Oberheim Prommer

Found this in my picture collection. What struck me in this image is the Oberheim Matrix-6 style membrane buttons AND the Matrix-12 style red and black push buttons. I never really noticed that before. Title link takes you to Synth Museum with more info on the Prommer. In short it was an EPROM burner for the Oberheim DMX. You would use it to burn samples into EPROMs that you could then pop into your DMX for triggering.

303 Expo in Germany

In via Music Thing. Wow, looks like it's going to be good. Make sure to check out the site for more inlcuding some images like the one below. Damn, check out the see-through red case. What is that anyway?

Moog Modular - New Flickr Shot

via flickr

Moog Buttons

Found these in my pictures. I remember when synth buttons were all over the *bay. For whatever reason I'm not seeing as many as I did before. Try a search on the 'bay for any manufacturer and buttons to see what comes up. Roland buttons came up empty for me. Moog only had about three sets. Hmm... makes me think I should have gotten some while they were there, but... I can always make my own stinkin buttons if I want I guess. Anywho, I do like this shot; makes a slick background wallpaper.

Sonic Six Manual Cover

Found this in my collection. I believe this is the cover of the Moog Sonic Six Manual. If not let me know.

Bandwidth Glitch

And I'm back! Sorry about the downtime if you happened to come by during it. My site was down due to exceeding my bandwidth on ACENET. Dang YMO videos! As promised though, I will put them back up in October. Site going down is my bad for not doing more due diligence on this. Acenet got me back up in about an hour after contacting them, so cheers to them. Honestly I am very happy with their service considering I have the cheap-o $3.95 a month host plan. BTW, if you are looking for a host, do check them out. I have a link to them on the bottom of the right pane, and yes if you do sign up clicking through there I get a little reward. : ) Ok, enough of this, back to synths. I have a few posts waiting.

Korg MS10 Patch Sheets

In via AH. Korganalogue.net is home to Korg Kornukopia, an excellent resource for Korg MS and PS series synths including manuals, pictures and more. Click here for the MS10 page with patch sheets for the Korg MS10. The punch cards of the synth world. : ) Korg Kornukopia takes you to the root.

Maple Voyager

Just a shot of a Maple Voyager from Big City Music, in via AH. Click here for a bigger shot.

Another Synthi-E on the 'bay

Second one in just over a month. This one for sale in San Fransisco, the other was in New York. Pictures are different. Check out the matching keyboard.

Literal Dream Synths - Polyevolver Desktop and OB12

No title link until I have the time and skill Sealed has to mock these up. : ) So, in the previous post I alluded to reoccurring synth dreams I have. I actually created a post on the-gas-station a year or two ago on this, but I didn't save the URL (I'll see if I can dig it up). Anyway, label me obseesed, but I freqently have dreams about synths. Usually they revolve around two scenarios - one, I'm travelling in a city and I hit all the pawn shops; or two, I'm seeing a band play live, and somehow I have access to the stage so I walk around and check out the synths being played; yeah, right. Almost always the synths are imaginary versions of existing synths. Last night I had a dream that I was walking around U2's stage. They had another dedicated band member who played synths for them - he was like the Edge, but another guy and he was an actual member of the band, not a stage or tour musician. He had a four voice Polyevolver desktop that looked about the size of a Future Retro Revolution, but was blue and knob ladden like a Polyevolver keyboard, but different - not as many knobs. He also had an Oberheim OB12, but it was more like an Access Virus or Nord Lead in that the knobs and sliders did not take up the entire surface like a real OB12. The funny thing is this was probably the first case a synth in my dream was not as desirable as the real deal. The really funny thing about this dream was that I realised it was a dream, so I pulled out a Post-It pad and tried to write the synths down before I woke up, thinking that if I did the Post-It would be in my pocket when I woke up. : ) My favorite dream synth? A glossy red Roland SH-101 that looked like a sloped, curved Ferrari. Absolutely beautiful.