VINTAGE ROLAND SH-1000 SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS SIX-TRAK

via this auction

Happy Knobbing 2010 Pics via Aliens Project

full gallery here

"Sharing the night together" - on ELKA X-1000

YouTube via organfairy — May 25, 2010 — "This melody was a hit for Dr. Hook in the mid 1970's. Here I play it on the Elka X-1000 organ with a little help from the organ's sequencer."

Chronologie 6 on portable Eminent

YouTube via albertspyker — May 25, 2010 — "Jean Michel Jarre's Chronologie 6 played on my portable Eminent 310 and Reason 4. The Roland Juno106 is just used as MIDI keyboard."

MusicRadar's Korg monotron First Look video demo

YouTube via musicradartv — May 25, 2010 — "We hooked up the Korg monotron up to an iPhone, a keyboard and an electric guitar and put the pocket-sized analogue ribbon synth through its paces. Visit www.musicradar.com for more!"

Aurora Sound Studio HD for iPad

YouTube via 4pockets — May 25, 2010 — "COMING SOON: Aurora Sound Studio HD is our pattern based sequencer for the iPad. This video demonstrates how to create patterns, edit instruments and use patterns to make songs. Also shown are features unique to the IPad version of Aurora including the full screen multi channel mixer.

Find out more at:
http://aurora.4pockets.com/
http://twitter.com/4pockets"

Analog Impressions #034

YouTube via Dovinia — May 25, 2010 — "Here's a little improvised 4 track recording using a MFOS Sound Lab Mini Synth and an EHX Deluxe Memory Man analog delay. The Mini Synth arpeggios etc are triggered by a Microkorg via Midi/CV coverter."

Samplemodeling Trombone.f4v

YouTube via giortomm — May 24, 2010 — "Trombone player in anechoich chamber. Playing articulation and phrases. But....what are you hearing? Is it the trombonist, or a MIDI driven Virtual Instrument, exactly reproducing the original phrases?
Samplemodeling "The Trombone" overcomes the limits between real and virtual."

Synthetic Minister

flickr by ZigZagLand

2010

"The keyboard is loosely based on my Juno 106."

Anything 80s, makes me happy.

YouTube via TheSynthFreq — May 24, 2010 — "HI! :)
This is new composition that is a kind of "tribute" to 80s movies and their cheesy soundtracks that all of us 80s freaks enjoy. I wrote this song on the Motif 6 synthesizer and am playing the lead on the CZ-5000 and Alpha Juno-1. My D-50 has a synth string patch that is added here and there in the song. MsMotif6 is playing the string track.
Please enjoy the 80s corniness of this track. lol :)

:) TSF"

"New beginning" duet.

"TheSynthFreq — May 24, 2010 — Hi. This song was written by Crystal (MsMotif6) and I am playing harmony to the lead track that she wrote. This is a fun group song that is lighthearted and about new beginnings in life. Especially after unhappy times, it is time to start enjoying more and just be happy on this journey of life. :)
Please enjoy!
:) TSF & MsMotif6"

Electronic Didgeridoo + Video Transmission

YouTube via yakthekyle — May 24, 2010 — "Electronic Didgeridoo + Video Transmission http://yaktronix.com/"

Video Transmission Experiment + Didge Drone

'yakthekyle — May 24, 2010 — Video Transmission Experiment + Didge Drone http://yaktronix.com/"
"Tags: electronically modified didgeridoo video transmission max/msp television didge drone"

Yamaha TG300 quick & easy sound layering

YouTube via hornetlord — May 24, 2010 — "Playing TG300 programs via MIDI (multi mode) and using the UF5 as a mixer basically."

Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 01, Drawdio

YouTube via SuperAwesomeSylvia — May 21, 2010 — "Super Awesome Sylvia builds the Drawdio by Jay Silver from the kit by Adafruit! This doesn't include a complete tutorial on bulding the kit, as Ladyada has done such a good tutorial @ http://sn.im/drawdio_build"
via Pea Hicks

How To Destroy Angels on Wired

Studio shot via Wired who has an article on How To Destroy Angels' song construction.
"Reznor used his roomful of instruments—a vacuum-tube-powered drum machine [], a Casio SK-1 keyboard with a bent circuit board, and so on—to put together a library of analog and electronic beats... Building on top of this substructure, Reznor and Ross spent two days recording ancillary melodies on a Moog Minimoog Voyager [], an out-of-tune African marimba, a ukulele [], and other instruments." via Antony.

Update: I contacted Eric Barbour of Metasonix on tube based drum machine. I was curious if it was the D-1000 pictured, as I didn't see the signature yellow - it's marked in the image with the red dot. Turns out it's a prototype of the D-1000.

Syzygryd Kickstarter video - DIY Flame Vortex Instrument

YouTube via interpretivearson — May 07, 2010 — "Help us fund the fire for Syzygyrd! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/f...

Syzygryd is a soaring metal sculpture measuring 60 ft in diameter and 13 feet high, spiraling out to three touchscreen-operated controllers that anyone can use to dynamically compose music. The interface is intuitive and visual, allowing anyone from a 5 year old to a 105 year old to become a musician. The sculpture itself consists of three curving metal arms which spiral towards the center of the space into a tornado of increasingly larger and larger aluminum cubes. The cubes are lit from within by 1.5 kilowatts of LEDs, and the lights are sequenced to the music as it is created. The entire sculpture responds to how you play it!"

Nicole demos an early version of Syzygryd interface on touchscreen


Dance Dance Immolation - Burning Man 2007

FL Studio Guru - Sampling VST Plugins With DirectWave

YouTube via imageline — May 24, 2010 — "To download the sampled patch and project used in this video go to this thread in Looptalk - http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic..."

Commodore 64 Mod Circuit Bent

YouTube via kenzie2029 — May 24, 2010 — "C64 mod that I've been working on for the last few months. Built this machine to run 8bit adventures MSSIAH. I installed a sid2sid board with 2 new old stock sid 6581 chips.

I repainted it black with the key bed white. I added the 4 pot mod as well as switches to deactivate them making ports 1 and 2 still usable for game pads. I also added indicator lights to the switches. Also did the feedback distortion loop mod with switches and indicator lights as well.
Added 1/4 inch outputs and inputs, both with volume control. Added custom 3.5 inch lcd screen with second input available via rca on the back.

Also added a dimmer switch to the leds.

painted, 4 pot mod, feedback loop distortion, sid2sid, and custom screen, running 8bit adventures mssiah."

Elka Synthex MIDI Kit

via this auction

New England Digital Synclavier VPK Keyboard

via this auction

New England Digital Synclavier VPK Keyboard

via this auction

259e Stuff

YouTube via boobtube356 — May 24, 2010 — Another one with a pair of 259e's.

dual Kaoss Pad 3 jam

YouTube via DevoteRecords — May 24, 2010 — "The A La Mode using only sounds from the internal SD card.
They will jamming live this Friday the 28th at the Slaughtered Lamb in Old Street, London at the Freaky Electronique club night, be there!"

Completed JP-8 drawing 2. !

flickr by TheSynthFreq
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follow-up to this post, this post and this post. Also see this one made out of beads. Click here for all posts featuring TheSynthFreq.

1972 Minimoog Brochure

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up including more pics.

ROLAND GAIA SH-01 Now Available?

via this auction

Novamusik still has them listed on Pre-Order.

Roland Jupiter-6

via this auction

"The Jupiter 6 is an incredible analog synth. All of the Jupiters have a sound that was unlike any other synthesizer and the Jup 6 is no exception. This sound is due in part to classic analog Roland technology in its filters, modulation capabilities and a thick cluster of 12 analog oscillators at 2 per voice. Easy and intuitive programming via front panel sliders, knobs and buttons for all your tweaking needs."

ROLAND GR-700 GUITAR SYNTH FLOOR MODULE

via this auction. Note there is one on MATRIXSYNTH-B as well.
"Features of the GR-700:
· 6 voice, Dual Oscillator Synth Engine Based on the Roland JX-3P/MKS-30
· 3 - Selectable Octave Settings for Each Oscillator, 2’, 4’ and 8’
· Choice of Square, Sawtooth or Pulse Waveform, plus Noise for Oscillator 2
· Cross Modulation Between Oscillators
· Frequency Modulation with Envelope and/or Modulation
· VCF Low-Pass Filter with LFO, Envelope and Pitch Modulation
· Variable High-Pass Filter
· Four Stage Envelope Generator
· Low Frequency Oscillator for Vibrato Effects
· Selectable Dynamic Control Over Pitch, Filter and Amplifier per String
· Selectable Pitch Bend, Hold and Voice On/Off per String
· Lush Analog Chorus Mode
· Stereo Output: XLR or .25” jacks
· Pedal control input for the VCF
· The GR-700 can output either the guitar, the synth, or a mix of the two
· Programming Via Foot switches or with optional PG-200 Programmer
· 64 - Voice Internal Memory, Expandable to 128 Voices with M-16C Memory Cartridge "

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Large Hadron Collider Makes Music

via Gizmodo

"A jet is made up of lots of cells containing energy deposits. Each cell has an energy, a distance and an angular distance (dR) associated with it. So each cell can be heard as a separate note in this example. This is quite a long track (about 90 seconds). The sounds reduce in density very much towards the end, with isolated events separated by silences of several seconds."
That's one hell of a sequencer...