Korg MS02

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"# Designed for the purpose of connecting Korg MS-Series synthesizers with other synthesizers throughout the world.
# This sophisticated signal processor greatly enhances the performance possibilities of the MS-Series.

Specs:
* Log Amplifier: Tuning, Width, Hz/v Input (0~+15v), OCT/v Output (-12~+12v).
* Antilog Amplifier: Tuning, Width, OCT/v Input (-4~+4v), Hz/v Output (-12~+12v).
* Adding Amplifier: Channel 1 Level Control, Channel 2 Level Control, Input Channel 1, Input Channel 2, Output.
* Trigger Processors x2: Trigger Indicator, Reverse Switch, Input (Vth=+2.5v), Output (Ov+15v).
* Others: Power Switch, Pilot Lamp.
* Junctions: 4x2, 3x1.
* Dimensions: 11 1/8" W x 7 5/8" D x 4 1/4""

MULTIVOX MX-2000 DUOSONIC MX-880

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"37 KEYBOARD, 2 VCOs, 30 PRESETS. The sound production is through and through analog, which is measured by year of publication and price also not surprising. He is both monophonic and duophon playable, with a total of two VCOs are available. The full 37 keys keyboard is capable of monophonic aftertouch to produce.There are in the oscillator section a controller to adjust the sensitivity. MULTIVOX MX-2000 DUO IS A CLONE OF THE ROLAND SH-2000. Multivox were an American based synthesizer company from the mid 1970's. They specialized in delivering Japanese designed and built equipment to the American market. MEASURES:36-1/2" X 11" X 5" 30 LBS"

The Who , Won't Get Fooled Again TOTPs

YouTube via RugbyDemon6789. From 1971. ARP 2500. See this post for how they did it.
via Analog Suicide.

Blip...

Funny thing is I almost put this shot up when I saw it on flickr a few minutes ago. Something told me to hold off and sure enough a post went up on Analog Industries. It turns out this is a side project of Chris Randall's (Chris of Analog Industries and Audio Damage).

"One of the roughly 8,000 projects I'm currently working on is a small synthesizer built almost entirely on an Arduino. The only external chips are the DAC and the opto-isolator for the MIDI input. It remains to be seen whether the Arduino will be fast enough to pull this off. I would like to make it a normal 1-osc subtractive synth, but Adam (who has far more experience with microcontrollers than I) says that the Atmega 16 (the Arduino's brain) isn't fast enough to do the real-time math necessary for a resonant filter." You can read about the project here.

Acid tones Virus

YouTube via kenspocket
"Access virus "ACIDTONES" System exclusive, Synth sounds programed by Kens pocket... For more info on these sounds and how to obtain them please email us or check out the websites below !-) www.soundwavechildren.netfirms.com www.cdbaby.com/Kenspocket"

ElectroKraft.com NES Clone with Super Synth Drums Cartrdige

YouTube via orphiusflux
"I'm using the Yobo NES clone system along with the Super Synth Drums Cartridge. Using only the gamepad controllers o create true 8 bit NES percussion."

Setting up the disco loop patch on the Korg MS-20

YouTube via zioguido
"It's all explained in the video... have fun! The MS-20 is a freaky funny synth, you can do nothing and anything with it, it's just a matter of creativity :)"

Kamoni - Live on Daily Session

YouTube via kamoni. Click here for more.
"Kamoni plays a set on Daily Session (www.dailysession.com) with a drumKat and Elektron Monomachine and Machinedrum. Watch the full set at www.dailysession.com"

HardSID 4U playing a Lotus theme

YouTube via Ogrim88. via Nusonica

"I am giving my brand new HardSID 4U a go, with the main theme from one of the Lotus games. The HardSID takes up to four SID-chips from the Commodore 64. Sounds freaking awesome! Audio is recorded directly from the HardSID 4U to my recording soundcard, E-MU 1820. There is two 6581-type SIDs and two 6582 (which sounds like the 8580)."

Update via Ogrim in the comments: "The pictures I used in the video, are avalible at my site www.ogrim.net"

Cat + Synths..

via trash_audio. Also see this post for some ARP 2500 and more.

Roalnd RE-301 Space Echo

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KORG MS-20 MK1 analog synth circuit board

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"KORG MS-20 mainboard MK1, the first one produced by Korg with two KORG 35 Filter IC's. You can create a custom analog synthesizer or you can "upgrade" the new MS20 series mainboard. This filter is AMAZING, one of the powerful of this planet!!! This mainboard is 100% complete of ALL components and also the potentiometers, selectors etc...It is a synth ready to play! ;-) The paramenter configuration is the same of a MS-20 as well, except the patch board, keyboard and power supply." inside a KORG MS20

KORG MS03

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"This unit produces VCO CV (control voltage) signals and trigger (gate) signals so that you can use an electric guitar, microphone, or other transducer output (from an acoustic instrument, for example) to "play" a synthesizer like a KORG MS-10 for example.... A variety of remote control input jacks let you use foot switches for more freedom and flexibility during live performance. With this amazing unit you can instantly put together your own guitar synthesizer, vocal synthesizer, etc., by simple connection with any synthesizer equipped with VCO CV IN and TRIGGER (Gate) IN input jacks."

KORG MS02

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"The Korg Interface MS-02 is designed for the purpose of connecting Korg MS-Series synthesizers with other synthesizers available throughout the world. This sophisticated signal processor greatly enhances the performance possibilities of the MS-Series. Among presently available music synthesizers, there are two different types of control system used for the VCO (voltage controlled oscillator) and EG (envelope generator). One of these systems is used by Korg and Yamaha; the other is employed by every other synthesizer manufacturer. The Korg MS-02 provides you with a way to change the control signals of one system into the control signals used in the other system. In this way, it acts as an interface so that any two synthesizers can be used together, provided that the synthesizers are equipped with the conventional input and output jacks for control voltage and trigger or gate signals."

KORG X-911 vintage analog guitar synthesizer

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"it is a great instrument that can expand with many and many features the KORG MS series system. the Korg X-911 is as easy to use as any effects device, yet will produce extremely complex sonic variations. No special guitar pickup is required. Merely patch your guitar, microphone, or other instrument into the X-911 and play one note at a time. Simple pushbuttons on the front panel let you choose five different instrumental sounds including bass, trumpet, and flute, along with FIVE synthesizer waveforms which can be varied freely to get a wide variety of different effects. Any or all of these may be mixed together to produce 2047 different tone color combinations. Also, you can use a foot switch to instantly raise or lower the X-911's pitch an octave above or below the guitar pitch. Or you can play in unison with yourself with two lead lines a third or fifth apart. Footswitches can also be used for instant witching on or off of such effects as portamento and hold. There are even rear panel jacks for interfacing with other synthesizers such as the compact Korg MS-series to add even greater sound synthesis capability. Working voltage: 220 / 240 volts"

MOOG 1125

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"Very Rare MOOG model 1125, Sample & Hold module, a very nice vintage desktop gem! You can plug it into a Minimoog, Moog modular or other old synthesizer systems. It is perfect working, with all the necessary original moog cable set. This module take the power supply directly from the minimoog!"

ELEKTOR VOCODER

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YAMAHA CS-30

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STARKEY HEARING SCIENCE

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"a rare opportunity to bid for a STARKEY HEARING SCIENCE rare modular analog laboratory system, Built in 1977. It is not a common synthesizer, not a classic, but a test synth laboratory where you can make very strange sounds and many combinations between 4 vco's, 3 filters, 1 inverter, 1 phase control, 1 clipper (for distortion), 1 output limiting, 4 nice attenuators, 1 EXTERNAL input where you can process any type of mic or line signal and more other particular modules... In this auction are included also 8 POMONA Banana connectors. I have released 3 demos on youtube where I process also a little casio VL-1 on demo 3: Demos. More info: link1 link2" Don't miss this video.

KORG MS50

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Note this is the first in a run of auction posts via scienceblu. Not all will go up so be sure to check out the sellers other items. These are some really nice shots of rare items. Be sure to check them out full size.

Yamaha AN1x

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Demo1
Demo2

Und hier noch drei Demos von deepsonic: 1 2 3

Milton Analog Sequencer 6x16 Vintage Style CV/Pulse Kit

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"Peter Grenader’s Milton Sequencer
aka Cyndustries Milton Sequencer
aka Plan B Model 21 Sequencer

Up for auction is a partially assembled Milton Sequencer. I was Order #5 for this straight from Peter. I was really looking forward to this sequencer to control some modular gear and I almost fully populated the Engine and one Bank board--but then I ran out of time and the project sat for several years. It’s not going to sit anymore—it’s going to get built very soon by your hands!!!

If you haven’t seen the Milton, it is a dream analog sequencer that has highly configurable functionality depending on parts you populate on the boards--it is a great design! This auction includes all parts for the maximum configuration allowed by the Engine board. You may choose to do this maximum configuration or you can build it any way you like. You even get to design its user interface and control panel to be the centerpiece of your analog rack in whatever format you desire. Hopefully you'll make this an art piece! Fun stuff!

For a while Cynthia Webster for Cyndustries Modular Synthesizers company was making these but her module is no longer available. Currently similar (but inferior) pre-configured sequencers are available from Peter's Plan B company in the Module 21 series. Winning this auction you will get your Cynthia/Plan B sequencer you’ve been wanting; and you can configure the functionally well beyond anything offered commercially! This is your chance to get a nearly full parts kit for all 6 bank boards and you can get started right away!

Included in this auction

>>>> 1 Milton Engine Board…this is mostly populated. Has “Cynthia CYN10” and “PCB by Ken Stone “screened on it.
>>>> 6 Milton Bank Boards…one board is mostly populated, the remaining 5 are not populated. (note that in the picture, one pack of 3 boards is opened and each is displayed while the other pack of 3 is still sealed--under the Main Engine PCB).

>>>> 1 Milton 2-sided Original Schematic and electronic documentation. I will provide this hard-copy 11x17 inch 2-sided schematic along with all other electronic documentation I have available on a CDr. Also I have a printed copy of the manual dated June 2003.

>>>> Various Parts to finish the project. Parts include resistors, capacitors, diodes, ICs, transistors, LEDs, switches, pots, knobs (and faceplate mounting washers and nuts; knobs have a "soft" feel--same as Blacet uses; I have blue and gray knobs included!), professionally made ribbon cables connectors (that are used to connect the boards) and various other required parts. There are a few parts that ARE NOT INCLUDED—the stage gate output jacks (because I hadn’t decided banana or 1/8" mini-jack) and power supply (you have to provide 12-15V DC power).

Sequencer Configuration Choices

I was going for the fully-loaded setup. Of course, you can choose your own configuration and if less than mine you will have some spare parts.
My configuration was going to be:

6x 16 step CV banks
6x 16 step Programmable Pulse Bus
6x 16 step Stage Pulse Outs (output jacks not included)
1x 16 LEDs

Now that is one heck of an amazing analog sequencer! I was going to use the pulse outs to trigger drum sounds but you can use them for whatever you wish." via bug.out

industrial techno performace (no title)

Sonicstate TV via bluemanontelly
"# industrial techno piece: hard and distorted. Not for everyone.
# Tags korg electribe esx er ea novation performance techno industrial music"

Will Gregory Studio Interview PT1

Sonicstate TV via sonicnick
"# Sonicstate.com talks to pioneering pop synthesist Will Gregory about synths and the new Goldfrapp album Seventh Tree.

Gear spotters heaven.
# Link http://www.goldfrapp.co.uk
# Tags Will Gregory Goldfrapp Synthex Oberheim Moog interview"

Korg Kaossilator - The Yellow Album

Sonicstate TV via gkibler. Follow-up to this post.
"# "The Yellow Album" was the first full-length album produced and performed entirely on the Korg Kaossilator handheld synthesizer. No other effects, EQ or sounds were added. All 17 tracks were digitally recorded direct from the Kaossilator's line outputs. The only editing performed was simple volume balancing. Free download at
www.reverbnation .com/theyellowalbum
# Link www.reverbnation.com/theyellowalbum
# Tags korg kaossilator yellow album handheld touchpad synth"

TimeCode StayCool

YouTube via Travistalktoyou. "Mpc Sequence My Elektron Gear :)"

Korg Wavestation + Roland JD-800 *Voyager* by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound
*Astral Voyager* excerpt

wave-sequence sounds: Korg Wavestation SR (played with the Yamaha DX7 II FD)
other digital sounds: Roland JD-800

no overdubbing, no sequencer software, no external effects used"

autumn.. minimalised

YouTube via PHAEDRIDER
"good night.. memorial day weekend is over.. all one take, just the drumtraks, the juno 60 and vocals.. then i mesed with the video.."

Escape - Anvilia VSTI Synthesizer Demotrack

YouTube via HGFortune
"Escape - Demotrack by Dimitri Schkoda for Anvilia VSTi Synthesizer by HG Fortune. Video compiled by HG Fortune."

Synthesizers.com

YouTube via angelometz. "late nite patch"

EFM - Synthia2

* Classic Emulation
* Selectable Reverb and Delay
* Scope and Volt Meter
* Low CPU
* Midi Learn

efm-synthia2.zip

EFM Electronics

DataSID custom door

flickr by fibra

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Mimì and MFB-KULT

via CatSynth where you'll find one more shot.

Milkmantronix

Milk-truck music



YouTube via tcvid. Via MAKE:, via Ektopia.
"Originally commissioned by Walk the Plank for the inaugural and very first Manchester Art Car Parade, the 'People's Prize' winner >> tonefloat << continues to entertain and delight with its sub-lime fusion of form and function, revelling in the grand tradition of the English Eccentrics.
Milkbottles have a pretty harsh tone when empty, but when filled with 'milk' to different levels a semblance of tonal scale emerges, and the fun begins..."

MonoMiK Moog VCF test

YouTube via MusicMiK. Click here for all posts featuring MusicMiK's work.
"The VCOs for my new project are built, now the filters have to be developed and built. So why not take a first snapshot of the Moog style LPF sound, while it's still on the breadboard?
The light delay impression comes from the two audio tracks not being perfectly synchronized - iMovie didn't give better results here.
Schematics for the VCO are on my website, those for the VCF follow after build and test.

http://www.mik-music.org/tiki/MonoMiK

The sound of this video in better quality: http://www.mik-music.org/tiki/tiki-do..."

Jomox MBase 01

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

"Continuum performance by Randy Kerber, music by John Williams
Randy Kerber writes: As far as the synths used with the Continuum, I used a Reaktor 5 ensemble called Steampipe 2, and I also used a simple modular CV synth made by Analogue System. Using the continuum in mono mode alone, the instrument is so wonderfully expressive that I was very happy to have it in my arsenal. In respect to timbres used with the continuum: A string cluster(polyphony made possible by a Pitch Shifter plug-in from Logic 8)which started from very, very soft and crescendoed to fortissimo. A low pad with modulated filter cutoff(Y-axis). A filtered sawtooth wave in heavy reverb and multiple delays doubling woodwinds at times and french horns in one instance.

I'm very excited about working more with Reaktor. I am quite encouraged by the myriad of possibilities, both
from the program and certainly from the continuum.

I look forward to more music with your fabulous controller." You can find the audio here.

Synth Pics via HisShado

click here for more. Be sure to check out all pages. The three images here are just a sample of what you will find.

Note the descriptions here are mine. It's just what came to mind when I saw the top two shots.

Oberheim OB-12 "poltergeist" shots
Yamaha CS20M "atrium" shots
Inside an Oberheim Matrix-6R
Inside a Crumar DS2

Synthesizerpark Graz 2008

You can find more images on sequencer.de

MacBeth M5N

If you like Godzilla, check out Toho Monster

Korg MS-20 doing a disco beat

YouTube via zioguido
"My MS-20 is playing a disco beat by itself! This is an endless loop created by retriggering the notes using the MG pulse output.
The connections on the patch panel are as follows:

1) MG sqr out to TRIG IN (the jack I'm inserting and removing to start/stop playback)
2) WHITE NOISE to VCA IN
3) VCA OUT to ESP IN with low-cut and hi-cut filters all the way up
4) ESP band-pass out to EXT SIG. IN
The white noise fed into the ESP and then into the EXT.IN does the hi-hat, while the EG2 with a rapid decay does the bassdrum using the hi-pass filter and the EG1 with the delay time set to 1 does the octave jump on the bass. You can see the other settings in the video.

Watch your speakers! This is gonna be loud!"

Mondo Modular Episode 5

YouTube via scootermccrae. You can find all episodes here.
"Back-in-action after a short hiatus (note new studio set-up -- but more about that in an upcoming video), I'm finally making good on some of that Herb Deutsch footage I promised a few episodes back. I figured there was no better time to do this than around the time of what would have been his 74th birthday (May 23rd).

I'll post a couple of fun stories from Gershon Kingsley next time and then return to the familiar format (ie: my dorking around with my various knobs and patch cables).

Special thanks to the Grammy folks who recently gave some money to the Moog Foundation to try and get the various papers and prototypes in Bob's old work shed in some kind of order and will hopefully see to the future preservation of."

Roland Jupiter 6 Demonstration

YouTube via nickeax

Roland Promars

YouTube via mopipi2

Casio CZ-3000

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JHS Pro-Rhythm Drum-Synth

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Lell UDS

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"THE FIRST RUSSIAN VINTAGE DRUM SYNTH LELL UDS is a unique bitembral analog drum synth made in the early eighties in the former USSR. Sounds more better than SIMMONS, TR-909 etc. One of the first russian electronic drum synth. The module has no MIDI, it's audio trigger controlled - you can hook it to any audio device, be it a synth, a drum machine or a sound card and trigger the sounds. The sounds can be tweaked using 24 different knobs. All the labels are in cyrilic. It has 2 independent and identical channels with powerfull parameters of synthesis such - sensitivity, tone pitch, attack, env mod, rezo, noise/tone balance, accent etc.
NO MIDI ARE INSTALLED."

lelluds.zip (318KB)
leloops.zip (835KB)

Build a Transistorized Theremin by Bob Moog

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"Increasingly hard to find, this nearly half-century-old issue of Electronics World contains a fascinating how-to on building that special effects staple of scores of classic sci-fi flicks, the theremin, by none other than electronic music pioneer Robert Moog. The feature article contains a complete schematic and parts list, as well as chassis layout and photos of the completed unit. There are even tips on how to play the ethereal instrument. You get the entire original 1961 magazine, not a couple photocopied pages like you find elsewhere on Ebay.

Also in this issue is a homebrew stereo balancer using 6FG6 magic eye tubes and a look at beam power tubes in VHF oscillators, plus an article on early computer logic circuits, both vacuum tube and transistor-based. Apart from some minor cover wear, the magazine is in excellent condition."

Yamaha FS1R

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"This little beast is far from your average FM synthesizer. Not only is it an eight-Operator variant, as opposed to the six- and four-Operator FM of the DX/TX lines, but it also features a new technology called Formant Shaping Synthesis. Formants are the spectral patterns making up the sounds of human speech. This allows for the creation of vocal like timbres but can also be applied in many different ways to create incredibly unique sounds that you won't find on any other synths."

"Filter - Dynamic Resonant physically modeled 12/18/24dB/oct low/band/hi pass filter (AN1x type)

Effects - 15 (Reverb), 28 (Variation), 40 (Insertion), Equalizer

Memory - 1536 Voices, 512 Performances, 96 Formant Sequences

Plenty of software for Mac & PC"

image of software editor

Quasimidi Sirius

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White JD-800 synth - Gandalf

via Dave

"Hello...

Thought y'all would get a kick out of a Flickr set from today's adventure... took the afternoon to re-assemble my trusty, 16-year-old Roland JD-800 using newly customized white body work. The board was originally grey.... "Gandalf the Grey. Yes, that was my name. Now, I'm Gandalf the White."

flickr set

Only a couple of you will know what a Roland SH-101 is, but it's a legendary '80s synth with a lot of similar hardware (sliders, etc.) to the JD. Gandalf was designed to look like a white version of that model. The design, paint, and screen work were all painstakingly done by Jeff at CustomSynth..... This bloke does truly amazing, magical things to synths. If you have any interest at all too see similar cool creations, check out his gallery.


Anyway, the JD is assembled, home, and working & looking perfectly... ready to "rokk out..."
--
--Dave
http://www.umop.com"