Quite some time has passed since the last blog post, again the reason for this is simple, we’ve just been really busy. Anyway i’ve added a few new posts of the recent jobs we’ve been working on. There’s a few more to add, but they are ongoing so as soon as they are completed i’ll make some new posts about them. Anyway a new addition to the studio arrived, a Roland VP-330 vocoder. It’s in really nice shape too, except for a tiny mark near the logo. As with most things that arrive, it needed tuning and calibration. This i promptly did and now it’s sitting in it’s new home quite happily.
This week I’ve been working on a client’s Roland VP-300 Vocoder. It was flat sounding and basically needed a re-calibration. As you can imagine this was quite time consuming since there’s quite a few test points and calibration potentiometers. So it was a matter of working through the service notes, injecting sine waves into the circuit, drinking cups of tea, reading the results and calibrating the signals. Anyway this will be my last post for a few days, since I’ll be away from the studio while moving house.
This is me, Fredrik, doing the final testing, and it really does sound much better now. I think it captures the Herbie Hancock feel from his awesome vocoder tracks, like “Better bet you love on me”, although Herbie used the now practically unobtainable Sennheiser vocoder VSM-201.
It’s punchier and gone is also the extra release of the vocoder sound that wasn’t supposed to be there. So, if you’re having any problems with weak sound from your VP-330, a calibration is probably the best way to start. The client, house producer Q-Force, was extremely pleased with the result after the calibration. Check out his cool tracks here: http://www.myspace.com/myqforce - and yes, he uses a lot of analog goodies
This particular model is supposedly a pre-production a model, as it is lacking both serial number and the usual logos – it just says “vocoder”. The sound is really excellent though!
Analog Sweden is a studio based in the south of Sweden focusing on vintage synthesizers, keyboards and effects. Our business is mixing, recording and selling gear. We can also undertake repairs and calibration
Gearlist
Synthesizers
Aelita
ARP 2600 w. ARP-filter
ARP 2600 w. Moog-filter
ARP Little Brother
ARP Axxe mk 2
ARP Odyssey 2800 Mk I White Face
ARP Odyssey Mk 3
ARP Quadra
ARP Solina Strings
ARP Solina String Synthesizer
Casio DM-100
Casio MT400V
Casio VZ-1
Computone Wind Synthesizer
Clavioline
Curetronics modular
Elektron sidstation
EML Synkey
EMS Synthi AKS
Korg 800DV maxikorg
Korg 900PS
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg MS-50 w. Korg MS-04 CV-pedal
Korg MS-20
Korg Lambda
Korg Polysix
Korg PS-3100 w. PS-3040 dual pedal
Hohner Clavinet 1
Hohner Clavinet Pianet Duo
Hohner Clavinet D6
Hohner Pianet T
Moog Liberation
Moog Memorymoog Plus
Moog Micromoog
Moog Minimoog
Oberheim Eight Voice
Oberheim OB-8 midi
Oberheim OB-X
OSCar
Philips Philicorda
PPG Wave 2.0
PPG Wave 2.3
Rhodes suitcase 73 mk2
Roland Jupiter 4 Kenton midi
Roland Jupiter 8 Groove midi
Roland RS09
Roland JX-3p
Roland SH-101
Roland SH-2000
Roland SH-3 (moog filter version)
Roland System 100 101 keyboard
Roland System 100 102 expander
Roland System 100 104 sequencer
Roland System 100m 191j
Roland TB-303
Roland VP-330
SCI Pro One
SCI Prophet 5 Rev 3.3 midi
SCI Remote
SCI Prophet VS
Suzuki Melodika Melodion
Vostok Matrixsynth
Yamaha D-85
Yamaha CS-60
Yamaha CS-70m
Yamaha CS-80
Yamaha CP-70m midi
Yamaha PS-10
Outboard
Alesis 3630
Anthony Demaria Labs ADL1000 Tube comp
Behringer Compressor (old blackface)
Chrisman field effect (Urei 1176/78-clone)
DBX 162
FMR Audo RNC
LabGruppen Compressor
Valley People Dynamite
Tape echo tube 50-tal
Binson EC6
Dynachord Super 76
Korg Stage Echo SE-300
Roland SRE-555
Roland RE-501
Roland RE-201
Watkins Copicat
Amtech ASR-11
Amtech ASR-9
Adv. Audio Designs Digital Delay D-250
Audiologic PA-88A
Bode by RA Moog Ringmodulator
Eventide H949 Harmonizer
Farfisa FA/R preamp+reverb
Orban 111B Dual Reverberation
Roland SDE-2500 Delay
Stocktronics Plate reverb RX-4000B
Roland SIP-300 guitar preamp
Roland SIP-301 bass preamp
Roland Revo 33 Leslie simulator
Vocoders
Electro Harmonix vocoder
ETI Vocoder
Roland VP-330
Korg VC-10
Stomp boxes/effects
Boss CE-1
TC Electronics Chorus+flanger
E.H. Microsynth
Boss OS-2
Boss FT-2
Boss HM-2
Boss PS-2
Boss DC-2
Boss TW-1
DOD Env. filter
Yamaha Flanger
+more
Sequencers & rhythm
EMU SP-12 Turbo
Analogue Solutions Oberkorn
Hammond AutoVario 64
Korg EMX-1
Korg SQ-10
Roland CR-8000
Roland MC-500 Sequencer
Roland Octapad II
Roland Rhythm 77
Roland TR 606
Roland TR 707
Roland TR 808 x 2
Master Tape recorder
Revox B77 with Quantegy 499
Midi/CV/sync
Dtronics midi/sync
MOTU midi interface 8
Encore Expressionist
Doepfer MCV24 MIDI/CV
Various Kenton
Microphones
AKG C-1000 x 2
Rode NT-2
Jennen Crown
SM-58
various others
Monitoring
Ino Audio pip
Tannoy Little Red (mono)
Mixers
Soundcraft 8000 32/8
Ackuset 6 ch mixer Multitracking
PC with RME Fireface 800
Sonic Core A16 Ultra AD/DA
24 ch in/out