Haus Elektronik Prototype Drum Machine

YouTube via deltalabstudios. Sent my way via Delta Lab Recording Studios, and on MySpace.
"Very rare prototype Drum Machine Synth"

Update: A little more info: "i got it on ebay about a year ago. i only used a couple of times. he got it from he's father who build and designed it. as you can hear, it sounds hot! it's got inputs for each sound CV gate and and l-r outpout"

SECTOR101 SYEMB06 ReBirth Project

"The SYEMB06 ReBirth Project came about through a thread on the YamahaForums website about making a batch of SYEMB06 Non-Volatile Memory clones.

After much information gathering and several prototypes a batch of 60 clone modules have been assembled and tested.

This module will take the place of the long discontinued and now very rare Yamaha SYEMB06 512KB non-volatile module. The Yamaha synths that can use this sample memory upgrade module are the SY85, TG500 and RM50.

These modules are now available for sale - please see the Purchase page for details on how to buy modules for your SY85 / TG500 / RM50 right here from this website."

via altemark.

Oakley Sounds Equinoxe: Voltage Controlled Phaser Module

"This is our hugely popular version of the classic four stage OTA based phaser. Wonderfully lush and smooth, its similar in sound to the phaser used by Jean Michel Jarre on Oxygene and Equinoxe albums.

The unit includes a useful internal low frequency oscillator with accompanying bicolour LED. The centre frequency of the phase shifter can also be controlled by an external control voltage. Thus allowing envelope generators to be used to sweep the phaser to create filter type effects.

The PCB is laid out to accept four high quality Spectrol pots:

Frequency: this controls the frequency of the two notches created by the phase shift network.

Emphasis: this accentuates the feedback signal within the phaser to create a deeper effect.

Modulation: A simple attenuator to adjust the level of the internal LFO or incoming CV.

LFO rate: adjusts the speed of the LFO.

The internal LFO produces a triangle wave output which is also available from a front panel socket. This allows you to use the internal LFO for other modulation purposes. The LFO signal is automatically routed to the modulation depth pot when no jack is inserted in the CV input. The new issue board allows a choice of inverted or non-inverted waveforms. Thus two Equinoxe units can be used for stereo phase panning.

The unit is designed to work with standard MOTM/Oakley signal levels, although it could be easily converted to be driven from other sources including an electric guitar.

This unit is also made by us, in small format, as the RS400 Phaser for the Analogue Systems' Integrator modular."

Title link takes you there. Samples on site.

YMO Rydeen Cover on Synth1

Click here for a pretty amazing cover of YMO's Rydeen done with Ichiro Toda's free VST Synth1. Scroll down for the link when you get there. You can get the VST here.

via Elhardt on AH.

Happy Knobbing Modular Meeting 2007

YouTube via Moogulator. Via sequencer.de where you will find more info on the event.

Buchla 259 Complex Oscillators

via this auction.
Details:
"Once upon a time, Don Buchla had a garage sale. Synth geeks familiar with Don and his work AND lucky enough to be on his call list when crazy things like this happen, got a couple of weeks to buy the NOS stock of 200 and 100 series inventory that he had left. I bought a fairly large pile of it for The Audities Foundation collection. The last modules to get finished where these 2 oscillators. The parts are NOS from Don or new parts currently manufactured to orginal spec. They were assembled by the very talented Mark Verbos in New York this last winter and function beautifully. I have been testing them in our studio system for the last 3 months and found NO issues." via Chris

Midievil Monome Rave Machine

YouTube via midievil, aka Roberto.

Arguru, Fruity Loops Creator Dies in Accident

Sad day. Condolences to everyone close to him.

Translated via hispasonic.com:
"Arguru, virtual programmer of Image Line (FL Studio) and creator of sintes of DiscoDSP, passed away yesterday near Benalmádena (Malaga), in a car accident.

Yesterday Sunday 3 of June, to 18:45 hours, the car of Juan Antonio [left the road] in the AP-7, near Benalmádena (Malaga), despeñando themselves and ending its life. Its burial was celebrated Monday to 17:30 today, in the park cemetery of Malaga, company of its relatives and friends more close friends.

Arguru was [hispasónico nº 2,751], one of most veteran. He was [sworn of IV the Musical Battles], celebrated in the spring of 2004, and many moments, active participant of our forums.

But mainly,] the 19 of July of 2002, George was known to found the company [DiscoDSP along with Real. DiscoDSP is the person in charge of sintes as famous as [Discovery] and Vertigo. In [December of year 2002] we already gave account of one of his first products, NightShine.

Arguru was a great professional, who called the attention by the quality of his creations. Sintes of DiscoDSP is surely the perfected and powerful virtual instruments more of the market, without concessions in quality of sound.

The community to tracker will have without a doubt a great memory of Arguru thanks to [Aodix], secuenciador-tracker very powerful, that incorporated professional MIDI, support VST and other characteristics. ] Was also an important component of [Smartelectronix and the scene [Buzz].

In 2004,], the creative company of the famous FL Studio left DiscoDSP to give to the jump to [Image Line. Arguru had a great implication in the development of FL Studio 7; it created in addition sampler Directwave, and very recent [Deckadance], a software for DJs.

He was referring an absolute one of the small group of Spaniards who dedicate themselves professionally to the musical technology. Some we already remembered to him from the excited ones to char them of IRC-Hispanic. Arguru always emphasized by its seriousness and the deep knowledge of the synthesis and the programming.

A great loss, to an age in which nobody would have to leave this world. From we give to many spirits to family and friends him, and left to a sense memory for the brilliant Arguru here, to which we will never forget in Hispasonic."

via sequencer.de.

Gyre

"Gyre is a program I've been writing in Max/MSP for playing my Buchla 200e. It is a work in progress, but I'm finding it pretty usable, even in its current state. One of the things I like about Gyre is that it separates the timing information from the note generation processes. For example, this means that I can have a rhythm going driving a step sequencer, then switch to a Sample & Hold using the same rhythm pattern."

Title link takes you to more info. via sequencer.de.

Top 10 Synths of All Time

As we all know there was a bit of controversy over Sonic State's Top 20 Greatest Synths of all time. The controversy of course was what was on the list did not match up to what might have been on your list. Mick decided to put up a post on his top 10 synths of all time. Title link takes you to the list with descriptions on why for each. The number one synth on his list? The Yamaha CX5M. Its fascinating to see what people pick and why.

BTW, if you want to share your top 10 or top three for that matter, feel free to leave the list in the comments with the reason why for each. If we get enough entries, I'll add this to the sticky posts list on the right.