Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.
Details:
"This is a new, handbuilt synth unit and effect processor. Built into a rugged aluminum carrying case. This unit is excellent for creating very unique and unusual sounds. great for drones and noise music or use in a modular system. Unit contains 2 oscillators with pitch knobs for each, an LFO for modulating the sound with frequency and modulation depth, an external input with gain for creating distortion effects, a mixer to mix osc 1, osc 2 and the external input, fed the output from the mixer is an effect similar to bit reduction which has a depth knob and can be bypassed, and finaly there is a lowpass filter for further sound shaping."
Samples (also mirrored here):
the synth
using the external circuit
Monday, December 04, 2006
Texas Instruments TI99 Speech Synthesizer
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.
Details: "This is a new sealed TI 99/4 SPEECH SYNTHESIZER See side photo of intact warning sticker and intact packaging. These were sent out by TI as premiums for buying a certain amount of carts and this one was a spare. Overseas bidders note this item weighs 11 oz. includes instruction booklet and original box/packaging as pictured."
Details: "This is a new sealed TI 99/4 SPEECH SYNTHESIZER See side photo of intact warning sticker and intact packaging. These were sent out by TI as premiums for buying a certain amount of carts and this one was a spare. Overseas bidders note this item weighs 11 oz. includes instruction booklet and original box/packaging as pictured."
Sunday, December 03, 2006
Synth Movies
Be sure to see Synths in TV and Film for videos and pics.
Deconstructing Dad - Raymond Scott
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (2005)
Moog (2004)
Tangerine Dream Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 (2007)
Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998)
Better Living Through Circuitry (1999)
Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (3D version here)
Et la tendresse?... Bordel!
Liquid Sky on IMDB
Liquid Sky on Ebay
Liquid Sky on Amazon
via synthetic in the comments of this post: "Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" was on cable a few days ago and the synth player was rockin' an ARP Quadra. I think I saw a String Ensemble in there too. The last concert scene, "Fahhh, we've been travelin' faaahhh..."
Totally Wired
Stockhausen Interview 2007
Also see Synths in TV and Film and the Synth Movies label for more, for example this excellent documentary on KORG.
Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
Theremin: an electronic odyssey -trailer-
YouTube Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
on eBay
on Amazon
Latest posts:
Intro to Synthesis by Dean Friedman
Daphne Oram documentary - Wee Have Also Sound-Houses & Early BBC radiophonics: Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (1957)
Pierre Henry documentary - The Art of Sounds
Barry Schrader & Death of the Red Planet
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (Official Teaser)
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (3D Trailer)
What the Future Sounded Like (2006)
Deconstructing Dad - Raymond Scott
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music (2005)
Moog (2004)
Tangerine Dream Live at Coventry Cathedral 1975 (2007)
Modulations: Cinema for the Ear (1998)
Better Living Through Circuitry (1999)
Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room (3D version here)
Et la tendresse?... Bordel!
Liquid Sky on IMDB
Liquid Sky on Ebay
Liquid Sky on Amazon
via synthetic in the comments of this post: "Neil Diamond's "The Jazz Singer" was on cable a few days ago and the synth player was rockin' an ARP Quadra. I think I saw a String Ensemble in there too. The last concert scene, "Fahhh, we've been travelin' faaahhh..."
Totally Wired
Stockhausen Interview 2007
Also see Synths in TV and Film and the Synth Movies label for more, for example this excellent documentary on KORG.
Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
Theremin: an electronic odyssey -trailer-
YouTube Uploaded by ssensseless on May 26, 2010
on eBay
on Amazon
Latest posts:
Intro to Synthesis by Dean Friedman
Daphne Oram documentary - Wee Have Also Sound-Houses & Early BBC radiophonics: Private Dreams and Public Nightmares (1957)
Pierre Henry documentary - The Art of Sounds
Barry Schrader & Death of the Red Planet
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (Official Teaser)
DEWANATRON! A 3D Stereoscopic Documentary (3D Trailer)
What the Future Sounded Like (2006)
Synth CDs
See the Synth CDs label for more.
Vintage MOOG Albums - Free downloads. Check this one out. This is not an ad.
Amin Bhatia Virtuality
Post on MATRIXSYNTH
Switched on Bach (MOOG)
Vintage MOOG Albums - Free downloads. Check this one out. This is not an ad.
Amin Bhatia Virtuality
Post on MATRIXSYNTH
Switched on Bach (MOOG)
Synth Books
See the Synth Books label for more.
Also see the scans label for more synth documentation.
The A-X of Analogue Synthesizers by Peter Forest
Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail
Essential Retro by James Grahame
Also see the scans label for more synth documentation.
The A-X of Analogue Synthesizers by Peter Forest
Vintage Synthesizers by Mark Vail
Essential Retro by James Grahame
EMS VC3 Musical Demo and EMS Resources
RMC posted the following to the AH list. I asked him if it would be ok to post this and he gave me the all clear.
"All the MP3s or YouTube clips that I have found show the VCS3/A(KS) to be a brilliant sound effects device but not much in the way of musical demos.
Here's something like a bass line (257kB size) showing that you can get musical tones (albeit hampered by my hopeless playing, the KS keyboard and a bit of poor MP3 encoding): link
You'd best right-click the link and save it or go to the directory and save it from there; I don't think it will "stream" (3 VCOs as audio sources, some via the filter being swept by the env shaper, and then the reverb added too). I plan to do some more - maybe some leads if I can actually think to play anything.
Cheers
RMC, England"
Very cool. Thanks RMC! BTW, do check out RMC's EMS resources for schematics, images and more.
Update via RMC in the comments:
"also check out the sequencer demo, which is here"
"All the MP3s or YouTube clips that I have found show the VCS3/A(KS) to be a brilliant sound effects device but not much in the way of musical demos.
Here's something like a bass line (257kB size) showing that you can get musical tones (albeit hampered by my hopeless playing, the KS keyboard and a bit of poor MP3 encoding): link
You'd best right-click the link and save it or go to the directory and save it from there; I don't think it will "stream" (3 VCOs as audio sources, some via the filter being swept by the env shaper, and then the reverb added too). I plan to do some more - maybe some leads if I can actually think to play anything.
Cheers
RMC, England"
Very cool. Thanks RMC! BTW, do check out RMC's EMS resources for schematics, images and more.
Update via RMC in the comments:
"also check out the sequencer demo, which is here"
Pochi Crafts DIY DKI Synergy
Remember the DKI Synergy? Title link takes you to Pochi Crafts' DIY Synergy page. Make sure to check out the rest of the site while there.
"SynclonOne is the DKI SYNERGY II+ compatible DIY digital synthesizer. SynclonOne main PCB is very small(140mm x 95mm), but it contains almost all SYNERGY II+ circuit, include Z80 CPU, 32 digital oscillators, panel scan processor, MIDI and serial interface port, DA converter interface. They are integrated into single Altera Cyclone FPGA chip on the SynclonOne PCB." [Previous posts on FPGA]
This one via Mikael.
"SynclonOne is the DKI SYNERGY II+ compatible DIY digital synthesizer. SynclonOne main PCB is very small(140mm x 95mm), but it contains almost all SYNERGY II+ circuit, include Z80 CPU, 32 digital oscillators, panel scan processor, MIDI and serial interface port, DA converter interface. They are integrated into single Altera Cyclone FPGA chip on the SynclonOne PCB." [Previous posts on FPGA]
This one via Mikael.
IBK 10 CONTROL
The IBK 10 CONTROL was a MIDI knob box that allowed you to write custom text to be displayed for each knob. I remember seeing this years ago, well before anyone else was doing this and well before this blog. Title link takes you to a page with more info in German. Here's a link to a Google translated version in English.
"The special to the 10Control, which differentiates this product from others at the market, is to be steered the possibility jump-free many parameters of a hard or a Softwaresynthesizers and a like over MIDI. Clearly more expensive CONTROLLERs reach this only by use of Motorfadern. Instead the 10Control uses continuous automatic controllers and makes thus the same functionality available for much a favourable price."
Update via dheidebrecht in the comments:
"I have one of these. They also made the "4 Control" which was sold by Native Instruments a few years ago. I believe these are still available. There's an english page for the 10 Control on their website"
"The special to the 10Control, which differentiates this product from others at the market, is to be steered the possibility jump-free many parameters of a hard or a Softwaresynthesizers and a like over MIDI. Clearly more expensive CONTROLLERs reach this only by use of Motorfadern. Instead the 10Control uses continuous automatic controllers and makes thus the same functionality available for much a favourable price."
Update via dheidebrecht in the comments:
"I have one of these. They also made the "4 Control" which was sold by Native Instruments a few years ago. I believe these are still available. There's an english page for the 10 Control on their website"
Rhodes Chroma Edit Panel for Cubase SX3
Title link takes you to the mapping in xml format. Via Ã…ke on the Rhodes Chroma list. If you have the CC+ update for the Rhodes Chroma, this allows you to edit paramaters dynamically via Cubase SX.
Update: This is currently on the Rhodes Chroma site along with other editors.
Update: This is currently on the Rhodes Chroma site along with other editors.
Saturday, December 02, 2006
Celebrity Signed Fairlight CMI up for Auction
Remember this? Looks like it's up for auction. starting at $100k. Apparently it was the keyboard played in this video.
Via the auction:
Featuring signatures from 44 celebrity musicians, composers & producers Bono, Mark Knopfler, Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, Thomas Dolby, Todd Rundgren, Sir George Martin, Steve Winwood, Barry Gibb, Brian Wilson, Herbie Hancock, Annie Lennox, Peter Gabriel, Elvis Costello, David Bowie ... & many more"
Korg EMX-1
Not the rarest of synths, however these are some pretty nice shots. Title link takes you to the set pulled via this auction.
Trunk Full of Synths
Title link takes you to the post on Synthesizerforum.de where this was pulled.
via sequencer.de
Update via Dave in the comments:"Hey, they pulled that from my photo page on umop.com. I took that when I was moving into my apartment in July, 2005."
"One thing you can't see in the pic is the OB-Xa in a flight case underneath the other three, snuggled width-wise on the back of the folded down seats. I also had a Voyager at the time which I believe was in the front seat.
So one Camaro, five synths. Camaros are not that hot for carrying lots of synths. I've since traded it in for a Murano which works slightly better."
via sequencer.de
Update via Dave in the comments:"Hey, they pulled that from my photo page on umop.com. I took that when I was moving into my apartment in July, 2005."
"One thing you can't see in the pic is the OB-Xa in a flight case underneath the other three, snuggled width-wise on the back of the folded down seats. I also had a Voyager at the time which I believe was in the front seat.
So one Camaro, five synths. Camaros are not that hot for carrying lots of synths. I've since traded it in for a Murano which works slightly better."
Friday, December 01, 2006
Roland CMU-800R
Remember this Roland CMU-800R? Looks like inteliko picked it up and could use some help hooking up with an Apple II. Via the comments of this post:
"Speaking of old gear for old computers, I won the CMU-800R on Ebay that was posted here a few weeks back. I'm craving to get a listen and some tweakage on it but I need a working Apple II which isnt in my budget, the purchase tapped me out cashwise along with gifts for my 1 yr old and wife. Anyone with connections to an Apple II who is in or near the FL treasure coast area(Port St Lucie to be exact)can meet up with me for some tweakage on the CMU-800r, Beer and Barbecue on me!!"
You can find inteliko's email address in the comments of this post. Title link takes you to more shots.
"Speaking of old gear for old computers, I won the CMU-800R on Ebay that was posted here a few weeks back. I'm craving to get a listen and some tweakage on it but I need a working Apple II which isnt in my budget, the purchase tapped me out cashwise along with gifts for my 1 yr old and wife. Anyone with connections to an Apple II who is in or near the FL treasure coast area(Port St Lucie to be exact)can meet up with me for some tweakage on the CMU-800r, Beer and Barbecue on me!!"
You can find inteliko's email address in the comments of this post. Title link takes you to more shots.
Moog Polymoog
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.
Some details from the auction:
"Highly popular when it came out, the Polymoog is a preset, polyphonic synthesizer with a 71-note (E-D), touch-sensitive keyboard that is splittable three ways. It features divide-down oscillator circuitry. The presets are strings, piano, organ, harpsichord, funk, clav, vibes, and brass. The Polypedal board allows you to switch between single and multiple triggering, as well as control the pitch, filter, sustain, and external sync. In addition to a main volume slider, the Polymoog has volume sliders for each of the 3 keyboard sections. It also features a 3-band graphic EQ section, and an extensive filter modulation section, allowing it to be modulated by its own LFO, sample-and-hold, and envelope sliders, with variable keyboard tracking. The Polymoog and Polypedal also interface with the Minimoog and Micromoog synthesizers for exciting layering effects. The top of the instrument is actually shaped to accomodate the smaller synths on top. The 1979 price for a new Polymoog synthesizer was $5,295.00 with an additional $375.00 for the Polypedals."
"The sounds you can make on this Polymoog synth are amazing and are unlike those of any other synth. First, understand that this is not a Minimoog. It doesn't want to be. Moog actually produced the Polymoog to interface with the Minimoog so their sounds complement each other. You could trigger the Mini via the Polypedal for scorching leads or to add an extra bass sound in the bottom tier of the Polymoog keyboard. In some ways, you can think of the Polymoog as Moog's pre-midi midi controller, using its 71 touch sensitive keys to trigger the Minimoog and Micromoog as well as playing onboard sounds. The Polymoog itself is well-suited for rich strings and resonant pads, cool vibes, and thick soundscapes. It's not about "phat" monophonic bass lines, although it is perfectly capable of earth-shaking bass. If that's all you want, save up for a Mini.
The Polymoog is fully polyphonic, with a different sound generator card for each of the 71 keys. That's right, you can play all 71 keys at once! Don't know why you'd want to, though. And because there's a different card for each key and the circuitry is all analog, each key has its own special character--resulting in a complex sound that cannot be sampled or modeled by any contemporary machine. And it's touch sensitive, too. The filter section and resonators are tons of fun and can actually process external sources. That's right, you can run your guitar or bass through this Moog filter. Who needs a Moogerfooger when you've got a Polymoog? And since you can control the filter with the expression pedal, just think of the fun you'll have. True analog synthesizer pleasure."
Some details from the auction:
"Highly popular when it came out, the Polymoog is a preset, polyphonic synthesizer with a 71-note (E-D), touch-sensitive keyboard that is splittable three ways. It features divide-down oscillator circuitry. The presets are strings, piano, organ, harpsichord, funk, clav, vibes, and brass. The Polypedal board allows you to switch between single and multiple triggering, as well as control the pitch, filter, sustain, and external sync. In addition to a main volume slider, the Polymoog has volume sliders for each of the 3 keyboard sections. It also features a 3-band graphic EQ section, and an extensive filter modulation section, allowing it to be modulated by its own LFO, sample-and-hold, and envelope sliders, with variable keyboard tracking. The Polymoog and Polypedal also interface with the Minimoog and Micromoog synthesizers for exciting layering effects. The top of the instrument is actually shaped to accomodate the smaller synths on top. The 1979 price for a new Polymoog synthesizer was $5,295.00 with an additional $375.00 for the Polypedals."
"The sounds you can make on this Polymoog synth are amazing and are unlike those of any other synth. First, understand that this is not a Minimoog. It doesn't want to be. Moog actually produced the Polymoog to interface with the Minimoog so their sounds complement each other. You could trigger the Mini via the Polypedal for scorching leads or to add an extra bass sound in the bottom tier of the Polymoog keyboard. In some ways, you can think of the Polymoog as Moog's pre-midi midi controller, using its 71 touch sensitive keys to trigger the Minimoog and Micromoog as well as playing onboard sounds. The Polymoog itself is well-suited for rich strings and resonant pads, cool vibes, and thick soundscapes. It's not about "phat" monophonic bass lines, although it is perfectly capable of earth-shaking bass. If that's all you want, save up for a Mini.
The Polymoog is fully polyphonic, with a different sound generator card for each of the 71 keys. That's right, you can play all 71 keys at once! Don't know why you'd want to, though. And because there's a different card for each key and the circuitry is all analog, each key has its own special character--resulting in a complex sound that cannot be sampled or modeled by any contemporary machine. And it's touch sensitive, too. The filter section and resonators are tons of fun and can actually process external sources. That's right, you can run your guitar or bass through this Moog filter. Who needs a Moogerfooger when you've got a Polymoog? And since you can control the filter with the expression pedal, just think of the fun you'll have. True analog synthesizer pleasure."
Podcast: Sonic State Talk - 024
This one features a few goodies including Gmedia, the Korg MS Series. Title link takes you there.
CZ fun oh fun
Title link takes you to the latest addition to GooGooFish, a page dedicated to the Casio CZ-101 where you'll find a number of tracks featuring nothing but the CZ-101.
Ensoniq Fizmo
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. BTW, before you even consider bidding on it, read this.
MEK by Awakened_Yeti
Title link takes you to an all MEK track by Awakened_Yeti. Enjoy.
"Here is a song i made using only the mono evolver keyboard. No other sound sources were used, and no effects, EQ, or dynamics processing was used (except for a bit of compression on the final mix for mastering purposes). Everything is raw evolver sounds, and no presets were used. For the drums, i made one shot samples, and loaded them into NI Battery as a kit to be triggered by MIDI - but no changes were made to the sounds themselves."
"Here is a song i made using only the mono evolver keyboard. No other sound sources were used, and no effects, EQ, or dynamics processing was used (except for a bit of compression on the final mix for mastering purposes). Everything is raw evolver sounds, and no presets were used. For the drums, i made one shot samples, and loaded them into NI Battery as a kit to be triggered by MIDI - but no changes were made to the sounds themselves."
Plexus Studio
Remember this PAiA modular? Well here it is in the context of the studio. Gorgeous. Title link takes you to the full shot.
More via Music of Plexus.
More via Music of Plexus.
The ASM-1 homepage
Remember this post on the ASM-2? Title link takes you to the ASM-1 homepage on Magnus with tons of info and samples.
Electro Harmonix Sequencer
Update: Be sure to check out gavin's Fancy & Spook.
gavin posted a few items on AH for sale. One of them was the Electro Harmonix Sequencer Drum which I had not seen before. He posted some details on the unit for sale (below). I asked him if I could post the image and details and not only did he give me the all clear, he sent me an image of his later model Sequencer for comparison and an mp3. Title link takes you to the mp3. Thanks gavin!
Top image: "electro harmonix sequencer drum - early model (without cv out/clk in/reset in - an easy mod?) - 8 step sequencer with built-in tone generator(clean square wave) - controls for pitch, rate, & decay. sequence triggered by pad at front or from trigger in, repeat or single mode, gated by pad/trigger or clock pulse. lots of blippy fun - only selling it as got 2! us voltage model."
This bottom image is the later model.
gavin posted a few items on AH for sale. One of them was the Electro Harmonix Sequencer Drum which I had not seen before. He posted some details on the unit for sale (below). I asked him if I could post the image and details and not only did he give me the all clear, he sent me an image of his later model Sequencer for comparison and an mp3. Title link takes you to the mp3. Thanks gavin!
Top image: "electro harmonix sequencer drum - early model (without cv out/clk in/reset in - an easy mod?) - 8 step sequencer with built-in tone generator(clean square wave) - controls for pitch, rate, & decay. sequence triggered by pad at front or from trigger in, repeat or single mode, gated by pad/trigger or clock pulse. lots of blippy fun - only selling it as got 2! us voltage model."
This bottom image is the later model.
The Best Free Softsynths on CDM
Title link takes you to an excellent article on CDM on free plug-ins including the following categories: Virtual Analog (VA), Granular, Sampler, Beatslicer, Drum Sampler, Drum Synth, FM Synth, Hybrid/Modular, and Others.
Ohm Force Tutorials
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