Oberheim Xpander with Case

via this auction

"Fully updated:
Processor: 1.2
Voice: 1.4
Cassette: 1.0
12 VCO - 2 per voice
Multimode filter per voice
Linear FM
5 EGs per voice
5 VCA per voice
and more"

ARP Pro DGX Preset Based Synth

via this auction



* Polyphony: Monophonic
* Timbrality: Monotimbral
* Oscillator: 1
* Synthesis Type: Analog Subtractive
o 30 Presets:
* English Horn
* Oboe
* Clarinet
* Flute
* Tuba
* Trombone
* French Horn
* Trumpet
* Mute Trumpet
* Space Reed
* Cello
* Violin
* Bass
* Bassoon
* Buzz Bassoon
* Piano
* Banjo
* Fuzz Guitar 1
* Fuzz Guitar 2
* Steel Guitar
* Sax
* Telstar
* Song Whistle
* Noze
* Pulsar
* Comic Wow
* Harpsichord
* Space Bass
* Steel Drum
* Country Guitar
* Keyboard: 37 Key Aftertouch

JEN SX1000 SYNTHETONE

via this auction

"The Synthetone SX-1000 is an old Italian basic mono-synth. It has a single analog DCO with three waveforms: sawtooth, square, and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). There is an analog filter (12dB/octave) with cutoff, resonance, and LFO modulation. There is also a simple ADSR envelope for shaping your sounds. In addition there are also white/pink noise generators a glide effect and a vibrato effect. It's known for fairly stable tuning too.

The Jen SX1000 has got to be the most under-appreciated monosynth of the lot! Although it's very simple, it's capable of some really screaming lead sounds and some trully insane bass tones (particularly when PWM is used carefully). It's as solid as a rock and always works a charm, it also never goes out of tune (unlike a lot of it's bargain bin VCO-equipped rivals). And trust me, it sounds about as undigital as you could ever imagine!

The SX-1000 is a monophonic synthesizer with a 3-octave, 37-note, (C-C) keyboard and a black or white front panel (they came in two colors). Also called the "Synthetone", the SX-1000 features a single DCO (digitally controlled oscillator), with a four octave range (32', 16', 8', 4') and three available waveforms, sawtooth, square, and PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). White and pink noise are also available, as well as portamento/glide. The filter is 12dB/octave. There are two ADSR envelope generators and one LFO."

Synclavier II SS4 Synthesizer card

via this auction

Moog Guitar & Etherwave Plus

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"The Moog Guitar has a CV input. The Etherwave Plus has CV outputs. Together they take the guitar places it has never gone before and create a dramatic new way to sculpt the sound of six strings. For more info, visit moogguitar.com"

Chiptune Compilation VII

YouTube via xxxogchris. You can find more here.
"The seventh compilation with fresh tracks downloaded from:http://soasc.dirtcellar.n et/ Please comment\rate and watch my other videos!
Enjoy!"

DAS SYNTHIE MODUL - 20 JAHRE GARANTIE

YouTube via DasSynthieModul
"DAS SYNTHIE MODUL
Vienna
Axel Koschier, Karl Kühn, Bernhard Rasinger, Gregor Titze

20 Jahre Garantie
music by Das Synthie Modul
lyrics by Karl Kühn
japanese lyrics & vocals by Marcel Rasinger
mixed and mastered by Andreas Hamcer, Vienna
video material consists of found footage

www.synthie.com"

NAMM: Akai APC40 - NAMM 2009

YouTube via soundonsoundvideo

GetLoFi Atari Punk Console 2.0: Like Having Screaming, Circuit Bent Infant Of Your Very Own

YouTube via gearwire
"Gearwire's own Gretchen Hasse doesn't often venture in front of the Camera, but she's been so enamored of the GetLoFi Atari Punk Console 2.0 noise-box that she just had to share its baleful bleating with the world. Did I mention she's been sharing it with the office for the past two weeks? MAKE IT STOP!!!!!!!
See more on Gearwire.com."

ESQprogramming2

YouTube via lesingemonotone. Search on lesingemonotone on the top left for part 1 and more.
"Close-up on the display of the ESQ-1. Shown here is first the VCF screen displaying cutoff freq, resonance, keyboard track and the two modulation sources and amount. Second part shows the LFO-screen with its' many parameters inkluding modulation source and amount."

NAMM: WNAMM09: Q What Is Samplebase?

via Sonic State

NAMM: WNAMM09: Spectralis 2 - 2GB RAM And Other Goodies

see the write-up on Sonic State.

JP, Virus, Juno. Ambient sounds of the three synths.

YouTube via prkarpi23. sent my way via fischek.
"I decided to use my JP-8080, Juno-106 and Virus KC to show the power of those synths with out using any outside FX - just plain, raw power of three best synths ever built. (I was lacking a second sustain pedal)"

Monome Boing Improvisation

YouTube via globelm
"monome improvisation using boiingg patch (max/msp)"

Oberheim Matrix-12

via this auction

click on the images

link sent my way via Roberto

Update via Adrien in the comments: "anyone knows about the 2 additionnal jacks behind?"

pul(sew)idth's Little Felt Synths

The perfect pillow?

You can find more here.

Pictured:
Korg MS20
Roland Juno-106
Roland SH-101

Cerebral Sabbath 2

You might remember Cerebral Sabbath from this post. You can find info on the second event coming up here. All ages, no cover, and a full bar. Also...

"Any local gear heads are welcome to bring come join us as a part of the Cerebral Sabbath Choir, a mixture of open-mic and Live PA. We will be providing a 16 channel mixer (please bring the cabling you will need for your gear as we cannot guarantee we will have extra), and encourage anybody who is interested to join in more one large-scale collaborative mix to top off the evening."
Saturday, 7-Feb at Octane Coffee, Atlanta, GA.

Peter Grogono's EMS Page and MUSYS

You'll find a great piece of EMS history an MUSYS here.
"I worked at Electronic Music Studios Ltd (EMS) in London, England from 1969 until 1973. (The web pages for EMS are now maintained by Graham Hinton.) My principal contribution to the studio was the MUSYS system for the composition and performance of electronic music. EMS was owned and controlled by Peter Zinovieff. David Cockerell built hardware for the studio and I wrote software. One of my rewards was to become an early owner of a VCS-3 (at left). I sold mine cheaply, not realizing that, after more than 30 years, VCS-3s would become valuable again."
via fabio

Blindoldfreak Set Pics

You can find some images of Alessandro Cortini's recent performances with the Buchla 200e here.

Note these are from the same sets in the videos posted here.

http://blindoldfreak.com

EMS Vocoder-System 2000B MkII and Roland SVC-350 Vocoder

YouTube via VoiceEncoder. no video, just audio.
"EMS Vocoder-System 2000B MkII and Roland SVC 350 Vocoder."

vcs3

YouTube via dangorange. I'm watching Lost at the moment and I keep wondering when I'll spot one of these or a nice big modular on the island.

Clavioline Old Analog Synthesizer

YouTube via sirredfox00
"This is a Demonstration of my Clavioline, a rare old analog Synthesizer and some excerps of old popular recordings, where the Clavioline has been utilized:

1. Frank Chacksfield's Tunesmiths - Little Red Monkey
2. Del Shannon - Runaway
3. Demonstration of my Clavioline. It was recorded with my Mp3-Voice-Recorder - so excuse the bad sound quality! Its the pure sound of the Clavioline, its own Leslie-Sound and effects and its Tubeamp (which is also the case for the keyboard), no extern amplifier, fx, leslie etc was used!
4. Tornados - Telstar"

THROBBING GRISTLE Discipline live @ The Astoria, London 2004

YouTube via nightwatch01. Upcoming tour dates on http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/
"The reformed Throbbing Gristle´s first live perfomance since 1981. Recorded at the Astoria, London on 16th of May, 2004.

See Peter ´Sleasy´ Christopherson, Cosey Fanni Tutti & Chris Carter performing ´´Discipline´´ for the first time since Berlin 1980.

Also there is a strange guy in a black/white stripped shirt sitting on stage much of the time, called Jhonn Balance."

Clavia Nord Lead. Also see the Gristleizer.

Update: the original via MetroSonus in the comments:

throbbing gristle - discipline

YouTube via lelliesandremains
"real industrial, yo."

Moog Factory Modifications - Voyager- Flashing Wheels

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"A quick demo of the Flashing Pitch & Mod Wheel upgrade for the Moog Voyger (Select Series & Electric Blue only). For more info, visit moogmusic.com/modifications"

MAQ16 Switch Mod

YouTube via FIXED1T
"The DOEPFER MAQ16/3 Analogue Sequencer has no front panel switch and its been a constant source of hassle having to unplug its Wall-Wart power supply at the back. Also pulling cables at the back of the rack constantly unplugged it.

I could take it no longer and decided to put a power switch on the front and one which looks like it should be there. The Mod took a few hours to do (safely) but works a treat. I decided to video it from my phone.

Let me know if you need more details on how to add a switch to your unit. The music: Angels v Robots I wrote with the MAQ after making the mod.

Please check out my myspace at:

http://www.myspace.com/fixed1t"

Prophet 600 from Sequential Circuits

YouTube via DeathByDinSync
"The warm sizzle of a Prophet is timeless... The 600 has such a great tone.

I've recorded this same little tune as an alternate take. It can be downloaded for free here:
http://www.archive.org/details/Random...
Track 11: "Steppin' 600 (11_P600)

More music & info:
http://www.deathbydinsync.com

I'm not really a keyboard player, so excuse the sloppy playing.
:-)"

Korg POly 800 mod

YouTube via abertronic

"with moog slayer / FM and 24/12db mods"

Alisa Analog 2 OSC Mono Synthesizer

via this auction

"THE SYNTHESIZER WAS MADE IN RUSSIA IN THE EARLY 1980'S. It makes a unique rough sound which many other russian synth also seem to make. Its more like signal-generators from the sixties that synth-sound from the eighties. Yet its sound has character and depth and is definitely not in any VA-synth! I'LL INCLUDE THE ENGLISH FRONT PANEL TRANSLATION."

Sound Lab Plus Mini-Synth

via this auction. Note this appears to be the one from these videos.
2 VCOs (1 ramp, 1 ramp/rectangle, w/ hard sync and 1 > 2 modulation)
2 LFO (triangle/ramp/saw/square)
1 Noise Generator (white noise)
1 Mixer (Osc 1, Osc 2 Rectangle, Osc 2 Ramp, Noise)
1 VCF (lowpass/bandpass) with Resonance
1 VCA
1 Envelope Generator (Attack, Release, gate/trigger w/ repeat and S&H trigger)
1 Sample and Hold circuit
12V AC Power Adapter
For more info look at the following link to learn more about the Sound Lab Plus."

Moog Piano Bar

via this auction

"The Moog PianoBar turns an acoustic piano into a MIDI controller. It consists of:

* The Scanner Bar
* The Pedal Sensor
* The Control Module
* The Library Card
* A Carrying Case

Scanner Bar
The Scanner Bar rests on the piano's cheekblocks against the fallboard. It sits slightly above the piano's keys, without touching them.

* Connects to the Control Module with a 6-foot detachable cable (provided).
* Detects the motion of the piano's keys when they are played.
* Detects the Velocity of the piano key's motion.
* Sets up and calibrates in 5 minutes or less. No special expertise required.
* adjustments for height and key spacing to accomodate a wide variety of 88-key acoustic pianos.
* requires flat cheek blocks of at least 1" in width.

Pedal Sensor
Rests underneath the piano's pedals.
# Detects the use of the Sustain and Soft Pedals.
# Connects to the Control Module with a 15-foot detachable cable (provided).

Control Module
As the brains of the PianoBar, the Control Module receives information from the Scanner Bar and Pedal Sensor and turns it into MIDI data.

* Power Requirements: +12VDC, 830 mA; Center-positive barrel connector.
* (2) 1/4" Audio Outputs
* 1/8" Headphone Output
* MIDI In and Out
* (3) Expression Pedal Inputs
* Library Card Slot
* ScannerBar and Pedal Sensor Inputs.
* Translates the motion of keys and pedals to MIDI
* Transmits and Receives on up to 16 MIDI channels.
* Internal Sound Generator features a General MIDI 2 sound set: 64 voice polyphony; 16-part multitimbral; 300 high quality sounds.
* 100 Setups: 60 user, 20 card, 20 factory. Setups configure the 16 MIDI channels: sound, volume, MIDI routing, Zones, velocity curve, pan, transpose and effects.

Library Card
Memory device and spacer for Scanner Bar Setup.
* Stores up to 20 Setups.
* Used as a spacer to quickly set the correct height of the Scanner Bar.

Carrying Case
* Rugged Molded Case for easy transport of Moog PianoBar components."

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MFB Synth II

via this auction

Roland GR-300

via this auction

"GR-300 Specifications
Hexa VCO: Master Tuning, Pitch A (±1300 cent), Pitch B(±1300 cent), Pitch LATCH/UNLATCH Switch (2), Sweep Rise Time (0-6 sec), Sweep Fall Time (0-0 sec), LFO Rate (2-10 Hz), VCF: Preset A Attack Time (0-2 sec), MOD Sens, Preset B Attack Time (0-2 sec), MOD Sens, VCA: Compression Switch (Long Sustain), Footswitch: COMP (Envelope Compression), Pitch A (Pitch A/OFF Select), Pitch B (Pitch B/OFF Select), ENV MOD (VCF Envelope MOD). ENV INV (ENV MOD Invert) String Select: 1-6 Select Switch 6, String indicator 6 ,EXT Foot Control: String Select Switch, Sweep ON/OFF, VCF Pedal, Compression Switch. Input: 24P Connector Output: MIX/SYNTH Guitar. Power Consumption: 20W Dimensions: 400(W) x 100(H) x 290(D)mm (15.7” x 3.9” x 11.4”) Weight: 5kg (11 lbs.)"

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industrial drawing group shots

flickr shots by industrial drawing
(click for more)

pictured here
KORG MS20 X2
3 ROLAND SH101 ..

Korg Wavestation A/D LCD Upgrade

"These pictures don't do justice to the new display. The new display has much higher contrast than these pictures show; the blue background is a medium sky blue and the text is bright white and sharply focused."

You can find more info on the upgrade here.

Blindoldfreak Live in Canada

Blindoldfreak Montreal 30-01-09 Part I-V

YouTube via bloodofreptile

Blindoldfreak Quebec City 01-02-09 Part I - III

YouTube via bloodofreptile
"Sorry for the low sound quality and the darkness of the image. Video shot with a small P&S camera, in a dark room, with some noisy people in the audience..."

Note the above set if the full set with better audio for the two previously posted here. You can also see the Halifax set here.

Finally these are from Alessandro Cortini's current tour for Blindoldfreak originally posted here. There are still shows in the tour including Montreal on this Saturday the 7th. Be sure to see the original post and of course blindoldfreak for more. This is a good opportunity to see the Buchla 200e live.

Update: The modular in the videos is the Buchla 200e running through delay pedals.

Four Operator Cheese

YouTube via villagranit
"Rare FM Answering Machine from Yamaha. In rest mode it shows you date and time and you can save your calls on optional memory cards via memory card slot - thats the TQ 5! Other ingredients: Jomox XBase 09, MFB 502, MAB 303 and Electribe EA1 for sequencing."
Note the MAB 303 is by Will Systems. You can see it clearly in the beginning of the following video.

smalljam

"jomox xbase 09, mfb 502, mab 303, ibanez ad 9 modded (only wet mod for aux use - somehow the mod also fucked up the pedal, but that's even more fun) sound only from camera..."

Puremagnetik Delalias

via KAMONI where you'll find some more info.

"It’s a modulating delay that has some built in digital artifacts and enhanced undersampling aliasing controls. It’s quite cool, if you do the math, you can easily get your aliasing in harmony (or slightly detuned!) with your fundamental - a glorified bitcrusher if you will."

http://puremagnetik.com/

Modular Synthesizer Celtic Melody

YouTube via justwaving
"I was working on an acoustic guitar patch and came up with this tune. The synth is playing on its own."

BOSS Dr-110 Modded with Custom Case

flickr set by james_holden
(click for more including one of the inside)

"Jake Fairley very kindly bought me a Boss DR-110, on the condition that I had to modify it. His is a neat affair, in the original case with 15 or so tiny pots crammed in round the sides.

Mine is a total disaster. I've added midi, and as many mods as I could find, but also made a lot of mistakes so it's a bad tempered, unpredictable beast.

ie a perfect drum machine!"

Open Day 9 - Clavia

YouTube via digitalaudiocentral. via fishek. No, those aren't actually eyebrows.
"Esposizione Clavia all'Open Day 9
www.digitalaudiocentral.com"

NAMM: NAMM Oddities 2009

The NAMM Oddities page is up. You can find the "Techno" section here. You should recognize quite a bit. Oddly the John Bowen Solaris made the cut. The Assblaster I can understand as well as the Motus Mavis star synth. MOTU's Volta made the list as well.

Thanks to nonymous in the comments of this post for pointing the site out. I completely forgot about it this year.