Yamaha CS15 Synthesizer Demo

Yamaha CS15 Synthesizer Demo Part 1


Yamaha CS15 Synthesizer Demo Part 2

YouTube via stenophonic

TB-303 Acid Reflux 006

YouTube via RRKS69.
"The second track from The Reflux Experience EP. Due out when someone signs me (LOL)... You can listen to the stereo version on my MySpace page. Another 8 minutes of Acid Madness here.
PEACE & CHEERS,
RRKS"

Form 12

YouTube via thedeepelement.
"The patch is somewhere in this video. I've always been compelled to use harsh tones that simulate distortion but don't actually incorporate it into the signal flow. *Some of my modules are in for repairs."

1981 Moog Rogue Synth Schematics Program Manual Ad

via this auction

"1981 Technical Service Manual. 8 fold out pages. 1981 Factory Service Bulletin. Authorized Dealer Logo Page. 2 page info on the Prodigy. Even an Original Moog Envelope"

1981 Moog Minimoog Synth Promo Ad Service Bulletin

via this auction

"1980 Promo Ad on the Minimoog. Printed on both sides. Descriptions, specs and more. Also includes an Original 1981 Factory Service Bulletin. 3 pages. Gives info on Oscillator tuning"

Secession 'Touch' 1985

YouTube via AGESOFTHEROD. Via sequencer.de. KORG Poly-61.
"Performing on BBC TV's Oxford Road Show .... 1 February 1985"

Weird Sound Generator demo

YouTube via sduck409. Sent my way via Steve.
"A brief demo of my Weird Sound Generator - built from a pcb/plans from Music From Outer Space."

Casio CZ-1 Spelunking - CZ-1 Easter Eggs

It looks like the Casio CZ-1 has some functional Easter Eggs in it. If you are not familiar with Easter Eggs, in software they are basically hidden or previously unknown features or other functionality. They can be credit rolls of the people that worked in the software, secret levels, a flight simulator in the old version of Microsoft Excell, or in the Casio CZ-1, extra functionality.

"I was in the process of making a program that would let me edit Casio CZ-1 sysex dumps. A Casio CZ-1 is a synthesizer. I wanted the program to also be able to take advantage of any known easter eggs in the CZ-1. I was reading about these easter eggs on the Sealed web pages. Those pages were the basis of all of the studies I have been doing. Without them I wouldn't have even started.

However, those pages left me with a lot of questions, so I started doing bit-by-bit analyses of my CZ-1. I wanted to do a really systematic study of those easter eggs, and to document them better so that they will be more usable. I was originally just doing this for my own interest, but I've wasted so much time on it now that I figure I ought to make it available to everyone.

The easter eggs I'm working on concern the waveform types, the "window function", and the modulation type. For example: There are more basic waveforms than the Casio documentation admits to. The "resonant" waves are created by passing a certain waveform through a window function, and if you manipulate the window function separately you can create all sorts of new waves. Also, if you program the CZ-1 from the front panel you can only combine certain waves. But when you use sysex you can combine any wave with any other wave and run it through any of the windows. And lastly, there are more types of modulation available than Casio has documented. All of these things were written up on the Sealed website, and I just wanted to do more thorough documentation and samples of those things."

Click here for more detail. This one sent my way via swissdoc.

Waldorf Pulse+Doepfer MAQ 16/3+A-107 Filter+Dalek

YouTube via DavideModu.
"Waldorf Pulse+Doepfer MAQ 16/3+A-107 Filter+Dalek"

Roland D-50 demonstration

YouTube via VintSynth.
"One of ther most beautiful synthesizers of the late eighties can still impress."

blosync2

Another Waldorf Blofeld demo via Stefan Trippler: blosync2.mp3

The Mill

via Chris Muir:

"A granular file player. Great for warping XMas music, enabling you to enjoy songs in a new way. This current version does some calculations based on a 44.1K sample rate, so if you use other sample rates things will be a little wacky.

There are two versions here, a Max patch and a stand-alone Mac OS X application. If you are on a Mac and you don't have Max, you can run the application. If you're on Windows and don't have Max, you can run the patch version, if you install the Max Runtime for Windows."

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Roland System 100

via Aliens Project

Thorsten live in Frankfurt 2007

click here for a couple more shots on the excellent Tangerine Dream site, The Archive Plus.

its some kind of delicious mess.

flickr by BlacKSacrificE

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click here for mouse overs of the gear.

HC KSS Synth Demos

Swissdoc sent me a link to the HC KSS Synth Demos thread on Harmony Central. The thread contains a massive list of synth demos started by clustorchord back on 10/11/2004. Do check it out.

Yamaha QY70 Oooooooh!

YouTube via zamisers7k.
"Not my first synth, but my first baby. knobless I might add."

ARP 2500 modular sequence

YouTube via polyvoks.

"the fantastic king ARP 2500 playing with 2 vco's / 2 filters / 1 vca / 3 env & the sequencer"

Ken Stone and MFOS DIY Modules

Two pics via Mitchell Sigman of Celebutante, and Keyboard Magazine. You might also remember Mitchell from these previous posts.

"I have a .com system with modules that I've built from Ken Stone and Music From Outer Space PCB's, and I just finished doing my own silkscreening for the panels (I'm not that good at it yet though... you can see some glitches). I did all the artwork in Photoshop. I got the "tic mark" patterns for the knobs from yusynth.net, who has a lot of his own .com style art on his site.

Here is a single panel with both a Ken Stone CGS31 Digital Noise module as well as a CGS RR Real Ring Modulator (my system needs some passive attenuators to make the ringmodmodule more useful)."





Update: one more image via Mitchell.

Banana Modular test 4

YouTube via synthmonger. "osfompsfeompfseopm"

Banana Modular test 1


Banana Modular test 3

Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer Bass

YouTube via Porcu68. "Preset Bass Patches from Waldorf Blofeld and Photos."

Roland Juno-60 and MD-8 MIDI DCB Interface

images via this auction

MOOG The Source

images via this auction

Analog Suicide - GIVE THIS WOMAN AN OSCILLATOR...

click here for AnalogSuicide a new analog gear oriented blog by Tara Busch. You might remember Tara from these previous posts.

"Welcome to my brand new dot on your radio wave...Analog Suicide!! It is dedicated to all things wild & wonderful in the world of analog & vintage gear as well as the newest, coolest developments on the digital side including software & sound design.

Hosted by me, Tara Busch, this blog welcomes creative approaches from all aspects....it stems from a personal fascination with how other artists create & to learn more about this beautiful and aesthetically & sonically stunning world of instruments & machines...

Please send my way your wildest , oddest finds ...circuit benders & synth scientists!! MIDI controlled Tesla Coils & Fairlights!!! EMS synthis, MS-20's & OB-8's!! Odd pedals, Guitar synths, Filters, triggering devices, & theremins!!! Films & clips are most welcome as well as links & pictures & stories!"

Be sure to check out some of the contributors. I'm subbed and looking forward to what comes in.

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flickr by ignasiTudela

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OHM SWEET OHM.,.,.,.,

flickr by industrial drawing (click through for more)

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analog synthesizer buchla

YouTube via emssynthi100.
"259 and 261 with 250. i met DON and these modules are actually the ones from his own system since he didnt have any ready to sell he was kind enough to let go some of his system. thanx DON"

Simmons sds7 Pwnd again by the 909

YouTube via MADRRRRR.

"This time i'll show again how different the sds 7 reacts to changes in the accent of the 909. Later on i use the same pattern and scroll through some sds presets.

Very nice wet towel snares. That will slap around your ears.
Lovely hihat type of hiss. Raw claps en snares with nice noise
And that instant raw noise sound of Reese - Funk, Funk, Funk ... Or Lil Louis Video Clash type of sounds

Enjoy ...

( Next up is sampling the sds sounds with my sp1200 and beat the hell out of it .. but that's later ) "

Jean Michel Jarre and his Instruments

YouTube via Sharpblue.
"Small clip of JMJ talking about the Instruments he used on Oxygene."

Alesis Micron Song FM Sounds

YouTube via Gtechture.
"Hi, This is a song I created in Setup mode. I made all patterns and sounds used in this composition. All patches utilize the microns frequency modulation capabilites."

Waldorf Blofeld

YouTube via Porcu68.
"Problems with waldorf Blofeld. Others can not be showed. For instance freezing patch selection menu."

Yamaha CS-15 Drone Sounds

via altemark on the Matrixsynth Forum.

"The CS-15 is a pretty flexible analog synthesizer, thanks to it having two of everything - except for the one LFO (which goes up to 1000 hz - fast!). The envelopes are fast and snappy, though not as powerful as the ones on the lesser model, the one-oscillator CS-10. But you can not demand much more from such a cheap and still well built synthesizer. Of course you are left wishing for some features - for example it is lacking in inter-oscillator modulation, no cross-mod, sync or the likes despite two oscillators." click here for the full post including mp3s on infosmash.

The LinnDrum II

Looks like BoomChick will now be called the LinnDrum II. Images send my way via Aaron.
Some info via this VSE thread send my way via MG (note the images are from this month's Future Music magazine):

"LinnDrum II
So no BoomChik but the name now is the LinnDrum II!

Article is in the new Future Music with nice pics (it looks quite different from the Boomchik pics):
2 versions of the new Drum Machine to be Launched:
1 All Digital with Sample playback
2 Digital and Analogue (IE version above but with 4 Voice analogue synthesis-and Evolver type bits and pieces) and 27 extra knobs

Some details:
OS emphasises usability and realtime performance
MPC and 808 style programming on 16 sensitive pads
16 MB flash RAM expandable by compact Flash
Pitch-space synthesis on analogue side
4 outputs plus 4 Analogue outputs (on analogue model)
2 Audio Inputs for processing etc
USB/MIDI in/out
Various processing options and its own individual 'sound'"

Sequential Circuits Pro-One: Protus tweak

YouTube via humanaftertaste.
"Protus tweaking out a vintage analog synth: Sequential Circuits Pro-One. Recorded directly to an Aardvark 24/96. Download the audio in high-quality 128 Kbps (MONO) here"

modular 3

YouTube via klangschrauber.
"i try to make different drumsounds and a synthline with only 2 VCO and 2 VCF only by modulation. this is fun :-)"

analog synthesizer oscar

YouTube via emssynthi100.

Kaossilator Solitaire 5

YouTube via denka51.
"The drum solo of tempo 300 that uses only PGM95."

x0xb0x 227

images via this auction

"modifications from the original specs:
* On/off switch added to back
* Custom face made by a member of the x0x forum
* Rear panel painted with durable black wrinkle paint
* Interior connecting wiring done with wires rather than flimsy ribbon cables included in kit
* Bass boost mod


From the site:
The x0xb0x is not just another MIDI-controlled TB-303 clone. x0xb0x is a full reproduction of the original Roland synthesizer, with fully functional sequencer. The sequencer can be programmed just like the original 303 and can be used to control other synthesizers via any of its various output formats. 128 banks of track memory and 64 banks of pattern memory are stored in onboard EEPROM, no battery-backup is needed!

- MIDI in, out, and thru
- DIN Sync (in or out, selectable)
- CV and Gate (1/8" jacks)
- Audio: headphone, mix-in and line-level out (1/4" jacks)
- Knobs: Tuning, Cutoff, Resonance, Env Mod, Decay, Accent, Tempo, Volume
- Waveforms : Square, Saw
- Computer Controlled: Can save/edit stored patterns and tracks via USB
- 16 step sequencer
- Storage: 128 patterns, 16 tracks saved on an EPROM chip
- Random mode: fill a pattern bank with random notes
- Keyboard mode: act like a monophonic MIDI keyboard"

Zurich DIY Festival Video

click here for the video. via sequuencer.de.

Pictured: Robot playing guitar.

Club Of The Knobs Ensemble Generator and Bode Shifter

COTK Ensemble Generator and Bode Shifter

Click here for more info

via sequencer.de

Waldorf Blofeld Images

via jurij.es.a.szakkor of audioworks hungary: "in case you have a chance to measure the already wrapped gifts beneath the x-mas tree and the box dimension is 453mm(w) x 226mm(d) x 100mm(h), chances are high santa brought to you a waldorf blofeld! ;)
the package:
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the blofeld looks handsome,
built like a tank (just like any other waldorf synth):
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quick start guide and the disc containing the v1.00 and an emergency firmware, the soundsets and the manuals in .pdf format:
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the disc looks kinda sony playstation2 black, hardly readable on pc. might be due to extreme scratches and dirt... (waldorf crew, switch to another disk duplicator service please!)
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the lcd looks sexy:
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my first "bug report"... they printed "50 voices" on the cardbox. ;)
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Roland MC-4

via this auction, via beermaster.

"The Classic Roland Digital Sequencer designed to work with CV and Gate signals from Analogue synths and Modular systems. This provides four independent channels of Gate, 2x CV and MPX (outputs for each channel) with the tightest timing around. This comes with a copy of the original owners manual and runs on 240V. It works perfectly and is in great shape but missing one of the toggle switches for the 'Sync' function - this doesn't affect the use of these functions as its easy to operate the switch with a pen or a screwdriver."

BTW, check out Matrixsynth-b for a Sequential Circuits Prophet 10 Manual + Warranty cards from beermaster as well.

Roland 184 Polyphonic CV Keyboard

images via this auction, via beermaster.
"One of the few Polyphonic Keyboard controllers for CV and Gate gear. Idea for use with large sys 100m modulars or any other Modular synth. Provides four independent CV and Gate outs and a variety of play modes selectable from the control pannel including 2 unison and 2 poly modes. It also includes an arpeggiator and Portamento function together with a pitch bender. Ouputs for the CV and Gates are large and small jacks and this keyboard needs to be powered from 110V."

Merry Christmas Gears

click here for more gear images via SoNiCbRaT.

MOOG Little Phatty pictured here.

Roland Juno-106 + JX-8P Analog Synthesizers

YouTube via retrosound72

"slow synth demo by RetroSound
good night ;-)

bass: Roland Juno-106, triggered by the MFB Step64
pads: Roland JX-8P
drums: Roland TR-707
percussive sound: SCI Pro-One

hand-played"

Waldorf Blofeld presets

YouTube via Porcu68. "Little Blofeld demo. Presets only."

ELP - Keith Emerson - ''Moog in Ass'' - Live 1997

YouTube via BrunoSamppa.

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Analog Synthesizer

YouTube via peahix.
"i just got my pro-one overhauled by wine country productions, so what better way to test it out than to make a video of it as it's churning out a silly sound."

Afrika Bambaataa-Planet Rock Kraftwerk Original Video

YouTube via hades4o. Roland TR-808 and Kraftwerk Samples.
"Afrika Bambaataa-Planet Rock Kraftwerk Original Video"

Update: new video:

Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock - HQ Video

Uploaded by PlanetRockVideo on Aug 10, 2009

"http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov08/articles/classictracks_1108.htm
Music By - Arthur Baker & John Robie , Soul Sonic Force
1982 , Tommy Boy Music"

EVI Serge by vgermuse Part 3

YouTube via matrixsynth, via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse:
"at the request of many folks on and off line, I have put together a 6 minute piece using just the EVI1000/EWV2000 analog synth. This features sounds I created for my work with Anthony Braxton and the Northwest Creative Orchestra. Sometimes the sounds are sent through Moogerfooger Murf, Moogerfooger Ring Modulator, Boss RC-20 loop and some reverb. I recorded the track via the mixing board so things are pretty clean." You can grab the video and other demos off of vgermuse's website. Follow-up to this post.