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Circuit bent Kawasaki aka SpAcEsYnTh

Published on Oct 14, 2014 ScrewedCircuitz

"Here is my version of a circuit bent Kawasaki toy keyboard. The bends are quiet simple, nothing to crazy for this one... I went with what I felt it called for... Outer space style ;-)

-LoFi delay
-BitCrush Echo/Chaos
-Pitch Mod
-Pitch Control
-Distortion/Tremolo

Special thanks to X1L3 for some technical help. Appreciate your time and input friend!!

If you don't know him by now... You SHOULD!!"

Kamandalu

Published on Oct 11, 2014 VoltageCtrlRtv

"Live analog modular synth session recorded in Los Angeles Oct. 11th 2014."

Mutable Instruments to Ramp Down DIY

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"Please take the time to read this...

After careful considerations, I have decided to progressively ramp down the production of most of Mutable Instruments’ DIY line.

=== The reasons ===
* Some of these products are getting old and/or are not as successful as I thought they would be, and it doesn’t make much sense to keep them in inventory when only a couple units are sold in a month - while their price has been decided at a time they were produced in batches of 100s.
* There’s little overlap in the way Mutable Instruments’ as a maker of modules, and Mutable Instruments’ as a maker of DIY kits operate; to the point that it really feels like I’m running two companies; dealing with two groups of suppliers, two ways of managing accounting or keeping track of stock etc. Some decisions related to growth (small things like formalizing procedures through software, or big things like relocating or hiring…) can’t really be done in a way that would serve both missions. I have reached a size at which a choice must be made, and the ratio of things I like to do / annoyances is higher when it comes to the kit business.
* I no longer agree with some of the design decisions (be they aesthetic or technical) defining these products. It just feels wrong to me to sell products I would not personally buy.
* I’d like to explore a few (non-music and/or non-electronics and/or non-DIY) projects and I badly need to make room in my life for that.

=== The consequences ===
I do not plan to produce new batches of the following products:
* MIDIpal. There are currently 55 units left in stock. I’m keeping a small stash to serve warranty requests. As time passes, I’ll get rid of them (without warranty).
* Shruthi XT kits. There are currently about 50 kits left in stock.
* Anushri (as a kit and as a PCB set). There are currently about 100 kits left in stock. I only have 40 Euro panel sets, so I might do a small run of them to prevent the last kits from being sold naked.
* Shruthi filter boards. I have in stock (or on order for the Polivoks and Yellow magic) about 50 pairs of filter boards. The digital filter board is already out of production.
* Ambika (as a kit and as bare PCBs). I currently have 50 kits being sorted, which will be available as a bundle with Adrian’s case in november or early december. I still have a big stash of PCBs – so this one will take more time to disappear.

I do plan to produce new batches of the following products:
* Shruthi kit. There’s really nothing quite like this little beast. I might narrow it down to one or two flavors (like vanilla = kit+plexi case and vanilla-caramel-choco-chips-cookie-dough = 4PM kit + metal case).
The fate of the following products is unknown:
* CVpal.
* Module tester.

=== And after that? ===
Some of you might want to organize small community-runs of PCBs to keep one of these products alive – just as it has been done for the Sidekick. I’m fine with that, but obviously I won’t provide any support.

Keeping the DIY line alive through a commercial initiative is something that requires more thought. If this happens, and I am currently exploring several paths for this to happen, this has to be done in a way that does not involve the Mutable Instruments name, or only as a sort of quote or tribute."

Roland MC-202 MicroComposer with Original Box

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MF#35 Synthesizer key fix repair on roland Juno

Published on Oct 14, 2014 markusfuller

"Just a quick video to show how to repair non responsive synthesiser keys"

Martin Kern - Pure Modular Sound

Published on Oct 14, 2014 inbetweenmovements

"Oscillators: Make Noise DPO, Z3000 Smart VCO MKII
Effects: Intellijel designs µFold II, Make Noise Echophon
2 x Expert Sleepers Disting in LFO mode
Sequencer: Make Noise Rene, KM-MIQU 01-16 v2.0 (VSTi)
Recorded in LIve - No additional effects!"

Buchla self playing patch no hands on knobs

Published on Oct 14, 2014 DrOctave1

"here is a patch i been playing with for a week or so now it is all on the buchla self generating and no hands no computers other than the 200e."

Minimoog delay jam

Published on Oct 14, 2014 Ed Zuccollo

"Minimoog jam to Strymon BigSky, out it's left channel to the MXR analog delay, right channel to Red Witch Titan delay with the fx loop to the Red Witch Empress Chorus. Minimoog also sent dry to the Electroharmonix Stereo Reverb in stereo echo mode for ping pong delay. There's a Korg MS-20 for some occasional bass too. I recorded straight out of the desk onto a Sony M-10 field recorder, no extra processing apart from the hardware. So much fun to play! Hope you like it."

Rare Waldorf Microwave 1 limited edition Mean Green Machine SN 28 9433363

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"This is your chance to own the very limited edition Waldorf Microwave 1 "Mean Green Machine" with original certificate of authenticity.

The last 99 Microwaves manufactured by Waldorf were released as this special edition Mean Green Machine. Running OS version 2.0, this was the latest and greatest of the Waldorf Microwave 1 models. This unit has been fully tested and sounds wonderful with its warm Curtis 3387 analog filters. As you can see by the certificate, this particular unit is number 28 of 99.

The Waldorf Microwave is an 8-voice wavetable synthesizer with 8 analog filters and amplifiers. The 8 voices can be used in multimode where individual MIDI channels can be assigned to different sounds, and has 4 individual outputs as well as a stereo outputs. Wolfgang Palm (of PPG fame) developed the custom ASIC (Wavetable chip) used in the Microwave. This is wavetable synthesis at its best with 2 oscillators, analog 24db LP filter, analog amplifiers with panning, 4 envelopes, 2 LFOs, and extremely flexible modulation routings.

As you can see in the pictures, this unit has a small scratch above the LCD, and, as is typical with the Nextel paint used by Waldorf, some minor paint wear along the top and bottom edges where the unit was installed in a rack."

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