MATRIXSYNTH

Marion Systems ProSynth

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Note the Oberheim blue stripes on black styling.

"BY TOM OBERHEIM It is an 8 voice analog synth with 2 VCOs per voice and 1 VCF per voice with choice of 12 dB LP or 24 dB LP filter type with self oscillation. 3 EGs, 2 LFOs with plenty of modulation routing!!! One of my favorite things is that you can modulate the waveform type to make some wavetable type sounds!!! This is a very powerful beast in a 1 unit 19" rack unit"

Beginner's Book Of Electronic Music

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""The Beginner's Book Of Electronic Music" book by Delton T. Horn

Printed in 1983.
First Edition. First Printing.
376 Pages. Hardcover.

"Explore the exciting world of electronic music...discover the impact that new technology has made on the range and variety of synthesized sound...learn how you can create your own synthesized live or recorded sound using home-built circuitry or commercially available equipment! All this and more is included in this up-to-the-minute guide to synthesized music for both electronics and music hobbyists. Plus, it includes an extensive listing of available electronic music recordings and a complete buyer's guide to the commercial synthesizing equipment (modular, normalized, pre-set, and computerized).

Sound and acoustic principles are thoroughly reviewed and there's a detailed look at sound sources for electronic music- oscillators, noise generators, and recorded sounds. You'll learn how new sounds can be created by additive or subtractive synthesis, and the fundamentals of using filters, amplifiers, modulation, controllers, and other devices to manipulate musical sounds. There's also lots of practical advice on setting up your own electronic music studio.

Other topics covered: the basic of tape recording and editing; the ways modules can be interconnected to create sound s (patching); how-to's for combining electronic sounds into a unified musical work; how to manipulate natural sounds by electronic means (Musique Concrete); information on sonic environments, and a look at the special problems of live electronic music performance.

Packed with the kind of information you'll need to understand the fundamentals of synthesized music and the circuit data you'll need to start creating our own electronic music projects, this is a book that every electronic music enthusiast will want to refer to time and time again!"

Contains pictures of: The Maplin 5600S (Amazing color picture on the cover!), Korg VC-10, Korg X-911, Korg PS-3200, Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 and 10, Sequential Circuits Poly-Sequencer, Oberheim OB-Xa, Moog Source, Moog Taurus, Moog MG-1, Korg Trident, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Moog Prodigy, Moog Rogue, PolyMoog, Korg MS-10, Paia 2700 Modular, and many more!"

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Oscillators Simplified With 61 Projects

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"Oscillators Simplified With 61 Projects book by Delton T. Horn.
Printed in 1987.
Hardcover.
First Edition. First Printing.

"One of the most basic of all electronic circuits is the oscillator, or signal generator. Virtually all electronic systems incorporate at least one such circuit. While information on signal generators is not terribly hard to find, there has been no single source devoted to the oscillator until now. This book tells you all you need to know about oscillator and signal generator circuits for almost any application. Over 60 practical projects are included. These circuits can be readily adapted to suit your individual requirements."

Projects include:
Triangle Wave Generator, Quick & Dirty Rectangle Wave Generator, Double Oscillator, Super Simple Square Wave Oscillator, Simple VCO Circuit, Voltage-Controlled Sine Wave Oscillator, Op Amp VCO, Clock Pulse Generator, Gate Clock Pulse Generator, Practical Four Step Programmable Function Generator, Musical Tone Generator, Simple Organ, Staircase Wave Generator, Complex Tone Generator, Four Step Digital Sequencer, Ten Step Digital Sequencer, Random Tone Generator, Top Octave Generator Circuit, and many more."

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Vintage HOHNER BASS 2

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"This is a very cool Keyboard Bass, that packs into a case, and will be sure to attract positive attention from just about any musician! For those that do not know what this instrument is, it is basically a bass, packed into a keyboard format. It has several, very low frequency keys, and it is great for pianists and keyboard players that don't want to split their keyboard into a bass section.

Very similar to what Ray Manzarek of "The Doors" used, this keyboard bass can sit on top of your existing keyboard, or can sit on its INCLUDED stand alone tripod..."

Blog - Crazy musicians

YouTube via jeanmicheljarre. http://www.jarreblog.com

Blog - Tribute to Fiona's Dad

YouTube via jeanmicheljarre
"http://www.jarreblog.com
Fiona, Jean Michel's spokesperson, assistant and best friend, had always dreamed of having Jean Michel come and play in Ireland, her home country. Unfortunately, her father passed away, and was buried in Galway the very day Jean Michel played in Dublin.
The tribute was unplanned, by luck Louis was filming."

JMJ Blog Tokyo

YouTube via jeanmicheljarre. See the full write-up here.
Synth content: "I've been very busy choosing and finding new analog instruments, and we'll attach some photos of them. Through the internet, through different people in Europe and America, I found very rare and special analog synthesizers and I'm going to use them for my next musical project, which I'm going to start actually this very afternoon. It's composed of an ARP Quadra, a Solina, a very rare portable keyboard called the Syntar, developed more or less at the same time as the Moog Liberation, a Crumar, an Italian string and brass, and also a Roland CR-8000 drum machine. I was looking for this drum machine for quite a while and I finally found it in Amsterdam. So all these instruments are gathered at home, and I'm about to start a new project based on those, plus some other existing instruments I have in the studio as well."

Philip Glass Ensemble "Train/Spaceship" part 1

YouTube via mrsticker2. via Music Thing. Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
"Philip Glass Ensemble perform "Train/Spaceship" (part 1) live at Sadler's Wells Theatre in London in 1982. From a VHS only release called Four American Composers: Philip Glass by Peter Greenaway. I also want to take this opportunity to plug my band the D. Sticker Ensemble, so go visit our new website http://www.stickersongs.com/ and hear samples from our new album "Seasons of Sticker". It's available to purchase on-line."

Philip Glass Ensemble "Train/Spaceship" part 2

MonoMiK ladder VCF module test

YouTube via MusicMiK. You can find prior videos here.
"After you have seen the breadboarding videos of the two ladder filters, you can now see the final test of the assembled filter module with both filters in direct comparison.

Higher quality audio track and more about this here:
http://www.mik-music.org/tiki/tiki-vi..."