MATRIXSYNTH

MicroKorg Scratchin'

YouTube via kleskxyz. "Setting Korg for DJ Scratchin'"

You can find the full post on Sequence 15.

"Roots of the V-Synth

Considering that the V is a bit out in left field compared to most of Roland's other offerings over the last decade, the question can fairly be asked: where did this idea come from? The roots of it can be seen in the JD-800/990 offering from the early '90s. That was Roland's first serious attempt to design a digital synth that would be attractive to synth programmers and sound designers. However, at the time it was introduced, it did not sell well. Part of this was the timeframe in which it was introduced (the synth market had turned heavily to romplers at the time). However, the attempt at building a knob-per-parameter digital synth turned out to be intimidating to some customers, as well as making the unit physically large. And, in the end they still had to put the effects, MIDI, and system parameters in menus. It helped that the 800 had two displays which were fairly generous for their time, and the 990 had an even better multi-line text and graphics display (derived somewhat from the S-series of samplers). Despite the flaws, it was state-of-the-art for a digital synth user interface at the time."

MFOS Sound Lab Mini-Synth

flickr by glacial23
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"MFOS Sound Lab Mini-Synth in progress... Detail of one of the easier kludges on the PLUS."

Multitouch and Windows 7

via Gizmodo

Update: new post with feature list and video below.

Video: Multi-Touch in Windows 7

First Mochika Jam

YouTube via shadowfac
"Electronic music jam with synthesizers.com modular, Atomo Mochika sequencer synth, and Ensoniq ESQ-1."

Jomox Sunsyn

images via this auction

Korg MS02

images via this auction
"# Designed for the purpose of connecting Korg MS-Series synthesizers with other synthesizers throughout the world.
# This sophisticated signal processor greatly enhances the performance possibilities of the MS-Series.

Specs:
* Log Amplifier: Tuning, Width, Hz/v Input (0~+15v), OCT/v Output (-12~+12v).
* Antilog Amplifier: Tuning, Width, OCT/v Input (-4~+4v), Hz/v Output (-12~+12v).
* Adding Amplifier: Channel 1 Level Control, Channel 2 Level Control, Input Channel 1, Input Channel 2, Output.
* Trigger Processors x2: Trigger Indicator, Reverse Switch, Input (Vth=+2.5v), Output (Ov+15v).
* Others: Power Switch, Pilot Lamp.
* Junctions: 4x2, 3x1.
* Dimensions: 11 1/8" W x 7 5/8" D x 4 1/4""

MULTIVOX MX-2000 DUOSONIC MX-880

images via this auction

"37 KEYBOARD, 2 VCOs, 30 PRESETS. The sound production is through and through analog, which is measured by year of publication and price also not surprising. He is both monophonic and duophon playable, with a total of two VCOs are available. The full 37 keys keyboard is capable of monophonic aftertouch to produce.There are in the oscillator section a controller to adjust the sensitivity. MULTIVOX MX-2000 DUO IS A CLONE OF THE ROLAND SH-2000. Multivox were an American based synthesizer company from the mid 1970's. They specialized in delivering Japanese designed and built equipment to the American market. MEASURES:36-1/2" X 11" X 5" 30 LBS"

The Who , Won't Get Fooled Again TOTPs

YouTube via RugbyDemon6789. From 1971. ARP 2500. See this post for how they did it.
via Analog Suicide.

Blip...

Funny thing is I almost put this shot up when I saw it on flickr a few minutes ago. Something told me to hold off and sure enough a post went up on Analog Industries. It turns out this is a side project of Chris Randall's (Chris of Analog Industries and Audio Damage).

"One of the roughly 8,000 projects I'm currently working on is a small synthesizer built almost entirely on an Arduino. The only external chips are the DAC and the opto-isolator for the MIDI input. It remains to be seen whether the Arduino will be fast enough to pull this off. I would like to make it a normal 1-osc subtractive synth, but Adam (who has far more experience with microcontrollers than I) says that the Atmega 16 (the Arduino's brain) isn't fast enough to do the real-time math necessary for a resonant filter." You can read about the project here.