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2008/09/01
RYK SEQUENCER 185
A new wonderful analogue sequencer for the Roland System 100M designed by RYK. Each stage has Gate mode and count switches to set the type of note [mute, single, repeat, long] and the length or repeate of the note [1-8]. Everyone familiar with the beautifully designed and engineered Roland system 100M could most certainly make use of the RYK A185. For the moment we don know if this wounderful analogue piece will be available on the market. We keep waiting!

Demo Video of RYK A185
Pictures of RYK A185

2008/02/08
ELECTRONIC MUSIC - THE BERLIN SCHOOL
The Berlin school of electronic music developed during the 70s and was shaped by artist like Tangerine Dream, Klaus Schulze and Ash Ra Temple. Lovely analogue sequencer bass lines accompanied by sweeping pads, soloing over it with improvised guitar and synth. Mellotrones, flutes and effects (EMS!) adding color. Today we have two bands that have studied this Berlin tradition with great care: REDSHIFT & NODE.

The Berlin School
NODE Interview SOS
REDSHIFT Interview SMD
REDSHIFT Live Hampshire 2002 0
REDSHIFT Live Hampshire 2002 1

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2008/02/08
NEW DOEPFER CASES
New cases will be available from Doeper during 2008. You can now choose between small miniature cases, low cost suitcase, to the specially designed monster case that is equipped with four power supplies with toroid transfomer/1200mA. Beginners can also choose a low cost "Do it yourself kit" with busboard and 2x12V wall outlet power supplies. Get in touch with us and we will help you out.

Double Monster Case
Low cost suitcase
Minaiture Case
Do it yourself kit

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2008/01/04
NEW PRICE LEVEL
The Network web is now updated with the prices for 2008. The Modular equipment can be found in the modular price list. All other products -including the more and more popular OEM products/Kits can be found in the other price list. Detailed information and pictures will soon follow.

New Price list 2008
Modular Price list 2008

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2007/07/09
ROSWELL UFO INCIDENT 60 YEARS
During the 90愀 Morgan made a song "Encounter" influenced by the Roswell UFO Incident in New Mexico, USA, July 1947.

There are widely divergent views on what actually happened in New Mexico. The United States military maintains that what was recovered was a top-secret research balloon that had crashed. However, many UFO proponents believe the wreckage was of a crashed alien craft and that the military cover up the craft's recovery.

The song Encounter remastered and encoded with higher bitrate.
The Encounter 320kbps
More information on the song encounter

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2007/01/17
FREQUENCY SHIFTING AND VOCODING
Vocoding and frequency shifting have been regarded as some of the more interesting sound transforming techniques during the 60愀 and 70愀. Morgan has written a document covering research in the audiological field with these processing schemes. Vocoding and frequency shifting will be explained to the musicians not familiar with these wonderful processing synthesis techniques.

Vocoding and Frequency shifting in the audiological field
A129 Analyse and synthesefilter

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2007/01/16
EXPERIMENTS IN ELECTRONIC SPEECH PRODUCTION
Cecil H. Coker, Peter B. Denes and Elliot N. Pinson joined the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1961. They were all involved in speech transmisson, speech regognition and speech pattern analysis. Follow these authors -and try some experiments- in this historical book from the 1963.

Speech Synthesis experiments
Speech Production

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2005/08/22
ROBERT A. MOOG DEAD AT 71
Robert A. Moog, the inventor of the concept 'Voltage-Controlled Electronic Music Modules' has died at the age of 71 in his home in North Carolina. Moog was diagnosed with brain cancer in April 2005 and received radiation and chemotherapy treatment to combat the disease. The Network founder met him at a press release in Gothenburg, discussing the special wonder surrounding the Moog synthesizer.
He is survived by his wife, Ileana, his five children, Laura Moog Lanier, Matthew Moog, Michelle Moog-Koussa, Renee Moog, and Miranda Richmond; and the mother of his children, Shirleigh Moog.
Moog interview - german radio x
Moog company profile from emm 1983

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2004/10/14
NEW MODULES IN THE VACTROL SERIE
Module A-101-1 is a special multitype filter based on an idea by Nyle A. Steiner (published in Electronic Design, issue 25, December 1974, page 96 ff).

A-101-2 is a vactrol based combination of Low Pass filter (LP) and VCA and was inspired by the Buchla module 292. The term "Low Pass Gate" was created by Don Buchla and stands for a module that can be switched between low pass and VCA.
Module A101-1
Module A101-2

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2004/10/13
A152 TRACK&HOLD MODULE, A138C POLARIZER
Module A152 is a useful switching and Track&Hold module that combines three sub-units within one module.

A138c is a four channel mixer that allows addition or subtraction of four incoming voltages.
Module A152
Module A138C

	2004/02/02 HEARING AID TECHNOLOGY The Network founder have decided to expand the knowledge in the field of audiology and hearing technology. The course includes signal theory, acustics, anatomy and psychologic-acustics. Please tell me more I惴 interested in learing more about the cochlea
	2003/11/03 MIDI CONTROLLER CAMPAIGN Tweak software synthesizers like REAKTOR or P52 with any MIDI controller from Doepfer. Special price valid until 30 November. read more >>>

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2003/05/15
THE EXCELLENT BOOKS BY PETER FORREST NOW AVAILABLE
The A to Z of Analogue synthesizers - hailed by many as the best guide to vintage synthesiers is available once again. Part 1&2 is published in a limited edition of 6000.

Part one (A-M) now revised, expanded 320 pages. Part two (N-Z) now revised and expanded to 370 pages.

2003/02/25
SPECTRAL AUDIO NEPTUNE ANALOGUE SYNTHESIZER
The awaited follow up to Neptune, with a more nautical choice of color.
Among other improvements are:
-New smooth potentiometers
-Keyfollow switch
-Oscillator 3 freerun mode
-Better noise generator
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Also new, but not yet available for delivery is the Cyklus 3 Sequencer.
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Kenton Spin Doctor

2003/02/25
KENTON SPIN DOCTOR
New entrylevel product with 16 fully programmable knobs, 25 memories
Midi Soft Thru with Merge and more.

Controllers are assignable from front panel. Complementary software for
deeper programming is available.

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	2002/12/16 SYNTHESIZER NETWORK HAS RELOCATED. The Network now shares office-space with Ljudlabbet, an audio editing firm. The machines are on the floor above, in the safe care of Ljudbyr幩愀 studio. All companies situated in east Gothenburg Some pictures from the new studio More pictures...
	2002/12/16 SEMINAR AT ARTISTEN, GOTHENBURG. Morgan held an introduction to modular systems and subtractive synthesis in front of some curious and eager students. Alternative methods of composing was the topic. Where is the line drawn between a sound and a composition? Can there be a common definition or is it up to the composer and listener to individually define this? More pictures
	2002/07/18 DIE MENSCH MACHINE GOES TO FRANCE Kraftwerk will play in Paris end of September 2002. They will give 3 concerts. La Villette, on the initiative of the Grande Halle and the Cit� des Sciences et de l'Industrie, opens up to "electronic arts" by devoting a first biennial to them at the end of September. The Cit� de la Musique takes part in the adventure, and in an attempt to question the growing thirst for technology presents an exceptional concert by Kraftwerk. Their experimental improvisations, in an atmosphere that is both retro and futuristic, resonate with the calling into question of the "mechanical and robotic attitude of our civilisation". Tickets please!
	2002/05/15 FILTERED COFFEE: MS20 WITHOUT VCO巽 THE SYNTHESIZER NETWORK now have the pleasure offering some of the building blocks from the famous, and unique sounding KORG MS20. FILTERED COFFEE is a 1U rackmodule with HPF, LPF, VCA and Envelope Follower. You can produce anything from subtle filter sweeps right up to howling, screaming distorted doings. Everyone familiar with the MS20 know that this is a very unique sounding instrument, and the filters have their own character. Read More
	2002/01/06 10% DISCOUNT ON DOEPFER In January 2002 Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH celebrates 10 years anniversary. On this occasion there will be a 10% special discount for all orders from January 01, 2002 until January 31, 2002. Now it愀 time to build your modular dream system.

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2001/12/03
THE NEW HEADQUARTER OF SYNTHESIZER NETWORK
The Network have now moved the electronic activity to the southern parts of Gothenburg. You can find us in the Majorna-area from December. We will still focus on all things analogue, modular as well as nonmodular.

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2001/10/22
SYNTHESIZER NETWORK MODULAR CORNER
Filters. Oscillators. The voice of voltage controlled.
We receive a lot of emails from electronic musicians asking for pictures from our demo setup. By general request we now publish some photos from THE SYNTHESIZER NETWORK modular demo corner. Pictures by Hans Kristian Simensen

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Synetmodularcorner3

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2001/09/23
ANNA THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
In January this year, THE SYNTHESIZER NETWORK published an artficial intelligens (Daisy) capable of discussing electronic music and synthesizers in particular. Now we presents you ANNA, the female expert on Film. But there is no doubt about her Love for music and especially the song "The Robots" by Kraftwerk.

ANNA The female expert on film
DAISY 2001- the female expert on synthesizers

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2001/08/29
POCKET DIAL
Tweak software synthesizers like REAKTOR or P52 with 16 endless rotary encoders. Pocket Dial incorporates a fast switching between 4 banks, makes 64 "virtual" controls available (4 banks with 16 controls each). Pocket Dial will be equipped with preset profiles as well as an PC-editor.
Read More:
Pocket Dial
Big Picture
Technical Details

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2001/07/19
AS BLACK COFFEE SYSTEM
Black coffee system is probably the smallest monosynth in the world, and you will be please to see very little has been omitted. Through the clever use of routing through 12 switches and 12 pots, an extreme wide variety of sounds can be produced. Black coffee system incorporates everything you would expect to find in a small monosynth and a whole lot more
The Black Coffee system
Big Picture
MP3 Demos in The Audio Archive

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2001/06/21
SEMINAR BY BOB MOOG
On May 14, Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, presented the 10th annual Polar Music Prize to Bob Moog, Burt Bacharach, and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
Before leaving Sweden, Bob Moog held a lecture at the Royal Institute of Technology at Stockholm.
The Bob Moog seminar at KTH Stockholm (Realplayer)

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2001/05/24
POCKET FADER FROM DOEPFER
Tweak hidden parameters such as filter cut-off, resonance, envelope settings and volume - instantly and in realtime- with 16 programmable high quality ALPS faders (same as used in REGELWERK). Doepfer Musikelektronik愀 POCKET FADER will be equipped with preset profiles as well as an PC-editor enables the user to define the function of each of the 16 controllers in 128 presets.
Read More:
Pocket Fader
Big Picture

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2001/05/12
SOLID STATE SPEECH
During the 70愀 Texas Instruments released an advanced speech
technology called Solid State Speech. This technology enabled Texas Instruments to introduce the Speak & Spell talking learning aid in 1978. KRAFTWERK used Solid State Speech on Computer World -working with The Language Translator, manufactured in 1979. SASS is the only known publicly available Speak & Spell simulator available for Windows that reproduces most of the functions of a real-life Speak&Spell.
Programming by Mike Green & Andy Twiss.
Windows Speak and spell simulator Winzip 2.37MB
Stripped 8-bit JAVA version of Language Translator
Texas Instrument Language Translator samples

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2001/04/22
SYNTHESIZER NETWORK FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSERY
The Synthesizer Network transformed into a company on the 23th of April 1996. "We decided to take action, and to step out of the shadow to show people that the true potential of the past masters were never achieved." At first, this was done by offering Doepfer Musikelektroniks Modular A100 System, built in the oldfashioned way as the big Modular Systems of the 60愀 and 70愀. Read More:
Pressrelease from 1996
Synthesizer Network info
Synthesizer Network old webpage from 1997
The e-zine NETSINE resource page

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2001/03/22
THE SUN OF SYNTHESIZERS AVAILABLE
The first european-made polyphonic analogue synthesizer for the last 15 years is now finally available. The JoMoX SUNSYN is a very complex synthesizer that will satisfy any hunger for modulation: per voice there are four true analogue routing Elements, each featuring almost any possibility that exists in the world of modulation. Every parameter is reachable with easy access. You can listen to some SUNSYN-demosongs in The Network Audio Archive .
More Info on SUNSYN
SUNSYN demosongs in >>The Audio Archive<<
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2001/03/12
RECORDING巽 FROM LIST AVAILABLE AT ANALOGUE.ORG
The Synthesizer Network are pleased to announce that the electronic maestro -LIST- now can be found at Analogue.org. LIST started working with synthesizers in 1980 and have explored all kinds of sound textures since then. At the LIST-Web you can now find 3 different LIST CDr愀 with sound clips in the MP3 format. LIST (Kent) and Morgan met through Boogie Music in Vaexjo during 1994 and have been friends since then. The Webproject have been relized by Morgan supplying most of the HTML-coding.

2001/03/12
THE >> NETWORK AUDIO ARCHIVE <<
The NETWORK AUDIO ARCHIVE have now been incorporated as a separate subgroup in the Network Web. In the Audio Archive you will find samples from various new & old synthesizers, as well as some full songs. To give you the best bandwidth/transfer these soundfiles have been placed on a separate server. All soundfiles in the MP3 format.

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2001/02/28
NEW MIDI CONTROLLER FROM DOEPFER
Doepfer Musikelektronik will show the first prototype of the newly developed MIDI controller at the Frankfurt music fair. The POCKET DIAL is a MIDI control box with 16 endless rotary encoders - in contrast t Pocket Control that is equipped with 16 rotary potentiometers. The Pocket Dial can be seen at the Creamware booth during the Frankfurt music fair.

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2001/02/28
C64 MUSICIANS
Kimmel Jeroen (RED) from Holland and Rodger Andrew (DRU) from England were two rather unknown SID-composers during the C-64 period of time. The syntheisizer network have encoded some favourites from 1987 by theses composers. C64 Magazines inspired Rodger to write the Skyrunner demo. Kimmels song was part of a demo by SCOOP DESIGN with pictures from Joakim Ljunggren (JOL) -a close friend to the synthesizer network.
DRU Skyrunner MP3 2.54MB
RED Watch it MP3 3.5MB

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2001/02/18
NEW CV & MIDI INTERFACE FROM DOEPFER
The newly interface from Doepfer is built specially to be used with Nintendo愀 wireless 64 Controllers. It generates 6 CV and 6 Gate signals to control analogue equipment, furthermore 6 MIDI messages (controllers). Price about 1250.- sek (only interface). It will be available in spring but orders will already be accepted.

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2001/02/13
THE DEMON KBD
The Demon Keyboard from Analogue Systems is a stand alone 49 note keyboard controller with all the features of the Sorceror. Excellent controller for all current and past modular systems from other manufacturers. Price to be announced.

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2001/01/29
RUTHERFORD KEEPS ON TWEAKING
303 programming, patching technique愀 and Regelwerk control. THE SYNTHESIZER NETWORK proudly gives you a new song by the experimental electro DJ -RUTHERFORD. RUTHERFORD, aka Ronnie started making electronic music in the late 80's using a couple of modified 303愀. During the 90愀 he teamed up with Eargoggle, fukkt, sneone, au-pair, lomo and founded the Swedish stillebencollective.
DISTANT LOVE MP3 6.36MB
STILLEBENRECORDS

2001/01/21
ANALOGUE SOLUTION巽 OBERKORN SEQUENCER
The Oberkorn (not a small sequencer!) is a fully fledged professional analogue sequencer providing plenty of control output and inputs and with some uniquely creative features never before seen. Whilst most new analogue sequencers only offer a limiting 8 steps, the Oberkorn offers the all important 16 steps.

	2001/01/08 DAISY 2001- THE FEMALE EXPERT ON SYNTHESIZERS DAISY is the next step in achieving that goal of a truly intelligent computer. The primary purpose is to be able to converse with humans. THE SYNTHESIZER NETWORK have trained her to talk about synthesizers, electronic music and anything analogue related. We can tell that she is very fond of KRAFTWERK ! DOWNLOAD DAISY 2001 (150kB)
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