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Preview of the Australian Booth at Superbooth 17 - All 9 Manufacturers, 15+ Modules.

Published on Mar 24, 2017 GOLT !

"Superbooth 17 - Preview of the Eurorack Modules from all 9 manufacturers at the Oscillosaurus and Friends Booth (E273)."

Inside an Oberheim Xpander

via Thesis Audio

"We found these markings inside a 1984 Oberheim Xpander that we have in the shop for restoration and repairs. Looks like one wooden end panel was OK, but the other needed more work!"

Funny! Wonder if they are referring to the silicon chips. Sand, get it? :)

Moog Modular IIIc ▪ Sennheiser Vocoder VSM 201 ▪ Heinz Funk 1978 ▪ English subtitles

Published on Mar 24, 2017 MonoThyratron

► Educational Purpose only, please ◄
► English subtitles provided ◄

Videosource without English subtitles:
https://www.youtube.com/user/funkheinz

"In 1978, German musician, technician and businessman Heinz Funk (* 1915 - † 2013) tried to bring the average television consumer closer to the possibilities of electronic sound production. Going for half-measures wasn't his scene then: The TV demonstration included the cabinet-size Moog Modular IIIc, on which 2 copies of the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM 201 resided (only 50 pieces were allegedly produced). Left to them was placed the - here unused - Moog license module 1630 of the Bose Frequency Shifter.

'Storm wind', 'canary' and 'Lili Marleen' were pre-produced for this televised report, but the speech-laden vocoder demo was obviously done live. A white lab coat and patch cables wrapped around the neck should symbolize the technician. Body language and positioned leg of the presenter should bring out the relaxed handling of the then still quite unknown music technology.

Since this presentation was embedded in a musical entertainment program of the 'Second German Television', it should not deal too much with scientific and technical matter. The entertaining aspect was in the foreground, because the target audience on this TV show was not much drawn to electronic music production at that time. Heinz Funk mastered the tonal span between convention and modernism with wit and at the end of his performance even staged the "crazy professor". This was something usually not expected of a serious musician, as Funk was one. According to reports, he presented this highly "casual" style of a Moog and Sennheiser sales presentation even to a specialist audience, which was not always accepted with approval in German sales circles those days.

The vita of Heinz Funk reveals a "Jack-of-all-trades": Flight instructor, film composer, accordion and piano player, orchestra director, arranger, producer, music teacher, sound engineer, author of technical documentation, Moog sales partner, founder and proprietor of the nationwide „Studio Funk“, which still produces for radio stations, as well as film and sound studios. Heinz Funk's wide network within the AV media industry also brought together numerous musicians and developers, thus promoting the emergence of the German electronic music scene of the 1970s and 1980s."

Quadnic Chords - SE88 Warmth and Wrath

"Charcot Circles/BBox 8 CVs and their many gates take aim at the Quadnic, which is warmed and pendulum-strafed by the Low Pass/Band Pass side of our SE88 filter. Max input level at times = "Dual Pendulum Chaos Generator" distortion on the '88.*

Ste. 16, Shapers, Level, Amp and Outs disturb and mollify the chain as well.

The STE. 16 (STE. pronounced as sweet, not stee; you know like the party for teen girls and the amount of waveforms on board the STE?) imparts that jumpy, jerky, luscious filtering flow, it's resets being triggered by the Charcot Circles reset or clock out (can't remember). Really a versatile and expressive dual LFO that Stee is—now you've got us calling it that!"

Dynacord ADD-one Drum Synthesiser

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"This is a very rare Dynacord ADD-one vintage drum synthesiser.

It is working, although the factory programs were lost when the battery was replaced (yes, they should have been backed up first).

The ROM samples were obviously not affected but the synth parameters/programs were lost. You can of course program your own sounds but there were some very nice patches in the original set so it might be worthwhile trying to find a copy."

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Korg PolySix/KiwiSix SN 398257

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"The KiwiSix upgrade essentially modernizes the Polysix with whole host of new features, including full midi support, deeper patch management and increased reliability, all while retaining that great SSM sound. Additionally, this unit also comes with the Kiwi Power Board upgrade, which further increases the stability and reliability of the synth. The full feature set of both of these upgrades are listed here (kiwitechnics.com/kiwisix.htm)

Furthermore, this unit also includes a discontinued Synthgraphics KiwiSix overlay. Really high quality, OEM-style graphics that completely display the additional panel functions included in KiwiSix upgrade."

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Limited Edition White Korg MS-20

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OUT NOW! Luke Neptune's Prophet 6 Vintage/Classic soundset

Published on Mar 24, 2017 Luke Neptune

"To buy these patches visit my website http://www.lukeneptune.com/soundsets/"

Waldorf Wave Sounds

Published on Mar 24, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

"Some sounds on the rare and gigantic Waldorf Wave Synthesizer. This polyphonic wavetable synthesizer has analog filters and creates great pad and ambient sounds. It features a 3.5 Inch floppy drive for convenient preset storage."

MATRIXSYNTH members get a %10 discount at Perfect Circuit Audio!