Rapture Install Tip

I had a little trouble installing my copy of Cakewalk's Rapture on my laptop. I have an old Sony Vaio VGN-S270P running Vista and the DVD drive just kept spinning. I tried rebooting and the same. I then tried Safe Mode by pressing F8 on boot and I was able to successfully install there. No problems whatsoever. I thought I'd put up a post in case anyone else runs into problems installing any software. I couldn't find anything on the net regarding install issues with Rapture, so I'm guessing it was just my system. I've had similar problems with it in the past. So... the tip is if you can't seem to install or read from a CD or DVD, try it in Safe Mode. It just might work.

Dimension Pro and Rapture Demonstration

YouTube via CakewalkSoftware. Note this video is from 2006. I'm actually installing Dimension Pro at the moment and decided to see if there were any videos up to watch during the install.
"Musikmesse presentation on Project5, Dimension Pro, and Rapture. Due to the nature of filming on a tradeshow floor, the audio quality of this video is less than perfect."

Waldorf Microwave 2 "Wavetable Synthesizer" by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72.
"some self-made retro patches by RetroSound. sounds: Corona (wavetable pad), Vangelis CS-80 Emulation 1 and Vangelis 2, D-50 Sound, Slow Mini, Tears (wavetable pad), PPG Pad, Juno Pad... more info and sounds: www.retrosound.de"

Kawai K5000 Rack *Advanced Additive Synthesizer*

YouTube via retrosound72.
"Kawai K5000 = Additive Synthesis + special PCM samples; some typical factory sounds from the Kawai K5000R. more info: www.retrosound.de"

Oberheim OBXa + JUNO 60 + JSQ 60 part 4

YouTube via magevers.
"The fat "jump" Oberheim OBXa and the Roland JUNO 60 with the JSQ 60 together. The OBXa was played in split mode and i have used a phaser on the juno 60. This recording was made with a small pocket camera."

Roland D-550 (D-50 Rack) "Linear Synthesizer"

YouTube via retrosound72.
"some typical Roland D-50 sounds from the 80`s. sounds: soundtrack, fantasia, voices, digital native dance, spaced sweep, staccato heaven, nightmare, ok chorale, future pad. more info: www.retrosound.de"

Changing the battery on a Korg EX-800 or Poly-800

"This document explains how to change the lithium battery on a Korg EX-800. I believe it also applies to the Poly-800.

The battery is a 20 mm, 3 V lithium model that's soldered onto the PCB. Since the model number is written on the side that faces the PCB, you can't read it until you've unsoldered the battery. It's a CR2032, a.k.a. DL2032" [link]

SynthFesta2007OSAKA in Japan

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YouTube via unyo303. "OPA Modular (Moog IIIc clone)" [It's actually a System 55 clone - see update below]

Anyone recognize the tune? :) If you give up it's the first video here and you can find covers here.

Update via Peake in the comments:
"It's a System 55 clone, not a IIIc. There are versions of the 921a, 921b, and 921 oscillators, not the 901a, 901b, and 901. The 921 is visible in the second video; it has green LEDs."

Oberheim MC3000d MIDI Desktop Controller - Help Needed

heliospace put up a post on the Matrixsynth Forum. He needs help with his MC3000d. More details there along with more images. If you don't have an account and don't want to create one but you can help, shoot me an email. It's on the bottom right of the site.

images mirrored here.

The Mighty Boosh - Future Sailors

YouTube via blahblah9087345.
"The Mighty Boosh - Future Sailors on Thursday 29th on BBC Three." Featuring the Minimoog.

Update: One more via Constantine in the comments.

Note: see this post for the full episode of the video below. The video below will spoil the full episode. Someone sent me the full episode after putting this post up.

Mighty Boosh - Kraftwerk Orange - Electro (with lyrics)