UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

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Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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PHILIPS PMC 100 FM Synth w/ Original Box & Materials

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White Model Philips PMC 100 Synthesizer Composer SN 0033020 w/ Original Box & Manuals

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"From the designer of the SFX peripherals for the Commodore 64, came this curious little box — the Personal Media Composer (PMC) 100. It's got a Yamaha two-operator FM chip, a membrane keyboard (flat, but not capacitive like the EDP Wasp) and its most striking feature, the built-in cassette deck. This allowed you to save your compositions as either sound or data, or it could function as a Walkman or dictaphone. The PMC 100 came in black or (a much rarer) white.

The main voice is monophonic, with simple preset accompaniment rhythms (with 15 options for the rhythm's voice) controlled by the 'Gling' safe-note system. This heavily limits its potential as a solo instrument, not only because the beats are laughably thin but because the accompanying voices are fixed in their patterns.

There are 100 preset melody voices, mostly the standard Yamaha PortaSound two-op noises, but there's also a surprising amount of useable sound effects and slow, evolving (but moving in very obvious digital steps) pads. It's charming in its own incredibly lo-fi way.

The real area where it shines, though, is the step sequencer. It's visualized on an LCD screen in full stave notation with rock-steady tempo, adjustable to insane degrees! Notes can be edited in or out of the sequence at will. If this thing had MIDI out it would have become a cult classic.

Sadly, though, it was a flop in terms of sales. It's not that hard to understand why; even by the mid-eighties this thing would have been considered comical and there's little hope of understanding the architecture without a manual. Still, it's a great curio to have in any synth collection and can even be useful for some styles or when buried in a mix."

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Bad Gear - Philips PMC 100

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Philips PMC 100 Composer. This 80s groovebox/workstation thing and weird combination of an FM synth and a tape deck is the only Philips instrument that I am aware of. Will it replace your Yamaha DX7?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:13 Overview
05:07 Hate
05:35 Jam 1
06:29 Jam 2
07:22 Finale
07:50 Verdict

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PHILIPS PMC 100 w/ Case, Tape, & Manuals

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Fully working and in excellent condition. Comes with the rare case, manuals (English and German) and cassette.

This is everything you need for this device. If you are looking for a retro sound or are a collector of such things this is for you!"

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Rare White Model PHILIPS PMC 100

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"Made from 1986 to 1988. From the designer of the SFX peripherals for the Commodore 64, came this curious little box — the Personal Media Composer (PMC) 100. It's got a Yamaha two-operator FM chip, a membrane keyboard (flat, but not capacitive like the EDP Wasp) and its most striking feature, the built-in cassette deck. This allowed you to save your compositions as either sound or data, or it could function as a Walkman or dictaphone. The PMC 100 came in black or (a much rarer) white.

The main voice is monophonic, with simple preset accompaniment rhythms (with 15 options for the rhythm's voice) controlled by the 'Gling' safe-note system. This heavily limits its potential as a solo instrument, not only because the beats are laughably thin but because the accompanying voices are fixed in their patterns.

There are 100 preset melody voices, mostly the standard Yamaha PortaSound two-op noises, but there's also a surprising amount of useable sound effects and slow, evolving (but moving in very obvious digital steps) pads. It's charming in its own incredibly lo-fi way.

The real area where it shines, though, is the step sequencer. It's visualized on an LCD screen in full stave notation with rock-steady tempo, adjustable to insane degrees! Notes can be edited in or out of the sequence at will. If this thing had MIDI out it would have become a cult classic.

Sadly, though, it was a flop in terms of sales. It's not that hard to understand why; even by the mid-eighties this thing would have been considered comical and there's little hope of understanding the architecture without a manual. Still, it's a great curio to have in any synth collection and can even be useful for some styles or when buried in a mix."

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PHILIPS PMC 100

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You can find demos of one in previous posts here.

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Philips PCM100 - FM seq/synth SN 020665 w/ Docs

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Published on Jul 4, 2010 Retroforum

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"Polyphony - 1 playable voice + 3 accompaniment voices
Two FM operators per voice
100 preset main waveforms, 15 preset accompaniment waveforms

Programmable sequencer
13 accompaniment rhythms, each with one of four accompaniment voice patterns
Demo song
Keyboard - 25-key membrane buttons
Memory - One internal sequence / cassette data storage"


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PHILIPS PMC 100

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"The main voice is monophonic, with simple preset accompaniment rhythms (with 15 options for the rhythm's voice) controlled by the 'Gling' safe-note system. This heavily limits its potential as a solo instrument, not only because the beats are laughably thin but because the accompanying voices are fixed in their patterns.

There are 100 preset melody voices, mostly the standard Yamaha PortaSound two-op noises, but there's also a surprising amount of useable sound effects and slow, evolving (but moving in very obvious digital steps) pads. It's charming in its own incredibly lo-fi way.

The real area where it shines, though, is the step sequencer. It's visualized on an LCD screen in full stave notation with rock-steady tempo, adjustable to insane degrees! Notes can be edited in or out of the sequence at will. If this thing had MIDI out it would have become a cult classic."

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Philips pmc100 Demo Video

Published on Apr 13, 2014 ikworgek·62 videos

"Philips PMC-100 demo track
all sounds from the PMC-100
some parts by internal sequencer
some parts played by hand...
some reverb and delay

Enjoy!"

PHILIPS PMC 100 Videos

PHILIPS PMC 100 HIDE CIRCUIT BENT SYMPHONY

YouTube Published on Jun 16, 2012 by culomono
Don't miss the second video below.

"My little pmc with a hide mod, with the play button.
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Ya tenia en mente hacer algo con el, pero por su rareza y el cariño que le he cogido decicidi hacerle una pequeña modificacion usando el boton de play, pasa no tocar la carcasa, con sus prestaciones como secuenciador tampoco vi combeniente ponerle algun puerto para su contro externo, cabria la posibilidad de meterle midi a traves del cabezal de la cinta para luego pasarlo a pulsadores en las teclas, tal vez en un futuro.

Asi que aqui esta el video de mas de 10 min del pequñin marcandose un soliloquio.
http://polisermismo.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/philips-pmc-hide-circuit-bent-hac..."

via Bartolome Moreno Padilla on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Philips PMC100 (PMC 100) Synthesizer/composer www.retroforum.nl

Uploaded by Retroforum on Jul 4, 2010

"www.retroforum.nl bespreekt in deze video de Philips PMC 100 "Digital synthesizer/composer". Een draagbaar juweeltje uit 1988 met ingebouwd tapedeck voor audio en data. Bezoek ook eens ons forum: www.retroforum.nl en meld je aan!"

Philips PMC 100 Composer with Original Box

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"This is a very rare Synth Composer Multitrack.

It can work on either 6 AA batteries, or a 9 volt multi adapter, neither of which are included.

It has a tape recorder built into it, that enables you to save your compositions. The tape recorder also allows you to record audio.

Connection wise it has a headphone/line out socket, a microphone socket and the external power input socket.

The PMC100 has 100 instrument or "melody" voices, and another 15 "melody and accompaniment" voices.

The keyboard is touch sensitive in a similar way to the EDP Wasp."

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Vintage 80's Philips PMC-100 synthesizer

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"the keyboard has a built in cassette player/recorder to record your compositions as well as live sounds from the microphone input, it also has a built in sequencer to record notes (although I've never tried using it).
you can hook up this synth to your mixer using it's stereo output.
although the Pmc-100 is very compact and has some interesting features for the time, this 'soft touch' keyboard is far from being a professional gear. it's 100 preset sounds and 15 accompaniments reminds of the 80's portable Casio keyboard, BUT this odd and great looking instrument will be a unique addition to any live setup or a vintage synthesizer collection.it could also be interesting option for circuit bending or for a lo-fi electronics/experimental musician."

Looking for a Philips PMC 100 User Manual in English

Anyone out there know where to find one? See these posts and scroll for what a PMC 100 is. If I get a copy, I'll update this post with a link to it.

pmc 100

YouTube via f...ingharpsichord. Philips PMC-100 video.
"playing a cssette with some 808 vibes and monopoly chords"

Philips pmc 100 (simple programming)

YouTube via fuckingharpsichord
"A Dutch microcomposer/walkman made in the year 1988"

Philips PMC100 Tiny Portable Synth

No title link. Shot and details pulled via this auction.

"This auction is for my Philips PMC100. It comes with its original box, a shoulder strap that clips on, a set of earphones with spare foam covers, the original manual in German, and a photocopy of an English manual. There are also some other little booklets to go with it that are in German.

It is in very good condition and works well - although I must point out that I'm not really sure what it does! As far as I can tell it works fine.

It can work on either 6 AA batteries, or a 9 volt multi adapter, neither of which are included.

It has a tape recorder built into it, that enables you to save your compositions like how old computers used to work. The tape recorder also allows you to record audio.

Connection wise it has a headphone/line out socket, a microphone socket and the external power input socket.

The PMC100 has 100 instrument or "melody" voices, and another 15 "melody and accompaniment" voices.

The keyboard is touch sensitive in a similar way to the EDP Wasp.

There is not much more to say abouth the PMC really, I couldn't find much info about it on the net and I know very little about it myself. As it is portable and can be run on batteries, I did wonder whether it may be of use to circuit benders?

Here's what I did find about it on the net:

Its based on the Yamaha FM sound chip, was launched in 1986, it had a nine-channel FM synth with a 100 presets, a membrane keyboard, 8k of ram, a built in cassette recorder, and buttons for a strap. It was designed by British PC music pioneer Lyndsay Williams, who claims to have designed the first ever PC soundcard, for an Olivetti in 1987."

Update via Andreas in the comments: picture of a white PMC100 via link.