MATRIXSYNTH

Find the Blofeld

via swissdoc:

"I made a small small riddle, aim is to find the Blofeld VA sound in the other real VCOs and a sample played from the Blofeld. It is in addition a brief shootout between Analog and Virtual Analog and Japanese Synths versus German Synths :-)

You hear three notes in succession from each synth, pure dry sawtooth waveforms. Volume is aligned for even RMS.

You hear the following synths (not in that order):

Blofeld
Korg MS-20 (Sample played back from Blofeld)
Jomox SunSyn
Roland System 100M
Elektor Formant
Roland SH-2

(VLC 0.8.5 on Windows 98 creates some artefacts at playback, Till who helped in beta-testing reported something else from his MAC, no idea what´s going on. Plays fine with Windows Media Player).

Here is the link:
www.swissdoc.de/sounds/vco_raw_riddle.wav

Write in your answer the list of synths as they are played, if you like, just say, Blofeld VA is number 11 and state which synth you like most or any other comments..."

ROLAND SH7

via this auction

"A very flexible oldie from Roland. Standard SH sound with lots more creative control and tweak-ability! The VCO's are a little different than traditional SH synths, they are syncable! There's also a mixer for all the audio signals which can be distorted for brash techno sounds. It's fun and easy to use but very powerful and perfect for screamin' techno sounds and effects! It features many new functions like an external audio input, a ring modulator, syncable VCO's, more waveform shapes, white/pink noise generators and sample+hold."

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 R2

via this auction

"This synth has been retrofitted with Kenton MIDI, and has the ultra rare cassette tape interface so you can save and load patches. I also have 5 spare SSM chips for it"

Tom Tom Club Octave Plateau Voyetra Eight

via this auction
"The strings on the Voyetra are otherworldly. I have used this synth on numerous tracks including a cover of New Order's Your Silent Face. It responds to aftertouch and velocity, has modulation routings up the wazoo, an arpeggiator, a sequencer, and much much more! Look up Voyetra on wikipedia to find out what this synth can do. I think of it as a cross between the Prophet, Jupiter-8, Memorymoog, all wrapped up in one. Very versatile synth, famously used by the Eurythmics and New Order.

History: I bought this synth off a guy who toured with ex-Talking Heads members in a band called the Tom Tom Club. He had two of them and sold me his second one. He told me he lived down the block from Peter Lanzilotta and had it regularly serviced and kept up to date and had it brought up to the latest software version (4.0) before he sold it to me. He certainly must have because I've owned this synth for over 10 years now and have never had ANY issue with it."

Studio Electronics MidiMini Rack Minimoog

via this auction

"midified rackmount version of the original Minimoog made by Studio Electronics in the early 90's. It responds to aftertouch and velocity, has oscillator sync, note prioritization settings, a dedicated LFO so you can free up the third oscillator, an oscillator sweep function, and much much more!"