Half Rack Synth Demos by Digithalis

Published on Sep 4, 2018 Digithalis

A few demos in via Digithalis. Yes, the Miditech Pianobox is not a half rack, consider it extra. :)

Playlist:

1. Korg 05R/W Synthesizer Sounds (Demo)
2. Kurzweil Micropiano Sounds (Demo)
3. Miditech Pianobox Mini Sounds

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Full Details on Doepfer's NAMM 2018 Lineup of Eurorack Modules and the New Dark Energy III

The list:

Dark Energy III (first mentioned here)
A-111-4 Quad VCO
A-105-4 Quad SSM VCF
A-132-8 Octal VCA
A-141-4 Quad VCADSR
A-190-5 Polyphonic CV/Gate Interface
A-123-2 6/12/18/24dB Highpass
A-138s Mini Stereo Mixer
A-140-2 Dual Micro ADSR
A-142-3 Envelope Controlled VCA
A-150-8 Octal Voltage Controlled Switch
A-173-1/2 Micro Keyboard
A-180-9 Multicore

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New Doepfer Eurorack Modules

"Module A-150-8 contains eight manually/voltage controlled switches. Each of the eight switches has a manual control button (Man.), a control voltage input (CV), a common Out / Input (O/I), and two In / Outputs (I/O1, I/O2). The switches are bi-directional, i.e. they can work in both directions, so can connect one input to either of two outputs, or either of two inputs to one output. Two LEDs show which in / output is active (i.e. which is connected to the common out / input). In addition the LEDs are used for the programming of the module:

For each unit the operating mode can be selected: Toggle or Level controlled. In Toggle mode the rising edge of the CV input or operating the manual control button changes the state of the switch. In Level mode the switch state is defined by the voltage applied to the CV input (low voltage = I/O1, high voltage = I/O2) or by the state of the manual control button (not pressed = I/O1, pressed = I/O2). The modes are programmed very easily: Operating the Toggle/Level button of the program section displays the current state of each switch with the LEDs: left LED on = Toggle mode, right LED on = Level mode. Operating the manual control button of the switch in question changes the toggle/level mode while the Toggle/Level button of the program section is operated. During the programming possibly patched CV signals have to be removed as the CV signals would interfere with the manual operating buttons during the programming process.

In addition it's possible to define master/slave groups. In such a group the upper unit (= master) controls also the state of the following switches provided that they are defined as slaves. Master/slave programming is also very simple: Operating the Master/Slave button of the program section displays the current state of each switch with the LEDs: left LED on = Master, right LED on = Slave. Operating the manual control button of the switch in question changes the master/slave mode while the Master/Slave button of the program section is operated. During the programming possibly patched CV signals have to be removed as the CV signals would interfere with the manual operating buttons during the programming process.
When all 8 units are defined as master all switches are independent from each other. If for example the sequence is MSSSMSMS the control unit of the first switch also controls the switches 2, 3 and 4. The control unit of switch 5 also controls the switch 6, and the control unit of switch 7 also controls the switch 8. The current states of the slave switches are overwritten by the state of the master switch.

Technical note: To protect the electronic switches in case of an unsuitable patch (e.g. connection of two outputs) a 1k protection resistor is inserted into the O/I line of each switch. If control voltages used for VCOs are switched this may cause a small voltage drop and lead to undesired audible detuning. For this application we recommend to insert a CV buffer between A-150-8 and the VCO(s), e.g. the Buffered Multiple A-180-3 or the Precision Adder A-185-2. Integrating the buffers into the module A-150-8 was not possible because this would ruin the bidirectionality of the switches."

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Metasonix KV-100 Multi Effect System The Assblaster Tube Synth Effect SN 111

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"From the dark raunchy minds of Metasonix comes The KV-100 Assblaster. When it comes to loud and wicked sounds, Metasonix are our champions. If you wanna REALLY spice up any audio signal, run it through an Assblaster and you'll be shot into an array of fuzzy madness that will crush the most abstract sounds. We wish we were twisted enough to explain what this pedal does exactly so heres the information from Metasonix site:

"The Metasonix KV-100 is not called the "Assblaster" for nothing. We've taken all of our knowledge of extreme vacuum-tube audio processing and combined it into a single convenient, easy-to-use package. Inevitably, the end of the TM series will cause shit-eating, ass-fisting guitar players to whine about how "underappreciated" they are. So, we're feeding them a foot-long fecal sandwich of audio penis.

It's complete with disgusting and juvenile cartoon art by Dave Lovelace, of Retarded Animal Babies fame.

The KV-100 contains the following:

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UVI Introduces Vintage Vault 2 - Ultimate Vintage Synth Collection

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32-BANKS ENSONIQ ESQ-1 SQ-80 ESQ-M ROM CARTRIDGE (1280 PATCHES)

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"1 in 16 cartridge with a total of 1280 patches. (32 Banks* 40 Patches)

The sounds are from the previous volume 1 and 2. The card has all kind of patches (instruments, synths, FX...)

Compatible with the ESQ-1, ESQ-M and SQ-80.

This cart is read only, patches cannot be written on it. (only read)

3D printed case, gold plated contacts and LED power indicator.

Patch List:

ESQ CARD A
--------------------------------
1: STRBAS 2: 5OFSWE 3: ELZPNO 4: JBELL5 5: FLTORG
6: DGSLAP 7: BASS2 8: BRSBAS 9: PSTEEL 10: KETTLE
11: FIDDLE 12: PANPNO 13: BASTE 14: SEQ 3 15: DG-BRI
16: SQREEJ 17: DGWHO? 18: KEBASS 19: DGPNO2 20: MINIM5
21: SHRTST 22: MODSTR 23: 12 STR 24: SQR SAW 25: ICESAW
26: BLPNO3 27: NOBHRN 28: GRIND 29: ARIEL 30: SITAR
31: PWRHIT 32: VELSAX 33: BRUSH 34: HITBAS 35: HARP 5
36: STARK 37: HELIO3 38: FALOUT 39: BAS R2 40: E STR

ESQ CART B
--------------------------------
1: ATMOS2 2: CTHDRL 3: ATMOS3 4: SLITAR 5: SLITDR
6: LOWSAW 7: BRETH2 8: AIRVIB 9: ZEUS.. 10: MEOWST
11: GRVYRD 12: SPOTS 13: CATBEL 14: PLKORC 15: ZIFSTR
16: BONES 17: BRETH8 18: ALLEY1 19: DRIZLE 20: DRAMA
21: CUTTER 22: SPONGE 23: WASTRG 24: CRIKET 25: THRUSH
26: FOREST 27: QUISIL 28: SKITS 29: BRETH9 30: STLGUT
31: CRYSTL 32: VOXRES 33: AUHARP 34: PIANO4 35: REVERB
36: COWBEL 37: MINIM3 38: VIBES1 39: HRPSI2 40: MINIM3

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Ströme live beim PULS Festival 2016 (Full Concert) & Live at Superbooth 2017

Published on Dec 6, 2016 PULS Musik

"Alle Fotos und Videos vom PULS Festival: http://www.deinpuls.de/festival"

via Florian Anwander:

"Two guys from Munich, Germany do live music with two big modular systems. The group is called 'Ströme' which is german for "electric currents". They are professional musicians. They played bass and drums for several years in the very successful bavarian band "La Brass Banda". The left one is Mario Schönhuber, the (former) bass player. He is doing most of the sequences and chords. The guy at the right system is Tobias Weber (drummer at La Brass Banda), he is doing all drums and percussive stuff.

Tobias uses in the first video the Doepfer A-157 for the drum programming, but changed now to a Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythm (can be seen in the Berlin video).

Marios uses a combination of Audio Damage Sequencer 1, Stillson Hammer, Intellijel Metropolis, and Make Noise Tempi for his bass sequences. In the first video he is using still a Roland JD-Xi for the chords, but recently he changed over to a Audio Damage Sequencer 1 which controls for Doepfer A-111-3 plus monophonic filter and vca (you may spot it in the Berlin video in the most upper row).

Enjoy it."

Superbooth 2017 - Ströme live

Published on May 5, 2017 Bendeg

Live Performance Roel Reiné with a Eurorack Modular Synth

Published on Feb 6, 2017 Roel Reine

"Director Roel Reiné - ADMIRAL, Death Race, Hard Target 2, Marvel Inhumans - plays also electronic music.
Live performance Roel Reiné playing a Eurorack Modular Synth. Los Angeles, January 26, 2017, MODULAR ON THE SPOT event.

Modules used: Audio Damage Sequencer 1 & DUBJR mk2, WMD Performance Mixer & Low Pas Filter, Mutable Instruments Elements Braids Grids Rings Clouds Tides, Tiptop Z-DSP, 1010 Music Bitbox, Moog Mother 32, Eventide Space, Sound Machine DC1, Tiptop s808, Acidlab M303, Pico Drums, Intellijel Quadra, Make Noise Maths, Doepfer A-111-5.
Check out his first album: Monotonic Diversity - Roel Reine - on all music platforms, iTunes, Spotify, etc"

Curtis CEM3340 VCO Chips Re-Issued

The Curtis CEM3340 VCO has been reissued by Curtis Electromusic. Note the Rev G in the image. That is the new chip. This is pretty big news. If the info below is correct you will be able to order a single chip for $15, or less in bulk.

The CEM3340 was responsible for the main VCO used in quite a few classic synths including the Oberheim OB-Xa, OB-Sx & OB-8, the Voyetra 8, Roland SH-101, MC-202, Jupiter-6, and early model MKS-80, The Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Rev 3, Prophet-10, Prophet-600, Pro-One, and Prophet T8, Moog Memorymoog, Banana Polysynth, Crumar Spirit, Digisound 80 VCO modules, the Synton Syrinx, Steiner Parker EVI, Doepfer's A-111-1 High End VCO and more.

Image by David Rudolph Smith.

I saw mention that Dave Smith might have been involved with the re-issue. This would make sense as Dave Smith was close to Doug Curtis and DSI uses a later revision of Curtis chips in many DSI synths, however, I checked with DSI and they let me know: “DSI wasn’t involved in the reissue and if anyone would like to find out more about it, they should contact susanonchip@covad.net directly.” More info including price follows.

"Founded in 1979, Curtis Electromusic Specialties created a line of signal processing chips for electronic musical instruments and accessories.

Curtis Electromusic currently offers the sought after CEM3340 VCO, a rework of the original design."

And via johnny83 on the Muff Wiggler Forum including contact info, price, and availability.

"Dear all, I've been speaking with onchip for the last 3 months and they have already produced a new batch of CEM 3340. They are available for $15 each! We have tested them and they are revision G and pass our tests on the original Curtis test boards and also various synths we tried them in.

The person to contact is susanonchip@covad.net, she has been remarkably helpful and can process your order. Please be aware that revision G has meant the following:

"After reviewing the prior specifications I did decide to change the minimum VCC spec. The old VCC min. was +10V and the new VCC min. is +11V. This is based on my own bench experience with several versions of the device. Many devices will work with a VCC of +10V and others won’t. Devices that won’t work at +10V should easily work at +11V or higher. This is the only specification that we’ve changed" John Borg (Onchip Engineer)

Additionally they have no plans to release the 3310, 3320 and 3360 yet but I think if they see the success of the 3340 it may be apparent the market needs them. I am in communication with them and will continue to push for the other chips to be brought back but to be honest the release of the 3340 is great news as that was the most common curtis chip used.

Here are the price breaks for anyone wanting to get more than a handful:
1 - 499 = $ 15.00
500 - 999 = 12.82
1000 - 4999 = 9.64
5000+ = 7.46

Postage is in addition to this.

I hope you enjoy and spread the word!!"

Update: I don't have official confirmation but I heard they are also re-issuing the CEM3320 filter.  Do a search on 3320 on wikipedia here to see what synths it was used on.

Update2:

New vs. Old Curtis CEM3340 Rev G Comparison

Published on Jul 4, 2016 Gregory Cox

"This video is a demonstration of the newly manufactured Curtis Electromusic CEM3340 oscillator IC. A comparison is achieved using the Oberheim OB-8 with half of its 3340s replaced and setting the keyboard in dual mode. Voices 1-4 are the original CEM3340s and 5-8 are the Revision Gs. By assigning the same sound to both splits in dual mode, a comparison can be made by fading between both sounds using the program balance knob.

The signal chain is OB-8 / Neutrik patch bay / Apogee Symphony / Headphone Output / Canon 5D mkiii mic input."

This one in via Soviet Space Child.

Happy Birthday Commodore Amiga!

The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 1 - mixed by DJ Arvy (The Old-School Classics Edition)

Published on Jun 11, 2013 DJ Arvy

The Commodore Amiga turns 30 today! via Boing Boing

Playlist:

1. The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 1 - mixed by DJ Arvy (The Old-School Classics Edition)
"A non-stop DJ Continous Mix featuring some of the greatest and most popular Soundtracks from the early 90s Old School Amiga Demos.

Playlist:
0:05 "Deep Space" by Greg (from "Odyssey" by Alcatraz, 1992)
0:45 "Stardust Memories" by Jester (from "World of Commodore" by Sanity, 1992)
4:15 "Part6" by Greg (from "Odyssey" by Alcatraz, 1992)
6:35 "Hyperbased" by Firefox & Tip (from "Enigma" by Phenomena, 1991)
11:19 "Checknobankh" by Laxity (from "Desert Dream" by Kefrens, 1993)
14:25 "Elysium" by Jester (from "Elysium" by Sanity, 1991)
17:50 "Vite and Plack" by Virgill (from "Interference" by Sanity, 1993)
21:41 "Part3" by Greg (from "Odyssey" by Alcatraz, 1992)
23:21 "Overload" by Firefox & Tip (from "Voyage" by Razor 1911, 1991)
29:30 "Nagual Dance" by Jugi (from "Paradigma" by Complex, 1993)
33:35 "Demomodul#3" by Laxity (from "Desert Dream" by Kefrens, 1993)
37:55 "Cyberride" by Jester (from "Extension" by Pygmy Projects, 1993)
42:16 "A nice Day for a Walk" by Julius / Mad Freak (from "3D Demo II" by Anarchy, 1992)

Free MP3-Download at soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/deejay-arvy/th..."

2. The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 2 - mixed by DJ Arvy (Old Skool) ft. Mods by Moby, Laxity and more

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Macbeth Elements Synthesizer VIDEO 1

Published on Mar 23, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·106 videos

"Presenting the MacBeth Elements Synthesizer!
The MacBeth Elements synthesizer is a full scale Electronic Music Synthesizer built around analogue circuits and sound!
Where to start? I get lost 7 minutes in!
This VIDEO 1.....Video 2 shortly!
The Elements Synthesizer is currently available to order at Alex 4/Schneiders Buero, Analogue Haven and Awave it can be bought directly as well"

MacBeth Elements SynthesizerVIDEO2

Published on Mar 24, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·108 videos

"Here is another video of the MacBeth Elements Synthesizer...more spaced out meanderings! I will be doing what I call *standard* demos....but some people seem to like the off beat stuff that I'm doing...! All sounds on here- one machine! Available for purchase from Analogue Haven/Schneiders/Alex4/Awave....and direct! Release date June 2014"

MacBeth Elements SynthesizerVIDEO3

Published on Mar 24, 2014

"Here's a slightly more dramatic video- a face off between the Elements Synthesizer and the MacBeth MK1 Monster 5U Modular Synthesizer! The keyboard and modulation functions are driving the bottom row of the Mk1 Modular - that is (including the Elements synthesizer) 6 audio oscillators. The Elements Spring Reverberator is well active here too....! The row above on the Mk1 is another 3 Oscillators/Mixer/Filter/EGs etc and that is being driven in a percussive way froma Korg SQ-10 Voltage Controlled sequencer...watch out for one of my (own) x-series modules fly out of the rack I'm at as I bash away! I wasn't screwed in- and it made a soft landing! As mentioned in previous videos- the Elements Synthesizer is available for pre-order from Analogue Haven/Schneiders'/Alex4 and Awave! THings should be out in June!"

MacBeth Elements Synthesizer VIDEO4 (A)

Published on Mar 25, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·109 videos

"Here's a short burst of arpeggiated sound coming from the MacBeth Elements synthesizer.....for me, it's a familiar sound from some of my favourite Brit records from the seventies! It's a short burst- and the demo is called VIDEO4 (A) as my darned cam battery ran out out of charge! I'll do 4 (B) shortly....but this gives you another taste of things coming!"

MacBeth VIDEO5: Elements Synth- Spring Reverberation- Send/Return

Published on Apr 9, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·110 videos

"This VIDEO5 of the Macbeth Elements synthesizer! Here I explore some of the qualities of the deep Spring Line Reverberator that come with the synth- there is a Send/Recieve to the Spring Line Tank- it's not just the Spring line that you can attach to the Elements- as was suggested to me at the Frankfurt Musik Messe- why not use other things too......towards the end of this video- I've connected a Yamaha RX50 that I dug out to experiment with. I use pitch shifting and echo! The best part of the Spring Line unit circuit that I've done- is that it is practically, noise free!"

MacBeth Elements Synthesizer VIDEO6: Look North.

Published on Apr 11, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·111 videos

"This is my Sixth video of the Elements Synthesizer which features the 'Send/Return' Jack on the back! I've coupled once again the somewhat ancient Yamaha RX-50 effector that I have here. Also used- a Korg Sq-10 sequencer and some of the MacBeth Mk1 5U modular units...I wanted to record this as I was pretty blown away by the hugeness of sound! Again- whilst plying the Elements- it's the control/tactile feel of the larger controls that makes this thing very instrumental/mental!"

VIDEO7: DRONE- LIKE! MacBeth Elements Synthesizer

Published on Apr 14, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·112 videos

"I recently got asked to do a drone-like video of the Elements Synthesizer.....! So, here I go- can't keep my hands off the synth though! Also included- some sample and hold from the Mk1 Modular....again, I've put the vintage Yamaha RX-50 in the effects loop instead of the Spring Reverberastion Tank!....and indeed, that curatain needs fixed!"

Buchla 100 meets a 259

Published on Dec 6, 2013 DJjondent·213 videos

"Playing around with a 259 clone.
The Buchla 100's vintage 123 sequencer is
sending CV to the 259's mod index, pitch & timbre inputs.
Tweaking the mod index & timbre knobs produces some interesting
results.

The audio outs of the 259 are fed into a vintage 111 ring modulator.
The square wave output of the 259 is fed into a 194 filter and then
through the 190 reverb.
The 130 envelope detector is receiving a sine wave from a 158.
The CV out of the 130 is being used to modulate the first channel of the 107 voltage controller mixer"

A Buchla 100 and 259 (Part II)

Published on Dec 8, 2013 DJjondent·214 videos

"Just a few more experiments with a 259 clone to test its range of sounds.
I really love this module. Incredible OMFG sounding. It makes me wonder what a original vintage one sounds like.???
This vid is totally unedited. Recorded live & in one take.

Anyway, the Buchla 100's three rows of the 123 sequencer is
sending CV to the 259

Top row of the 123 goes to pitch,
Middle row - mod index.
Bottom row to timbre input.

Using the 114 keyboard I can step through each stage to trial the different
sounds available.
Tweaking the 123 knobs produces some very interesting results.

The audio outs of the 259 are fed into a vintage 111 ring modulator.
The 130 envelope detector is receiving a sine wave from a 158.
The CV out of the 130 is being used to modulate the first channel of the 107 voltage controlled mixer.

The link to a previous 259/100 video is here.
(I didn't like this old video personally, but it's still might have use to someone to give a
further idea what's available esp when mod is set to sub audio).
http://youtu.be/R3s0kfczRe0"

Buchla 100 meets a 259 (Part III)

Published on Dec 10, 2013 DJjondent·214 videos

"This patch is a development from the previous 259 patch.

The Buchla 100's 123 sequencer is not being used as a traditional
sequencer. In this experiment it's acting like a "preset manager"
Each of the 8 steps has its own CV & gate settings. It effect they are my 8 preset sounds for the 259.

Top row of the 123 goes to mod index.
Middle row - timbre input
Bottom row to harmonics.
The 180 attack generator is modulating a 291 filter (not visible in this video.)
And the white cord that i patch into the CV in of the modulation Osc comes from the
alternate pulse out of the 140 timing pulse generator.

The sequencer used is a J3RK Flip Flop.

Using the 114 keyboard I can step through each stage to trial the different
sounds available."

Gorf XL loop

Published on Aug 6, 2013 mCKENIC·12 videos

"Quick n dirty mess about with the GorF-XL eurorack sequencer module and the Doepfer A-111-5 'Dark Energy' module.

GorF-XL is playing back a simple 16 bar loop. It has Buss access so no patching needed to trigger the A-111-5! Messing around with the ADSR & Filter. Kick is being triggered by the ADSR, hence the strangeness.

The Doepfer was so loud it overloaded my cam input and compressed the drums too much - sorry :)"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

RXstXXns

Published on May 6, 2013 nacioda·3 videos

A-145 clocking A-154/A-155 in random mode to ctrl TipTop drums.
A-145 to ustep, uscale and A-160
Maths ctrling waveshape of the Z3000 MKII, Gamma WaveSource and A-111-5
uscale quantizing Z3000 and A-111-5
ustep to A-140 to Optomix
Colored Noise from A-118 to A-106 Manually gated

Monster Eurorack Döpfer Modular Synthesizer

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"DÖPFER:
1x A-190-3 Midi CV Interface ca.160€
1x A-190-1 Midi CV Interface ca.120€
2x A-110 Standard VCO ca.140€ = 280€
2x A-111-1 High End VCO ca.260€ = 520€
1x A-118 Noise ca. 65€
4x A-138 Mixer Exponentiell ca. 50€ = 200€
3x A-138 Mixer linear ca. 50€ = 150€
2x A-113 Subharmonic Generator ca.230€ = 460€
1x A-183-1 Dual Attentuator ca. 35€
10x A-180 Multiplies ca. 30€ = 300€
4x A-140 ADSR ca. 75€ = 300€
1x A-142 Decay/Gate ca. 75€
2x A-145 LFO ca. 65€ = 130€
4x A-147 LFO ca. 85€ = 340€
2x A-130 Linear VCA ca. 65€ = 130€
1x A-131 Exp VCA ca. 70€
1x A-170 Dual Slew Limiter ca. 60€
1x A-175 Voltage Inverter ca. 50€
1x A-148 Dual S&H ca. 60€
1x A-141 Voltage controlled ADSR ca. 60€
1x A-115 Audio Divider ca. 60€
1x A-116 Waveform Processor ca. 65€
1x A-188 BBD Module (4096 Stages) ca.165€
1x A-160 Clock Divider ca. 60€
1x A-161 Clock Sequencer ca. 60€
1x A-155 Analog Sequencer ca.280€
1x A-165 Trigger Modifier ca. 55€
1x A-124 WASP Filter ca. 80€
1x A-101-1 Vactrol Multitype Filter ca.130€
1x A-127 Triple Resonance Filter ca.175€

Monster Rack 3HE ca.850€
Monster Rack 2HE ca.740€

Viele Kabel aller verschiedener Größen (mindestens 200€)

CWEJMAN:
3x (!!!) VCO-6 ca.479€ = 1437€
SPH-2 Spatial Phaser ca.659€
MX-4S Stereo Mixer ca.699€
ADSR-VC 2 ca.579€

LIVEWIRE:
2x Audio Frequency Generator ca.399€ = 798€ (Liebhaberpreise sind aber realistischer!)
2x Livewire Frequensteiner ca.249€ = 498€ (theoretischer Preis,nicht mehr erhältlich)

FLAME:
Talking Synth ca.219€

METASONIX:
R-51 Vacuum Tube VCA/Distortion ca.339€

WMD:
Geiger Counter ca.249€

SYNTHESIS TECHNOLOGY (MOTM):
E340 Cloud Generator ca.345€
E560 Deflector Shield ca.340€

FLIGHT OF HARMONY:
Plague Bearer ca. 89€

Malekko-WIARD:
Anti Oscillator ca.245€

EXPERT SLEEPERS:
ES-3 ca.219€
Gesamtneupreis : ca 11690€"

Doepfer Dark Energy I (4x) stacked with MIDI Thru

Published on Jan 8, 2013 creativegallerysynth·20 videos

"This is a video I recently found, dated from a year ago. Not proud of it. Never published, because it is rather boring or even terrible. But as for the many questions about stacking Dark Energy's I will post this. No playing skills. It shows 4 stacked dark energy's. In this way you can play polyphonic. However, if every DE has it's own sound, and that sound is depending on which key is touched first, you'll never know which DE you will hear first.. So striking 4 the same keys more times after eachother will sound different by each strike. The fifth sound you hear comes from the WMD Synchrodyne which is connected to the cv output of DE1. The DE's are internally connected via MIDI thru (as you can see none of the DE's is CV connected). In that way the keyboard controls the DE's via MIDI, but every DE has its CV output, so you can connect other cv controlled devices to every DE....(even the Pitch Wheel or other MIDI commands send to filters for example) So instead of 4 sounds per chord you can add many other sounds per note of the chord. This is one of the many advantages of this marvellous semi-modular synthesizer. Soon I will show the MIDI stacked combination of 4x Dark Energy I and 2x Dark Energy II with 6x Doepfer A-111-5 (Modular version of Dark Energy I) connected to the CV output of each DE, so chords of 6 notes can be played with 2 voices per note...."

Final Set of A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers

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The listing is from the author Peter Forrest who states this is likely the last set.  These are great books and imo the most comprehensive.  Click on the pics to get an idea of what they are like.  Peter also has other items listed including The Museum of Synthesizer Technology and Synthesizer von Gestern II.

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Buchla 100: Freq Shift Patch 01

YouTube Published on Sep 6, 2012 by djangosfire

"Getting to know the Buchla 100.

All sounds from the Buchla, aside from the Reverb (provided by the Jason R. Butcher VCRV module).

Using a 196 Phase Shifter + 111 Dual Ring Modulator + 158 Dual VCO to patch up a frequency shifter.

The random sequence comes from careful attenuation of the 165 Random Voltage Source.

The steady clock is from the 140 Timing Pulse Generator . . . and the chaotic clock comes from a 160 White Noise Source patched through the 130 Envelope Detector back into the 14"

"September Morning" - Live Jam Vermona Perfourmer Mk II Doepfer Dark Energy A-100 Waldorf Blofeld

YouTube Published on Sep 6, 2012 by Tiefengrund

"Another Live Jam with:

Silvie von Tiefengrund: Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard in multimode, triggert by the e-Drumset
Mick von Tiefengrund: Synthesizer

Another live performance with my synthesizers and my wife Silvie on the e-drumset.
The recording and mixing is absolutly live, on one track . No overdubs!

Our Setup:

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Softly Melodic

YouTube Published on Sep 3, 2012 by miip999

"Modular Patch
sequenced by Doepfer A-160, A-161, A-166, A-155, A-156 and Make Noise René
Bas - A-111-5
Melody A-111-5
Melody delay - A-112
drums Analogue Soloutions BD88, SD88, HH88
noise pattern A-118 thru A-129/2 vocoder modulated by A-143-9 QLFO
bong - doepfer A-110 thru A-106-6 thru Make Noise Phonogene"