korg 770 synthesizer for parts

via this auction

Casio CZ-1 with Original Box

via this auction

Korg EX-8000 Synth Rack Mount

via this auction

SN 001005

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Doepfer 2

Doepfer 2 from Mark Angel on Vimeo.

"The Doepfer Dark Energy and the Boss Space Echo pedal."

Mute Short Circuit - With Producer Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Wire and Erasure)

YouTube Uploaded by tarabusch on May 15, 2011

"Mute Short Circuit Festival - With Producer Gareth Jones (Depeche Mode, Einstürzende Neubauten, Wire and Erasure)"

He talks about the Anyware Instruments Tinysizer at 1:17. BTW, there is one currently up for auction in this post. He also talks about the Doepfer Dark Energy & Dark Time.

AfroDJMac- "Yea Yea Yea" Nintendo EP

YouTube Uploaded by AfroDjMac on May 21, 2011

"Nintendo Entertainment System is the sound source for this cartoon for New York based AfroDJMac's "Yea Yea Yea." This animation was created for the Nintendo EP, an album made up of songs created with an NES.

Download the entire EP for FREE @ http://bit.ly/j2yG9w

www.afrodjmac.com
www.facebook.com/afrodjmac
www.youtube.com/afrodjmac
www.twitter.com/afrodjmac"

Synthesizers.com Studio-88 ...just a little improvisation...

YouTube Uploaded by synthypnosis on May 21, 2011

"VELVET VOYAGE - "Synthesizers.com Studio-88 ...just a little improvisation..." - performed live by Bruno Ender Lee, May 21. 2011.
Synthesizers.com Studio-88 with some chorus & delay"

ether^ra THAT TWO OR MORE

YouTube Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on May 21, 2011

"a improv involving my Buchla 200e producing a sequence and a looped percussion sound long with vtol Cramola noise! http://etherra.blogspot.com"

doepdelays.mov

YouTube Uploaded by zackdagoba on May 21, 2011

"see http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.com/"

SMS stereo mono synth (Plogue Bidule)

YouTube Uploaded by GruithuisenCityMan on May 21, 2011

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made in one take by only using Plogue Bidule. Enjoy !"

ELEKTRONIKA-25.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by mikeonop on May 21, 2011

"Soviet synth Elektronika EM-25"

ELEKTRONIKA-25 on eBay

Demo: Yamaha PSS-380 / PSS-390

YouTube Uploaded by susarom on May 21, 2011

"Demo Song: Susan Rom
Sounds & Drums: Yamaha PSS-380

Effects: Behringer FX 600 (Delay)
Multitrack Recording"

jupiterT test drive

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on May 21, 2011

"an early exploration of the cool Jupiter T synth by chamberofsounds.com for some reason my camera recorded the audio just slightly our of sync,ugh."

Chamber of Sounds on eBay

TNR-W

YouTube Uploaded by popitem on May 21, 2011

"Just received a Yamaha Tenori-on, verry nice tool, gonna keep me busy for a while."

TENORI-ONs on eBay

Starr Labs Ztar Z6S-P MIDI guitar and NI's Prism

YouTube Uploaded by StarrLabsZone on May 20, 2011

"Jacques returns with some more creative ways to control Native Instruments Prism synth. Using a Starr Labs Ztar Jacques can control any number of parameters found within this soft-synth, such as decay, harmonic ratios, delays, FX, tempos etc. he's easily programmed the touch pads, ribbon, joystick, and volume knob to interact with Prism, allowing for quite an expressive and creative journey into sound!"

STARR Labs on eBay (RSS)

Humping Dog controlled by MIDI

YouTube Uploaded by Kaseo on May 20, 2011

"music: YAMAHA QY70 preset pattern

Highly Liquid MD24 MIDI Decoder
http://highlyliquid.com/midi-decoders/md24/

Humping Dog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFoB2mutDxM"

Dub Drones

YouTube Uploaded by jamespopstarz on May 21, 2011

Chamber of Sound on eBay

SoundStrip Arduino DIY Midi Ribbon Controller

YouTube Uploaded by conorowenbarry on May 20, 2011

"SoundStrip is a DIY Midi Ribbon Controller made using an Arduino and some simple sensors. This video shows the SoundStrip Max4Live device playing the SteamPipe synth in Reaktor"

SoundStrip Arduino DIY Midi Ribbon Controller Explination

Uploaded by conorowenbarry on May 19, 2011

"SoundStrip is a DIY Midi Ribbon Controller made using an Arduino and some simple sensors."

NLogSynth Audio Unit in Ableton's Live

YouTube Uploaded by nlogmusic on May 20, 2011

"NLogPoly Synth now available from Mac App Store plus free Audio Unit at www.temporubato.com"

NLogPoly Synth - tempo rubato - iTunes

iProphetVS v1.2 Wireless iPad Editor Now Available

"Apple has released iProphetVS v1.2 for Sequential Circuits Inc Prophet VS, a free upgrade for all iProphetVS v1.1 users.

iProphetVS v1.2 offers:
- a redesigned look & feel for enhanced readability plus some very tiny UI adjustments to make the workflow even better
- parameter default value buttons. In v1.2, if you touch the parameter value label, it resets the label / slider to a default value (ex: DCO wave = Saw; VCF Freq = wide open, etc...) for each parameter... this is the fastest workflow you'll ever get in sound designing!
- automatically enables / disables parameters based on other parameter values (ex: DCO wave = Noise automatically disables DCO Coarse and DCO Fine parameters; Chorus Left = On automatically disables Chorus Right and Chorus Left & Right parameters; etc...) exactly like your Prophet VS!"

iProphetVS - iControlMIDI
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Synthesizers.com Q112 Mixer with Extra Inputs & Yusynth Q110 & Q117

DIY mods via Voice To Spirit

See here for more details on the Q112 (top 2 pics). See here for the Yusynth Synthesizers.com Q110 & Q117 (bottom 2 pics).

"I sold the quad lfo and decided to combine my Synthesizers.com Q110 & Q117 into the yusynth panel instead of building the kit. I used a little bit of my wife’s nail polish remover to adjust the panel and had to get rid of the manual gate on the Q117 and the output volume on the Q110(used a jumper to set it to full). Other than that I am quite happy with the outcome."

via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

Be sure to check out some of Voice To Spirit's excellent videos previously posted here.

Creamware Prodyssey

via this auction

"It is a remarkable emulation of a vintage ARP Odyssey... It lights up like a Christmas tree. There are also on-board effects. It can interface with a computer if desired (not necessary). As well as having the original ARP filter it also has the option to switch to the MINIMAX filter which is a clone of a Minimoog 24 dB/octave filter."

INNOVEX CONDOR

via this auction

"EXTREMELY RARE Innovex/Hammond Condor GSM Guitar Sound Modulator, guitar synthesizer effects unit from 1969... This RARE "guitar synth"

SN G 1357

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Livewire Chaos Computer + AFG + FrequenSteiner + Metasonix D-1000

YouTube Uploaded by bigcitymusic on May 20, 2011

"Here again is the prototype Livewire Chaos Computer eurorack module, this time with the highly respected Livewire Audio Frequency Generator and FrequenSteiner modules. We have the Chaos Computer synced with the Metasonix D-1000 for some sweet analog rhythm."

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Drum Synth II

YouTube Uploaded by bchris1776 on May 20, 2011

"Just finished the wiring of the second drum synth (at the left of the picture) and mashed it together with the first - this is one of the first complete patches since I got it powered up.
The new synth has a Thomas Henry MPS, Rich's Liquid Hi Hat, Fonic VCPS and VC Clock, and two Ian Fritz AD/AR's with a simple VCA.
The previous drum synth (on the right) is the Thomas Henry Bass++ and various bits of CMOS for sequencing.
More to come after I box it all up and tied together..."

Synthrotek vintage analog DS-8 Clone SPACE DRUM SYNTH Machine Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by synthrotek on May 20, 2011

"http://www.synthrotek.com

The crown jewel of analog drum synths! Many adjustable features including:
-Piezo mic (box can be used as drum pad)
-Trigger input
-CV input
-9V Center Neg
-LOTS OF RAD SOUNDS!
-works with your drum machine"

Synthrotek on eBay (RSS)

NLogPoly Synth - MultiLayer Demo

YouTube Uploaded by nlogmusic on May 20, 2011

"NLogPoly Synth now available from Mac App Store plus free Audio Unit at www.temporubato.com"

NLogPoly Synth - tempo rubato

EML Refurbishment Progress by George Mattson of Mattson Mini Modular

via George Mattson:

"My EML refurbishment project is moving along slowly.

I now have all of the panel components and PC boards mounted. All panels are wired except for the right half of the middle.

I completed the sub structure and tacked the panels to it to give everybody a concept of the form factor.

I still have to make a base that will span an 88-key MIDI keyboard, add at top cap, make the cosmetic housing, install the two analog keyboards in a "drawer" configuration, install the power supplies then, go through and tweak everything in as well as build the inter-cabinet cables and I/O.

It's going to take a while :)"

http://mattsonminimodular.com/
See the Mattson EML label for more.

Malcolm Cecil's TONTO Coming to Town - Live Event

"B2Art and EARS (The Analog Lab) present KiNo block

Poet of Sound and Image KiNo in Exhibition and Live Performance

New Vague: Invasion from Within

June 3 - 29, 2011

Featuring performance version installation of the world's largest synthesizer, TONTO

and two-dimensional works by artists Bill Alpert, Bartus Bartolomes, Scott Alger, Astolfo Funes and Marjan Denkov.

New York, NY - Poet of Sound and Image KiNo will unleash a programme of sonic and visual ephemera in line with his psychedelic live musical performances for the month of June at the World Monuments Fund Gallery (15 East 27th Street.) The landscape will be punctuated by two-dimensional works from artists Bill Alpert, Bartus Bartolomes, Scott Alger, Astolfo Funes and Marjan Denkov.

KiNo uses images, sounds and words to comment on the fundamental aspects of human beings and their behavior. With unwavering intimations of conscience, his work strives to stimulate the emotional intelligence of his audience. During his 27 day residency, KiNo will present a universe of sound, film, and live installation.

"Sonic wizard" Jeff Blenkinsopp (Pink Floyd, Vangelis, The Secret Machines) invented an analogue processing device especially for KiNo known as the KiNo Live Rig. This one of a kind machine will join forces with the world's largest synthesizer, T.O.N.T.O. (The Original New Timbral Orchestra). Created by Malcolm Cecil (credited for electrifying Stevie Wonder), the performance version of TONTO will be installed at the gallery. For video footage of TONTO, click here. [embed below]

Nine special sets of KiNo's original music and sonic pieces will be performed throughout the month, combining the forces of the KiNo Live Rig and TONTO. A treasured special-guest lineup includes the following artists (for more information on them, click here):

Malcolm Cecil ("Godfather of electronic music")
Andy Rourke (The Smiths)
Joe McGinty (Psychedelic Furs)
DJ Jonathan Peters
Jesper Kyd (composer: Hitman, Assassin's Creed)
Ilhan Ersahin (Wax Poetic)
Juini Booth (Sun Ra/McCoy Tyner)
Kenny Wollesen (Tom Waits)

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Please RSVP for the June 3 opening by clicking the link below.
*RSVP CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT, JUNE 2*
www.poetofsoundandimage.com/rsvp


For the full programme and more information visit: http://www.poetofsoundandimage.com/junecom

Curated by Belen Moreno Bosch & Ana Rita Dà Piedade &
Produced by Jeff Blenkinsopp, Ana Rita Dà Piedade and KiNo"

TONTO & Stevie Wonder

YouTube Uploaded by analoghell on Aug 2, 2006

"Documentary extract talking about TONTO's collaboration with Stevie on 4 classic 70's records. CD of classic TONTO now available on www.tontosexpandingheadband.com"

See the TONTO label below for more.

Roland SH-32 in mint condition

via this auction

Click these for the super size shots.

Detron

Detron by alienrobotdance
"A short fast track I made exclusively with JX3P. I got the controller for it (DT200 by Dtronics) in the mail today and I thought I'd give it a spin :)

Sounds are recorded into ableton, only eq and compression are added, and a little reverb. No further processing.

Drums are 808."

via alienrobotdance
"I got the DT200 by DTronics (The Roland PG200 clone that I discovered on Matrixsynth) in the mail today and I wanted to make a fast track using only the JX3P. All those new knobs are fantastic to play with. Drums are 808, synth parts are all JX3P. For the 'arp' I used the internal sequencer of the JX3P, triggered by a pulse in Ableton."

Beat707 with Arduino Synth

YouTube Uploaded by beat707videos on May 20, 2011
See this post for a recent review.

dr. moonstien circuit bent bio static optical theremin signal destroyer

YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on May 20, 2011

drmoonstien on eBay (RSS)

VAX77 Host Control Demo [Polyphonic Aftertouch Keyboard Controller]

YouTube Uploaded by InfiniteResponse on May 20, 2011

I believe Infinite Response is the only current manufacturer of keyboards featuring polyphonic aftertouch. If anyone knows of others, feel free to comment. For those new to the term, polyphonic aftertouch allows you to apply aftertouch to only the note/s you are applying aftertouch to. On most synths if you apply aftertouch on only one note on the keyboard, all notes are affected. Many synths support poly aftertouch via MIDI. The Roland A90, Sequential Circuits Prophet T8, Yamaha CS80 and I believe Kurzweil's MIDIboard all supported poly aftertouch. Ensoniq obtained the rights to the most common form of poly aftertouch and as a result many of their synths including the SQ80 but not the ESQ1 featured it.

Simple Doepfer Dark Time + A-100 Sequence

YouTube Uploaded by Dovinia on May 20, 2011

"Very simple, but happy little sequence with a somewhat hypnotic feel (at least to me). Dark Time is controlling A-100 including the tempo of a second sequence from A-160/161."

afternoon (shapesynth, sinusoid, kinetic)

YouTube Uploaded by humbletune on May 20, 2011

"An afternoon composition using my iphone applications: shapesynth, sinusoid, kinetic and one secret....

http://www.humbletune.com/apps"

Erik Sigth - iTunes
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iPod Touch on eBay

"shape
Shape is a polyphonic synthesiser allowing the user to draw the shape of the oscillator wave form. The positive side of the oscillation is represented by 32 blocks and the negative side is its mirror, generating all sorts of possible raw retroish sounds. Shape is best experienced with akai synthstation 25.

+++ 16 voices.
+++ Attack.
+++ Decay.
+++ LFO envelop.
+++ Delay.
+++ Akai synthstation 25 compatible.
+++ On screen 25 key stylophone style keyboard.

kinetic
Kinetic is a music instrument inspired by the inside of a maracas, however it is not a percussive instrument. Notes are represented by bouncing balls that make sounds when they hit a wall and gravity is determined by the location of your device, using the accelerometer. Switch between scenes in order to create chord structures.

sinusoid
Sinusoid is an 8 bit music tracker/sequencer sound toy. It has four channels, 2 sine, 1 square and 1 drum channel. Sound controls are attack, decay and tremolo. Other features are copy, paste, save and load. Sinusoid is inspired by retro games and almost forgotten trackers..."

A Poll on Computers In the Studio

I'm curious how many people currently use computers in their studio and if so, do you use it for audio, MIDI or both. Feel free to share and expand your opinion in the comments.

Emma Knight - Dirty Electronics Lead & Schemas

Dirty Electronics Lead & Schemas from Emma Knight on Vimeo.

KORG nanoKONTROL 2

YouTube Uploaded by soundofseventythree on May 19, 2011

"My KORG nanoKONTROL 2 arrived yesterday. It inspired me to improvise this track which I am calling 'Ladybug'. It features the nanoKONTROL 2 controlling Ableton Live along with the Novation Launchpad, and the Akai MPK mini. The bass is a sample of me playing my Squier Jaguar Bass through my KORG Pandora PX5D which was also used as the soundcard for this set. Thanks for watching!"

Update: http://soundofseventythree.bandcamp.com/

Beat707 Arduino Drum Sequencer Review by Altitude

http://www.beat707.com
"This project was brought to my attention a month ago and it immediately caught my eye as a perfect solution for a sequencer for my 9090 TR-909 clone.

Quick Run Down:
The Beat707 is a Arduino shield (meaning hardware front end) and software for an Arduino (Uno/2009/Mega) hardware platform. The Beat707 hardware can be purchased via their website assembled for $100 (An Arduino MIDI Groove Box Shield). Their website has a number of video demos that I recommend everyone check out. An arduino will run you $15-$65 depending on what you get and where you get it. I opted for an Uno for $30 but am upgrading to a Mega since the code limit for the 2009/Uno has pretty much been met. Anyone looking into getting one, I recommend a mega (Chinese clones are ~$40).

The hardware is simple to assemble, simply join the Arduino and the Beat707 (pins and headers) and upload the software. Arduino has its own software to upload the apps to the hardware and it is trivial to use (no programming knowledge required)

The Hardware:
The controls are straight forward. Sixteen step buttons, 4 navigation buttons, Stop/play/record/shift. Ports are midi in/out, Power, USB. It can be powered via USB and it also has a midi over USB function.

Here is mine. I opted for different style buttons from the kit to better suit my case. I also have two mods installed (more on that later)


The software:
The sequencer consists of 18 tracks: 14 drum instrument tracks, 2 monosynth tracks, and two accent tracks. Each drum voice can be set to a different midi channel and note. The names can easily be edited in the software so you don't have to have them named according the to GM names.

Editing the drum tracks is pretty much identical to the Tr-707. There is a A/B variation for each track giving a total of 32 steps (and it even goes beyond this, however I have not played around with that feature). The combination of the shift key gives access to editing and quick jump parameters (copy/paste/mute/solo etc). Pattern edit mode is your classic x0x style editing and there is also a realtime record where each of the 16 keys represents and instrument (again, like the 707)

The two synth tracks work considerably differently than the drum tracks and each note is entered per step and remains on until a note off event is programmed (to hold notes) or another note begins. There is also a slide function to slide between notes. What I really dig about the synth tracks is that with a keyboard attached, you can simply play in the notes from a keyboard. A clever scheme is used where a light note press (low velocity) is recorded as a rest and a hard press records that note. Both events advance the sequence to the next step. Quite fun to use.

Hacks and Mods:
The designer built in quite a bit of expandability so it is very easy to add features. Like I show above, I added an analog pot (which can be assigned to a number of parameters) and an encoder which allows for quick editing of parameters. There are also a number of switch inputs that can be used for a variety of things (footswitch start/stop). Trigger outputs are also built in to trigger non-midi external drum voices.

At this time, there is no case or faceplate for the Beat707 (coming soon afaik) so I designed my own enclosure based on an extruded Hammond box and a CNC made panel. I used lightpipes for the LEDs since they are mounted to the board and SMD parts."

Hollow Sun's Electrapiano

via Hollow Sun where you'll find sample and full details.

snip:
"The RMI Electrapiano from US manufacturer, Rocky Mount Instruments, was a popular electric piano/harpsichord in certain musical genres of the '70s.

To be accurate, the Electrapiano was actually an electronic piano - whereas other electric pianos at the time were electro-magnetic using tines hit by hammers that were amplified using pickups, the Electrapiano's sound was generated electronically.

It is thoroughly unrealistic and sounds very little like a real piano (or even an electric piano!) but it is a pleasant and distinctive sound nonetheless sounding somewhere between a harpsichord and a guitar... being charitable, let's just say that it has a piano or harpsichord 'quality'!...

FEATURES
* Authentic front panel; combine piano, harpsichord & lute
* 'Accenter' separately switchable
* 44kHz/24-bit samples for each note
* Presets plus user preset function
* Distortion, cab sim, chorus, phase shifter and echo multiFX
* Convolved reverb including springs, rooms, halls, etc.


via Steve Howell on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Algebretti Spaghetti - Kawai K4r meets BCR2000

"One of the many pieces of junk rare vintage synths I sold in order to fund my Doepfer modular was the inimitable Kawai K4r. This is the rack mounted version of the K4 keyboard. The only differences being that the keyboard has built in effects while the rackmounted version swaps these for this 8 outs. While I never took advantage of this feature, as I've usually already got more synth outs than mixer channels, it is a nice little bonus for such a cheap module."

More pics and details on Ununseptium warehouse.
Algebretti Spaghetti by ununseptiumwarehouse

Impression Sound Machine. Making The Sound

YouTube Uploaded by imusicalbum on May 20, 2011
"new experimental project for iPhone/iPad"
"We start working on Sound Impression Machine project. It is an art object with which you can create changing soundscapes reflecting your mood. By selecting one of themes, from a diverse mosaic of sound fragments you can catch and keep a fleeting impression so that return to these senses after a while, listening these records. Or share your impressions with friends in social networks, making its brighter and more interesting with the sounds created by this machine.

Follow us on twitter for the news about our projects

http://twitter.com/imusicalbum

Project web site:

http://imusicalbum.com"

iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

4th Annual Experimental Garage Sale – 6/4/2011

via GetLoFi where you'll find additional details including a list of sellers and pics.

Ultrasonics pictured here.

Track 4 - TR 707, TB 303, JUNO 6, Blacet modular

YouTube Uploaded by theDarkMechanics on May 20, 2011

"Here is a track which we prepared for our goldsmiths gig. Will be uploading footage asap. Featuring the TR 707, TB 303, JUNO 6 and the Blacet modular. Quite chilled, enjoy!"

Gabber cat

YouTube Uploaded by daedidm on May 17, 2011

"My cat making gabber for us."

via CatSynth

Tenori-On: Original double-sided, white LED design

via this auction

"This is an Original Tenori-On, with double-sided white LED screens and superior-quality magnesium alloy body construction. The newer version of the instrument is single-sided with orange LEDs and a plastic body...

About the Tenori-On

Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON. A 16x16 matrix of LED switches allows everyone to play music intuitively, creating a "visible music" interface.

The TENORI-ON 16 x 16 LED button matrix is simultaneously a performance input controller and display. By operating and interacting with the LED buttons and the light they produce you gain access to the TENORI-ON's numerous performance capabilities.

The TENORI-ON provides six different performance and sound/light modes for broad performance versatility, and these modes can be combined and used simultaneously for rich, complex musical expression.

More information can be found on the manufacturer's website: http://tenori-on.yamaha-europe.com/"

Yamaha DX1

via this auction

Yamaha CS-01 MKII

via this auction

"Don't let it's size fool you. This little monosynth puts out a mean 50/50 duty cycle square wave bass sound. very similar to the SH-101 tonality.

This particular unit is the MKII version featuring a 24db lowpass filter (rather than the 12db filter of the MKI) as well as a proper Resonance slider rather than just a High/Low switch."

Don't miss these videos featuring another CS-01 MKII.

YAMAHA TX816 DX7 RACK MONSTER SYNTH

via this auction

"classic Yamha TX816 rack system with all 8 TF1 modules. Basically 8 dx7 voices in a single rack! Each TF1 module consists of a 16-voice, 6-operator digital FM synth engine. So a complete TX816 with all eight TF1 modules would offer up to 128 voices and 48 operators! Each TF1 also features an indepednent audio out (XLR) and MIDI I/O for a total of eight audio outputs and MIDI I/O's. It also has one global MIDI in/out port with 8-part multitimbrality, but no common stereo or mix output."

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