Two PM on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 at Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd, Austin Texas, 78722.
Bring your analog synths (remember an extension cord and a stand) and BRING HEADPHONES!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Third Annual Austin Analog Synthesizer Party!
Two PM on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 at Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd, Austin Texas, 78722.
Bring your analog synths (remember an extension cord and a stand) and BRING HEADPHONES!
CORON DS7 Drum Synce Clone
"The DS7 Drum Synce (DC860) is a little analog percussion synthesizer from the 80's made by CORON. This drumsynth was dedicaced to drummers : the DS7 was fixed on the border of a drum to be played/triggered by hitting the drum.The DS7 contain a VCO +VCA chain. The VCO is modulated by a cheesy LFO and a simple decay envelope trigged by the piezzo cell pulse. The cell work as a pressure/hit sensor. It can be replaced by a jack to be used with any kind of trigg pulses or even gates. In this case the "decay" pot become a "Release" pot ... The VCA is directly controled by the envelope. The LFO can drive the VCO from slow modulation to hi-speed to produce FM like sounds." click here for more.
Oberheim FVS-1 SEM Expansion
via this auction via the comments of this post."this FVS-1 is the expansion for the Oberheim 4-voice synthesizer, adding 4 extra SEM modules and an extra output module to it and thus letting you enjoy an 8-voice Oberheim synthesizer"
What The Future Sounded Like.
You might remember this post. Well, it looks like it will finally air on ABC, this coming Tuesday, the 18th of September at 10pm. Title link takes you to more info including images and video. EMS.Update: Word is this is ABC Australia only. Unfortunate for the rest of us...
Buchla 207
via this auction
This one is being auctioned off by Ezra Buchla, Don Buchla's son.
"This is a Buchla model 207 mixer and preamplifier from the 200 series, made sometime in the early 1970's. It is quite rare and consists of all original components.
The mixer section includes 6 input channels, 4 of which have manual control over location, and two of which have voltage control of location. This section also includes a third, independently switchable mono output bus.
The pre-amplifier section has a single 1/4" input, three switchable gain/impedance settings and a potentiometer for finer gain control."
Synth Pics via Marko of Retrosound.de
Dr Bohm HobbytronARP Odyssey
MOOG Taurus
retrosound.de
Regarding the Hobbytron:
"this is a very rare self-built stylophone by the german Dr. Boehm organ factory. The sound is different to the original stylophone."
Simmons SDS-2 Prototype?
"The missing link between the original Dave Simmons SDS prototype (which from what I've found is no longer in existence) and the somewhat successful SDS-III is the SDS-2. Like the original SDS it was just a prototype designed from spare parts and electronics lying around the workshop. In Bob Henrit's famous book about the Simmons history ("The Complete Simmons Drum Book") the only mention is a few lines on page 8. For decades people seem to have guessed that this old piece of gear was lost in the mist of time too until it suddenly surfaced on german Ebay and I managed to bring it to Sweden at a bargain price in September 2003."You can find the rest of the story including more images and sound clips on Studio Sting. via jesper.
Update: jesper wrote in to say this might not be the SDS-2 prototype after all. If you know feel free to comment.
Casio Rapman
Move over Roland DJ70
"This is one little Casio keyboard that I remember fondly from the early '90s!! Rap was at the top of its popularity then, and this fun keyboard allowed all of us to become instant rappers :-)This 32-key keyboard offers 25 preset tones, including piano, horns, guitar and sound effects; 30 Rap patterns, including rap, rock, house and more; a scratch disk that gives you control of up to four different scratch sounds by turning it with your hand, and three effect pads - three buttons on the console that give you one-touch access to a selection of exciting sound effects.One of the best features of the Rapman is the Voice Effector function: this changes the pitch of the sound being input through the microphone. Yes, there's an extra-cool Casio EM-4131 mini-microphone included!The on board speaker is powerful enough for home use, but there's an 1/8" output too, for when you need to kick it up a notch.
some review
Yo-ain't nuthin' mo' stupid-dope than rollin' wit da Rapman. It blows-up big; It's like blow-it's like BLOW-It's like BLIZZ-OW!!This thing was marketed when the first wave of old skool rap jumped the proverbial shark-and it shows. The dated sound of the Orchestra Hit and percussion pads, the goofy technology of the "Voice Effector," and the bogus preset "Funky Cold Medina" and "Super Freak" rap patterns make the Rapman one of the most amazing period-specific cultural artifacts of its time.On the other hand, like the Casio "SK" series of mini keyboards, a lot of us into the avant garde have explored this instrument, found its unique attributes, and have exploited them to make new and hypnotic crazy sounds. I'm here to tell you that, even though I have much lizzove for the circuit benders, you don't need to bend the Rapman or the SK's to get bizarre new tones and textures; they're already there.Casio's sampling and rap synthesizers are some of the most underrated musical instruments ever made, as well as being inexpensive and almost unbreakable. The Rapman is built Casio-tough!!So, in between working on the avant synthpunk masterpiece that I'm presently trying to write, I put on a cheeze rap pattern, plug my "Fry Cook" headset microphone into the "Voice Effector," and get stoopid wit' the prurient ill rhymes."
enapa monomachine jam!
YouTube via enapa1apa.
"this is one ch SID, one SAW and one VO6! sid does drums, saw bass and vo6 lead..."
The Development And Practice of Electronic Music
via this auction."The Development And Practice of Electronic Music by John H Appleton & Ronald C Perera. A classic from back in 1975! Very informative history of early synths and electronic music. Featuring some great photos! VG+ Condition, hardcover 384 pages."
Formanta EMS-01
images via this auction."It was made in Soviet Union at well-known Kachkanar (Polivoks) factory. This 2-manual instrument combines mono analog synthesizer and poly analog organ/strings. Synth has double OSC, noise generator, many different types of modulation, excellent analog filters, stereo phaser, ring modulator etc. Organ has several timbres with vibrato and chorus. It’s great instrument for any music styles and sound fx design. Sound is very original, warm and really individual! I think EMS-01 sounds more interesting than well-known Polivoks and many other popular analog synths. By the way, Formanta EMS-01’s retail was 3 times more than Polivoks in USSR!"
DSCN3818
flikcr by nakedintruder.click here for the full size shot.
The Harvestman Malgorithm
Update: I think this is the first moth on MATRIXSYNTH.
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