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Synth Rorschach #25 - OMNI Reboot

via OMNI Reboot

I see a few things in this one. :) What do you see?

"HARVEY" 808 RACK MOUNT DRUM MACHINE

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The "Harvey" 808 is Studio Electronics' Roland TR-808 in a rack.

"Great condition studio electronics "harvey" 808. Super rare piece of rack mount studio equipment. Good luck finding one of these anywhere. A few very minor paint scratches and one color piece of a knob is missing. Not the knob just the color top piece. Recently had the power chord replaced."

via D.J. Baels in the comments of this post.

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Moog Sonic V Demo & Restoration Videos

Moog Sonic V Part I

Published on Jul 10, 2013 New England Analog LLC·16 videos

Not all parts of this series are up. I'll let you know when they are. The first video is a demo of the Moog Sonic V prior to the restoration. The videos below are parts of the restoration.

"This is the first part in a 5 part series detailing the restoration of a rare Musonics Moog Sonic V. We begin by powering up the synthesizer and seeing what's wrong. We found that the keyboard mechanicals were in dire need of attention, and there is a lot of noise and intermittent behavior. There is also a high pitched whistle that can be heard even when the master volume is turned down.

For more info on this and other vintage synthesizers, synth restoration and repair, and sales of vintage keyboards, check out our website at www.NewEnglandAnalog.com."

Moog Sonic V Restoration Part 2

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Bitley™ Poly Ensemble ReFill Featuring the Korg Lambda

via Patrick Fridh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Presenting my latest work; the Poly Ensemble refill for Reason 7.

Poly Ensemble gives you expertly multisampled and looped sounds from the venerable Korg Lambda, utilizing all sorts of tricks and possibilities with Reason 7 without the need for extra rack extensions.

The Combinator graphics took us quite a while to design, making it possible for the user to experience even more than the original (1979) Lambda provides, by laying out all the 8 base sounds / sound types across the four knobs. It's then very easy to tweak it 'on the fly' while producing music. The button assignments have also been carefully done and the arpeggios are playing in different speeds and types to create really lush arpeggiated sounds.

The refill is now available as a preorder, and while it is cheaper than the final version, it will of course include the final update. The current revision is number three, and it comes with just about everything the final version will have, only that the final version will contain more patches. The current patch count is 132. The refill also contains a few drumkits to really make it like a complete "Poly Ensemble workstation".

Here's the brand new demo track, "Emotional".

https://soundcloud.com/bitleytm/emotional

The refill is available here: http://bitley.laconicsounds.net/"

emSynth Generation 2 & 3 Videos - Radio Link & 6dof Sensor in the Works

emSynth Generation Two

Published on Jun 2, 2013 Lester Hall·2 videos

"This synthesizer is the very first emSynth synthesizer that was built. I discuss the boards and circuits and sounds made by the synthesizer as well as show a programmer for Generation Three of emSynth."

emSynth Generation 3
Published on Jun 17, 2013

"I show the first emSynth Generation 3 video including cool sounds, boards, programmer, and a little bit of humor, enjoy! This product is available now at www.emSynth.com"

And via emSynth creator Les Hall on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Working on radio link and 6dof sensor for emSynth at www.emsynth.com"

Sequential Circuits Pro One SN 9262

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07102013 Modular Synthesizer Test: SELF PLAYING PATCH

07102013 Modular Synthesizer Test: SELF PLAYING PATCH from Gianni Proietti on Vimeo.

"This is a generative patch made just for fun. I added a little of explanation just to make the video more interesting and to show the use of some modules.
The main core of the patch runs around the Richter NOISERING, FLAME Tame Machine (quantizer), and the XAOC MOSKWA Sequencer. The sound is generated by the Makenoise DPO, modulated and processed by the other modules."

7 Electrons & Synthpups

Terry Burton, founder of and now formerly of Strymon wrote in to let us know about his new tumblr / blog 7 Electrons. He's also created synthpup.com which is open to user submissions. Pictured above is a Moog Little Phatty and DSI Prophet '08 with Doug. Check out the sites when you get chance.

Yamaha FB-01 ROM 1 Voices

Published on Jul 10, 2013 musicgearvideos909·144 videos

"These are the voices stored in ROM1. No added effects. Some are bad and nasty. My data entry buttons don't work properly, they get stuck in one corner and wizz through the voices. I was lucky to do this in one take! I recorded each voice at middle C."