Tuesday, March 12, 2019
TheSynthCave Live Analog Synth Jams
Published on Mar 12, 2019 TheSynthCave
Playlist:
1. "Gear used: TR-808, TTSH, SP-16, AS-1, ER-1, TR-727, Juno 60, JX-3Px2, Polysix, A4, Microbrute, Sq-1, TR-606"
2. "Gear used: Korg Polysix, Roland TR-808, PioneerDJ- SP-16, PioneerDJ As-1, Roland Jupiter 8, Roland Juno-60, TTSH 2600, Arturia microbrute, Korg SQ-1, Elektron Analog four, Arp Omni 2"
Behringer Teases a New Roland Jupiter-8?
The BIG Question Everybody's Asking Published on Mar 12, 2019 BEHRINGER
This one is in via Soviet Space Child.
VTECH IQ BUILDERS TALKING COMPUTER Circuit bent by Bogus Noise
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via this auction
Check out the video here.
"Another VTech talky box here, and this is one of the best yet! A whole host of mods take this one into a whole new sonic dimension.
4 glitch buttons linked with an 12 point rotary selector give a huge range of different glitch noises and possibilities, you'll get all sorts of great noises from these - from bizarre blurps to trippy melodic loops.
An LTC pitch circuit has been added and honed to give excellent control over the speed of the device, taking the melodies and glitches from deep and bassy low bitcrushed monster growls, all the way up to chirpy blips and squeaks.
There's also an extra Power switch and indicator LED to shut the device down when not in use, and a quarter inch output jack for sending the output to a recording device, amplifier, or run it through effects pedals - this thing sounds great through some nice speakers!
Added Features
Pitch Knob
4 Glitch Buttons
8 Way Rotary Glitch Source Switch
1/4" Mono Output Jack"
via this auction
Check out the video here.
"Another VTech talky box here, and this is one of the best yet! A whole host of mods take this one into a whole new sonic dimension. 4 glitch buttons linked with an 12 point rotary selector give a huge range of different glitch noises and possibilities, you'll get all sorts of great noises from these - from bizarre blurps to trippy melodic loops.
An LTC pitch circuit has been added and honed to give excellent control over the speed of the device, taking the melodies and glitches from deep and bassy low bitcrushed monster growls, all the way up to chirpy blips and squeaks.
There's also an extra Power switch and indicator LED to shut the device down when not in use, and a quarter inch output jack for sending the output to a recording device, amplifier, or run it through effects pedals - this thing sounds great through some nice speakers!
Added Features
Pitch Knob
4 Glitch Buttons
8 Way Rotary Glitch Source Switch
1/4" Mono Output Jack"
KORG VOLCA MODULAR // PATCH 2
Published on Mar 12, 2019 LESINDES
"Basically:
Patching AD2 to different VCO parameters.
AD2 is controlled by CLOCK DIVIDER and
different clock divisions.
The MODULAR is a synthesizer with a potential but also with a lot of NOs, unfortunately. I really like the idea of it but it has:
1. unlike all the other Volcas NO Midi input
2. NO seperate gate input -- combined CV/Gate in so special stereo mini jack to 2 mono mini jacks cable needed
3. LPG is very low, only half as loud as LPG1, or my Volca is broken?!
4. Gate or CV output of keyboard and sequencer only in these fiddle sockets.
5. Cables with the soft easily bendable ends feel and are very fiddly. The raw cable ends slide easily out of the sockets even though you only gently touch the cables!
From min. 5 - 8 it is clock input is patched as source
by mistake but there is still a lot of entertaining tweaking
;-)"
KORG VOLCA MODULAR LESINDES
GRP A2 Analog Synthesizer
Published on Mar 12, 2019 Perfect Circuit
"The GRP A2 has two thick analog VCOs and a state variable VCF. The A2 has tons of routing and modulation options all available on rotary switches and a ring modulator as well as a VCLFO and regular LFO as well as two envelopes that are each unique.
There are CV as well as midi control inputs and an arpeggiator built in. The glowing VU meters let you monitor the output which although it is a monophonic synth, different filter outputs can be output at once.
In the first part of the video we used the Elektron Model:Samples for drums and sequencing of the A2.
A2 available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/grp-sy..."
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Make Noise Launches a Make Noize Zine
via Make Noise
"The first issue of the Make Noise zine is here! Free to download, it features interviews with Tony Rolando and Make Noise Records artist Evan Caminiti, as well as a patch breakdown of the "Landline Blues" entry from our VC Environments series on Instagram. Enjoy!"
Screenshots of the first issue saved for posterity here.
Korg MS-20 Mini Repair by False Electronics
via False Electronics where you'll find the full write-up. A few pics of the front panel and what's under captured here.
"Despite the popularity of this synth and the number of mods documented online, there isn't a lot of information on some of the parts used, so hopefully this will be useful to others.
There are 3 main PCBs, all mounted to the sheet metal case and connected together with cables.Digital board - power entry and power supplies, the microcontroller, MIDI and USB ports.
Analog board - all synthesizer circuits, knobs, switches and jacks.
Keyboard PCB - breaks out the keys to a connector. I didn't look at this."
Custom Desktop Sequential Circuits Pro One in Wooden Case
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via this auction
Curious if it's just resting in the case.
via this listing: "Yes you are reading this right. The only Pro-One modded to desktop version I have ever seen! Mod wheel control via CV in on the back :) This was recently services, tuned and PSU rebuilt by mr SynthNerd himself here in Dublin.."
Synth tech in Dublin for those that need one.
via this auction
Curious if it's just resting in the case.
via this listing: "Yes you are reading this right. The only Pro-One modded to desktop version I have ever seen! Mod wheel control via CV in on the back :) This was recently services, tuned and PSU rebuilt by mr SynthNerd himself here in Dublin.."
Synth tech in Dublin for those that need one.
Casio Casiotone MT-41 w/ Original Box & Extras
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via this auction
You can find a video demo of one here.
via this auction
You can find a video demo of one here.
Rare Silver Faced MAM ADX-1 Analog Drum Synthesizer
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via this auction
"The ADX1 is a compact, inexpensive, all-analog drum synthesizer from German synth manufacturer Music And More (MAM). It has 50 on-board knobs to tweak its five analog drum sounds. These include Bass, Synth, Snare, Hi-Hat and Metal. Each sound has ten rotary knobs that can be used to adjust a variety of parameters for that sound, such as attack/decay/release, stereo panning, filter cutoff and resonance, volume, FM depth and tuning. Sounds a bit dirty — but in a good, analog kind of way. The ADX1 is rack-mountable with a metal faceplate that has been seen in both blue and silver color schemes.
Unlike many other drum machines, the ADX1 is purely a synthesizer—there is no on-board pattern sequencer. There is no patch memory. However, there is MIDI I/O, stereo outputs, individual outputs for each sound, and on-board Trigger buttons to fire off each sound from the front-panel which is useful when crafting the sounds.
As mentioned, the sounds are all analog. And all those knobs do allow you to create some great analog drum sounds—the kind that you might hear from Kraftwerk or Nine Inch Nails. The Snare and HiHat sounds both feature "open" and "closed" variants. The sounds can be quite unique, but also fairly capable of emulating most of the classic analog drum sounds of the past such as those from the Roland X0X line, although the Bass doesn't seem to have the same punch as a 909 kick. The Snare is a lot like the classic Simmons machines. Its HiHat and Metal sounds seem to get the most praise from users around the interwebs. The envelope and filter controls on the HiHat allow for some really cool animated HiHat patterns. And the Metal sound is more of an analog-explosion sound, rather than a ride or crash.
The closest competitor to the ADX1 out there would probably be the . However, the ADX1 is more compact and grittier. The ADX1 ceased production when MAM was bought/sold to another company called Terratec. Its combination of modern MIDI implementation and internal circuitry with old-school analog sounds and low-budget construction make the ADX1 an affordable supplement to your existing synth studio, as well as very fun and capable analog drum synthesizer."
via this auction
"The ADX1 is a compact, inexpensive, all-analog drum synthesizer from German synth manufacturer Music And More (MAM). It has 50 on-board knobs to tweak its five analog drum sounds. These include Bass, Synth, Snare, Hi-Hat and Metal. Each sound has ten rotary knobs that can be used to adjust a variety of parameters for that sound, such as attack/decay/release, stereo panning, filter cutoff and resonance, volume, FM depth and tuning. Sounds a bit dirty — but in a good, analog kind of way. The ADX1 is rack-mountable with a metal faceplate that has been seen in both blue and silver color schemes.Unlike many other drum machines, the ADX1 is purely a synthesizer—there is no on-board pattern sequencer. There is no patch memory. However, there is MIDI I/O, stereo outputs, individual outputs for each sound, and on-board Trigger buttons to fire off each sound from the front-panel which is useful when crafting the sounds.
As mentioned, the sounds are all analog. And all those knobs do allow you to create some great analog drum sounds—the kind that you might hear from Kraftwerk or Nine Inch Nails. The Snare and HiHat sounds both feature "open" and "closed" variants. The sounds can be quite unique, but also fairly capable of emulating most of the classic analog drum sounds of the past such as those from the Roland X0X line, although the Bass doesn't seem to have the same punch as a 909 kick. The Snare is a lot like the classic Simmons machines. Its HiHat and Metal sounds seem to get the most praise from users around the interwebs. The envelope and filter controls on the HiHat allow for some really cool animated HiHat patterns. And the Metal sound is more of an analog-explosion sound, rather than a ride or crash.
The closest competitor to the ADX1 out there would probably be the . However, the ADX1 is more compact and grittier. The ADX1 ceased production when MAM was bought/sold to another company called Terratec. Its combination of modern MIDI implementation and internal circuitry with old-school analog sounds and low-budget construction make the ADX1 an affordable supplement to your existing synth studio, as well as very fun and capable analog drum synthesizer."
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