MATRIXSYNTH

1974 moog minimoog with new bushings

flicrk by Yotsuba&!
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Fairlight CMI

YouTube via psvbluemts
"Except from TV documentary about Australian venture capital industry in 1984 showing rare footage inside the Fairlight factory. Features Peter Vogel, Kim Ryrie, Mars Lazar."
Update: you might recognize the Fairlight in the last video from this post.

Electronics for Music Synthesis Lectures Online

click here
Prof. Aaron Lanterman
Some examples of what's listed:
# Session 1: 40 Years of Music Synthesis, Day 1 (Moog/Buchla up to DX7) (video)
# Session 2: 40 Years of Music Synthesis, Day 2 (DX7 and after) (video)
# Session 3: Op-Amp Review, Day 1 (video)
# Session 4: Op-Amp Review, Day 2 (video)
# Session 5: Meet the Korg MS-20, a typical semimodular analog monosynth (video)

"I've finally got videos of all the lectures from the Spring 2008 version of my class on "Electronics for Music Synthesis" posted to blip.tv. Previous versions of the class were called "Theory and Design of Music Synthesizers" - I retitled the class to more clearly indicated the increased analog focus and decreased digital focus of this version of the class (but there's some random bits of DSP-ish stuff in there, like discussions of aliasing).

There were 22 lectures this semester. Alas only 21 are posted, since I had technical issues with the camera one day."

Carbon111's Pro-One Restoration Project - Finished!

Details here

via SYNTHWIRE

BeatEd - a simple drum machine for S60

YouTube via suckho. via Failed Muso.
"BeatEd homepage:
http://www.byterapers.com/BeatEd/

BeatEd is a simple drum machine application for Symbian S60 mobile phones. It was originally developed in couple of nights to get a drum machine and metronome application for personal guitar playing purposes. After getting a lot of new ideas and positive feedback, I decided to improve it a bit and make a decent public release of it. So here it is, have fun!

Feature highlights:
- Easy to use beat editor, even easier beat player.
- Change tempo and volume while playing.
- Edit beat on-the-fly while playing.
- 16 bit 16 channel audio mixer.
- Extremely accurate beat timing (1-999 BPM).
- Real-time VU meters.
- 16 different drum tracks.
- Supports S60 v3.x mobile phones.
- Adjusts to different screen layouts.
- Random volume variance.
- and much more..

Supported devices:
- All S60 3rd edition devices (Forum Nokia list)

Tested devices:
- Nokia 6120 Classic, N82, N91, N93i, N95, E51, E60, E65, E70, E90 Communicator

Sorry about the crappy sound quality in the video! It's due to the camera I used, not the software :)"

maison vague - change

YouTube via maisonvague. via celiar structures

"This music video documents the production of the song "change" by maison vague. The footage is drawn entirely from the actual sessions, along with images of some of the equipment used in the production. The song is built on a relentless Jupiter-4 arpeggiated bass line, triggered by a CR-8000 drum machine, modified with individual mono outputs, synced to Pro Tools via an MSQ-100 MIDI sequencer. As the Jupiter-4 has no MIDI, this was the only way to keep things *somewhat* in sync during overdubs. Although the OB-Xa features prominently in the video, the majority of the synth sounds in this song come from the Jupiter-4." Lyrics here - check out the video description.

MS-20 + MS-20 = MS-40?

YouTube via Newueel
"Triple fun with two Korg MS-20 analog synthesizers and a Korg SQ-10 analog sequencer! The SQ-10 is basically used for controlling the filters for both MS-20s.

The first MS-20 (middle) is triggered by the SQ-10 and plays some rythm and bass. Both filters are controlled by different SQ-10 patterns (Channel A+C), the bass (pitch) is controlled by the keyboard. Both VCO's are used for bass sound colour, VCO-2 is a little detuned.

The other MS-20 (below) is triggered by its own keyboard and is used for melodic adds. The highpass filter is controlled by the modulation generator and the SQ-10 pattern (Channel B). Also some portamento is added to this pattern. The control wheel controls the clock speed of the SQ-10 and doubles it up a couple of times (used at end).

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These synths are also part of a much bigger lineup used by our musical explorer team (Cosmic Spring). You also might want to check out the following site: http://www.cosmicspring.com (includes free music downloads)!"

Roland Jupiter-8

images via this auction

MOOG Rogue Modded

via this auction
"blue LED power light
Buffered 1/4 inch audio outputs for Oscillator 1, Oscillator 2, and Noise.
1/8 inch modulation outputs for Triangle, Square, and Random waveforms.
1/8 inch VCF modulation/CV input.
Blend controls to fine tune the amount of modulation to VCF and VCOs.
When none of the added jacks are used and the blen controls are set all the way up, this Rogue will preform 100% stock."