Stylophonics

Stylophonics from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"A short improvisation featuring the Stylophone, HP and BK sine wave generators, ring modulators, tape echo, various effects, and a dash of reverb." Effects include Akai filter module, Boss SL-20 pedal, Strymon El Capistan, two Kaoss pads and a Line 6 Pod 500HD. RCA sine wave generator in the background. http://atomicshadow.bandcamp.com/

NAMM: The Harvestman BIONIC LESTER

via Scott Jaeger on Facebook

"This guy is about to go into production."

theharvestman.org

Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic

Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 1 Blueprint

"Steve Turnidge from Synthwerks takes us through the design process of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic Force Sensing Resistor module."

Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 2 Realization


Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 3 Protoype


http://synthwerks.com/

LunettaMelody

YouTube Uploaded by textualmusic on Jan 12, 2012

"this patch has a little oompa-woompa goin on.

Sorry for all the BACK. Nothing like a little BACK to watch..

Anyway, If you can sit through this 5 minutes it develops quite nicely..
I like making chance tonality.. if that makes sense..

techtalk---
a 40106 oscillator is clocking a 4040 divider of which /2 is then clocking a perf board version of the logic from Ken Stone's CGS Master DIvider. those outs are then triggering 4 DS8 drum clones, as well as 3 Oscillators through VCAs. There are also some LFO cutoff controlled filters with different pitched 40106 Osc. all running to mixers then on to a Roland JC-50. Recorded directly through iphone via 8mm app."

SynthMania quick tip #5 - the "Deee-Lite style" house organ chord

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 12, 2012

"I describe what I call the "Deee-Lite" house organ chord technique - sampling a chord in a sampler as it was common to do in 1990s House music."

A Minimoog D Saved From Fire & Juno the Main Coon Kitten

via Jorge: "This is Juno my new Maine Coon Kitten sitting on my Prized Minimoog D.

A little Background about my Mini.

Almost 2 years ago I got this Mini From Craigslist Virginia, Funny thing though is that the guy that had it happened to go to the same High School I went to in the early 80’s.

He said he got it when he worked at Venamin’s Music in Springfield VA, working as a manager in the 80’s. This Mini Spent most of its life in his Basement studio and survived a fire that burned the entire house down except a closet that was in his basement where the Mini was stored in an Anvil case.

When I got it, It was in fair shape but I was determined to make look and play like new. I had all the electronics restored and had the wood case professionally refinished. I was even able to replace both the Mod & Pitch wheels with NOS from Mike Bucki, he even had an Original Moog sticker from the 70’s that went in the back of the Mini.

All I can say now is that This Mini is one of my favorite synths in my studio it plays and sounds wonderful."

Here are a few pics.

Flohmarkt Synthesizer Heap [Synths at a Fleamarket]

flickr By chaircrusher
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What a sight that would be.

via kent back in 2007: "There was a guy selling a pile of synths and odd drum machine stuff at the MauernPark Flohmarkt (Wall Park Flea Market) in Berlin this last Sunday."

If you're wondering why it took five years to put this up, I changed my email address from the matrixsynth.com domain to gmail years ago.  Some stuff apparently  came in on that old address that I missed.  The previous posts from J chot (1, 2, 3) and makingsound where some of them.  This one should be the last though.  If you have my old matrixsynth.com address still saved, you might want to update it at this point. :)

Gakken SX-150 Ribbon Synthesizer, Modified

via this auction

"I have this one modified with a CV or control voltage input, which I used with an Arduino in order to play it using a MIDI keyboard. That might sound fairly crazy, but if you look online, there are instructions for much more than that. I also modified it to have a mono 1/4" jack output, which is the same as what a guitar output is. This makes the thing more useful as an actual instrument.

I also hacked on a jack for a 7.2v radio controlled car battery, as I have a bunch of them sitting around, they're fast to charge, and something like this runs forever off of a battery like that. The bottom of the synth is open, so if you don't want the battery jack, you can just snip it off.

Also included is the magazine that the synth original came with. Lots of interesting photos, but almost all in Japanese."

"More information:

DIN SYNC blog
MIDI Modification

Crazy modification by Gijs Gieskes
electro-music.com
technabob.com"

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Roland Jupiter 4 + Roland Jupiter 6 "Phatt Bass Arps"

YouTube Uploaded by synthartist69 on Jan 11, 2012

PPG Waveterm A + EVU Expansion Voice Unit for Sale

via this auction

"PPG EVU Expansion Voice Unit module

This is the "brains" of a PPG Wave 2.3: Classic vintage 8 voice wavetable synth; digital oscillators for complex waveforms; warmed up with rich analog filters [8x Curtis SSM 2044 VCF chips], designed by Wolfgang Palm, used by famously by David Bowie, The Fixx, Trevor Horn, Jean Michel Jarre, Art of Noise, Rush, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Robert Palmer, Psychadelic Furs, Talk Talk, The Cars, Ultravox, Steve Winwood, Rush, Stevie Nicks, Thomas Dolby, Pet Shop Boys, Mike and the Mechanics, and Stevie Wonder.

If you already have a PPG Wave with an active PPG Bus, the unit will work directly, but won't work with MIDI until you or a technician complete

When complete, you can sample with the Waveterm-A, edit the sounds via MIDI over sysex and dump wavetables back and forth from computer to EVU and Waveterm-A.

However the buyer should know:

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