Beaver and Krause - Spaced - Original THX Theme

Another interesting tidbit from Analog Days. At the end of Beaver and Krause's track "Spaced," is the classic THX theme of rising notes. It was originally played on a MOOG in 1970 and was later copied by a famous Marin County film company. Guess the company and when it was copied. BTW if you have Napster, Rhapsody or any other subscription music service you can listen to the track. Just search for Beaver and Krause. It's on "In a Wild Sanctuary/Gardharva." The theme comes in at the very end.

Previous post. Update: Also check out THX on Music Thing, for the story behind the THX theme. Andy Moorer, the composer of the THX theme, makes no mention of Krause. Stuff like this always fascinates me. People do come up with the same ideas independently of each other, so who knows... It's fascinating either way - by chance or a copy without credit.

Yamaha AN200

posted by LD Thomson on Matrixsynth on Facebook.

AudioRealism ADM Released

Just a heads up that AudioRealism's ADM Drum machine previously posted here is now available. Title link takes you there.

via Larry.

Roland JX-3P

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Be sure to check out the full size shots. The contrast in these are great.

Keyboard - 61 keys
Polyphony - 6 voices
Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice
Memory - 32 preset, 32 user
Filter - Resonant Low pass
Arpeg/Seq - Simple Sequencer
Effects - Chorus
Control - MIDI capable (Roland's first MIDI synthesizer).


BTW, be sure to check out Matrixsynth-b for more. I was just thinking about how dry the auction listing have been lately, and then this. I guess when it rains it pours.

Elka Rhapsody 610 String Synth

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"It is "multi-phonic" as it uses a divide-down, electric organ type of architechture for its tone generation. There are two tones for each note so it's probably fair to say it's dual-oscillator, and it can create some really lush timbres. It's richer sounding than the ARP Solina String Synth (if you can believe that!).The four-octave keyboard is not velocity sensitive.
SUPER RARE! Vintage! 1974!! As used by Vangelis, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, J. M. Jarre and more!

Very big, great sound!
elka_sample.mp3"

I wonder how these compare to the Elka Rhapsody 490.

Update via Micke in the comments:
"The Elka Rhapsody was Billy Currie's favorite stringer for many years. He used it quite prominently on U-vox's first three albums and also to some extent on 1980's "Vienna". John Foxx was also using it on his first couple of albums."

Roland RS-09

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

"ROLAND RS-09 RARE VERSION 1, LATE 70'S. MADE IN JAPAN. There are three versions of this unit. This oen [sic] is The older version 1. The differences are mainly cosmetic and in the control surface; the V.3 uses touch-switches, the V.1 uses rockers and tends to be more reliable due to that.

Yamaha CS15

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Oberheim OB-Xa Voice Boards

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Note the CEM 3320 VCFs in one of the shots.

Alesis Micron

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* Industry-leading ION analog-modeling sound engine in a compact package
* 8 voices, each with 3 oscillators, 2 multimode filters, 3 envelope generators, 2 LFOs, sample and hold, and tracking generator
* 4 multitimbral parts capability
* Programmable step sequencer and arpeggiator
* Programmable rhythm sequencer for drum kits
* Dynamic realtime phrase sequencer
* Stereo buss effects, including reverb and 40-band vocoder
* 1/4" balanced stereo analog outputs and inputs with 24-bit conversion
* 37-key, synth-action velocity sensitivity keyboard
* 3 continuously-rotational 12-bit parameter knobs
* 2 assignable modulation sliders
* Pitch wheel
* Expression and sustain pedal inputs
* Compatible with ION programs

MOOG Sonic 6

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Not the best, but you don't see these too often.

"I didn't realize when I got it that most of the first video game sounds were made with this synth, but you can definitely tell after playing around with it for a while. The thing I like most about this synth is the fact that you don't have to have it plugged into an amp to hear it. It has 3 built in speakers that can even take the fat low unmistakable Moog sounds.

The Moog Sonic Six is a 2-VCO duophonic synthesizer with a built-in speaker and a 4-octave, 49-note (C-C) keyboard. Each VCO can output sawtooth, triangle, and rectangle (pulse/square) waveforms as well as 2 "waveform generators." A "quality" knob adjusts the width of the rectangular waveform. White or pink noise is also available. The Sonic Six can be set for 3 keyboard modes; high note priority, low note priority, or duophonic. The Sonic Six can also be set to an alternate tuning across the keyboard (different interval between octaves of the keyboard). Portamento rate is controlled by a knob. The envelope section features a basic envelope, with variable control for attack and decay and a switchable release (follows decay) and sustain. It had a single VCF, low-pass voltage controlled filter. Two multimode LFOs are available. Their speed is independently variable and can be controlled by the envelope."