Roland SH-1000

via this auction - this is the one from this video

"Roland Sh1000manual

The Sh1000 has historical value being the first synth Roland made but it is also a great little monophonic synth. As Marc Doty below says , dont believe everything thats written or said on the net cause its just one persons opinion. Use you own eyes and ears to evaluate what you like. The presets sound great and can be changed by frequency mod /amp mod. The synth section is very easy to use and you have great control over sound shaping . All parts of the users synthesis section are easy to use and have a very unique sound . The filter section is especially good sensitive ,powerful and raw. it also has some very unique controls such as random noise switch which can be modulated in a number of ways.Very stable tuning with easy access to 3 tuning points ; the pitch knob on the front section (up a 5th /down 5th ) , overall tuning pot on the input section and a tuning pot on the bottom of the keyboard for adjusting the pitch spread of the octaves .

The Sh1000 up for sale is in remarkable condition, as near mint as your going to get for such an old instrument.Its 100% fully working and comes with the original case(even the key) and sheet music stand. I think its a really beautiful instrument."

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Unique early synthesizer - $85 (york,pa.)

via this cl posting via Adam. "custom made"
"posting our early synthesizer, made in Lancaster, Pa. for use with accordions or possibly keyboards- Custom made, this has draw bars and buttons that produce sounds of other instruments. it's a collectible vintage piece, and takes an amp and electrical cord, plus a hook up to the instrument. wt. appx. 40 pounds"

Update: some more shots:

Osmos Trailer

Osmos Trailer from hemisphere games on Vimeo.
"A few gameplay sequences from Osmos.
More info at hemispheregames.com
Soundtrack by Gas/High Skies, and Loscil."

Osmos Gameplay Footage

Osmos Gameplay Footage from hemisphere games on Vimeo.
vis Synthtopia

Minimoog 2

YouTube via alphacode909

HC KSS 1st Annual Midwest Gathering

YouTube via suitandtieguy. "Brought to you by STG Soundlabs."

Youtubetech - original track, kind of techno, house

YouTube via grauoliv

"Okay, nothing very special. This is the third and final take. First the audio was bad, then the video. This time I got it! Live techno jam with pre-programmed sequencing with Manikin Schrittmacher, MAM SQ-16 and Yamaha RY-30. Bass from Moog LP and DSI Mopho, Strings from Virus and Micro Q, Percussion from Drumstation, RY-30 and Akai MPC 500. Last jam in my 2008 studio setup. Now it's getting rebuild for more efficency. The track is inspired by ripe909 who really does a great job with his tracks & videos here on youtube."

Kurzweil K2500 base, No Roms Kdfx Demostration Part 1 by S4K (Jordan Rudess Style)

YouTube via Space4Keys
"Demostration
Keyboard: Kurzweil K2500 Base version ( no ROMs/kdfx)
Performed by S4K

www.space4keys.com"

Synth Bach

YouTube via Shleeeed

NAMM: Blofeld Road

follow-up to this post
Pictures taken by three crazy Waldorf betatesters: Dr. Georg Müller, Till "keep on turning these knobs" Kopper and Boele "SCD" Gerkes.

http://www.waldorfmusic.de
Note: Waldorf stated that they have NO part in this and may consider looking out for more sane beta-testers... :)

Hmm... The local Migros is somehow not as flattering as Abbey Road. :) If you could only pick up synths at the supermarket...

My Proposal to Katy Rokit during MachineDrum Live PA

Published on Jan 5, 2009 KatyRokit

"Shagghie's Live PA at The Kava Lounge on Dec 12th, 2008.
He asked me, 'WYMM', by plugging in robotic vocal samples into his drum machine towards the end of this amazing Live PA. i said yes!"

Elektron Machinedrum, Monomachine and Roland TB-303

Update: some details from Shagghie:
"I proposed to vocalist Katy Rokit during a live PA at the Kava Lounge last month...
I plugged in speak-and-spell style vocals into each part of the MachineDrum during my
last song of the set...such that it would say "Katy Rokit Will You Marry Me", and let those parts build up as I dropped out other parts. This vid is of the last few minutes of the set and captures the proposal, and her delightful reaction, too! (she said yes, amazingly!)

For the synth heads... the live show was centered around the MachineDrum, a Beast 303 (www.thebeast.co.uk), a Kaos Pad 3 for FX and transitions, and an RNC compressor off the back of a Xone62 into the house mixer. Full audio of the entire set in high-res is here

Quite simply, the best night of my life. Thanks to VictorJohn and the Android Cartel and the army of TekFunkers for all your support, being there, and making that night so very special."