Friday, December 30, 2016
VICMOD ENSemble - End of Year Weekend Away (2016)
Published on Dec 30, 2016 11brassmonkey11
"A short clip of a weekend getaway with the VICMOD crew in the Macedon Ranges.
It was a really fun weekend, plenty of laughs, lots of nice setups to check out, sharing of synth tips and whatnot.
The audio overdubbed is some of the live sound art noodlings of the group from the weekend. If interested you can check it out in full here (thanks Grant!) - https://soundcloud.com/grant-atkinson..."
Roland Super Jupiter MKS-80 Rev 4 and MPG80 Programmer
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via this auction
"The Classic MKS80 Rev 4/ Very rare and sought after. Better then Rev 5.
Includes the Programmer that turns this to a whole different beast...
This synth is the pinnacle of Analog Roland sound in Multi voice on one hand and a very intricate midi programmability of all parameters on the other hand.
No other synth by Roland incorporates such a Marriage..
Great condition."
via this auction
"The Classic MKS80 Rev 4/ Very rare and sought after. Better then Rev 5.
Includes the Programmer that turns this to a whole different beast...
This synth is the pinnacle of Analog Roland sound in Multi voice on one hand and a very intricate midi programmability of all parameters on the other hand.
No other synth by Roland incorporates such a Marriage..
Great condition."
Kawai K5000W Synthesizer w/ Rare MCB Knob Box & Upgraded Display
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via this auction
"Here we have a Kawai K5000W with Knob original Kawai MCB knob box. These are extremely fun and roundly well regarded with good reason. The Kawai K5000 has amazing sounds on board, and editing options are very deep. There also exists a K5000S, which includes the knobs on the machine itself. The K5000W, geared more towards composers, adds an onboard sequencer with 40,000 note capacity and 40 tracks, which is extremely intuitive and useful, as well as a rear panel "MIDI B" section (second in/out/thru), though sacrifices the knobs. This, of course, meant that consumers had to decide whether to forego the knobs or the sequencer, which is a difficult decision. So Kawai took pity on us and manufactured the MCB Macro Control Box, which allows us to have a K5000W without giving up the knobs on the K5000S. These are extremely difficult to find at this point, and this one has been maintained in near mint condition. There is some evidence of use around the knobs themselves in the right light.
The synth has been upgraded to OS 3.01. This is the most stable OS available, according to my contact at Kawai. This may seem like a small deal given that updates are still available online from Kawai, though unless you have a spare computer sitting around running Windows from the 90's, it is by no means a given that the update will work properly. This is why I have a "contact at Kawai."
I have upgraded the display. The original display was working, but had begun to dim a bit, and the new one looks fantastic."
via this auction
"Here we have a Kawai K5000W with Knob original Kawai MCB knob box. These are extremely fun and roundly well regarded with good reason. The Kawai K5000 has amazing sounds on board, and editing options are very deep. There also exists a K5000S, which includes the knobs on the machine itself. The K5000W, geared more towards composers, adds an onboard sequencer with 40,000 note capacity and 40 tracks, which is extremely intuitive and useful, as well as a rear panel "MIDI B" section (second in/out/thru), though sacrifices the knobs. This, of course, meant that consumers had to decide whether to forego the knobs or the sequencer, which is a difficult decision. So Kawai took pity on us and manufactured the MCB Macro Control Box, which allows us to have a K5000W without giving up the knobs on the K5000S. These are extremely difficult to find at this point, and this one has been maintained in near mint condition. There is some evidence of use around the knobs themselves in the right light. The synth has been upgraded to OS 3.01. This is the most stable OS available, according to my contact at Kawai. This may seem like a small deal given that updates are still available online from Kawai, though unless you have a spare computer sitting around running Windows from the 90's, it is by no means a given that the update will work properly. This is why I have a "contact at Kawai."
I have upgraded the display. The original display was working, but had begun to dim a bit, and the new one looks fantastic."
Novation Circuit Review by BBoy Tech Report
Published on Dec 29, 2016 BBoy Tech Report
"Novation Circuit is Novation's stand alone synth groove box. Novation Circuit is comprised of 2 six-voice Nova heritage synths and a 4 voice drum machines. There are 64 presets for each synth and 64 drum sound presets for the drum machine. It's a great little groovebox and when all is said and done, its down right fun!"
Deepmind 12 - Menu Diving?
Published on Dec 30, 2016 BBoy Tech Report
"I've heard a lot of concerns about the Deepmind 12's menu system and UI with regards to menu diving. There is some menu diving in the global section but otherwise the menu system is pretty shallow. I'll get more into this on the review but i figured a quick video on this would answer some questions in the meantime."
Sequencers & Synths with Ableton Operator and Analog
Published on Dec 30, 2016 mark williamson
"When getting to know a synth I find the best trick is to make a whole track with it. Didn't quite work for Operator since I wanted some analog sounds in this track too - so two synths for the price of one!
The only non-Ableton element is EchoBoy"
DSP Synthesizers Tiny-TS Funded & Shipping in January
via DSP Synthesizers
"The Tiny-TS Touch Synthesizer was 162% successfully funded on Indiegogo.
They will now start shipping from January 2017.
Still a week remaining on the Kickstarter."
Kawai K5000W Additive Synth
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via this auction
The K50000W lacks the knobs on the K5000S, but adds workstation capabilities. Kawai did realease a separate knob box for the K5000W.
Update: lo and behold, one with the knob box just posted here.
"Kawai K5000W Synthesizer - Massively deep additive synthesis workstation.
Perfect working condition.
Powerful synth for ambient, capable of complex evolving pads, as well as excellent for percussive sounds, metallic fx, bells, with the formant filter.
Comes with 5 disks.
- Kawai system disk, V 4.03
-DX7 wavs
-Kawai supplement disk
-Kawai APG Data converter
-Kawai Sound Diver
-Kawai 3.1 system disk
All buttons and sliders and LCD excellent. Perfectly clean sound. No crackles or hiss.
Keys a bit yellowed but rest of the synth excellent cosmetic condition."
via this auction
The K50000W lacks the knobs on the K5000S, but adds workstation capabilities. Kawai did realease a separate knob box for the K5000W.Update: lo and behold, one with the knob box just posted here.
"Kawai K5000W Synthesizer - Massively deep additive synthesis workstation.
Perfect working condition.
Powerful synth for ambient, capable of complex evolving pads, as well as excellent for percussive sounds, metallic fx, bells, with the formant filter.
Comes with 5 disks.
- Kawai system disk, V 4.03
-DX7 wavs
-Kawai supplement disk
-Kawai APG Data converter
-Kawai Sound Diver
-Kawai 3.1 system disk
All buttons and sliders and LCD excellent. Perfectly clean sound. No crackles or hiss.
Keys a bit yellowed but rest of the synth excellent cosmetic condition."
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