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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
MOOG Micromoog
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction."Description: Monophonic analog synth with single VCO, waveshape modulation, sub-octave frequency doubler, 4-pole lowpass VCF, filter modulation, sample-and-hold, ribbon pitchbender, and extensive audio, CV, and S-trigger I/O complement.
Produced: Prototype made in 1975, in production from 1976 to 1979.
Approximate number manufactured: around 3,000.
Manufacturer: Moog Music, Buffalo, NY. Bob Moog left the company in 1977 and, after many years of heading Big Briar Inc. and being unable to make products under his own name for legal reasons, he repossessed the Moog Music name in 2003. The company is now based in Asheville, NC."
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Paia 4700
via this auction.3 vco's
1 reverb
1 equally tempered DAC
1 quad addressable sample hold unit
1 envelope follower
2 watt blocks
2 ring modulators
2 multi mode filters
1 regulated power supply
1 stereo mixer
1 control oscillator
1 digital encoded keyboard
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Friday, July 27, 2007
Alesis ION
via this auction."With 8 voices, 3 (!) oscillators per voice, 2 (self-resonant) filters with 16 (!) filter types including Moog, Arp, Oberheim, Roland Jupiter, comb and formant filters, 2 super fast LFOs, 3 envelopes, 4 part multi-timbrality, a 40 band vocoder, arpeggiator, FM, white/pink noise, ring modulation, real sample & hold, a powerful modulation matrix, insert and stereo master effects, 3 (!) back-lit control wheels and over 30 control knobs for real time tweaking, the ION is capable of amazingly gritty classic analog synth emulations, as well as complex modern VA/digital textures and an endless array of modular-style effects."
ARP Little Brother
via this auction."The Arp Little Brother is a great expansion module for the Arp Odyssey. It has its own built-in VCO oscillator and LFO. The Little Brother's LFO allows you to add extra modulation effects. Several Little Brothers can be stacked to expand the functionality of the Odyssey in a modular-like fashion. Imagine controlling an unlimmited number of oscillators from a single Odyssey keyboard! By running the
output of the Little Brother into the external audio input of the Odyssey, you can greatly expand your Odyssey's capability. The Little Brother has its own CV, gate and trigger inputs as well as an LFO out."
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Sequential Circuits Six-Trak
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.The Sequential Circuits Six-Trak was released in 1984 at a list price of $1295.
It is 28"wide, 11 ¾"deep, 4 ¼ high", weighing in at 20 pounds.
It features a 4 octave, non touch sensitive, keyboard with non spring loaded pitch and modulation wheels located on the left hand side above the keyboard.
The pitch wheels range is a third.
The six-trak will send and receive pitch and modulation wheel data via midi.
The six-trak is a six voice, multi-timbred unit that features an 800 note sequencer, arpegiator, and 100 patch locations.
The back panel features audio out, midi in and out ports, and a control foot switch which can be used to scroll through programs and advance the arpegiator one step at a time.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Roland GR-100
via this auction. This is the second one to come up in less than a week. I never saw them listed before this. More info in this post.
Alesis Micron
via this auction.# Industry-leading Ion analog-modeling sound engine in a compact package
# 8 voices, each with 3 oscillators, 2 multimode filters, 3 envelope generators, 2 LFOs, sample and hold, and tracking generator
# 4 multitimbral parts
# Programmable step sequencer and arpeggiator
# Programmable rhythm sequencer for drum kits
# Dynamic real-time phrase sequencer
# Stereo effects, including reverb and 40-band vocoder
# 1/4" balanced stereo analog outputs and inputs with 24-bit conversion
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Monday, July 23, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Yamaha CS-01
via this auction."The Yamaha CS01 Mark II improves upon the first CS01, which is itself a classic instrument. This is a true analog synthesizer with mini keys, very stable with no oscilllator drift like the minimoogs used to have, sliders for LFO, VCO, VCF, VCA, and EG with individual sliders for the parameters of each of these. There's an input for a Yamaha breath controller, which can control either VCF or VCA , plus wheels for pitch bend and modulation (assignable to VCF or VCO)."
Friday, July 20, 2007
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Roland Jupiter-6
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction."This Roland Jupiter-6 is a vintage 6-voice analog polyphonic synthesizer, with a splitable keyboard, memory for 48 tones and 32 patches (two tones set up in a split combination). Each voice consists of two voltage controlled oscillators, a multimode filter (high- low- and band- pass), PWM, two ADSR envelopes (invertible), and LFO. The unit has a second LFO which is shared by all six voices. An arpeggiator is also included.
The multimode filter allows the Jupiter-6 to achieve a modularity for special sounds which its older brother, the Jupiter-8, cannot reach. The oscillators are Curtis based CEM3340 chips, having the ability to make multiple selection of waveforms. A basic MIDI implementation is included, usable in Omni mode."
"I am also including a set of mahogany side panels, made by CustomSynth UK. They look beautiful on the instrument, however the screw holes are not quite aligned with the holes on the synth. I have used these panels held with only 2 longer screws (included) and worked just fine."
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
KORG Polysix
Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction."This Korg Polysix was built in Japan by the Keio Electronic Laboratory Corporation, in Tokyo Japan, Circa 1981.
The synthesizer does make sound for all six voices and all the SSM 2044 and 2056 chips are still functioning (no missing or bad chips). It does need work. I found that the controls for cut-off and resonance seem to have no effect. I did find that switching between the program patches actually does change the patch and sound.
There is a chunk out of the middle A key. There are also a couple of dents in the simulated wood sides left and right. (see images)
All Polysixes suffered from a fatal design flaw related to preserving their patch memory. They used an ancient and volatile Ni-Cad battery that decayed and leaked after 10-15 years. This Polysix actually had it's leaky battery removed but not replaced at some point. There also appears to be some jump wire patching on the middle control board. (again see images).
The Polysix was one the first affordable programmable polyphonic synthesizers. It also has a nice selectable effects group that lets you engage a chorus, phaser, or ensemble and dial in your preferred speed or intensity. The Polysix can also run a vicious six voice unison lead, there is also a chord memory and hold. The arpeggiator is latchable and has up, down, and up/down modes."
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