What is The Vanilla Synthesizer? It's Ready, That's What

via the STG Soundlabs/muSonics Electronic Newsletter:

Is it The Vanilla Synthesizer or the muSonics TVS?

I started working on this project a year and a half ago.

Originally my thought process was to make a new American format synthesiser that could be sold as modules, kits, and bare boards. I was concerned about the future of the format, and I felt a new line of basic modules and infrastructure at a variety of price points was important. I still do.

STG Soundlabs was a failure because I made things that ultimately the eurorack market simply did not want. Yes, I sold some, and will continue to maintain the line as best as I can, but it's very hard to find photos of eurorack installations with STG Soundlabs modules in them, but rare to find a nice big man-sized synthesiser without my modules in it.

Another thing I wanted to do was teach myself how to do my own engineering. It didn't start that way, but it became that way. I'd been a hardware product developer since 2005 but never actually laid out a circuit board. That is no longer true, and I've done things beyond this project that I haven't even talked about.

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Yamaha CS 80 8 voice polyphonic analog synth

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Yamaha cs 80 demo video upload by Free Lunch

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"The goat. It sounds amazing. Local pickup only. The faceplate is in gorgeous shape. the wood is in great shape with a little scuffing. Lid and outer shell has some scuffing. No legs or pedals. Local pickup only. Come try it out and be amazed beyond words.

Works perfectly. A few buttons are a touch sticky. Memory 3 button sticks and has to be gently worked back up. I have included a demo putting this through its paces."

Never heard it called the goat before. Somone once referred to the Korg Maxi Korg 800DV as the goat. You can find a handful of goat posts here.

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Korg Maxi-Korg 800 DV

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Update: auction link fixed.

"The GOAT of 70’s synths. This is the rarest version that accepts 2 pedals to control the traveller sliders."

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Valmont - Live 3 @ Mains d'Œuvres

video by Valmont

Fête de la Musique 2021!

0:00 - 4 mains [Intro] / ID
2:16 - Brise / Upcoming release
5:28 - Jordyn / Echos Diaphanes EP
10:11 - Un Carré / Upcoming release
13:47 - Horizons / Echos Diaphanes EP
18:09 - Souviens-Toi l'Angleterre / Echos Diaphanes EP
22:15 - Mille Ponts / Echos Diaphanes EP
26:44 - Wish You Were Here [Outro] / The Sounding Goat Prototypes

Valmont - Guitar, Keyboards
With the participation of:
Angèle Borscha - Vocals
Timothé Magis - Bass, Guitar, Bouiboui
Ornella Noulet - Alto Saxophone
Katia Pucheta - Keyboards

You can find synth demos & music by Valmont in previous posts here.

Eurorack Synthesizer Jam 5

video by Pothole Hotline Music

"Eurorack Modular Synthesizer
and
Elektron Digitakt
and
my arms and hands

One-take dawless electronica jam. And a toy goat."

ladik B-230 Curious Goat Eurorack module

video by RuprechtM

"8-in-1: BPM, tuner, frequency meter, pulse counter, trigger width, gate lenght, stopwatch and temperature.

1Hz input signal used for video (500ms pulse width)"

ladik B-230 Curious Goat (as tuner)
"Showing tuner mode, sweep around 440Hz and jump to approx. 550Hz used as input"

Alias Zone: The Dream Catcher (by Chris Meyer of Learning Modular)

Learning Modular

"Created for the December 2020 edition of Resident Electronic Music

Composed & performed by Chris Meyer of Learning Modular (aka Alias Zone):
• Tardis and Monster modular synths
• Waldorf Iridium, Korg Z1 & Wavestation AD polysynths
• rain gourd, woven basket shaker, goat toenail rattle (processed through modular)
• voice by Navajo (Diné) elder Harry James from the Q Up Arts sampling collection Voices of Native America

Index of sounds and when they first appear:
00:02 rain gourd processed through Mutable Instruments Rings, plus modular reverb and echo)
00:14 woven basket shaker + goat toenail rattle processed though modular reverb and echo, sampled, looped, and played through a 1010music Blackbox.
00:30 Korg Z1, using its complex arpeggiator as well
00:59 twin bass voices: Synthesis Technology E352 VCO through Xaoc Devices Belgrad VCF, and Livewire AFG + SSF/WMD Spectrum through Rossum Evolution VCF, sequenced by a Five12 Vector
01:30 Navajo elder phrases, re-timed and played back from a 1010music Bitbox, processed with a Mutable Instruments Clouds
02:59 Waldorf Iridium
04:50 4ms Spherical Waveform Navigator through WMD Overseer stereo filter
05:59 Korg Wavestation AD layered with the Z1 (both played by the Z1’s arpeggiator)
08:50 another “slow motion solo” on the Iridium

Details of how the individual sounds were created are being covered on the Learning Modular Patreon channel: https://www.patreon.com/LearningModular"

Valmont - LIVE 0: Echos Diaphanes EP teaser (ft. Angèle B. & Tim)

Valmont / Mooggy

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 & E-mu Emax II on the right.

Valmont Naudin (Keyboards, Programming)
Angèle Borscha (Keyboards, Voice)
Timothé Magis (Bass, Guitar, Saxophone)

1) 00:15 - Do You Think Real? [Prototype 1: The Sounding Goat]
2) 01:33 - Mille Ponts [Echos Diaphanes I]
3) 05:37 - Breath [Prototype 2: 7!]
4) 08:04 - Souviens-Toi l'Angleterre [Echos Diaphanes I]
5) 12:18 - Horizons [Echos Diaphanes I]
6) 15:48 - Jordyn [Echos Diaphanes I]

All tracks written & arranged by Valmont Naudin
Lyrics written by Dominique Bevilacqua on (2)(4)(5)(6)
Lyrics co-written with Valmont Naudin & Timothé Magis on (2)(5)(6)
Vocals arranged by Angèle Borscha

Recorded at LeStudio, Paris IX
Produced & recorded by Digital Systemic, Valmont Naudin

https://linktr.ee/Valmont

Bernie Worrell with the New Minimoog Model D at Moogfest

via @moogmusicinc

"The man that made Moog bass what it is. Without him there is no funk. The GOAT, @BernieWorrell at #Moogfest2016. ♥️🎹"

Click here for a quick video of Bernie playing the new Minimoog Model D.

You can find his YouCaring page here.

Goat Synthesizer!

Published on Dec 2, 2014 DaMuncha

I have no idea what the hell I'm looking at, so there you have it. For fans of Goat Simulator I guess.

"Goat With The Jams -- Watch live at http://www.twitch.tv/the_muncha"

Honeysmak Octatrack Custom Unicorn, Fish, Goat, Nudity Skin (NSFW)

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SCI Prophet 600 + Goatkeeper 3 = The Goat Prophet

YouTube Published on May 30, 2012 by n3bsvid

"Little demo of the prophet 600 running through a goatkeeper.

Hardware:
Sequential Circuits Prophet 600
Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper 3"

analog/digital craphound robot sequencer banging a goat eating a can core style

YouTube Uploaded by horchacha on Mar 16, 2011

"dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

VTECH MUSIC MAJOR

via this auction

"This super cool electronic piano was designed to teach children music. It has 23 keys, 6 different keyboard patterns, 10 sound affects, 5 learning exercises, 12 different rhythms, and a tempo control . When you press a key, a corresponding red light appears representing the note on the music tablature screen.

Sounds:
This electronic piano TALKS!! Much like a speak and spell, the machine will ask you to perform tasks. When you first turn it on it asks, "Please choose an activity." Some tasks it will say "NO, try again." or "YES, you are right."

There are 7 different overall sounds the piano can perform as, piano, organ, flute, cello, trumpet, and voice.

Along with the regular piano keys, there are 10 sound effects keys. You can make a sound like a dog, fish, cow, goat, bird, and various percussion sounds.

But the COOLEST SOUND this piano makes is the voice function. If you press the little red button that looks like a face, the piano will function as the scales. Press a key and the piano will say, in a human-like voice, "Do, Re, Me, etc..."

The piano also has 12 different rhythm you can choose, including Bassanova, Disco, Rock 'n Roll, and others. There is also a tempo button that fluxuates the speed from pretty mellow to normal to super fast, nearly machine gun fire quality.

The demo function is cool. You can choose a song and the piano will automatically play the song and the corresponding notes lighting up on the screen.

Mechanics:
Manufactured by in the year 1986 buy the company Video Technology Educational Electronics or VTECH.

Takes 6 C batteries. there is no corrossion in the battery compartment. It also takes an 9V 500MA electronic adaptor.

Apparently, this machine holds some memory capacity; there is a record function...

If you're into circuit bending, the keyboard seems somewhat easy to get into."

Moogmoogzela :: Moog x Vuvuzela

YouTube via MoogMusicInc — June 15, 2010 —

"Moog Soccer Hooligans invaded the Moog Sound Lab and developed this secret weapon...coming to a stadium near you."

For those not familiar with the Vuvuzela, it's a plastic horn that has become the signature sound of this year's World Cup in South Africa. Via Wikipedia: "Vuvuzelas have also been blamed for drowning the sound and atmosphere of football games.[8][9] Commentators have described the sound as "annoying" and "satanic"[10] and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants",[11] "a deafening swarm of locusts",[12] "a goat on the way to slaughter",[13] and "a giant hive full of very angry bees".[14]

The sound level of the instrument has been measured at 127 decibels[15][4] contributing to football matches with dangerously high sound pressure levels for unprotected ears.[16] A new model, however, announced on 14 June 2010, has a modified mouthpiece which is claimed to reduce the volume by 20 dB.[15]"

Simply put some people love it, most seem to hate it. I remember having one of these when I was a kid in Los Angeles of all places, so it wasn't just a South African thing. Wish I had a Mini back then instead. :)

Vuvuzela - South African culture - The death of the World Cup

YouTube via vuvuzelasucks — June 12, 2010 —

"Vuvuzela - South African culture - The death of the World Cup"

Brick Killer.mov

video upload by
YouTube via davidryle — June 13, 2010 —

"Alternate tuning using a Q172 Quantizer Aid module from Synthesizers.com. The melody line played is through Lil' Miss Scale Oven (LMSO) from Red Barn Goat Farm into an Access Virus TI synthesizer. The three variations on the tuning are loaded into the Quantizer Aid module using midi from an instance of LMSO."

Elysium: Probabilistic Arp

Elysium: Probabilistic Arp from giles goat boy on Vimeo.

"This is Matt Mower's Elysium playing a probabilistic riff on an Arp-style sound off my microKorg." http://lucidmac.com/products/elysium/