Musikmesse 2008 Day 3

YouTube via Percussa
"A few videos from our booth at the Musikmesse 2008 past week. We were in hall 5.1, stand D39. We had great fun and met a ton of people. Our booth was swamped. Thanks for stopping by and making this happen!

In this video Simon Grey is using the cubes to control effects in Propellerheads Reason.

At the messe, we presented a Remote Codec that lets you connect the cubes with Reason without much configuration work."

Musikmesse 2008 Day 1

Follow-up to this post. Be sure to click on the Percussa link below for all posts mentioning Percussa.

The Many Colors of the Synton Syrinx

See the bottom update to this post.
Update: there is one more update added from someone that worked at Synton at the very bottom of the post.

MFOS Modular Mayhem

YouTube via neandrewthal
"First monster patch on my newly built Modular Synth. Sorry, no blinking lights yet, didn't like the ones I ordered so I didn't use them. Projects from www.musicfromouterspace.com"

Fenix Modulair, sound of Fenix next day Part 2

YouTube via FenixModulair

Missing Knob, Sound of Fenix next day Part 3

Follow-up to this post.

For sale: Roland JX-3P Synthesizer

YouTube via tarnationrecords. Remember I don't title these - I ALWAYS use the title of the video on YouTube for two reasons: you and I can search on it to see if I posted it already, and two, out of respect for the person that created the video.
"This 1983 Roland JX-3P Synthesizer (the first analogue synth to use digitally controlled oscillators to generate sound...) needs a new home; she's in excellent condition despite her age."
The only JX-3P I found was this one, but there's no mention of the video. Some nice images of that one here.

Alesis Andromeda A6

images via this auction

Note this is the one featured in this prior post.

CEM5530

via this auction
"CEM5530 Synth Part,30 channel Sample and Hold multiplexer. These are extremely rare I.C.'s. This is a new part,(not used or pulled from a synth). This part is found in the Prophet VS,Studio 440,Keytek etc... I have other CEM ans SSM parts available as well."
You can find a pdf for the chip on MOTM's CEM chip page.

Ciat Lonbarde Cocolase Synth Looper

via this auction
"Essentially two delays (completely separate, no input bleedthrough) whose parameters are controlled by an 8 oscillator thinktank known as the sidrassi, using copper pins which can be connected by alligator clips (but which are also responsive to touch and other such conducive material) to interface the machine . So that's the direction, time (goes up to 2+ minutes delay time for each delay), placement, rhythm, etc. The sidrassi is modulated by the outer poles seen at the extreme edges to the left and right of the Cocolase, the letters correspond to individual oscillators each providing a square and triangle wave output. Additionally there are three pins for each delay which put out a sampling of the tempo of three of the sidrassi's oscillators. Each delay can perform standardly or input audio can be looped for infinite repeats.

Each oscillator can be made audible as well, and plugged in using an included alligator clip to quarter inch audio cable expanding the Cocolase into a modular sound box unlike most encountered. More sound options are available when input audio is mixed with oscillator audio, allowing for ring modulation, phasing, etc.

I recommend checking out ciat-lonbarde.net to hear more about the machine straight from the designer's mouth, as well as audip samples of the machine. Peter Blasser has been constructing sound devices for years and frequently tours collegiately and otherwise exhibiting his creations as well employing them within in his own musical ventures. Only a few months old and like new. Comes with power adapter packaged with it and alligator clip to quarter inch cable."

Oberheim Strummer and Drummer

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"The Oberheim Strummer will transform your keyboard playing into a stunning and convincing performance featuring realistic guitar articulation. By looking at such factors as the range of the guitar. the number of notes being played. chord position, and the velocity of the performance. Strummer can transform the incoming MIDI data out into performance data emulating that of a real guitarist. Performance data may be delayed, echoed, harmonized, transposed and sent back out on multiple MIDI channels. In addition to control over strum direction and speed, the Strummer also features Chord Capture for real time single finger chords. Individual picking patterns and riffs may be assigned to a single key. for real time performance playback. You can even control the number of "strings" being strummed via keyboard velocity. Strummer Keyboard players now can emulate guitar techniques on their synthesizers and samplers to create incredibly authentic guitar sounds. The Strummer listens to chords played on a MIDI keyboard and plays them back through a MIDI sound source (synthesizer or sampler) just as they would be played from a guitar. Chord voicings will now be correct to accurately reproduce guitar sounds and the chords can actually be 'strummed'

The Strummer can change the speed and direction of the "strums" just by changing the way the keyboard is played. Also, the Strummer has the ability to distinguish between chords and single notes, allowing chords to be sent over one MIDI channel, while single notes are sent out over a different channel (like a solo lead guitarsound).

The "Strummer" includes features such as:
o MIDI Delay (Echo).
o Adjustable Delay and Decay Rates.
o Multiple MIDI Channel Output.
o Velocity Switching.
o Keyboard Splitting.
o Chord Voicing Variations.
o Arpeggiation.
o Chord Capture (Adjustable Single Finger Chords).
o Transposition of MIDI Delays (Great for MIDI Harmonizing).
o Ability to synchronize to MIDI Timing Clocks (External Sync).
o MIDI Program Change.
o Supports MIDI Sysex for storage of user defined patches."

"The "Strummer" listens to chords played on your MIDI keyboard and plays them back to your MIDI sound source (Synthesizer or Sampler) just as they would be played from a guitar. Not only will the chord voicings be correct, but the chords can actually be "Strummed!" With the "Strummer," you can even change the speed and direction of your "Strums" just by changing the way you play your MIDI keyboard. Also, "Strummer" has the ability to distinguish the difference between chords and single notes, allowing you to send chords out on one MIDI channel (Distorted Guitar Sound for example) while your single notes are sent out on a different channel (i.e. Solo Sound). Your keyboard may have a great guitar sound, but can you play a great guitar part? Yes. The Oberheim Strummer will transform your keyboard playing into a stunning and convincing performance featuring realistic guitar articulation.

By looking at such factors as the range of the guitar, the number of notes being played, chord position, and the velocity of the performance, Strummer can transform the incoming MIDI data out into performance data emulating that of a real guitarist. Performance data may be delayed, echoed, harmonized, transposed and sent back out on multiple MIDI channels. In addition to control over strum direction and speed, the Strummer also features Chord Capture for real time single finger chords. Individual picking patterns and riffs may be assigned to a single key, for real time performance playback. You can even control the number of "strings" being strummed via keyboard velocity." box shot

Yamaha SK15

images via this auction

"Steel front panel, (real wood sides!) [hmm...*], with 22 dedicated sliders. There are 7 for the organ: 5 of these act as drawbars...16', 8', 5 1/3', 4', and 2'. The other two in this section are for organ percussion and a highpass filter to extend the range of organ sounds made with the drawbars. Good Hammond B3 sims to be had here in this section. The Strings section has 2 sliders, sipmly to mix and match amounts of sawtooth wave in 16' and 8' flavours. The organ section's brilliance control i.e. the highpass filter can be used to trim off the high frequencies of the strings' sawtooth waveforms. The Polysynth section has indie sliders for: volume, wave footage (mix variable from 16' to 8'), EG depth and 4 slider for the ADSR. This section also has a slider for filter resonance amount. The other remaining sliders are used for LFO control... depth, delay, and rate.

As I mentioned, there are three sections in the Symphonic esnsemble: Organ, Strings and Polysynth. Each is 7 note polyphonic and all 3 can be used together with no loss of polyphony. And here's where you can make some really magical sounds, because you can make composite sounds using all three sections that really sound wonderful! It's a bit like having a subtractive synth with simple additive features. Layering in some high organ harmonics over a subtractive analog filter sweep (this section is simple but sounds like a beefed up CS01 with 7 note poly), adding in some silky strings and running it thru the BEAUTIFUL swirly, sparkly shiny ensemble effect give me shivers cuz it sounds amazing! And the BIG bonus: every parameter has real-time control so you can get really expressive. There's also a foot volume pedal input that makes this thing really responsive even though the keys are not veleocity sensitive. Ahhh... magic!

Ther were 4 different SK series keyboards built: SK15, SK20, SK30 and SK50D. The 15 is the baby brother."

*I'm guessing it's veneer wood.