The Prophet VS is a synthesizer released in 1986 by Dave Smith’s Sequential Circuits. The Prophet VS introduced Vector Synthesis – two dimensional crossfading between waveforms. Sequential folded shortly after the VS was introduced, but many of the ideas from the VS lived on in the Korg Wavestation. The video above, via Retrosound, demos some… Read More Sequential Circuits Prophet VS
The latest episode of the Mondo Modular series.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=48438CAC0E45FD4B The Yamaha CS-05 is a single oscillator monophonic synthesizer, released in 1979, that has been described as “an unremarkable synth”: It was a one oscillator job with a single ADSR envelope that controlled both the filter and the final amplifier. A simple LFO was provided for modulation and it also had a noise generator… Read More Yamaha CS5 Analog Monophonic Synthesizer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5eZP_ql3p4 This video demos using Percussa AudioCubes with FL Studio.
5Volt has published a design for a simple light to sound converter: The circuit is very simple and is based and pretty well known building blocks. The whole device can be built on a small piece of perfboard and the output can feed a pair of head phones or a small speaker. PC speakers could replace… Read More Simple Circuit Synthesizes Sound From Light
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http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=23B7A3C5F002713F The Dave Smith Instruments Mopho is a $399 compact monophonic analog synthesizer, with a voice architecture identical to a single voice of the Prophet ’08, but with a couple of unique twists.
This video documents a test of sequencing a kid toy keyboard. Explains Mike Tron: This is an ongoing project that I hope to end up with 15 to 20 circuit bent kids toys, that will eventually become a circuit bent orchestra that will all be controlled with Ableton Live. The keyboard in the video only… Read More Sequencing Kids Toys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKRQZREVQDk The Casio VL-1 was the first synthesizer of Casio’s VL-Tone product line, and is sometimes referred to as the VL-Tone. Released in 1981, the VL-1 is notable for its kitsch value among electronic musicians, due to its cheap construction and its unrealistic, uniquely low-fidelity sounds. Features: LCD display capable of displaying 8 characters. Real-time… Read More The Casio VL-1
This is how synth freaks start out the new year – with some x0xb0x Modular Acid! Notes neandrewthal: Kicking off 2009 with one last jam using all the gear I built over the last year. Aside from the droning bass, the modular is on full time drum duties.
