Carl Oliver - Experiment Twenty Two

Published on May 4, 2013 Carl Oliver·22 videos

"A Video Series of Short Eurorack Modular Impromptu Experiments and Improvisations."

Watch them all here.

Roland TB-303 BASS SYNTH

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What do the D.S. and D.C. stand for? It's interesting that they chose italic font for them.

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BROTHER AUTO EMILLION

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"Vintage 70's BROTHER AUTO EMILLION organ keyboard/synthesizer, made in Japan. features a wide range of sound options with both presets (Harpsichord, Marimba and Vibes); as well as user-controlled sounds via the separate mixers for Flute 8', Flute 4', Oboe and Violin. Additional controls are Vibrato and Sustain, along with various accompaniment options. Also included is a Rhythm Section/Drum Machine with a number of preset patterns which can be altered in Tempo and Output Volume in relation to the keyboard played sounds.

There is an onboard speaker, plus different input/output options on the back.

This unit is in excellent working order and very clean physical condition as pictured. It is a quality-built vintage portable organ - not a toy. The top and bottom casing panels are all metal, with plastic sides. The sounds are surprisingly good and the options are versatile for a range of uses - including stage. Dimensions of the organ itself are approx 76 x 30 x 10cm, and it weighs around 9kg"

You can find a video of one previously posted here.

Update via Joe McGinty in the comments: "Looks like a re-branded Baldwin Discoverer [posts here] (which is also very cool). Functions are exactly the same. Interesting."

Update2: you can also see one in this video with Tame Impala.

ROLAND JUPITER 8 JP-8 SN 151443

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Roland Vintage Synth M-VS1 ZH71631

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"This is the stand-alone rack version of an JV expansion board having lots of real analog sounds of all the classic boxes of the past, from TB303 to Solton, from Moog to MKS, CR78 and other real good sounding stuff. Pity, you can only edit via sysex.Wonderful Mellotron standard sounds (strings, choir) and some nice chewy bass sounds. The drum kits plunder the Roland back catalogue but without a decent editor the kits are a bit perfunctory.

Sounds ("Patches") : 256, plus 8 drum kits

Multitimbral : 8 part (inlcuding 1 drum channel). 17 Multitimbral memories ("Performances").

Polyphony : 28 note (max, including drums)

Effects : Stereo effects, very quiet. 3 types of chorus, 8 types of reverb (including 2 delays). NB all effects are preset & apply to all instruments.

Outputs : Stereo jacks + headphone. Instruments can be set within the stereo field.

User Interface : 3 digit LED display. Parameter/patch up/down buttons, with matrix for selecting parameters.

Multitimbral Memories - Parameters Per Patch : Patch number, Volume, Stereo pan, Reverb/chorus amount, MIDI channel, Key shift, Detune, Min polyphony, MIDI receive - Vol & Hold, Prog Chg, Bank Sel, Sys Ex."

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Serotonin Potion

Serotonin Potion from val pastel on Vimeo.

little dirty jam with:
my brand new "Sonic Potions LXR" diy drum machine
dsi evolover
vacoloco gorf -> novation bassstation rack -> BassKick+
all into the mixer where a little reverb was added.
thats it :)

Automatic Zinger Generator

Automatic Zinger Generator from Quijote Cinemusica on Vimeo.

"A random patch to generate a string of 'Zingers' for audio post and sound design. Help yourself to a few if you like :)"

Hotelsinus - Realpoint Design

Published on May 3, 2013

"Drum Station + FB383 + RVD900 reverb"

MacBeth NEXUS Prototype Pics

via Ken MacBeth on Facebook where you'll find more pics.

"This is a set of pictures that I've taken of the current NEXUS prototype and other equipment that I'm going to use in a video. I intend to demonstrate the separate pulse width modulators for Oscs 1 and 3. Then the home made panel gets removed for a great circuit change I'm about to do!"

1986 Doepfer MCV1 MIDI-to-CV Converter & 1997 Interview

via PatchPierre.Net where you'll find the full post.

"In 1986 Doepfer introduced the first in a series of MIDI-to-CV interfaces, the MCV1.


The MCV1 was a monophonic MIDI-to-CV/GATE-Interface that could control other vintage analog synthesizers equipped with CV and Gate/Trigger inputs via MIDI."

via Pierre Serné on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Doepfer's introduction to synth design actually started back in 1977. Via Wikipedia: "Dieter Döpfer began developing audio hardware with a Voltage Controlled Phaser (VCP) module for the Formant, a do-it-yourself-kit analog synthesizer from Elektor magazine in 1977. Several legendary modular synths followed while Döpfer also focused on the development of MIDI equipment during the 1980s."

The eurorack format is largely attributed to him.

Update via Pierre: "I also translated a 1997 KEYS magazine interview that was previously unavailable in English, find it at http://patchpierre.blogspot.nl/p/doepfer-keys-interview_30.html"