Synth Soundtracks

Micke came up with the mother of all lists for films featuring synths in their sound tracks. Click here for the list on VSE. So... the one thing that bugs me about VSE is that posts expire over time to make space on the server. That said, I will put the list in the comments. Hopefully Micke is ok with this. Pictured: Blade Runner featuring Vangelis and the Yamaha CS80. Trailer directly below.


YouTube via Mart138.Blade Runner - Vangelis Music Video

Anyware-Instruments Semtex Promo Materials

Click here for more.
Coolest. Logo. Ever. via jan. Anyware-Instruments website

Grids - the all monome album

"Of course, the notion of an all monome album is somewhat of a misnomer. The monome is simply an interface - a bunch of LEDs and buttons that may or may not have something to do with each other. There no built-in sound generator like there is on the Tenori-On, (I used a Doepfer modular, Prophet 5 and MachFive 2) and the software that determines the behavior of the device is entirely up to the user/artist. While this fact dilutes the idea of an all monome album, people interested in finding their own voice with an instrument consisting of a grid of buttons should note the lack of predetermined software and sounds is the true strength of the monome."

click here for the album on The Stretta Procedure.

Trios lp by Tristram Cary of EMS

Trios
Composed 1971. First performed at Cheltenham Festival, 1971, the composer taking the VCS3 part, and Messrs John and Robert Cary (the composer's sons) the turntable parts.

Click here for more info including the audio on EMS SYNTHI.

STG Labs Mankato - FU Edition

Nice edition.

Note that STG Labs is available via Analogue Haven although I do not see the Mankato listed as of this post.

STG as in Suit & Tie Guy. I don't see the Mankato listed there yet either.

Udpate via Suit & Tie Guy in the comments:
"yes i've been slacking on the website actually. sorry about that.

there's a stack of mankato PCBs et cetera almost fully stuffed, just waiting on some components that showed up today and a particular VCA IC which should be on its way as well.

the line at analoguehaven.com/stgsoundlabs will within the month be the multiples, the gate delay, the post-lawsuit lowpass filter and the mankato filter.

there's also a wave folder i'm in the middle of testing right now, but i don't know if i can get it out by christmas."

Update: more info on this electro-music.com thread.

5Pulser Waveshaper by frijitz

"The most effective waveshapers are the radical ones that produce multiple peaks per input cycle. There have been a number of these designed over the years, of course, but most are fairly complicated circuits.

A while back I discovered that the LM3914 LED bar-graph display driver chip can run at very high frequencies -- crisp square pulses well above the audio range! Operation of this chip is quite simple. It is basically a stack of window comparators, which fire one at a time as the input signal increases. The total span of the comparators is set by an external voltage.

From this I figured out how to make an interesting waveshaper that puts out a variable pulse train. The waveshape control voltage changes the span of the comparators, so an input sawtooth leads to a train of pulses from a single square wave up to a train of five pulses in less than half a period as the control voltage is varied. (The more traditional wavefolders use a VCA on the input signal to vary the waveshape.) The circuit is quite simple for what it does -- a dual opamp for the input signal and CV conditioning, the LM3914 and an output opamp summer to combine the pulses."

Click here for more info including the schematic and a sample.

Roland PH-830 Stereo Phaser

via this auction
"Roland PH-830 Stereo Phaser. This rare piece is part of Roland’s RSS line of rackmount effects. It has 3 LFO waveforms, CV and Trig inputs, controls for Intesity, Shift Frequency, and Resonance. It also has an inverter on Channel 2, and has switches to adjust input and output levels."

West Virginia - Roland Juno-106 Demo

via cornutt in the comments of this post.

"For another example of what you can do with a 106, see one of my tracks here: West Virginia. This was done entirely with a 106 and a Boss DD-20 delay."

This is a really cool track.

Speak&Spell LFO

Click here for "schematics for adding a pitch modulating LFO to your Speak&Spell" on Casper Electronics. Also includes "hold" and "tone" effects.

Electribe-MX & Waldorf-Q : Study1

YouTube via kay396ss. via Nusonica.
"Factory patches of Electribe and tweaking nobs on Waldorf Q. Drum parts are played by Electribe, Synth parts are played by Waldorf "

Piano Calculator

Product page in Japanese. And in Googlish.

Unfortunately, I don't think this one is programmable like the Casio VL-Tone.

Arturia Analog Factory Experience on Music Thing

Music Thing has "first review" up on the Arturia Analog Factory Experience. You can find it here.

ARP AXXE

images via this auction

Lessons in Electronic Music

Roland Jupiter-6

images via this auction

Sequential Circuits Prophet T8

images via this auction

Inside a JoMoX XBase09

images via this auction

Update via Mok in the comments: "that is not normally inside an XBase... i†'s an XRom card. Allows you to load in samples to the Hat section via PC. That's a hacked XBase and might be great to use. Totally unsupported by Jomox though, so... "

BeeGees Rhythm Machine

via this auction

You know you want it.

"This little gem has a 1 1/2 octave keyboard and a diverse selection of 3 rhythms--disco, latin and pop! It even has tempo adjustment for the rhythms and tuning control for the keyboard. Plus you get a box with some really happening pictures of the BeeGees. Runs on a 9 volt battery. This toy is for ages 8 and over. Please do not bid if you are under the age of 8."

KORG EX-8000

images via this auction.

What's more interesting, the synth or the rug?