ROLAND SH-101

via this auction

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CR-78 Essential 80s Synthpop part 2 - Harlem Nights

YouTube via harlemnightsmusic | August 07, 2010

"Blondie, Visage, Roxy Music, John Foxx... A lot of fun again recreating some fav classic new wave sounds, that were based on the Roland CR-78 drummachine. See part 1 for others

All again recreated by ear. None of the original tracks were sampled. Filmed during recording.

Gear used:
- Korg Electribe SX (CR 78 sounds, Linndrum additional sounds)
- Korg Minikorg 700S (Visage, John Foxx)
- Roland Juno 60 (most pads, strings)
- Roland Juno 106 (most basses)
- Crumar Performer (Roxy Music strings)
- Boss GX-700 and SE50 (fx)

Tracklist:
* Blondie - Heart of Glass
* Visage - Fade to Grey
* Roxy Music - Same Old Scene
* Roxy Music - Dance Away
* Buggles - I am a Camera
* John Foxx - Plaza
* John Foxx - Underpass
* Blondie - Atomic"

Mr. Array at Noisebug

Mr. Array of Ocean Orbit checking out a Buchla 200e at Noisebug.

Roland D-50 Vintage Main Assembly Board

via this auction

See the seller's other items for more.

Roland MKS-20 Digital Piano Vintage CPU Board

via this auction

inside a Roland MKS-20

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Roland MKS-70 JX-10 Super JX Vintage Module Board

via this auction

inside a Roland MKS-70 JX-10

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august7.divx

YouTube via rezzn8r | August 07, 2010

"the result of a patching session with the new module arrangement"

DenshiKaimen#01_ElectroSeaLevel_Digest

YouTube via eicheph | August 07, 2010

"Here's the digest video of DenshiKaimen - ElectroSeaLevel - Modular Synthesizer Performance on 08062010 at uplink/factory Shibuya Tokyo Japan. Hideyuki eicheph Fukasawa versus Mr.Nobuhiko Nakayama on the stage of real-time synthesizer patching. It was a strange party ever.
8月6日（金）「電子海面01」が渋谷UPLINKにて開催！出演、中山信彦、深澤秀行 http://www.uplink.co.jp/factory/log/0..."

KORG SQ10

via this auction

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Arp Quartet

via this auction

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Chamber of Sounds JUPITER III with Jupiter Time Clock Module

"JUPITER III - Analog Percussion Synthesizer and Optical Theremin with Time Clock

You've probably seen them at Analogueheaven or MoogAudio, but no one but Chamber of Sounds has the Jupiter Clock module! You get both the awesome Jupiter III synth + a green Jupiter Clock, a great combo for some unique sound-making. Both units are signed, dated and numbered by the creator. This will be the only green Jupiter Clock available to the public, so don't miss out.

Smack it, trigger it, or shine some light on it...
The Jupiter III, analog, percussion synthesizer and optical theremin is both light & touch sensitive. It's handmade, built to last and extremely, unique sounding. It will get any crazy analog sounds you could imagine on the fly - from very fat, low bass to super high, sweeps, bleeps, chirps and glitchy cross-modulations. It has a trigger input to plug any source into it - a drum machine, metronome, mp3 player and of course the matching Jupiter Clock, to control the rhythm or make the unit sustain indefinitely. In Jupiter III’s manual, percussive mode you can bang on the box to get a wide array of analog sounds. This little guy is highly versatile and can be played many different ways for any situation. Listen to the demos below... Visit Chamber of Sounds for more Jupiter III info." Also see the Chamber of Sounds label below for videos and more previously posted.

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Roland TB-303 with Original Instruction Sheet

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via this auction

"with a Doepfer MSY2 MIDI to SYNC converter, and 2 cables.. One SYNC, one MIDI... AND the original carrying case AND instruction sheet AND 2 proper power supplies."

inside a TB-303

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A Word From the New Owners of Open Labs

via Open Labs:

"Thank you for being a customer of Open Labs products. As you probably heard, there are new owners of Open Labs. The primary reason we acquired the assets was the outstanding relationship that the artists and producers had with the old company.

We want to assure you that we are committed to you and the products that allow you to create, produce and perform. We will honor the warranties, orders, and upgrades that were taken by the old company and look forward to servicing your needs in the future.

While the IP is impressive, the products are outstanding, and the customer service is world class, we know that the company is dependent upon you for success. Therefore, we would like to present you an opportunity to upgrade to RiFF 2.0 at a reduced cost. We are offering a 25% discount to all current customers that would like to upgrade the products to RiFF 2.0 in the next 45 days.

Thank you for your support in the past. We look forward to a mutually beneficial relationship going forward.

The Open Labs Team and Owners"

SK-Synth: A subtractive FPGA synthesizer

via stekern on this electro-music.com thread:
"This is a project I have been working on for a while.
It is a subtractive synthesizer implemented in an FPGA.
Features:
* 2 DCO's with sawtooth, square, triangle and sine waveform generation
* LFO that can be modulate the filter, amplitude or pitch. Possible waveforms are: sawtooth, square and triangle.
* LP-12 filter with adjustable frequency and resonance.
* Filter envelope
* Amplitude envelope.

I have been using a Avnet spartan 3A devboard with a breakoutboard with midi connector and a I2S DA-converter.
In this device the polyphony is set to 8 voices, but it is easily adjustable in the VHDL-source code. I also have received reports that it is easy to implement several SK-Synths to achieve multitimbrality (on a spartan-3e board).

The synth is controlled by a computer application written in Qt and it runs on both Linux and Windows.

The source code for the synth and the controller application and schematics for the breakoutboard can be found in my SVN-repository here
Here is a zipped SVN-snapshot from 2010-08-05"
Samples at electro-music.com

Bc16

flickr by jooksi

"Skickat från min iPhone"

We rock the show.

flickr by Analogue Solutions

Lego party

Action Research Synthesizer

flickr by cdsessums

"Action Research Synthesizer Keyboard Effects Green Light Bones"

ID the synth.

LIBadass 2010

YouTube via djshano | August 04, 2010

"Lightning in a bottle first experience was amazing! alot different then other festivals in that more tiny and you get to know the crowd."

via Auditory Canvas
"In the meantime, here’s some video of myself and Jillian Ann performing at LIB 2010."

Yamaha CS 5 Analog Monophonic Synth

via this auction

Roland Promars MRS-2 duo-phonic analog synthesizer

via this auction

ROLAND JUNO-60

via this auction

"A classic 6 voice DCO analog synthesizer with the ability to save patches. Lovely warm analog sound with the stability of the DCO's."

20100807151507

YouTube via panote09 | August 06, 2010
panote09 on Ebay

ether^ra ARC CURTAIN TUNNEL

YouTube via potterpaint2000 | August 07, 2010

"an improv with VTOL Corvax and my Serge Creature/Seq A combo. http://etherra.blogspot.com"

DIY Eurorack Modules

YouTube via phono1337 | August 07, 2010

"More into on http://www.dinsync.info"

TR808 HSS3f HSS3b DD5

YouTube via ggijs | August 07, 2010

"http://gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=h..."

MoonSatellite - Memories 5

YouTube via samurailonewolf | August 06, 2010
Theme comes in at 1:45
"Memories part 5 from Memories' album

Pad : Alesis Andromeda A6 + EHX Small Stone + TC Electronic ND-1
Theme : Moog Minimoog Voyager + Boss RE-20
Bass : Moog Bass Taurus 3
Fx : Minimoog Voyager & Akai MPC 5000"

BugBrand Weevil08 Weevil Noise Synth

via this auction
"Finally! After 5 years in the dark dungeon that has been the BugBrand Workshop I am just about to move to a better place! Over that time I have picked up quite a stack of bits'n'pieces and it is really time to have a serious clear-out -> to clear space, to pass on unused items and to generate some funds for setting up the new workshop. So! Over the next few weeks I will be running several Ebay auctions...
BugBrand Weevil08
This was the final Weevil08 I produced and I decided to keep it for myself, but think it should go now to a new loving home!
You can see the original description here.
There's an MP3 demo there too.
This one is painted black and has pretty bright white LED indicators. It is used and in good condition though there are a few scratches - these don't show up too much though due to the black plastic case that was used (see pictures below).
Comes with a fresh 9v battery and I should be able to print out the instruction sheet that I included with Weevil08 sales.
Shipping Weight: 0.50kg"

Roland - Westfield Photos

Follow-up to this post. Aud1073cH went to the event and sent the following in.

"These are from the Roland demo at Westfield Mall in Palm Desert, CA. The three kiosks had nearly the same set of instruments, except for the keytar synths. One had a white Lucina, one black Lucina, and one Ax-Synth. One kiosk had instruments mounted lower on the wall."

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Took in another stray. The keyboard, not the cat.

flickr by betteroffted

Muppet Show Dr. Teeth

via this auction


"Dr Teeth with hat:
6½ inches
Synthesizer w/stand:
3 inches"

3 inches after the previous post...
miniature...
hmm...

keep posting...

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Circuit Bending

via dj ivan

Anyone ID the keyboard?

I do prefer my snakeskin.

Can you shred on Moog Taurus 3 Bass Pedals?

YouTube via hamsterdunce | August 06, 2010

"More music on umop.com/parallax.htm

Keyboard Magazine video review (my full print review shall be available in the October, 2010 edition) of the amazing Moog Taurus 3 Bass Pedals. True to historical form laid out by the '70s-era Taurus I, this is a wide-bottomed 100% analog synthesizer. I got to spend some time with one of the 1,000 units made, plaster my feet all over it and figure out if it actually possible to shred on this 13-pedal, 1-octave beast."

Teenage Engineering - OP-1 - Live demo

YouTube via possan2 | August 02, 2010

Teenage engineering - OP-1 - Tape tricks

possan2 | August 02, 2010

Loopfools beta synth toying

YouTube via possan2 | August 04, 2010

"ipad synth - work in progress, dont mind the colours or graphics, it's just placeholders...

four tracks, each with a softsynths/drummachine, two fx-busses, multiple filters on each track, each bus and on the master..."

Black and Silver CustomSynth Roland JX-3P with Built In PG-200

via CustomSynth

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Del Dettmar - Out There Somewhere - EMS VCS3

YouTube via JephraimToe | July 29, 2010

"From Synthesis (1980). Improvised live, with no overdubs, at the Soft Rock Cafe, Vancouver.

Del Dettmar - guitar, EMS VCS3 with pitch to voltage converter
Gerald Toon - additional synthesizer

Del Dettmar was formally the Hawkwind sound engineer, providing additional synth and effects to the Space Ritual soundscape. He emigrated to Canada in july 1974."

Brains and PP wogglebug Maths make a patch

YouTube via DrOctave1 | August 06, 2010

"Here is the brains PP maths Wogglebug and qmmg in a nice little patch"

SuONOIO - Citizen Mori and Big Black Delta

SuONOIO - Citizen Mori clip from Alessandro Cortini on Vimeo.

"Citizen Mori stopped by Scott's place to take a few shots and play around with the SuONOIO prototype...here's what he came up with.

sonoio.org

citizenmori.com"

Jon from Big Black Delta and the SuONOIO prototype from Alessandro Cortini on Vimeo.

"Jon from Big Black Delta and the SuONOIO prototype

sonoio.org/suonoio

bigblackdelta.com"

Oberheim OB-X + SCI Pro-One

YouTube via retrosound72 | August 05, 2010

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

analog pad and sync sounds: Oberheim OB-X 8-Voice Analog Synthesizer
(I recreate these legendary pad sound. He is very similar to 'Love Like Blood' from Killing Joke. I ever love this sound)
bass: SCI Pro-One
drums: Roland TR-707"

Flight of harmony newsletter – August 2010

"Greetings to all once again!

We’ve been pretty busy lately; mostly with re-structuring the business and a lot of work on the website, but also with two new eurorack modules: V’Amp and POWER.

The V’Amp (8 h.p., US$125.00) is a combination voltage-controlled amplifier (VCA) and ring modulator in one device, with the ability to smoothly change from VCA, to ring mod, then to inverting VCA, with one knob.
V’Amp page
V’Amp Barebones Pack (VBP): US$70.00. PCB dimensions: 78mm x 39mm/3” x 1.5”

POWER (US$85.00) is a ±12V 1A power supply in a 10hp eurorack format, is 40mm deep, and is intended mainly for shallow or portable systems, but works just fine for permanent setups. The POWER module includes a 12VAC output wall adapter – keeping the transformer outside of the case helps to keep down hum and magnetically coupled noise – but can be purchased without the adapter for US$75.00. A ±15V 1A option will also be available upon request.

POWER Barebones Pack (PWBP): US$55.00, US$45.00 without adapter The POWER Barebones Pack was designed for easy installation into any project: the AC input, power switch, and LEDs can all be remotely located, and all components and headers are on one side. PCB dimensions: 104mm x 89mm/4.10” x 1.93”
POWER page
POWER images

And it is also fundraising time: Now accepting orders for pre-release V’Amp and POWER modules. The delivery time is 1-3 weeks. In this case, “pre-release” means I just haven’t had time to work on the manuals or packaging yet. Manuals will be available for download from the respective product page once they are completed.

As for the website, Sonja has been doing a lot of work making it more useful and we now have PayPal buttons for in-stock products. There are more changes to come – as soon as we find a good back-end structure that works well – including forums, embedded Soundcloud clips, and other goodies.

We are now accepting orders directly, both U.S.A. and International.

Oh yeah: Stickers. You keep asking for ‘em, so we’re looking into getting some made. If you have an idea for an f(h) sticker that just HAS to be done, let us know!

Contact:
~flight: flight at flightofharmony.com
Sonja: sonja at flightofharmony.com
Website: http://www.flightofharmony.com"

DRONE RING FX SYNTH

via this auction

"The Drone Ring FX Synthesizer features two squarewave oscillators and a ring modulator. The pitch can be adjust by potentiometers. One of the oscillators can be used as a a vco. It has a preamp before the vco input so you can directly plug e-guitars and microphones into the input of the synthesizer. You can make nice droning and noisy, glitch sounds. The aluminium enclosure is very solid. It is powered by one 9V battery."

Audio: http://diysynth.blogsport.de...

A Message from Metasonix

via Brian

":D hehe I wonder how that got on there? ;p

Picture taken by Suburban Bather(http://soundcloud.com/suburban-bather) from this thread:
http://muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19886"

Metasonix R-51 NIN

Inside a Nord Wave

flickr set by AndyFord69
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"By having two oscillators capable of producing a vast array of sounds from classic analog waveforms (with sync), via FM-synthesis, wavetables, sampled waves (single cycle waveforms with attack) as well as noise and other miscellaneous waveforms to - playback of sampled waveforms, the Nord Wave has an unprecedented pallet of sounds.

Need a rich and full string quartet? No problem - just bring up the samples. A highly resonant screaming lead? Sure - virtual analog is there, but why not combine them - not just mix them together - but create an analog sound with the harmonic content of the sampled string quartet!

With oscillator modulation you can transfer the character of one sound to the other - for instance a sampled string to a analog square - and by controlling the amount of modulation the effect can range from very subtle to heavily aggressive were the original sound is no longer recognized."

VTOL CRAMOLA

via etherra.blogspot.com

1st page of the manual

"in russian CRAMOLA means - sedition, something bad, mostly something anti-religion - sinful"

1981 Roland Jupiter-8 Two Page Ad

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

Encore Electronics Frequency Shifter Review

on Sequence 15

snip:
"A Frequency Shifter is Not the Same as a Pitch Shifter

So what's a frequency shifter? Well, I had a bunch of material that I wrote to address all that, but I've decided to save it for a follow-up post. To keep it short, a frequency shifter is sort of like a pitch shifter, but it does not maintain the harmonic or musical relationships between the various tones and sounds that make the input. What's that good for? Well, for one thing, it's great for bell and chime sounds, and it behaves a lot more predictably than a ring modulator in doing that job. It can do flanging-like effects that range from subtle to startling. It can do creation of sounds that play in unusual intervals and scales. But if you want to completely brutalize a sound, rip it apart and then glue the pieces back together like a ransom note, a frequency shifter is what you want."

Meow

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