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Carol of the Synths - ARP Odyssey, Axxe, Omni, SCI Prophet 600, Sequential Prophet 6 synthesizers!

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Tom Loncaric

"'Carol of the Synths' based on 'Carol of the Bells'
A little seasonal cheer improvised on analog synthesizers!

Synthesizers used:
ARP Odyssey Mk II (1976)
ARP Axxe (1978)
ARP Omni (1977]
Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 (1983)
Sequential Prophet 6 (2017)

“Carol of the Bells" is a popular christmas song, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 and lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk". The original folk story related in the song was associated with the coming New Year, which, in pre-Christian Ukraine, was celebrated with the coming of spring in April. The original Ukrainian title translates to "the generous one" or is perhaps derived from the Ukrainian word for bountiful (shchedryj), and tells a tale of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the bountiful year that the family will have."

Moog One does The Shining Main Theme

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Mattelica

"Live take of a Moog One original patch doing a short and simple version of the Shining's Main Theme, to a Yamaha MG10xu mixer to a Canon 6D + 50mm 1.4 lens."

Jurgen Haible - Living Vocoder Custom Build

This one was spotted on Muff's from JanneI and sent in via M Me.

Jurgen Haible started work on the design back in 2009, prototype boards came in 2010, and he unfortunately passed away in 2011. His site is gone, however I was able to find his page on the Living Vocoder at the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine here.

"The Filterbank funktion will have 3 modes:

1) On
The Filterbank will always be mixed with the vocoded sound, acording to how you set the Filterbank sliders.

2) Off
Basic Vocoder function

3) Silence Bridging
The Filterbank function will fade in when there is no speech. So there is always a coloured Excitation signal. While you speak, the colour is set by the speech. When you don't speak, the colour is set by the 20 Filterbank sliders. This allows a seamless blend of ariticulated and non-articulated sound.
You can set the threshold - how many dBs down the speech signal is, before the filterbank is engaged -, and the attack and release time of the filterbank fade in/out, with 3 potentiometers.

Capacitors

I have reduced the expensive, 1% capacitors to two values: 10nF and 47nF.
That way, you can buy them in larger quanities and they won't be that expensive.
You will need about 150 pieces of 47nF 1% and 150 pieces of 10nF 1%.
They are available at www.rs-components.de , order number 169-326 and 166-6421 (These are bags of 10 pieces.)
You'll need a lot of other capacitors as well, of course, butthese can be 5% tolerance - not so hard to source."

You can find additional details and links to schematics here.

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AION MODULAR Developments for 2020

Published on Dec 12, 2019 synthprocess Club of the Knobs Synthesizer

"AION MODULAR systems can now be assembled to the legendary 3 P Synthesizer System! See more at aion-modular.com. Happy 2020 to all analog synth-friends!"

Play Time

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Todd Barton

"Playing with samples from the MakeNoise Morphagene, panned by the Intellijel Planar 2 and gated by the Buchla Music Easel...enjoy!
my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Using Befaco's VCMC with VCV Rack

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Omri Cohen

"The VCMC (Voltage Controlled Midi Controller) from Befaco allows us to have both a Midi controller and a way to send CV from our hardware modules into VCV Rack, all in one module, and all within the case.

00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - Using the VCMC as a Midi controller
08:46 - Patch 1 (Neutron, Morphagene, Mimeophon)
18:21 - Patch 2 (O Coast, Disting)

If you like what I do and want to support my work, consider joining my crew on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Here are the patches - https://patchstorage.com/using-befaco..."

DSI Pro 2 & TC Electronic Alter Ego

Published on Dec 12, 2019 3rdStoreyChemist

SHERMAN FILTERBANK PROTOTYPE - #31 of 40 Made

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via this auction

"One of just 40 prototype units hand-built by Herman Gillis (aka “Sherman”) in 1996. Excellent condition and full working order.

These original units did not have MIDI.

NOTE: This unit is working well but will be checked internally and tested by our techs. Shipping will be 10 working days from purchase.

According to the Sherman website just 40 of these Belgian beasts were made. No MIDI and the back “panel” is plastic plumbing pipe. No frills – all thrills.

Serial number: 31 – signed on the back by Herman!

In terms of functionality and sound it is obviously closer to the early Filterbank 1.

Very clean with almost no signs of age or use. A small amount of scratching around one screw is all we can see.
220/240v unit. A step-up transformer will be required for use on 110/120v supplies."

This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

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EKO Pony Synthesizer w/ Original Box & Extras

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"Super Rare EKO Pony Synth. Made in Italy in the early 1980's. 100% pure analogue.

Features: 5 Orchestral presets (Flute 16'/ Flute 8'/ Flute 4'/ Reed/ Strings.) + Master Volume slider.

4 Synth presets (Brass 1/ Brass 2/ Piccolo/ Poly.) Vibrato Effect. + Glide Slider & Synth Volume Slider. (Orchestral & Synth presets can be combined in any configuration, vibrato effect works on all presets.) Automatic presets (Memory/ Key/ Accomp./ AMC.) + Accomp Volume Slider. Rhythm presets (Waltz/ Tango/ March/ Rock'n'Roll/ Slow Rock/ Disco/ BossaNova/ Samba.) + Rhythm Volume Slider & Tempo Slider. Jack Output. Headphone Output. Din Pedal Input. Mains Powered."

Mint condition, one owner hardly used. Still has original box, and stand, music stand missing.

Probably the best example to be offered up for sale in 10 years.

Good ergonomics, the keyboard is a full-size four octave C-C design. The single speaker is situated to the left of the modern-looking sloping control panel and also underneath .

Roughly, the controls are divided into four sections, which will be dealt with from left to right. First, the sliding Master Volume control and below that a set of five Orchestra tabs, giving Flute 16 foot, Flute 8 foot, Flute 4 foot, and Strings. These are fully polyphonic sounds.

The next section is marked Synth, with two sliders for Glide and Synth Volume above and five tabs below. The tabs are Brass 1, Brass 2 and Piccolo, together with Poly and Vibrato.

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