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We've been working on custom Analog Sweden products which will fit your everyday use and I'm sure you'll love. Coming February 2012, more info soon.

We had Dj:s Marcus Schössow, Henrik B and Pablo O for a nice visit in the studio where we fulfilled long time dreams of playing the minimoog through a re-201 space echo and playing the Roland Jupiter 8. Henrik B, who is besides being a Dj and producer, is also an analog addict. We had a cool jam session, and who knows what the future might bring? Marcus Schössow who usually only uses a computer has recently produced an album using hardware only, including a Moog Voyager, quote -"Making patches on hardware is definitely more fun". I can nothing but agree.

We're on Christmas holiday from 14th of dec to early January. You can still reach us, but response times might be longer.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and an Analog New Year :)

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WARNING! No vintage content! ;) I have worked with sound design & music since the late 80:s where I started off with the Commodore 64 and did music for Shadow of the Beast and Blood Money to name a few. Recently I did a test on a soundless clip which I found on youtube by the very talented animator James Ford of Ford Studios I hope you enjoy it! Disclaimer: No cats were harmed during the production!

Read more about our services here.

Original clip:

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...and I've really not prioritized the blog. Maybe that's stupid. You tell me!

We have done a lot of work recently, and I'm going to share most of it. Here's an Oberheim Xpander that needed love. One output and a cv jack was broken and the battery needed to go. The Xpander is really beautiful inside and easy to work on - just a few screws and then hood up the lid. Battery was changed to a battery holder for a CR2032 coin cell battery so the user can change it himself - no need to solder. I didn't have to play around with it though... many machines waiting for attention. Finishing up a Yamaha CS-60 which has been here for far too long, but unfortunately it is hard to find certain custom parts :(

See ya soon with Clavinets, Rhodes, RS-202 and usual spaceships CS-80, ARP 2600 and more getting loove!

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This amazing serial 11xxxis up for grabs. Cosmetically probably as close to perfect as you´ll get without buying a new. Keyboard and bushings perfect. Delivered calibrated and ready for action. The power button was changed by swedish distributor to conform to swedish electronic regulations in the 70:s

Price 4000 euro

Mini played by me, recorded direct to soundcard.

Gotta love that sound.

Always.

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  <span>8 voices of tom - Oberheim Eight Voice by AnalogSweden</span>

Busy month with my daughter starting day care, getting the evil viruses home and knocking the family down. So, not much time for work, unfortunately! But with all the hype on the upcoming Tom Oberheim SO4V - Son of 4 voice - I thought I'd post a sound clip from a live tweaking on the Oberheim Eight voice in our studio. Enjoy :)

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I must admit that the response on the compo to make a cover of Also sprach Zarathustra or An der schönen blauen donau (lead themes for 2001) on a TB-303 or X0Xb0X wasn't massive. In fact we only got one submission, but that we salute. It wasn't a simple task :D

Kroffe, a fellow synth repair dude and musician from Stockholm, Sweden submitted the version Richard Strauss would never have expected.

Congratulations to the first prize! A couple of printouts from the previous post is on its way to you.

kroffe_-_acid_sprach_zarathustra.mp3 Listen on Posterous

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After a some mails on the analogue heaven mailing list I just got the urge to do this. The conversation started about the possibility of reverse engineering the TB-303 CPU, because it is not available anymore. Then the discussion turned to how many different patterns would be possible to program on the 303. I will not bore you with the details, but here are the last mails that led to the making of the picture above:

"37 possible notes:
each note can have neither accent or slide +37
each note can be accented +37
each note can be "slid" + 37
each note can have both accent and slide +37
each note can be a rest +1

If I'm right about that, then for 16th note patterns the total possible
variations is the sum of: 149 ^patternLength
where patternLength is 1-16"

"To me this looks correct. If you calculate this it would add up to a staggering 5.9*1034 possibilities!!!"

"According to recent articles there are only 3 x 1023 stars in the Universe."

"The 303 is certainly a universe of its own"

"it's full of stars"

....
Crazy Compo time!

Make a cover of Also sprach Zarathustra or An der schönen blauen donau (lead themes for 2001) on a TB-303 or X0Xb0X and win a printout of he picture :) The best five will win, decided by me alone. Send your submission to info at analogsweden dot com   Effects and outboard is allowed!, but only 303 soundz please.

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So, what could this be? Chances are that if you're visiting this blog, you certainly recognize the legend and layout. But what is it? No, it's not a t-shirt, and to make it even harder, it's not the actual end product that is shown in the picture ;)
It will hit the market early 2011. Send your guess to info at analogsweden com, and you can win the product.

Terms:
The winner will be announced in december 2010. Your mail address will not be sold or given away etc, but we might use it to send you info related to Analog Sweden. If I've told you what it is before, you're not allowed to participate. You know who you are  ;)

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The client had a TB-303 which did not work well when then Sync-cable was inserted. Intermittent jack was the problem.
Fixed the flakey din-sync jack by unsoldering, removing the clear plastic protective cap, and cleaning the corroded switch. Take good care of this jack, because you wont find a new one. Normally the 303 plays from the internal clock. When a sync cable is inserted it activates a switch that changes the sync to "in"-modes. If this jack breaks it has to be replaced with a normal jack, and then add an in/out-switch.

Also replaced an intermittent tact switch. A 303 with bad switches is no fun at all. Played it with the 606 and now it jams again :)

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The beautiful Yamaha CS60 we had for sale has been sold, and I was a bit surprised because first it was out for a few months with zero interest, and then all of a sudden we had over 10 requests in less than two weeks. The CS-virus is possibly the next pandemic risk... The buyer wisely opted to have a major overhaul done to make the CS-60 more future proof. First up was a recap and change of opamps in the power supply. The big caps were glued to the board, as you can see in pic 2, so if you're going to do this be prepared to tug a bit extra. Recapping went smoothly and everything works tip top :) Next up is trimmer and CMOS replacement. Stay tuned.

Parts list:

2 x  3300uF 63V ø25x30              2 x 1000uF 63V ø16x35.5                4 x 220uF 50V 105C 10x16                       8 x 100nF 63V 5mm                             4 x 10nF 63V 5mm                             2 x 4558 DIP-8 dual high gain op-amp

And now, something completely different. I needed a cable to input the audio line level directly from my synthesizers to the mic input of my camera, a canon 5d mark 2. Two resistors and and some wire was needed, and it ended up in a neat little package. The resistors fit in the 6.3 female jack.I used the simple schematics found here

I plan to use it with the Magic Lantern firmware which disables the automatic gain compensation and gives you audio meters. Hooray!

There's no support for the latest canon firmware, so sadly I'll have to do with AGC... :(

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More to come about this beatiful 2600 from 1971 which will be up for sale as soon as we have done repairs, PSU restoration, total cleaning including restoring the slider pots, calibration, yada yada. It has the original patch cables, manual and a solid history from the one and only owner. If you're in a need for a 2600 with 3604 keyboard, this could be your dream come true. At a cost of course... ;)

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Hi everyone! Long time no blogging! We're rebuilding everything that's digital here. That means using posterous as our new social media platform, which we're really looking forward to. Paul is no longer with us, thanks for your time and work here. You can follow Paul on www.dinsync.info and read his (mostly) x0x-related posts. We're upgrading our workshop with more tools for woodworking and general construction. Studio is getting a touch up and you'll soon be able to see and hear much more from it. Peace and blessings from a rainy autumn in Sweden, where we keep ourselves cozy with analog warmth :)

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Starting off with a little video of the Oberheim OB-8 w. midi we have for sale for 2200 euro. [Edit: SOLD!]

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