Last Christmas: Vintage keytar sequencing the whole synth studio (Yamaha SHS-10)

video upload by MR TUNA Music

"The second best part about the 1987 Yamaha SHS-10 is the MIDI out and everything that it can do to control other pieces of gear.

The best part is the demo song.

MIDI parts:
Main - Juno-106
Bass 1 - OB-6
Bass 2 - opsix
Accompaniment 1: Prophet-6
Accompaniment 2: JX-8P
Accompaniment 3: Prologue 16
Drums 1: Jupiter-80
Drums 2: TR-8

Song: Last Christmas by Wham!"

UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

video uploads by UVI

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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Relive the '90s with the Roland JD800: Factory Presets

video upload by Andy Whitmore

"Roland JD-800 - ALL FACTORY PRESETS

The Roland JD-800 is a digital synthesizer that was manufactured between 1991 and 1996. It features many knobs and sliders for patch editing and performance control — features that some manufacturers, including Roland, had been omitting in the name of streamlining since the inception of the Yamaha DX7. The JD-800 thus became very popular with musicians who wished to take a hands-on approach to patch programming. The introduction in the manual states that Roland's intention with the JD-800 was to "return to the roots of synthesis".

Technology
The JD-800 employs Linear Arithmetic synthesis (introduced and made famous by the Roland D-50), which combines sample playback with digital synthesis. The JD-800 has 108 built-in waveforms, which can be expanded via PCM cards. The waveforms span a variety of categories such as analog synthesizers, acoustic instruments, and voices. Many of these waveforms are very short and are used primarily for the attack portion of a sound, while longer ones are used for the sustained part of a sound. The JD-800 was Roland's first instrument to have its core presets developed entirely in the United States, under a short-lived branch of its R&D-LA office in Culver City, California. The core sampled waveforms and factory presets of the JD-800 were created by Eric Persing.

A patch, or single sound, in the JD-800 consists of up to four tones. As every tone consists of an almost completely independent synthesizer voice, a patch could be considered a combination of up to four different synthesizers. In Single mode the JD-800 plays one patch at a time, but in Multi mode it is possible to play five different patches over MIDI, plus a "special" patch. The special patch has different waveforms assigned to the 61 different keys on the keyboard, so is used for drums and percussion sounds. The JD-800 has one effects section. In Single mode, seven effects can be used simultaneously, in series, so all tones in a patch go through the same effects. In Multi mode, three effects can be used at the same time, with all patches sharing the same effects, though any of the patches can be routed to bypass the effects.

A Guy Called Gerald
Coldcut
Gary Barlow
Jean-Michel Jarre
Rick Wakeman
Tony Banks

64 Factory Patches

Timecodes

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Yamaha MR-10 Rare Vintage Analogue Drum Machine

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via this auction

"the one and only Yamaha analogue drum machine ever produced

made in Japan, 1982.

it sounds great, and has its own unique vibe, and is quite rare by itself."

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EXODUS Patch Bank: A Yamaha AN1x sound bank (64 patches) of pads, bells, sequences, and FX

video upload by MIDERA

"To purchase this sound set, visit my website and fill out the contact form:
https://www.midera-artist.com/synthes...

To see my review on the Yamaha AN1x:
https://www.midera-artist.com/yamaha-...

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TOP 10 Iconic Synth Sounds (that ruled the world)

video upload by Espen Kraft

"In this video I present a list of my top 10 iconic synth sounds. Sounds that ruled the world in terms of chart hits. Sounds are coming from synths as Yamaha DX7, Roland Jupiter-8 and Juno-106, some sampler sounds from the Fairlight and Emulator 2 and Korg M1, D-50 and many more.

In the case of the 'synth brass', lots of other analog synths were used for different songs and hits, like the Oberheim OB-Xa, Elka Synthex, Prophet 5 and more. The same for the 'sync' sound.

Support this channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/espenkraft

External reverb, delay and chorus were used on some of the sounds. All sounds has been mixed and processed in various way to sound good. All the sounds are coming from the gear you see in the video. No softs or VST synths were used.
Two added bonus famous sounds in the video, one in the very beginning and one at the end. First is a variation of the infamous "Orch5" sample from the Fairlight, while the other is from the D-50.

Here are the links to (most) of the songs referenced in the video:

Cars "Let's go":
H. Faltermeyer "Fletch theme"
Tears for fears "Shout"
Jan Hammer "Crocket's theme"
Art of Noise "Moments in love"
Van Halen "Jump"
Simple Minds "Don't you forget about me"
Europe "Final countdown"
Black Box "Ride on time"
Madonna "Vogue"
Peter Gabriel "Sledgehammer"
Enigma "Sadness"
Tangerine Dream "Yellowstone park"
Mr.Mister "Broken wings"
A-ha "Take on me"
Howard Jones "What is love?"
Shannon "Let the music play"
Heaven 17 "Let me go"
H. Faltermeyer "Top Gun intro"
Kansas "Perfect lover"
Enya "Orinoco flow"

Reverb Drum Machines | The Complete Collection Sample Pack for Free

You can find them here.

"Over 50 volumes of vintage, rare, and landmark drum machines that narrate the history of this modern instrument—from the inception of this invention to relevant contemporary devices—this collection covers any and all electronic rhythm needs and sonic character.

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『これがシンセサイザーだ』 情報部

Published on Nov 25, 2012

"NHK 600こちら情報部 特集『これがシンセサイザーだ』 より。

『夢のジャムセッション』の前フリとして神尾明朗氏が、YAMAHA CS-10をメインに、シンセサイザー操作の概略を説明しています。この放送があった70年代後半、音色プログラム機能を持っているシンセサイザーというものは一般的でなかったので、シンセサイザーの音作りを勉強するために、市販されている参考書や楽器メーカーの販促物に掲載されているツマミのセットチャートを見ながら、ツマミの位置を合わせては波の音を作り、風の音を作り、蒸気機関車の音を作り...といった手順を踏むのが定番でした。"

Googlish:

"NHK 600 Here Information Section Special from "This is a synthesizer" from.

Mr. Akiro Kamio as a prefix of "Dream Jam Session" explains the outline of synthesizer operation mainly with YAMAHA CS-10. In the late 1970s when this broadcast was in the late 70's, synthesizers with tone color programming function were not common, so in order to study the sound making of synthesizers, to the reference books on the market or promotional materials of musical instrument manufacturers While looking at the set chart of the knob that is being posted it was a standard to follow the steps of making the sound of the waves, making the sound of the wind, making the sound of the steam locomotive ... matching the position of the knob."

Japanese show with Moog modular & Yamaha CS-10 (Yamaha SS30 string synth underneath). Yamaha CS-30 and CS-80 featured towards the end.

New 16-IN-1 ENSONIQ ESQ Series Cart

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via this auction

"This cartridge was built using high end modern components in a no-compromise design.

The banks can be accessed using a 16 position switch. Different banks can be used with different gear (No need for multiple cartridges anymore) and switched on the fly.

Features:

No battery design, FRAM non-volatile memory.

128 x 8K (1024K) Capacity. (16 Times the capacity of the standard ram cartridge)

Fast read/write speed.

High endurance with virtually infinite read/write cycles.

151 years data retention.

Gold plated contacts.

3D Printed clear light blue case.

Different banks can be selected using a switch and used with different devices (from the list below).

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

Loaded with 1280 patches.


Patch List:

FACTORY VPC-1: "Classic Mix 1"

1: TPIANO 2: BEGONE 3: HRNSEC 4: STRBAS 5: KICK 2
6: PNOSTR 7: SING6 8: KIEV 9: ICEPOP 10: SEGULS
11: MCROAD 12: PORGN2 13: 5OFSWE 14: VOXBAS 15: HI HAT
16: STRNG2 17: SAPRNO 18: FRIDAY 19: PECKBD 20: LANDNG
21: MTLPNO 22: "MACH" 23: NOISE2 24: METBAS 25: MUSCBX
26: STRSEC 27: AHHHHS 28: GLDBEL 29: ROOM 1 30: DRIP 1
31: JBELL5 32: NOSPLT 33: PNOBRS 34: BELBAS 35: MEIMBO
36: SQRSTR 37: UMMA 38: STARS2 39: TMPBEL 40: COPTER

1: HRPSI3 2: PIPEOR 3: SW BRS 4: BASS.T 5: TOYPNO
6: AUHARP 7: FLUTE 8: ALLOY2 9: AMCALL 10: F-111
11: ELZPNO 12: FLTORG 13: REGAL1 14: DRAG 15: MRIMVX
16: DULCI2 17: NYMPH 18: BELRES 19: SQRBEN 20: GONG1
21: "LAYER 22: ACRDON 23: MINIM2 24: RUFBAS 25: VELDRM
26: BANJO 27: BASOON 28: WASH 29: AFTGLO 30: PUTERS
31: BELKBD 32: BASIC 33: SYNLED 34: GROWL 35: KRUMBA
36: WHLPLK 37: SHOU 2 38: BEDTME 39: METBAR 40: LAUGHS

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Mr Woofer - Synth Demos

Published on Oct 6, 2017 Mr Woofer

Playlist:

1. Mr Woofer - Enter Space (Atari STE Demo)

"Enter Space!" says Sinclair Spectrum ZX through its Currah uSpeech synthesizer. The Atari STE and its Yamaha YM2149F chip in all its square wave glory does exactly that. The tools used to control the STE are NSQ (Near Synthesizer Quality), Chip Synth and MaxYMiser.

The powerful beats are coming from NI Massive except for the Hi-hats and noise bursts which are also Atari STE. As usual external reverb and delay are added. Hope you enjoy it!

Music and Sound Design by Mr Woofer (Konstantinos Kampanis).
Original footage and video editing by Mr Woofer.

Enjoy!

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Tom Oberheim Coming to Knobcon Number Six

via Knobcon

Knobcon Number Six
September 8-10, 2017
Chicagoland
www.knobcon.com

"We are pleased to announce Tom Oberheim as guest of honour for Knobcon Number Six.

Mr Oberheim is the progenitor of the American polyphonic analogue synthesiser and designer of electronic music devices ranging from the Maestro Phase Shifter to the Oberheim DX drum machine. If you have listened to the radio in the past 40 years, it is impossible for you not to have heard sounds he had a hand in.

Tom will be speaking at the annual Knobcon Banquet as well as taking part in a live question-and-answer session hosted by Knobcon organiser Suit & Tie Guy.

Knobcon is a one-of-a-kind synthesizer convention now in it's sixth year. Complete with live music, workshops exhibitors and vendors, Knobcon allows for a fully immersive experience. Held just outside Chicago IL at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg, the entire event takes place under one roof. If you are interested in electronic-based or experimental music and the tools used to create it, Knobcon is the place for you. The diversity and passion of the Knobcon experience make it enjoyable for all experience levels.

Admission for all 3 days is $50 at the door, $40 online during the month of August.
The Knobcon Banquet featuring Tom Oberheim’s keynote address is an add on to the standard admission. $50 per person, limited seating available.

Knobcon Exhibitors (as of 8/9/2017):

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Old-School Synth-Pop Tutorial/workflow Videos by Espen Kraft

Espen Kraft
Published on Mar 27, 2017

Note: this completes the current run of Espen Kraft posts on the site. If you are coming in on the main site you can just scroll down for previous posts in order. If you are coming in directly to this post, click here for all Espen Kraft posts in reverse order. There have been a couple of updates, so be sure you haven't missed anything. These are some great synth videos with that classic 80s feel.

http://www.espenkraft.com
https://soundcloud.com/espenkraft
https://open.spotify.com/artist/1dMWi...

Playlist:
1. Old-school synth-pop tutorial/workflow - Retrowave/synthwave - Free patches Roland JX-8P download
2. Italo Disco - Old-school synth-pop tutorial/workflow - Free patches DX7
3. The Golden Boy - Old-school synth-pop Synthwave tutorial/workflow breakdown & multi track
4. 80s MIDI synthesizer setup explained - tutorial/workflow 2017

Details for each:

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Drum Box: Boss DR-110 & Yamaha MR-10 Video Demos

Drum Box: Boss DR-110
Published on Sep 21, 2013 my4trackmachine·113 videos

"The last analog Roland drum machine, the DR-110 came about midway through the rise of the digital sample machines era. While it sported a readable screen and was easy to edit, it lacked the "authentic" sound quality of its digital brothers making it not very popular. Compared to the rest of the TR-X0Xs it has a thin whimpy kick without an accent. The snare did have some snap to it though. Today it stands as a decent alternate to its often compared 606."

Drum Box: Yamaha MR-10
Published on Sep 21, 2013

"The only analog drum machine to come from Yamaha, the MR-10 was a limited preset machine with a solid kick and tunable snares and toms. The presets are a pretty standard affair but where the MR-10 shines best is its playable plastic pads. Armed with a solid kick and fairly unique analog sound it is a largely over looked machine. Even though it is limited it is still quite playable. If you want to step away from the popular and familiar analog sounds of Roland then give a listen to this underrated machine."

Drum Box: Roland TR-606
Published on Sep 21, 2013

"Before the 808 and 909 there was the 606. A capable analog little drum machine with a great sound. Though now over shadowed by other machines with more editing and routing options, the TR-606 holds its own because of its strong sound design and easy programability."

1982 Yamaha MR-10 Analog Drum Machine Synth SN 19288

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Squidfanny - Circuit Bent YAMAHA MR-10 Drum Machine (August 2012)

YouTube Published on Aug 10, 2012 by squidfanny
squidfanny on eBay (RSS)

"Cheeky little Semi-Analog Drum Machine from the 1980's.

This was an old project from some time back. I was always planning on re-housing it, but never quite got around to it...

I've added trigger inputs, Metal Touch-Points, some new knobs to alter Pitch & decay. Also added some switches above the Rhythm Buttons to combine the presets together and create new mutant patterns.

There's also a Ring-Modulator Switch & Gold Knob for Pitch Modulation & Weirdness."

Open Labs MiKo Synthesizer / Keyboard

via this auction

"500GB harddrive. Dressed in an all-new Arctic White Chassis color scheme, the Timbaland Special Edition MiKo will stand out in any crowd.

The Timbaland Special Edition MiKo features E-MU™'s new Proteus™ X2 Streaming Sound Module V2.5 with over 7,000 instruments, including the new Ensoniq™ Urban Legends™ Sound Library that contains the sounds from Ensoniq's ASR™/EPS™/MR™/ASR-X™/ZR™ instruments.

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Yamaha CS01 Era MR-10 Vintage Analog Drum Machine

via this auction

"CLASSIC LITTLE BEATBOX BY YAMAHA, THE MR-10. PART OF YAMAHA'S "PRODUCER SERIES" OF INSTRUMENTS BUILT TO ACCOMPANY EACH OTHER. THIS DRUM MACHINE CAN SIT NICELY ALONGSIDE THE CS-01 ANALOG SYNTHESIZER! DRUM MACHINE IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION AND FULL WORKING ORDER AND COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX."




Yamaha MR 10 Rare Analogue Vintage Drum Machine YouTube via abertronic | December 06, 2008 |

previously posted

"more items up sale @ http://stores.ebay.com/abertronix?ssP...
this is a quick demo of the item up for auction on ebay ; the yamaha mr10 drum machine." Note this is a different seller than above and the video is from 2008, but do check out Abertronix for more synth auctions. See the link above for the current listing.

New "Moonraker" patches f/ Waldorf Blofeld Synth

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""Moonraker"

The James Bond soundset for your Wladorf blofeld synth!

An exclusive soundset for your Waldorf blofeld with a James Bond theme behind it. These patches are all original, NO FACTORY patches OR other USER patches here. All patch names were chosen from a number of characters past and present from the James Bond movies. Each patch reflects the characters role in the movie.

As for the sounds? Well... the sounds are incredible! A lot of edgy type material with lots of energy, thanks to the Wavetables and Overdrive curve section. All patches are "up to date" modern electronic sounds that are extremely useful, none of this cheesy stuff for sure!

The Moonraker soundset is especially great for Electro House/ Prog. House, Nu style Trance, Pop, Soulful/Funky Future Jack House and Hip Hop.

This is Vol. #1 with 65 patches in all (Vol. #2 is coming soon with the new License SL Sample option for the blofeld with even greater sound possibilities, also Buyers of this one will get a discount on "Moonraker" Vol.#2). The patches are extremely useful and will not disappoint. The soundset includes: Bass, Mono, Lead's, Arp's, Pad's, Poly and FX's. The patches are saved on bank "C" on the Blofeld, 1-65.

Moonraker Content:

01. Quantum Solace--Pad 23. Thumper--Poly 45. Sharkey--Bass
02. Ms. Money Penny--Arp 24 . Falco--Poly 46. Necros--Bass
03. Paris Carver--Arp 25. Honey Ryder--Arp 47. Dario--Bass
04. Mr. White--Lead 26. Dr. No--Lead 48. Mr. Kil--Bass
05. Jinx Jordan--Pad 27. Maximillian--Bass 49. Kara Milovy--Mono
06. Agent 004--Arp 28. Plenty O'Toole--Poly 50. Jaws--Fx
07. Agent 007--Arp 29. Fiona Volpe--Mono 51. Chang--Fx
08. Dr. Alvarez--Arp 30. Holly Goodhead--Pad 52. Vijay-Mono
09. Agent Fields--Lead 31. Bambi--Bass 53. Agent Ava--Bass
10. Hugo Drax--Arp 32. "Q"--Arp 54. Agent Liz--Fx
11. Dr. Kaufman--Bass 33. Penelope S Bone--Bass 55. Chuck Lee--Poly
12. Professor Joe B.--Bass 34. Stavro Blofeld--Bass 56. Agent Triple X--Bass
13. Mary Goodnight--Arp 35. Lt. Hip--Bass 57. Dr. Warmflash--Fx
14. Bianca--Arp 36. Ocotopussy--Atmo 58. Sir Godfrey--Poly
15. "M"--Lead 37. May Day--Fx 59. Mr. Bullion--Bass
16. Pola Ivanova--Pad 38. General Gogol--Poly 60. Kronsteen--Bass
17. Max Zorin--Bass 39. Vesper Lynd--Pad 61. Ms. Rosa Kleb--Bass
18. Dr, Mortner--Fx 40. Le Chiffre--Bass 62. Mr. Wint--Bass
19. Jenny Flex--Bass 41. Dominic Green--Fx 63. Saida--Pad
20. General Moon--Arp 42. Hector Lopez--Bass 64. Victor Sokas--Bass
21. Hawkins--Bass 43. Miranda Frost--Bass 65. Tee Hee--Bass
22. Solitaire--Bass 44. Felicca--Pad

About the sound designer: 9 plus years of experience programming a number of synth's. The Programmer has made patches for the, Access virus b,c and TI synth's, Roland sh 32, Nord Lead 2 and 3, Roland JP8000, Waldorf Q+, Q, micro Q and now the Blofeld ,the Hartmann Neuron synth, Yamaha AN200 and countless of software synth's."

Yamaha MR 10 Rare Analogue Vintage Drum Machine

YouTube via abertronic
images at this auction
"Yamaha mr10 vintage analog 1981 drum machine
This is very cute 5 pad analogue drum machine .This item for sale is very clean just normal wear and tear.100% working order but trigger pad for the bass drum is sometimes too sensitive and the snare drum also triggers the High tom (see the youtube video)
Trigger pads for bass drum /snare/High tom/ low tom /cymbal .Separate adjustable volume for Bass drum and cymbals . Tuning for toms and cymbals. 12 patterns with variations 4bar/ 8bar .
This would be the perfect machine for circuit bending as it runs off batteries .
link to manual
this is also interesting

Yamaha MR-10 Analog Drum Machine

YouTube via peglegjoe857
"MR-10 in action. It is a cool little machine. It is kinda similar sounding to the Roland TR-606 and the Korg KPR-77, but it is not programmable so it has gone pretty unnoticed. It is also somewhat like the early rhythm machines, the CR-68 and 78, TR-66, The Minipops, KR-55, except that it has pads for manually playing it! This makes me think it would make a prime candidate for a mod, adding triggers at it's pads. Probably an easy mod, but I never got around to doing it. I actually think it sounds a bit better than the KPR-77. I have the boss DR-110 as well, which is in the same class as these machines, just missing the toms. Anywho, the MR-10 is nifty sounding and analog. A few neat controls. Small, simple, and pretty cool."