Spectrum - Sonic Boom

I couldn't help but think of Sonic Boom and Spacemen 3 after reading and posting about Space Machine 3. Sonic Boom, aka Peter Kember, did some excellent solo work as Spectrum with a Synthi VCS3. If you haven't checked out his work yet, do so. Forever Alien is one of my favorites. Some samples on the link.

P.S. Yes the Forever Alien link takes you to Amazon, and no I don't get a cut. Freinds are pressuring me to wrap up so we can watch a movie, and that link had some samples, so up it goes. : )

Space Machine 3 - Yamazaki-Maso

http://www.yamazaki-maso.net/

Someone asked about this band on AH. Click through http://www.importantrecords.com/releases.htm and scroll down to Space Machine 3 for two tracks of some analog mayhem.

"Space Machine is Yamazaki Maso's solo synth-psych side project. This single cd release includes both the Space Machine 3 studio sessions as well as Space Machine live at Big Cat in Osaka, Japan with Makoto Kawabata of The Acid Mothers Temple"

Interesting. Will need to check them out sometime.

Also check out Merzbow

Akai VX600 Analog Mini Polysynth

Found a great site on the Akai VX600 analog synth. Loads of sound samples, pictures, the manual and more.

Speechless...

Yamaha Taurus pedals...

Yamaha CS01 with pedal casing for sale on the bay. My balance simply would not be good enough for this, especially after a beer or two...

Create Digital Music

Looks like I made Create Digital Music. Click through and search for matrixsynth. My posts on Waldorf Resources, Sequentix Hardware Sequencers, and the Simons SDS6 made it. Very cool. Thanks Create Digital Music! : )

Russian Vintage Analog Synths

Vintage Synth Explorer has a post on some Russian Synths for sale. The following two sites have a ton on information on Russian vintage synths including the popular Polivoks pictured below and the Altair-231 three OSC monosynth described as the Russian Minimoog. It's fascinating as you don't often see discussion of them on the synth boards or lists.

Two great sites on Vintage Analog Russian Synths:

• Russkeys
• Geocities Russian Vintage Synthesizers

Polyvoks from Geocities Russian Vintage Synthesizers:

ModernBeats Waterverb

In via Harmony Central. ModernBeats has come out with a line of VST Plugins including Waterverb. Trip.

WaterVerb - Ever imagine placing a soothing liquid reverb over your vocal or drum tracks? ModernBeats is the proud inventor of this innovative plugin. PlugIn Features include:

- 10 Stereo Water Samples to select from! (Stream, Brook , Shower, Rain, Drizzle, Pouring, Faucet, Srip, Bubbling, & Bath)

- Water Level & Mix parameters

- Unique Low Pass and High Pass Filter parameters

- Reverb Size, Width, Damp, Mix, & Pre-Delay parameters

List of Musical Instrument Museums

Click here for a list of Musical Instrument Museums. Some have synths. Saving this one for when I'm in the mood to browse around. I found the two gems in my post below off of the list. Now I need to learn Greek.

Goth vs. Industrial

Not really synth, but I found these beauties on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website . Both are pianos. Click through for more. Man, I need a bigger studio.

You pick. I personally was into both at one time or another, so... ; )

Update: a bit Steampunk as well.

Oberheim Four Voice Hornimam Museum - New Flickr Shot

via Flickr

This is a beauty. Apparently this was taken at the Hornimam Museum in London.