FAEMI Russian Poly Analog

Found this looking for more info on the FAEMI after my last post. Click here for shots pulled from this auction. For more on the FAEMI, including samples (links below), check out Ruskeys.

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Some info pulled from the auction:
"It was manufactured in 1982 by 'FORMANTA', a soviet military radio plant (Kachkanarsky radiofactory) at kachkanar, near sverdlovsk. The same one wich manufactured now legendary POLYVOX synths. This is a moog-type synth with an own character (a bit like polymoog/memorymoog). The sound is rich and soft – 100% pure analog!

The FAEMI - 1M has a keyboard of 4 octaves a main generator, infralow frequency generator, lowpass filter and amplifier. The control panel is divided into 5 sections: generator, timbre, vibrato, filter, amplifier. It has one normal VCO and one LFO.

All sections have the usual knobs but the TIMBRE section is what makes it so special. There you have knobs called PIANO, STRINGS, HARPSICORD, BRASS. Using this nkobs you can shape the sound in the unique way.

It is built like a rock, pure military technology, contacts will last forewer. The body is solid and the knobs feel nice. It runs on 220V AC (US customers will need an adaptor). The synth is in excelent looking and musical condition, has been fine-tuned to specs, all parts checked less than 3 months ago. Since then it has never left my smoke free studio.

It has 5-DIN output connections (adapter to 1/4 jack included)."

Faemi in attic - New Flickr Shot

flickr by kika.

korg prophecy - New Flickr Shot

flickr by vanjus

Reverence by Audio Damage Released

Title link takes you there. Previously posted.

Selfoscillate.de

Check out this monster modular consisting of Doepfer, Analog Systems, Analog Solutions, Blacet, Wiard, Voxglitch, Metalbox, Banalogue, Plan B, Livewire, Encore Electronics, Cyndustries and DIY modules. Via selfoscillate.de, where you'll find the full module list, samples, and more.

ARP Art

ARP 2500 via PS Project.

Gorgeous.

My new wallpaper.

No title link, just this shot - click it for a bigger image.

Lightwave

Update: That's Christophe Harbonnier in this shot. He's playing an RSF Polykobol II. You can see another shot of it here and here on the RSF site. Also check out this Polykobol II page.

Remember this post on Santurios featuring a shot of Christian Wittman of Lightwave?

Frederic sent me a link to this gallery featuring more shots of Lightwave along with the following:

"The name of LIGHTWAVE conjures up images familiar to fans of new technologies in music and elsewhere. France has a great tradition of experimentation with modern musical technology — everything from the catchy, contemporary electronics of Jean-Michel Jarre to the experiments of avant-garde composers working at the world-renowned IRCAM Research Center in Paris.

Lightwave uses these innovative techniques to go beyond the purely experimental, to create and communicate sound experiences for adventurous listeners."

Links:

The Early Years
And they were three...
The delicate music of the night
When Lightwave meets Zazou
... and when Paul Haslinger meets Lightwave
The Fathom years
Music for Caves and Gasometers
And now !
The Lightwave tribe : Ethnography

Bernard Szajner's Laser Harp

"The first laser harp ever made was a framed laser harp. It was created 1981 by the frenchman Bernard Szajner and was named “Syringe” from a science fiction book."

"Technical explainations:
His harp was powered by a Spectra Physics 5 Watts argon ion laser. The beam was sent through a fibre optics conductor to a line grating, where the beam was split into the 12 “strings” of laser light"

Via Frederic
"The synth behind Bernard Szajner is a RSF Modular"

Title link takes you there.

E-Music DIY

Title link takes you to the E-Music DIY Archive, home to a number of shots and info on various DIYers.
You'll also find manuals, references, links and more on site. That's Toby Paaddock to the left.


via sequencer.de

Oberheim x 4

Two OB8s, an OBx-a and a Matrix-12.

Title link takes you to more shots on this VSE thread while it stays up. Shots saved here for posterity.