digisound ted

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ARP MINUS NOISE MIXER MODEL 8

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Inside an ARP Minus

ROLAND MSQ 700

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"It runs off a Roland 2-prong power cable which is not included in the auction (but these are easy to get). In 1984 Roland released an 8-track MIDI sequencer called the MSQ-700. Weighing in at 11 lbs it looked like half of a TR909. The MSQ-700 is an 8-track sequencer that holds up to 6,500 notes that can be stored on one of the 8 tracks. Several functions of the MSQ-700 include a chain function, multi-track function, overdubbing and a merge function. The MSQ700 is a very reliable and robust design which will survive for decades. It is based around a Z80 micro-processor. There are 2 circuit boards, one is mounted to the front panel and contains the controls, the other is mounted to the base plate and is the main digital board. Use it to control your TR-909 or JUNO keyboard. The MSQ-700 is compatible with both MIDI and Roland's proprietary DCB sync methods. Today the MSQ-700 is a very useful sequencer for storing 8 short sequencer loops, with all the advantages of hardware control. Lots of knobs and switches! Its immediacy makes it a creative tool."

Yamaha Keytars

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Yamaha KX1 and KX5

Yamaha DX Series Brochure

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Synth DIY UK 2008

click here for more images of this year's event. There are some inside shots of the Maplin in the set.

SDIY UK 2008

Roland System 700 Demos

You can the demos by HEXAGON on this Synthforum.nl thread. Note the demos are 100% System 700 - no effects and no other synths.

Robot drummer

Robot drummer from Michael Una on Vimeo.
"An implementation of the HighlyLiquid MSA-R MIDI control kit, triggering solenoid and dc motor-based kinetic drum strikers."

BTW, you can catch Michael Una, Peter Kirn of CDM and more at We Are Hacks: Music and Visual Performance at HOPE, NYC.

http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/07/12/we-are-hacks-music-and-visual-performance-at-hope-nyc-preview/#more-3638
"Friday night, a live audiovisual lineup from the worlds of createdigitalmusic.com / createdigitalmotion.com invades the HOPE conference, aka Hackers on Planet Earth, the three day-long convergence of tech hacking. $10, open to all, 11-2a Friday July 12 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York. It’s a live digital, technological variety show in a doomed NYC landmark hotel with an audience of famous and infamous hackers. (Think Kevin Mitnick and MythBusters’ Adam Savage and Steven Levy, all in one place.)"

music : guitar + the harvestman suitcase modular synth

YouTube via devievervlog
"http://www.deviever.com/music/

Suitcase Modular Synth thanks to...
http://www.theharvestman.org/

I decided to fuck around in the new studio. The lighting is non-existent and the sound is recorded via the camera mic, but whatever.

- The guitar set up -
Fender Strat (w/ kill switch)
Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi
Crybaby Wah (fasel mod)
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Digitech PDS 20/20 Digital Delay
Fender Studio 85 amp

- Synth setup -
Custom built suitcase modularby The Harvestman :
malgorithm bit crusher (unused here)
polivoks vcf
zorlon cannon
tyme sefari delay
... some other stuff
-into fender studio 85 line-in

I'm still figuring out the modular, so bear with me. Should hopefully have better lighting in the studio in a few weeks and will take pictures / more video."

mod ula

YouTube via cray56. "serge modular"