MATRIXSYNTH

XR20 at NAMM 2008

YouTube via AkaiProVideo. via Nusonica.
"THE PERFECT PORTABLE BEAT MACHINE.
Inspiration can happen anywhere. The XR20 is loaded with pro-grade, industrial-strength drum, percussion, bass, synth, sound effects, vocal and instrument hit sounds and has the ability to lay them in a groove wherever and whenever you're ready.

Over 700 pre-loaded sounds, and an integrated effects engine for Reverb, EQ and Compression put you in full control of your beat production. A microphone input is even included for mixing vocals with your patterns. Brilliant backlit pads provide visual cues for added beat precision.

The XR20 features sounds of standard and electronic drums, single (one-shot) hits, bass and synth sounds to easily create your maximum mix in minimal time."

MTI Auto Orchestra

flickr by thingstocomerecords(click for more)

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Vintage Digital Drum Machine

flickr by thingstocomerecords

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Anyone know what this is?

Update: be sure to check out the comments. Some info via Jan-Hinnerk: "The pic shows a Dr. Böhm (ahhh…those umlauts!) Digital Drums. Boehm (let's use this spelling for the sake of sanity) was a German company offering a range of electronic organs, both in assembled and kit form. In the 80s they ventured into (a) synthesizers and (b) digital drums, the first result being the Digital Drums. I can't remember exactly, but to my best knowledge the Digital Drums appeared in 1984 on the German market. It came with a variety of preset patterns plus offered you to program your own rhythms in realtime. A friend assembled one in kit form and made some mistakes on handling the ROM chips for some sounds, e.g. the handclaps sounded like someone hit his knuckles together, but apart from that it sounded very realistic for its time. I used it for my first 4-track-recordings in summer 1985. Big, chunky machine – really nice."

Oberheim OB-12 by syntezatory.prv.pl (1 of 2)

YouTube Jexus.

"2000 Oberheim OB12. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer."

Oberheim OB-12 by syntezatory.prv.pl (2 of 2)

YouTube via Jexus.

Follow up to this post.

"2000 Oberheim OB12. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer."

NAMM 2008- AnalogSuicide.com and the Clavia Nord C1..

YouTube tarabusch
"http://www.analogsuicide.com
http://tarabusch.com
http://www.nordusa.com
Tara Busch takes a peek at the Clavia Nord tonewheel/transistor organ clone, the C1."

CASIO SK-1 through MOOG Minimoog VCF

YouTube via retrosound72

"two bestseller together... ;-) Casio SK-1 low-cost sampling keyboard through Minimoog VCF with different filter and "LFO" (OSC3) settings"

Aliens Project Toy of the Month - FLAME Talking Synth

The Alien's Project Toy of the Month for February 2008 is the FLAME talking synth. You can find samples at the bottom of the page.

MOOG Little Phatty Filter In

click here for the audio on SoundClick. via Christian on AH.
"It's just a straight drumloop ran into the phatty."

Korg 900PS Manual Added to the Korg Kornukopia Site

You can find it in the manuals, service documents & schematics and sounds section of korganalogue.net.

Update via Paul of punkdisco:
"If anyone wants to hear what one sounds like, listen to our All Available Space track. It's the main octave line that runs from start to finish. I once spent half a day with a butchered wire from my MS20's CV outs, randomly poking it into anything keyboard related on the 900PS. I was hoping to discover where I could add CV/Gate ins. From memory, I got the pitch working but not the gate (might have been the other way around). CV on a 900PS would be fab! Huge thanks for this Ben.."