Minimoog Lapel Pin

Mover over digital. Lee Tizzard saw my previous post on the Yamaha DX7 and Roland D50 Synth Bling. He sent in the following shot of his Minimoog Lapel Pin. "Bought it at a local music store about 12 years ago for $15 CDN........I've yet to wear it." Nice. And Vintage. Thanks Lee!

Argiriadis Analogue Electronics

Title takes you the Argiriadis Analogue Electronics website. There is a link to this video on YouTube on vacuum tubes. It's an amazing video in which Theo Argiriadis goes into detail on the desing and characterstics of the sound. Synth content in the video includes some rhythms and sequences running through the vacuum tube. Great video. Found this one on Digital Music Mag.



Notes on the video:
"Theo's an electronics engineer, working in North London and specialising in valves (vacuum tubes). He makes and modifies quality hi-fi, and unique, stunning audio processors. His workshop's amazing too, so after he built me the most detailed distortion box I've ever seen, I asked if I could make a film about him and his work. Contact Theo through www.tube-electronics.co.uk, or me at film@museumoftechno.org"

Update via the comments:
"Hey, thanks for featuring the film! And for using that primo still as the preview... the pale box with the red controls at top right is my distort unit, which is how I got to know Theo.

If any UK MatrixSynth readers are seriously into their valves, and want a totally different and valuable experience buying a piece of beautiful equipment, do have a think about Theo - he says he's not an artist, but there's some deep Macedonian voodoo mixed up with his science!"

Thank you! That truly was an awesome video.

AHMW 2006 Shots

Title link takes you to more shots of this years Analog Heaven Midwest, by Cary Roberts.

NYU Analog Synth Lab

Title link takes you to shots of the NYU Analog Synth Lab. Via Paul Rothman.



"Here are 5 pics from the analog synth lab at New York University. I
spent spring break putting together the new MOTM modular we got. We
made the custom cabinet out of white oak and I designed the module
layout. It has 7 VCOs, 2 Noise Gens./S+H, and a nice selection of
filters including a CS-80 and GX-1 filter as well as 4 LFOs, 4 EGs and
4 VCAs. The other synths include 2 Buchla 100's, an EMS VCS3 Putney,
Korg MS-20, E-mu Emulator, Octave Cat, and Roland JP-8000. I'm
currently trying to restore our ARP 2600 with keyboard, and ARP 2800
Odyssey."

Thanks Paul! Also check out the Music Technology Studios web page on NYU.

BME 700

Title link takes you to a Bluesynths.com article on the BME 700. Note that Bluesynths switched to a member only site. I hate when sites do that. But sign up isn't too difficult. You just enter an alias you want to use, a valid email address and a password. You get a link sent to the email address you provided. Click on the link and your account is activated. Log in and you can view the article. Pain? Yes, but that's their price I guess. There are more shots of the BME 700, an mp3 and a wmv in the article. This synth sounds good.



Features
1 VCO with variable waveform (starting at triangle - to saw - to pulse). Modulation possibilities.
Noise
2 LFOs
2 envelopes: each switchable AR-ASR
12 dB LP filter + resonance

Tiesco 110F

Shots courtesy of Heath Finnie.



Thanks Heath! BTW, Heath is looking to trade for EML gear, you can reach him at hfinnie[]gmail.com.

Synth Bling - Keychains, Pendants and More

Title link takes you to a site selling Yamaha DX7 and Roland D50 keychains, pins and pendants. 24k Gold Plated D50 picutured to the left. Get your synth bling on. Shots saved for posterity. Via this post on Sonic State's the-gas-station.

MOTM On One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video link under date under title.

EMS Rehberg

Title link takes you to the EMS Rehberg site. I knew about the UK EMS site, but not this site. According to Dennis Verschoor: "The German EMS was a european distribiteur and technican. Later on he was allowed to design/build ems stuff. Some people say the German ones are even build better. Good German quality (volkwagen, bmw, mercedess etc) : )"

According to their pricelist here, you can pick up a refurbished Synthi 100 for 55.000 Euros or roughly $66,184 US compared to this Synthi 100 with a minimum starting bid of $60,000 US.

Update: Notes from Malte:
"Some years ago where I had some cash I emailed Rehberg about the
possibility to purchase a Synthi A and he answerd rather quick that they
indeed are available. The website has never changed, like the EMS UK
one, but I guess its still valid. As a service you can borrow equipment
from EMS too, although not the 100 I guess :)

This picture shows the 100 that is now in small town Lueneburg

http://www.emsrehberg.de/SYNTHI__s/L_neburg1_web.jpg

Here is the history of another famous of the first importers of synths
in germany (but only in german), Synthesizer Studio Bonn Matten +
Wiechers, who are credited on nearly every Kraftwerk CD and responsible
for the Synthanorma sequencer and Banana synth, an Oberheim clone.

http://www.elektropolis.de/index.htm

BTW: this is Ludwig
http://www.elektropolis.de/images/rehberg.jpg"
Cheers,

Malte

MIDI'ed Chamberlin on Sonic State

Video of a MIDI'd Chamberlin. This has to be seen. Title link takes you there.