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Thursday, January 23, 2014

KORG Rhythm 55 B KR-55B Analog Drum Box (1982)

Published on Jan 23, 2014 RetroSound·258 videos

"(c) 2014 vintage gearr demo by RetroSound

- non programmable analog rhythm box from the year 1982
- sounds: Bass Drum, Snare Drum, 2x HiHat, Cymbal, Low Conga, High Conga, Rim Shot, Claves, Cowbell, 2x Tom Tom
- 96 Rhythm patterns (KR-55 only 48)
- sounds a bit like the Roland TR-808
- Shuffle function and Trigger Out
- used by Jean-Michel Jarre in the album Magnetic Fields and Depeche Mode"

Eurorack Modular Pics by Juliana of The Harvestman

via Juliana of The Harvestman

"Noise Engineering's purple PCB paneled people eater"

"Hex Inverter's wares were heavily handled."

"This year's Harvestrig features a guest appearance by CEvin Key's lovely Vampire, a dual oscillator module"

"Noise Engineering's Mictic Xerestors are weird and pretty."

And the best for last. Scott Jaeger with a TRASH_AUDIO T.

Andy Baker's ARP Odyssey 2810 Restoration (By Synthpro)

Published on Jan 23, 2014 synthpro·109 videos

"Hello everyone,

This is a video of an ARP Odyssey 2810 that I restored for one of my friends.

Andy is actually going to be selling this synth soon so watch for it on eBay.

Thanks for watching and take care,
Jareth"

NAMM: Moon Modular Pics by Russ

"Moon Modular's booth. I got to speak to Gert for a bit about the renaissance of modular synths. He was having fun demonstrating West Coast, East Coast, and Berlin School on his giant box of knobs!"

NAMM: Big City Music Booth - 3 Pics via Russ

"TipTop Music modular, Analog Systems modular, various modular vendors."

NAMM: Buchla Music Easel, with Downloadable Preset Card

Two pics in via Russ.

Update: "The Buchla card not only allows you to store multiple presets, but also allows editing / directly controlling the synth from an iPad app."

NAMM: New Reactable Prototype - 3D Cubes on a Tablet

via Russ: "New proto from Reactable: music cubes that use a touch surface computer"

Update: I originally noted this was an iPad. It's clearly not. If you look next to the thinnest cube you'll se what looks like ASUS, so I'm guessing it's an ASUS Tablet of course. No additional details at the moment. If you head to their site you'll note all the previous hardware is round.

Update2: see this post for a NAMM floor demo with additional details.

Moog Sub37 Paraphonic Analog Synthesizer Demo by Perfect Circuit Audio

Short play demo added to the bottom of the main post here.

Update: and one more play demo by Uniquesquared added.

Yamaha DX7 with E! Grey Matter Upgrade & Sticker

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via this auction

"Comes with the original Owner's Manual, original E!Grey Matter Manual and sticker!!!" Also comes with "sheet music stand and sustain pedal that goes with the synth"