MATRIXSYNTH

Roland MRS-2 ProMars Compuphonic Analog Synth

via this auciton

I swore I put this one up already, but I can't find it, so here it goes again. There's even a Synth Babe poster in the background for you below.

"EMS Synthi A modular synthesizer. If there was ever a turnkey example of a Synthi A, this is the one. Turn it on, and everything is there, including the following mods...

1) oscillator 2 sync with osc1/osc3 or off
2) oscillator 3 sync with osc1/osc2 or off
3) oscillator 3 frequency hi/low switch
4) sync depth (Threshold) Pot/control
5) vcw2 (not sure about this)
6) Envelope Invert jumper/pin
7) gate input (was ch2 Control Signal In)"

Oberheim Matrix-6R

via this auction

"Oberheim Matrix 6R Analog Synth, this unit is in perfect working order and clean, home studio use only, the s/n # is k620162

if you need to reset the unit you do it like this:

To reset everything hold down STORE, power off/power on while holding it down. Release store, display goes blank, display resets and displays 00."

Musikmesse: New Items at the Superbooth

In case you didn't click through earlier.
via SchnedersBuero:

Tisch 1:
Doepfer / D-München www.doepfer.de
NEW: matrixmixer, dsp-fx, quad midiconverter, etc

Tisch 2:
Manikin electronic / D-Berlin www.manikin-electronic.com
NEW: Vintage3, Prototype X
The Harvestman / USA www.theharvestman.org
NEW: Stilton adapter, Evin 209
Make Noise / USA www.makenoisemusic.com
NEW: Quad MultiMode Gate, WOGGLEBUG
Tiptop Audio / USA www.tiptopaudio.com
Bubblesound / USA www.bubblesound-instruments.com
NEW: SEM20 VSF
Cwejman / SE www.cwejman.net

Tisch 3:
MFB / D-Berlin www.mfberlin.de
NEW: 522, Modul Drum 07 + X
Studio electronics / USA www.studioelectronics.com
Future Retro / USA www.future-retro.com NEW: ORB
SND / D-München www.s-n-d.com

Tisch 4:
Sherman / Belgium www.sherman.be NEW: Restyler DJ tool
Schippmann / D-Berlin www.schippmann-musik.de

Tisch 5:
L.L.Electronics / D-Kaiserslautern www.rozzbox.de
NEW: Rozzbox V2
EOWave / France www.eowave.com

Tisch 6:
JoMoX / D-Berlin www.jomox.de NEW: M-Base11
Moonmodular / D-Berlin www.lunar-experience.com NEW:
big modular trigger sequencer, quad quantizer, reversible mixer, etc..
Curetronic / D-Dresden www.curetronic.com
NEW: Midi-interface, 3HE modul adapter
Metasonix / USA www.metasonix.com
NEW: Assblaster KV100, R-51, R-52 and 53 prototypes
Flower electronics / USA www.flowerelectronics.com

Creamware-Prodyssey-14

flickr by radar23
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random voltage

via Johan: "Here is a photo from an installation i made recently at Fylkingen in Stockholm"

random voltage

"A true modular synthesizer is a synthesizer where the different sound generators, processors and control facilities are presented as independent objects without preconceived signal and/or control paths inbetween. The musician/composer chooses the combination of modules and connects them according to the musical idea, essentially creating a new instrument for each "patch".

This was the way all synthesizers were designed in the beginning. Soon some manufacturers discovered that it was more commercially successful to pre-package the synthesizer in a certain way, locking it into a single patch with just a few choices available to the musician and attaching a piano keyboard to the circuit. The word "synthesizer" quickly became synonymous with this design, often even called "keyboard" and used almost exclusively by pianists. Most people out there are not even aware of the modular synthesizer design. In the process of commercializing the synthesizer its abstract sound world had to be mainstreamed by letting it imitate acoustic instruments - strings, brass etc. Synthesizer quality was measured in terms of how realistic its sounds were.

The synthesizer is so much more."

From the Modular Synthesizers section Be sure to see random voltage for more including audio.

Update via the comments: the modules are from the Buchla 200 series.

Musikmesse: Doepfer Black Energy

"Dark Energy is a monophonic stand-alone Synthesizer with USB and Midi interface. The sound generation and all modulation sources are 100% analog, only the USB and Midi interface contains digital components.

Dark Energy is built into a rugged black metal case with wooden side plates. High quality potentiometers with metal shafts are used and each potentiometers is fixed to the case (no wobbly shafts and knobs). The distance between the controls is a bit wider compared to A-100 modules and knobs with vintage look are used.

Dark Energy is also available as module A-111-5 for usage within the the modular system A-100. The only differences are the missing power supply and USB/Midi interface and the module uses the standard distances between the controls. The VCO frequency CV input (1V/octave) and the Gate input are normalled to the corresponding signals of the A-100 bus via jumpers. The jumpers can be used to interrupt the internal bus connections.

Dark Energy: Euro 400.00, Release date: June 2009"

spotted this one on Gearjunkies. I'm not seeing it on the Doepfer site yet or other.

Remember to click on the Musickmesse label below for all posts.

NI Maschine - Fun with the FX

YouTube via SuicideServer
"NI Maschine is running in standalone mode. No external FX was used. NI Maschine is running through NI´s Audio Kontrol 1 Audio Interface."

Organ demo 3/5 - Yamaha HE-8

YouTube via organfairy
"The HE-8 from 1989 was the biggest organ in the HE series from Yamaha. I works with a combination of wavetable and FM synthesis which Yamaha called Advanced Wave Memory - or AWM.
Normally I use it with an external drum machine. But in this the third organ demo I use it as it is with nothing attached.

The songs are:

Seven Tears (W.E.Stein, W.Jass)
Equinoxe VII (J.M. Jarre)
Cry just a little bit (?)
La Chambre séparée (E.Donato, J.D.Parker-Tanja, W.Lang, T.Ockerse)
Hi-Fi (Troels Trier, Rebekka Brüel)
Rivers of Babylon (Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton)
Lovers Concerto (Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell)"