ARP 2600 Vintage Modular Analog Synthesizer Video

video upload by 123synthland

Sent my way via HarriL.

"We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a ...
We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a lot of fun toys. One of our favorites is the ARP 2600. We've sold many of them over the years, and each one sounds different. This is a video of 1 of a couple short "jam sessions" I had with the next 2600 we plan on putting up for sale. It's knobs are off as we were wrapping up cleaning and servicing this unit. We've got a keyboard for it but it wasn't used for this noisemaking session. ARP 2600s are well known for their filter instability. This one in particular is quite unstable - the filter clips really easily when the resonance is low, to the point where the sound can sometimes disappear, so it's great for distorted noises. Simply altering the volumes of the signals going into the filter and VCA can cause some very interesting rhythmic effects. Because of its unique sound, we decided to leave the filter the way it is rather than tweak it or replace it with a "better behaved" one. This video is a departure from my normal 10 second clips, so hopefully this won't bore you guys to death. :) Enjoy. Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

Pump Up The Volume and The Birth of Acid

Just a heads up that I updated the Birth of Acid post with three more vids via HarriL.

DSI Prophet '08 Prototype

via JZ.

Click on the DSI link right below. Note this is different than the other shots of the Prophet 8.

Update: And this one was photoshopped folks. I didn't think it could be real considering how the others looked. Seemed a bit too far from it. The original image below via: link. Via HarriL in the comments.

Novation K-station testing

video upload by HarriL

More Prophet '08 Demos

Title link takes you there. Via HarriL

Funny side note. I wonder if it will be the Prophet '08, Prophet 08, or Prophet 8 in the end. And... with or without a dash? It's interesting to me in that how will people search for it?

Update: Looks like the link is currently down. Some more info [below] though.
Update: try this link. Not sure if it takes you to the same samples, but there you go. Thanks goes to Steven in the comments.
"The P8 has some other new features, too, such as a nice arpeggiator (with latch), a loopable third envelope (try modulating envelope stages while it's looping!), much easier modulation of oscillator mix (you can set up a four way analog vector using the wheels!), and the whole "two Programs in one"
thing, where each Program is really two Programs, and where the "Part B" can be stacked/layered, or split with Part A, or just used as an "alternate take" if you will (similar to the EX5 "Scenes", except Part B is a completely different Program). Hey, when stacked/layered, you have 4 analog osc, 2 filters, 2 amps, 6 env, 8 LFOs, 8 assignable mod source/destinations,
8 seq tracks, and 2 arps at your disposal! Analog bliss."

Jam Jelly 555 (Live)

YouTube Published on Jul 30, 2012 by HarriL

"A test (that begins around the 05:00 minute mark) with a very simple 1 Oscillator VCO I made out of a single 555 chip, output fed through ESX for some effects.
Some notes are slightly out of tune but the test was a success.

Maybe I'll add a VCF, VCA and an EG to that circuit, once I figure all those out."

Electribe MX Close-ups

YouTube via HarriL

"More fooling around.
High quality enabled."

Random shaky camera test

YouTube via HarriL

"Just testing theCanon EOS 500D / T1i video mode."

Shredz64 - Guitar Hero for the Commodore 64 - Part 1

YouTube via SyntheticDreamsVids. via HarriL.

Music/playing comes in at 4:32.

"A demonstration of Shredz64 and the PSX64 interface in action. After over a year of development, I've finally finished it up!

Part 1 features an explanation of the software and a demo of game play with the Zelda Overworld theme (tune remade by Sascha Zeidler).

Read more about it / download at www.toniwestbrook.com"

Shredz64 - Guitar Hero for the Commodore 64 - Part 2

"This is part 2 of the demo of Shredz64 and the PSX64 interface. See part 1 for details of game.

Part 2 features a demo of the "Ex State of Mind" track by Michal Hoffmann."

Revolution revolution revolution...

YouTube via HarriL

DOEPFER REGELWERK MIDI FADER CONTROLLER SEQUENCER

via this auction

"This is a rare piece of gear and has been out of production for about 10 years.

The DOEPFER REGELWERK CONTROLLER is an excellent MIDI CONTROLLER for your set up or--as the Brits like to put it--“kit”. It consists of 24 independent sliders that can be manipulated as a 16 STEP SEQUENCER or a 24 Track MIDI FADER CONTROLLER—that is putting it mildly! Also, it has IN/OUT’s for CV and GATE functions as well as MIDI IN/OUT. It is rack mountable and has adjustable legs for table-top control.

Here is the original DOEPFER SITE information: http://www.doepfer.de/rw_e.htm

Here is an excellent video to give you an example of what the controller can do:"

Doepfer Regelwerk
YouTube via HarriL

"!! Video example by Kevin Lux !!
Doepfer Regelwerk
Only the fader mode part of the regelwerk.
No sequencer demonstration - a video for this part is planned.
Sound source - 1 Quasimidi 309
www.doepfer.de"

CLICK FOR MORE »

Future Retro Revolution Synthesizer R2

"The new R2 unit, designated by the gun metal grey chassis, has an updated PC board design using a new RAM chip which extends the internal back up battery life from approximately 1.5 years on previous white faced units to now more than 10 years life span. In addition the R2 units include OS version 2.0 making it more compatible for use with our XS semi-modular synthesizer."

click here for more info.
via HarriL.

Top 5 Greatest Samplers

Looks like Sonic State has a new Top X coming. This time samplers. BTW, what happened to the Top 20 Weirdest Instruments? Hmm... Maybe they're saving that one for Halloween.

Click here for the trailer for the Top 5 Samplers. Feel free to share your top 5 in the comments. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out.

via HarriL


A little poll for fun, and no I don't know the answer for this one.


More info on the Amen Break

New Moog Teaser

video upload by MoogMusicVideo

"Moog Music is known for innovative, sonic masterpieces- now comes a new product that share's the spotlight with no other. Care to hazard a guess on what the bleep this is? See for yourself at www.moogmusic.com on Jan. 18th and also when it is introduced at the 2007 National Association of Music Merchants(NAMM)show."

The Moog Teaser is up and it's audio. Here's a link to the forum where people are discussing what it might be.

Sent my way via HarriL and Amos.

Rhodes Mark VII

The Rhodes Mark 7 is coming. Title link takes you to the teaser on the Rhodes Piano site. There's some discussion on VSE.

via HarriL.

HarriL - Escape (Live)

"Ok, you people requested that I make a video of creating a song with the Electribe MX. This is how I usually do it. This thing will be about 50 minutes long, so i cut it in 5 parts, each part is about 10 minutes long.

Gear used:
Korg Electribe MX for most of the stuff and a Novation K-Station for the bassline."

OP:L Bastards

video upload by Cyberyayo

Sent my way via HarriL.

Doepfer MAQ 16/3

video upload by HarriL

Sequence starts at 5:26.

The following is the Doepfer Regelwerk - audio (Quasimidi Polymorph and 309) starts around 7:27.

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Esa Kotilainen @ Tuubi, TV1 (1979) (Musiikki-TV klassikko)

video upload by Ghost10101

Sent my way via HarriL. Esa Kotilainen is a member of Wigwam.

Denkitribe on YouTube

video upload by Denkitribe


video upload by Denkitribe

Two new Electribe EMX Videos via Denkitribe. The effect pedals are Behringer. Via HarriL whom you might remember from these Electribe EMX videos.