EMS Synthi A Demo Envelope Shaper as a Sound Source

Published on Aug 16, 2014 Florent Faurie

All parts here.

1970s Hinton Instruments Music Lab Pin Matrix

via noyzelab where you'll find more pics.

"This was built by Graham Hinton back in the mid 70's ! Its the precursor to his current PinMix module and is a 59 input by 24 output... The pin matrix itself a completely individual module and can be patched up into the modular like any other module."

the M word

Published on Aug 16, 2014 Miguel d'Oliveira

"sketch track made with a Korg MonoPoly.
Multitracked: 8 x
MIDI: not used
FX (ableton live): a fair amount
all sounds except drums are from the MonoPoly"

c64 games sid music compilation

Uploaded on May 12, 2011 einokeino303

"I compiled this music for a CD about a year ago so I could blast my friends with it during our summer gathering at my friends lakeside cabin. I now decided to share it. Most of this music has already been uploaded to YT in separate videos by various users. This compilation mostly focuses on later era c64 game music and doesn't try to be my favorite song list. It's a collection of few tunes I was listening at the time.

I thought it would be fun not to write down where the music was taken from so everyone has a chance to guess. If people seem interested I'll add the name of composer and the track at the bottom of this description after each correct guess. For now I'll just leave the track names blank. I was planning to give a thumb up for each correct guess, but it looks like that can't be done in YT.

All tracks were recorded from Sidplay and not from a real c64.

00:00 [Track 01] Jeroen Tel (MoN) - Golden Axe (original Main Theme by Tohru Nakabayashi) (1990 Virgin Games)
02:33 [Track 02] Søren Lund - Turrican 3 (Stage 1.2) (2004 Smash Designs)
04:22 [Track 03] Reyn Ouwehand & Anthony Lees - Last Ninja Remix (subtune 3) (System 3) (original Central Park ingame by Matt Gray)
07:22 [Track 04] Søren Lund - Turrican 3 (Stage 2.2) (original Turrican 3 [Amiga] Intro by Chris Huelsbeck) (2004 Smash Designs)
10:20 [Track 05] Jonathan Dunn - Typhoon (Title) (1988 Imagine / Konami)
12:14 [Track 06] Keith Tinman - Midnight Resistance (original Title by Data East House Team) (1990 Ocean / Data East)
14:16 [Track 07] Keith Tinman - Midnight Resistance (original Boss by Data East House Team) (1990 Ocean / Data East)
15:17 [Track 08] Keith Tinman - Midnight Resistance (original Stage 1 by Data East House Team) (1990 Ocean / Data East)
17:10 [Track 09] Fredrik Segerfalk (Moppe) - Blood Money (Title) (1990 Psygnosis)
21:48 [Track 10] Anthony Lees - Dream Warrior (1988 US Gold)
24:22 [Track 11] Tim Follin - Bionic Commando (original Stage 1 by Harumi Fujita) (1988 Go! / Capcom)
26:09 [Track 12] Jonathan Dunn - Arkanoid (2): Revenge of Doh (1988 Imagine / Taito)
28:10 [Track 13] Steve Turner - Uridium (1986 Hewson)
28:47 [Track 14] Neil Brennan - Samurai Warrior (Non-Combat) (1988 Firebird)
30:45 [Track 15] Jason C. Brooke - Tiger Road (original Stage 1 by Capcom House Team) (1988 Go! / Capcom)
31:46 [Track 16] Dave Lowe (Uncle Art) - Street Fighter 2 (c64 Title & Ingame / original by Capcom House Band) (1992 US Gold / Capcom)
32:23 [Track 17] Rob Hubbard - Spellbound (1986 MAD Mastertronic)
37:16 [Track 18] Rob Hubbard - Sanxion (Loader) (1986 Thalamus)
41:59 [Track 19] Jason C. Brooke - Outrun (original "Magical Sound Shower" by Hiroshi Miyauchi) (1988 US Gold / Sega)
44:06 [Track 20] Jason C. Brooke - Outrun (original "Splash Wave" by Hiroshi Miyauchi) (1988 US Gold / Sega)
46:05 [Track 21] Dave Lowe (Uncle Art) - Power Drift (original "Side Street" by Hiroshi Miyauchi) (1990 Activision / Sega)
49:10 [Track 22] Matt Gray - Last Ninja 2 (The Office loader) (1988 System 3)
52:13 [Track 23] Ramiro Vaca - Turrican (End Theme) (1991 Rainbow Arts)
56:14 [Track 24] Tammo Hinrichs - Turrican 3 (Title) (original [Amiga] Turrican 3 Stage 1.1 by Chris Huelsbeck) (2004 Smash Designs)

EDIT: Tracks from these games were hardest to guess: Blood Money, Dream Warrior, Arkanoid 2, Tiger Road, Spellbound, Turrican"

Moog Little Phatty Stage II and MFB Synth II improvisation

Published on Aug 16, 2014 MusicInclusive

"Improvisation / demonstration using the Little Phatty Stage II and the MFB Synth II - the only two sound sources in this little jam. The LPSII patch - SpringStretch - is part of a complete set for the LPSII currently under production for eventual release for purchase (details will be on the musicinclusive web site hopefully shortly)

There is a little reverb added on the LPSII but nothing else. The MFB Synth II has some phaser, chorus and reverb added, but the sweep is part of the patch programmed on the synth.

(The MFB Synth II is being played via a Fantom X8 keyboard - which you can see supporting it)."

Testing The Cocoquantus The Most Insane Synthesizer In The World!

Published on Aug 16, 2014 mylungpuppy

"Testing The Cocoquantus The Most Insane Synthesizer In The World!

I went down to Baltimore, MD for two days to hang with my pal Jason Willett of Megaphone Records Label and the owner of True Vine Record Shop. We had a blast listening to music and talking about future projects.

While I was at True Vine, I tested out the Cocoquantus a Synthesizer/Sound Processor; the thing is unbelievable. I could spend hours, in fact did, running LPs through it and playing it all back via the stores speaker system. Not many record shops around would let you do that and chase away customers. But this is Baltimore and I think sales went up while I was having fun on the Cocoquantus."

OBERHEIM OBSX W/MIDI

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"Now isn't this cute? Well it may look cute, but it sounds just like its big brother the OBXa, because it has the same voice cards. This is a 6 voice model with 56 presets, and it was upgraded with a MIDI in and thru port. This mod was done before I obtained the unit, so I don't know how extensive the MIDI implementation is, but I'm betting its just a basic note on/off system. I have tested it by controlling the unit from another controller and it works just fine. All voices, keys, knobs, and switches work correctly.

This unit also has CV gate in/outs. This unit is in very good condition cosmetically with a few very small scuffs here and there. For those unaware, this model was designed to be the less expensive baby brother to the OBXa. It is not programmable. You can however tweak all of the most commonly used parameters such as the filter, envelope, octave transpose, portamento, vibrato, pitch bend, etc in real time, you just can't save the changes. There are 56 presets in memory, most of which are actually really good the way they are (I think they are original OBX/OBXa presets), but are jumping off points for tweaking them however you like using the front panel controls..."

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SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS Six-Trak SN 000373

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Analog Synth Jam Moog, Eurorack, MicroBrute Maschine Animodule

Published on Aug 16, 2014 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

"Animodule V9a is handling the Bass sequencing duties while I get down and Funky with the other synths. Why? well if you have to ask that, then you need a lesson in the Funk."

MAM ADX1 Analog Drum Synth

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"You can trigger the sounds with MIDI or with the buttons on the front. It has Bass, Snare, Hi Hat, Metal and Synth sections. It sounds great."

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