More New Gear

More new gear shots from Shawn Cleary of Analogue Haven. Dual Sherman Filter Bank Rack picutured below. More gear links below.



Via AH:

"hello,

Cwejman have sent further details about their new
modules. Info here:
http://www.analoguehaven.com/new/cwejman/
(these are big files). A few of these will be shown at
NAMM.

Doepfer have uploaded info for their newest modules
here:
http://www.doepfer.de/a100n_e.htm
The first 5 should be shown at NAMM: BBD module
(delay/flanger/karplus strong), universal vactrol
module, thru-zero quadrature vco, switched capacitor
filter and a version of the a-100 tkb-style sequencer
that is near to the production version. BTW there are
more mp3s for the BBD module on the A-100 usergroup at
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Doepfer_a100/ ,
in the last post by Ingo.

Also I have uploaded one more photo of a "dual"
Sherman Filterbank 2 Rack:
http://www.analoguehaven.com/new/sherman/sherman_rack_big.jpg

Thanks,

Shawn Cleary
www.analoguehaven.com"

Synthmas Presents

And I'm back. Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. I thought I'd put up a post on the synth goodies I got for xmas this year. Belated xmas presents on my list are James Grahame's Essential Retro, Peter Forests revised A-Z Books and the Analogue Heaven Synthesizer Museum book, and finally the Moog DVD.

Different Skies Arcs & Angles DVD
Synth centered music performance that happened this year. I put up a few posts including this one when I heard about it. I can't wait to check out this performance.


Learning Music With Synthesizers
Cool book about sound synthesis authored by David Friend and Alan R. Pearlman of ARP as well as Thomas D. Piggott. Not sure if Piggott was part of ARP; if you know feel free to comment. The book came out in 1974 and uses the ARP Odyssey as an example to demonstrate creating different types of sounds.


Synthesizer Basics
Haven't had a chance to flip through this one yet, but it looks good. Features Bob Moog, Roger Powell, Tom Rhea and Steve Porcaro. Volume 1 put out by Keyboard Magazine back in 1984.



Analog Days
This one is coming in the mail. I posted on this earlier as well. I can't wait to read this one as it will be more about the history of synthesis and should be a great read.


Real World Digital Audio
I also received a copy of Peter Kirn's Real World Digital Audio. I'm hearing it's a great book and just looking through the chapters I'm looking forward to it.


Oh, and of course there was this amazing surprise. : )

A Packrat Christmas

Saw this shot over on Moogulator's blog. Check out the Packrat site for more. Now that's a Christmas tree. : )

Christmas Present

So, I was going through online withdrawals and decided to sneak a peek, today on Christmas day. And what did I find? A wonderful Christmas present sitting under my happy holiday post tree, just for me. This shot absolutely made my day. Thanks to whoever took the time to post this in the comments of my last post. This is just way too cool. I am literally floored. Thank you! : )

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone. Don't forget to queeze in some synth time. ; )



Above is a shot of my MicroKorg and xmas tree.

New Gear Shots

Title link takes you to some nice new gear shots including the Jomox Xbase999, Sherman Filterbank rack, Analog Solutions 4 voice, Metasonix TM6 and Wretch. Via this post on VSE and AH. Enjoy.

Jomox Xbase999


Sherman Filterbank Rack


Jomox MResonator (also on Analog Industries)

Chamberlin Rhythmate Tape Loop Drum Macine

Here's and old school drum machine for ya. The Chamberlin Rhythmate. Title link takes you to a couple of shots saved from the *bay. Details from the auction below. Sent to me via underface. Thanks underface!



"You are bidding on a Chamberlin Rhythmate 30. It is a tape loop drum machine. Chamberlin originated the tape loop idea before the Mellotron Co. These are quite RARE! There were just over 10 manufactured along with the one you see. This model is heralded as the first drum machine ever! Read the links below for more history and background. My Chamberlin is in great working order. The exterior is in good shape other than a small piece of the covering which has chipped off of the left bottom corner (visible in the frontal pic) I had the unit serviced this past year for cleaning. It is impeccable for a unit like this. It has 14 tape loops with a sliding head that allows you to play different tracks on each piece of tape, or a blending in between of them. It contains a volume and a pitch/speed control and also has a seperate amplifier with bass, treble, and volume controls and an input jack for a guitar, mic. or other instrument. The tape loops are of real acoustic jazz drum kits playing different style beats with some additives to tracks such as bongos, clave, castanets, etc. It sounds amazing. I have used it on 2 records myself! With the speed control you can cover all the bases. This is like selling my left arm but, I have fallen short of fortune recently and must part ways with it. This is going to make a great Christmas present for someone. Own a functional and rare piece of musical history. Good Luck and Merry Christmas to all you bidders. Please give it a good home. (see links below) http://www.mellotron.com/chamanu.htm http://www.roth-handle.nu/instruments/drummachines_chamberlin.htm http://www.broadwaymusicco.com/beatbox3.htm http://www.hollowsun.com/vintage/chamberlin/ http://www.haddock.org/directory/?i=12425"

CS80 Access Virus Ti Demo from Jose Sogo Flores

Jose Sogo Flores just sent me a demo of the Acess Virus Ti covering that CS80 Vangelis sound. It's interesting that this is actually coming from the Acess Virus Ti. Title link takes you there - look for the demo with Vangelis in the title. Thanks Jose!

Technos Acxel Resynthesizer

Technos Acxel Resynthesizer up on the bay. Title link takes you to the shots and I grabbed the text below, before it goes to *bay limbo. In via reader Rasmus. Thanks Rasmus!

"Only 39 Axcels [sic] were ever made - and those who own an Acxel (ACoustic + X + ELement) hold on to them - proved by the fact that it is very, very rare that an Acxel is for sale. The last, and probably the only, time an Acxel was offered on Ebay were 2003. If I remember correctly, the starting bid was USD10,000 that time.

Imagine drawing waveforms, 128-stage envelopes, base pitches and amplitudes (the user interface allows editing of 32 base pitches/amplitudes at the same time, like an 32 track pitch and audio mixer, with a discreet “page” for each group of 32 oscillators, or ISC’s – Intelligent Synthesis Cells, as they are called in the Technos terminology), and other sound parameters with your finger - and have 256 intelligent, digital oscillators follow your every creative move in real-time. Imagine creating a monophonic sound with 256 oscillators, 8 multitibral voices with 32 oscillators each or any combination in sections of 32 oscillators.

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Red Roland SH-101 Shots

Some drool worthy shots of a red Roland SH-101 on VSE. Title link takes you to the post with more.