Polymoog Sample by Heath Finnie

Title link takes you to a 1.51M mp3 of the Polymoog by Heath Finnie.

Update via Heath in the comments:

"I have since done a better clip of it here

http://www.heathfinnie.com/media/polymoog2.mp3"

Bartesho - All Yamaha CS80 Album by Heath Finnie

via the Yamaha CS80 list:

"This is an album called `Bartesho'. I'm currently offering it for free here on my site for a limited time. It was improvised using nothing but a Yamaha CS-80 synthesizer and some reverb to add some "space" to the recording. I hope you enjoy it. The mp3's are encoded at 360kbs for better quality. It's fairly ambient but does have more experimental sections as well. The two tracks named parts one and two like this are my slight homage to Vangelis's "Beaubourg" which also features a CS-80 prominently.

http://www.heathfinnie.com/bartesho"

Be sure to see Heath Finnie's site for more.

The Moon at 3​:​30pm on a Tuesday Afternoon

1. Smaller Notes (SCI Prophet 5)
2. A Languid Mood (Roland SH-5/Yamaha CS-80)
3. Small Drops (Farfisa Syntorchestra)
4. Jane Fonda and Ring Modulators (EML 101, 400/401)
5. Shoreline (Moog Memorymoog)
6. 60 Echo (ARP Odyssey)
7. n09 (Madrona Labs Aalto)
8. Mia and the Bird (Macbeth M5)
9. Mellow Coin Drop (SCI Prophet 5)
10. Bartesho Part One (Yamaha CS-80)

"This is a compilation of songs I did over the last few years on a variety of synthesizers.

released 13 March 2014

All songs composed and performed by Heath Finnie. Thank you to all who listened!"

Heath Finnie Yamaha CS80 Track

Title link takes you to the mp3.

Heath Finnie

OBX-a Samples by Heath Finnie

Title link takes you to a post on VSE with a couple of Oberheim OBX-a samples by Heath Finnie.

Tiesco 110F

Shots courtesy of Heath Finnie.



Thanks Heath! BTW, Heath is looking to trade for EML gear, you can reach him at hfinnie[]gmail.com.

P.M.S Swan Up for Trade

via Heath Finnie on AH:

"PMS S.W.A.N. if anyone is interested in trading for an EMS Synthi AKS which would be great for me in processing audio and FX. I'm just trying to become more practical in my studio. Here is some more info on the S.W.A.N. It has two oscillators and a straight osc output on the back. Oscillators are variable waveform. It has a SSM 2040 IC filter with LP, BP and HP and self resonance and audio input. S&H, Ring Modulator, ADSR and AR with repeat. LFO with variable waveform. It also has probably the nicest square wave sound I've ever heard. Outputs are: OSC 1, OSC 2, KYB, GATE, LFO, ENV 1, High and low output. Inputs are: CV, Gate, Audio. It's in excellent condition and works fully. As I mentioned in an earlier post, this is essentially a Syntar in a 'normal' keyboard. The only one ever built. It's great fun or me to have such a rare part of synth history, I just believe I would actually get more 'use' out of an AKS. Serial number is Prototype 1. I have some pictures of it up here [mirrored here]. Thanks, Heath"

Oberheim Four Voice Sample

Click here for a 5.2M sample via Heath Finnie. Via this VSE post.

Shot via Heath's flickr set.

ARP 2600 - New Flickr Shot

flick by Heath Finnie. Looks like Heath is on a roll as well. 

click here for more.

filter - New Flickr Shots

flickr by Heath Finnie. Click here for more shots of the EML 100.

Update via Heath in the comments: "I'm actually selling it for $1,400. Or trading it for a Waldorf Q (or XTK plus a little cash)"

If you are interested just post in the comments and I'll make sure he gets it.

Another nice one from Heath Finnie

http://www.heathfinnie.com/media/song51.mp3

From Heath:

"This song uses the following. Weird noises throughout are a Alesis
Andromeda, the bass is a Minimoog and the main lead is an ARP 2600.
Some of the more mellower sounding leads are from the minimoog. Let me
know what you think! Hopefully we will have some shows coming up soon."

More from Heath Finnie - Axaxaxas

Update: Fixed title link. Doh. : ) Synths used listed below each track. Song8 will be up tonight.

Thanks Heath! : ) BTW, song8.mp3 wasn't up when I posted it, so if it 404s just click through title link and select away. Need to find out what's on track 61. Sounds like a Yamaha CS synth or an Andromeda.


"This one is kind of Klaus Schulze like. It's long but I
think quite good.

http://www.heathfinnie.com/media/song8.mp3 (Minimoog, Moog Sonic Six, Roland Sh-5, Farfisa Syntorchestra)

Two short songs that are quite eno-ish are here:

http://www.heathfinnie.com/media/song61.mp3 (Andromeda and minimoog doing the bass. Some Prophet 5. The drums are a Roland CR-8000)

http://www.heathfinnie.com/media/song62.mp3 (droning minimoog, Arp 2600, Andromeda and a guitar with an E-bow)

Right now we are going under the name Axaxaxas. I kind of like it
because it's a throwback to the 70's prog and krautrock bands."

Yamaha CS-80 / Korg SQ-10 / Korg MS-50

flickr by Heath Finnie
(click for more)

full size

Yamaha CS-80 vintage analog synthesizer

via this auction


"Serial number is 14xx. Here is a link to the album which serves as a good demo"

Note the demo and this CS80 is for sale from Heath Finnie [prior posts].

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Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments by Tom Rhea - New Pics

You might remember Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments by Tom Rhea previosly posted here.

Heath Finnie wrote in to remind me of the book and I noticed a few new pics of the inner pages have gone up on the Electronic Perspectives website. I thought they deserved a new post. If you are not familiar with the book, here are some details:

"Forty-five years in the making, Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments contains all of Tom Rhea’s fifty-two influential columns that were first published in Keyboard magazine from 1977-1981. This 400-page tome greatly expands on the original content with updated information and hundreds of newly restored images. Electronic Perspectives: Vintage Electronic Musical Instruments includes two CDs of unearthed recordings; spanning multiple eras of electronic music. All in a gold foil-embossed hardcover book, housed in a deluxe slipcase."

Note Tom Rhea helped design the Crumar Spirit with Bob Moog and Jill Scott. He also penned a few classic synthesizer user manuals. You can find additional posts mentioning him here.

You can find the book on Electronic Perspectives here.

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Red MacBeth M5N

via Heath Finnie who has two new albums out. Ironically they do not feature the M5N, but it will be featured in a new release.

http://heathfinnie.com/

Some notes on the current albums:
"Two of my albums are now available on iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, etc. These are made of of songs/fragments that were worked on over the last few years. So these are compilations, but of things that have never been for sale before. "Sounds From Beneath the Floorboards" is a full albums worth of louder and nosier songs, and the ep "Moments Before the Eclipse" is a mix of some louder and some more melodic songs. I'm putting together "The Leaves that are Brown" which is a compilation from the same period but will feature more mellow and even ambient recordings from the same time period. "

Synths used:
ARP Odyssey MK1
EML 101
EML 200
EML 400/401
EMS Synthi A
Korg MS-10
Korg MS-20
Moog Memorymoog Plus
Oberheim Matrix-12
Roland System 700
SCI Prophet 10

Mia and The Bird - EML Track

Click here for the track via Heath Finnie. Be sure to check out the rest of the site while there.

"is about 8 minutes of a noise coming from an EML 101 and 200 combination. It's sort of a noisy drone."

Tape Worm Glow - Buchla 200e and Space Echo

Heath Finnie · Tape Worm Glow

"This is a bit of a long track and was recorded solely on the Buchla 200e synthesizer (and some space echo).
Release date: Oct 16, 2010"

Oberheim SEM with Sequencer Demo

via Heath Finnie on VSE: oberheimSEM.mp3

Two portable cabinets and a 184

via Heath Finnie's The Secret Life of Daytime

"This is a portion of the system as it will be. Truth be told, it already looks different as since the photo I changed the layout and added some modules that were not present in this photo. A fourth oscillator, Steiner filter, STG sea devils filter (EMS Synthi clone) and STG Post-Lawsuit filter ('clone' of the 4072 in the ARP 2600). The left cabinet is now pretty much comprised of nothing but oscillators and filters."