Evan playing synth

flickr by pbezian

"This is not yet an analog one but i still believe he will"

And it begins...

This is what it sounds like when the ducks cry

flickr by armenws

"triangle/square wave oscillator with input/output and overdrive

solderless."

Prince reference of course.

Inside an Akai EWI 3020m Analog Synth Module

flickr set by kb_cheapmods
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"I'm not much of a wind player - mostly I goof around with my Casio DH's, but this EWI3020+3020m set was on ebay for a good price because it wasn't working.

I knew the 3020m was an all-analog synth, but I didn't know what the hardware inside was (and the service manual isn't floating around on the web).

Turns out it's got some solid CEM voicing, with some pretty decent matrix modulations possible, managed by the 78cXX micro. I haven't hooked it up to a midi keyboard yet, so I don't know if it's workable as a rack monosynth.

These are just some photos of the inside and outside of the unit. I wonder if this is the very last of the first era of analog synths (late 60's to mid 90's)?"

"Single board synth on the inside, surprisingly simple with minimal components..."

push pull 1- drums.mov

YouTube via coloringpad | July 23, 2010

"push.pull
pulse synth harmonics
phase (un)locked loops

The push.pull pedal is a synth effect based upon the PLL (Phase Locked Loop) IC, in which the PLL has been "unlocked" and let loose through joysticks, switches, and a pushbutton. It is hard to describe the sounds I have already heard: distorted, glitchy, fuzz, bass synth, drone, full of clicks, 8 bit, and erratic synthetic hyperdrive.

4 Non-Return to Center Joysticks
A green LED pushbutton that "unlocks" the pedal, allowing it to spiral out of control.
4 switches: Capacitor Envelope (Slow, Slower, Bypass) High/Low Tone Select Feedback Select (Audio, Voltage, Bypass) True Bypass
In/Out/Power

Painted in Blurple Colorshift and coated in a thick bar top-type epoxy
Low profile aluminum enclosure

I will add graphics.

Ridiculous. Insane. Brilliant. Wrong. Some adjectives I have heard to sum up musician's first impressions. I am flattered.

Why? Because I love the delicate monstrosity that is precarious noise. I also wanted to make at least an entry into the category of craziest pedal ever. Hope I can be yours.

I will manufacture these. Since I am emerging as a pedal artist, I will do a limited run of these (say about 10) over the next month or two. I am looking for investors and/or a collaborators smarter than me in the area of engineering and electronics, so that the push.pull can be even better. In the meantime, I will post videos and experiment and refine. If you would like one, email me about your interest at either pushpullpedal@gmail.com or coloringpad@gmail.com and I will keep you posted and definitely email you when they are ready.

Price? Not there yet. I'll know more soon.

www.pushpullpedal.blogspot.com
www.coloringpad.blogspot.com"

Update: two more videos:

push pull 2: self oscillation


push pull 3: ef303 synth

Roland R-5 Human Rhythm Composer DEMO

YouTube via Cokabit | July 23, 2010

"Roland R-5 Human Rhythm Composer DEMO

Type: Drum-machine
Synthesis Type: Sampled
Multi-timbral (number of parts): 12
Controllers : Roll and Flam buttons. Start/Stop via FS.

Drum Section :
Number of Drum Kits : 5
Number of Drum sounds : 68

Keyboard :
Number of Keys : 16 pads
Can send on 16 simultaneous MIDI channels
Responds to : velocity,

Sounds can be split by
Inputs and Outputs :
Number of Audio Outs (excluding Phones) : 6
Number of Audio Ins : 0
Number of MIDI Outs (excluding Thru) : 1
Number of MIDI Ins : 1

Sequencer Memory :
Number of Notes : 2600
Number of Patterns : 100
Number of songs : 6"

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Interview with Arturia Founder Frédéric Brun

YouTube via RockoNCompany | July 23, 2010
More recreations of analog synths coming in 2011.

Subtractive synthesis, envelopes, FM

YouTube via Photosounder | July 23, 2010

"This video shows how to create an instrument, first by creating a dot with harmonics, editing the intensity of the harmonics using Horizontal Curves/Average, then how to apply an envelope to that basic tone by drawing a curve on a new layer and turning it into a suitable multiplication layer using Fill from Maxima to Bottom and Vertical Average, and then how to apply some frequency modulation to make the pitch shift up and down by drawing a sine-like curve and using Vertical Propagation.

http://photosounder.com"

nye tider - nye toner pt.2

YouTube via unklekarma | July 22, 2010

"Some footage shot with various cameras.

nye tider - nye toner is a project supported by Sundholmskvarterets områdeløft.

Music constructed by unkle:karma, Sondinas & Drexter.
It is more or less improvisation using various instruments (batteries only)."

Yamaha YC-45D

via this auction
"Yamaha YC-45D. Described as the Cadillac of combo organs but in fact more of a synthesizer in many ways. Probably the coolest looking keyboard ever made however. Used in the 70's by Chick Corea and other Jazz types. Popular with ska bands later on (the Specials used on last year for their reunion). It's also Becks keyboardist Roger Joseph Manning Jnrs favourite keyboard. And for good reason because it is properly brilliant.

Comes with (tilting) stand, bass pedals, volume pedal and cases for everything."

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