Octave The CAT -Mono / Duophonic Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

"Specifications
* Polyphony - Mono/Duo-phonic
* Oscillators - 2 VCO's (2 sawtooth, 2 square wave, and 1 triangle) plus 2 sub-oscillators
* LFO - 1 with sample-and-hold
* Filter - 1
* VCA - 1 VCA, 2 EGs- AR and ASDR
* Keyboard - 37 keys
* Memory - None
* Date Produced - 1976"

Circuit bent Emu Drumulator

YouTube via stylinghead

m12-synthex2

flickr by ostrovitch
(click for more)

Oberheim Matrix-12
Elka Synthex

Circuit bent Yamaha QY-10 qy 10

YouTube via stylinghead. via the forum where it is listed for sale.

flickr by stylinghead

Korg Delta

YouTube via thegarranimal
"This is a quick demo of the Korg Delta from the late 70's featuring BOTH a synthesizer section and a string ensemble section. Just showing the functions are in working order, no noisy pots or sliders, and the kinds of interesting old analog sounds this machine can make."

Korg DW-8000 quick sound demo

YouTube via thegarranimal
"This is the Korg DW-8000 analog/digital hybrid synthesizer up for sale on Ebay. Just a quick demo showing the kinds of sounds it can make. It can sound like a Memorymoog, Juno-106, Oberheim....all kinds of things. It can also make all sorts of weird digital sounds but I didn't create any patches of those."

J. S. Bach on synth - Gavotte from Orchestral Suite no. 4 in D

YouTube via syntesen
"Yet another "switched-on bach" project in the style of Wendy Carlos. This time, a wonderful dance from the fourth Orchestral Suite, the Gavotte.

In 4/4 time, but with the emphasis on the 3rd beat of the measure, rather than the 1st, the Gavotte was a royal court favourite in the francophile countries of the Baroque period.

This piece marks the beginning of my "Soft Synth Odyssey", realizing different tracks with different software synthesizers. To start out on familiar ground, this track was realized with the Arturia Moog Modular V2 emulation synthesizer, recorded in Ableton Live.

I hope you enjoy it.

-David"

yr4wk6 moog & voice

yr4wk6 moog & voice from longcat on Vimeo.

"loving that moog logo x" via longcat on the forum. Moog Opus 3

Scott Stites/Buchla 291 adaptation

Nice brass faceplate via photon in this electro-music.com thread

Click on the steampunk label below for more.

Metasonix TM-2 Tube Dual Bandpass Filter + VCA

via this auction

"Metasonix TM-2 Vacuum-Tube Dual Bandpass Filter plus VCA - Serial #3! It is an agressive filter with some wonderful tube non-linearities."

::doctor glitch:: circuit bent toy

YouTube via Vtolus
"Circuit bent toy ambulance - more shots - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru..."

Vintage Synth Scans via Tim Stinchcombe

ARP 2500 pictured. You can find the full size scan for this and more at Tim Stinchcombe's site. You'll find Moog and EMS as well.

Update via alt-mode on AH who owned and sold a 2500: "The modules are labeled so you know which column corresponds to the input/output. Yes, there is a small gap between the module and the matrix but it usually isn't a problem, provide you don't need to get out your bifocals (more on that later). There also tends to be similarity between modules and the inputs used. Most of the oscillators have VC inputs on columns 1, 2, & 3 in the upper matrix. There is also a color-coding scheme for the slider caps that, if you have the right caps on the sliders for your modules, helps make things clearer but you need to move the caps around anytime you rearrange modules and some of the colors are impossible to find these days.

The upper matrix tends to be for keyboard CV and Gate signals and you are correct that the jacks on either side allow access to a particular row of the matrix so you can patch between the upper and lower matrices as well as external gear.

Each row is like a giant multiple. You can send one output to many inputs from the same row. You also need to dedicate a row or two of the lower matrix to audio outputs.

To patch between modules, you select the column of your output on the module, slide the matrix lever for that column down to an unused row and slide the matrix lever for the input of the destination module to the same row. So, in some sense you are limited to 20 "patch cords" in the lower matrix.

The middle few rows of each matrix are not connected to anything so it is the place where you leave disconnected inputs and outputs until you need them.

The fun of a 2500 is that you can have lots of "happy accidents" as you move the sliders since you can end up influencing other modules or finding unintended modulation sources. The downside is that you can get some crosstalk between the rows of the matrix but I never had too much of a problem with that.

My frustration with the 2500 was that I had to squint a lot (or find my glasses) to line things up on the matrix. It depends on how you have the synth set up but you really want those matrix switches nearly level with your eyes so you can see exactly which row you are using."

Rare Polyfusion Modular - Moog Format

via this auction

via http://alt-mode.com/



Formant Filter

"The serial number on this module is 7505.

The Variable Formant Filter has 3 bands of variable width, frequency, and level for sculpting sounds. The module works great and has seen light use over the past 6 years in a smoke-free home studio.

This module was originally housed in a wooden box with a simple power supply. I had Synthesis Technology MOTM power connectors added for use in my system but it can easily be switched for any +/-15V supply.

These modules were part of Martin Newcomb's Museum of Synthesizer Technology in the 1990s. They are shown on page 78 of his wonderful book on the museum and can be seen in the following You-Tube video at around 2:00. This is an opportunity to own a truly unique part of synthesizer history!" [see this post for the video. see Part 1]



Dual Ring Modulator

"This is an extremely rare Polyfusion Modular Dual Ring Modulator module from 1975. When Polyfusion started, they made these modules to fit into a Moog modular system before they had developed their own format. This module, along with the other ones I'm auctioning off, are likely the only modules of this type known to exist! The serial number on this module is 7503.

The Ring Modulator consists of two circuits that multiply the X and Y inputs together, producing a tone that is the sum and difference of the two inputs. The module works great and has seen light use over the past 6 years in a smoke-free home studio.

This module was originally housed in a wooden box with a simple power supply. I had Synthesis Technology MOTM power connectors added for use in my system but it can easily be switched for any +/-15V supply."



Dual Sample-Hold

"The serial number on this module is 7506.

The Dual Sample-Hold consists of two sample & hold circuits that will retain the incoming voltage whenever the manual trigger button is pushed or the clock input goes high. Along with the sampled output voltage, the module outputs a Moog S-Trigger signal making it a quick V-trig to S-trig converter. The scale knob sets the range of the output with respect to the signal input. The module works great and has seen light use over the past 6 years in a smoke-free home studio."

Using Percussa's Audio Cubes and MIDIBridge

"If you have a hardware MIDI interface and external hardware synths, you can send the MIDI data from MIDIBridge to your external gear, or receive MIDI data from your external gear and use it to control the cubes’ colours. For example, you could use an Elektron Machinedrum, and control its patterns using the AudioCubes, as well as its effects, and at the same time receive the MIDI clock from the machinedrum and use it to control the colours of the cubes, for example to display the beat using a flash of red light. If you happen to play in a band other people can visually sync to the colour pattern. In MIDIBridge, you can select per cube a MIDI input and output port, so you could use one cube with a hardware synth while using another with software on your computer through a virtual MIDI port." You can find the full article here. via twitter.com/bschiett

MetaSynth 5

"Many people consider the Image Synth to be the heart of MetaSynth. The presentations on this page will introduce you to Image Synth "Basics" as well as demonstrate some of the extraordinary sounds that the Image Synth makes possible.

The Image Synth is a composition and sound design environment where you paint music and sound.It is not a soft-synth or synth plug-in."

via twitter.com/parasitk

Moogist Talks - What Can You Do With 1 Note?

YouTube via timtsang3. via twitter.com/TaraBusch
"What can you do with a single note/sound? Besides its legendary tone, the Moog Synthesizer is known for its monophonic nature - the ability to produce only 1 note at a time. Therefore, the goal of The Moogist is to "think outside the box" with this certain limitation - whatever it takes - to make beautiful music with this amazing machine/instrument.

"Moogist Talks"
A short film by Tim Tsang, a.k.a. "The Moogist"
August 2009

*Moogist plays the "Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue"
Picture of Voyager taken by Wowee Posadas

www.moogist.com
www.moogmusic.com"

Inside the EMS SYNTHI

via twitter.com/_alka

ARP Having a Bath

Blurry, but when is the last time you've seen an ARP 2600 in a bathtub. Bottom shot is the inside of a 2600. via twitter.com/SynthMiK

Update: all clean below.

Acid Symphony Orchestra - Diamonds Of The Night

Acid Symphony Orchestra - Diamonds Of The Night from Jori Hulkkonen on Vimeo.

Note Acid Symphony Orchestra will be opening for Kraftwerk in Finland in August.
Also see this post.

video description:
"Official music video for
Acid Symphony Orchestra - Diamonds Of The Night.
Directed by Jori Hulkkonen & Jani Lehto, 2009.

Taken from the forthcoming Acid Symphony Orchestra 12" on Turbo recordings.

The Acid Symphony Orchestra live perfomances feature 10 Roland TB-303 bassline synthesizers, one TR-707 or a TR-808 drummachine and personnel to operate them.

Composer and conductor:
Jori Hulkkonen

The Orchestra:
Juha Matinmäki
Aku "Huoratron" Raski
Kalle Karvanen
Jussi-Pekka "Monoder" Parikka
Janne "Burdock" Puurunen
Tatu "Mr Velcro Fastener" Peltonen
Kimmo "Acid Kings" Oksanen
Pete "Sintetik" Salonen
Tuomas Toivonen
Johannes "TinMan" Auvinen"

Early 1970s Aries Music Synthesizer Demo Record

Side 1 of 2 YouTube via jafafah0ts

"Side one of a vintage demo flexi disc promoting the Aries Synthesizer."

Early 1970s Aries Music Synthesizer Demo Record, Side 2 of 2

Machinedrum Gakken Acid Jam

YouTube via darenager
"Poor Timmy wanted a TB-303 for Xmas to go with his shiny new Machinedrum, but his mummy could only afford a Gakken SX-150.

It looked like Timmy was doomed to playing out of tune stylophone cover versions, instead of the funky fresh acid of his dreams.

Then one day whilst getting his acid fix on youtube, Timmy discovered that all was not lost, and that the Gakken may work out after all......

Timmy, you owe me a beer."

Folktek Arts Book of Sound

The case for these are books. Click the images to get a better look. You can find more shots and info at the Folktek Arts blog.

The top is the previous version and the bottom is the new. The bottom has a magnetic patch bay - no plugging required. It's by Ben Houston and based on the bug/philanthropoid series.


Folktek on Ebay

OBERHEIM OB-8

via this auction

"This is a relative of the OBXA. The pros are the MIDI and the fact that the OB8 has a killer Arpeggiator. Both of which the OBXA did not. I have both an OBXA and this OB8. The OB8 sounds a little more Hi-Fi and elegant than the OBXA... cleaner like an Xpander. I've always found myself using the two as two different sources. I'd never say one is better than the other."

Korg Univox Maxikorg

via this auction

Abend-Impressionen

YouTube via Korgator
Leadsound Roland JP 8080(Patch P1:A81" Smoothy";
Choirsound Quasimidi Polymorph(Mellotron);
Padsound KOrg Triton Le(Combi A 018"Sailing"

RhodesChroma MIDI Interfaces

flickr set by modularfreak
(click for more)

If you have or are thinking of getting a Chroma be sure to check out the excellent Rhodes Chroma site for info on MIDI interfaces and more. The CC+ is currently the upgrade to get.

AXiS-49 One Day Sale?

via Danjel on the AH list:

"Just thought I would mention that those cool harmonic table keyboards
(hexagonal velocity sensitive keys arranged in a special harmonic
table pattern).
Are on some special sale for %50 off at c-thru music today only
(sunday). $250 for one seems like a great price!
https://www.c-thru-music.com/cgi/?page=prod_axis-49"

ARP QUARTET

ARP QUARTET from arthur joly on Vimeo.

"Testing the vintage synth.
Video and notes by Arthur Joly."

Somatic Circuits - JAGUAR super low pass vcf

see http://www.somaticcircuits.com for full details.

"JAGUAR super low pass vcf
4 POLE LOW PASS VCF / PURE SINE VCO - SSM2044

Filter is a Super 4 Pole Low Pass VCF that also acts as a VCO with a Pure Sine Waveform. The Octave Range allows a massive frequency spectrum from a woofer wobbling 8hz- to a ear splitting 20khz and beyond!! Based around the fantastic and super fat SSM2044 VCF Chip.




Features include:
~ Massive Frequency Range
~ Octave Frequency Control
~ Frequency Cut Control
~ 2 FCV with Attenuators one with +/-
~ Keyboard tracking (KBT)
~ Linear Q Resonance
~ Q Res CV with Attenuator
~ Signal in/out Attenuators
~ Ultra High Quality Components
~ Ultra Low Distortion
~ High Quality FR4 PCB
~ LEAD-FREE ROHS Compliant
~ 12v or 15v +/-"

see the Somatic label below for more.

Oberheim OB-MX

via this auction

C 909, Electribe MX Yo Robot Songa

YouTube via Kofla2000
"Other Electronic Songa made with Roland MC 909 and Korg Electribe MX. Korg PadKontrol used to trigger some voices from MC909.

Human voice sampled from a TTS software.

Maybe (wannabe) industrial songa."

MC 909, Electribe MX Anticucho Songa

"Songa made with Roland MC 909 and Korg Electribe MX. Two diferent angles with a webcam."

Sesame Street: Operatic Orange

YouTube via SesameStreet. sent my way via jake
"For more videos and games check out our new website at http://www.sesamestreet.org

In this video an orange sings Habanera from Carmen.

Sesame Street is a production of Sesame Workshop, a nonprofit educational organization which also produces Pinky Dinky Doo, The Electric Company, and other programs for children around the world."

'Jaguar' Super Low Pass VCF - Blank PCB + SSM2044 IC

via this auction

"Fresh from Somatic Circuits is the ' Jaguar Super Low Pass VCF ' an ultra high quality filter for the 'Luna Modular Scientific Synthesizer System'."

via loscha

Update via Mijoe in the comments: "For more information about the Jaguar VCF
go to http://www.somaticcircuits.com/"

Machinedrum & Korg MS10 acid techno

YouTube via darenager
"More MD and MS10 action, also a bit of Space Echo. A fun jam :)"

Kieth Emerson @ Nearfest 2006

flickr by kscherer11
(click for more)

Remember, Keith Emerson will be playing at Waves of Inspiration: The Legacy of Moog Museum Exhibit. Info and links in this previous post.

Fairlight CMI Series 30A - (Thirtieth Anniversary) Limited Edition

Hmm...

http://www.fairlightinstruments.com

A new Fairlight? Be sure to see this post.

Close Encounter at Devil's Tower with a synth!

YouTube via hamsterdunce. Anyone ID the synth?
"More music at umop.com!

After almost 30 years of fantasizing, I finally got to talk to aliens at Devil's Tower in Wyoming. This re-enactment of the famous scene with an ARP 2500 takes place right in front of the tower. The keyboard & special effects aren't *quite* as good, and the camera operator couldn't quite contain her laughter, but it was fun anyway."

MAM SQ16, SCI TOM, DSI Evolver, Frostwave Funkaduck and Moogerfooger

via brian c
"that SQ16 is a great interactive live performance machine but it's a real bear to program - 13 drum tracks, three synth bass tracks - the other shot is with a TOM going into a Frostwave Funk-a-Duck and into a Moog delay - pretty spacey combination and the Evo desktop rounds out the bill ....I'm really thinking of adding my MAM Warp 9 filter because one of the sq16 tracks could be used to fire the filter envelopes"

be sure to click the images.

Welcome to Monome

Welcome to Monome from sam_square on Vimeo.

"What is a monome? Monomes are fun to watch, but what is actually going on?"

NIN 10 Ghosts II monome remix

YouTube via flyawaytigers
"Just a little remix action on my monome. http://www.samgreene.com"

mc-202 tutorial #1 programming and syncing to tape

video upload by johnisfaster


"This is the first of probably 3 tutorials I'm planning on doing.

This tutorial covers:
1) crash course in programming a pattern
2) how to sync the mc-202 to ableton without a din sync converter

upcoming video's will include:
1)a bit deeper into programming a pattern
2)how to realtime record a pattern
3)how to save and load patterns via "tape"
4)how to set the 202's accent mode to FA so that you have filter accents in gate mode

You can download the Pilot and Sync tones used in this video here:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/wiejmjm... pilot and sync Project.zip

apologies for the middle of the video where it just stairs at the monitor for a bit, I was thinking more about talking that what I was pointing at."

Mc-202 tutorial #2: portamento, accents and accent mode


"Terribly sorry about how dark it is, I did this late at night so there was no light coming in the windows and I'm apparently standing in the light coming from behind me. But if you listen to what I'm saying and watch the parts you can actually see you should be on your way.

This video will take you through the portamento, accent and 'hiden' accent mode.

next video will go through:
1) saving and loading a pattern from tape"

Future Music Synth Girls

Waldorf Microwave XT/XTk factory demo

YouTube via MisterArray
"This is a recording of the internal factory demo which came with the Waldorf XT and XTk line of synthesizers." You can find the ful size image in the vid here.

via Mr. Array:
"It's some promo image from Future Music Magazine from way back in the day when the Waldorf XTk was still in production. There were two other versions of this as well, one which depicted a black haired girl holding a Yahama CS6x, and another with a girl holding a Novation SuperNova. The CS6x image was available online at one point, but I've never personally seen the SuperNova version. Either way, I can't find either of the latter two online at this point :( Maybe some of your readers have these images?" Anyone?


Update via Mr. Array: "I found a small thumbnail of the Yamaha version"







Update via brandon daniel in the comments: "http://bleep.fdiskc.com/2009/08/03/synthsploitation/"