KORG MONOTRON! Mini Analog Synth - Unboxing and Demonstration / Review

YouTube via VJFranzK | August 20, 2010

"NEW Analog Synth in a box the size of a cassette tape! (Remember what those were? ;-) Available NOW at NoiseBug.net. Here is my unboxing, and a demonstration with a variety of other music gadgets - one of the best features is the ability to run external sounds through the (very resonant) analog filter, which is based on Korg's classic MS-20! The sound is quite warm - it could be the perfect addition to various digital gear, and the price is unbeatable."

Keytar Action in Retarded Animal Babies 22

1st off, this one is 100% NSFW. If you are easily offended or maybe even not so easily offended, do not watch the episode here.

That said, if you are not familiar with RAB, it's a toon by Dave, the man who brought us The Packrat and these excellent videos. He runs all of http://umop.com/ and plays keys in Parallax. You should recognize his custom "Tron" red Roland AXIS keytar. See this video. Image of Dave below via the Parallax site, not the toon. Hmm... is he the donkey?

Notstandskomitee encore at Baustelle Festival

Notstandskomitee encore at Baustelle Festival from Malte Steiner on Vimeo.

"Notstandskomitee encore at Baustelle Festival Hamburg 14. August 2010. After a set made with Csound and played from Linuxlaptop I performed an encore only with my old IPod touch and Nanostudio, a brilliant self contained music app which I bought only a couple of days before.
I accidently hit the recordbutton because of the tiny screen and you can hear the metronome briefly but it fits well in the song.
The concert was basically the same as in the other video but this encore was performed the first time. And again it rained, water dropped on the Ipod and other equipment before.

Notstandskomitee tracks are available at iTunes:"


NanoStudio on iTunes:

iPads on Ebay
iPod Touch on Ebay

How to play stupid percussion sound for 3:00 minutes

YouTube via feelda303 | August 20, 2010

"the audio is a bit off sync, darnit :-/"
Access Snow

Some More Info on the Custom Clear Wersi

See the update by organfairy in this post.

Charlie Labs Rig

flickr by Charlie Labs
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Perrey and Kingsley with CrudBox

via CatSynth

RSF Modular 11

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"RSF Modular 11

RSF Modular 11 modules.Contains 8 x VCO,3 x VCF,4 x VCA,4 x Env,1 x Phaser,2 x Noise/S&H,1 x Lag,2 x Env Fol,3 x Mixer,1 x Ring Mod,3 x Power,many spare pcb's,some with frontpanels.Also a uber rare Polyclavier with 8 x cv/gate,arpeggio,keyboard mode,sequencer.RSF Modular 11 have been built in very low quantities.Somewhere around 20 systems have been built and less than 300 modules produced in total."

Gakken SX-150

via this auction
"Features
* Size: 4.5" x 6"
* Controls for LFO, pitch envelope, frequency cutoff, resonance, and attack/decay
* Slide controller (pen type electrode)
* Output and external input 1/8" jacks
* Small built-in speaker
* Runs on 4 AA batteries (not included)

Putting it together
Assembly of the kit requires little work - the circuit board comes fully assembled, i just mounted it to the panel and connected the stylus control strip. Power is provided by 4 AA batteries and a small speaker is included in the design. I highly suggest connecting the output to external amplification (this little guy really does sound quite good!). The "external source" jack accepts an amplified signal and converts its frequency into pitch control. Controls for LFO, pitch envelope, frequency cutoff, and attack/decay are included. Each potentiometer gives a wide range of response, so you have a relatively large amount of control over the sound."

Mod me
The simple design seems to suggest that the SX-150 wants/needs to be modded, hacked, and/or customized. Using the stylus/pitch-strip control only gives you a taste of the good sounds you can get from the kit. The SX-150 kit is very easy to use and some modding ideas are bound to come to mind should you get your hands on one. At the very least, you can choose from a number of included decorative decals - and at the more advanced end, schematic and code for using MIDI input has already been posted. I'm sure more sweet DIY add-ons are in the works - very awesome.

The Controller F - A touch pen generates CV and Gate.
- Also has a tiny extenal input that does F/V conversion.
(but also responds to amplitude :-).
VCO F Has saw-tooth output
VCF F Sullen-Key type 12dB/Oct filter. Very much like Korg MS-20 filter.
Envelope Generator F AD type.
LFO F Two output waveforms: triangular and rectangular.
Output F "

signal flow diagram below

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MFB OSC-02 VCO

via this auction

"From MFB:
The osc-02 uses fully analog technique taken from mfb synth ii model. three oscillators with all benefits and the typical character of analog construction in a single compact module.

Osc-02 offers a variety of notable functions: beside a common cv-control voltage for all vcos, all oscillators can be individually controlled by cv-sources, e.g. by different tracks of a cv-sequencer like doepfers maq-16/3 or the as oberkorn. vco 1 can be synchronized to vco 3, individually or paired with vco 2. the same goes for external hard-sync. the additional cv-inputs allow for common and individual modulations.

Three outputs allow for summed and individual audio outputs. a separate outputs carries a digital ring-modulated signal of osc 1 and 2 (configurable to osc 1-3 by jumper).

The module has a width of 80 mm (16 te)."