MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Doepfer Analog FM Experiment

YouTube via isotopeofme
"Long-ish video playing with another FM patch. Cubase is sending a simple rhythm to the EG, everything else is patched into the Doepfer. This one goes through a number of sonic qualities."

Yamaha TX816

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"Yamaha TX816 rack mount modular synth with 8 DX7 modules"

ARP Odyssey

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"The ARP Odyssey was an analog synthesizer introduced in 1972. Responding to pressure from Moog Music to create a portable, affordable (the Minimoog was US$1,495 upon release) "performance" synthesizer, ARP scaled down its popular 2600 synthesizer and created the Odyssey, which became the best-selling synthesizer they made.

The Odyssey is a two-oscillator analog synth (the Minimoog has 3 oscillators and its sound is considered "fatter"). The Odyssey was the first synthesizer with duophonic capabilities (the ability to play two notes at the same time). Many cite ARP's semi-modular 2600 as the first duophonic synthesizer; however, the 2600 was originally shipped with a monophonic controller keyboard, with a duophonic keyboard not being released until after the Odyssey's release. One potential appeal of the Odyssey is the fact that all parameters, including a resonant low-pass filter, a non-resonant high-pass filter, ADSR and AR envelopes, triangle (not sine) and square wave LFO, and a sample-and-hold function are editable with sliders and buttons on the front panel.
* Produced between 1974-76.
* The Odysseys I and II look and feel virtually the same. The main difference between them are the addition of CV/Gate control and a new black and gold color scheme. The 2810 introduced a beefier 4-pole VCF. This filter was similar to the Moog filter and did not last. While a persistent rumor that Moog sued ARP over this, no suit ever occurred. Arp and Moog came to an amicable agreement and a small licensing fee was paid by ARP for units previously manufactured. ARP soon after designed their own four-pole, low-pass filters. They came up with the 4075 filter which was used in subsequent Odyssey models. The similar 4072 was featured in the 2600, Omni, Axxe, Solus, and others."

Update via Dave Cornutt in the comments:
"One correction: I'm pretty sure the EML Electrocomp 100 was the first mass produced synth with a duophonic keyboard. It preceded the Odyssey by about a year. Also, I seem to recall that Wendy Carlos' Moog was fitted with a duophonic keyboard at some point, but I don't think this was ever offered as a catalog item by Moog."

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Boris Blank 1987

flickr by Neil Vance

BTW, Neil is on a roll with synth shots on flickr, so do check them out.

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Fairlight CMI

Buchla

flickr by funax

"I found old music machine in the Geidai."

I did a search for Geidai and found this and this.

Roland SH-5 Scans

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KORG DSS1

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"Polyphony : 8 Voices  Oscillators : 16 - 2 oscillators per voice
 Sampler: 256k  Memory: 5 sec sampling
 Synthesis: 128 Sine waveforms you re-shape using 2 sliders ; Harmonic Synthesis 
Keyboard: 61 keys w/ velocity and aftertouch  
VCF: Lowpass 2 or 4 pole + envelope  Control :
MIDI: in, out and thru  
Date : 1986

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