Synth Graffiti

Nice. Via Music Thing. Title link takes you to post. Ok... Anyone else spooked by that bottom left shot.

MS20 Portrait - New Flickr Shot

The Voynich - Made In China

Sent to me by Chris Strellis. Track made with the Voynich home keyboard. Nice! I actually have one of these. : )



"So here's a song made using just a toy keyboard. The drums were sampled
individually and a new groove recreated. Tons of EQ and FX were using in Adobe
Audition to bring it to life as best I could. Lots of ropey playing too - those
tiny keys are damn hard to play!"

Metal Box

Makers of modular gear. Click through title link for more.

Music Thing Gets a Clavia G2 Modular

So that's why Tom has been quiet over there. Some impressive samples of the G2. Interestingly, they don't sound like the Nords to me.

Circuit Benders

Great circuit bending site with pictures and samples. Via GetLoFi. Please don't let this be a circuit bent Roland SH101. The caption on Circuit Benders says it's modified. Let's hope that means modified and not circuit bent. Cheap home keyboards, bend away, but actual synthesizers with only a limitted number out there... Please... Protect and serve.

Oldschool-Sound

I haven't been to Oldschool=Sound.com for a while. Looks like there has been quite a few updates since I last dropped by inlcuding tons of p*rn, some somewhat literal. : ) It's a great site, just be careful at work with those groovy babe shots.

More AH Bay Area Gathering Shots

New set in via AH. Wow. Man that's a beautiful modular.

Modcan

Korg MS-10 Samples

You commonly hear Korg MS20 samples. Here's two of the MS20's little brother, the MS10 I ran into via this thread on Vintage Synth Explorer.

http://oldschoolsound.free.fr/sons/5%20ms10s%20fast%20copy.wav
http://oldschoolsound4.online.fr/sons/MS10&SQ10&KR55.mp3

My Favorite Retro Synth - The ConBrio ADS 200

"THE ADS (Advanced Digital Synthesizer) 100 was a high end (there was no given price when the 100 system was introduced) analogue synthesiser, probably most well known for providing the sound effects for 'Star Trek' TV series. The first model 100 system was a dual manual splittable keyboard (microtonally tuneable) ,a video display for envelopes, 'control cube' disk drive with computer hardware, and a multi-coloured buttoned front panel for 64-oscillator additive synthesis and real-time sequencing."

Title link takes you to more on the ADS 200 on Synthmuseum.com. Both the ADS 100 and ADS 200 were digital. Only two of the ADS 200 were ever made and one sold for $30,000.

Update: I remember hearing how the ConBrio ADS 200 would look home on the original Star Trek series. Well, according to 120 Years, it's bigger predecessor, the 1978 ADS 100 was actually used in Star Trek the TV series.

Update: I should change the tagline of this blog to "The Snopes of the synth world, debunking Urban Synth Legend." See the comments for much more. The ADS 100 was not around when Star Trek the TV series was aired. I'm going to shoot 120 years an email on this to see if they know something we don't. Thanks all.

Update: Looks like Retro Synth found the answer to our little mystery. The ADS 100 was used in Star Trek, The Motion Picture. Now that sounds more familiar to me, but who knows, it's all a blur. Too many synths, too little time... : ) As for my favorite digital synth, why it would also be the Wave... But, it would be the Crimson Wave with matte finish. The ConBrio is my favorite Retro Synth, focus on Retro. I had a TV that looked just like it when I was a kid. Warm memories... : ) image via wikipedia.

The Crimson Waldorf Wave

Update on the original Star Trek via the comments: ""Star Trek burst upon T.V. screens in the summer of 1966. The guiding genius behind this massive effort was Gene Roddenberry. Roddenberry recruited a hand-picked technical crew to create the incredible series which became a legen in its own time. The challenge of finding and creating the multitude of sound effects was of particular interest since no television series of this magnitude had ever been attempted before. Virtually all the sound effects were created exclusively for the television series, i.e.: the pneumatic doors of the Enterprise were actually the sound of an airgun played in reverse. Spock's viewing machine was in reality the thump of a torpedo firing pin played backwards.

The final result is a unique library of brilliantly futuristic sound effects that were created principally by Jack Finlay, Douglas Grindstaff and Joseph Sorokin. Grindstaff is one of Hollywood's finest sound editors and the recipient of many awards and is currently the department head of Lorimar Post-Production. Sorokin also works at Lorimar and is the sound editor of "Knots Landing." Jack is now retired.

Just imagine what they could have created for Star Trek if they had access to today's high-tech electronic equipment!""