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EMS – Electronic Music Studio

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EMS – modular synthesiser 1970’s „electronic music studio“ analogue trigger EMS: gate pulse in/outs 4V GROUND to positive. EMS EMS Synth overview / überblick.. EMS SYNTHI EE is for educational, it has no matrix but patch cords, it’s filter is multimode and all modes can be used at the same time.. is has a sensor keyboard and a ribbon controller to slide through the notes.. also built into a suitcase like the Synthi A / AKS click the EMS Synthi E to enlarge.. Poly Synthi well, there arre 50 made,…

COMPARED: Sunsyn vs. Andromeda

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COMPARED THE WALDORF Q+ versus ALESIS ANDROMEDA A6 haha, no need to read german texts ;) <=> imo those are not really fair to compare because the Q is digital and the andromeda is analogue!! means: the Q+ only analogue part is the filters.. these are the oney from the pulse.. or to be exact: the ones from the xpole filters. they do not sound like any „popular vintage“.. this may be good ar bad.. the andro has moog and SEM (oberheim) filters. the andros phatness is the one that…

Macbeth Synthesizer

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Macbeth m3x + M5 analog synthesizer Macbeth Macbeth Synth overview / überblick.. MACBETH M5 very flexible and very cool starting point to a modular system.. it looks quite ARP’ish but it is not a clone or something.. it is something new, Ken Macbeth simply likes the design.. it has 2 filters . they also sound different.. its really between them all.. 2 LFOs estimated to range to about 20-25Hz.. too slow? well, you got 3 VCOs!! all can mod each other .. very flexible system with lots of pre.routed bidirection…

New Videos from the Messe in the SynthDB / New in the DBase

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There’s a lot of new Videos from the Musikmesse 2008 in the synthDB now.. also there’s one by Harmony Central on our booth (Synthesizer-Magazin) Akai MPC5000 (the new synth pages shown in the video) Access VirusTIsnow just a 3D turn to show how it looks like.. Clavia NordLead2xAnniversaryEdition the unveiling ceremony of the special limited edition. Roland FantomG6, FantomG7, FantomG8 walking around and see the huge display (and a reflection of the photographer) ;) The MFB Kraftzwerg -some more pics will be up soon. Here’s Florian Schneider of Kraftwerk and…

Classic Synth Specials Digital Synth Synthesizer History Timeline 

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

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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…

Creamware Menü -> Soniccore

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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…

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

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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…

ARP Synthesizer

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ARP (Alan Richard. Pearlman) SYNTHESIZER — ARP + Octave ARP (earlier under the name of „Tonus“) ARP SYNTHESIZER ARP Trigger info: gate pulse in/out 8-10V GROUND to positive. EDP gate pulse out: ‚S-Trig‘ (like moog and some korgs) and 9V GROUND to positive. Rhodes Chroma go here… ARP ARP Synth overview / überblick.. the big one..ARP 2500 with another wing 1970 made.. all modules are located in the middle, no need for patch cords (well only a few) the rest can be done by a special bus system..on top: all…