Modal Craftsynth V2.0? Runs on batteries, has a built in touch keyboard, no screen, and is cheap.

Moog Audio says it will be $209.99 Canadian. A Digitakt is $1099. A Model Samples is a better comparison, but even that is another 200 bucks new.

Something from Tubular Bells III?

Red Electric Rainbow wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 16, 2020 8:48 pm

Jensen Interceptor might fall into this category. Known for electro but has also done some really great 4/4 techno.

Heh, another name that's been used more than once.
http://www.canadianbands.com/Jenson%20Interceptor.html

You can find more details if you search for "Terry Manning Eliminator" on Google. But offhand the setup was an Oberheim DMX, often triggering samples from a AMS digital delay, a Moog Source, Memorymoog(probably a Plus, since Manning mentions using its sequencer), and a Yamaha DX9. The fact it's a dr...

Listening to various pieces from the classic 1967-70 Spider Man cartoon, such as this one.

Probably out of your price range new:
https://www.strymon.net/products/magneto/

The British musician and producer, who produced artists including Tina Turner, the Fixx, Saga, and Rush, has passed away from cancer at 72.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/rupert-h ... 72-2682752

I was checking out the Long and McQuade website tonight trying to find their Monster Days flyer. I did stumble across the fact that the Volca Modular is currently on sale. It's listed at 159 bucks, 120 bucks off the regular price. I wonder if they didn't buy a bunch of these, but they're not selling.

There's something very off brand '80s looking about that thing. For example the sliders and markings look like something from a Realistic product.

A lot of synth folks like the Zoom MS70CDR multieffects stompbox these days. It will even run on a pair of AA batteries.

In case anyone hasn't read one of the obits the cause of death was cancer. I never knowingly heard Kraftwerk until sometime in the '90s. I say knowingly because I got a surprise when I first listened to The Man Machine. It turned out what was then CBC Saskatoon had used looped bits of "Spacelab" and...

Antibiotic pills for my bunged up middle finger. It's hard to play guitar or keys if one finger hurts every time you use it.

Joke's on you. The song "Maniac" is actually by former Stevie Wonder sideman Michael Sembello.

The way to get around that is to shelve everything strictly alphabetically, and ignore genre. Unfortunately a lot of people would get upset at Arvo Part and Dolly Parton being in the same bin.

There's lots of music these days going for a retro '80s vibe, often classified as synthwave.

If you're Canadian the logo on that label may look kind of familiar. "Exploding pizza!"

Canadian free improv group CCMC's albums CCMC - Volume 4 - Free Soap and Without a Song both include Buchla equipment of some sort. Circa 1980 photos show what I'm guessing is a Buchla Touche. Good luck finding copies, as they apparently never made it to CD.

The original Chowning FM patents have expired, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of the Yamaha ones have as well. Besides, Korg and Yamaha seem to have a friendly relationship.

steffie268 wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:13 pm

They're going to try a sequencer because I made fun of them for demoing the Neutron with a BSP...

A Roland MC4 copy. Including copying the tape drive.

A Volca M1 perhaps? If they could actually make it with more than 3 note polyphony it would make an interesting companion to the Roland D05.