Doepfer Modular

ANALOGUE GERMAN MODULAR SYNTH doepfer modular system well , need I say something on doepfer? the A100 Modular system has the most modules to offer, some are great, others are „cheap“ but ok.. more on this soon.. here in germany it is the cheapest system available and: I do not know about a system that has more modules available than doepfer! here you can see 2 theremin antennas and the trautonium subharmonic oscillator. the original trautonium was a special instrument played by oskar sala (remember „birds“ from mister hitchcock?? that…

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PPG 350 computer Sequencer

PPG 350 computer Sequencer back to ppg manual – how to use the ppg 350 in english: I took the very strange german manual and wrote it in real words that are really needed to understand! (the original sounds very strange and is quite „talkative“) ;) Ok, try this (well, this „german“ speaker/writer is not very straight forward.. So I leave out those loooongish silly confusing stuff :) 1)operation mode: hold mode and hit 0-9 to select the operation mode 2)sequence number: hold sequence number to store one of 16…

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Classic Synth Specials Digital Synth Synthesizer History Timeline 

Hi-End Synthesizer Special – from Synclavier, ConBrio to GDS/Synergy to Fairlight

HI-END SPECIAL / Die BESONDEREN.. – New England Digital – Synclavier.. read the manual „why a synclavier has no midi“ ;-)) hi end FM and sampling station, better run it with a 68k vintage mac for editing.. it does Resynthesis, 12 OSCs with additiv Spectrum per OSC, FM but with one modulating and one carrier each, multiple additiv waves can be morhed into another that appear on a sort of a time line/linear envelope (just time between those additive spectra oscs) – 4 sample OSC/Timbres- >  sampling is possible on this…

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Electro Harmonix Synthesizer & Sequencer and Vocoder

Electro Harmonix guitar Synthesizer the EH vocoder is under vocoder.. same design as the guitar synthesizer.. the EH series including a sequencer and FX boxes EQ etc.. and of course the well known bass synths mini synthesizer line top:electro harmonix drm16 EH7450 1978 simple preset drum machine.. has matrix like variations from the rhythm selected with 2 knobs, Vari 1-4 and (funk,disco,rock,misc) also cymbals (long/short and wood block switch), very old style sounds with „piuuu tom“ , space drum switch on the back.. EH Electro Harmonix Synth overview / überblick..

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Creamware Menü -> Soniccore

Creamware Creamware Synth overview / überblick.. Minimoog clones – the digital Minimax ASB? Creamware did a very close clone – it’s based on the pulsar platform later the noah contained it, too but it did not sell well because of its terrible interface (4 knobs in a rack seemed not to be sexy enough..). well, it’s still a digital synth here.. but it has a lot of things that reminds of the mini.. it’s 12 voice (now!) polyphonic and adds velocity and of course midi-controller controlled.. it has the same…

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Casio – The Cosmo Synthesizer Series & FZ Sampler – incl. Hohner OEM

Casio CZ/VZ digital synthesizer series – called the Cosmo Synthesizer and successors – the VZ Series with iPD Synthesis. Casio FZ sampler series – casio vl tone.. uuhm, a keyboard.. ;) Casio Casio Synth overview / überblick.. Casio CZ101 „the cosmo synthesizer“ 1985 the waveforms. that the PD synthesis (phase distortion) supports are printed on all the CZ synths.. PD is much like FM later models really compare nicely to Yamahas DX series!! (8 OP but then called iPD „interactive PD“ the VZ series) very simple 16 sound memories.plus 16 on…

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Dr.Böhm ( Doktor Boehm ) Soundlab Modular Synthesizer

modular system Dr.Böhm Soundlab  Dr.Boehm (1960-2006) <–enlarge pictures Soundlab (click on them) in 1979 theBöhm Soundlab by Professor Enders (University of Osnabrück, Germany) & Oliver Kellog was released.Böhm is now officially bankrupt -> insolvency in 2006. THE BOEHM SOUNDLAB uses banana jacks and is quite interesting / flexible. it provided multi mode filters when HPF,LPF,BPF combinations were still rare. böhm is a german electronic organ company for DIY kits and other stuffs from minden in germany. biggest competitor was wersi ;)find a nice info about the soundlab in „Synthesizer von Gestern…

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AS – ANALOGUE SYSTEMS – rs integrator / spawn etc.

AS – ANALOGUE SYSTEMS – rs integrator / spawn etc. AS AS Synth overview / überblick.. RS Integrator by analogue systems – THAT look cool, eh? – these modules are compatible to doepfer (bottom right)! most of us may only be able to buy the tin on the upper right (peanuts?) pic thanks to Beerma§ter – Dreamscape Studio bigger? click on the image!! or get one yourself ;) deutsche/britische.. ANALOGE synthesizer / german distribution german/british and other synths.. vertrieb jomox, vermona, macbeth, mfb / fricke etc.. www.schneidersbuero.de they have nice…

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