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This is an audio demo of the Waldorf Microwave Wavetable Synthesizer, a rackmount synth based on Waldorf’s Wave synthesizer.

This classic rackmount synth features 8-voice polyphony, and an interesting mix of analog and digital style synthesis.

If you’ve used the Microwave, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

 

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This synth porn video captures the mind-exploding room full of synthesizers & modulars at AHNE’09.

Better than the gear porn, though, may be the random eavesdropping on conversations.

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Annual gathering of ANHE (Analog Heaven Northeast) in Bolton, MA.

Best turnout yet with a wide variety of electronic music industry cornerstone products (both new and vintage) on display.

 

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This video, Edgar Froese – Sobornost (1981), catures a vintage synth jam from the Tangerine Dream founder.

The video has a few too many gratuitous pidgeon shots, but it captures Froese’s Tangerine Dream sound from its early 80’s heyday.

Synth setup:

  • Oberheim Xa
  • PPG wave 2
  • PPG 340 B
  • PPG 380 EG
  • Custom Seq & Terminals

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Retrosound, whose videos we’ve featured here frequently, has released a couple of albums of vintage-synth filled music, Ambient Traxx & Electro Traxx.

  • Ambient Traxx features sound landscapes in the style of Vangelis, J.-M. Jarre, Tangerine Dream and John Carpenter. You an preview a track from Ambient Traxx, Cold Land, above.
  • Electro Traxx features music in the 80’s styles of Kraftwerk, Yazoo and Human League.

Both feature the 100% virtual analog-free sound of vintage synths, directly played and recorded.

If you’ve listened to either of these albums, leave a comment with your thoughts!

 

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Saturday Synth Porn: This synth porn video features a veritable orgy of synths – one of the finest collections of analog synthesisers in the world.

Dig the funky 70’s style soundtrack, featuring Tonto’s Expanding Headband’s Cybernaut and  Jean Jacques Perry’s E.V.A.

Give this a look, in the privacy of your own home, and let me know if it doesn’t fill your heart with desire….for synth gear!

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