Saturday Synth Porn: Here’s an up close and personal look at the Analogue Solutions Concussor line of modular synth drum modules. The Concussor modules feature pure analog voice circuitry. Many of the modules emulate the sound of classic Roland analog drums sounds.
Saturday Synth Porn: This vintage modular is the first commercial Moog synthesizer sold. It was built by Robert Moog (1934-2005), using pear tree wood from his own back yard in New York. It has three control panels, a five-octave keyboard with fifteen knobs, a wood stand, and pedals. It was originally commissioned and owned by New… Read More The First Commercial Moog Synthesizer
Saturday Synth Porn: Here’s a great vintage shot of the late James Brown with a Moog Liberation keytar, looking superbad.
Saturday Synth Porn: Best store window ever? We’re pretty sure that the windows display at Switched On Music Electronics (Austin) has to be high on the list….. via Switched On
This video captures a studio tour with Canadian duo Chromeo (Patrick Gemayel and David Macklovitch). They talk some pretty serious geek, show off their great collection of vintage and recent gear and demonstrate how they use it in their work. via reader Stephen Langer
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Saturday Synth Porn: Ever clean out the attic, and find a vintage Moog Minimoog that you’d forgotten about? Probably not – unless you’re Gary Numan: “Clearing out my garage loft yesterday, cut away some ivy creepers & found this!” tweets Gary Numan. “Original spec MiniMoog!” Our take on this is that, if you’ve never owned an… Read More Gary Numan Cleans Out His Attic, Finds Cooler Stuff Than We’ve Got In Our Attic
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Synthesist Michel van Osenbruggen (aka Synth.nl), tells a great story at his site about meeting a precocious young man named Jeffrey, who’s really into synths: Just before I went on holiday, I had a visitor over in my studio. In the picture, you see ‘Keyboard Jeff’ aka ‘Synthex’ because of his love of the Elka. Jeffrey is… Read More Jeffrey’s Father Had A Lot Of Trouble Getting Him Back Home
We’ve had an explosion of synths news today, with the introduction of the Novation MIniNova, the Roland Intagra-7 rumors and NI’s Maschine MKII. The Korg Maxitribe, though, looks a little too good to be true. The image, via Sequencer.de, shows an analog mini synth in the style of the recent MonoTribe. Unfortunately, this looks like… Read More The Korg Maxitribe Analog Mini Synth – Too Good To Be True?
