Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer

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"Roland GR-500 - the first guitar synth produced by Roland. Used by Genesis (and Steve Hackett solo), Rush, Boston, and others, the GR-500 was a revolutionary product. Some called it "the ultimate musical instrument."

Includes the GR-500 guitar controller (sometimes called the GS-500), the GR-500 synthesizer module, the connecting cable, the Roland case for the guitar, copies of the owner's manual, service manual and ads/articles, and extra 24-pin connection sockets (2 male and 2 female plus the pins).

The GR-500 lets you play just the straight guitar sound (pretty good in its own right), or select one or more synth sections to play instead of or along with the guitar. The external synth section allows you to use the guitar to send CV/Gate signals to other analog synths, too. It's enormously flexible. Each audio section can be routed to one of 3 different output jacks; any of the synth sections can be enabled and controlled from the guitar (or play all 3 plus the guitar for a "wall-of-sound" effect). Each synth section has basic envelope controls; the bass section has separate sliders for percussion, hard, and soft sounds; the solo melody section has a nice resonant low pass filter; and, the poly ensemble section has a mixing section for low, middle, high, and fundamental. The poly ensemble output can be run through the solo melody filter for a nice sound. There's even an LFO and remote control over the LFO routing to the filter from the GR-500 controller.

The guitar, guitar electronics, synth electronics, cable, and manuals are all in great shape. The guitar and synth engine were professionally calibrated in 2008. When used recently, it worked but sounded a bit glitchy (I haven't had time to investigate having it calibrated/services, so it's being sold "as is"). The guitar case is in good condition, but the tolex shows signs of wear. This is a 110 volt unit. It will be shipped in 2 boxes to protect the synth and the guitar.

Size and weight info: when boxed-up, the size and weight will be approximately:
GR-500 synth: 30x15x10 inches, weight: 25 lb.
GS-500 guitar: 42x20x10 inches, weight: 25 lb."

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KORG MP10Pro - New Low Price

"KORG Delivers MP-10 PRO Professional Media Player At New Low Price

-All-in-one MIDI instrument and dual-song player for the mobile entertainer -

MELVILLE, NY, March 2012 - The Korg MP-10 Pro Professional Media Player is an ideal musical companion for mobile entertainers, solo keyboardists and singers. This all-in-one product brings together a reliable and easy-to-navigate performance interface with hands-on control over the most essential forms of media required by performers. This technology is now being offered in the same professional package, at a new price that suits the needs for casual performers as well.

As a media player, the MP-10 Pro features two independent media song players; each is able to play both MP3 and MIDI files* directly from the massive 120 GB internal hard drive. The motorized 60-mm crossfader allows for DJ-style mixing. Songs can be saved into multiple playlists, and the database can be sorted using any criteria. Playlists can be easily imported or created "on the fly." Once found, the song can be immediately sent to either of the two players. An ASCII keyboard can also be used to quickly call up songs by name.
* .mid, .mid+G, .kar, .xf, .mp3 + lyrics, .mp3+G

As a MIDI instrument, the MP-10 Pro can play MIDI files from the song players. The internal sound engine uses the same EDS (Enhanced Definition Synthesis) found in the Korg M3 Music Workstation and can also be played from an external MIDI controller or instrument. The front panel offers four assignable performance pads for triggering sound effects and musical phrases. Numerous on-board effects are available for the internal players and MIDI engine. For the entertainer, singer or MC, the MP-10 Pro is equipped with a TC Helicon vocal processor offering compression, EQ and delay.

A pitch shifter, a time stretch function for changing the tempo, and an advanced vocal remover allow MP3 or MIDI files to be customized to suit the entertainer's style or different singers' abilities for karaoke performances.

The MP-10 Pro features Korg's huge color TouchView™ display for extreme ease of use. A comprehensive set of connections provides maximum versatility. In addition to the PC keyboard, MIDI and USB connections, there are two XLR microphone inputs and two USB host connections to accommodate external media. The composite video output allows users to provide karaoke lyric display, or to mimic the touch screen display on an external monitor. A headphone-based cue system is provided as well.

The Korg MP-10 Pro is now available for a U.S. MSRP of $1900 (formerly $2700). For additional product information, please visit www.korg.com/mp10pro."

zube tube + phonogene +

zube tube + phonogene + from joseph fraioli on Vimeo.

"some fun sound design experiments using a homemade contact mic attached to the inner cup of a zube tube then input directly to the make noise phonogene. further modulation by the make noise wogglebug and tiptop z8000.. processing through the harvestman polivoks vcf and flame fx6... "

Also see: Alien Machine Beats

New iPad Synth from Waldorf and TempoRubato In the Works?

'Waldorf and Rolf Wöhrmann design pioneering new iPad synthesizer
A long tradition of wavetable synthesis – from first PPG synthesizers to the latest developments in terms of Blofeld and Largo – and Rolf Wöhrmann’s (TempoRubatos) vast experience with the iPad synthesis made it only natural to come up with a wavetable concept for the iPad, which, as a mobile platform, is becoming increasingly more significant to professional and semi-professional musicians and producers.

Thanks to intelligent gesture recognition and plenty of available graphic performance the iPad is perfect for bringing wavetable synthesis to a new level. For the first time it will be possible to plunge into the depths of wavetables and to make their sound content visible with advanced 3-D technology.

The cooperation between Waldorf and TempoRubato, also known for their product line NLog Synth, doesn’t stop here: The application will also offer new possibilities for sound manipulation based on Waldorf’s very latest spectral research.

Completely new and unheard sounds
An innovative approach to wavetable synthesis allows for the transposition of the spectrum and the balance of periodic and sound spectra entirely independent from a wave’s position. The existing wavetable technology is thereby extended by two new dimensions, and it allows for formant shifts as well as numerous other unheard sounds. Also, unlike with typical wavetable instruments, the number and length of waves in a wavetable will no longer be restricted. It’s the era of wavetable synthesis V2.0!

This app will support a huge number of hardware MIDI interfaces, e. g. all Core MIDI compatible interfaces by IK Multimedia, iConnectMIDI, MIDI Mobilizer II by Line6, ioDock or the Camera Connection Kit by Apple, as well as proprietary interfaces such as the SynthStation by Akai.

App collaboration standards like Sonoma‘s Audio Copy/Paste, Intua‘s Audio Pasteboard and Virtual Core MIDI will also be supported like the upcoming AudioBus standard and KORG’s WIST synchronization technology.

Joachim Flor, executive manager at Waldorf Music GmbH is pleased: 'We are truly excited about our collaboration with Rolf Wöhrmann from TempoRubato. Considering his great experience with the iPad synthesis we are planning to release this excellent synthesiser this summer. Then it will be available at the Apple App Store. It’s going to be an exciting time!'

Rolf Wöhrmann is also looking forward to the challenge: 'The cooperation with Waldorf Music and the Waldorf developers is a great honour. Waldorf‘s long history in wave table synthesis and the new and innovative possibilities of the iPad will create an astonishing synthesizer for musicians, sound designers and producers.'"


I'm not seeing Waldorf listed as a developer on iTunes yet. Curious what this will be branded under if real.
Currently I'm not seeing any info on http://www.waldorfmusic.de/ and no mention from the Musikmesse.

iPads on eBay
iPads on Amazon

via The Synthesizer Sympathizer, via Matt Kuryloski on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Update: the info is now on the Waldorf site.

Kebu - To Jupiter and Back (Album trailer - full HD)

YouTube Uploaded by kebunator on Mar 26, 2012
Synth spotting via Sebastian Teir on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"You can now pre-order my album for only 10 euro/dollars!! This offer will expire on the release date - 2 May 2012. The CD will be shipped to you so that you should receive it by the Finnish release date. Shipping 2 euro/dollars shipping! http://www.inverse.fi/store/

Finally, my debut album is ready!! This album is a tribute to the great synthesizer music that I grew up with of artists such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Mike Oldfield. The album consists of music made only using vintage analog synthesizers recorded in the old fashioned way using only sequencers, tape machines and analog mixers, which gives the album a very warm and organic sound.

My album will be released on the Secret Entertainment label as a digipack CD and mp3 downloads. The Finnish release date is 2.5.2012 and the international release date is 8.6.2012."

De:Bug auf der Musikmesse 2012: Andreas Schneider mit Alex4

YouTube Uploaded by MuTechNews on Mar 27, 2012

"Auf der diesjährigen Musikmesse in Frankfurt waren wir wieder zu Gast bei Andreas Schneider. Sein neuster Schritt ist eine eigene Vertriebsfirma für Synths und Co. - mit der er und sein Team für besseren Support und mehr Nachhaltigkeit in der Musiktechnik sorgen möchten. Im Gespräch mit Benjamin Weiss erklärt er die Einzelheiten."

Googlish:
"At this year's Musikmesse in Frankfurt, we were again visited by Andreas Schneider His latest step up its own sales company for synths and Co. -.. With the wish to ensure he and his team for better support and greater sustainability in the music technology in conversation with Benjamin Weiss, he explains the details."

NOISY JELLY

NOISY JELLY from Raphaël Pluvinage on Vimeo.

"Note : This project is a fully working prototype made with Arduino and Max/Msp, there are absolut no sound editing in the video...

More picture at this flickr set (flickr.com/photos/raphaelplu/sets/72157629621382055/)
And download the Project pdf here (pluvinage.eu/NOISYJELLY_presskit.pdf)

Noisy jelly is a game where the player has to cook and shape his own musical material, based on coloured jelly.

With this noisy chemistry lab, the gamer will create his own jelly with water and a few grams of agar agar powder. After added different color, the mix is then pour in the molds. 10 min later, the jelly shape can then be placed on the game board,and by touching the shape, the gamer will activate different sounds.

Technically, the game board is a capacitive sensor, and the variations of the shape and their salt concentration, the distance and the strength of the finger contact are detected and transform into an audio signal.
This object aims to demonstrate that electronic can have a new aesthetic, and be envisaged as a malleable material, which has to be manipulated and experimented.

Author: Raphaël pluvinage (pluvinage.eu and twitter (twitter.com/#!/rpluvina)
& Marianne Cauvard (mariannecauvard.fr)
at L'Ensci Les ateliers (ensci.com)

Thanks to Roland Cahen for his help (especially sorting out with Max/Msp)

Photo credit: Véronique HUYGHE
Music credit : "Whip it" of Devo"

This one in via Brian Comnes & Semai Basho on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

THE ROBOTS BASS.MOV

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"SOUND OF BASS LENI OF THE ROBOTS NADE WITH NORDWAVE SYNTHESIZER AND SEQUENCED WITH DOEPFER DARK TIMEANALOG SEQUENCER"

MFB Nanozwerg analogue monophonic synth

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"ONE VCO (FOUR WAVEFORMS) - ONE SUB-OSCILLATOR (SQUARE OR NOISE WAVEFORM) - ONE MULTIMODE 12dB/oct FILTER (CAPABLE OF SELF-OSCILLATION) - LFO WITH ONE-SHOT FUNCTION - MIDI AND CV/GATE INPUTS - SOME SEMI-MODULAR SYNTH FUNCTIONALITY - AUDIO INPUT (PROCESS OTHER SOUNDS WITH FILTER!) - ALL-IN-ALL A TIDY LITTLE SYNTH PACKED WITH A LOT OF FEATURES!!!"

Black Face Racked Oberheim FVS Four Voice System SN E418186

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Update: via lars on FB: emu patch panel. You can see the classic emu modular blue.

"For sale is a one of a kind Oberheim FVS Four Voice System SEM analog synthesizer. These are the original vintage ones. Custom black face rack mounted. I believe there may be only 8 black faces out there?? Very very rare. An oberheim tech who built these told me these were once part of an Eight Voice System. There is no keyboard, it's four SEMs racked, but fully patched out, modular style interface with 1/4" jacks (full patch points listed below). Awesome sound, these vintage SEMs have their own sound and it's a little more raw than the newer ones. With the modular patching this makes it much more flexible than having to use the keyboard. You can run separate sequencers in each voice, stack them as one four voice mono synth, or split them in 2/2 3/1 combinations, or play it as four separate mono synths. I've always wanted to build a nice case for this, but never found the time. I leave that project tho the future owner. This was serviced two years ago and is fully functional, lightly used in my smoke free home studio.

Patching from left to right:
Mod Out, Mod In, VCO CV1 in, CV2 in, VCO2 CV1 in, CV2 in, Gate Env1 in/out, Env2 in/out
VCA IN, LFO IN/OUT, VCF CV1/CV2, MOD IN, FREQ, and 5 Multi jacks. Ext. in, voice volume and panning is on the back of the synth."

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