Buchla 259 Vintage Modular Oscillator

YouTube via REwire. REwireMusic.com.
"Rare 1970's Modular Oscillator running through a Plan-B Vactrol Filter and Gate. There are Vactrols (components that mate LED's with audio for natural acoustic tones) in the Osc so this makes a close to vintage complete Buchla sound. The Osc sounds like nothing else I've heard with it's waveshaping and altering of harmonic structure of the waveform. There's a Modulation OSC that also can pitch same as Main but I use it here for FM, AM and Timbre Shaping. Used here also are my Doepfer LFO, Plan-B Random, ASys Envelope, Modcan Sequencer and Asys Delay/Sampler."

Intro" + "L.F.O." using (only) an Electribe MX

Track sent my way via David Kristian aka Gentle Bakemono after seeing this post:
"Intro" + "L.F.O." using (only) an Electribe MX. You'll notice there are no processed vocals or Speak & Spell parts simply due to the fact that the U.S. version of the Speak and Spell L-F-Oh's don't sound as nice." MP3 mirrored here

Nord Modular

What is off about this Nord Modular? Click here to find out. : )

Novation Nova

via this auction.

Details:
""Novation has basically re-packaged the SuperNova into a desktop performance module and dubbed it the Nova. It uses analog Sound Modeling (ASM) to create stunningly clean but analog-like sounds. "3 completely independent oscillators, a variable noise source and 2 ring modulators per voice. This combined with the Nova's 16 voice polyphony means that there are 36 Oscillators, 24 Ring Modulators and 12 Noise sources available at once. All these waveforms can be combined in the Mixer section allowing the creation of very fat and complex timbres." There's also over 130 modulation routings. There are two inputs for filtering external sounds, a 40 band vocoder and 42 simultaneous effects including Vocoder, Distortion, Comb Filter, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Reverb, Panning, Tremolo and EQ. "

See:
* www.vintagesynth.com/novation/nova.shtml
* www.soundonsound.com/sos/sep99/articles/novation.htm
* www.soundonsound.com/sos/Aug01/articles/novaosv4.asp
* remixmag.com/mag/remix_novation_nova_polyphonic/
* http://www.dancetech.com/aa_dt_new/hardware/item.cfm?threadid=358&lang=0
* Novation Nova Factory Demo
* http://www.sonicstate.com/synth/novation_nova.cfm
* PDF Manual

Novation Nova Factory Demo

YouTube via thealien666.

(the above video is not my actual Nova but a YouTube users video of the factory demo)

* 16 Voices Polyphony.
* 3 Oscillators, 2 Ring Modulators and a Noise Generator per voice
* Up to 6 Oscillators can be generated with no loss in polyphony when the special Double Saw waveform is used.
* Comprehensive Modulation Matrix with 130 possible routings.
* 6 part Multitimbral.
* 12, 18 and 24 dB per octave Resonant filter configurable in Low Pass, High Pass and Band Pass modes,
* 9 Dual/Split filter types with modulatable frequency separation.
* All filters also feature an overdrive control, while Filter Bypass mode allows noise to be filtered independently – ideal for the creation of drum sounds.
* 2 LFOs capable of oscillating at Audio rates.
* Distortion, Comb Filter, EQ, Reverb, Chorus/Flanger/Phaser/Rotary Speaker, Delay and Panning effects for each Program.
* 42 Effects available simultaneously. 7 Effects for each of the 6 Parts of a Performance. Yes you can have a different Reverb on each part, a different Delay on each part, a different Chorus etc.
* 40 Band Vocoder that can run simultaneously with the Full Synth Engine (no reduction of polyphony etc).
* 6 assignable polyphonic outputs with 128 x Oversampling Delta Sigma DACs for each output. Stereo effects can be routed through a single channel without compromising quality, releasing more outputs.
* 2 Audio Inputs with 20 bit ADCs. Signals can be routed through the Synth Engine (Filters), Effects or both..
* 256 Programs in 2 banks.
* 128 Performances.
* Built in Arpeggiator with 384 Preset Polyphonic, Preset Monophonic and User Programmable Polyphonic and Monophonic Patterns. 6 Arpeggiators are available simultaneously in Performance mode.
* All knobs, switches and Parameters transmit MIDI Controllers and NRPNs. Knob pick-up eliminates unexpected surges or changes when switching between Programs.
* Flash upgradable operating system via MIDI, free as a MIDI file on our Web Site.
* Multi Voltage power supply."

I always wanted one of these but ended up with a K-Station instead. Anyone know how they compare?

Analog Solutions Black Coffee

via this auction.

Synton Syrinx Fraud?

Via Florian on AH:

"Hi

Just a warning: do not bid on ebay Item 190123605048 (Synton Syrinx)
Pictures are taken from vintagesynth.com and from just ended auction
290127272589 (this was a real auction from a known collector here in
Munich). Alert is sent to ebay.

Please no further discussion here in the list.

Florian"

I see 13 bids on it, hopefully it isn't one of you. I didn't post it previously but you never know. And for the record, I do not want to be in the habit of posting warnings. If you know who to contact on these, feel free to do so. I don't.

Vocoder Magic

YouTube via SynthFanKH.

"Seekers Vocoder Dissected"

If you don't get this, or even if you do, check out these posts. The gloves are a reference to the vids by 123synthland.

Afrika Bambaataa

Guess the Roland.

via this VSE thread.

Will Wright and Brian Eno - Generative Systems

YouTube via ForaTv.
"Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=451. Via ThisIsNotALabel.

Game designer Will Wright and musician Brian Eno discuss the generative systems used in their respective creative works. This clip features original music by Brian Eno.

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Will Wright and Brian Eno on "Playing with Time."

In a dazzling duet Will Wright and Brian Eno give an intense clinic on the joys and techniques of "generative" creation.

Back in the 1970s both speakers got hooked by cellular automata such as Conway's "Game of Life," where just a few simple rules could unleash profoundly unpredictable and infinitely varied dynamic patterns. Cellular automata were the secret ingredient of Wright's genre-busting computer game "SimCity" in 1989. Eno was additionally inspired by Steve Reich's "It's Gonna Rain," in which two identical 1.8 second tape loops beat against each other out of phase for a riveting 20 minutes. That idea led to Eno's "Music for Airports" (1978), and the genre he named "ambient music" was born.

The Long Now Foundation was established in 01996* to develop the Clock and Library projects, as well as to become the seed of a very long term cultural institution. The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better" thinking. We hope to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years - The Long Now Foundation"

Top 20 Greatest Synths – Extra Bits

Title link takes you there.