Analogue Systems French Connection

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Steim Crackebox

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OTO Machines Biscuit Bit Crusher Filter Monosynth & Der Mask Overlay

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Boss PC-2 with Original Box

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Roland SH-101 with Original Gig Bag

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mnésie à rebours /// noise+maths+qmmg+echophon+azimuth

Published on Mar 18, 2013 heodesalciphron·94 videos

"Lights and wires" studio session

Published on Mar 18, 2013 gattobus·46 videos

"Just a quick composition to test my new eurorack modules...
...it seems that everything's fine! ;-)"

REWO Jams Again! - Moog synths Jam - Voyager, Little Phatty, Roland V-Synth

Published on Mar 18, 2013 renevanderwouden·132 videos

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Live performance of the 2nd track of the Alchemia album by René van der Wouden aka REWO. Performed on March 18th, 2013.

Backing track instrumentation: Moog, Waldorf XTk, Yamaha SY77, Korg MS2000b and Wavestation EX.

Thanks for watching.

http://www.renevanderwouden.net"

MakeNoise Multimode Gate (MMG) Demo

MakeNoise Multimode Gate (MMG) Demo 1 from Walker Farrell on Vimeo.

"A demonstration of functionality and usage of the MakeNoise Multimode Gate (MMG).

Part 1: front panel controls, basic patches."

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: John Bowen Demos the Rotors on the Solaris

Published on Mar 18, 2013 matrixsynth·274 videos

One of my favorite features of the John Bowen Solaris. You won't find this in other synths. The simplest way to think of a rotor is a cycle through four oscillators. You can set whatever oscillators you want in the four rotor slots in any order you like, including up to four external audio inputs. If you want you can set all rotors to just OSC 1. Why would you do that? Because you can set modulations on OSC 1 and then use the rotor to skip through the changes. You can then cycle the rotor into the audio frequency range to create new timbres not possible on other synths. You can also adjust the crossfade level for the rotor for either smooth sounding or more edgy transitions. Everything is open to modulation as well. This is a new and pretty incredible method of timbral synthesis for source oscillators when you think about it. Be sure to see the John Bowen Synth Design website for more.

A side note: this marks the last post of my own content on the MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013. More is coming in from others though, so stay tuned.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: Computer Controlled - Octotrack & TT-303

Published on Mar 18, 2013 matrixsynth·273 videos

Part of Computer Controlled's performance with the Cyclone Analogic TT-303 & Elektron Octatrack. Apologies for the audio quality on this one. It sounded much better live. The TT-303 sounded great BTW.

Again, these videos are meant to give you a look at the event. Be sure to see the MMTA SYNTHFEST 2013 label for all posts on the event this year. I leave the link up on the top right of the site for a little bit while new posts come in.

VR Panoramas of Seattle Area Artist Studios - Project Seeks Local Musicians

This is just a heads up for those that might be interested. Bradford Bohonus specializes in high resolution panoramic photography. You might remember some of his panorama's of this year's MMTA SYNTHFEST from this post.  He is looking for more musicians to be represented in his on-going personal project photographing local Seattle area artists in their studios. ( See: http://www.bohonus.com/artists/ ). Let him know If you are local to the Seattle area and would like to participate. There is no cost, and you are welcome to post links to the finished panoramas on your website, Facebook, Twitter etc.

FREE Modular Synthesis Workshop at Make Noise (Asheville NC)

via Richard Devine on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Doing a FREE Modular Synthesis Workshop at Make Noise (Asheville NC) and special modular solo performance the night before."

RSVP here,  performance details here.

MiniSynth 2 vs. Werkbench

Published on Mar 18, 2013

"We got our hands on Yonac's miniSynth 2 yesterday and fell in love! Werkbench jam starts at 2:07."

iTunes:
WerkBench - Bolasol, Inc.
miniSynth 2 - Yonac Inc.
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PX-1100 RARE VINTAGE SOVIET REVERB DELAY CHORUS

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SN 33072

"The unit was made in April 1993 in USSR at well-known Soviet factory "Estradin", which was famous for producing very qualitative professional studio | concert equipment.
PX-1100 signal processor was highly sought-after for versatile functionality & amazing sound. The device has solid construction of a rack size.

PX-1100 signal processor produces sound that differs from well-known western processor brands & can easily compete by its sound quality with any.
Unit sounds really fantastic and unusual - very wide and clean set of effects like delay | reverb | flanger | chorus | looper

Front panel controls:
— Amp;
— Repeat;
— Echo;
— Timbre;
— Balance;
— Volume;
— Effect | Direct signal switch;
— Chorus | Hall | Reverb | Memory;
— x0.25 | x1 multiplier switch;
— Delay;
— Rate

Back panel: Pedal, Input, Output

Weight:
4 kg (8.81 lbs)"

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Octi Likes Samples

Published on Mar 18, 2013 ipassenger·11 videos

"A little messabout on the Octatrack, showing how it can easily create lots of weirdness from a basic instrumental loop.

A monomachine loop provided the original raw material but only the octatrack is used in this video."

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Corey Henry (Kronos Sound Demonstration)

Published on Mar 18, 2013 KorgUSAVideos·346 videos

"Solo artist and Snarky Puppy keyboardist, Cory Henry, joined us at Korg USA for a test drive of the Korg Kronos X, along with the optional EXs, and KRS Expansion Sample Series libraries available at http://www.korg.com/kronossoundlibraries

As an established gospel and jazz fusion keyboardist, Cory knows the importance of having an inspiring instrument at your fingertips: "The Kronos does a great job of making you feel as if the instrument that you're playing is right in the same room as you. Every time I browse another sound, it kind of gets me into a different place that makes me just want to play, as if I am a violin player, or if I have an actual electric piano in my house. It does a great job of making you feel that you're playing the actual instrument."

For More Information, Check out:

http://www.Korg.com/Kronosx

Like Us -- http://www.facebook.com/korgusa

Follow Us -- http://www.twitter.com/korgusa"

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KORG SQ-10 MINT with Original Box

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ROKTON UDS — RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM KIT SYNTHESIZER

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"It has 5 identical channels (which can be used & edited freely) for BASS DRUM, HIGH TOM, MIDDLE TOM, LOW TOM, SNARE and two channels for Hi-hats and Cymbals. In every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, base tone pitch, pitch envelope time, amount of pitch modulation, noise/tone ballance, filter's cutoff for noise, accent amount, channel's volume. The synth has also built-in beatbox with 16 patterns. The beatbox and the synthesizer are independent modules so they can work at the same time freely..."

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Power, Corruption, & Lies

flickr by ldandersen.

If you don't get it, click here. My alltime favorite from them.

Another one from my draft archives. Not sure why this one never went up. Also see this one.

Controlling a Eurorack Modular with the iPad & Lemur

Controlling my Eurorack from my iPad (Lemur) from Icaro Ferre on Vimeo.

"In this video I'm trying to use the Lemur app on my iPad to control my Doepfer A-106-5 module in my Eurorack.

So basically the A-106-5 is receiving CV from my Expert Sleepers ES-3 (which is receiving data from the Silent Way plugin on my mac via lightpipe).
The Lemur app is connected to my mac and it's mapped to Silent Way's parameters.

Kinda cool, kinda nerdy.

PS: I know I'm moving the camera a lot but my idea was to document the process so I didn't pay much attention to the excessive amount of movement! Sorry :)"

iTunes:
Lemur - Liine
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GDR VERMONA PDD 501 DIGITAL DELAY CHORUS FLANGER SN 250997

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"VERMONA PDD 501 PROGRAMABLE DIGITAL DELAY (s/n 250997), power cable original case, manual and service schemes :::

Vermona PDD-501 is a fully programmable digital pro-equipment produced in East Germany (GDR) in the 80s.
The device has all inscriptions in English, huge and amazing sound and rock-solid construction with MIDI interface installed. Unit also has a battery section (3x AA batteries)

Front panel: Effect ON, Param. On, Up, Down, Time Coarse, Time Fine, Feedb. Level, Effect Level, LFO Speed, LFO Intens., Low Pass, MIDI Channel, Mains.

The processor is fully controllable either by Midi signals or by analog pedals (Hold\Delay inputs). The audio input\outputs are standart TRS 1\4 jacks, with stereo audio out (Inv.Mix - Left, Mix-Right). With 88 presets onboard you can program any parameter out of: time coarse, time fine, feedback-level, effect-level,LFO-speed, LFO-intensity, low-pass, midi-channel. "Vermona PDD-501" signal processor produces sound that differs from well-known western processor brands. Unit sounds really fantastic - very wide and clean set of effects like delay-reverb-flanger-chorus!

Specifications:
— Voltage 220V / 50 Hz; 3x AA batteries
— Weight, < 4 kg (8.8 Pounds)"

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MARSH UDS SN 9202092 SOVIET USSR DRUM MACHINE WITH ORIGINAL PADS

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MOOG LIBERATION

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Waldorf Rocket Synthesizer with Original Box

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Not the best pic but there you have it. Another one out in the wild.

KMI QuNexus and Moog AniMoog at Synthfest NW 2013

Published on Mar 18, 2013 Christian Heilman·16 videos

"Keith McMillen Instruments new Smart Sensor Keyboard controlling Moog AniMoog app in iPad, shown at Synthfest NW 2013. For more information on QuNexus, visit http://www.keithmcmillen.com/qunexus/"

Update: some pics from the event.  Click on them for the full size shots.

bigmodularsynth.com presents the archangel sequencer

Published on Mar 18, 2013 caleb condit·36 videos

"My friend Mark and I went to STG Soundlabs to get a closer look at the soon to be released Detachment 3 Archangel sequencer. With 4 rows of 16 steps and quantized jazz inputs, complete RME system compatability and a VLC auto-update feature set, it's sure to please.
Go to http://www.bigmodularsynth.com/archangel-sequencer/ to check out my blog if you want to read all about modular synths and geek out."

White Macbeth M5N Semi-modular Synthesizer SN AR4005

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"Up for sale is a (1) rare and very cool Macbeth M5N semi-modular synthesizer, less than 100 ever built. As you can see on the photo's it's in very good condition and it works perfectly! It's a hand built synthesizer by Kenn Macbeth, Edinburgh, Scotland. The serial number is: AR4005 and it was finished on 26/03/2009..."

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Moog The Source SN 2219

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Signal Transport Synth Driver

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"Signal Transport's Synth Driver Plus addresses a common problem found in MIDI/Synthesizer, Project, and Commercial studios; unbalanced audio sources cause buzz and hum. Synth Driver provides a compact, convenient, high density balancing interface for your synthesizer, MIDI voices, and any other unbalanced gear, so that even in the largest installations you can enjoy clean, quiet operation free of extraneous noise.

Two lift buttons on the front are busted (you can wiggle them but they don't stay up or down)

NO POWER CHORD INCLUDED"

First Signal Transport post.

Novation KS Rack and Furman RV-1 Spring Reverb

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Published on Jan 9, 2013 Max Barbaria·19 videos

"Just running through some midi and different presets to show it's working. It's for sale locally. I test each knob to show what they do. At the end I am pointing one or two jumpy encoders. A little bit of reverb from the Furman RV-1 Spring Reverb. Apologies for poor audio, will add the HQ audio soon. Thanks."


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"5 Space rack mount. Awesome synth with classic Novation sound. All the same sliders and knob controls as the keyboard versions. Very easy to program, sounds great, pads, drones, leads, basses… Very versatile synth. Awesome arpeggiator. On board FX. Delay, Reverb, Distortion, Chorus, Eq, Panning, and Vocoder. Tested and working 100%! Good physical condition, but missing 2 knobs and the attack slider. No power cord, but it takes a generic 3 prong power cord.

You are going to want to read this awesome review from Sound on Sound. It will tell you everything you want to know about the KS"

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Sherman Filterbank V1 Analog Filter Unit

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"The filterbank is a dual hp/bp/lp filter than can be used in series or parallel. It has incredible sync options for syncing the harmonics of the filters. It has incredibly warm tube type distortion at the input stage and a really great LFO for even further effect variables. It also has 2 sets of envelopes for further shaping the waves. The sherman filterbank V1 has a nice depth that the V2 didn't seem to have, in my opinion. I have owned both and they are fairly different machines with different nature and characteristics aside from features. This is an early run V1 in great condition. Sounds excellent and really provides an extreme variety of possibilities..."

Plan B Model 28 Programmable Tap Clock

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Plan B Eurorack Modules

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"Plan B eurorack synthesizer modules. Rare and long out of production.

Plan B - Model 14 Dual Voltage Processor
Plan B - Model 10 Polyphonic envelope Mk1
Plan B - Model 10 Dual Timbral Gate "

Kawai K5M Digital Additive Synthesizer

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Avatar Analog Synth by Dirk Lindhof

This is an old post I found in my draft archives.  Sometimes Blogger creates duplicate posts, but I'm not finding this one published, so here it is.  The original link for info in German was here, but the link appears to no longer be active.

It was originally from sequencer.de, which also appears to not have the post it.  Not sure what ever happened to this.  If you know feel free to comment or shoot me an email.

MFB Dominion X SED Programmable Analogue Synthesizer

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"The Dominion X is MFB's latest synthesizer. It combines analogue synthesis, programmability and modular patching. With advanced circuits, increased functionality and a new design, the Dominion X is the first of MFB's next generation musical instruments.

The Dominion X offers 3 x oscillators for maximum flexibility. Each waveform can be varied in symmetry. Besides altering the pulse width of a rectangle, you may also continuously turn a saw tooth into a triangle and a triangle into a sine. All oscillators also offer ring modulation. In addition, VCO 2 and VCO 3 can be synced to VCO1. Finally, VCO3 can modulate the frequency of VCO 1 and VCO 2. The analogue oscillator circuit is processor-controlled for stable tuning. To complete the available sound sources, noise or an external audio input can be added to the VCOs in the Dominion X's mixer section.

The filter offers 6 x operation modes. Available are 3 x low pass variations with 12, 18 and 24 dB/oct. slopes. Also available are high pass-, band pass and a notch filter with slopes of 12 dB/oct. respectively 6 dB/oct. Variable filter modulations are possible via an invertible envelope, keyboard tracking, LFO, VCO, different MIDI controllers as well as by the use o the CV-input.

The 2 x ADSR-type envelops are internally routed to the VCF- and VCA-sections. In addition, envelope 1 can also modulate the VCO section. LFOs 1 and 2 offer six waveform shapes including sample & hold. They may be switched to one-shot-modes to emulation simple envelopes. A third sine-LFO works in combination with a keyboard's modulation wheel and can dynamically address the VCO, VCF and VCA sections.

Modulations are assigned by the use of selector switches, located at the destinations. This allows easily setting and re-routing internal modulation paths, ideally for your live-performance.

To integrate external modulators, control- and audio sources, the Dominion X offers 9 x inputs. Therefore, oscillators, filter, VCA, CV/gate and mixer can be easily combined with other analogue synthesizers such as MFB's Megazwerg, analogue sequencers such as MFB's Urzwerg Pro or modular synthesizer systems.

An additional selector switch allows assignment of velocity for up to eleven modulation destinations.

The Dominion X offers 128 x programmable patches for your personal sound creations. To support sound programming without an attached keyboard, different demo sequences are available. To use the Dominion X as a filter box for external audio sources, the VCA can be opened permanently. Finally, there is an insert available to integrate an effect or distortion unit into the signal path.

The Dominion X has the following dimensions: 330mm x 170mm x 60mm. An external power supply is included.

The new SED filter design contains 2 x different types of filters. Once is the 12 dB MFB multifilter with 12 dB lowpass and 12 dB highpass, bandpass und notch. Sound can be described as clean and powerful with steady catchy resonance behaviour. The second is new SED filter with 24/12 dB lowpass. This single ended discrete (transistors) filter can be driven into clippng zone, especially the 12 dB variant. The 24 dB lowpass can be sound almost clean when you drive the vco mixer below half of possible value.

Features

3 x VCOs with wave shaping and ring modulation
Dual-Sync and Dual-FM features
6-fold multimode-filter including 3 x low pass configurations with 12-24 dB
Patch-section for external CV/gate-control
Velocity routing matrix with 11 x destinations
3 x LFOs with 2 x LFOS offering one-shot-modes and reset
MIDI I/O and thru"

Oberheim OB-MX

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"Voice 2 is about a 1/4 tone out of tune!!! So you can either disable this if it bugs you, or, leave it on! It's not an issue for monophonic lines or sound effects.

Other than that works fine."

1984 Roland SH-101 Ad

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

"Roland SILVER SH-101 synthesizer 'Takes you where you want to go' full page colour advertisement from page 91 in the February 1984 issue of Keyboard Magazine."

Alesis Andromeda "Minimoog"

Published on Mar 18, 2013 synthartist69·1,087 videos

Alesis Andromeda "Moog Bass" No Effects


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the Kurzweil MicroPiano

Published on Mar 18, 2013 organfairy·367 videos

"At second hand sales there are often piles of old analog computer modems that absolutely nobody wants. But it can be worthwile to go through the piles because amongst those seemingly useless plastic boxes there can be little treasures that looks like a modem but certainly isn't.
I found this little box at a Y-mens money raising sale and because they thought it was just another old modem I got it for the equivalent of 2$ (which some people say is written $2). But I knew that it wasn't because modems ususally doesn't come with a MIDI interface.

There wasn't anything wrong with it so I took the lid off it only to see what was inside. I have used it in the music that I play in this video for all the piano sounds and most of the strings. The rest is played on Roland RA-30 arranger, JX-8P synthesizer and Technics SX-C600 organ."

Dottor Jekyll & Mister Hyde - Dual Nature Generator

Published on Mar 18, 2013 kinetiklab·4 videos

"Here's a short video of Dr. Jekyll & Mr.Hyde dual nature generator.
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is a generator suffering from dissociative identity disorder.
It is constituted by two distinct mixable circuit voices.
Jekyll has a warm voice, firm and comforting as opposed to Hyde, harsh, noisy, and sometimes unpredictable.
Please visit http://kinetiklaboratories.blogspot.it/"

Update: video re-uploaded.

Sonic TOUCH 22: Arturia iMini

Published on Mar 18, 2013 sonicstate·428 videos
Update: Re-Published on Mar 19, 2013

"We take a look at the new iMini from Arturia - a new MiniMoog emulation and pitch it up against a bonafide Model D for comparisson"

iTunes:
iMini - Arturia
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