Yamaha TG-33

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* Polyphonie - 32 voices
* Multitimbralité - 16 parts
* Oscillators - Digital FM operator + 12 bit ROM samples
* LFO - AM, PM, Saw Up, Saw Down, Triangle, Square, Sample & Hold
* Effets - 16 Digital Reverbs and Delays
* Memory - 128 preset, 64 user
* Control - MIDI (responds to Velocity and Aftertouch)
* Date Produced - 1990

New Serge Track via cebec

via cebec:
"I've put up a huge number of improvs and experiments with my Serge from the last 6 months. Some of them may be familiar but those have been 're-mastered'.

This collection spans the range from harsh noise to drone with some Kompakt-style minimal techno included. It's essentially a journal of my experience of getting to grips with this instrument and exploring my musical sensibilities. This six panel Serge is the centerpiece of my studio along with Max/MSP and I'm looking forward to the journey ahead. I intend to continue updating this page or others like it as I progress."

Click here for the music.

Korg Trident Mk II - PART 2

YouTube via Mohnkuchen.

Follow-up to this post.

"Demoing several sounds/presets on the Korg Trident MK II"

Microkorg

YouTube via sync4000

Modular Test : I Feel Love

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"Testing out our re-cased modular synth in the Bathysphere studio with Giorgio Moroder's classic analogue workout I Feel Love. Filmed on my mobile phone so the audio quality is not great but you get the idea."

VOSTOK - PERCUTER S - ARIES MODULAR SYNTH / NORTEC

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"Ramon Bostich (Point Loma) Jam, somewhere in Tijuana, Mexico.

VOSTOK matrixsynth (Analogue Solutions)
ARIES MODULAR SYNTHESIZER (AR-317, AR-328)
Dynacord PERCUTER S
Oberheim Mini Sequencer (S/H)
Sherman QMF Quad Modular Filter

www.myspace,com/tijuanasoundmachine
www.myspace.com/bostichpointloma

www.analoguesolutions.com"

Rheem Kee Bass

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"The tone has so much muscle that with external effects you can achieve some very cool sounds. Its a mono-keyboard, which means you can only play one note at a time.. but it would be extremely muddy if you could play more than one. Just have to remember to tune before every performance, and to take it in every once in a while to make sure all the notes are in tune with each other. Sounds awesome overdriven through a loud and shitty bass amp. In its purist form it mimics the low-end of an organ but with less warbling or reediness. Also good for a very full 60's bass sound or something to hold down the low end in a buzzy synth band.

CONTROLS:
The bass boost lever boosts the bass (there's not much to it without the lever all the way up). The TONE switch chooses either a low fat bass or a brighter version. The difference is not immediately apparent unless you also have on the next switch... FUZZ which turns the tone nasty. MODE acts as a kind of attack envelope; SUSTAIN has a relatively short attack but still soft, while PERCUSSION creates a light percussive "pop" at the beginning of the note...very subtle but adds punch. DECAY set to "slow" will let the note fall away a bit after you take your finger off the key, while "fast" means the sound stops as soon as you lift up on the back, there are metal knobs to adjust FINE TUNING and LEVEL." Devo with the Rheem Kee Bass pictured below.

Roland G-707 Guitar Synthesizer & GR-700 Controller

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Acidcode Tweakbox

"The Acidcode Tweakbox is a new 2008 Synth DIY Project by the authors of the ML-303 BassLine: Please note: the picture shows the ML-303 V6, not the new Tweakbox. While the ML-303 has an analog audiopath the Tweakbox is now fully digital. That makes it very easy to solder and build. There are no SMD-Parts used. If you want to get informed as soon as the Tweakbox will be released just register with your eMail address in the Forum." Click here for more info. via sequencer.de.

Oberheim OB-X

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"The Oberheim OB-X is an analog polyphonic synthesizer. It was the first Oberheim synthesizer that was created with internal prewired modules and not with the bulky SEM modules. Because of this, it was more functional for live performance, not to mention more portable. It was introduced in 1979 and was discontinued in 1981. It came in four, six, and eight-voice models.

This is the eight-voice version, actually SO OLD our resident synth guy who looked inside it said it's made by putting modules from two four-voice versions together. That's why we think this one is an earlier one. Also note the slightly different graphics (OB-X logo on the lower right above the keys, instead of the top left).

Besides the generous polyphony, each OB-X came with a memory capable of holding 32 user-programmable presets, along with polyphonic portamento, and polyphonic sample and hold. The OB-X was in direct competition with the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. Capable of lush analog synth sounds comparable to the Sequential Prophet 5 but at a reasonable price. The OB-X also gives you Polymod functionality, something that the OB-Xa and OB-8 do not have."