MATRIXSYNTH

at 10/13/2005 09:59:00 PM

Model D vs. Voyager sound test on the Vintage Synth Explorer forums. Title link takes yout to post. I'd recommend right click and saving the track, Windows Media Player is currently stuck downloading the track while I type this. Ok, just listened to them. The Voyager sounds way more bright in these samples. Makes me wonder what it would sound like with the filter down just a notch. They both sound like Mini's to me. Bob always claimed the Voyager to be a Minimoog. It's also hard to tell what time does to the sound of an analog synth. I've frequently heard that no two Minis sound the same. There are subtle differences in sound between them. I like to think that a Voyager sounds like a Model D just out of the factory. And of course the Voyager adds a bit more in it's featureset.

at 10/13/2005 09:45:00 PM

Ran into this via this gas station thread. Title link takes you to an Oct, 2004 Sound on Sound article on Phillip Taysom's studio. There are some really nice shots there including an Oberheim 8-voice and one of the rarest synths out there, a clear Gleeman Pentaphonic pictured below. Wow.

at 10/13/2005 09:32:00 PM

at 10/13/2005 09:29:00 PM

Title link takes you there.

at 10/13/2005 09:24:00 PM

Also via AH. There are streamable tracks. Title link takes you there. Enjoy. : )

"In 1983 Serge Modular Music Systems produced a demo cassette featuring many talented musicians playing the Serge Synthesizer. Recently a few Serge fans got together and thought, wouldn't it be cool if we did another Serge compilation and released it on CD! This is the result. Ten people from Europe, Asia, and America contributed to this fun-packed CD."

at 10/13/2005 09:21:00 PM

In via AH. Title link takes you there. Enjoy. : )

"In 1983 the Serge Modular company produced a demo cassette featuring many artists using the Serge Modular synthesizer. I'm posting this music here as a public/historical service. Each track is a few megs, the whole tape is 100Mb."

at 10/13/2005 08:51:00 PM

Trip. Retro thing has a post up on the Swiss made Technosaurus. Title link takes you there.

at 10/13/2005 08:23:00 PM

Via GetLoFi. Currently on the *bay.

Details via the auction saved for posterity:

Here we have a multi-oscillating/multi-LFO desktop synth. The data synth is capable of producing classic moog/jupiter/tb-303 type sounds.Pulsating squeals, sub-harmonic drones,anti-rhythmic beats,nasty acid lines and whole bunch more bundled in a neat little package.A total of 10 knobs to fondle.

1. Frequency knob

2. Frequency knob 2

3. Frequency knob 3 with on/off switch

4. LFO rate knob

5. Frequency cutoff filter.

6. Volume knob.

7. Ring Mod Frequency knob with on/off switch

8. Ring mod Volume knob

9. Extra LFO with Speed and depth control. This mod can create a off beat rhythm.

10.1/4" mono output jack, hooks right into your amp or mixer

11. DC jack. That's right no battery needed for this unit. Accepts standard 9vdc Boss style adapter. Sorry not included.

12. Blue power LED

13. Master on/off switch

samples are here

http://www.geocities.com/teststrikego/synth.html?200528

Unit has been made using all high quality brand new parts, and will function for years under normal conditions. I've housed the unit in what use to be a data switch box. The connections to the data terminals are no longer active, the terminals just adds to the aesthetics of the unit.

at 10/13/2005 08:09:00 PM

Trip. Theremin World and Spellbound are having a contest for a 2G iPod Nano filled with Theremin music. Title link takes you there. Groovy pumpkin logo, btw.

at 10/13/2005 08:01:00 PM

Title link takes you there. I ain't gonna ruin it for you. Start with the demo and then click on huh? I think I'm still in a state of huh? but it was worth it. I will definitely need to check it out more.

at 10/13/2005 07:34:00 PM

Well, I am officially done! What a crazy two days that was. All 594 posts on the old blog have been migrated over, links have been updated, and I've set up redirects from my old site to here. Now I can focus on what I like to do, browse the net on synth stuff and post it.

I want to thank Peter Kirn of Create Digital Music and Tom Whitwell of Music Thing. They both contacted me offline and offered their help. Thanks guys. It really made a difference.

Now, back to blogging! : )

Oh, and a plug for Blogger/Blogspot.com. So far it rules! Super easy to use and more importantly, I feel much safer knowing it can handle the load. I was back up in about an hour and fully up in two days. It literally saved my blogged. Cheers.

at 10/13/2005 11:47:00 AM

Bdu has some new pictures up on Flickr. Title link takes you there. Enjoy.

at 10/13/2005 11:41:00 AM

In via AH. Spaces in email and @ to AT intential to prevent spam bots from picking it up. Make sure to correct that if you send email.

"Jim O'Rourke's EMS AKS Synthi was stolen last week in Gothenburg, Sweden.

"Please contact joachim AT idealrecordings.com if you have ANY information or
you can leave the synth at Nefertiti Jazz Club. No questions asked."

http://www.idealrecordings.com/01.php

So please be cautious if offered a Synthi from Sweden.
I am sorry i don't have any more info than this.

Johan"

at 10/13/2005 10:05:00 AM

Another one via Craigslist Seattle. Never saw one of these before.

at 10/13/2005 10:01:00 AM

Title link takes you there. You don't see these for sale too often. I once played one at a local music shop. It's all digital, but it had a certain organic quality to it. It sounded beuatiful for what is was.

From the post:
"Digital Keyboards came out with this instrument called the Synergy. The Synergy is a push-button machine and it doesn't offer any programming like the GDS, but it has some interesting aspects to it. One is that it has a sequencer. It was the first keyboard that had a sequencer anything like this. The sequencer allows you to overdub and play on top of the sequence. It is real easy to use. The Synergy provides the ability to be able to control multiple sounds [up to four] simultaneously from the keyboard - also a first. You can do that with some analog synths, but you wouldn't actually know which key was going to play what sound, and have absolute control over that kind of thing, with the synergy. It can track your hands up and down the keyboard. You can get six floating split zones, and there are all kinds of different modes for assigning sounds to keys. There are various other features of the synergy that make it a useable peice of music history "