MATRIXSYNTH

Krunkus ASM-2 Sorcerer

via Uncle Krunkus on electro-music.com

"Here's a couple of pics of my ASM-2 PCB. Just to show that in the same way a "modular" is never finished, a complete synth PCB is still a work in progress.

On the front side pic you can see my two Sync summer/buffer boards striding through VCO territory like a couple of War of the Worlds walkers. Towards the other end you can see my first "addition" which was a small board for the +/-10V trimmers. Some of the TL074s needed inputs swapped, that's why there are some piggybacked sockets around town.

On the back side pic you can see the extent of the "secret undocumented features", otherwise known as kludges. There are 24 all up including the 3 on the front. It doesn't look as pretty as a "perfect" board, but I know this collection of circuits back to front because of all the extra work I've needed to do. I wouldn't have it any other way. Well,....unless I find out there's something else I need to 'fix'." see the thread for updates. See the ASM label below for more.

Stramp Synchanger II - VEMIA

"Rare European take on the Synthi Hi-Fli style of guitar processor, nicely designed, and in good cosmetic condition and working order. Full title: Synchanger 2 4000. Complete with some idiosyncratic English spellings: 'functiones', 'modyfiers'. Looks like it might be missing some lining material on the inside of the case lid, and has some slight marks on the control panel, but generally very good. No pedal included, but we believe uses standard stereo-jack-plug type pedal. Tested at Lucid Sound. Has the fastening plate underneath for attaching to a mic stand (wide type thread). Switchable voltage for use worldwide. Includes pitch-to-voltage conversion with hold (like practically all similar machines, difficult to avoid some glitches in the tracking oscillator); envelope following; fuzz; and a seven-band graphic EQ. Switches and faders for three outputs: source, internal synth, and fuzz. Really nice hardware (especially the switches), and a pleasure to use."

You can find this one on VEMIA - Click on Auctions, Search, and search for 5756.

EWI "Electronic Wind Instrument" FUNK w/ Mike Theiss

YouTube via funkscribe

"Saxophonist/Synthesist Mike Theiss tears up the funky EWI ( An electronic synthesizer played like a saxophone) live at Seattle's Nectar Lounge 4/4/08. Backin Mike up is Funkscribe's Family Affair. Check out miketheiss.com for more info."

flashy modular dot com synth

YouTube via ohrspace. "modular synth in the night :-)"
I see Roland. Anyone know what that is?

FUN YEARS DRUM MACHINE by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION "CIRCUIT BENT WITH 7 MODIFICATIONS"
Up for auction here.

"This thing also has a "Robot" setting, which is basically an awesome analog vocoder. Whatever you say will be rendered to whatever note you dial yourself to on the pitch slider, you can go up and down a full octave, starting starting at the bottom at the low C, middle C in the middle and high C at the top. It quantizes it per half-note, so you can change to different notes pretty easily, without having to fine tune or anything. This is the closest thing to a Korg VC-10 I've ever had the chance to use! It make some amazing sounds, way better than a MicroKorg, and way cheaper than a Korg VC-10!

I should also mention that there is a blending slider, so you can get a really nice octave effect on your voice or whatever you run through it, like a Boss OC-3 or Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer. The built-in reverb it has is also amazing, combining the reverb and octave effects can make just about anyone's vocals sound great. You could run a sax through it too, I tried that and it sounded great.

This also come with some sort of professional modification, where there is a headset microphone connected to the unit, and also a phone line for a connection to any land line telephone. I didn't realize that others didn't come this way when I got it, but everything works great either way. There is still a 1/4 inch input for a mic or synthesizer, guitar, or whatever, or you can use the headset. I think you can even use both, but I never really tried that. If you don't need these mod on there, I'm sure you could take it off if you opened it up, but I just left both of them on because I didn't want to mess with it. I never tried the phone line thing, but it should work fine. You can trick your friends into thinking you are someone else, or an alien or something crazy. The voice changer on this is so convincing! It's not at all like the voice changer toys you see on Halloween.

You can find more information here at the Boss website"