Richard Lainhart's LUX

LUX from Richard Lainhart on Vimeo.
"An abstract HD film animated in After Effects. The soundtrack, "The Beautiful Blue Sky", is a realtime electronic synthesizer improvisation for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum."
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FL Chan

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Fruity Loops Studio 8

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Kawai R100

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"1985 Kawai R100 drum machine. Forget about the Roland TR 707 or the Oberheim DMX, the Kawai dominates over these machines for several reasons. First and foremost, THE SOUND! This box has the absolute deepest digital 12 bit kicks, toms, and snares I have heard in a drum machine. The sound is very deep and ranges from chesty, impact hits to aggressive and biting high's in the hi hat and cymbal department. Aggressive is probably the best word to describe the overall sound and feel of this machine. And if you are a fan of industrial music look no further. This is the EXACT sound of Ministry, KMFDM, and pretty much the bulk of Wax Trax! Records. I have sat with my copy of Twitch, Land of Rape and Honey, and What Do You Know, Deutschland and have recreated the rhythms and sounds VERBATIM! This is the box that did it. Pretty much every sound was featured on those records and the inexplicable aggressive movement of the machine's sequencer is what makes that industrial feel!

This was recorded with no outboard straight into Ableton Live and using only the R100 internal sequencer to sequence everything including the melodic content. There are no fx added other than a delay on the orchestral hits and Beat Repeat to stutter and filter the beat. It's a quick and rough demonstration with no mixing (the levels are off I know :) ) but demonstrates but a fraction of the feel and the general sound of this box! I used maybe about 5 of the 48 different sounds and two patterns! When you process this box with some proper mic preamps and a slamming compressor see what happens :)"

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Update via natefrogg in the comments:
"awesome little box! one of the most under rated 80s digital drum machines!

they're going for pretty decent prices on ebay, i just won one for about 50$, should get it in a few days and am excited =)

one of the coolest things about the kawai r 100 is that you can tune the drum hits on a step by step basis in your sequence, that can result in wackiness and oddities!

there seem to be tons of cool mods for them too, one of which allows you to switch between 4 different rom sound sets

here's the manual and sorry for replying to something so old hehe =)
www.kawaius-tsd.com/OM/MODULE~1/R100.PDF"

Korg Polysix MIDI demo

YouTube via SSM2044. "Korg Polysix with MIDI & Ableton Live"

MOOG Polymoog

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"Polymoog Synthesizer 203a
Serial Number - 3965
Date written under the cover - 9/25/79"

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Inside a Polymoog.

UNIVOX VALVE SYNTH/ORGAN

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"UNIVOX 1940'S VALVE SYNTH/ORGAN. A 6 WATT VALVE AMP WITH VARIOUS ORGAN STYLE SOUND TABS, CROCODILE SKIN STYLE CASE."

MOOG The Source

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Roland SH-101 Red

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MITS Audio Sweep Generator

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"This is a working vintage tone generator which can be used for testing oscilloscopes or for producing cool vintage synth sounding effects. It is marked "MITS Audio Sweep Generator". It big dials on the front, some switches and screw terminals for connecting to whatever you want.

From left to right the dials are: "SWEEP RATE (10MS to 1 SEC)", "FREQUENCY (1 to 10)", "FREQ. RANGE (switch between 10, 100, 1K, 10K, 100K)", "WAVEFORM (switch between sine, triangle, square)", "AMPLITUDE (0 - 5)" and "ATTENUATOR (switch between 0DB, 20DB, 40DB)".

Along the bottom row, left to right: on/off switch; power indicator lamp; SWP terminal; SYNC SWP and WAVE terminals; OUTPUT DIR, GND and ATTEN terminals; SWEEP mode switch (SWP or CW); SWEEP reset buttonl SWEEP RATE switch (x1 FAST, x100 SLOW).

Condition wise the front panel looks awesome. It has a brushed chrome panel. The top cover is powder coated black and has a few chips and flaws. There's a silver label on the back with serial number "E11063", Mits logo and the text "Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems Inc."

Dimensions of unit: 13" x 7" x 4"

Modified Roland SH-101

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"Roland SH-101 analog synthesizer professionally modified by Diabolical Devices. We have added an audio input for the VCF with a level adjustment. This allows you to input any line level signal and either mix it with synth VCOs or process just input signal (by adjusting source mixer). This is a great feature for this keyboard!! The VCA effects audio input too so you can adjust ADSR settings or pass signal straight using "HOLD" feature. The VCF can be modulated by sh-101s triangle, square, of random LFO, or by the envelope generator. Awsome effects for DJs or for processing drums or anything else. We have aslo added 1/8" outputs for Triangle, Square, and Random modulation which can be used to control external synths....Or trigger circuit-bent sounds in one of our modified Casio SK-1s. This would also go REALLY well with the modified x0xb0x (roland tb-303 clone) that we currently have listed."