Yamaha E70 organ into Yamaha CS80 synth

YouTube Uploaded by allvek597 on Oct 11, 2011
Re-Published on Feb 12, 2016

"Customized Yamaha E70 organ into 2 and half Yamaha CS80: uppwe and lower keyboards are 2 polyphonic synths 2 OCS's per voice, 7 voices and monophonic synth with 2 OCS's per voice for bass pedal or extra keyboard. Same heart like CS80, same P.A.S.S. sound technology, same filter. Plus 7 individual outputs, inputs for sustain pedals, 2 general outputs. You can dual upper and lower synths + 2 organs. Sounds like CS80? yes, absolutely, it is CS80,but now it could be much bigger by mixing 2 synths and 2 organs together"


E70 via this auction

"...extremely rare vintage analog home type organ/synth Yamaha D85 in chopped condition. The organ came from original 1st owner. I bought one recently and it was modified into what You see now in the pictures, the organ weight is around 100lbs now( Yamaha YC-45 is 136lbs, CS80 242lbs). Yamaha D85 is basically model the E-70, top line at that time, made in 1977, with the addition of a rhythm sequencer, digital tempo readout, more rhythm variations, as well as Vocal and String Ensembles and 3rd keybed as a synth!!!. You can mix not only different waves, but You can mix keybeds. 3rd small keyboard has phenomenal synth sounds by itself plus AFTERTOUCH!!!, but if You mix with sounds of 2 orchestral presets and active orchestral waves... fattest I've ever heard. Also You can mix 2nd and lower keyboard in any possible way and even to add bass pedal orchestral sounds. D85 was top-of-the-line home console model that used Yamaha's "Pulsed Analog Synthesis System" (PASS) to create more lifelike sounding instruments. PASS took technology from the GX-1 and incorporated it into a consumer model instrument. The ramifications revolutionized the organ industry. Instruments voices began evolving towards emulating the true orchestral instruments rather than theater organ equivalents. Same technololy applied to Famous Yamaha CS80. Strings and voices beat ARP Solina and probably better then on CS80( I had one for a while)and of course much better than YC series including YC30 or YC 45D. Unit has also arpeggiator in 6 variations, sequencer, hold effect and tons of other feature included stupid drum machine. Yamaha D85 is certainly better than YC 45D and this particular one even weights less on 30lbs. I have to say sounds awesome, very rich and unique sound. Organ is practically is in very nice condition, everything looks fine and works fine. I hate to sell even this one, but I simply cannot afford to keep one at this moment. Besides chopping job and whole rewiring was not cheap at all. it's very rare vintage organ and it's hard to find one these days especially in great electronic and cosmetic chopped condition,You wil be shocked how good and sensitive aftertouch on organ and that's piece of history. which give you unique sound not buying Yamaha CS80 for $9000(I can't believe it!!!)"

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Blinken Lights

YouTube Uploaded by shaft9000 on Oct 11, 2011

"workout on the STG graphic sequencer, Doepfer a154/155/156 and intellijel uStep sequencers
-sound sources are SynthTech E340cloud generator thru SEM20 notch filter and metasonix r51 VCA, and SynthTech E350morphing terrarium thru the Doepfer a105 (ssm) filter and AnalogueSystems VCA
-modulation by cwejman dual adsr, wiard envelator, pittsburgh VILFO and Doepfer a138c polarizing mixer
-delay is from eventide timefactor"

buchla random rhythms

YouTube Uploaded by vgermuse on Oct 11, 2011

"A crazy experiment with random rhythms from the Buchla 200e and Pendulum Ratchet. For a better audio track of a similar live performance go to:
http://soundcloud.com/user7621213/buchla-random-rhythms"

buchla random rhythms by bartonmusic

"Bright White" Yamaha RM1x Sequence Remixer

via this auction
See davlippo7 (RSS) for more.

"This is what I call "the bright white" RM1x version. It has new looking bright white keys and sharper print than some of the older versions."

Doepfer Dark Time CV / Gate Analog Sequencer - Blue LED

via this auction
Noisebug (RSS)

"Manufacturer Description:
Dark Time is an 2 x8 steps analog sequencer with CV/Gate, USB and Midi interface. It is planned in the first place as an add-on for the Dark Energy but may be used even in combination with other Midi, USB or CV/Gate equipment too.

Features overview

two rows with 8 controls each
for each step:
- rotary control (same knob type as Dark Energy)
- red LED
- three-position switch On/Off/Skip
On = trigger signal is active for this step
Off = no trigger for this step
Skip = step is skipped
- three-position switch Stop/Continue/Jump
Stop = sequence stops here
Continue = sequence continues
Jump/Reset:
If only one of the 16 toggle switches is in the Jump position a Reset is carried out (i.e. sequence jumps to stage 1)
If two or more of the switches are in the Jump position the sequence jumps to the next step with the switch in the Jump position and then continues from this position (until another step with the switch in the Jump position is reached and then the same procedure is carried out again)
several operating modes:
1x16 (i.e. the two rows are daisy-chained)
2x8 (i.e. both rows run in parallel)
1-8 Combi (lower row set individual gate lenght of the upper row)
several running directions:
forward
backward
random
several voltage / tuning ranges: 1V, 2V, 5V (corresponding to 1/2/5 octaves)
quantization on/off/custom scale (custom scale not yet available in the first firmware version)
when quantization is "off" the resolution is still 10 bit (i.e. 1024 steps over the full rotating range of each potentiometer), from this the term "quantization off" is not fully correct, with quantization "on"the resolution is 13/25/61 steps for 1/2/5 octaves
transpose via switch (-1/0/+1 octave), Midi/USB or external CV input
timing control, selected by a three position switch:
internal via built-in clock oscillator with frequency and pulsewidth controls
external via Midi/USB
external via analog clock/start/stop
analog interface for CV/gate/clock/Start-Stop (inputs and outputs, 3.5 mm miniature jack sockets)
Midi interface
USB interface (power supply via USB is not possible)
optically adapted to Dark Energy (same knobs, same depth and height, same wooden side plates and so on)
Powered via external power supply (12 AC/min. 400mA) for 230V
powering the device via USB is not possible, because the analog circuits require a dual voltage (+/-12V)."

KURZWEL 150 professional digital additive synthesizer rack-module

via this auction
"The Kurzweil K150 is a truly unique and professional digital additive synthesizer rack-module. It is big (4 rack spaces), not just in size but power and creative potential. It features real time additive synthesis with 240 oscillators, 16 voice polyphony, upwards of 240 oscillators and extensive programmability. The K150 implements a unique editing method in which you mix, combine and alter the 150's 22 resident voices and 69 preset programs. You basically manipulate sounds on a harmonic level for creating various new timbres. With extensive layering effects and abilities you can get some thick and unique sounds. There's 186 patches for memory storage and you can get up to 255 when you remove the installed sound blocks or overwrite presets. Everything is modifiable and controllable about this synth. Pitch bending, vibrato, EQ, chorusing, polyphonic after-pressure and full 16 channel MIDI implementation with almost everything being MIDI controllable. However, for as big and powerful as the 150 is, its sound generally seems to be a little thin, due to its digital nature. There is no user-controllable filter. Merely a low-pass anti-aliasing filter, which cuts off at around 9 to 10KHz, with the slope becoming noticeable at about 7-8 KHz."

Brincando no Voltix.

circuit bent pss-30

YouTube Uploaded by noystoise on Oct 11, 2011

"circuit bent pss-30"

RJD2 Goes Modular on Wired

via Wired: "RJD2 likes to build sounds.

The musician has been making tunes for more than a decade: First as a DJ, then as a hip-hop producer, then as a solo artist (the Mad Men theme song is his "A Beautiful Mine"). Now, as part of the duo Icebird, he's taken his gearhead obsession — building his own modular synthesizers to make his music — further than ever.

What else would you expect from a guy named after a Star Wars droid?

'To have a piece of plastic with a bunch of copper traces on it and then drill some holes in a piece of sheet metal and silkscreen it, then you wire this whole thing up and send some voltage through it — I know this might sound silly, but that's the most fascinating and addicting process you can possibly imagine,' RJD2 told Wired.com by phone, discussing his process."

Full article on Wired.

Danish Super Synth System from 2003

This one spotted by Inteliko on SOUNDCHECK.dk. Googlish: "Danish Key2Sound comes with this year's wildest synth system.NetSynth Pilot. It is not just a synth, but an entire system, with 128 oscillators, 64 filters, with room for 16384 presets in the board database. With a matrix with 120 parameters for each of the 16 layers and 96 system parameters to play with to even the most demanding sound designer have enough opportunities. With so many options were people behind Key2Sound aware that this required a completely new user interface if it could be used by ordinary mortals so they have designed a box that can stand on top of a mother keyboard. This is controlled via four swivel wheels and a big 16x9 screen.

The main features are:

16 Voices
16 Layers
128 Oscillators: FM, AM, PWM and hard sync.
64 Filters: 16 different filter types
48 Envelopes: 4 steps with key and velocity tracking
32 LFO's
96 Modulation Matrices
2 Stereo Effects
96 kHz Stereo digital I / O
Balanced Stereo I / O
MIDI I / O"

Anyone remember this one? It looks familiar but I couldn't find a prior post. Wikepia has some interesting info: "Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus.[1] [2] The eccentric and self-made Goodiepal has influenced the course of modern music through radical excursions into computer technology and media art. He performs and lectures about his work and ideas worldwide and has so far done about 150 universities around the world according to the Danish newspager Information.[3] Until recently he has been employed as a teacher at DIEM (Danish Institute for Electro-acoustic Music) at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark. Goodiepal declared intellectual war against the stupidity in modern computer music and media art, which is to say against The Royal Academy of Music, when he quit the job in 2008. As per 2010 he lives somewhere in Denmark or Scotland...

In continuation of his dealings with the unsuccessful synthesizer manufacturer Key2Sound, working without any payment, Goodiepal decided to take action by hiding an unnamed piece of music in the system source code of a prototype called INetSynth. The prototype and source code were then brought up for auction offering the head of Key2Sound a veto-price of 10 Danish kroner, if he wanted his prototype back. Through this act, Goodiepal reclaimed a symbolic fee for the work he had done for Key2sound, and since they did not respond, the INetSynth, with tag, went to an unknown Dutch collector.[26]"