Vintage Synthesizer

YouTube via kennykeyboard
"Polymoogs were looked down upon since the Minimoog was so well received that the polyphonic machine to bear the Moog name wasn't up to the hype. It did have an aural edge over the other string synths that had similar technology. Mine like most was broken in some way. Here I do some sloppy improv and holiday tunes."

Vintage Synthesizer OB4v

YouTube via kennykeyboard
"Similar to the other video of the same synth except this time from atop. THis has been dubbed from an 8mm tape done in December 1998. Christmas tune"

Ensoniq SQ-80 Demo

YouTube via derekaggs11
"A very brief demo of the SQ-80's onboard 8 track sequencer. I slapped together this short song only a day after getting the synth so don't expect too much yet. The audio is recorded by holding an iPod earbud up to my PowerShot's microphone - it sounds much better in person." sorry. :)

YM2612 Circuit - C4 Scale

YouTube via TasuLife
"The Yamaha YM2612 is the sound chip
found in the Sega Genesis console. Here it is in a circuit I built playing a C4 Scale in the "Grand Piano" test voice described in the infamous SEGA2.DOC
http://www.smspower.org/maxim/docs/ym...

The NoteON function calls take integers in the Midi NoteOn format.
(C4 is 60,C# is 61, A4 is 69, etc)
It takes this number and decodes it into the YM2612's wacky 11bit FNumber and 3 bit block automatically."

AH Bay Area 10.25.08 via Kwote

You can find images on Kwotemusic.

Tangent Tutorials - Soldering Techniques and More

People on the SDIY list seem to like the tutorials on this page.

Oh, the bending you could do with this...

バンダイ　『ツッツキバコ』　動画

YouTube via MOCOMOCOMICHI

via Califaudio where you'll find more info on this one.

retrosynth ghett-o-scope

This one from Page 2 of David's AHBA set. Remember to check out the shots in detail.

TipTop Audio Z3000 in the Flesh

I completely missed this one in David's set for AHBA. Thanks goes to Mark Pulver for catching it on AH.

Pacific Northwest Synthesizer Meeting 2008 via Carbon111

You can find pics and notes via Carbon111 on SYNTHWIRE

BTW, you will notice the event referenced with PNW abbreviated and spelled out, the word meeting vs gathering, and so on. Same for the AH Bay Area event. I've created labels for each, PNW2008 and AHBA2008, so just click on them to see all posts for the events. The events label will bring up all event posts.

Pictured here: the group and some scrumptious cookies from Carbon111's wife, Laura. Thanks Laura! It was a fun event this year.

Roland System 700

via Richard

"Unfortunately only a photo of a photo as I don't have a scanner. Clearly posed-for-camera as no patch cables anywhere to be seen! This 700 was eventually donated by my Dad to the Science Museum in London."