01:02:03 04/05/06

Play a note when it happens. : )

MIDI Sword Keytar

Music Thing has a post up on the MIDI Sword Keytar spotted on the *bay. Title link takes you to the post. Sweet. Hmm... Why does this make me think of Retarded Animal Babies...

MIDIbox SID

Title link takes you to more on the MIDIbox SID including more designs, samples and info. The MIDIbox SID is based on the Commodore 64 and it's sound chip, the SID.

Morka natt - Hundarna fran soder

Title link takes you to a cool video featuring what sounds like a SID chip (Elektron, MIDIBox SID, HardSID). Via this post on HC.

GMedia Radio Webcast

Interesting. GMedia has an audio webcast up featuring some pieces with GMedia products and coverage of the Musicmesse. Pretty cool idea. Title link takes you there.

Waldorf Will Continue the microQ and Possibly Others

Not only is Waldorf back, but they will continue with some of their previous products. Only the microQ was specifically mentioned. Title link takes you to the post on the German Keys magazine. Babblefished to English below. (whale village = Waldorf : )

"Now it is completely official: The Synthesizer manufacturer whale village was formed new. The key editorship spoke with Stefan Stenzel, franc cutter and Joachim Flor about one of the sensations of the Frankfurt music fair of this year. Beside the continuation and far coil of some established products (for example microQ) there is to be also new, innovative products in the future. We in the next expenditure for key (06/06) on the reestablishment to report in detail and in detail. "

EAR - Livewire & Plan B on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video under date under title. Worth noting in the video is mention of the first Steiner-Parker re-incarnation modules that EAR is working on with Nyle Steiner of the Steiner-Parker Synthacon fame. The two modules are the FrequenSteiner filter and the Subdivider.

The final audio capture in the video is pretty funny as well. Oops. : )

Note: Vladimir tells me the server is a little slow as of the time of this posting. I noticed it, but now it's coming up fine on my end.

More on EAR

The Old Crap In The Living Room - New Flickr Shot

flickr by polaranta.

Studio Pics

Title link takes you to a thread with more on Sonic State's the-gas-station.

Yamaha SY20

Trip. Never seen one of these before. The SY20 is an analog mono synth that came out in 1982. Another via the mighty Moogulator. Title link takes you to more shots on Attractive Dillies!

More Musikmesse Shots

Title link takes you to more Musikmesse 2006 shots on Jörg's Synthesizer Site. Nice Curetronic's modular to the left. Via Moogulator.

Alesis Fusion Updates on Synthwire

Title link takes you to some updates via Carbon111 worth checking out.



Direct Links:
Fusion Signal Path
Upgrading from an Alesis Fusion 6HD to 8HD
Alesis Fusion - One Week In ;)

Yamaha's First Affordable FM Keyboard

The Piano and Synth blog has a post up on the Yamaha CE-20. The post includes their official 1982 press release. The CE20 was a preset only FM keyboard by Yamaha. It predates the DX7 which came out in 1983 according to this Yamaha timeline. Title link takes you to the post on The Piano and Synth blog.