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Radio Belgrade EMS SYNTHI 100 Restoration is Complete

This system was briefly mentioned here on MATRIXSYNTH back in 2005. It is great to see that the system is not only fully working again, but is being made available for use. Very few working EMS SYNTHI 100s exist. This is pretty amazing news.

via camp303:

"Just wanted to tell you that we just finished the restoration of the Radio Belgrade Synthi 100!

The Synthi hasn’t been in use for years so it was very dirty but otherwise in good condition. Luckily they had a big supply of spare parts and replacement cards - enough to keep it running for years. We replaced the main power supply and rebuilt the sequencer power supply. Many smaller problems were fixed and all modules and functions were checked and tuned when necessary.

This Synthi is serial number 4 but in fact it was the first Synthi 100 ordered. According the information from one of the original founders of the studio, Paul Pignon, Radio Belgrade worked closely together with David Cockerell and Peter Zinovieff to come up with the specifications of the instrument that would eventually become Synthi 100. There are details that could indicate that it might have been the first machine built.

Synthi 100 in Radio Belgrade is planned to be used by local and international composers to create new works. The details are being worked out but it will stay at the Radio.

We have previously restored the Synthi 100 at the KSYME foundation in Athens in 2016 with the support of documenta 14.

/Daniel Araya and Jari Suominen"

Novation Peak - Noodles from INIT

Published on Oct 6, 2017 brassmonkey

"I was fortunate enough to borrow my friends Novation Peak recently to see how I would like the basic workflow and creating sounds I might typically like to make for playing a live set.

This is just me noodling around and working from the INIT patch.

Really impressed with it! Love how everything is so accessible on the front panel. Was keen to test the the filter, distortion, fx and envelopes, cross mod etc.

Would love to test it out more deeply another time but definitely seriously considering picking one of these up! :D"

New SYNTHETA 82 Prototype Hardware Desktop Synthesizer From Adamstan

Prototypowe dźwięki - Prototype sounds vol. 4 - SYNTHETA 82

Published on Oct 6, 2017 adamstan84

English below.

"Następca "Skrzyneczki" zaczyna nabierać ostatecznych kształtów. Od strony elektronicznej chyba 99% procent jest zrobione, oprogramowanie ~80%. Nawet Sysexy już częściowo działają, co widać na początku filmu :-) Obudowa pewnie jeszcze ulegnie drobnym poprawkom, ale ogólny styl zapewne zostanie zachowany. Oto "Syntheta 82" - ośmiogłosowy, dwubrzmieniowy syntezator analogowy Made In Poland - w stereo i w kolorze :-)

Krótkie podsumowanie:
- Polifonia 8 głosów
- Bitimbral (Split/Layer)
- W każdym głosie 2xVCO, 3xADSR, 3xLFO, RingMod, FM, VCF 12dB/okt o przełączanej charakterystyce
- wyjście stereo z regulowaną szerokością bazy
- 3 tryby panoramowania: - alt (domyślny) - parzyste głosy na lewo, nieparzyste na prawo - key - pozycja w panoramie określona przez wysokość dźwięku - indywidualny - jedna warstwa jest panoramowana na lewo, a druga na prawo

*Część presetów z tego dema można było usłyszeć w poprzednim filmie, jeszcze bez obudowy.

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My new synth prototype - almost finished. Even Sysex patch dumps work ;-) "Syntheta 82" - 8 voice, bitimbral stereo analog synthesizer.

Each voice has 2xVCO, 3xADSR, 3xLFO, RingMod, FM, multimode 2-pole VCF and stereo output with adjustable widht.
3 panning modes are available:
- alternate (default): odd voices to the one side, even to another
- key: pan is set by note number
- separate: Upper layer to the left, Lower to the right

01:03 - JX Piano (sync, PWM)
01:41 - EPiano (RingMod, PWM)
02:19 - Bells (RingMod, PWM)
02:35 - Self-Osc
02:42 - Brass 1
03:02 - Split 1
03:28 - Split 2
03:46 - Split 3 (Pad/Lead)
04:19 - Organ
04:33 - Brass 2 (Saw + PWM)
04:52 - Strings 1 (Saw + Pulse)
05:10 - Strings 2 (Layer)
05:26 - "Sonar" ;-)
05:31 - Soft Pad
06:04 - JX Brass
06:17 - Resonant Brass
06:32 - HiQ Bass
06:56 - FM 1 (Osc FM, VCF FM, Sync)
07:45 - Vox Humana (RingMod, Layer)
08:14 - FM 2 (VCF FM, Sync, Ring Mod)
08:47 - Single-Osc Brass
09:16 - Drums"

Prodigy vs. Sub37 oscillator challange

Published on Oct 6, 2017 Joakim Floke

"Short test of the two comparing the never oscillators of the Sub37 compared to the older one's in the Prodigy.
To bad my Prodigy has some strange flu so whemn I turn up the emphasis (resonance) get 50Hz ripples in the sound.."

Update:

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Moon Modular M500-3P Sequencing System SN 3550

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"563 V2 Trigger Sequencer
Eight step/four row Trigger Sequencer

with built-in clock-oscillator. The 32 switches (with associated LEDs) have three positions each: gate-on, gate-off and reset.

Switch-on time (adjustable width of the gate pulse) is independently variable for each of the four busses.

Two buttons to shift and reset the trigger position manually (all four rows); two buttons with associated trigger inputs to start and stop the internal oscillator. One input to reset the sequencer to position 1 via trigger pulse. Four independent trigger inputs, one for each bus.

The jacks are „switched“, so that, if e. g. only input 1 is used, inputs 2/3/4 are affected as well. If none of the sockets is used, the built-in clock oscillator is active. Four trigger/gate-outputs for the four rows of switches.

563E Trigger Sequencer Expander
Trigger Sequencer Expander module for the M563 V2 Trigger Sequencer.

Each of the 32 step positions of the connected M563 V2 has now his own dedicated output jack.

T6 Powered Tabletop Cabinet
High quality case with power at an affordable price! The Moon 500-T6 case is 6MU wide and equipped with dotcom power connections.

POWERED TABLETOP CASE M500-T6 (one row, accommodating 6 module widths) With power supply (±15 V/+5 V), connectors for synthesizers.com and cabling. Solid Walnut Wooden side panels are included. Cases can be combined to achieve longer units...

The cabinets are 10cm (back) and 7cm (front) deep. For the most right 2 MU's the depth is 8cm due to the power supply electronics."

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