Waldorf XT

via this auction

1 Clock Logic

YouTube via wonkythomas.

follow-up to this post.

"1 40106 Clock drives a bunch of computer shit!

The 4024 is providing differant divisions to differant NAND Gates. The 4017 on the far left is doing a kind of off-on function.

Speeding up & slowing down the master clock changes the output from video game-ish sequences we can see being played on the 4024 LEDs (lower down, to the right X3) The knob in the middle (Blue) controls the 4023 processor, all the way CW it sounds like a cheap LPF! Turning it CCW lowers the freq. & increases 'clickyness' until things start to sound like overly granulated shards.

This is basically the same patch as the previous video, but, I've patched the 4023 in & the last one used 2 differant 40106 clocks, here I used another division from the 4024 in place of the seperate oscillator."

How to use the Touchpad on a Moog Voyager

YouTube via expertvillage
"Learn how to use the touchpad on a Moog Voyager analog synthesizer keyboard in this free online music video lesson."

How to Play Analog Synthesizers

"Learn about how vintage analog synthesizers make monophonic & polyphonic sounds in this free online video music lesson."

how to affect and control the pitch on a vintage analog synthesizer


how to use the LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) on a analog synthesizer


how to play the ARP Odessey analog synthesizer

Organic Analogue

flickr by Serko One

"a logo that i designed for a friends record label - www.myspace.com/ organicanalogue"

Moog Voyager Old School synth art.

moogerfoogers controlled by Reason 4.0

YouTube via PeffTV
"moogerfooger MF-107 FreqBox and MF-101 LP Filter controlled by Reason to create a monophonic moogerfooger synthesizer. The Thor Polysonic synthesizer converts MIDI and Reason CV signals into DC signals like MOTU Volta, and using a MOTU 896HD interface, the control signals are routed to the moogerfoogers. The Thor programming matrix allows the signals to be scaled so that the oscillator responds to a musical scale. Also used is a MF-104Z Analog Delay."

Korg MicroKorg XL Synth Vocoder

via this auction

You can skip this and the last post, as any post, if not interested.

Just trippin' on the undersides of synths at the moment. :)

That's the battery case open with the lid on the side. Lot's of support bars on the bottom.

Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Analog Synth

via this auction
"About This Unit (From The Manufacturer):

Mopho is a compact and affordable—but powerful—monophonic analog synthesizer. The voice architecture is identical to a single voice of the Prophet '08, but with a couple of unique twists to distinguish it from its award-winning sibling. We have added two sub-octave generators—one per oscillator—for additional girth and crushing basses. It also has an audio input that lets you process external audio and mix Mopho's own audio output back in pre-filter for feedback effects that can range from subtle distortion to extreme skronk. The Push It button is a manual trigger that lets you play a specific note or latch notes and sequences on. It can also step through a sequence to play short melodic lines without a keyboard. Of course, Mopho can also be used with a MIDI controller or external sequencer.

Mopho is fully programmable and all the parameters can be tweaked from the front panel. The four Assignable Parameters controls are assignable per program for optimum performance control. A free editor is available for Mac OS and Windows to facilitate programming. (And, if you already have a Prophet '08, most of Mopho's parameters can be controlled from the Prophet's front panel via MIDI!)

Mopho is perfect for people who want to learn the ins and outs of real analog synthesis without spending a bundle, DJs looking to add some old school sonic spice to their setups, and musicians who will appreciate a great-sounding, very portable mono synth.

* Affordable, fully programmable mono synth with a 100% analog signal path.
* Classic, real analog sound—including legendary Curtis analog low-pass filter.
* Process external audio through the filter and envelopes.
* Just 7.5" x 5" (19.05 cm x 12.7 cm).
* Free editor for Mac OS and Windows."

Note the rubber feet on the bottom are larger on top in order to slightly tilt the unit.

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08

via this Big City Music auction

Moog Taurus 3 Update

via the Moog Newsletter:
"For all of you who have purchased (thank you) or are thinking of purchasing the new Taurus 3 Bass Pedals, we are pleased to report that we remain on schedule to have this product shipping by year's end. At this time, the sound engine is complete and has the sound we are all looking for.

The product design is also complete and we are very pleased with the look and the durability of the design. This design will be step-up for all those people who own the original Taurus I and have dealt with maintainence issues over the years. As we grow ever closer to a release, we will keep you informed via Twitter and this newsletter. Stay detuned." Go There

signalsStream via vgermuse

YouTube via matrixsynth via vgermuse

Jon Rose with K-Bow - Feedback @ STEIM 2009

YouTube via bthrew
"Violinist Jon Rose controls feedback with the K-Bow, a bluetooth enabled sensor bow for string instruments. At STEIM, Amsterdam, 04/2009. Visit www.keithmcmillen.com for more information."

140 / curtis + thumb piano

140 / curtis + thumb piano from m~fischer on Vimeo.

"more into posted on dust.unrecnow.com"
Update: the iPhone app is the Curtis Granular Synth previously posted here.
It looks like it is available on iTunes here.

microkorg

flickr by aniia242

Sigur Rós Glósóli played on a Tonal Plexus

YouTube via AaronAndrewHunt

"This is my rendition of Glósóli by Sigur Rós, from the 2005 album Takk. It really doesn't take 211 keys in an octave to play this, but it's nice to be able to play it in Just Intonation, with different pitches depending on the voice leading. This is a single take. I tried to capture some of the grandeur of the original, though that is really impossible, and I hope you won't think my effort is too lame ... get the real thing here - IMHO possibly the best music video ever made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr_MJA... ... more about the Tonal Plexus at http://www.h-pi.com"

MAESTRO - soviet analog poly synth with arpeggio

via this auction

"rare vintage soviet analog [actually digital according to vtolmusic in the comments] poly-synthesizer "MAESTRO", prominent by it's arpeggio and tremolo modes. It has tembre\octave (waveshape) selector, fine tune, unison mode, vibrato (speed\depth), cutoff, resonance knobs, decay, volume and arpeggio speed knobs. Out are 5din (line) and standart 1\4 jack (for phones or plug). Power - 220V."

Russian Maestro

Herpesz - Kórház

YouTube via Pasquerel. Roland SH-1000. Some Hungarian synth punk sent my way via Gábor.
"This is the only recording in exist from hungarian punk band "Herpesz". This video has been shot at Balatonszemes in 1985 when being a punk was an illegal thing in Hungary. The band is surprisingly good playing a strong DAF-influenced song about the hospital-like feeling of their era.

Check other hungarian MV's at:
http://www.youtube.com/group/kliphun"

Waldorf Largo Demos via tsching on KVR

Click here. via swissdoc on the Waldorf list. Note these are via tsching aka Holger of Official Waldorf Support.

Sound Lab ULTIMATE and Foot Pedals

YouTube via theraywilsonshow
"Ray Wilson demonstrates yet another use for the Sound Lab ULTIMATE by connecting the MFOS Foot Pedal Controller to it and playing guitar along with it."

star trek VI the undiscovered country: the synth

YouTube via puffhandy. via this auction
"this is a star trek vhs tape case that i made into a synth. it has one oscillator that has a light sensor for pitch and two LFOs. one LFO has a vactrol and the other has two different wave shapes square and triangle that are switchable with the redbutton on top."

puffhandy on eBay

joystick synth II

YouTube via puffhandy

puffhandy on eBay

Ran Kirlian Pluto

YouTube via RanKirlian

"Improvisation with Doepfer System & Roland Jupiter 4

Doepfer sequence done only with VCO (A-111) + quad LFO (A-143-2) + quad ADSR (A-143-2) + Xtreme filter (A-106-1) while JP4 goes into Doepfer XP Multimode Filter (A-106-6)

It sounds just as it was recorded directly to minidisc with Kaoss Pad 3 on the echoes."

PPG Wave 2.3 Advert

flickr by Neil Vance
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lunetta2

flickr by amplex
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"we have a 4001, 4029, 4023, 4015, 4516, 4089, 4022, 4040, tsp prs x2, glide, 40106 YAVCO, running on 6 different fixed clocks (not enuf pots)"

system1200

flickr by pac209

"unified creamware minimax and pro 12 VA synths"

Update via pac in the comments: "Hey this is actually "official", not a DIY thing. It was on sale for a short time before and while creamware went bust. I reassembled it cause I sold my minimax (by mistake) and just got one back. Hence the 2 different 'creamware' logo prints on the machines."

Geoff Downes 1987

flickr by Neil Vance
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spot the synths

"One half of the Buggles, showing off one or two casiotones!.. no really, he is a big fan of American Synthesizers. He is not a fan of the Yam DX7 or TX816."

Realistic (Moog) MG-1 re-assembled

flickr by Avery James Brooks
(click for shots of the inside)

"After removing most of that awful melting foam"

turntable wah

YouTube via puffhandy. via this auction.
"this is a custom, one of a kind, home altered califone record player from the 60's maybe? it's been made into a filter effect that is controled by a light sensor under the platter that spins. you can take that part off and drill more holes, you can add your own disks for different patterns, there are a lot of possibillities for simple mods. i didn't mess around with the ac circuit too much because i don't want to die from electrical shock and i recomend the same for anybody that buys this and doesn't know much about AC. i added a power light and there is also a ring mod oscillator built in that has two modes: high and low. high puts the carrier freq. in the foreground and low just takes it back behind whatever your's running through it. it has in and out so you can use this like a regular effects pedal without even plugging in the amp. the effect takes a nine volt battery that is mounted an the top for easy access. it comes complete with the latch on cover. feel free to ask any questions and please write me for a price quote on international shipping. the synth in the video is an atari punk console"

puffhandy on eBay

light sensitive turntable filter wah


filter turntable, altoids atari punk consoleX2

Roland TB-303

via this auction

One Synthesizer Makes More Music

EML Synthesizer Primer booklet via this auction.

"EML, Electronic Music Laboratories, Inc Synthesizer Primer booklet. One Synthesizer Makes More Music! Nine pages with earth brown covers. This is an original and somewhat rare. Not really a book, just a marketing booklet for the EML 101 synthesizer and is somewhat rare. In new, excellent collector condition. 8.5 inches X 5.5 inches."

Update: pics of in the inside here.

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PAIA GNOME MICRO SYNTH

via this auction

Not the best pics but the following from the description is interesting: "[from an interview with John Simonton, PAiA Electronics, Inc.]
'While it started out as purely an electronic instrument to make wind sounds, the Gnome turned into one of the smallest, most portable analog synthesizers ever manufactured." [It was also battery powered.] "'The Gnome started out as an instrument that wasn't going to do anything more than make the sound of wind - not like a flute, but real wind. Ssssshhhhew. That kind of wind, which could be played with a little vinyl controller strip that was part of it. The Gnome was one of those things that just grew. After the instrument that did the wind sound was done, it became pretty apparent that you could stick other components in there and essentially come up with a small synthesizer, a thing that captured the central ideas of voltage-controlled synthesis at the time - Oscillators, filters, transient generators, and so on - but stripped down to the essentials or the core. It was an attempt to get rid of that keyboard that was always by far the single most expensive part of anything we made, by order of magnitude or more.'" Includes assembly and users manual.

The Webcor Music Machine

via The Sasquatch Singers MySpace pics. Also check them out on MATRIXSYNTH-C.

Click on the Webcor label below for more posts on the Webcor.

Roland D-550 + JD-800 + TR-808 "COSMOS"

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

'COSMOS theme'

Inspired by the cosmos tv series by C.Sagan

pads, sweeps, chimes and other sounds: Roland D-550 and JD-800
drums: Roland TR-808"

Surfin Step Sequencer

The Surfin Kangaroo Step Sequencer has been out for a bit. It recently popped up on an email list I'm on, and I realized I haven't posted on it for a while. I took a look at the Surfin Kangaroo website and found these shots and the following info. See the site for more.

stores up to 100 Sequences
8 / 16 Midi and Analog Step Sequencer
Return / Stop / Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 8 Step Mode )
Return / Stop or Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 16 Step Mode )
9 Midi Tracks parallel
1 Midi Track up to 4 Voice polyphonic
Trigger/Gate Output
Trigger Start
Trigger Stop
Keyboard Remote Control
4 Gate/Trigger Outputs
8 Analog Outputs 0 - 10V ( 4 Outputs switch to additional Gates/Trigger )
1 to 250 BPM
Midi Clock
MTC Start/Stop
Transpose Function
Programmable during Sequencer Running
Master / Slave Function by using more than one sequencer
Software update via Midi & USB
for the US market please contact „analogheaven“ Hmm... I'm guessing that's Analogue Haven.