Peter Forrest's A-Z of Analogue Synthesisers - Revised Editions Part One & Two

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"Both highly collectible and extremely useful - the ultimate reference for vintage analog synthesizers!"

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Blue Roland SH-101 Analog Mono Vintage Synthesizer

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Roland Jupiter 8 vintage analog synthesizer with DCB SN 232705

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Vintage AKAI AX-60 Analog Synthesizer Keyboard

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Oberheim Matrix 6R Polyphonic Synthesizer with Extras

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"Oberheim Matrix 6R Polyphonic Synthesizer

- Used in very good condition
- Tested
- Original ownner's manual
- Picture shows Eprom M6R2.13 from Japan
- 2 cassettes with factory patches Vol 3 & 12 (not tested)
- Everything as shown in pictures
- Zoom pictures to see details and condition"

Pics of the inside below.

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E950 Noise In My Head (there's lots of it...)

"First tests with my final production E950. Loads more options and sonic possibilities over the proto version. Love it!"

Worm Hole Drone

Published on Dec 30, 2015 PaulLawlerMusic

"Trying out the 'Radio Music' module by Music Thing Modular, and mixing it with drone atmospheres from Protean, and the Telharmonic module. Extra FX processing with Clouds, and Erbe-Verbe
https://paullawler.bandcamp.com/"

SynthGraphics Roland JD-XA Front Panel Overlays in Matt Black with Shift Key Options

For those that prefer a matt black finish to the JD-XA's original glossy finish, SynthGraphics sells an overlay for you. It also has the SHIFT key options omitted on the original panel. One for the JD-Xi is coming.

BTW, I realized I did not have a SynthGraphics channel label for these so I created one.  You can find previous posts via the channel link at the bottom of this post.  Remember you can filter posts by any channel at the bottom of any post.

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Hordijk modular sequence

Published on Aug 21, 2015 Chris David

"Demonstration of the Rob Hordijk modular system. This system is designed and built by Dutch synth builder Rob Hordijk. The sequence is driven by the M569 sequencer from German manufacturer Moon Modular."

OSC1899 live @ Le Guess Who 2015 [Rob Hordijk, RE301, RS09, BigSky]

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Chris David

"Video recording of my live performance at Modulation @ LeGuessWho Festival 2015."

Falafelbiels&OSC1899 Live@Noodlebar 24-11-2015

Published on Nov 28, 2015 Chris David

Serge & eurorack.

Roland TR909 & TR808 Jams by Chris David

Roland TR909 & RE501 techno jam

Published on Aug 7, 2015 Chris David

"Jamming on the Roland TR909 and RE501 chorus echo."

TR909 + EFX1000 + BigSky

Published on Sep 15, 2015

"Building some grooves with the 909 and FX."

TR808 + EFX1000 + BigSky

Published on Sep 10, 2015

Roland SH-09 Noodling by Chris David

Roland SH09 & RS09, RE501, Moon M569, Strymon BigSky, Rob Hordijk modular, Pigtronix Infinity

Published on Aug 19, 2015 Chris David

SH09, RE301, RE501 & BigSky noodle

Published on Sep 18, 2015 Chris David

"Exploring the sonic boundaries of the Roland RE301 and RE501 chorus echo tape delays. Both units have splendid self oscillating capabilities with the Sound on Sound functionality."

Yamaha CS60, Roland RE501 & Strymon BigSky

Published on Aug 7, 2015 Chris David

"Improvisation on the Yamaha CS60, Roland RE501 chorus echo and the Strymon BigSky."

Yamaha CS60, Pigtronix Infinity & Roland RE501

Published on Aug 7, 2015

"Ambient drone with Yamaha CS60 and Pigtronix Infinity looper."

Micromoog drone & knob tweaking

Published on Aug 4, 2015 Chris David

Micromoog knob tweaking

Published on Aug 4, 2015

EDP Wasp arpeggio

Published on Aug 5, 2015 Chris David

Serge Videos by Chris David

Playlist:
Serge Animal, Quadslope, ASR, TKB & Strymon BigSky
Serge modular ambient drone
Serge modular, TR909, RE301, RE501 & BigSky
Serge modular & Blippoo Box live noodle
Serge modular & RE301 ethereal patch
Serge modular & RE301 soundscape
Serge modular & RE301 soothing patch
OSC1899 Live@Kuru Plirr - "Vid of my gig at Kuru Plirr festival in Estonia this year.

Setup: Roland TR808, Serge modular, Strymon BigSky, Roland SP404sx, Korg Microsampler. The sequences were build up based on Bladerunner movie samples. On the fly I improvised on the sample I played from the SP404sx."

ARP 2600 Videos by Chris David

Playlist:
Arp 2600 & Strymon BigSky & Future Retro Mobius [patch 1]
Arp 2600 & Strymon BigSky & Future Retro Mobius [patch 2]
Arp 2600 S/H arpeggio
Arp 2600 + TR808 techno groove
Arp 2600 + TR808 dubby groove
Arp2600 & Space

Blippoo Box drone

Published on Jul 5, 2015 Chris David

"Drone made with Rob Hordijk's Blippoo Box (banana version) and the Strymon BigSky reverb pedal. For the Strymon I used the Cloud reverb.

Video was shot with a Sony FDR-AX100 camcorder. Audio was captured with a Tascam DR60D-mkll."

COTK Modular videos by chriskras68

Playlist:
1. COTK-Modular goes WEST COAST - Uploaded on Jun 30, 2011

"Another experimental patch.
Testing EMS-VCS3-Filter and Ring Modulator.

For Better Sound Quality: http://soundcloud.com/chriskras68/cot..."

2. COTK-Modular goes EMS - Uploaded on Jun 26, 2011

"Testing DIY EMS CMS3 Filter and Ring Modulator.
Thanks to Yusynth for his great work!"

3. COTK Modular + MoonModular - An attempt... Uploaded on Apr 11, 2011

"Live Recording of my (as yet) little COTK Modular System and MoonModular M569 Sequencer. Strings from Logan String Melody II + Equinoxe Phaser + UE 405 Effects. Bass-Lead from Jupiter 6 + EHX MemoryMan Delay.
And yes, I love analogue ..."

Can you tell harmonic? // Patch

Published on Dec 30, 2015 Auxar

"Another musical patch with the Make Noise tELHARMONIC in shift register mode.
Modules used in this patch:
Make Noise: tELHARMONIC, Echophon, Erbe-Verb, Function, Richter Wogglebug, MMG, Brains, Moddemix, Rene, Rosie, DPO x2, Pressure points x2, Maths x2, Optomix x2, LxD
Doepfer: A-160-2, A-138, A-147
Expert Sleepers: Disting x2,Disting MK3

Audio recorded with Sonic-Core VDAT."

E-mu Emulator II Vintage Sampler "Black Angel"

Published on Dec 30, 2015 RetroSound

"(c) 2015 vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound

all sounds and drums: E-mu Emulator II Sampling Synthesizer (1984)
recording: multi-tracking without MIDI
fx: a bit reverb and delay

I used the original Emulator II sampling library."

Crepuscular

Published on Dec 30, 2015 UncertainMusicCorps

"Documenting a complex and unpredictable patch.

There is a polyphonic pad in there via OSC-02 + QMMG, driven via midi. Clouds in Parasites resonator mode and Elements in chord mode are fed tones from E350, all pitched via CV from the Minibrute keyboard. The resulting cross modulations causes odd atmospheres to drift in and out.

Its one of those patches that has evolved over several days so, by this stage, I’ve lost track of exactly what is happening at each stage and I’m unlikely to ever be able to duplicate this again. So this is just a way of grabbing a little bit of time as it passes by."

Ambient Jam - Roland System 1m - Microbrute - Roland Space Chorus tape delay

Published on Dec 30, 2015 JimBobJrJackson Earmonkey

"Just a little morning recording session. These are kind of like my musical journals, if you will. Got the System 1m and haven't had time to explore it. Just played it live from the Ensoniq EPS 16+with a little Microbute sequence going. Music doesn't have to be complex to be enjoyable."

Plankton Electronics Arrhtythmia basics

Published on Dec 30, 2015

"A brief intro to the Arrhythmia module"

See this post for details on the module.

Eurorack Modular Synthesizer - New Module: eawave spacebug

Published on Dec 30, 2015 Petri Kauppi

"Testing my DIY-kit module eaware spacebug! [some info on the spacebug below]

Gear:

Pittsburgh Modular SYNTHESIZER BOX Fully Patchable Synthesizer Voice
Pittsburgh Modular Mix Mult (Mk. II)
Pittsburgh Modular MIDI 3
Pittsburgh Modular Outs (Mk. II) Stereo Headphone Amp and Line Outs
Doepfer A-143-3 Quad LFO
Dave Smith Modular DSM01 Curtis Filter Resonant Low-Pass Filter
Doepfer A-132-1 Dual linear VCA
Doepfer A-140 ADSR Envelope Generator
Doepfer A-138u Dual Micro Mixer (2x3)
Doepfer A-160 Clock Divider
Doepfer A-124 Wasp 12db/oct Multimode Filter
Doepfer A-110-2 Basic VCO
Doepfer A-118 Noise and Random Voltage
Waldorf NW-1 Wavetable module
Turing Machine Random Sequencer
MvH Golden Multi
100m LPF with Multi
Doepfer A-115 Audio Divider
Doepfer A-116 Waveform Processor
Doepfer A-156 Dual Quantizer
Circuit Abbey TICK Clock
Ladik D-010 Twin-T drums
Eawave Spacebug delay"

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"ID: stereo analog-like delay

Spacialization and delays are essential parts of the music making process. But have you ever experienced the spacialization power of an analog delay ? The SpaceBug is an analog-like delay featuring an additional LFO with variable speed and depth parameters as well as regeneration capabilities. With the SpaceBug, you will master space and time with only five knobs: space and time to set the delay, speed and depth for LFO modulations, and regen to regenerate the sound. SpaceBugs are great for live applications with their small size, their easy-to-use interface and their powerful unique sounds. With their analog warmth and modulation capabilities, SpaceBugs cannot be compared to other delays. It's more than that, it's a SpaceBug.

Note that SpaceBugs are not produced anymore!!!


Technical specifications
Delay Time
Feedback regeneration
Mix wet/dry
Space right/left
Variable triangle LFO with depth & speed parameters
Bypass switch
AC 12 V powered

audio demo 1
audio demo 2
audio demo 3
audio demo 4

download the manual"

Arturia: Five reasons to get the V Collection 4

Published on Dec 30, 2015 Arturia Web

"Are you looking for a dose of pure sonic power to beef up your virtual setup?
Mauricio Garcia, Arturia Product Specialist gives the five reasons why our software mothership, the V Collection, is made for you!"

ARP ODYSSEY Original 1976 Demo Patches!

Published on Dec 29, 2015 mootbooxle

"Moot Booxlé Demonstrates the original patches as found in the vintage 1976 ARP Odyssey manual!
Get the manual here: http://www.arpodyssey.com/oddyman.html

Visit http://www.mootbooxle.com for loads of great music!
Thank you for watching!

Sights and sounds Copyright 2015 Moot Booxle Studios."

Mutable Instruments Clouds processing PAIA 5700 and Friends Part 2

Published on Dec 29, 2015 Paul Wilkens

"Using Mutable Instruments Clouds in Parasite Mode 2 to create a Twangy Pluck Drone

Using Epoch Benjolin and Random Source to trigger 4ms PEG. Using Qu-Bit Nano Rand, 4ms PEG to trigger Random Source. Sputnik Quad function trigger& Verbos Mutistage going into Mutable Clouds and PAIA 9700s for modulation. All sound going into PAIA then Clouds to Melekko Mix4 to audio mixer."

Part 1 here.

3 Eurorack Sets by Frank Murder: First Night | Quad + 2 | Hide and Seek

Published on Dec 28, 2015 Frank Murder

"30 minutes of modular techno, Warming up for new years day party..."

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Double Deka Sequence

Published on Dec 29, 2015 Richard Galbraith

"Taking a short break from my usual Renaissance recording, I decided to try something a little different. I recently got a Synthesizers.com quantizer bank (Q171). I don't have an analog sequencer, but I can use my SSL/Ian Fritz Double Deka oscillator as a 10 step sequencer. I can get three simultaneous lines out of it, which I've done here.

I used two Synthesizers.com Q106 oscillators and an Ian Fritz Teezer VCO (made by Free State FX). Filters used are synthesizers.com Q150, Q107, MOTM 480, and the MegaOhm Delta LPF.

I ran the outputs into separate instances of Valhalla Ubermod for delay, and then into an instance of Valhalla Room."

Elka Rhapsody 490 String Machine SN 2612

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"Elka Rhapsody 490 String Machine synthesizer synth keyboard works great. Beautiful condition with hardshell case came from estate sale. There are two string selections and both have very good sound..."

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Yellow Waldorf Q Rack Synthesizer

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diatonic stages

Published on Dec 29, 2015 Ebotronix

Toppobrillo Quantimator² (aeolian, ionian+3)
Flame Arpeggiator diatonic natural minor chords
@ Matrix Synth ....you have a yt message !
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A Modular Birthday Card

Thought this was pretty cool.

via It's Full of Stars:

"Look my friend Richard drew a picture of my studio for my birthday card! Thanks Rich, I love it - I'm going to print it out and put it up on the wall next to my Moog"

Oto Biscuit | Der OTO

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"This Biscuit is in pristine condition and working perfectly. Does not include original box but does come with manual, preset sheet, Der Oto mask, and original power supply. This is a truly unique effects unit that does things that don't necessarily fall into any traditional effects category. It also can be used as a synthesizer with 8 step sequencer thanks to Der Oto firmware update. Fantastic build quality, handmade in France..."

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1985 ROLAND JX-8P ANALOG POLYPHONIC SYNTHESIZER w/ MIDI SN 515496

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Elektron Analog Keys

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Mutable Instruments Clouds processing PAIA 5700 and Friends

Published on Dec 29, 2015 Paul Wilkens

"Using Mutable Instruments Clouds in Parasite Mode 2 to create a Drone with Twangy undertones

Using Epoch Benjolin and Random Source to trigger 4ms PEG. Using Qu-Bit Nano Rand, 4ms PEG to trigger Random Source. Sputnik Quad function trigger& Verbos Mutistage going into Mutable Clouds and PAIA 9700s for modulation. All sound going into PAIA then Clouds to Melekko Mix4 to audio mixer."

Sony Walkman Synth

Published on Dec 29, 2015 Circuit Ben

"Using the motor as a sound source, changing the motor speed, passing the sound through the amplification circuit, overdriving the amplification circuit, using the motor control chip's unused outputs to modulate the motor speed."

Olegtron CONFUSOR Eurorack Demo Jam (w/ Bastl GrandPa & more ...) #TTNM

Published on Dec 29, 2015

"Jamming with the Olegtron CONFUSOR eurorack module...

The Olegtron CONFUSOR is a 4x4 manual switch module, which lets you route four normalled inputs to four separate outputs. The signal path is not immediately obvious though (although not hard to understand), which makes it a very fun "semi-random" performance module. You know what you put into it, but you don't necessarily know where the things come out ;-) ...

Audio gear used:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Olegtron Confusor, Bastl Instruments GrandPa, intellijel Quadra, Synthrotek EKO, Doepfer Phase Shifter, Klangbau Köln Spring Reverb, Klangbau Logistische Gleichung, and more ... )
- Korg Volca Beats (drum machine)
- Tascam DR-40 Recorder"

Oberheim Matrix 6 Synthesizer w/Manual and Pedal

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"Beautiful Oberheim Matrix 6 synthesizer in nearly mint condition. 100% working order. Nice fat analog Oberheim sound. Included is the original Owner's Manual and rare Oberheim footswitch. I'll also throw in in an extra CEM voice chip and a PDF version of a long out-of-print book called 'Oberheim Matrix-6, Getting The Most Out of Yours' which is essential to understanding the secrets of programming this powerful synth."

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Ciat-Lonbarde Tocante - Zenert PHASHI solar powered synth

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"this is a small electronic instrument powered by solar energy... you can use it just about anywhere... and is a fantastic electronic object to play. take a search for "ciat lonbarde" and you will find some of the most unique instruments in the vein of the baschet brothers or the history of synths... these folks are magicians with low brow materials. there are three versions of the tocante - this one is the PHASHI...

here's some info:

Zenert is a simple name, deriving from the source of its noise, a zener diode, and the spectral flavoring applied by a simple resonant circuit, the twin-t. Its operation diverges from the previous Tocante pieces, where finger-touch simply connected oscillator outputs to an amplifier. In Zenert, finger-touch injects the zener noise into the inputs of the flavoring circuits. So instead of a number of discrete symbols at its rim, Zenert has a band of copper tracing, scripted to mimic the waveform of noise. The inner nodes, for circuit bending on Thyris, Bistab and Phashi, are now the injection points for each resonance. The resonators on Zenert share the same tuning-by-capacitor scheme, establishing continuity with the previous ones. Thus Tocante shares a two-faced nature with its nemesis, Ieaskul F. Mobenthey; looking backward to previous designs for the general framework and manifesto, but looking forward to new ways to break out of the mold.

The Tocante line of musical instruments is "about" and "touching" the materials of electronics. Each touchpad represents a pitch according to industry "preferred numbers," chosen by old wartime engineers for non-musical purposes. Here they form a unique and haunting musical scale, not unlike that of a gamelan or the neutral intervals of Persian music. Beyond these base pitches, three golden sandrodes flank each touchpad; touching these androgynous nodes yields intermodulation, pitch and timbral shifts, and emergent chaotic masses. The instruments come in three flavors: thyris the triangle, bistab the square, and phashi the circle. The oscillators sound like a bowed string, a most powerful clarinet, and a howling serene whistle, respectively. Each responds to touch differently. Solar panels charge the onboard batteries, that power the oscillators and a speaker. They are the perfect self-contained instrument for nightly music at the campground.

Technical Details

-Dimensions: 28x8x2 centimeters.
-Range: 24 notes, four octaves.
-Power: 6x300mah NiMH cells.
-Diffusion: 0.5watt speaker.
-Output: 3.5mm mono audio jack.
-Cloudy Day: 2.1mm tip-positive 12vdc power jack (not included)."

KORG MS20c Convertible Wedge Mod

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"The KORG MS20c is a wedge shape that can be converted with this simple mod so that it will not take up so much room in your backpack. Just take it apart, throw aside the back and the sides, make new sides, and mount the usb connector."

Note this is the KORG MS20C controller and not the full blown synth.

Iron Ether - Pithoprakta - Trigger / Gate Sequencer

Published on Dec 29, 2015 simon

"Here's an overview of the soon to be released Pithoprakta by Iron Ether, the renowned purveyor of stunning effects pedals.
This is Iron Ether's first foray into making Eurorack modules... and it's a belter.
Please note, this video features the pre-production panel, it will look different to the finished article.

I kept everything pretty simple throughout so that it's easy to tell what's going on, and for the main part I just used it to trigger the drums of my old Syncussion DRM-1.

0:00 - Triggering drums.
2:48 - Triggering drums, with CV control over Probability.
3:06 - Triggering drums, with CV control over Probability, and CV control over Looping.
4:10 - Triggering envelopes for Akemie's Castle, and CV out to Akemie's Castle.
4:58 - CV out to oscillator.
5:45 - CV out to oscillator, and triggering drums.
6:57 - Gates mixed, quantised and sent to Oscillator.
7:54 - Gates mixed, quantised and sent to Oscillator, and CV out to filter cutoff.
9:00 - Clocked at audio rate with 8 outputs sent to a 8 way switch.
11:30 - END"

"Pithoprakta is a probabilistic gate/trigger sequencer, able to create 8 channels of gates or triggers whose probability/density can be defined by the panel controls and/or CVs. The looping function will loop up to 64 steps, the loop length being CV-controllable in powers of 2, and an external gate signal can be used to enter/exit looping seamlessly.

The Probabilities of Channel 1 and 8 are defined directly by the panels controls/respective CV inputs. The other 6 channels' probability levels are interpolated from these two values, so if channel 1 is at 10% and channel 8 is at 80%, channel 2 is 20%, channel 3 is 30%, etc. The thinking behind this is that it allows you to have 8 channels with different probability, or the same if you choose, which can be controlled by just two modulators, rather than requiring a separate modulator for each channel - good for smaller systems or if you just don't want to tie up a ton of modulation sources just to control this one module.

Div mode clocks the 8 outputs, each with a different division of the input clock - divide-by-two down to divide-by-sixteen. The upper 4 channel outputs are "on beats" and the lower 4 channels are "off beats," allowing the user to easily create drummer-like rhythms which evolve over time or improvise infinitely.

Once loop mode is active, the Probability controls become "probability of change," in other words they control the likelihood that a given step of the loop will be overwritten, rather than whether that step is on or off. To keep from deleting the loop as soon as one enters looping mode, the probability controls are ignored when entering loop mode until the user turns them down to 0% and back up.

Ideas for usage
Create rhythms that sound like an improvising human drummer, without resorting to preset sequences. Beats can evolve over time in a way you control.

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MMM VCF under two channels use

Published on Dec 28, 2015 Happy Nerding

"Some options of two channels operation for MMM VCF are shown."

Prophet-6,"10 minute tweak, Sirius Symphonical" Analog

Published on Dec 29, 2015 Bob I. Gomez

"Synthesizer, Music"

Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 / 2002 Sample Disks

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A few sets in via MATRIXSYNTH Member, rosynth.

You'll find them listed with other items here. One lot is for a ton of blank disks if you are looking for them, and one set, pictured left, is from Kid Nepro. I remember seeing their ads in Keyboard Magazine back in the day.

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JD-990 ambient - Dec 2015

Published on Dec 29, 2015 SynthMania

Scary Drone Patch

Published on Dec 29, 2015 AsselMC

"Using a Sample on Q-bit Nebulae as Source for Modulation of Mutable Instruments Braids (the voice!), via Doepfer A-119 (External Input/Envelope Follower)"