Appendage Touch Ribbon Sixth Video: TFS controls modulation

YouTube via ScottStites
"Appendage TFS Voltage output controlling a VCA that's feeding an LFO to its modulation input. The bend and initial voltages are controlling the VCO pitch. Slide output is not used in this video."

Maestro Echoplex EP-3 Tape Delay with Roland HS-60 analog synthesizer JUNO 106

YouTube via caroy111
"Here a little demo of my roland hs-60 with my echoplex tape delay. It made some nice and crazy sounds!"

Glitch monster sk-1.mov

YouTube via kidtronic
"This is a one-of-a-kind patchable glitch box. It is dozens of hours of soldering spagetti by the inventor www.kingcapitalpunishment.com You can find it on his website under one of a kind devices. It was once a Casio sk-1. Features I am NOT demonstrating here: Hendrix-style feedback loops using the microphone send and the drum machine glitch out. Oceanus shows some of that drum thing, so instead i thought I'd simply patch up and go. The click beat your hearing are the 8 mechanical relays that switch on the glitch patch. I am also not using the light source VCA. This machine is simply mad, Mad i tell you! You can do melodic flutes with poly-portemento, vibrato and built-in echo but I didn't do that either. Madness in a box. Lots of fun."

Itinerant Keyboard and Diplomat interface module

YouTube via TheUmbrellaCo
"The Itinerant is 5th in the now epic "Tourist" series of circuit bent keyboards built into antique suitcases. It takes a departure being built around the classic kit keyboard design we all know and love for its juicy wonderful analog waveforms. The controls are centered around user assignables rather than presets. The nature of these keyboards is more that of momentary beauty than solid SK-1 predictability. It is shown here sequenced by the Diplomat interface module. The Diplomat is a new addition in the Umbrella Company arsenal. It is a 40 A/D input, 8 midi/analog switching output interface and controller. The main bay features pairs for 40 different ascii signals which are transmitted over a standard usb cable, and can then be used for just about anything. Shown here, the 'a' pair is connected to a plate and alligator clip and is being used to start a sequence in Max which steps through 5 midi messeges at about 185 bpm. The midi is then used by the Diplomat's output section to trigger the connection of 5 respective bends in the main bay of the keyboard. The apple remote is also demonstrated for a bend switching application. Also on the front panel: convenient voltage leads for motors and solenoids, and power/midi indicator leds. Both pieces are available on ebay this week! Feel free to email with questions at theumbrellacompany@yahoo.com
Enjoy!"

Some Evolver patches

video upload by DennisBastian

"A few patches on the DSI Evolver I made. Everything is made from scratch, no modified presets. No external effects."

Korg DS-10 V1

YouTube via altecapollyon
KORG DS-10 on Ebay
KORG DS-10 on Amazon

ARP Pro Soloist DGX

images at this auction
"This synth is a rare variation on the Pro Soloist. ARP labeled this a "digital synthesizer", but don't let that fool you--there is nothing digital about the sound of this synth. The label simply refers to the rudimentary method of patch storage, which uses some ones and zeros. The sound of this beast is full of creamy 70's analog goodness. There are few controls to alter the patches, but the sounds are really well chosen and useful, so you won't want to change them much anyway. Having a preset synthesizer on stage is advantageous; now you won't have to adjust all those sliders on the Odyssey every time you play out. Check out the pictures of the patch names--it is worth buying this synth just to select the patch entitled, "NOZE".

This synth sounds great. A few of the switches for the "Touch Sensor Effects" are not working. There is no aftertouch or velocity on the Pro/DGX; the switches simply apply an envelope to different parameters. The most important of these switches (REPEAT, WOW, and VIBRATO) do work and GROWL occasionally works on some patches. All the presets work great, as do the slider controls, though BRILLIANCE sometimes has a crackly spot if not used frequently. And, of course, the slider caps are gone."

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments: "Actually it uses a single high frequency digital square wave oscillator that's divided down then analog waveshaped with an analog signal path, vcf and some fixed filters. One big thing that the digital tech impacts is there is no direct way I've ever seen of to control the pitch via CV. I guess you put a switch under every key though.

The presets are also recalled on a digital matrix, but that wouldn't impact the sound by itself."

Technosaurus Selector B Modular Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

"This is a fully analog modular synthesizer with the following modules: 3 VCO / VCF 2 / Dual ENV / LFO / VCA / Control MIDI in a 9 unit high 19 inch rack unit. Includes seperate powersupply (220/230 volts), meaning that buyers from the US will have to get a step up transformer, 12 patch cords to get you started, and manual"

Fotos vom Ambient Circle Synthesizertreffen

You can find more images of the event via HaJo here.

Novation 25SL Compact IPOD Touch TOUCHOSC MOD

YouTube via autoflavour

"A quick video demonstrating a MOD i did to my Novation midi controller and my ipod touch.

TouchOSC is awesome little software, just like having a Lemur, only infinitely cheaper.. and the mod is completely reversible ..

Its extended the functionality of an already very useful keyboard. No keyboards were harmed in the making of this video

Novation 25SL Compact and TouchOSC controlling Ableton 7 and a Access virus Snow.

For my music, check out http://www.myspace.com/zumkabel or http://www.autoflavour.com Song is Darker Early by Broke:Kabel"

You can find TouchOSC here: