MATRIXSYNTH

{CRYOSUIT} // Squarp Pyramid, Prophet-12, Sub-37, OB-6, TR-8

Published on Jan 1, 2019 MR TUNA Music

"It starts with Korg PadKontrol slam-jammin' it into the Squarp Pyramid sequencer (Thank god for that quantization), and out to the TR-8 putting on its best 707. Then it's straight to the smooth vhs-vibes of the Prophet-12 before we make a harrowing leap over to the Sub 37 and lay down that octave bass. Some skitter-scatter from the Roland MX-1 and then we cry over the terrible beauty of the unmistakable OB-6"

New Behringer UB-Xa Design is Complete

An update via Uli Behringer spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

"Here's another exciting update.

We have now completed the entire hardware design, which includes all PCB's and mechanical aspects.

The next step is to build our first working prototype and we hope to show a physical sample in around a month time.

Please bear in mind that we're now starting the most time consuming part, which is the firmware development, which will take considerable amount of time.

While we'll be able to reuse some of the DeepMind firmware, most will be new as we're moving to a high-performance ARM processor platform. This is especially useful as it allows for us to design upcoming synths in a very efficient manner.

Happy New Year everyone.

Uli"

The UB-Xa of course is Behringer's "clone" of the Oberheim OB-Xa.

Catch up on previous UB-Xa posts here.

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MIDERA | Mirage of an agonal breath

Published on Jan 1, 2019 MIDERA

"Ensoniq Mirage - sampled sounds from Korg Gadget. My Mirage is dying (hence the title), what you hear at the end is the Mirage taking an agonal breath."

Exploring X1L3 SHARD w/ Elektron Machine Drum

Published on Jan 1, 2019 Nostalgic Ruckus

"This is SHARD. Oh my… I’m using a kick from the Machine Drum and plugging it into Shard’s input. The creator Shane Williams aka X1L3 is known for his rather crazy circuit bent devices. I’m sure a lot of his past circuit bent work has inspired this. You get a very similar vibe when messing around with a circuit bent Casio or opening up some old 80s toy and diving into the unknown’s of it’s circuitry to create a box of wonder or mangled horror. The setup is Elektron’s Machine Drum output into Hexinverter’s Mutant Bassdrum’s distortion input then into Shard. The Machine drum’s kick was used instead of the Hexinverter due to needing a longer decay on the kick. The distortion output from the Mutant Bassdrum is then multiplied 3 times. One clean signal so you can hear the kick clean over Shard, one into Shard’s input, and one into Shard’s Atrophy input. The Atrophy input is more for control voltage but I have found plugging other sound sources into the cv inputs create some very interesting layers. There is some reverb then added at the end of the chain. If you are into noise or beat mangling Shard is one of those hidden gems."

Alpha Products VS-100 Voice Synthesizer For TRS-80

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"comes with the instructions and paperwork as shown"

Some pics including some of the inside, the ribbon cable and paperwork via this new listing.

The only one other was featured here back in 2011. That was also the only other Alpha Products post. Curious if they made anything else.

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Access Virus TI2 Whiteout 61-Key Keyboard Synthesizer

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"Only 150 exists in the world. Original Owner. Excellent Condition. Everything Works. Comes with Keyboard and Power Cable." Matching white at that!

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Elka Synthex 1981 Black/Wood Panel Finish with Midi

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"This Synthex has been in used fairly regularly in an Air conditioned studio but Plays beautifully, Has midi.

There are a few cosmetic issues IE. Some chipped wood on the paneling and missing caps from 1 or two filter, but its all very minor stuff and par the course when dealing with a vintage synth of this age."

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