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Thursday, May 23, 2019
FREEMAN STRING SYMPHONIZER DEMO
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Published on May 23, 2019 prosoloist
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"These are rare. Only a few hundred made I believe. Disputes in how much the engineer Ken Freeman would be paid I believe drove back production to where other competition hit the market first (the Solina and Crumar Stringman). But the Freeman has a unique place in that it uses 25 oscillators to produce a more vibrant sound than the other string machines
Freeman used low frequency oscillators (6 of them) patched to note groups not usually hit together. (diminished 5ths) The Freeman is big to house all the circuitry and they didn't exactly use the lightest materials.
The volume pedal DOES come with this one. The volume pedal is rather specific to this instrument. It has a feature that allows a 1/2 step bend to the pitch. It works fine. I never had the music stand.
Works great. No power cord, but you can use a regular electrical extension cord as long as it has an outlet on the top, not the side."
Published on May 23, 2019 prosoloist
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"These are rare. Only a few hundred made I believe. Disputes in how much the engineer Ken Freeman would be paid I believe drove back production to where other competition hit the market first (the Solina and Crumar Stringman). But the Freeman has a unique place in that it uses 25 oscillators to produce a more vibrant sound than the other string machines
Freeman used low frequency oscillators (6 of them) patched to note groups not usually hit together. (diminished 5ths) The Freeman is big to house all the circuitry and they didn't exactly use the lightest materials.
The volume pedal DOES come with this one. The volume pedal is rather specific to this instrument. It has a feature that allows a 1/2 step bend to the pitch. It works fine. I never had the music stand.
Works great. No power cord, but you can use a regular electrical extension cord as long as it has an outlet on the top, not the side."
Roland SH-2 Monophonic 2 VCO Synthesizer w/ MIDI Upgrade
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"This one has been upgraded with a MIDI interface which allows the control of most of the parameters of the panel and the bender.
It has been fully serviced as well.
- All potentiometers have been cleaned and lubricated.
- The synth has been calibrated by following the factory specifications"
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"This one has been upgraded with a MIDI interface which allows the control of most of the parameters of the panel and the bender.
It has been fully serviced as well.
- All potentiometers have been cleaned and lubricated.
- The synth has been calibrated by following the factory specifications"
Roland RS-505 Paraphonic String Synthesizer w/ MIDI Upgrade
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"In excellent working condition, it has been fully serviced and calibrated. The MIDI interface has been installed recently and it is in fully working order. The shape is really good as well, it has some small scratches around the bender board and the back panel above the midi sockets.But it does not affect the working condition of the synthesizer. This string machine is a great synthesizer, really underrated. It has a really power full bass and a beautiful strings and synth part. The chorus (ensemble) when activated makes the sounds even greater."
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"In excellent working condition, it has been fully serviced and calibrated. The MIDI interface has been installed recently and it is in fully working order. The shape is really good as well, it has some small scratches around the bender board and the back panel above the midi sockets.But it does not affect the working condition of the synthesizer. This string machine is a great synthesizer, really underrated. It has a really power full bass and a beautiful strings and synth part. The chorus (ensemble) when activated makes the sounds even greater."
Roland Jupiter-6 with Europa SN 343361
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"Great condition Roland Jupiter 6, recently serviced with all clean faderpots & featuring the Europa upgrade. Includes original power cable plus one additional spare replacement faderpot. Check images for scratches on metal panel."
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"Great condition Roland Jupiter 6, recently serviced with all clean faderpots & featuring the Europa upgrade. Includes original power cable plus one additional spare replacement faderpot. Check images for scratches on metal panel."
Arturia Micro Freak Bass Pads SFX Hybrid Analog Digital Synthesizer Rik Marston
Published on May 23, 2019 Rik Marston Official
"Arturia Micro Freak right out of the box. It sounds GREAT!
Proof that Digital Synthesizers are back in a BIG way!
My only issues are simple, but for the price I can't complain...
It does not have internal effects or external input.
You'll need to master playing the cool "keys",
you might accidentally hit them while playing other "keys"...
-I will play the JP-8000 to control the Micro Freak next video :)
Plus they made the LEDs a different color than the
Winter NAMM show model. I WANTED BLUE LEDs!!!!
Not cool, Arturia! NOT COOL! Anyone with the NAMM
show model wanna trade?? Seriously! I want BLUE LEDs!!!!
Other than that this synthesizer is RAD!!! Like, Totally!!!
Recorded into Ableton LIVE with Groove Delay 23/25"
Buster - You're In Love With Your Hair
Published on May 23, 2019 teenageengineering
"'you're in love with your hair' by buster out now through teenage engineering records."
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Heart plug for Dune fans out there.
Superbooth 2019 - Richard Devine on MODX and Modular
Published on May 23, 2019 sonicstate
"At the Yamaha Booth we caught up with Richard and talked FM, Modular and performance.
Thanks to Yamaha and Studiohire.de for the live footage"
Happy Birthday Bob
Published on May 23, 2019 Moog Music Inc
"Today we celebrate electronic pioneer and Moog Music founder Bob Moog on his 85th birthday. Bob's inventions have forever changed the way we hear our world, inspiring generations to explore electronic sound, discover new possibilities, and value the way that music connects us as human beings. Bob’s innovative spirit continues to inspire us each day here in the Moog Factory, and we are forever grateful to be a part of this creative legacy.
Thank you, Bob. We can never say that enough.
Love,
Your friends at Moog"
Roland SH-2 | Black Box Skank
Published on May 23, 2019 Alex Ball
"The Roland SH-2 from 1979 is one vintage piece I’d never seen in the flesh and one that wasn’t physically in my 'Land of the Rising Sound' documentary, so it’s great to be able to cover it on the channel.
Huge thanks to Ian Livingstone for the loan.
It reminds me of the SH-7 and SH-1 in terms of sound and the “auto bend” is very much in keeping with the early SH models, but then it’s also quite clearly a step towards the later SH-101 in terms of its layout. Quite an interesting one!
The SH-2 has Sine, Sawtooth, Square and PWM available on oscillator 1 and Noise, Sawtooth, Square and PWM on oscillator 2. There’s also a sub-oscillator, which really beefs things up.
It has one LFO (Sine, Square and S&H) with delay that can modulate pulse width, oscillator-frequency, filter cut-off and also trigger the one envelope. The filter is low-pass and can self-oscillate. There’s also portamento and adjustable auto-bend as mentioned earlier.
The SH-2 had a little brother with a single oscillator, the SH-9 (which I’ve never played). I’m guessing it’s very similar in a kind of Korg MS-20 / MS-10 sibling way. If you’ve played both, let me know!
There’s a few specific things I did such as taking the CV/Gate out and hooking up the SH-101 that ran back through the “Ext Audio In” of the SH-2. That gave me 3 oscillators and 2 sub oscillators so that I could mix and detune footings and waveshapes.
I also ran midi to my TB-303 and fired on CV/Gate from that to the SH-2. The 303 also ran through the Ext Audio In so that the whole effect came through the same filter / envelope / VCA.
Instruments Used:
Roland SH-2 (1979)
Roland SH-101 (1982)
Roland TB-303 (1981)
Roland TR-606 (1981)
Sequential Drumtraks (1984)
DSi Prophet REV2 (2017)
Yamaha U3 Piano (stereo mic’d)
Ibanez JEM 7DBK / Fender Blues Junior II / Mic’d with an SM57
Some EMU Emulator and Fairlight stabs
Couple of Project Alpha Sounds
There’s also a Pro~One and Korg MS-20 doing some cameo FX that I added after and didn’t film."
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