Serge Modular Custom VCO Panel

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"Serge Modular custom voice panel in excellent condition. This is an '80s vintage STS panel, consisting of:

2x New Timbral Oscillator
2x Precision VCO
1x Wave Multipliers
1x Audio Mixer
1x Variable Q VCF"

Pic of the inside below.

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Kawai Synth 100F SN K-3474

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"versatile and quirky single VCO synth, 2 envelopes, resonant filter, high pass filter, LFO, 3 octave keyboard. CV and gate inputs, expression pedal input, filter input, hi and lo impedance outputs. 240V working. built approx 1980?"

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Tuna Knobs Physical Knobs for the iPad Coming in October

Tuna Knobs: We've got samples! Published on Sep 23, 2014 TunaDJGear

"Off course, Dimer wanted to say stay tuned, stay tuna."

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And from last month:

Tuna Knobs Engineering Update

Published on Jul 28, 2014

"Dimer walking you through the small design changes we've made over the past few weeks."

The HELMHOLTZ SOUND SYNTHESIZER. HELMHOLTZ, HERMANN VON. 1821-1894.

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Lot 245W Y
HELMHOLTZ SOUND SYNTHESIZER.
HELMHOLTZ, HERMANN VON. 1821-1894.
Chemnitz: Max Kohl, c.1905.
US$ 20,000 - 30,000
£12,000 - 18,000

Some info on the synthesizer in general from Explore Whipple Collections where you'll find additional pics. Note there are two known electronic instruments prior this. The Denis D’or, the “Golden Dionysis” and the Clavecine Électrique or the ‘Electric Harpsichord’ both of which you'll find at the excellent 120 Years of Electronic Music website. Currently they do not list the HELMHOLTZ.

"This ingenious device, designed by Herman von Helmholtz XR (1821-1894), was the very first sound synthesizer: a tool for studying and artificially recreating musical tones and the sounds of human speech.

Background

Suppose I sing the word 'car' and then on the same note sing 'we'. The two vowel sounds will be similar in so far as they have the same pitch G , yet they have a clearly distinct sound quality, or timbre G . What is it that accounts for this difference, and the timbres G of musical sounds in general? Helmholtz set out to answer this very question in the mid 19th century, building on the work of the Dutch scientist Franz Donders (1818-1889).

Complex tones

Helmholtz showed that the timbre G of musical notes, and vowel sounds, is a result of their complexity: just as seemingly-pure white light actually contains all the colors of the rainbow, clearly defined musical notes are composed of many different tones. If you play the A above middle C on an organ, for example, the sound you hear has a clearly defined "fundamental" pitch G of 440Hz G . But the sound does not only contain a simple "fundamental" vibration at 440Hz G , but also a "harmonic series" of whole number multiples of this frequency G called "overtones" (i.e., 880Hz G , 1320Hz, 1760Hz, etc.). Helmholtz proved, using his synthesizer, that it is this combination of overtones at varying levels of intensity that give musical tones, and vowel sounds, their particular sound quality, or timbre G .

How the synthesizer works

Helmholtz's apparatus uses tuning forks, renowned for their very pure tone, to generate a fundamental frequency G and the first six overtones which may then be combined in varying proportions. The tuning forks are made to vibrate using electromagnets and the sound of each fork may be amplified by means of a Helmholtz resonator with adjustable shutter operated mechanically by a keyboard.

By varying the relative intensities of the overtones, Helmholtz was able to simulate sounds of various timbres G and, in particular, recreate and understand the nature of the vowel sounds of human speech and singing. Vowel sounds are created by the resonances G of the vocal tract, with each vowel defined by two or three resonant frequencies G known as formants. When we say or sing 'a' (as in 'had'), for instance, the vocal tract amplifies frequencies G close to 800Hz G , 1800Hz and 2400Hz amongst others. When we require a different vowel sound, the muscles of the throat and mouth change the shape of the vocal tract, producing a different set of resonances G ."

Oberheim TVS-1 Analog Synth Two Voice Keyboard Synthesizer

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The Bleep Drum Module for littleBits

Published on Sep 23, 2014 Bleep Labs

littleBits synth kits on eBay

"The Bleep Drum is a lo-fi Arduino based drum machine. Dr. Bleep thought it would play nicely with littleBits. http://littlebits.cc/bitlab/the-bleep...

The littleBit module version allows you to trigger it from any changing signal such as a a sequencer, button, or all manner of bits.

These crunchy samples go great with the smooth sounds of the synth modules!

Dr. Bleep and company think it would be a great addition to the littlebits library. Head over to http://littlebits.cc/bitlab/the-bleep...
if you think so too!


All audio direct from what you see. The littleBits proto module at the end of the chain is used to give direct audio output."

[HD] Techno - Roland Aira TB- 3, Korg Volca Bass, Roland Mc- 808, Korg EMX, Pioneer Rmx 1000

Published on Sep 23, 2014 Nico Silva Oliveira

"Live Setup:
Roland Aira TB- 3
Korg Volca Bass
Roland Mc- 808
Korg EMX
Pioneer Rmx 1000
Pioneer DJM 900 Nexus

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Kamera:
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G6KEG-S Systemkamera"

Make Noise Phonogene Doin' Da Mongo Beats ( Played By Itself via EOS Out )

Published on Sep 23, 2014 TheBuchlaMongo

"I'm so glad to have my Phonogene back, big mistake to sell it!
The Patch is very easy to do: Phonogene EOS out to Peaks/Function trigger in, than all the trigger outs into the Phonogene Varispeed, Organize ... inputs. Peaks is in LFO Dual Mode with no Trigger in Channel one. A little bit PCM91 Reverb in the end. Sample i've used is from The New Age Steppers - Love Forever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY5LR..."

Obsession - Roland TR 808, SH 101, Space Echo

Published on Sep 23, 2014 theDarkMechanics

"Dirty Track starring:
Roland TR 808, SH 101, Space Echo
The space echo tape got jammed in our session so thought to chuck some of that in for the video. Using a mackie mixer to mash it all together. Enjoy :)"

Super 64 - Retro Video Game Soundpack

Published on Sep 23, 2014 Kyle Mohr

"Ever want to jam out on a midi controller with classic video game sound FX, or secretly add a few of those FX to your production? This is the Walkthrough of our massive 64 sample/ 4 bank Retro Video Game soundpack for Ableton Live. There are also an additional 2.5 banks before and after the 4 main banks of additional samples we liked, but didn't use in the core pack. This brings it to a whopping 104 total, retro 8/16/32-Bit video game samples to take you back to the 80's and 90's. Enjoy!

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Retro arcade buttons for retro arcade sounds. There is something very cool about that when you think about it.

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