Roland SH-201 Synth

flickr by SamStefan

Roland SH-101

Meeting of the Knobs 2009

YouTube via zibbybone
"A few clips of the toys from this gathering."

KORG PROPHECY - Classic Virtual Modeling Synthesizer

via this auction

Simmons Portakit MIDI drum synthesizer

via this auction

Studio re-shuffle

YouTube via vinyljunkie07
"which meant I had to re-wire everything! grrrr and my mixer is soooo sooo in need of a service, since I got it the a*hole didn't mention that it's got a few fucked pots on it!"

Apple Computer - Leading The Way (Remix)

YouTube via ratsouffle
"A complete re-recording of the Apple corporate song (sans cheesy 80s lyrics). The keyboard featured is a Clavia Nord Lead 3. The original track appears heavily based on 'What a Feeling' from the musical Flashdance, with similar instrumentation, melody and singing style - Apple obviously wanted to reference or parody this.

Some parts of this song were tricky to figure out thanks to the numerous and slightly odd key changes (prevelent in much music of the time, it seems). Bassline is the leftmost video.

More info to come."

Malekko: Anti-Oscillator and Noisering

flickr by Analogue Haven

"The next two Wiard modules being put out by Malekko are the Anti-Oscillator and the Noisering. These two should be available around the end of July. The Noisering is the same as the Wiard 1200 series but with the addition of a toggle switch that will make the jack above it a clock input or clock output. The Anti-Oscillator is a new analog oscillator from Grant Richter with some very interesting waveshaping capabilities. Congrats to Malekko for getting the Wiard stuff out in Eurorack so efficiently! LINK" http://www.analoguehaven.com/

A subtle theme

YouTube via attorks
"This theme can somewhat be compared with the previous uploaded Minimal theme. The first version of this theme had only the Waldorf Q with the sequence and the Nord Lead 1 for the solo. I hooked up the MAQ16/3 and added some sequences to make it more interesting. The first sequence is a 4 step one from the MAQ16/3. The second and main sequence is a 32 step sequence from the Waldorf Q Keyboard. This sequencer also drives the clock for the MAQ16/3. The transpose for the MiniMax and the Q is done form the Q's keyboard. The Theremin like solo is performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1. After that a rhythmic 8 step sequence from the self-build Modular joins and an 8 step sequence from the Synthesizers.com Modular. These sequences are not transposed and that's the reason the third transpose is different. The Mellotron Choir sound is from the Roland XP-80 which has the Vintage 70&80 card in it. Hope you enjoy it."

JAM - Synthiefrau meets AnalogAudio1 - first synth jam!

YouTube via Synthiefrau
"We are friends since ten years and that is a sample of our first synth jam!

Christa (Synthiefrau) plays: Minimoog, Dot.com modular
Chris (AnalogAudio1) plays: Minimoog, Moog Satellite, Farfisa Syntorchestra"

TH VCO-1 finished

via a_guy_called_tom on this electro-music.com thread.

"Today, thanks to the terrible weather, i was finally able to complete my new TH VCO-1 oscillator stack and i thought i'd share some pics here.
I choose the VCO-1 design because its a triangle core and apparently good for FM. The few tests i did so far are very promising, i like this VCO. I didn't use a tempco and did not match the transistors for the expo converter, i have yet to find out how good the tracking is.. Anyway, thanks to TH for making these designs available for the DIY community!"

Plexi Juno

via Mr. Longhair in the comments of this post:

"Juno related, a mid 90's rack-mounting of a pair of semi-busted Juno2s into a 5U high perspex rack Juno2. Picture hosted at analogsweden, just got sold due to lack of rack-space"

Monomachine

YouTube via vectorass

Monomachine as an external sequencer for analog drum module


monomachine

"Monomachine + KP (echo fx) + hi-hats from Korg ESX. Short demo with suddenly appeared alsation"
"Monomachine triggering Vermona DRM MK3. Look what`s happenig."

Yamaha su700

YouTube via vectorass
"Yamaha SU700 plays some boring sounds with a little help of Vermona DRM MK3"

spectralis power

YouTube via vectorass
"spectralis power duplicates by vermona drm mk3 kick and snare"

spectralis

"spectralis and triplets in beatmatrix"

semblance from analogue solutions

YouTube via vectorass
"semblance from analogue solutions performing together with future retro revolution 2"

Dark Star Synth from Red Sound

YouTube via vectorass
"Dark Star 5-voices synth in heavy metall case with flashing red digits. Unexpectedly mighty bastard especially for some mad space sounds."

Vermona DRM MK3

YouTube via vectorass
"Vermona DRM MK3 in action triggered by Monomachine."

Roland TR-66 Rhythm Arranger

YouTube via zibbybone. "Demo of preset rhythms"
Remember you can search on zibbybone on the top left of the site for more.

20090627 rastafari prophesied

YouTube via rudeog. Update: full version here.

Yamaha RM1X Creating Wobble Bass

YouTube via digitaljosh
"How to create Wobble Bass with a Yamaha RM1X.
http://www.yamaha.com
http://www.freeholyrap.com"

Hybrid Sid-Style Snaredrum Drumsynth of the TinyRhythm

YouTube via stereoping
"This is the second of the 8 modules of my diy microcontrolled hybrid drumsynthesizer - the Snaredrum module. It gets a trigger from a baseboard and sends back an audiosignal to a mixerboard. The baseboard wants some midinotes to send triggers to the modules.

Well this one is VERY simple. It consists of a tiny13 microcontroller and a dual opamp, about 2 EUR :-). The 3 pots for Tune, Bend (positive/negative with different speeds) and Soundlength go into the DACs of the tiny13. It directly outluts a squarewave and shifted (tunable) noise. Both audios are blended by the 4th pot and mixed together and buffered.

The cool thing about this: if the bendenvelope is much faster than the soundlength, the values 'wrap around' the 8bit borders of 0 and 255 resulting in multiple BlipBlipBlip-Nintendo sounds."

Hybrid Bassdrum Drumsynth of the TinyRhythm

This is How I Juno (with the Roland Alpha Juno 2) [reduced for contest edit]

YouTube via loneraver2
"This is my entry to the "This is How I Juno" contest where I explain the many unique features of my Roland Alpha Juno-2.

Producer, Editor, Sound Designer/Editor, Co-Writer, Lead Actor: Henry Borchers
Director, VFX Supervisor, Co-Writer, Actor, Associate Fight Coordinator, Stunt Double: Erik Kjonaas

Extra Special thanks to Alex Champion and the rest of the crew.

Alex Champion: Boom Operator, Voice Actor, Grip

Alex Rott: Fight Coordinator, Stunt Double, Voice Actor, Grip, Sound FX Assistant:

Ben Mayer: Key Grip

Brett Schilke: Sound FX Assistant


Thanks for the helpful participation of Jonathan Fung

For more music by Henry Borchers, please check out www.myspace.com/henryborchers"

via loneraver in the comments of this post. If you have a "How I Juno" vid that I haven't yet posted, comment or send it in. My contact info is on the bottom right of the site. ALL synth vids are welcome actually. :)

buchla scroll

via vgermuse
"Here's a little audio file of just scrolling through 9 various iterations of a single 200e patch. Nothing special but interesting contrasts among settings."

mp3 here

This Is How I Juno

YouTube via JunoMania
"This is an entry for the How Do You Juno? contest sponsored by Roland. It features Leopold on the Roland Juno 106, Juno 1, PG-300, and AX-1.

Direction and Production by Leopold and Erick"

via JunoMania
"Contest details here (the deadline is looming):
http://www.rolandus.com/go/how_do_you_juno/"

OSCar MONOPHONIC SYNTHESIZER (Full Midi V3)

via this auction

"Polyphony - Monophonic (Duophonic via built-in Sequencer)
Oscillators - 2 DCO's with sawtooth, triangle, and square-, variable- or modulated-pulse waveforms and 5 preset digital wavefroms
LFO - 1 LFO with square, triangle, sawtooth waveforms, sample-and-hold
Filter - Two 12dB/oct analog filters which can be linked in series for 24dB/oct configuration. Lowpass, bandpass, highpass modes.
Dedicated ADSR envelope, Frequency Cutoff and Resonance controls.
VCA - Two ADSR Envelopes
Keyboard - 37 keys
Memory - MIDI Model: 12 user, 24 preset patches. MIDI-equipped V3 (latest): 36 programmable patches. Custom Waveforms: 24 programmable digital waveforms.
waves. Sequencer: 24 sequences.
Control - Trigger In, full MIDI spec.
Date Produced - 1985

OSCar
The OSCar is a classic mono-synth from British manufacturer Oxford Synthesiser Company (OSC). It first appeared on the scene in 1983 and was considered then to be in the same class as the Arp Odyssey & Minimoog mono-synths (it is). Its late arrival makes it one of the more advanced programmable mono-synths. Amazing sounds and digitally controlled dual oscillators with analog filters and plenty of programmabilitie. It also has full midi MIDI spec.

The Oscar is monophonic, but can also achieve duophonic capability when using just one oscillator per voice. Waveforms offered include sawtooth, triangle, and square, variable, or modulated-pulse waveforms. In addition to these analog waveforms, there's an additive-synthesis function allowing you to create your own custom waveforms by simply mixing the amplitudes of any of its 24 harmonics using the keyboard. Up to 24 of these custom waves can be stored and used with either oscillator. Once you've got some sounds it's time to hit the filter section - the real analog heart of this synth! It has two 12dB/oct filters which can be linked for a steeper 24dB/oct slope. It features switchable lowpass, highpass and bandpass filtering and your basic frequency cutoff and resonance type controls. The filter has its own ADSR envelope as well (a second ADSR envelope controls the amplifier section). The filter can also be modulated by the LFO. The OSCar's LFO offers triangle, sawtooth, square, and other wave shapes and can also be used to modulate the amp, pitch, or pulse-width. There's even a sample-and-hold function. A simple built-in sequencer gave the OSCar duophonic capabilities! It could play a sequence on one of the oscillators while the keyboard can be used to simultaneously play along with the sequence. It stores up to 24 sequences. With full MIDI spec (V3) you can easily synchronize your OSCar and other MIDI gear together and a computer! The sound patches that are stored in memory can also be dumped via MIDI to more permanent storage mediums. MIDI models also offered 36 programmable memory patches which are assigned to the actual keyboard keys (pre-MIDI models had 12 preset and 24 user patches). The OSCar is very hard to find as there are little more than 2000 in excistence, so now is your chance.

It is working well and has been well maintained over the years by the same qualified engineer who used to work in the famous 'Rod Argents Keyboards' in Denmark Street, London W1, the same place I purchased her back in 1985.

‘Sequencer’
The OSCar's sequencer, operates in step-time mode, and is fairly sophisticated. It features the rare ability to lengthen notes or insert spaces, so that it isn't restricted to producing an
endless stream of notes of identical length. This is done by holding down the required note while advancing the step button, or pressing the Space button just below the wheels.
Twenty-four sequences can be stored (the numbered keys being pressed into service for one more function) but then these can be chained together into more complex sequences, complete with program changes. As a result, with a bit of planning, you can produce really quite sophisticated bass lines and other monophonic sequences, whilst playing a second part over the top, if you want. All this can be triggered externally via a Click In which is ideal for interfacing with the drum machines of the day (Linn, Emu Drumulator, Sequential Drumtrak) and OSCar can often be seen as one half of a very tight rhythm section at live gigs. There is even the facility to sub-divide the incoming clocks to create slower or faster lines without spending hours inserting Spaces or making each note four times the length. The same triggering is available on the arpeggiator, which made it amongst the most flexible of the day with multiple octave ranges and random ordering. Or you can just use your computer for sequencing and a nice midi cable, it's your choice.

Oxford Synthesiser Company OSCar Specifications
* Type: Synth/ keyboard/
* Synthesis Type: Digital Accoustic simulation Subtractive, Additive (24 harmonics)
* Polyphony:
o Max: 2
o Typical in use: 1
* Multi-timbral (number of parts): 1
* Oscillators per Voice :
o Min : 1
o Max : 2
* Controllers : Pitch bend, mod wheel, (sysex?)
* Effects :
o Number of FX units : 0
o Number of different effects : 0
* Keyboard :
o Number of Keys : 37
o Can send on 1 simultaneous MIDI channels
o Responds to :
o Sounds can be split by :
* Memory :
o Patches : First versions: 12 RAM/24 ROM. Later versions: 36 RAM.
o Performances :
* Inputs and Outputs :
o Number of Audio Outs (excluding Phones) : 1 stereo
o Number of Audio Ins : 0
o Number of MIDI Outs (excluding Thru) : 1 (if MIDI'ed)
o Number of MIDI Ins : 1 (if MIDI'ed)

Well known artists credited as using OSCars include:
* Billy Currie, Chris Cross and Midge Ure of Ultravox
* John Foxx
* Geoff Downes (Asia)
* Jean-Michel Jarre and Dominique Perrier
* Keith Emerson
* Stevie Wonder
* Tim Simenon
* Sneaker Pimps

Examples of OSCar sounds on commercial releases include:
* Ultravox - "Love's Great Adventure" (solo, atonal sequence)
* Band Aid - "Do They Know It's Christmas" (bass line)
* Jean-Michel Jarre - "Revolutions Overture" (bass line, solo at climax)
* Stevie Wonder - "Skeletons" (bass line [with Elka Synthex])
* S-Express - "Theme From S-Express" (bass line)"

ACCESS VIRUS C Desktop Virtual Analog Synth

via this auction

P5 data glove

YouTube via FSK1138
"triggering virtual synth with P5 dataglove linked thru savihost"

Serge modular synthesizer + ARP 2500

flickr by R▲▲S
(click for more)

Update via roos in the comments: "Hey! Thanks, that is really cool, I have been impressed by your blog before! Hethe re are some preliminary samples of music Goto80 made in his residency: wormstudio.blogspot.com/2009/06/goto80.html
very small excerpts from over a many hour recording week so there will be more!
-Rose"

MegabrainTopographics (Demo)

flickr by Stefan Beckhusen
"Beginning scene from the original 9:59 min video MEGABRAIN TOPOGRAPHICS 1 .

The sound is made with Access Virus C. At the beginning and the end i included some samples which
i made with the Korg Kaoss Pad 3. The nature voices are from Atmosphere Deluxe.
The video of the Manta was fimed in Bali 2008 where i spend my last diving holidays."

AM 8019 Module - ARP 2600 VCA

"This is a replica of the ARP 2600 Voltage Controlled Amplifier built into a single FracRac module."

more info at The Emulator Archive here.

Roland Fantom XR How To Make A Rhythm Kit From Samples

YouTube via digitaljosh
"Roland Fantom XR How To Make A Rhythm Kit From Samples
Do NOT ask me for kits. You have to make your own.
Please make how to videos or tutorials and help others out.
http://www.rolandus.com
http://www.freeholyrap.com"

How to make your voice sound Goauld tutorial

YouTube via Torley

"For all you Stargate SG-1 fans out there! (I'm one of 'em.)

JAFFA KREE!

VISIT http://torley.com for more useful fun!"

laguna madre

YouTube via robotpickle
"synthesized and programmed by me.
props to my man ray wilson at MFOS for his wonderful synth designs.
props to my son Evan who's featured in this video.
props to laguna madre and padre island.
props to me for using 1990's style lingo like "props"
RIP MJ!"

MIDI-Trigger I/F

YouTube via denha
"MIDI2SDS(X) is built-in"

Moog Etherwave Plus Puts A Positive Spin On Using Theremins As Controllers

YouTube via gearwire
"Everybody loves a good theremin video, but there just haven't been that many improvements in theremin technology until now. The Moog Etherwave Plus also acts as a CV controller, giving you more ways to use your theremin."