The OP-X Project - Hardware Controller for OP-X

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Hardware controller for the OP-X, OB-Xa virtual synth (search OP-X on the right - video here, here, and here).

Another project from the man that brought us the hardware ImpOSCar controller.

KSR Workshop and Studio Featuring The Dark Knight & Inception Modular

KSR Workshop and Studio, Surrey, U.K flickr set By manof2worlds
Click through for the full set and be sure to see them full size. These are some incredible photos. via Neil Fellowes Geigertek on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge. Neil won week #26 of the I Dream of Wires Modular of the Week contest.

"I received an invite from world-renowned synthesizer technician and restorer, Kent Spong [posted here], to visit his workshop and studio as part of my Synth Studio Photo Project. I duly accepted naturally. The highlight of the visit was to meet and photograph the Moog/PPG modular synthesiser system, owned by Mel Wesson, that was used to on such block-buster movies as 'The Dark Knight' and 'Inception'. I also had access to Kent's celebrated modified Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer, dubbed the 'KSR80', which it's re-imagined facia and modified circuitry that gives it even more expression and sonic capabilities than it's original set up. It was a delight to meet Kent, a very unassuming man, who is something of a living legend in the music business with clients who top the A-list including film-score composer Hans Zimmer. he's also known as 'Mr. CS80' because of his specilalist expertise with that particular synthesizer. Please do enjoy my take on the KSR Workshop and Studio."

Related:
Posts featuring Kent Spong
Kent Spong and Richard Lawson of RL Music are the men behind Touch Digital Controllers who produced the incredible hardware ImpOSCar controllers. They were featured in this Bob Moog Foundation Raffle and announced here.
Posts featuring Mel Wesson

HWJ Extra - ’Noisevember' 28 2023 ImpOSCar 2 jam

video upload by SynthAddict

"'one synth/all parts' jam with noisy 'drums'
Hirajoshi scale (pentatonic minor)

GForce ImpOSCar2 app and custom hardware controller, TheoryBoard, RC-505 looper

I made a live layered collage of sounds from the amazing ImpOSCar 2 - as it was live, timing got a little wonky. :-) has a little John Carpenter vibe…

I recently bought the last 'new old stock' Touch Digital Controller for ImpOSCar 2 on the planet. :-) It's glorious."

See the Touch Digital Controllers label below for more.

Synth-Project impOSCar 2 Hardware Controller

More pics at Synth-Project

"The company GForce from England has asked me to build them a hardware controller for its new software synthesizer impOSCar 2. Here the first Pics."

GForce impOSCar2 controller

YouTube via FutureMusicMagazine — May 13, 2010 —

"No matter how good software synths get, you can't beat a bit of hands-on control. FM talks to GForce's Dave Spiers about this creation and gets a quick walk-through on the controller"

Also see:
Underworld Meets the impOSCar Controller
Synth-Project impOSCar 2 Hardware Controller
Synth-Project label added.

Bob Moog Foundation Announces impOSCar2 Controller Raffle Touch Digital Controllers™ and GForce Software Unite in Tribute to Moog Legacy

"ASHEVILLE, N.C. – September 19, 2011 – A raffle to benefit the Bob Moog Foundation begins today. Two lucky winners will each receive the new impOSCar2 Controller from Touch Digital Controllers and an entire suite of five virtual instruments from GForce software—a prize package valued at nearly $2,500. The raffle will continue until all 500 tickets have been sold. Because the BMF will be awarding two complete packages, each entry has a 1 in 250 chance of winning. Tickets are $20 each, or you can improve your odds by buying six for $100.

Raffle tickets are available from the Bob Moog Foundation’s Web store. Be sure to enter before all 500 tickets have sold out. Two winners chosen by a random-number generator will be announced once all 500 tickets are sold. The winner will be announced within 24 hours after that time. Raffle participants should check the Foundation’s website and social media outlets to learn when all 500 tickets have been sold and who the two winners are. The winners will be contacted by email.

The new impOSCar2 Controller provides a physical user interface for both the standalone and plug-in versions of GForce Software’s acclaimed impOSCar2 soft synth. The combination of software and hardware offers the sound and functionality of one of the most sought-after analog/digital hybrid synthesizers ever made—Oxford Synthesizer Company’s OSCar—brought up to date with automation, effects, 16-note polyphony, and tons of patch storage.

As a tribute to the memory of Bob Moog, Touch Digital Controllers donated not one, but two impOSCar2 Controllers to the BMF. One is produced in a hand-finished natural mahogany and the other in ebony black on oak. These beautifully made controllers deliver plenty of visual and tactile feedback to make programming impOSCar2 a pleasure, just like programming the original OSCar but with total recall. With 101 high-resolution knobs and buttons, every parameter is available from the controller’s front panel to remotely operate the software. In addition to its dedicated impOSCar functionality, the controller can be configured to control any software instrument that supports MIDI Learn.

“The impOSCar2 Controller is our first product, and we are proud of what we have been able to achieve with this handcrafted music instrument,” said Richard Lawson and Kent Spong of Touch Digital Controllers. “As synthesists, and as a manufacturer, we have been deeply inspired by the one man who pioneered the whole thing: Bob Moog.”

Released in July, GForce’s impOSCar2 breathes new life into the popular previous version, first launched in 2004. New features include more comprehensive modulation routing, an improved arpeggiator, ring modulation, panning mono and poly unison modes, and more than 1,000 signature patches. Add nine filter types, six portamento modes, and a programmable additive synthesis grid, and you have one powerful soft synth.

Want more? The BMF’s raffle winner will also receive licenses for M-Tron Pro, Minimonsta, Oddity, and Virtual String Machine, which realistically emulate the Mellotron, Minimoog, ARP Odyssey, and numerous polyphonic string synthesizers, while adding dozens of innovative touches. In addition, GForce Software has included the ChamberTron and OptiTron Expansion Packs for M-Tron Pro.

BMF Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa said, “Through the ImpOSCar2 Controller, Richard and Kent bring their love of vintage synthesizers into the design and ethos of this very special piece of handcrafted hardware. Bob’s goal was always to give musicians the highest level of expressivity, and his interface design was a big part of that. The construction of the ImpOSCar2 Controller echoes that commitment to musicians. Our many thanks to Richard, Kent, and the team at GForce Software for sharing their life's work with us. Their support is a tribute to Bob Moog's legacy and to the work of the Bob Moog Foundation.”

The Bob Moog Foundation (www.moogfoundation.org) honors the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Dr. Bob Moog through its mission of igniting the innovative and creative spirit at the intersection of music, science, and history. Its projects include Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, which brings electronic musical instruments into the schools to teach children science through music; the Archive Preservation Initiative, an effort to preserve and protect the inventor's extensive and historic archive; and the future Moogseum, an innovative educational, historic, and cultural facility that will bring Bob Moog's spirit alive to ignite innovation and creativity in children and adults. It will be located in Asheville, N.C., in the years ahead, pending necessary funding. The Bob Moog Foundation is an independent, donor-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is not formally affiliated with Moog Music, Inc."

Touch Digital ImpOSCar2 controller

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via this VEMIA auction

"Extremely rare, and no longer available - if you ever dreamed of a hardware polyphonic OSCar this is probably the closest anyone in this world will ever get (of course you'll need the ImpOSCar 2 software running to use it). Beautifully made, single-owner, home studio housed, and always protected with a dust cover when not in use. It needs a 9V DC, not included. In definitely near-mint condition, and the build quality is stunning - check those knobs for a start!! http://www.gforcesoftware.com... and http://www.synthtopia.com... Packing 8GBP - with such build quality this is seriously heavy at nearly 15kg !"

impOSCar 2 Hardware Controller - Keyboard Version

Link to more pics on Synth-Project

"This Controller is NOT for sale !! It´s NOT a second commissioned work for GForce. It´s for myself.

....... and now .... 4 Weeks later ..... i´m thinking about, maybe it´s for sale ...... what do you bid ?? ?? ;o)"