Macbeth Synthesizer

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…

LoFi Special – 8Bit to Rozzbox

8bit – sound nintendo Gameboy .. there is still a midi cable available.. but don’t ask.. ;) the little thing on the fizmo is a nintendo gameboy with nanoloop ;) interesting minimal step sequencer beside LSDJ.. info in the SOFTWARE section.. Commodore SX64 well, call it a „laptop“ version of the commodore c64.. with built in 1541 floppy drive and CRT screen.. elektron sidstation this is the heart of the commodore C64 homecomputer from 1983 – the SID chip, a real analogue synthesizer with 3 voices: ringmodulation, ADSR envelopes, PWM…

Kawai + Teisco Synthesizer 110F – K5000

KAWAI SYNTHESIZER – Kawai firmierte früher unter dem namen TEISCO – Kawai formerly known as Teisco language update in this section soon.. KAWAI / TEISCO click images to enlarge synths.. Kawai Kawai Synth overview / überblick.. Teisco Teisco Synth overview / überblick.. KAWAI / TEISCO 110F 110F it’s strange, some technology of this synth came from ARP, it has a fixed filter bank , 2 VCOs and 2 ADSR envelopes. similar to ARP it has one lfo with 20hz max only and a self reso 24dB/oct LPF with „roland type“…

Anyware Semtex Test (deutsch/english)

Semtex by Anyware Insturments – Synthesizers- Oberheim inspired modular Synth Ein Oberheim SEM ähnlicher modularer Synthesizer – universal synthesizer module.. modular verwendbar! Anyware Semtex XL – Analog Modular Synthesizer. english – review deutsch – german Anyware-Instruments SEMtex Plastic dynamite? C4? Crash – boom! Can that be a synthesizer? Yes, some of you have certainly heard the rumours. The SEMTEX came on to the market a bit ago. What’s the story behind this instrument? Pre-history The SEMTEX was actually just a vague concept. After the Simplesizer and the Forumodular the collective…

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

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

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…

DIY Formant

..open door to the / ein offener: formant modular synthesizer.. ein offener Formant.. sind Curtis Chips drin! opened formant with curtis chips inside! if you want it biiig… ;-) ein formant.. bisschen grösser ;-) von aliens project.. (www.aliens-project.de) (now sold away!..above!!) —> the formant was a project of the german electronics magazine „elektor“ and is continued by helm electronics. (Hans-Joachim Helmstedt) in germany. you can still get the book/ es gibt das Formant buch, besonders auch für einsteiger gut geeignet, die in die elektronikmusik technisch einsteigen wollen: 240 Seiten, Format…