Hz (DC) to 100kHz True analog random noise, no digital shift register noise Slide
Slide Time from 0 sec to 10 sec Switch able by MIDI Controller 65 (Portamento) Voltage Controlled Oscillator 3 / LFO: Osc 3 can be switched between LFO (slow) and Oscillator Modus (fast) 5 Shapes Sawtooth, Triangular, Rectangular, Random and Noise. Osc 2 can also be a Modulation Source; through this also external Signals can be a Modulation Source. Freerun Button keeps Osc 3 free of the CV LFO MIDI Clock Sync 4 Modulation targets: Osc 1 and 2, Cutoff and Mixer Blue led Voltage Controlled Filter: 24 dB precision cascade Filter with Highpass and Lowpass Modes Self resonant Keyfollow switch 0% - 50% - 100% The two Filter and VCA Envelopes: Complete and very fast ADSR Envelopes with Attack, Decay and Release times in the Range of 5 millisec to 20 sec For the Filter with Positive or Negative Modulation Gate led
Effects: Distortion and Fuzzer Effect Switch Effect level potentiometer from no effect to max VCA and Volume: Volume potentiometer Low noise and low distortion VCA
Power: Power on switch Power on led
MIDI: 5 Octave Range precise MIDI to CV Converter MIDI controlled Cutoff (#2), Modulation (#1) and Portamento (#65) Receive Sustain (#64) and Pitch bend instruction Velocity Sensitive Filter dynamic operation Re-trigger function Filter TB303 Velocity mode Highest or last note priority CV and Gate In/Output (switch able)
General: Pure Analogue Technology 2 Unit Rack Mount Enclosure Anodized colored 3mm Front Panel
Additional manual change possibilities (described in the Service manual) : Having PW(M) on Square Wave on Osc1,2 or 3 Osc3 Sync with Osc1 or Osc2 Even faster Envelopes (yes some people wants that) Increase tune range for Osc1..Osc3 Additional signal inputs and outputs (i.e. to work with your modular system or to have a very good Distorter and Fuzzer for guitar i.e.) General in/outputs of Oscillators, Envelopes, Filter, power supply, ...
Comments About the Sounds:
its pre analog with a VERY strong filter, 3 oscilators, fuzz and distortion effects. there is no stepping heard in any knob movements either. its sounds like maybe an sh-101/ mc-202 with a little tb-303 mixed in.. its very early 80's monosynth sounding.. not weak like mid-80's polys were. very heavy sounding, with good quality. it's exelent for analog leads and bass's, but dont expect any real pianos or organs or whatever."
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Kits include: TR-909 TR-808 TR-606 TR-707 Kärv by roventskij Techhouse by roventskij $4.99 at the App Store - search for IR-909. I picked it up for fun and it's actually pretty good. No if only the iPhone supported wireless MIDI...
"We are a group of DIY'ers interested in Synth building, Circuit bending and making all kinds of glorious noise. Texas Instruments was founded HERE...so was Laptop Deathmatch and Treewave!. Lets build on that. We like blinky lights and big buttons.
On Saturday August 9th at the Bar of Soap, we are planning to have our first Meet Up. 2 to 5pm."
YouTube via megavoltmeister. via Analog Suicide. "Dr Zeus aka Terry Blake energizes his brilliant new light sabers with two 12 kilowatt Tesla coils that produce music through the sparks."
Synth content: What the heck is Brian Eno playing?! I'm guessing it's an EMS synth, but what?
"Roxy Music 'Do' the Strand on The Old Grey Whistle Test"
Our friend Jexus, aka WC Olo Garb wrote in to let us know that YouTube has changed their encoding resulting in much lower quality audio. You can read about it on the Wired blog as well as this thread. Alternatives? Vimeo and Sonicstate TV, although the one thing YouTube does have is the community and exposure. You can see how many plays your videos get and you can see where they are coming from. I find it interesting to see how many hits a post here has generated for the video. I've had a number of people recognize the site because of this. Hopefully YouTube will correct the problem and others will build in the public tracking functionality of YouTube. What can you do? Not sure. Just be aware of it and chose your hosting accordingly. You can also chime in on the YouTube thread. If enough people speak out maybe they'll fix the problem. If you run a blog let your readers know.
The problem via Wired in a nutshell:
"Some YouTube users are mounting a growing revolt against the site's new audio scheme, which has degraded the sound quality of clips on the site by running them through an audio processor that wreaks havoc with songs' dynamic range (the variation between loud and soft), diminishing their sound quality.
This is not "compression" as in bit rate or file format, but in the audio engineer sense of the word: the smushing together of various volumes into a smaller dynamic range. This sort of compression doesn't affect slickly-produced, radio-ready music quite as much, since it's already so compressed, but it hurts any music that has been properly produced, and does more damage to nuanced recordings with lots of dynamic range."
Battling Seizure Robots from Richard Lainhart on Vimeo. "A jam with Moldover at Tranzducer .011 in Brooklyn, NY, on November 30, 2007. I play my Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system, while Moldover works out on his controllerism rig. This is a completely spontaneous, unrehearsed, undiscussed improvisation, and the first time we've ever played together; while it's camera-audio only and so not the best quality, I think it's worth checking out. The complementary video improvisation was provided by Bert Baldwin.
("Battling Seizure Robots" is the name of one of the video animations I created for this performance, which, perhaps fortunately, you don't see in this clip.)" http://www.otownmedia.com
images via this auction "Duophonic analog synthesizer, with a 49-note (F-E) keyboard. It features two VCOs, a noise generator, one LFO, a filter (low-pass and bandpass), and two ADSR envelope generators. VCO1 can be cross-modulated by VCO2. Each ADSR can be switched to auto-trigger, each with independent rates. The sound is quite rich and somewhat harsh and aggressive. This is more of a space-synth. You can be sure that you will have never heard the sounds this one can produce. It sounds like these old Yamaha CS-30's, but then fat filters like in Moogs. Produced in 1980x. The supply voltage - 220-230V/50Hz. For use with 110/127V, a voltage converter is necessary. POLIVOKS has 5-DIN output connections (adapter to 1/4 jack included). No midi, no CV/Gate are installed. Dimensions - 780x490x195mm Weight of synth only - 16.00 kg"
YouTube via pac209 "little modular system triggered by acidlab bassline sequencer cv/gate, the filter is the Doepfer A-106-5 SEM, sound source the Plan B VCO M 15"
YouTube via attorks "Sequence is the same as the last video except for 1 note. Just an improvisation of only the Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer with 2 x 8 steps, the Synthesizers.com and MFM Modulars"
"i received my Roland JD800 in the post yesterday but despite it been in a flight case it had taken a knock in delivery and the side panel is completely broken i was wondering if anybody knows where i might get a replacement part for it?"
"As I am currently dyeing and varnishing the 66U cabinet of my YUSYNTH DIYed modular I had to move out all the modules and lay them on temporary place.
I realized then that it was a good opportunity to take a photo to show the guts of the beast.
From top to bottom and left to right, 1st row : Random gate (unfinished), Clock Divider, Dual Gated Slew,CV-standards,6 x VCOs,Autobend,Saw-animator, J-H Wavefolder and Dual Min/Max
2nd row : VC-LFO1,VC-LFO2,Dual , Noise and S&H, AC/DC Mixer, Steiner VCF, 2 x ADSRs, VCA, Mixer, Minimoog VCF, 2 x ADSRs, 2 x VCAs, Fixed filter bank
3rd row: VC-LFO1,VC-LFO2,J-Haible Tau Phaser , Dual Ring modulator, Diode ladder VCF, 2 x ADSRs, VCA, Mixer, ARP4072 VCF, 2 x ADSRs, 2 x VCAs,VC-Panner/Mixout (unfinished)"
YouTube via xd515. Part 1 previously posted here. "Continuing on with the build, I have now added 2 Voltage controlled filters and a 4 channel mixer. Still got to wire up the keyboard, but it is half way there! If anyone has a spare drum machine (old one) I would love to try and sync the two together"
YouTube via dkimcg "The Model 24 generates the frequency CV, the self cycling Model 10 times out the model 17 which gates the model 13. The Model 15s sync and FM and gave control signals from the ramp output of the Model 10. Model 11 Evil Twin filter on the left, Model 12 State Variable Vactrol Filter on the right. Halfway through, the Model 24 takes over the timing and makes it sound a little more interesting than the LFO mode in the Model 10."
"The NOVA-X ORGONICS analog synth add-on modification for Hammond B-3 Organ.
What is it? An aftermarket mod which adds ANALOG SYNTH sounds and functions to a Hammond Organ. Use is not limited to the B-3, any of the vintage Hammonds would work, such as A series, B series (BC, BV, B-2...), C series, A-100 series, H-100, RT series, etc. Requires installation by qualified personnel.
* There is a WIRING HARNESS that you (the tech) would solder to one set of the keyboard contacts, typically in the upper manual.
* The other end of the wiring harness connects to the blue DIVIDER MODULE which has a set of removable circuit boards that provide the synth tones.
* The Divider Module connects to the CONTROL HEAD and the three gold boxes: the POWER SUPPLY, the CONNECTOR BOX and the VOLUME PEDAL.
* The CONTROL HEAD mounts in place of the left hand cheek-block.
* The CONNECTOR BOX connects to the Divider Module, Power Supply, and MAIN SYNTH UNIT. It has a 1/4" output jack also.
* The MAIN SYNTH UNIT is the large tolex-covered box that has most of the knobs, switches, etc. It would sit on top of the organ. The other components would probably be installed in the organ somewhere (like the inside of the back panel). The Main Synth Unit has all the typical ANALOG SYNTH functions: Oscillators (VCO), Envelope (VCA), Filter (VCF), Modulation (LFO), White Noise, Glide/Portamento/Glissando, etc, etc.
* The VOLUME PEDAL box connects by lever to the existing SWELL PEDAL.
This project is for the serious HamTech type of person. It's complicated. Should be tons of fun for someone that likes to tinker with Hammonds and Synths."
Automaton alpha preview from Chris Randall on Vimeo. "This is a quick demonstration of the sequencer engine and the effects in Automaton. The software is still in alpha, and some of the user interface elements are missing, but you can get the general idea of what is going on with this, I think.
I will put up individual in-depth overviews of each section of the plugin once it enters beta. The purpose of this video was mainly to test the screencasting software." More info on Analog Industries
YouTube via rlainhart of http://www.otownmedia.com "A short performance and demo by Jordan Rudess using his new Yamaha Tenori-On. Be sure to view this in High-Quality mode to hear the audio in stereo. (If you don't hear stereo when you listen in High Quality, add "&fmt=18" without the quotes to the URL.)"
Sonicstate TV by 12T0NE "This is a demo of my handmade ribbon controllers, being used to control pitch, filter, and Moogerfooger effect parameters [of a Sequential Circuits Pro-One].
This latest version features: -New longer ribbon design -Powered control voltage (CV) output for traditional analog synthesizers -Newly compatible with modern Moog CV format: Moogerfooger, FreqBox, Little Phatty, and Minimoog Voyager -Small footprint -Handmade wooden enclosures -Tactile , fast, and durable ribbon surface"
flickr by Loscha "Lucky the Cockatiel on the keys of my Casio CZ-101, which is driving the Korg MS2000r which you can see with lights flashing. He has a bit of a hop, then, decides he's had enough and flaps off. Video taken by Michelle."
YouTube via RothHandle. "A closer look at the gx-1" ABBA's GX-1 Check out the programmable cartridge at 4:18 and the patching mechanism that follows. At 7:34 he talks about aftertouch on the GX-1 and get this, it has sideways aftertouch! Be sure to watch this video in full.
via this auction"Modified Roland TR-727 by Diabolical Devices:
