MATRIXSYNTH

at 5/29/2006 12:09:00 AM

flickr by Stebbi.

via Sameli.

at 5/29/2006 12:08:00 AM

flickr by Nohaptimus. Title link takes you to more.

via Sameli.

at 5/29/2006 12:07:00 AM

flickr by floorvan.

Riday T-91
Midi Controller

Invented by Rick Riday,
the T-91 is a midi controller that uses his patented "unified keyboard" design. This design allows for identical fingering patterns for all 12 scales (12 major scales, 12 minor, 12 blues, etc.)

via Sameli.

Updates via the comments:
Via Carbon111:
"Its too bad but I don't think they ever went into production. I contacted Rick about twenty years ago and he sent me some promotional material...I think I've still got it somewhere."

Via divbyzero:
"Riday's patent sheds some light on the details of the keyboard. It's isometric like the Janko (Chromatone) and Hayden (Thummer), which makes transposition simple and shortens the learning curve compared to other nonstandard keyboards.

However, his choice of isometric offsets (go up by a half-step as you move one key to the right; go down by a whole step as you move up a row and half a key to the right) is a little odd. In particular, going down in pitch as you move up in row feels quite backwards. At least half-steps are on adjacent keys, unlike the Hayden.

I've posted this before, but I'll mention it again... my little free program qwertymidi is great for testing out experimental keyboard layouts like these."

at 5/29/2006 12:06:00 AM

flickr by betameme.

via Sameli.

at 5/29/2006 12:05:00 AM

flickr by floorvan.

"Probably one of the rarest boomboxes, this Casio surfaced briefly in 1985. It was their second effort to create a crossover musical intstrument / entertainment system, preceeded by their KX-101 a year earlier."

via Sameli.

at 5/29/2006 12:04:00 AM

"THE NEW SE-1X NE...Innovative NEW LOOK!...Limited Edition with NEW Amp Overdrive for Saturated "Fuzz", Ultra fast ADSR for ultimate SNAP, Expanded wide range Filters, NEW added SINE WAVE GENERATOR for more BOOM, and Custom Scroggins Techno Sounds Bank... "

Interesting. This appears to be a Nova Music edition. Check out the Nova Music logo. I wonder how often manufacturers have done this. Studio Electronics does offer custom paint designs and mods so I guess this wouldn't be too difficult to do.

at 5/29/2006 12:03:00 AM

flickr by ^^Orion. Yamaha AN1X and CS1X. Title link takes you to more.

at 5/29/2006 12:02:00 AM

Title link takes you to a demo of the Chroma Polaris by memo on VSE, also saved here for posterity. I'm surprised at how much this actually sounds like a Rhodes Chroma. The character is there.

at 5/29/2006 12:01:00 AM

Title link takes you to a demo of the Pro One by Digital Screams on VSE, also saved here for posterity. I'm noticing old VSE posts expire over time. Anyone else notice that?