Buchla 200e

via prscrptn

Sequential Prophet 5 Rev 3.2 / 3.3 Full midi

via this auction

"Rev 3.2 Prophet 5 with full midi installed (including rare velocity sensitive functionality not found on all midi prophet 5's )Now i should make it clear that the difference between this and a rev 3.3 is 80 memory locations But i should also state that this can be upgraded to 3.3 rev status very easily by replacement of a chip in the prophet 5 which mosy synth techs can do ( its outlined how to upgrade a 3.2 to 3.3 in service manuals ) and also that the 3.2 and 3.3 are identical in every other way .A 3.2 is a 3.3 without the larger memory chip...

Ok so now the sound , i dont need to talk it up , these things sound legendary , fat , warm , creamy , resonant , all words used a million times to describe analogue circuits but seriously if you havent heard a real prophet 5 then it is a bit of a heartmelting experience , every range of sounds it does its stunning , the low end is smooth and the highs crystal clear and when you dial in the unison mode it can blow your speakers apart if your not carefull , its resonant filter and the osc sync combined make the most incredible metalic harmonics which sing , they dont 'resonate ' they sing and this is one of the most subtle and beautifull synths you can buy.Its range of sounds is wide, the prophet 5 was used for many star wars fx and Pads and the ambient spaces in the film , its a blinding machine for ambient work but equally good for mean dance music , it can be off the wall or do all those classic 80's sounds.Yellow magic orchestra and Peter gabriel , Japan , you name them , they used one and dialing through the presets gives an instant ' so thats where they got ' that' sound ' experience..."

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Polymoog 3-Band Resonator for Sale/Auction

via Elhardt on the Moog Forum
"I've been going back and forth as to whether I want to sell this thing because even though that was my original intention, the end result is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind, stand-alone unit, that I put quite a bit of work into extricating from my Polymoog and getting it built. It's essentially a 3 Band Variable Formant Filter for all kinds of tonal modifications, similar to the Polyfusion module that somebody just put up on ebay, but the Polymoog Resonator can also switch the filters into lowpass and hipass modes in addition to bandpass, and it covers a greater range of frequencies. See links for Polyfusion comparison:

[http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/08/rare-polyfusion-modular-moog-format.html - note the original link went to the Polyfusion formant filter auction, but that will expire in time so I added the post link]
http://www.flickr.com/photos/matrixsynth/30931197/

I was originally going to put it up at $550 + shipping (Paypal preferred, I'm located in Cary, NC and can also be picked up for cash), but the only way to give more people a shot at buying it, since there's only one of these on the planet, is to allow them to bid on it if they want to pay more than that amount. So it goes up here at the initial bid of $550. If somebody offers that amount and nobody else bids, it's yours. I'll give it about a week (bid increments of a minimum of $10). For anybody not a member of the Moog Forum, you can email me with a bid and I can post that to the thread. If it doesn't sell, it will probably go on ebay, or maybe I'll end up keeping it for a while. A bunch of pictures are at the link below, and it includes everything you see in the 3rd photo down (Resonator, Power Supply, and a couple of 1/4" cables).

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/search?q=polymoogerfooger [Note this is a search on polymoogerfooger which will bring up this post as well. The prior two posts are here and here].

I can be contacted at my last name, which is my Moog Forum user name, same as my last name, followed by @att.net (just to avoid those internet scanning spambots) for those not registered on the Moog Forum who might have questions or want to bid.

-Ken Elhardt"

Korg Trident Analog Synth

via this auction

Wersi AP6 Analog Bass Synthesizer

via this auction

Unfortunately not the best shots, but you don't see these too often.
"Monophon[ic]
36 Tasten
1 VCO (Sinus, 1', 2', 4', 8' und 16', Rechteck, 8' und Sägezahn, 8', 16') plus Bass-Guitar Preset
AR-Hüllkurve
2 LFOs (slow, norm)
Wah-Wah-Filter mit AD-Hüllkurve und Rotor-Modulation
Vibrato mit Del'd und Glide ("Hawai")/Auto-Glide
Kofferdesign mit Tragegriff und Gummifüssen
2 Mono Klinke-Ausgänge (High/Low)
13-pin Anschluss für Fußpedal"

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KORG M-500 SP

via this auction

Note the built in speaker in the bottom shot.

KETRON SD2 SYNTHESIZER MODULE

via this auction
"Sound Generation Stereo Grand Piano.384 GM Voices.
128 Special Orchestral Presets. Over 1000 Percussive sounds.
GM Standard. Digital Drawbars.
Drum 1 32 New Drum sets.
Drum 2 150 Live Drums, featuring Acoustic, Jazz, Pop and Dance Loops.
Effects Multi effect DSP. Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Distortion, Rotor Slow/Fast.
MIDI In, Thru. 32 Midi Channels. GM standard.
Outputs Left & Right Outputs . Stereo headphone.
Volume Volume Slider.
Dimensions L x W x H = (12 x 13 x 4 cms.) (4.8 x 5.2x 1.6 inches).
Weight 0.6 Kg. (1.32 lbs)
Power External 12 Volts Power supply.
Options USB to Midi cable."
http://www.ketron.it/prodotti/index.asp?idTipo=2

ARP Quadra

via this auction

"It is roughly the size of a jupiter 8 but much lighter, It consists of four sections that can be mixed together or played independently. These consist of bass, which can either be a string bass or synth bass, synth bass having basic filtering, you can get either plucky bass or wide fat bass by combining these in different ways. next is strings, which is very similar to an arp solina, although not quite identical, it is very close, and not at all like arp omni strings as some people have said. The polysynth section is probably taken from an arp omni, but that's okay because it sounds really good even though its not true poly, and it has the nice arp 4075 filter. Finally the mono synth section is a two voice synth, which sounds like a newer odyssey, you set the tuning interval by pressing an interval button and pressing the key you want to transpose the pitch to, it works well and is faster than trying to tune with a slider.

The mono synth also has some other nice featues, like a latching arpeggiator and independent glide controls, and a unique envelope. The patch memory is a bit weird, but it is useful, you can turn on and off sections as part of a patch as well as the routing, as in which parts are going to the phaser or not. Everybody talks about how great the phaser is on these things and it definitely is all the hype and then some, it is incredible, its more of a combination of flanging and phasing. the only thing i've heard i can compare it to is the obscure tau pipe phaser"

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SYNARE SENSOR

via this auction
Controls
* Tune controls the pitch of the Oscillator
* Freq controls the speed/rate of the LFO wave that controls the pitch
* Mod. controls the depth of the LFO wave that controls the pitch
* Decay controls the length of the sound
* Sweep controls the range in which the oscillator sweeps
* Vol. controls the output volume

Sockets
* Footswitch input for footswitch
* Footswitch input for footswitch
* Out audio output

Yamaha KX5 Keytar

via this auction

cool colors

New MFOS Envelope Follower Project

via Ray Wilson's Music From Outer Space where you'll find more details and samples.

"The MFOS Envelope Follower Filter Guitar Effect is a great first guitar effect project if you've been wanting to start building your own guitar effects. You're going to need to know how to solder, how to recognize electronic components, read schematics and trouble shoot. You'll need to have tools to build the case with. I have included a lot of basic information to help you succeed in building this cool effect. This would make a great project to do together with a son or daughter especially if they have an interest in guitars or electronics."

Buddha Machine Refill for Propellerheads Reason

You can find it on Resonant Filter

Synthsploitation

Looks like brandon daniel scanned a number of the FM "Synth Babe" covers mentioned in this post. You can find them here. Click on the image when you get there for the flickr set. Be sure to click the image on the left for the full size. Once on flickr you can click on the All Sizes link for each image.

Doepfer Dark Energy Demos

Doepfer Dark Energy Demo 1 by MarcJX8P by TaraBusch

Doepfer Dark Energy Demo 2 by MarcJX8P by TaraBusch

via AnalogSuicide where you'll find more.

EMS VC3S Circuits

You can find the schematics on THE SYNTHI blog.

Jamie Rose and her keytar from VERITAS

flickr by veritaslovesme
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"VERITAS a 5 Piece Rock band hailing from Los Angeles California. Now residing in Seattle Washington.

These are pictures from their live show at Studio 7 in Seattle, WA.

Veritas is Will Moore (vocals, guitar) Jamie Rose (vocals, synth) Andrea Jasek (guitar, vocals) Thaiphoon (Bass, vocals) and Chanel Summers (Drums)

www.myspace.com/veritasband
www.facebook.com/veritasband
www.youtube.com/veritaslovesme
www.twitter.com/veritaslovesme
www.veritaslovesme"

metronomy

flickr by Z.U.S.

"affiche live metronomy"

Arturia Minimoog V
Clavia Nord Lead

Mystery Modules

via Chris Williams on Facebook.

"Does anybody know anything about these people? I was told, maybe erroneously, that they used to be involved in the manufacture of synths but what synths and to what extent I don't know... I can't seem to find anything about them on t'internet... any suggestions?"

RARE Early 1972 Minimoog #1401

via this auction
"Serial number 1401, it is the 400th minimoog ever made. The condition is near perfect, and original... The oscillators are the ones from the early/mid seventies. Not the very early discrete ones, and not the later ones that many were "upgraded" to. This mini was made before the buffer board, which was a common upgrade/modification... The solid walnut cabinet is original, and was professionally refinished last year. This mini has the clear pitch and modulation wheels that only the first several hundred had. The face is metal, unlike the later ones, and the wording is in a smaller font."

100% Beat Thang Virtual Beat

YouTube via BeatKangz. Update: remember, multi-touch is coming with Windows 7. This on a tablet...
"This Beat Was made using 100% Beat Thang Virtual Sounds, Kits and Instruments.... No sample CD's or loops.... This was made in 30 mins 100% inside Virtual and Exported as a stereo wav file..... Wait till you hear it in High Rez......For all those who think this is just another piece of Software you better think again....... Beat Thang Virtual is deadly and ready to make hits........It's loaded with ton of beats in all styles.... Not just preset beats... Platinum Traxx! We didnt hold back!"

Korg Kaosillator with one of the Fashion Victims

flickr by stienz

"Keep rockin' y'all!"

Faults

YouTube via amphonic
"Auto-Generated music using 44-Space Synthesizers.com modular, Roland Juno-106, Dave Smith Prophet '08, Boss DR-55, AM Radio, and a lot of stomp boxes. Audio and video were recorded live @ the Furnace and put together in iMovie. Over 60 1/4" guitar cables were used to create the music. The modular is driven by a CGS Psycho LFO and a Q119 Sequencer. The Juno-106 and Prophet '08 are played by a few patch cables jammed between the keys. Check out the blog at www.modularsounds.com."

lexikon lix

video upload by matrixsynth

Sent in via vgermuse. Nice T. :)

"very short video of Karlheinz Essl's freeware: Lexikon-Sonate which is a blast to play with and tangentially reminded me of Tokyo Lick."

Modularland Apprenticeship Program

YouTube via modularland. Synth Babes tag as requested.
"Modularland's lead operator demonstrates the oscilloscope and modular synthesizer."

Eliane Radigue trailer

Eliane Radigue trailer from Anaïs Prosaïc on Vimeo.

ARP 2500. Also see this post.

Update via Noiseconformist in the comments:
"I had a chat with Eliane Radigue in May this year when she was featured during a two day festival here in Vienna.
She's a lovely person!
Her music is very inspiring to me!

BTW, the complete DVD can be obtained here:
http://www.ima.or.at/?cat=10&language=de
It's got english and german subtitles."

Blinking Blofeld Bubbles

Blinking Blofeld Bubbles by gsixtyfour

"blinking-blofeld-bubbles

4 parts of a sine wave arpegiator on a waldorf blofeld
ping pong delay from a KP3 was used

if u like add me on myspace www.myspace.com/harmonicdimension"

TORINO SYNTH CLINIC v2

via NOISECOLLECTIVE
Googlish here

12-13 of September
"Starting from simple basic concepts, through the teaching of Pier Calderan, face in two days of workshops the world of synthesis. From the old wooden dinosaurs to modern circuits and software that enable us to achieve any kind of sound. We shall see in detail the most powerful software of Native Instruments Reaktor, and make a brief foray into the electronic world analogue to build our personal sound generator."

You can find the course details at the links above.

NESynth iPhone App

YouTube via Denkitribe
"NESynth is a virtual synthesizer which resembles old-shchool video game sounds. It will be available on App Store very soon. [8/6/2009]
http://newforestar.com/nesynth"

moogerfooger interfaces for eurorack systems

via Julian on the AH list:
"Ive just cut some panels for somones Doepfer system, that, i think, are a very good idea.

Im posting here with the customers permission - the design is his, i just engraved them for him.

They are a set of small 4hp panels to connect to a loom that then runs to his moogerfooger devices, bringing the connections to the front panel for easy patching.

Years ago, i did somthing similar for my kenton pro-2000, but his are a lot neater.

Anyway, its a very simple idea, but, i think, quite a nice one. The only downside is that, on a standard doepfer case, there's obviously going to be issue with the cables comming out the back. I havent asked the customer what cases he is working with."