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YouTube via DrOctave1
"maths qmmg ulfo sine mod doepfer lfo cwejman spacial phaser"

wrongbot: 8-step sequencer synth noise 'circuit bent'

via this auction
"That's why you need this in your life. Everyone loves bleeps and boops... FACT!

However, bleep-organisation is often overlooked. This can lead to stress, confusion and lost noise. You wouldn't wish that upon your greatest nemesis.

Lucky for you then. This little box can sort your bleeps right out.

ok, enough nonsense. Sorry about that.

This is a 1-to-8 step sequencer that pulses a VCO. The VCO is controlled by 8 dials. Each of the 8 dials control the pitch of the bleeps. The master pitch of the VCO is controlled by the RANGE dials.

The steps are selectable via a rotary switch. Two momentary buttons can be used to RESET and HOLD the sequence.

Each step lights an LED. 1-4 are green while 5-8 are red. There are 4 LEDs, they're massive and dual colour.

The speed of the bleeps is controlled by an LFO. The LFO speed is controlled by the RATE dial. That has a lovely warm white LED for reference.

There's an ON switch.
Theres a VOLUME dial.
There's a 9v DC socket and a battery clip.
There's kick ass vinyl decals all hand cut by me.
There's NO onboard speaker, so amplification is needed.
There's a 6.35mm Jack socket for that purpose.
There's rubber feet."

360 Systems MIDI BASS Synth Module

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via this auction

"Cool little vintage tabletop sound module that has some very retro bass samples. There are 4 sounds, 1 = accoustic bass, 2 = electric full tone, 3 = elec. thinner tone, and 4 = slap bass."

Update: a couple of links to some additional information on the 360 Systems MIDI Bass sent my way via GB: resume.htm - Jamie Robertson "Designed hardware and software for milestone electronic musical instrument products, including the Synclavier Digital Music System, the Linn9000 drum machine and the 360 Systems Pro MIDI Bass."

360product.htm
"At top [see link and compare it to the images here] is the original Midi Bass as it was first released. Note particularly the “Midi Bass” logo as it here appears. Though my client liked this logo very much (with its “cat-scratch quotes” and “a line running through it for no good reason”), it seems that dealers absolutely detested it. We quickly replaced it with a blockier, more conventional logo."

KORG R3

flickr by S_Ishimaru

Roland System 100M Vintage synth'n'sequence system

via Stefan: "browsing the 2nd hand marketplace for synths, i suddenly bumped into http://link.marktplaats.nl/289424446">this!"
huge system 100M for sale (Belgium)
Roland System 100M Vintage synth'n'sequence system.
Nice complete 11 oscillator setup including MC-4B full set.
Modules:
110 VCO/VCF/VCA x1
112 Dual VCO x5
121 Dual VCF X1
130 Dual VCA x1
131 Mixer/HP amp x1
132 Dual Mixer/Voltage Proccessor x1
140 Dual ADSR + 1 LFO x2
150 Ringmod/SH/LFO x1
165 Dual Portamento x1
172 Phaser/Delay/LFO x3
174 Parametric EQ x1
182 sequencer x4
190 Kabinet x4
191J Kabinet x2
184 Poluphonic 4-CV KB Controller x1
+
Original Manual and Original service manual
Roland 100M based Modular synthesis tutorial book
all cables to connect the modules to the cabinets
shitload of original Roland and non-original patchcables.
Original Roland patch cable set in sealed in blister"

Formant Brothers "Ordering a Pizza de Brothers!"

YouTube via nsako.

"The documentation of a live performance by Formant Brothers (Masahiro Miwa & Nobuyasu Sakonda) recorded in Osaka/Japan in Nov. 2003.

--- In Ordering a Pizza de Brothers! the Formant Brothers perform music on their own real-time voice synthesis system, the Klavocode, and as a side-effect of this performance, order a pizza by telephone. The Big Brother(Mr.Miwa) is responsible for phonemes, and Little Brother(Mr.Sakonda) takes care of intonation and accent. The voice is synthesized from duet's actions. Using MIDI keyboard, the Japanese phonemes are mapped to combinations of the 12 key in an octave using the system called "Brother's Keyboard-to-Phonemes Transfer Standard for Japanese Language" (BKPT-Standard), ---

(text written by Takayuki Rai on Computer Music Journal vol.28 No.4, Winter, 2004, MIT Press, p125)"

SciFi Drone ANALOG SYNTH

via this auction
"The synth includes two squarewave oscillators and a lowpassfilter, likely the one from the weird sound generator. The lowpass filter and the OSC can be controlled by potentiometers. There are 4 body contacts which modify the sound a little bit, too. Also there are 2 buttons which can smooth reduce the volume of each OSC and raise the volume of the other one. I think the sound is to compare with the weird sound generator (music from outer space) or the dronelab (casper electronics). But this is just my subjectively estimate. Just listen to the samples."

http://kaputtpanzer.webs.com/bss1.mp3
http://kaputtpanzer.webs.com/bss2.mp3
http://kaputtpanzer.webs.com/bss3.mp3

AKAI PRO MPD18 USB/MIDI PAD CONTROLLER NOW SHIPPING

"Cumberland, R.I. (October 16, 2009) – Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces that its MPD18 portable pad controller is now shipping to retailers.

The MPD18 is the smallest-sized model in Akai Professional’s line of MPD pad controllers. DJs, programmers, producers and other musicians will find this MIDI-over-USB controller to be perfect for triggering samples, controlling software, and a variety of other applications. Its small footprint makes the MPD18 easy to integrate into any setup for stage performance, studio production or musical creation on the go.

The heart of the MPD18 is its bank of 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive genuine MPC pads, an Akai Professional exclusive. Users can access three different banks of sounds from the pads for a total of 48 sounds at once. The MPD18 also borrows the MPC series' assignable Q-Link controllers, enabling users to control nearly any parameters in their software in real time on an assignable Q-Link fader and an assignable Q-Link button.

Users will find the MPD18 to be convenient, sending MIDI information over its plug-and-play USB interface for use with Mac or PC without installing any drivers. The USB connection also powers the MPD18 so musicians can use the controller with no power supply. The MPD18 can control virtually any MIDI software, as well as MIDI hardware, such as synthesizers, sound modules, samplers, sequencers, drum machines and more.

“The MPD18 gives you the iconic control feel of the MPC in a compact footprint that's easy to fit in any setup,” said Adam Cohen, Director of Business Development, Akai Professional.

The MPD18 is available from musical instrument and professional audio retailers and has a U.S. Retail Price of $199.00 with an estimated street price of $99.00."

Software Klee Step Sequencer

via this electro-music.com thread
"This is a cross-platform (Mac and Windows -- sorry, no Linux) software Klee. It was created with the input and testing of several Klee "veterans", including Scott Stites himself, Mosc, State Machine, Uncle Krunkus and EdisonRex. It includes virtually all major functions from the hardware Klee, and adds many new ones:

• MIDI output to any hardware or software synth
• Internal or MIDI clock
• 10 preset slots for instant recall of parameters
• Presets can be saved to and loaded from disk
• Built-in clock divide capability
• Synchronous load - loading of pattern happens on clock pulses, and not in between
• Load on Play feature to allow for loading of pattern each time clock started
• MIDI-controllable baseline note
• Custom definable note range allows for alternative scales

It should be available within the next few weeks hopefully. And although I can't make EM09 next week, others who are attending will be able to demonstrate it, if it's not available publicly by that time...

Dan"