"This rare working Polymoog was a recent purchase and it's by far the cleanest one you've likely to find. Comes with Poly pedal 285a and the (6-pc support legs). Also includes a binder with printed copies of Owners Manual and schematics sheets. I've been advised to have it "gone over" thoroughly by a technician. But I'm not investing nearly $1k on an item I'm not keeping."
This is a very rare Moog synth that includes the hard to find poly pedal. Unit powers up and all voices, buttons, pitch ribbon and slider controls function. Only defects on this unit is some a slider pots are scratchy sounding on the voices when moved. That should fixable with some contact cleaner sprayed on them though. 3 of the piano keys tend to trigger a voice and will not stop playing that note on certain voice settings. All of the other keys trigger properly."
"Kat Day is one half of the British Berlin-based audio visual duo, The KVB. Originally formed in London in 2010, the pair is known for their prolific output, and has released 5 albums and a number of EPs. In the past year alone they have toured Asia, Latin America, and Europe, along with festival shows in South Africa and San Francisco. They are currently working on their follow up to 2016’s Of Desire which was recorded at Geoff Barrow’s (Portishead, Beak) studio in Bristol and released on Barrow’s label, Invada Records.
We chatted with Kat about how she’s using the OB-6."
"Some atmospherics I recorded to a cassette player of which I've modified the motor for variable control. Then resampled parts live via my Ultra Variable Temporal Particle Generator (WTPA2) and run through the El Capistan and Big Sky.
Then I move to the Maschine MK3 and Jam to coordinate the percussion/atmospherics and piano. I am also using the Octatrack to play a few other samples and as an FX processor."
"The under-appreciated electronic music pioneer behind the Doctor Who theme is to be honoured posthumously with a doctorate from her hometown university as the programme gears up for the debut of its first female lead.
Largely ignored in life and barred from working in studios because she was a woman, Delia Derbyshire, will be awarded an honorary PhD from Coventry University on Monday."
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This one was sent in via MATRIXSYNTH Reader Gareth.
An interesting side note is that I once almost picked up Delia Derbyshire's EMS VCS3/Putney. Peter Kember, aka Sonic Boom of Spectrum and Spacemen 3 fame, was selling it along with a Synton Syrinx years ago, before I started this format of MATRIXSYNTH. I seem to remember he wanted around $7k or so for it at the time, but I might wrong. I didn't have the funds so I passed. Also, a little unknown bit of synth history is that EMS sent the BBC an EMS SYNTHI 100 during the time Delia Derbyshire was there, and she actually did not take to it. It is my understanding that she preferred to work with tape. Curious what she might have thought of a Buchla, as the focus of Buchla was to compliment electronic music composition on tape.
"I recently got my hands on the new Novation Poly synth. I have been completely blown away by the versatility of this instrument. It is such a warm but aggresive sounding Synth, capable of making so many modern and vintage sounds. Enjoy this song Demo, I had so much fun making it. I did not use any external effects, only the stock effects from the Peak, which are wonderful."
"The elderly lady that I got it from used to use it to just to play country bass lines in a band with her sister in the early 1980s. Then, for many years, she just kept it stored in her house. Last week, she got it back out and sold it to me. I've been playing it all afternoon and am duly impressed. After wanting any kind of Moog for a long time, it's my first Moog anything..."
"You know the deal! #17 of #24 white wash performance edition- played once or twice- very clean. All original boxes no dust - Clean collectors edition- comes with soft Moog case original papers and boxes. 2 expression pedals brand new all brand New!"
"'The Lyricon is the first electronic instrument to combine a synthesizer with a wind instrument that plays with the same feel and sensitivity as an acoustical woodwind. The Lyricon responds instantly to changes in reed and wind action, giving the player extensive control over loudness, pitch, attack, timbre, decay and other expressive elements of phrasing over a full six-octave range. With the Lyricon, a player's own expression is as important as the synthesizer settings in controlling sound output. And using both, the Lyricon player can produce sounds unobtainable on other synthesizers -- from the imitative tones of conventional woodwinds, brasses and strings, to any number of electronic effects.' -from the original brochure.
This instrument is a fully restored Computone Lyricon Wind Synthesizer from the inventor Bill Bernardi's personal collection. It is in 100% playing condition. The instrument body is in beautiful condition, with only a few tiny flaws in the plating (see pictures). The console panel shows no wear, with the protective clear plastic on the knob skirts still intact. There is a small tear in the tolex on the top upper edge of the console cover (see pictures.) The handle has been replaced. Included with the instrument is the original owner's manual, power cord, advertising flyer, reed, mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover.
"SHERMAN FILTERBANK 2 is meant to be a more or less drastically spicing up boring or stiff sounding material with loads of distorsion before before its sophisticated filter section. Here I was trying to tame the beast a bit wehn I was feeding the digital sounds of KORG VOLCA FM in the unit. But you must not be afraid: It is still far away from being HiFi!!
Unlike other competitors SF 2 is also very capable in stereo-izing mono sound sources."
Montreal duo Chromeo are electro funk legends, with a career that stretches back to 2002 and classics like 'Fancy Footwork' to their name. With a new single out and a fifth album on the way, we decided to pay a visit to their studio in Burbank, CA where they've been recording for the past year.
Here the duo walked us through the vintage synths that have shaped their sound, from the Juno-106 to the Elka Synthex. They also told us how Steely Dan inspired their studio location, gave us some insider tips on starting a synth collection and even recorded a FACT jingle. Watch it above."
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"AKAI PROFESSIONAL UNLEASH NEW CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES WITH RELEASE OF HIGH-POWERED MPC 2.0 SOFTWARE
Next generation of acclaimed flagship beat-production software introduces a number of powerful new composition and performance features to the Music Production Center experience
Cumberland, RI USA (November 20, 2017) — Akai Professional, a leading manufacturer of music equipment for performers and producers, today announced the official release of MPC 2.0. Released after an extensive beta testing period, MPC 2.0 is compatible with Mac and PC, works either alone as your main DAW or integrates seamlessly into your DAW of choice as a VST, AU, AAX plug-in. Sporting a redesigned, easy-to-use interface, MPC 2.0 represents a huge leap forward in the beat-production software category by adding a formidable set of new features including:
• Audio track recording
• Real-time time-stretching and pitch-shifting
• Audio and MIDI drag-and-drop
• Redesigned user interface
• Ableton Link support
• 64-bit audio
• Bluetooth 4.0 MIDI support
• Advanced signal routing capability – submixes FX returns, multi-output support
• Reimagined mixer layout
• Enhanced Q-Link control
I had the fortune of visiting Arcosanti for a few days and meeting some wonderful souls while learning about architect Paolo Soleri's vision of the city as an organism for the transformation of the individual and evolution of the species. It's an inspiring place, and while there, I took the opportunity to create a mandala piece (https://youtu.be/rFeHbZPXUd4) and this modular piece shot on top of The Vaults at sunset.
Learn more about Arcosanti → http://arcosanti.org
✶ PATCH NOTES ✶
Live performance multitracked on Zoom F8 and mixed in Logic with compression, eq, and effects.
This patch is my current performance patch, sans effects. After completing the mandala piece I had less than an hour before sunset and the light was already fading. So I packed up, grabbed my synth and camera gear and headed to the highest point at Arcosanti—the roof of The Vaults. To save time I decided to go Eurorack-only, no external effects. Compositionally, I had zero prep. I just turned the system on, quickly tuned, and went for it.
"I got inspired by other people using the Poly iOS app in their improvisations, so I decided to try it myself.
The Poly app generates notes in a defined range, resulting in polyrhythmic patterns. These notes are sent via MIDI to the Volca FM, which itself plays a loop of a few notes. I decided to with the Xylophone FM patch, without extra edits, just knob tweaking. The FM is connected to the Zoom MS-70CDR, which adds the delay and reverb. The output of the Zoom is sent to the Behringer UCA202 USB sound card, which is in turn connected to the iPhone 7 that is used for recording the video and audio."
"E-MU Proteus 2500 Vintage Synthesizer / Drum Sound Module W/4 ROMS. This module has been well cared for in a smoke free studio since originally purchased several years back. It comes complete with sound module and power supply. The 4 ROMS Installed inside are (2500, XL-7, PHATT and orchestral 1). It is fully functional with normal wear to the outer shell from normal day to day use and for the synths age. The left most rack ear is slightly bent due to being racked and does not effect the devices performance but should be noted."
"Release day of my remix of Lily Pita - Fly as you wish :) Release on Strange Town Recordings. Here's a livesession of my remix - I played my parts with the Moog Sub37 and the Roland Boutiques TR-08, TR-09, SH-01A and JP-08. Get your copy on Beatport: http://bit.ly/2zLWCCP"
"Tweaking the EuroBoard prototype, with VCF3, Trippple VCF, inside. Should this be put into production? That's up to you! Pre-order at: www.gotharman.dk"
"At least 20 pre-orders are needed for this to go into production.
A few days after 20 pre-orders has been reached, the pre-order offer will end, and production will be started.
First modules are expected to ship out around 1 month after production start-up.
If 20 pre-orders has not been reached before 1/3-2018, this product idea will be dropped, and everybody that pre-ordered, will get a full refund.
Size: 22hp. Current draw: Up to 100mA, depending on filterboard.
Pre-order offer
EUR 169,-
THIS NEEDS A FILTERBOARD INSTALLED, TO BE USABLE!"
"Faderfox have released their "New Module" series, with the PC12, a smart, programmable MIDI controller with plenty of power and control.
Faderfox can be found here:
http://www.faderfox.de/pc12.html
Also shown in this clip are the Novation Circuit, Microsoft Surface Pro 4, and stands by Cremacaffe Design."
"PC12 as successor of the PC44 is a universal controller for all kinds of Midi controllable hard- and software.
You can combine two or more NEW MODULE devices to create a large system. The connections are on the right side to allow a back to back placing of two or more devices. Connect two NEW MODULES by a special extension port.
Furthermore there are 4 Midi-ports and one USB-port with various routing possibilities.
It is packed in a alu case with the same dimensions like the famous ELEKTRON devices so it’s a great extension for these devices. But you can use the pot controller also with your DAW like a classical 12-track-mixer.
The device has 72 standard pots and 12 buttons in a 12-track-layout, Various kinds of midi commands like control change, note on/off, pitchbend, aftertouch and program change are possible. You can program every Midi command for every separate control on the device very fast and easily.
Of course you can assign the pots and keys to any of these commands by learning incoming Midi commands, which is the same procedure you know from your software / DAW. The pots work with standard resolution of 7 bit to have full compatibility to any software and hardware instrument, effect and DAW. Use the internal 30 setups to save your individual settings. Backup and restore of all settings by sysex dumps is possible too.
The factory settings are perfect to control music and video software products out of the box if they are freely assignable. So any additional device programming isn’t necessary for many applications.
Some special setups are preconfigured for use with ELEKTRON RYTM and ABLETON LIVE.
Check out this amazing power box and you will get a reliable mate..."
A peek into the Australian Modular scene @ Tokyo Festival of Modular 2017
Published on Nov 20, 2017 cuckoomusic
"Having a chat with with the lovely chaps from Australian Modular, about the Australian scene, about how they feel about their geographical location and also getting a brief overview of some of the modules coming out of Australia."
"4MS Company showed me some of their beautiful modules during Tokyo Festival of Modular. A great sampler, tap delay and an extraordinarily beautiful resonator, all in stereo."
"A 'poppier' tune than I normally do. Rings and Elements providing interwoven rhythm/melody lines, with Ripples providing bass, and Tides eventually weaving in with Rings and Elements."
"This flexible Bluetooth module with its accompanying iPad app really caught my attention on the Tokyo Festival of Modular 2017. It can do CV, gate and LFO, all controlled and sequenced from the iPad app.
"Something about the VCO in the 'Matrix' II Homemade Analog Synthesizer. This synth has 3 identical VCOs, based on the Electronotes / ASM VCO, with minor modifications to allow for some electronic components substitutions.
Other modules will be shown in next videos (3 VCOs, 4 dual VCAs, 2 moog ladder VCFs, 2 LFOs, 3 ADSRs, VC Phaser, VC Delay, Divider, Sample & Hold, CV Lag, 2 Inverters, 4 channel mixer, Ring Modulator, Noise generator).
Welcome to Sbranvlztronics
*Links and articles pertinent to the VCO:
Terry Mikulic
"New Design Ideas for Voltage-Controlled Oscillators"
Electronotes, Vol. 8, No. 62, Feb. 1976, pp 13-15
"We’re testing Braids for the first time. The rest of the team was initially unsure what to make of the new rack-mounted friends, but they’re quickly becoming friends.
Kastle lays down the drone while the PO-12 Rhythm handles the click-track syncing and the beats. SQ-1 listens to the clicks and commands the 0-Coast and Braids on time and in tune. The Wasp wasps."
This instrument is a fully restored Computone Lyricon Wind Synthesizer from the inventor Bill Bernardi's personal collection. It is in 100% playing condition. The instrument body is in beautiful condition, with only a few tiny flaws in the plating (see pictures). The console panel shows no wear, with the protective clear plastic on the knob skirts still intact. There is a small tear in the tolex on the top upper edge of the console cover (see pictures.) The handle has been replaced. Included with the instrument is the original owner's manual, power cord, advertising flyer, reed, mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover.
"AKAI PROFESSIONAL UNLEASH NEW CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES WITH RELEASE OF HIGH-POWERED MPC 2.0 SOFTWARE
Next generation of acclaimed flagship beat-production software introduces a number of powerful new composition and performance features to the Music Production Center experience
You can combine two or more NEW MODULE devices to create a large system. The connections are on the right side to allow a back to back placing of two or more devices. Connect two NEW MODULES by a special extension port.
It is packed in a alu case with the same dimensions like the famous ELEKTRON devices so it’s a great extension for these devices. But you can use the pot controller also with your DAW like a classical 12-track-mixer.
