"This SH7 was just serviced by a well known local tech and the keybed has been cleaned, plays like new. My tech also switched the power from 100V to 117V. The oscillators hold tune perfectly and all knobs switchers and sliders are scratch free, smooth like butter. This synth is amazing and sounds great in 2 Voice mode."
"A litlle ambient jam using the Lyra-8 as the main sound source.
Wingie 2 processes the signal from the Lyra-8 while the Sq1 sequences certain notes in the Wingie 2, the Mood adorns the sound."
"Impossible to find them, rare, legendary equipment that if you didn't own now already is going to stay like that for ages. You can't buy them or get them easy. Please, tell me your favourite on comments"
"There seems to be some mystery surrounding the Farfisa Soundmaker - how does it sound, is it actually cool, and what does Poly & Strings in Mono actually do?
In this video I go through the presets of all three sections and then move on to the marvellous Poly & Strings in Mono - unlocking your Poly & Strings in Mono is crucial to really getting the best out of your Soundmaker though.
I added some text to further explain its unique architecture - but here's a short info sheet:
Then Soundmaker has three independent sections - each with its own with volume and cut-off filter.
1. Polyphonic section with 3 Piano presets, 1 brass preset with its own fixed vibrato setting.
2. The additional Polyphonic section is the strings section : 2 footages of strings with attack, decay controls on top of volume and cut-off sliders. The strings sound surprisingly good - top tier 1970s string machine.
3. Monophonic preset section with additional Free mode which let you modulate the preset sounds with filter and ADSR and lastly - the Oscillator bank (LFO) with LFO controls, wave forms and vibrato controls.
Engaging the Poly & Strings in Mono internally routes both Polyphonic sections into the filter and oscillator bank of the monophonic section - letting you modulate them freely and really unlocking the uniqueness of this instrument.
The best way to experience the Poly & Strings in Mono is to create a dedicated Monophonic audio output - which the Soundmaker unfortunately doesn't have.
We carved out a Mono only output by cutting the Polyphonic signal to the Phones output in the back.
This is quite easy, you flip open the machine and simply cut the wire from the Poly section inside (it's easily reversible) - please have an experience technician do this for you if you're hesitant.
The second trick to enhance the performance of Poly & Strings in Mono is easier : turn off the mono section preset with its dedicated on/off button (it will still pass audio but no preset will be engaged). Since the mono preset sound is much louder in volume than the signal arriving via Poly & Strings in Mono, turning it off will make you hear the effect better."
"Quick: Here's an inspiring and quite handy rhythm-making feature of the Ample synth!
Patch the built-in noise (snare) into one of Ample's audio-ins, adjust the pattern to taste, and then use the patch outputs (16ths) to your hats and your kick (4/4).
It's useful to have ready-to-go patterns at your fingertips while using Ample with your modular or other synthesizers."
"Tonight - I read a poem I had written years ago about my cat Pivot. I made it in the style of Dr. Seuss, about how she poops on the floor. We laughed a lot as I read it. But then I hit the last line and realized how it ended, and I just broke down crying. My wife and my kids consoled me, it was nice. I knew it would be hard to lose this cat. And now I have this burning desire to get another tuxedo cat (I got Pivot a week after my last Tuxedo cat, Winchester, was put down). I feel like it would be a fitting tribute to her... but then again, it would be another cat to take care of (we still have 2 cats, and 2 dogs).
Anyway, I know I'm not sharing the poem here... but it's odd how something can hit you so differently at two different times. The story was supposed to just be funny.
