MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, October 29, 2007

Roland System 100

images via this auction

Not the best shots, but you don't see these often.

Oberheim Matrix-6r

images via this auction

You can read user reviews of the Matrix-6R here.

You can download a free OS X editor here.

There is a $20 Windows editor here.

There is a lot of Oberheim info available here.

MOOG Minimoog Model D Signed by Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz

images via this auction

"Serial #2026

This is a gorgeous Minimoog I've owned since 1989. It has seen studio use only except for a charity concert in Orlando in 1991. I donated the synth to be used by Rick Wakeman and Patrick Moraz who utilized it during a benefit performance for "Give Kids the World." After the show Wakeman and Moraz autographed the Minimoog backstage. A friend of mine videotaped the autograph session and you can see Wakeman and Moraz sign the Moog on You Tube."

Moraz and Me (Part-2)

YouTube via Analogger.

Click here to read more about this video in the description.

"Also included is the Minimoog Soundcharts book. This shows you how to exactly get all the Minimoog sounds you know and love...and a few you have probably never heard. Also included is the S-trigger cable adaptor to use with your midi-to-cv converter. I often utilized the external input to fatten up and/or mangle sounds. Here is another You Tube video I did featuring this synth with my drum machine thru the Minimoog filter:"

Minimoog vs. Drum Machine

"I wrote a 4-bar drum pattern using a Roland SH-32 then hooked the mono output into the external input of my Minimoog. The key is to overdrive the hell out of the input. A delightful little light shines brightly to indicate this is happening. I also turned on oscillators 3&2 and played along with the pattern a bit. The original Moog filter is very fat...and overdriving the input is great for mangling the most innocent sounds." "If you are in the mood for something a little more bizarre - here is another video featuring this very Minimoog as it is cleverly manipulated by an inanimate American icon:" Barbie Moog "Blow Jazz Concerto"

"Barbie scored some dynamite X from Lindsay Lohan then wandered into Ken's house where she discovered his Minimoog. Barbie plugged the ancient synth into a 50 watt Orange amp. Oscillator three was used as a square wave LFO to modulate the cutoff frequency of the filter. Ken showed up unannounced and came unspooled upon seeing Barbie fiddling with his prize synth. Using a trick she learned from Lindsay, Barbie dropped to her knees and gave Ken a "little treat." Ken calls it "Barbie blow jazz."

I got the idea for this nonsense the other night. I couldn't get it out of my head, so this afternoon I'm in fucking Target buying a Barbie doll for Christ's sake. I looked for a GI Joe but they didn't have one. I was thinking Barbie could be a "musical terrorist" and GI Joe would "bring her to justice." I'm trying to do something constructive with my chemical imbalance - until then I'll produce this crap."

Analog Systems RS-95 Oscillator

via this auction

"Here's a great description: modularsquare.com"

Sunday, October 28, 2007

Sequentix P3

via this auction. via Rod.

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"the very last Sequentix P3 sequencer ever made, serial #1138, considered by many to be one of the best, if not the most powerful step sequencers ever made. It's like having 16 ARP sequencers at your disposal with full programmable MIDI control over pretty much every parameter on your synth, and realtime control over the direction and notes. It's an amazing machine, but one I can't afford to own at the present time. Full details on what this can do are on the Internet or are listed at the Sequentix Web site (www.sequentix.com). I've successfully used it to trigger both MIDI and analog synths via my Kenton Pro-4 converters. This was the very last production unit sold out of a total of 137 that were ever made (or ever will be made), so it's a one-of-a-kind unit. I paid over $2200 for it several months ago but just haven't had the time to use it to its full potential. It's been lightly used in my studio with zero (0) scratches anywhere on it and kept turned off when not in use."

Roland TB-303

via this auction. via Rod.

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"This 303 has been professionally modded with Kenton CV/GATE/FILTER/ACCENT/GLIDE inputs for full control (and more) over every aspect of the machine from a MIDI sequencer via any CV/GATE converter or analog sequencer. The filter input allows you to program the filter amount from a sequencer or CV source (pedal, etc.), which is not possible using the internal sequencer. All inputs have been tested and confirmed working via Kenton Pro-4 and Roland MC-4b MicroComposer."

Linn LM-1

via this auction. via Rod.

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"Up for auction is the famous Linn LM-1, serial #373, considered by many to be one of the best drum machines ever made. Only 500 were made and this is one of the later, more stable versions with removable/cleanable button caps (older models had buttons that could not be disassembled and had to be replaced if they went bad) and shuffle LED's (a must). If you're looking to get the Prince sound (or the Human League, or Gary Numan, or Visage, or John Carpenter sound), this is the machine you want. Samples don't do it justice and can't replicate it (I know, I've tried). This one has been extensively and professionally modified with sync input/output jacks (syncs up perfectly MIDI via trigger input), alternate sounds that can be toggled on/off (original LM-1 woody Claptrap clap/regular clap, 4 toms, 4 congas, or clave/Prince sidestick). In addition, all tuning pots have been moved to the front of the machine for easy access (replacing the useless left/right/center panning toggles - original hardware is included in case the user wishes to revert back to the way it was originally - but why you'd want to do this is beyond me because it really opens up the machine and allows for realtime drum tuning mid-sequence). Ideally you'll want to run each drum sound from it's individual output through a sub-mixer for optimum panning/EQ."

VEMIA Auction Update - Joel Chadabe Late 60s CEMS System Goes Up

The official auction start date is Nov 3 and runs until Nov 11, however you can see some items listed here. From the description it looks like you can start bidding now.

The rarest item to be auctioned? Joel Chadabe's late 60s CEMS system (pictured - click the image for the full size shot). The CEMS system was located at the Electronic Music Studio at State University of New York at Albany. You can see and read more about Joel Chadabe and the system at his official website. Joel also wrote Electric Sound which recently came up for auction here. Side Note from the comments of this previous post: Richard Lainhart of O-Town Media learned to play electronic music on the CEMS system pictured here.

Peter Forrest who runs the auction let me know that the auction will include Felix' Visser's own Syntons. Felix is the man behind Synton, pictured here . His items start at number 5500 and go to 5539.

Update via Richard Lainhart in the comments:
"Some notes about this system: the large knobless module at the end of each sequencer is a Linear Mixer that Bob custom-designed for this system. These were very clean simple mixers that could mix from DC up into the audo range. They were intended mainly to mix the CV outputs from the sequencer stages together, but since they were so clean, we would often use them to mix the oscillator and filter outputs as well.

The jackfields at the bottom of each cabinet are patchbays that connect the cabinets together. In its original configuration, there were bundles of cable behind each cabinet that connected the patchbays to each other, so you could cable between the cabinets without needing extra-long patchcords.

The cabinet with the large white panel contains all the components of the Master Analog Clock, another custom design. The four vertical slots in the third row down from the top are Nixie lamps; these would display the current time count (in 10th of a second, I think). The top row are 8 individual clock subdividers, which could be set to send out divisions or multiples of the basic clock pulse. Below all that are the 8 clock outputs, any of which could be routed to any of the sequencers. The purpose of all this was to provide a master timing source for the sequencers, so they could all be synced with complex rhythmic relationships. The sequencers could also free-run, so you could have any combination of master-synced and free-running.

The remaining cabinet contains most of the actual audio-generating modules, although as I recall there were a couple of additonal filters and oscillators in some of the control cabinets as well.

At the time, it was the largest integrated Moog system in the world, and probably the largest integrated Moog sequencer system ever."

Update via Richard Lainhart:
"By the way, all the pieces on the second half of this page. from "The Wave-Sounding Sea" to "A River On Cold Mountain" were created with the CEMS system. "

CAVAGNOLO EXAGONE XM64 Vintage Analog Synth

this auction.

via Boele of SCD.

"VERY RARE Vintage Analog Synth : CAVAGNOLO EXAGONE XM64. Less than 25 have been product for the entire world ! The Cavagnolo EXAGONE XM64 is a monophonic progammable analog synth made in FRANCE in 1982 .Some features : 2 VCO , VCF , LFO 1 , LFO 2 , LFO DELAY , EG , ADSR , NOISE , PORTAMENTO ... 64 memory locations to save and recall your synth patches! CV/GATE IN OUT ... For external controls . The Cavagnolo Exagone XM64 sounds like a mix of minimoog and a Roland System 100 . The synth is integrated in his original flight-case .CAVAGNOLO EXAGONE XM64 is perfect for a musician who is bored with moog roland and sequential circuits synths , and is looking for a strong analog vintage synth with a unique sound ! This CAVAGNOLO EXAGONE XM64 has been fully serviced : It is in Perfect working order and in very good cosmetic ! It's a 220Volt model , comes with a copy of the french manual .It's a unique chance to get a very rare analog synth in Museum Condition and in perfect working order"

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