synthi e fun

YouTube via waveshaper. Sent my way via Dennis.
"little fun with the EMS Synthi E. No other gear used no midi no sequencers etc. Just a few pathcords. Recorded with a $200 photocamera so don't give shit about the audioquality!"

Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell (1980)

YouTube via JimmyToast. Prophet-5 Rev1 solo comes in at 4:01. You can't see it but you can hear it.

Update: and here is THE actual Prophet-5 used by Pink Floyd at the time, sent in via an anonymous reader. You can find more images here and you can also see it in the video below.


Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 (1980)

"We Miss You, Bob" via the Bob MOOG Foundation

"As you may have realized, today is the second anniversary of Bob's death. We talked about a lot of things we might say today, but in the end, it all came down to "We miss you, Bob."

We hope you'll take just a minute today to remember him in your own way. Maybe turn on the Voyager, listen to a favorite Moog artist, or picture him in your mind's eye.


If you'd like, stop by our MySpace page to leave us a note. Post your thoughts on MySpace

All the best,
The Bob Moog Foundation
Make a gift 'In Bob's memory...'"

x0xchild - Roland Drumatix TR-606 Finds its Way Home

via Ghostdog.

Here's a story for you. Ghostdog's first drum machine was the Roland TR-606. He picked it up when he was 14. Eventually he sold it. 25 years later he picked one up again. When he looked at the serial number, it was the same exact one. No joke.

Here is a shot of the TR-606 and his son OSCar. Cool name! I wonder if he'll write it with the capital OSC when he gets older.

labolida synthesizers

TinySynth monophonic hybrid synthesizer
Tiny Synth is a simple, may be minimum, compact and integrated synthesizer. It was developed around a single MIDI controlled digital oscillator, including too a VCF, VCA, LFO, and AR ASR envelope generators.
The main project idea was to keep as simple as possible the construction and calibration, with a relatively cheap cost.
nano 1 - monophonic digital synthesizer
"nano 1 is a monophonic digital synthesizer module developed with digital technology giving the control facilities of analog synthesizers."
Title link takes you to the labolida sumtjesozers website where you will find more info on both.

New MOTM Cloud Generator Demos

"Using better MP3 encoding and tweaking the Cloud Generator firmware has produced some cleaner demos. Check these out.

www.synthtech.com/m520/better_sin.mp3
www.synthtech.com/m520/better_saw.mp3
www.synthtech.com/m520/better_tri.mp3
www.synthtech.com/m520/better_sqr.mp3
www.synthtech.com/m520/thru_zero.mp3
www.synthtech.com/m520/sq_sin_mix1.mp3
www.synthtech.com/m520/sq_sin_mix2.mp3

Enjoy....and watch those speaker levels.
And yes, it can do "through-zero" FM!

Paul S."

Thank You Bob

Today marks two years since Bob's passing. Title link takes you to the Caring Bridge site for Bob, where many of us visited on a daily basis when the sad news of Bob's condition became public. You can leave a comment there if you wish. Thanks goes to Mark Pulver for reminding us all on AH.

DSI Prophet '08 Detailed Shot

click image for the full size shot.

And a bit larger on VSE.

DEWANATRON documentary

YouTube via dutchblaine.
"he documentary of DEWANATRON by Paul Yates. A story of Brian Dewand and Leon Dewan-the greatest grass roots electronic creators of all time.
The special purpose of Dewanatrons, which are modern solid-state analog instruments, is to grow music live in collaboration with the operators who guide them. Edited by Paul yates and Jonee Eisen."
Be sure to mouse over the thumbnails for more when the video ends.

Fairlight CMI Series III

Title link takes you to some great shots via this auction sent my way via loscha.

"Offered for sale is a very rare, fully functional, vintage classic chassis Fairlight CMI III computerised musical instrument workstation in excellent condition. Also fitted is Fairlight MFX2 capability, which adds a 24 track direct to disc recorder / editor. The system is a late model, and as such has the latest and best in technical innovations, whilst still retaining the classic legendary sound of the CMI.

The system has 16 voices, 16 Mbytes RAM, colour graphics card, digital sampler and 24 output router. Up to 2 extra 8 Mbyte RAM cards can be supplied for an extra $300 each. It also comes with the later MFX alpha-numeric keyboard, and a really nice proper weighted action music keyboard. A 15” LCD screen (not the one illustrated) is included. There are two 4 Gbyte hard discs fitted, with a front panel switch that toggles to enable the system to boot up either in CMI (revision 9.34) or MFX2 (revision 11.39) mode.

The MFX2 disc is empty for disc recording, whilst the CMI disc is full of the following libraries:

Complete Fairlight library, Prosonus Strings, Brass, Percussion, Sound
Genesis strings, plus many libraries collected over the last 20 years
dealing with top producers and musicians. These include libraries from: Pet
Shop Boys, Trevor Horn, Hans Zimmer, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Art of Noise and many, many others. The complete Fairlight IIX library is also included.

An external empty 4 Gbyte hard disc, with both sets of system softwares is also included, with SCSI lead, as a backup.

The system will be serviced, have a full set of manuals, all leads, latest firmware, and come with 3 months warranty.

Please note you’ll see other Fairlight systems advertised on ebay, and many will less expensive. However, do some research before you buy. What may look like a bargain might not look so appealing when its obsolete parts finally give up. This applies specially to earlier systems. This system is complete, fully functional, and will work straight out of the box. I worked as product specialist and studio manager at Fairlight in Sydney during most of the 1980s, and have been involved in re-building Fairlight CMIs for over 25 years. I have sold and supported well over 30 of these classic samplers. If you are in any doubt, please type “Peter Wielk Fairlight” into the worlds favourite search engine and see what comes out. I am also proud of my 100% positive ebay feedback with over 140 transactions, which I hope reflects my honest and straight forward dealings. I have also described this system as accurately as possible. However, please feel free to ask any questions, or if you’re passing through Sydney, you would be very welcome to have an extensive demonstration. Lastly, these systems were designed and built with no compromises, reflected by their US$75,000 price tag when new. The sound is completely awesome.

The last picture in the sequence shows my "widgetarium" my workshop devoted to all things Fairlight, including an old sign from the factory."

Update via the comments: "This is as "real" as it gets. This instrument is being sold by Peter Wielk, who used to be the UK Fairlight distributor. He's been supporting the instrument ever since."