MATRIXSYNTH

MOOG Prodigy

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Roland Juno-106 Main Board

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Alesis ION

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Oberheim OB-X

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Also see this one on Matrixsynth-b.

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"The Cat is similar to the ARP Odyssey, but not as similar as some people think. Things that make this synthesizer unique are: The 2-voice keyboard, which has a second sample-and-hold for the second voice, so both notes die out when you let go of the keys. Each oscillator has a sub-octave output allowing you to get 4 separate notes from the machine at once (although two must be octaves of the other two). VCO 1 also has a triangle wave output, which ARP left off of the Odyssey. Finally, the keyboard is switchable between 2-voice (poly) and 1-voice (mono) modes, allowing you to work monophonically if you want to. The ARP can't do that, so if you're using the ARP's ring modulator you will get random timbres if you aren't careful to release each key before pressing the next one.------ Dave Wilson from synthmuseum.com"

Also see this post for a video demonstration including differnces of the SRM 1 and 2.

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GENIUS AT WORK

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"John Carpenter mans the keys circa June 1978 at Sound Arts Studios in Los Angeles. The soundtrack for "Halloween" was written, performed and recorded in about two weeks."

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Update via the comments:
"No..no..no, this picture is definitely not from the original Halloween session back in June 1978*. I'm pretty sure it was taken during the Halloween III sessions at Alan Howarth's Pi West Electronic Music Studio, Glendale CA, ca. June/July 1982.

* the music for the original Halloween movie was recorded at Sound Arts, Los Angeles and featured Moog modular programming by Dan Wyman."

Casio VL-1 VL-Tone

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"Casio VL-1 is a cult of the mini synthesizers. Monophon, build between 1981 and 1984. It inclouds a synthesizer, sequencer and a calculator. In this demo is show some funny things about it. Do you remember the song "Da da da" by "Trio" in 1982? Here, 25 years after, you'll see how to play it right. And with yout hands you also have a wah-wah ;) Interessting is the synthesis with some waveforms, ADSSR and 2 LFOs."