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Friday, August 10, 2007

The Oakley Sound Orbital

"The Orbital is a classic three VCO monosynth with powerful features. It uses the same tried and tested circuits as the Oakley Modular System. It has the same powerful huge sound but in a more compact and classic format.

My design brief was simple. To build a superb analogue monosynth for musicians using existing Oakley PCBs and to fit it all in a 4U rack. It had to be simple to operate, yet flexible enough to keep virtually everyone happy. So what has the Orbital got to offer:

Three VCOs. Each oscillator is the Oakley 'One of three' VCO with sine, triangle, pulse and sawtooth available simultaneously. An ingenious mixing system keeps the overall volume level the similar as the waveforms are switched in and out. Synchronisation is provided so that VCO 2 and/or VCO 3 can be synched to VCO1. VCO2 can have its pulse width modulated by one of the ADSRs. While VCO 3 can have its pitch swept by the envelope generator, for powerful lead sync sounds."

Title link takes you to more info and images on the Oakley site.

PPG Mods

Title link takes you to a number of PPG mods on seib.synth.net. While there, be sure to check out the rest of the site.

Pictured is a Wave 2.3 mod
"This modification has been done by DI Helmut Fischbach (who built a lot of stuff for Kraftwerk) for Manfred Hermann und Jon Kaiser from Berlin. For that, the whole Wave was "sliced" and put into a rack case."


Mods include:
Wave 2 Rack
Wave 2.3 with velocity-sensitive keyboard
Wave 2.3 Rack (pictured)

... und die Kamera ...

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MOOG Rogue
Sherman Filterbank

moog the source detail 2

flickr by SineSurfer.

click here for the full size shot and be sure to check out the rest. More synths after the hop.

Sequencing hardware with Fruityloops


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Waldorf Q
Ensoniq ESQ1
Roland Juno-106

Tweaking a Sequential Circuits Pro-One


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Sequential Circuits Pro One


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ICE Pro-one LED Wheel Test


YouTube via synthesiserrepairguy.

Aphex Twin Actium



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Clavia Nord Lead 2 and KORG KAOSS Pad 3.

Roland Instructional Manuals

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
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