MATRIXSYNTH

EDP Gnat

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"The Gnat is a single-oscillator version of the Wasp. It has one digital oscillator and analog circuitry with a basic lowpass resonant filter, envelope with Attack and Decay controls, an LFO which can modulate the pitch or filter, and a built-in speaker. Like the Wasp, it has a very un-playable touch-sensitive flat keyboard with 25 keys. The Gnat also had EDP's propietary control that could be used to link the Gnat to a Wasp or other EDP gear. This item is in full working order, The keyboard works, the pots are clean and smooth, all knobs are present, even the small built in speaker is still clear and free from unintentionall hum."

Redsound Elevata

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The Lords of the Mini

Title link takes you to The Lords of the Mini, where you will find info on (you guessed it) the Minimoog including the Voyager.

Update: new link: http://minimoog.monsite-orange.fr/

KORG PS-3100

Title link takes you to more images via MM who restored this particular KORG PS-3100. You can see a before and after shots after the hop.

HarriL - Ghetto Expander (Live)

video upload by HarriL

"MP3 VERSION: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...

Hello again. I have some new stuff for you. Im currently testdriving my friends ESX (and maybe buying it later), and made this little hip-hop-ish track.

Gear used: Korg Electribe SX.

Enjoy.
Comments appreciated ;)"

Inside the RSF Kobol

Title link takes you to one more image sent my way via MM.

Previous Kobol posts

Leketøy for voksne

flickr by Lars-Erik Dahle.

MOOG Little Phatty

Video Killed The Radio Star

The Buggles - Video Killed The Radio Star. YouTube via Barisaxman89.

This is actually one of two videos. Title link takes you to Failed Muso where you will find the second video, a current live version of this song that is simply amazing. Note the lead singer is the legendary producer Trevor Horn. This original video featured a MOOG Minimoog and the current live version features the MOOG Minimoog Voyager. Pretty cool. Anyone spot the others synths? : )

Marion MSR2

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"Up for auction is a used MARION #MSR2 modular synth rack mount. Marion was founded by Tom Oberheim in 1993. It is similar to a Matrix6R. The unit turns on but is untested. It comes from a user who kept his equipment in good working order so I expect it to function well. No manual is included."

I didn't realize it was toted as a "modular" synth. The Oberheim Matrix-6 and of course Matrix-12 are sometimes alluded to as modular-like in that they have extensive modulation capabilities via their "matrix modulation." I wonder if the MSR2 is straight forward enough to program without a manual. The one thing I liked about the Matrix-6 was its relative simplicity. Everything was only one layer deep - no submenus. Everything logically flowed from left to right and all parameters were printed on the surface for easy reference. Some of the trigger modes and modulation sources such as the Ramps and Tracking Generators could use the manual to full grasp them, however in general it's a pretty straight forward synth and you could get away without the manual and just explore. The Matrix-6 was my first and favorite synth. Hence the Matrix in Matrixsynth. I never picked up an MSR2 to compare.

Via Jimmy.

Update via Jimmy in the comments: "It was "Modular" because it had room for two voice cards - the 8-voice analog matrix-style, and another that was planned - though none were ever produced."

I remember this now. I did a little searching and found this great SOS article on the MSR2. According to Tom Oberheim in the article, "'The MSR2 is a modular synthesizer comprising a 1U mainframe and two plug-in cards, or modules. The card modules utilise a simple connection system which provides MIDI, DC power and audio out. Effectively, each module card is a complete synthesizer, so there's no limitation as to what we can do in the future, and we plan to make the architecture open to third-party developers. Not only can we build synthesizer boards using different synthesis technologies, we could also build boards for effects like reverb, or we could put in a hard-disk recorder for specialised applications.'"