Dave Smith Mopho Random Patch Samples

Samples at Do My Eyes Look Scary?

The Sosnowski Synthesizer

"The Sosnowski Synthesizer is an analog-style software music synthesizer. The download includes both a standalone player version and a VST version for use within suitable hosts. 128 onboard sounds are included, with additional sounds in external files. The instrument is specifically designed to be equally at home as both a "performance synth" and in studio audio, sequencer, and notation work environments.

With a simple, clear, easy-to-use and well-organized layout and sensible architecture, the Sosnowski Synthesizer is ideal for newcomers to the art; yet, with its rich feature set and thorough controllability, even seasoned professionals will find it an attractive and inexpensive addition to their resources.

The Sosnowski Synthesizer generates sound with four separate oscillators. Each individual oscillator includes selection for sine, triangle, sawtooth and square waveforms; plus a selection for a noise oscillator with its own adjustable frequency trap. The oscillator outputs are processed through a multiform filter with its own envelope and modified by dual independent multi-waveform, fully adjustable LFO's (low frequency oscillators).

A final envelope shapes the sound before proceeding to the sound treatment section. Onboard sound treatment includes stereo chorus, reverb, echo, pan/x (automated dual-constant cross-panning), and transposition; all of which are fully controllable from the interface.

Additional features include an onboard velocity-capable keyboard; MIDI channel, program change enable, volume enable, and pan enable switching; an onboard 'scope and parametric equalizer; and a capable preset manager for onboard sounds, plus an easy file system for saving and loading custom sounds."
see http://www.ssynth.com/ for more including samples.

Hartmann Neuron

via this auction

"I updated the sound sets up to Soundset 3 - there is a further download on line which I didn't do as I was happy with the sounds of V3 - Soundset 3 disks included along with spare controller knobs

As an instrument it is very hard to describe the range of sounds and control it offers - it is immense and can give you modeled real sounds to unimaginable complicated evolving rhythms and pads. The Neuron has full surround capability - see pic of in/out panels - it is in my opinion the best synthesiser ever made for creating unexpected and unique sounds as well as some truly stunning models of other instruments The Wurltzer is just amazing!

I did not get into making my own sound 'models' - the software is still downloadable and there are several dedicated user sites to share and download sounds.

http://www.surroundsfx.com/forum is a good one"

VINTAGE USSR SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER POLIVOKS

via this auction

samples at ruskeys.net
auction description:
"Polivoks had been produced since 1982 by Formanta electronic factory (one of the biggest at the time); it was sold exclusively in the USSR. Polivoks has its own particular electronic parts, reliable keyboard (49 notes F to E) made in magnetically controlled contacts; synthesis modules consist of independent boards, which is convenient for maintenance. The synthesizer has 2-voices polyphony; each oscillator works with a keyboard note independently; two types of filters - bandpass/lowpass and external input for cutoff control. In addition, Polivoks is housed in an original body of uncommon design with handy controls. Being closed with a cover, the synthesizer turns into a strong aluminum case.

Polivoks is the portable electronic musical synthesizer which is designed for playing different musical compositions of any genre. It is also intended for creating some musical effects in cinema and play scoring, in studio.
There are 4 octaves on the keyboard. The inclined desk is divided into the following functional sections: Modulator, Generator #1, Generator #2, Mixer and Amplifier. They give one a possibility to synthesize a broad spectrum of sounds and to change sounding at any time.
There are 3 internal audible signal sources in the instrument: to broad-ranged of the Generators with changed form of oscillations and a noise generator for creating a non-musical sounds such as wind, surf, whine, etc.
Possibility to connect an external audible signal sources to the synthesizer is provided for (e.g. guitars, electropianos and electroorgans). Sounds of different external sources are combined separatly in the mixer in any ratio. There is a filter in the synthesizer with cutoff frequency control and resonance to change colour of timbre of audilble signal over a wide range.

Polivoks is the most popular vintage Russian synthesizer all over the world. It has inimitable peculiar sound and very powerful aggressive filters outperforming the famous Minimoog! A fat, lush and very analogue sound is achieved through instability and thanks to unique architecture of the Soviet-era components; in addition, highly reliable military technologies were applied in the process of production. The synthesizer may be used for hard electronic music, or for soft ambient/old school projects and for modelling various effects as well.

Specifications:
— Polyphony - Two voices
— Oscillators - 2 osc, 1 Noise Gen. Waveforms: triangle, saw, square, pulse 1 and pulse 2.
— LFO - LFO speed and modulation (triangle, saw, square, random waveforms)
— Filter - VCF: ADSR knobs, ADSR mode, cutoff, resonance, BPF/LPF mode, filter LFO level, envelope level.
— VCA - ADSR knobs, ADSR mode, mod level, keyb memory.
— Effects - Glissando
— Keyboard - 49 note duophonic
— Memory - None
— Control - CV / Gate

— Mains voltage of alternating current, V 220
— Power consumption, W max 10
— A range of operating temperature, C -10 / +35
— Relative generator drift over 4 hours continuous work is within, % max +/- 05
— Total musical range overlaped by main generators, Hz 21,8 (F of subcontra octave), + 5274 Hz (E of fifth octave)
— Tuning range of the main generators, % min +/- 12 (+/- 1 tone)
— Detuning range of the second generator, % min +/- 25 (+/- 2 tone)
— Frequency change range of the cutoff frequency of the filter, Hz min 100 + 10000
— Dynamic range of the synthesizer, dB min 60
— Inlet voltage of the synthesizer in a load 10 kOm
— Low output voltage, V 0,025
— High output voltage, V 0,25
— Dimensions of the synthesizer, mm 780х490х195
— Dimensions of the pedal, mm 273х93х52
— Weight, kg"
Panel overlay in English below.

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Tom Oberheim to Show New Synth at Boston Red Bull Music Academy Event

via DJ MELEE in the comments of this post.

"Hello all,

My name is Jay aka Coppo and I am arranging the workshop for Mr Oberheim on June 3rd in Boston for the Red Bull Music Academy. I just wanted to mention that when I spoke with Tom yesterday he did mention that he would be bringing a new synth he was working on. Looking forward to June 3rd!"

You can find more details on the event in this previous post.

Fake Buchla

via http://www.skkatter.net

"Here's my attempt at a Buchla sound. Just an MKS80 going into a bit of reverb. The notes are being played by an Octopus and I was messing around with a few of the MKS80 parameters while it was being played. I also played with the Octopus tempo too!"
MP3 here

Clavia Nord Lead 2x | demo (1 of 2) by syntezatory.prv.pl

YouTube via Jexus

WARNING: The last minute of this video has some very disturbing footage and audio. Note it is obviously not real, but it is disturbingly realistic.

video description:
"2003 Clavia Nord Lead 2x. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer."

WARNING: The first 45 seconds of the next vid may contain disturbing video to some.

Clavia Nord Lead 2x | demo (2 of 2) by syntezatory.prv.pl

Non Objective Variable Noesis

YouTube via JeffreyPlaide
"An exercise in random and improvised structures, this musical piece explores alternate textures and combinations. Using the TS-404 software synthesizer, various short improvised melody lines were created with multiple step sequences and doubled with stereo echo, flanging and chorus effects. The improvised simple lines were looped to produce combinational polyrhythms. The bassline was created on a Korg R3 synthesizer. The composition concludes with randomised textures and heavy reverberation ending with a slowed down version of the original melody. The piece is to be appreciated on an intellectual level as the direction of the music is based on structure rather than harmony, creating unusual rhythms. The visuals are from a variety of expressive television sources superimposed together with colour channel mixing effects to create a psychedelic effect. Overlayed with this are modulated geometric animations to create visual rhythms."

General Music S3 - "Winter Age" Patch

YouTube via hilltree
"Patch on the General music S3 [GEM S3] Synthesizer
More at www.groenewoudnet.nl"

Melodica 1.1 iphone music app

YouTube via candycaneapps
Melodica 1.1 iphone app by Candy Cane! Considered by many the best music app ever made for the iPhone! Melodica is available now in the appstore:"

1960s Stylophone Demo Record Side 1

YouTube via jafafah0ts
"Vintage demo for the Stylophone pocket synthesizer organ gadget doo-dad featuring Rolf Harris, side 1 of 2"

1960s Stylophone Demo Record Side 2

adding flexi disc for searching the archives.

Inv.Human Drone IV

YouTube via hexenduction
"This is the Serge Gator M-odule and Serge Creature M-odule by Sound Transform Systems playing with the Macbeth M5. All sound was generated by the M5, Gator and Creature.
A touch of delay was added by the Moog MF104, DD20 and the spring reverb of the M5.
Shot with a Kodak Zi6 in Macro."

Ultimate Bleep and Bloop Box

YouTube via otemrellik

"Three times the synthesis and power of the single bleep and bloop box, this new analog instrument is beautifully crafted from exotic wood and is built to last. Six knobs control oscillation frequency and length of pulse for the three square wave generators. Three toggle switches activate the individual synthesizers for endless combinations of sound and texture. A collaborative project between otem rellik and craftsman Derek Hendricks, these instruments are completely hand crafted and available upon request.

Features
1/4" output
3 blue leds
3 on/off toggle switches
3 oscillation frequency knobs
3 pulse length knobs
Comes powered with three internal 9v batteries"

Minimoog Voyager 01

flickr by dubphaser

full size

AKAI ME20A Manual

You can find the pdf here.

via d

Akai ME20A MIDI Sequence Arpeggiator

200e song

YouTube via hyperguy61
"nothing serious .... just a catchy little groove , buchla style :) sorry about the little tv noise in the beginning"

MacBeth M5N

via this auction
Serial # AH-0001
Date of Manufacture: 9/16/2007

click the image for the full size shot.

ARP Odyssey II Model 2813 Synthesizer

via this auction

ELEKTRONIKA EM-25

via this auction

"This is Soviet legendary synth Elektronika EM-25. It was made in 1987. Please see its specification here."

Roland Jupiter-8 with Kenton MIDI

via this auction

"Vintage Roland Jupiter 8 with RETRO-FITTED (KENTON) Midi input/output/thru. The Jupiter-8 is an 8-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer. Each voice features two VCOs with cross-modulation and sync, pulse-width modulation, a non-resonant high-pass filter, a resonant Low-pass filter with 2-pole (12 dB/octave) and 4-pole (24 dB/octave) settings, an LFO with variable waveforms and routings, and two envelope generators (one invertible). Noteworthy performance features include adjustable portamento, a hold function for making sound design easier, a versatile arpeggiator with DIN-sync and external analog clock input connectivity, assignable pitch-bender, instrument layer and split modes, robust load and save functionality for its 64-patch memory, built-in XLR outputs, and—in addition to legato and polyphonic modes—the Jupiter-8 includes a powerful unison mode. A Z80 CPU was used for managing storage of patches, scanning the keyboard, display, and buttons, port handling, and taking care of the auto-tune function among other things. The VCOs were discrete. The VCF was based on the Roland IR3109 IC (also used in the Jupiter 6, MKS-80 rev 4, Juno 6/60, JX-3p respective filter circuits). The VCA was the BA662. The envelopes were hardware generated by the Roland IR3R01 chip (also in the Juno 6/60), and are much faster than software generated ones in the subsequently introduced Jupiter-6 and MKS-80 'Super Jupiter'."

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Triadex Muse Vintage Music Synthesizer

via this auction

"Model Muse-1
SPECS:
AC115-125V
60 CPS, 40W
Serial #: 00499-11"

See the Triadex (Muse) label for more info on this rare digital synth.

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Das reacBall

YouTube via pepezabala
"Institut FATIMA uses a Fussball as (des-)controller for triggering drumsamples. The camera detects the symbols on the ball, kicks numbers into the sequencer, the sequencer matches goals. The goal is always music. Software used is reactivision and ableton live. Do it at home."

Ran Kirlian - Jovian Arps

YouTube via RanKirlian
"Improvisation on Roland Jupiter 4: arpeggio and VCF Mod controlled by internal trigged while playing the VCF and VCA on the bend/mod wheel"

Lewellen: Frog Guitar iPhone App

YouTube via smortage
"Smort Co-founder Lewellen shares his perspectives on technology and shows the Frog Guitar.

Git yerself one of dem from the iTunes Store:


Smort homepage:
http://www.smort.com/"

via Lewellen:
"I was getting a little tired of all of those tree-hugging musical apps for the iPhone like Pocket Guitar and Ocarina. Plus, who isn't tired of Tap-Tap-Tapping? Come on! I figured it was time for someone to step up and create something truly awesome- so I built a guitar out of Frogs.

It's very simple to use:
• pluck, strike, or strum the frogs
• stretch the frogs with the rope and pegs to change pitch
• ignore the flies -- they are just for decorations
- and be careful how you treat those frogs or things might get messy

You can actually play chords and stuff with multi-touch although the fingerings are inverted from a standard bass guitar. My home-made video shows you a basic song."

KORG X-911 Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

"The X-911 crams a lot of cool features into a small box. It is impressive as an effects processor, a pitch to voltage converter, a guitar synth, or a CV-controlled expander that can be sequenced or played from another synth. You can mix footages and waveforms for some pretty complex timbres. It tracks better than a lot of other guitar synths from the era, but one still has to play the guitar very deliberately and clearly to make it work best.

Here is a video, sequencing an X-911 from Korg's SQ-10 and triggering it with the audio from the KR-55 drummachine. The video shows the X-911's envelope filtering capabilities on the drum machine; it also demonstrates the X-911 as a stand-alone synth module."

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Gotharmusic

http://www.gotharman.dk/

Pictured:
Gotharman's deMOON
"Affordable 4 note polyphonic filterbank synthesizer with build-in granulator and distortion effects, step-sequencer and note randomizer. Small and compact in size with a great sound. The headphone output and the step-sequencer makes it ideal to express your musical ideas everywhere, and store them in 128 memory locations."

Gotharman's Deformer
"It's a granular effects processor. It's a polyphonic filterbank synthesizer. It's a MIDI note randomizer. It's an analogue style 2-track MIDI sequencer. It's the first machine in the world (I think), that can do REALTIME TIMESTRETCH ON A LIVE INPUT AUDIO SIGNAL. Add to this a granulator that cut's the input audio signal up in fragments, and lets you move these fragments around with the 16 step pots to rearrange beats and others in realtime. Use the two fully programmable filterbanks to tweak the sound further. Or create complete synth-patches by combining the internal polyphonic oscillator section with one or both of the filterbanks. Create two note and controller sequences and run them thru the note randomizer to create enddless non-mechanical variations. Store your arrangement in one of the 512 program locations for instant recall. That's the Deformer!"

The Gothar V
"Analogue synth with 3 VCO's, 2 filters, 2 LFO's, 2 envelopes and GotharMusic distortion."

GotharNorth MIDI keyboards
"A GotharMusic special custom design for the danish band Carpark North"

Be sure to see http://www.gotharman.dk/ for more.

via sequencer.de

MFB 522 drum machine first test

YouTube via pac209
"with a bit of X0xb0x and delay later on...this little thing rocks :-D"

Update via pac in the comments:
"here's a mp3 of a session right after this (same setup), with shuffle turned on
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0zsyx5"

The 500 Synthesizer by Peter Smith

YouTube via SmithComposition. follow-up to this post.
"A pulse wave demonstration of the free VSTi software synthesizer designed by Peter Smith. Download it for free from http://www.smithcomposition.com
This synthesizer features an LFO, filter, plus pseudo granular synthesis and a special 'destroy' mode which chews up the signal. Intended for experimentation, great for generating new rhythms.

This is the first piece of software completed by Peter Smith, so it will certainly be subject to fixes and modification in the future.

http://www.smithcomposition.com
http://www.myspace.com/smithcomposition"

Akai AX60 vintage analogue synthesizer

via this auction

Waldorf Micro Q with Grey Knob and Blue Display

This one popped up on the Waldorf list via this link. Typically the big gray knob is red and the display is green.

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Morton Subotnick on Bleeker Street

via Critical Terrain where you'll find a full post on Morton Subotnick. The images are from mortonsubotnick.com.

"These great stills from an educational filmstrip show a mod Morton Subotnick in his Bleecker Street studio, most likely in the early 1970s. The analog synth apparatus here is the Buchla Modular Electronic Music System 100 series, which Don Buchla constructed from a spec by Subotnick and Ramon Sender."

midisynced analogue 8 step sequencer with atmel tiny2313

YouTube via stereoping
"DIY-Microcontrolled sequencer is driven by an electribe and sends gate/cv1/cv2 to diy analogue synth. Starting with forward, 16-th note. The gate switches on top have 3 states: gate, off and gate&glide. Setting to the latter causes the note to be oprtamentoed. With the glidetimepot, the porta-rate can be adjusted. In middle of video the mode is set to random, later to 8th-notes and even later laststep is set to 3."

avr stepsequencer - advance by note

"A feature i like most on analag sequencers is step-advancing by note, means the sequencer advances one step when it gets a note/trigger. This enables you to let it shuffle or make special rhytmic patterns."

avr sequencer - dark dungeon of gatetime

"Nice sequence with variations just by altering gatetime."

mc909 as hardwarecontroller for parametertweaking korg dw8000

YouTube via stereoping

"I made little converterbox with a Atmel tiny2313 which translates midi controllerdata of the mc909 into Midi-System Exclusive-Data to change parameters in a korg dw8000 in realtime. This way, the mc909 is misused as a hardwareprogrammer. Most DW8000 parameters are implemented, not all though. Video shows live-parametertweaking. The wizard also maps data of midichannel 7 onto channel 8 to overcome the problem that the mc909-tracks cannot send on other channel as the default. I also made a box for the Kawai K3m. See other videos."

MC909 used as hardwareprogrammer for Kawai K3m - realtime performance


"The Kawai K3 and the Korg DW8000 are lovely hybrid-synths. But they arequite shitty to program cause of their lack of knobs. I made a little box which houses a microcontroller running a little selfwritten software. The wizard translates standard-midicontrollers (sent from e.g. the mc909) into manufactor-specific system-exclusive-mididata to tweak synth-parameters in realtime. Video shows a little knobfiddling on the Kawai K3. You hear the K3, the mc909 is just the hardwareprogrammer for it. It's not a fake, It's just midi :)"

MC909 Mididata converter - how it works


"little, bad video of what the midiwizard does, which can be plugged between MC909 and DW8000 or K3m to tweak parameters in realtime on these cool underestimated synths."

Elli et Jacno, "Main Dans la Main," 1980

YouTube via urbaniak. sent my way via Mark.

"Did you know that the eighties was invented by two French people?" ARP Pro-DGX. You can see one posted here and here.

Update via popman in the comments: "Elli Medeiros, ex French punk icon and ex- Brian de Palma Girlfriend"

Akai VX 600 VCO analogue poly synth

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via this auction

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Yamaha SHS-200 FM Midi Keytar Synth

via this auction
"The manual for the SHS-200 can be downloaded for free at www.retrevo.com

49 MINI Keys
Voices: 67 FM
Accompaniment Styles: 67
Modes: Normal, ABC, MOC, AutoBass, AutoChord, Single Fingered Chord
Chord Sequencerjoke)
Stereo Symphonic: On/Off
Rhytmn Controls: Intro/FillIn 1,2,3 ,Synchro Start/Ending,etc
Effects: Vibrato, Portamento, Sustain, Pitch Wheel
Parameter Change: Tempo,Transpose, Tuning,MIDI Channel +,-
Other Controls: Power/Volume, 2-digit LED Display, 1 or 2 hand play
Auxilliary Jacks: Headphones/AUX Out, DC 9-12V In, MIDI Out
Rated Voltage: DC9V; 6 'C' size batteries
Weight: 6.2lbs (with batteries)
Original Yamaha shoulder strap"