The Buchla evolution :-)

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The first system contains 8 panel units and sufficient blank panels to fill the voids:

System #1 1 Model 201e – 12 Powered Cabinet 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 2 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 1 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 1 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager Total Panel units – 8 System Price – $9950

The Addition of a Router, a Source of Uncertainty and an Arbitrary Function Generator bring us to the second suggested system:

System #2 1 Model 201e – 12 Powered Cabinet 1 Model 210e Control and Signal Router 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 1 Model 250e Arbitrary Function Generator (2 panel units) 2 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 266e Source of Uncertainty 1 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 1 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 1 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager Total Panel units – 12 System Price – $14,000

Here’s a fully loaded 18 panel unit system that features the 222e (its finally shipping):

System #3 1 Model 201e – 18 Powered Cabinet 1 Model 210e Control and Signal Router 1 Model 222e Multi Dimensional Kinesthetic Input Port (4 panel units) 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 1 Model 250e Arbitrary Function Generator (2 panel units) 3 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 266e Source of Uncertainty 1 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 1 Model 285e Frequency Shifter / Balanced Modulator 1 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 1 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager Total Panel units – 18 System Price – $19,650

Here’s a system with 24 panel units, all crammed into our new 201e-24 cabinet. This is not a system to be packing around from gig to gig, but it’s certainly great for the studio.

System #4 1 Model 201e – 24 Powered Cabinet 1 Model 210e Control and Signal Router 1 Model 222e Multi Dim Kinesthetic Input Port 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 1 Model 250e Arbitrary Function Generator (2 panel units) 1 Model 256e Control Voltage Processor 4 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 266e Source of Uncertainty 2 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 1 Model 285e Frequency Shifter / Balanced Modulator 2 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 2 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager 1 Model 297 Infinite Phase Shifter Total panel units – 24 System price – $26,800

But if you must pack a big one around, we’d suggest system #5, which substitutes a 206e mixer / preset manager for the 297 Infinite phase shifter and two smaller cabinets for the monstrous 201e – 24.

System #5 2 Model 201e – 12 Powered Cabinets 1 Model 206e Mixer / Preset Manager 1 Model 210e Control and Signal Router 1 Model 222e Multi Dim Kinesthetic Input Port 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 1 Model 250e Arbitrary Function Generator 1 Model 256e Quad Control Voltage Processor 4 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 266e Source of Uncertainty 2 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 1 Model 285e Freq Shifter / Balanced Modulator 2 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 2 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager Total Panel units – 24 System Price – $27,050

Next, we present a larger system – one 12 panel units and one 18 panel units:

System #6 1 Model 201e – 18 Powered Cabinet 1 Model 201e – 12 Powered Cabinet 1 Model 206e Mixer / Preset Manager 1 Model 210e Control and Signal Router 1 Model 222e Multi Dimensional Kinesthetic Input Port (4 panel units) 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 2 Model 250e Arbitrary Function Generators (2 panel units each) 1 Model 256e Quad Control Voltage Processor 6 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 266e Source of Uncertainty 3 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 1 Model 285e Frequency Shifter / Balanced Modulator 2 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 3 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager Total Panel units – 30 System Price – $33,300

And finally, the gourmet system, with all but the kitchen sink squeezed into two 18 panel unit cabinets:

System #7 2 Model 201e – 18 Powered Cabinets 1 Model 206e Mixer / Preset Manager 1 Model 210e Control and Signal Router 1 Model 222e Multi Dimensional Kinesthetic Input Port (4 panel units) 1 Model 225e Midi Decoder/Preset Manager 1 Model 227e System Interface (2 panel units) 2 Model 250e Arbitrary Function Generators (2 panel units each) 1 Model 255 Control Voltage Processor 1 Model 256e Quad Control Voltage Processor 1 Model 260e Duophonic Pitch Class Generator 6 Model 261e Complex Waveform Generator 1 Model 266e Source of Uncertainty 4 Model 281e Quad Function Generator 2 Model 285e Frequency Shifter / Balanced Modulator 2 Model 291e Triple Morphing Filter 4 Model 292e Quad Dynamics Manager 1 Model 297 Infinite Phase Shifter Total Panel units – 36 System Price – $39,800

New gear from KORG announced in Tokyo

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Several new KORG products were introduced at the G-Roks studios. First one is a new Korg keyboard called the microSAMPLERX, intended for live performance, but a pc editor software is included as well. The SV-1 is a 60’s retro-design stage piano and finally the Wavedrum WD-X is a re-issue of the original Wavedrum from 1994. The new Wavedrum will have 24bit/48kHz high-quality DSP technology.

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How to use your old hardware – Korg Action

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Get the grips of Polivoks

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Great intro to the Polivoks

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“Trying out a Formanta Polivoks that has been modified with external CV/gate. A x0xb0x is the sequencer used in the clip.”

A danish little synth beauty

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Affordable 4 note polyphonic filterbank synthesizer with build-in granulator and distortion effects, step-sequencer and note randomizer. Small and compact in size with a great sound. The headphone output and the step-sequencer makes it ideal to express your musical ideas everywhere, and store them in 128 memory locations.

I have tested this little beauty during summer and it sure inspires you to do a lot more than you had origianlly planned, make sure to check it out and make sure to visit our danish friends web site >>

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Specs:

• 4 voices with each 1 oscillator or 1 voice with 4 oscillators in unison mode.
• Oscillators has continuously variable and modulatable waveforms.
• 4 resonant multimode filters (lpf/bpf/hpf) that are separately programmable and each can be parallel or serial connected to each other.
• Distortion effect with 5 different types.
• Granulator effect build in.
• 4 LFO\rquote s with continuously variable and modulatable waveforms.
• 2 envelopes.
• Note randomizer.
• 32-step step sequencer.
• Most parameters can be controlled by a midi-controller.
• Small and compact.
• Memory: 128 sounds and sequences.
• Output: 16-bit delta-sigma with 256x oversampling.

Two new synths from Yamaha

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Yamaha has announced two new synths designed specifically for players : the S90 XS and S70 XS Music Synthesizer. Here is an excerpt from the official website :

“Designed specifically for players, particularly those who want the highest quality piano sounds and expression, the S90 XS/S70 XS is a performer’s dream. Yet, casual players and hobby musicians will appreciate the exquisite sounds, advanced features and superb playability just as much as top professional artists.

Main features :
Features:
– A new C6 Piano sound. Sounds promising
– All the sounds of Motif XS incl. arps
– All piano sounds of S90ES
– Ideal for Live performing. Easy to spit sounds on de keyboard.
– Mic/Line input. Input gain knob on the front.
– Record your perfomance (incl. Mic.) Everything you sing/speak and play can be recorded (max. 18 minutes in internal flash or otherwise USB
– 76 Keys (on special demand)

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Tune in your favorite robo-sounds

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The Voice Box packs a multi-functional vocal synth processor into a tough and compact chassis. Sing, and you’ll have a troupe of backup singers following you in perfect harmony. Or use the built-in vocoder to unleash classic synth-robot sounds.

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The Voice Box packs a multi-functional vocal synth processor into a tough and compact chassis. Sing, and you’ll have a troupe of backup singers following you in perfect harmony. Or use the built-in vocoder to unleash classic synth-robot sounds.

Diana Ross had the Supremes, Brian Wilson had the Beach Boys, Kraftwerk had The Robots. You have the Voice Box.

The harmony processor creates 2- to 4-part harmonies directly from your vocals, in the same key as your accompanying instrument. Studio-quality reverb lets you independently add depth to your dry and harmony vocals.

The focused 256-band articulate vocoder, designed by the same EMS genius who made vocoding famous, features adjustable harmonic enhancement and controllable formant shift.

Plug in your mic and your instrument, and let your new voice — or voices — be heard!

Under the hood of Arturia Origin Sonic LAB

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A great overview of the Arturia Origin that goes into very good detail.

And what great sounds it can provide, just watch the video, well that is if you like electro bass/trance sounds of course

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However, do remember this if you lift the lid on this beast you will soon realize that this is NOT a hardware synthesizer it is a computer softsynth disguised as a hardware synth. But even if we have a PC synth trying to be an analogue beast the fun bit is building new patches – dive deep in to that really nice vintage toolkit. You control the whole process through one one those big encoders with a push switch.  I also like the little design features such as the Yamaha filters look like knobs on a CS80.

In essence The Origin is a wonderful thing but it is  too digital for an analog fetishist and too analog for a sound experimentalist.

3 cool KORG MS 20 tutorial videos

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Hi all

AutomaticGainsay has posted three great videos on the KORG MS 20 and I just had to show them here as well. Watch and enjoy.

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About the KORG MS 20:

The MS-20 was one of Korg’s first major successful portable analog monosynths and even today it is still a great little machine! The MS-20 is the big brother to the MS-10. It is an analog two-oscillator monophonic lead and bass synth with hard wired and patchable connections. The hard-wiring can be overridden however, using patch-cords. This type of hard-wired but patchable design was similar to the ARP 2600 of the late seventies. Of course the 2600 was much bigger and better. But the MS-20 offered a lot of flexible control and great sounds at a more affordable price.

In addition to two analog oscillators, the MS-20 featured two resonant VCF filters, two VCAs, sample and hold, a noise generator, an assignable mod-wheel and lots of knobs! The VCF filter section is capable of high-pass, low-pass, notch and band-reject which is unique and different than your basic lowpass style filter. External sound sources can be routed through the filter section as well. In fact William Ørbit uses the filter in his MS-20 relentlessly to filter and tweak his samples, beats, delay returns, vocals, etc.

There’s also a Pitch-CV converter for triggering sounds from external sources. Aphex Twin makes quite a bit of use of this, feeding the input stage of his MS-20s with drum sounds and other untrackable audio to get the synth to make a wide variety of crunch/squawp/screech noises by mistracking the filters, etc.

As for its sounds, the MS-20 sounds great! It makes a great alternative for Minimoog-seekers. The MS-20 is great for just about any type of analog synth sound you could want! Fat round bass sounds, percussive bass or sounds, noise effects, squiggly-bubbly sounds or sinuous-worm leads are all waiting to be unleashed from inside this classic beast. The MS-20 is not only a great sounding instrument, but a great learning-synth. It is fairly easy and intuitive to operate but in doing so you can learn and understand more about synthesis and signal-flow. It is used by William Ørbit, Aphex Twin, Hardfloor, Air, SkyLab, Stereolab, Vince Clarke, Astral Projection, Biosphere, Apollo 440, Mr. Oizo, Jimi Tenor, The Prodigy, OMD, Freddy Fresh, Luke Vibert, Einstuerzende Neubauten, Add N to (X), Daft Punk, Coldcut, Die Krupps, Skinny Puppy, Electronic Dream Planet, Jimmy Edgar, Front 242, Front Line Assembly, The Legendary Pink Dots, KMFDM, Severed Heads, Royksopp, The Faint, The Shamen, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Portishead.

Thanks to Vintage Synth Explorer

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