Buchla Modular Synthesizer

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"SFSU Electronic Music Lab 1987 (under the direction of Dr. Herb Bielawa). This rig contains parts of the original San Francisco Tape Music Center Buchla 100 series modular synthesizer, including an 8 stage sequencer, a rack of Moog filters (HP, LP and BP) and a rack of house-made modules ("guerilla modules"). Not seen is the 16 step Buchla "keyboard" which was (remarkably for when it was built) pressure sensitive and each key was independently tunable. A great rig."

Music HDR

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Stevie Wonder 80´s Setup

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Bruno Spoerri - Iischalte (Switched-on Switzerland) (1974)

on 36 15 MOOG

MIDI clock control of Q960 sequencer

YouTube via davidryle
"To control the clock timing for synchronizing to Cubase, this patch was created on my Synthesizers.com modular."

LIVE JAM AT S-CAT 009

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. Note S-CAT/PHONICPOTION also bends quite a bit of gear. You can usually find his work on Ebay. You can also check out his YouTube channel for more, or of course search on PHONICPOTION or S-CAT on the top left of this site to see what I've posted of his before.

LIVE JAM AT S-CAT 010

juno106no1(3 replacement chips)

YouTube via abertronic.
"chip test and demo of ebay item up for auction."
Not sure if this one is listed yet. Juno-106 on Ebay
If possible always test your synths before you buy, especially Juno-106s. Be sure to test with and without the Sub Oscillator as the subosc can cover-up a faulting chip. This happened to me once.

juno106 no2 test (2 replacement chips)

FabFilter Volcano Demonstration Wins Science Fair

YouTube via gearwire
"Apparently, Bill Holland's mother never taught him that he shouldn't play around with volcanoes, because Bill is experimenting with FabFilter Volcano like he's some kind of scientologist in this video.

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Yamaha GX1 on Sequentix.com

Sequentix.com has a page up on the GX1. You can find it here. Currently there are only images including some of the inside and the separate programming interface. Note that Sequentix makes the P3 Sequencer and the MIDIBass 303 retrofit.


Note the bottom shot is one individual voice board with encased modules for each filter, VCA and VCO. I'm not sure how many cards are in the GX1, but if you click through you will see an image showing them lined up. I counted 50 cards, but some appear to be different than others.

The LEO at the Museum of Making Music

via Jeff of
http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/

"The LEO is substantial to say the least. It was developed by a guy named Don Lewis from the San Francisco area, and basically consists of a Hammond B-3, 4 Oberheim SEM's, 2 ARP 2600 modular units, 2 patch bays, Roland RE-201 and DC-50 for effects and a Revo speaker box w/ controller. Everything is encased in 1" thick acrylic and should never be moved by less than 6 people. It is, simultaneously, a work of exceptional ingenuity and unmitigated, cumbersome construction. It is, without question, the most obvious reason for the creation of MIDI." :)


Note the Museum of Making Music will be hosting a Moog exhibit (Moogseum) with The Bob Moog Foundation beginning September 2009. You can find previous posts on the Moogseum here.


Update: "The LEO is on permanent display here as well as a small selection of analog and digital synthesizers (Roland D-50, DX-7, Korg M-1). There are certain exhibits that are brought in on a temporary basis. The Moog Exhibit will be that kind of exhibit. But we also have 6 galleries of musical instruments dating all the way back to the late 1800s. All instruments are viewable to the public, but most are not playable. I will be consulting on a redesign of our Gallery 5 (The synth/80s room) after our current slide guitar exhibit is finished in April. I found out that our curator is housing several synths in an off-site warehouse including a WASP, a GNAT, and a SPIDER sequencer, a Synthi e, and a Korg Polysix just off the top of her head! So we're going to make the synth display shimmer in April."

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