via this auction "The USS-1 was created by Tom Oberheim, who designed several other of the early Maestro effects. The USS-1 is not truly a synthesizer as we know them today, this one is really one of the first multi-effect units with a few extras. Also note that this unit is also a bit larger than multi-effect floor units of today as well. Built in power supply, built like a tank, vintage sounds....it's all here! Features: Distortion, Filter Sample/Hold Function, Phaser, Envelope Filter, and Subharmonic Enhancer. A favorite of guitar whiz Al DiMeola."
You can find some shots of the inside of a Maestro in this post.
"My tech Sergio has put together a major revamping of the élkorus, a 1U chorus effect that you posted some time ago [all posts]. It is basically a reproduction of the circuit, involving vintage TCA-350 bbd ICs, of the ensemble effect featured in the ARP solina string machine.
Among the improvements, it can process stereo signals now. Plus, CV ins and outs have been added, with the interesting possibility of creating a chorusy effect modulating external VCOs.
However, the nature of the effect remains unchanged from v.1 - he's still using fully analog circuitry.
Sergio has updated his site as well, all the technical info is there, as well as audio samples: www.synthoma.net. Scroll down for a translation." Note these are available for sale.
"The élkorus is a chorus unit that emulates the classical "ensemble" sound of those string machines from seventies. That emulation is not achieved by any DSP technology or software. The élkorus sounds analog because is really analog." more info here (scroll for English).
"No frills, non programmable or MIDI controllable, just warm bass tones. A single octave, controllable pitch, sustain and expansion, with a useful hold function which sustains a note until the next one is pressed"
"Showing off mappings for the Drum Sequencer, MonoNote Sequencer, Mixer settings and Stack Presets. The drums are played by the built-in DrumKit module, the bass is a Moog Voyager."
"Friends: Sponsored by the ImprovFriday group, I'll be performing a realtime audio/video set from my studio on Friday, March 26, at 8 PM EDST (GMT -4). In honor of ImprovFriday, I'll be playing structured improvisations with my Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system, and streaming live video and audio of the event with interactive chat on the ImprovFriday site. To find your local time, go here. I hope you can tune in, and I encourage you to join the ImprovFriday group for more wonderful spontaneous music from around the world."
I'm curious what these look like in real life. If anyone has one and/or has a pic one, let us know. You can leave a comment, or email via the contact info on the bottom right of the site.
* Size Approx. 7cm wide * Finish Acrylic coated gloss finish * Splash proof * High quality design with vectorised artwork for sharpness * Extremely high detail * No jagged edges or pixelation
Note there is a permanent link to these listings in the MORE STUFF section on the right of this site.
"Asheville, NC --- Less than 25 tickets remain of 200 issued in a raffle to win Lou Reed's Moog Guitar, a fundraising project of the Bob Moog Foundation. The raffle began on March 8, 2010; 177 tickets have been sold. Music fans from all of the world have participated in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Tickets have purchased been from Canada, Chile, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Kuala Lumpur and from over 30 states within the United States. Tickets can be purchased through The Bob Moog Foundation's online store.
The raffle will conclude when all 200 tickets are sold. A winner will be chosen by an automated random selector and will be informed via email and announced on the Foundation's website..." Follow-up to this post.
"This pack contains 7 multi sampled synthesiser patches and one pack of EFX taken from the Korg Microkorg synthesiser. Each patch has been pre-loaded into reasons NNXT sampler and ready to play. All sounds were made from scratch. [No factory presets are used]"
" The ONE is a simple, new way to discover Arturia Products. The ONE is a DVD containing 8 of our software products and their manuals. Install 8 of our best virtual products (Analog Factory 2.5, Minimoog V Moog Modular V ARP2600V CS-80V Prophet V Jupiter-8V Brass 2) and use them with no function limitations for 15 days. Once you've tried them all out you pick The ONE you want to activate.
The ONE gives you full acces to our powerful products for a 15 days trial period at the end of which you pick your software of choice.
USD 249.00 / EURO 229.00"
Or you can try out the individual demos for free and pick the one you like for less on Novamusik. Unless Novamusik offers The ONE for a lower price, this may not be such a good deal.
Bottom image is what it normally looks like via deepsonic.ch where you'll find more info on the synth.
Update via eyes in the comments: "Sorry for poor quality of photograph (^ ^; BTW: "EOS" logo was probably printed only on Japanese domestic model. EOS series was domestic arranger-workstation in Japan, and its first model was this "EOS YS200". Later EOS series have evolved to very different machine than well known "PSR" series."
YouTube via VJFranzK "'Multi-Mode' demonstration, using the first four Layers of the Tenori to control the four Analog Oscillators of the Tetr4 - a great combination of sound and usability!"
"Hex OSC is musical keyboard which has substantial 98 keys!
-play a chord with one finger
-adjustable key layout, comfortable transposition
-send OSC
Description:
Hex OSC is musical keyboard software for iPhone, which has substantial 98 keys.
Refined key design gives you 42 keys on a screen! Besides, the keyboard layout can be changed in order to extend tone range by a single shake while you play.
Hexagonal keys have certain note relationships like guitar chords. When you know the patterns, you can transpose smoothly.
Playlist: Image Line Vocodex - Basic Setup and Usage Image Line Vocodex - Advanced Routing Part One Image Line Vocodex - Advanced Routing Part Two Image Line Vocodex - Creative Routing Image Line Vocodex - Basic Use of Vocodex as a VST Plugin Image Line Vocodex Six - Parameters: Envelope & Band Distribution Image Line Vocodex Seven - Curve Editor One: Band Distribution
YouTube via pepemogt [click and scroll for more video posts from pepemogt].
Also read this post I wrote for Create Digital Music back on August 27, 2007.
Note this video is only Part 1 of 8. I will let you know when more parts go up.
Description in Spanish followed by English:
"Documental: Bostich+Fussible y la música del Nortec
Parte 1 de 8
Después de una década de haber creado el sonido que definió a la frontera, el colectivo Nortec muta. De esta metamorfosis aparece hoy la producción Tijuana Sound Machine, de Bostich y Fussible. Si Nortec fusionó la electrónica con la música popular del norte mexicano, para conseguir un sonido único, que ya se convirtió en emblema musical no sólo de la frontera y de una generación entera. En Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec da una vuelta más mediante la experimentación con nuevas tecnologías, la consolidación de un ritmo y la densidad emocional característica de Fussible y Bostich. Tijuana Sound Machine más que un nuevo album es una nueva urbe. Una ciudad hecha de puros sonidos.
Documentary: Bostich+Fussible y la música del Nortec
After a decade of having created the sound that defines the border, The Nortec collective evolves. From this metamorphosis, appears the current production that is Tijuana Sound Machine which include Bostich+Fussible. When Nortec fused electronica with the popular sounds of northern Mexico, it created that unique sound that has become emblematic not only of the border, but of an entire generation. In Tijuana Sound Machine, Nortec, via the experimentation with new technology and the consolidation of a rhythm, again, reestablishes the well know sounds of Bostich+Fussible. Tijuana Sound Machine, more than a new album, creates a new city, fully created by this pure sounds."
YouTube via thekilon "I think this song is my best production so far. Used yamaha motif es 6 and alesis andromeda a6. Andromeda was used for the pads. As I said this song is a step to the right direction for me, it has a more mature production, and soothing relaxing theme. I hope you enjoy it."
"A harmonic array of electronic touch buttons mounted under a smooth surface for playing music while using computers or electronic synthesizers to make the sounds. Fingers, thumbs and palms as well as hand held implements such as sticks and picks may strike pluck or strum across the playing field to activate the notes. The closest moves produce the most consonant harmonic changes."
"I spent the day updating a number of projects on my website. Most of these are for my MUUB based utility modules. In some cases I simply added a Bridechamber panel to an already built module. For others I completely rebuilt the module using MUUB-3 boards in order to avoid stacking PCBs on top of each other. In some instances I created my own panels by making up a template with Front Panel Designer, printing it out, and then pasting it overtop of my plastic panel. Direct links for each of these can be found below.
I also posted some details about a mod for the MOTM-120 that I had done several years ago but forgot to add to my website. I had been discussing some oddball behaviour regarding the MOTM-120 with another list member and mentioned this simple mod not realizing that it wasn't commonly known (see #3 on this page):
YouTube via jebeq2007. via this auction. video overview of features. "This is a Demo of the Arp Odyssey 2800 Functions that is on Ebay Item # 250600205137 I tried to cover as much in 10 min. The Video quality is not that great but you can see that it's in good working condition."
YouTube via cirtcele. No audio in this one. "1st patch on my analogue computer. A Lorenz attractor, it runs slowly as the smallest caps available are 0.1uf, with smaller caps the classic butterfly wing can be seen. more info - http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/ac/ac.html and http://www.analogmuseum.org/english/e... - no soundtrack"
YouTube via squidfanny "Lo-Fi's answer to the tr-909...... Excedingly rare 'Beat Sound Electronic Drum' from the 80's. Pure Analog machine with 4 wicked drums, piezo pads, a couple of knobs for 'snare decay' & 'phaser range' and speakers.
Added 12 new knobs to handle Pitch, Decay, Overdrive, Feedback, Distortion and Glitch. Touch Points to trigger and hold the drum oscillators and for nasty feedback. Some vintage green and red LED lights which flash with the drums. Adorned with the usual assortment of odd bits of shiney metal. Added 1/4" Line out / Changed DC polarity / Added protection Diode.
I've been watching ebay for years for one of these exceptionally rare little beautys, to replace one I had a while back. It was busted when I got it (despite ebay description as 'great condition'), probably because the DC polarity is in-correct and there's no circuit protection diode. . . . look's like the previous owner attempted to use the wrong PSU and burned out the power amp. Thankfully it's a standard IC, so repair was easy and we all lived happily ever after. . . . :-))"
"The sMs Audio Electronics Appendage ribbon controller in action. Really simple setup - appendage mix output sent through a Blacet/Wiard miniwave quantizer, added to a Blacet Hex Zone used as an arpeggiator (really good for this!). Bend output controls square wave Oscillator PWM and a resonant lopass generator release time (via a Blacet EG1).
My appendage is just a 1" x 2" x 2 ft. oak piece that I hogged a small cavity out of to fit an isolated 1/8" stereo jack."
"item has been bent by the infamous Bentstruments... -glitch switch -the two in the upper right do kinda the same... they just effect the glitches -black button is a pitch up flicker -looper switch is self explanatory -the knob in the middle is volume and works with both the speaker and the 1/8" output right below it -three brass bearings are touch contacts that effect the tone of whats playing with multiple variations -knob labeled "depth control" is a pitch knob that does short out if you get too low... -hence the "oh spit" button (pardon my french i did not label the item) which resets circuitry."
"Features: Single VCO: Simultaneous sawtooth and square/pulse width waveforms and 1 Sub-Oscillator LFO - 1 sine wave with delay and rate controls Filter - Resonant 24dB lowpass with cutoff, res, env, mod, kybd VGA: ADSR, mod by EG or gate 32Keys (Rubber Buttons) Memory - Volatile sequence memory using batteries or do a Cassette Tape Dump Control: CV/GATE and Tape/Clock/DIN Sync"
"The trigger is actually a speaker (see pic) so the volume is relative to how hard you hit the drum pad, just like a real drum... One of the coolest features is that you can strike the drum then turn the knobs, morphing the sounds making them sound out of this world.
We would frequently run this through an echo and reverb to really trick it out, any stomp box will work.
The drummer can also set a particularly unique sound effect then work it into the beat and it will change the whole dynamic of the song.
Great for a psych rock band but you don't have to be radiohead to get the best out of this as the sounds range from psychedelic to something you'd hear in dance music."
via this auction
You can find some shots of the inside of a Maestro in this post.
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