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Dave Smith MEK
via this auctionDave Smith Instruments MEK Evolver Keyboard Single Voice Synthesizer Features:
* 3-octave keyboard with velocity and aftertouch (pressure)
* Easy-to-program matrix-style front panel with 8 endless-turn rotary encoders
* Specifications:
* Four oscillators in total: two analog two digital
* Analog oscillator waveshape: sawtooth triangle saw-triangle and pulse (with voltage-controlled analog pulse-width modulation)
* Digital oscillators select from 96 wavetables from the Prophet-VS (128 x 12 bits) and 32 user-loadable (via MIDI) Wavetables (128 x 16 bits)
* Hard sync on the analog oscillators
* FM and ring mod on the digital oscillators
* Separate glide per oscillator with two glide modes
* Real voltage-controlled analog lowpass filters
* 4-pole/2-pole switchable fully resonant (in 4-pole mode)
* Right and left channel Analog Voltage Controlled Amplifiers (VCA)
* Dual digital 4-pole Highpass filters (one per channel) to place before or after analog electronics.
* Stereo audio inputs; Noise generator
* Envelope Follower and Peak Detect from External Input to use as modulation sources
* External Input can be used to gate envelopes and/or step the sequencer
* Three snappy ADSR envelopes
* Four LFOs (sync with sequencer and MIDI)
* Dual (left and right channel) tunable feedback loops; modulate frequency and amount
* Delay with 3 taps; each with separate time and amount modulation
* Syncs to sequencer/MIDI Normal feedback and additional feedback path through analog filters
* Individual digital one for each channel can be placed before or after analog electronics
* 4 Banks of 128 Programs for 512 total Programs Dump to/from MIDI
* 16 x 4 analog-style sequencer - syncs with MIDI
* Extensive Modulation capabilities including audio-range modulation Bipolar (+/-) modulation
* Internal computer and DSP chips can be reprogrammed via MIDI for easy upgrades
* Dimensions: 10-3/4" wide 6" deep and 1-1/2" high (27 x 15 x 4 cm)
* Weight: About 3 pounds
* Universal power supply runs nearly anywhere
* 100-240 V AC 50-60 Hz. Includes 4 adapters: USA Euro UK and Australia.
Ensoniq ESQ-1
images via this auction" - relatively easy to edit/program sounds
- - - very few nested pages
- up to 10,000 note sequencer
- 8 track sequencer
- variety of fliters
- 32 hybrid sampled waveforms
- historic but modern and affordable
- largely DIGITAL
- large LED display
- many "soft" buttons
- available connections: see picture - 61 keys
- velocity sensitive
- 40 patches in memory
- 3 LFOs
- 4 envelope generators
- 4-pole resonant analog lowpass filter
- final VCA (left/right panning)
- 3 digital oscillators per voice
- Timbrality: 8
- Polyphony: 8 voices
- Analog Subtractive Synthesis"
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Cyndustries Analog Modular Synthesizer w/TABLA
via this auction"CYNDUSTRIES modular package - the excruciatingly rare TABLA module (currently unavailable, took a good 6 - 9 months to build, and one of maybe 3 or so actually produced), the smokin' GATE SEQUENCER module and the MEDIUM POWER SUPPLY all housed comfortably in a Cyndustries SIX PAC enclosure! All modules have banana jacks and are identical to the MODCAN series A modules in size & appearance... the TABLA and GATE SEQUENCER makes a GREAT add on to any standard MOOG/ARP/MOTM/DOT COM/ROLAND modular system - all you need is a 1/4" to banana adapter and it will run flawlessly with your other modular gear (I ran it happily through my old monster dot com "hank" but since Hank's been sold I have little use for it!)."
Monday, July 21, 2008
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Studio Electronics ATC-Xi
via this auction"Quad Includes: MINI; S.E.M.; 303; 2600 Filters ($399.00 if purchased separately).
Fully discrete VCA and OSC 1 sine wave generation
All the features of the original ATC-X. New...Sine Wave generator on OSC 1. Also switchable amp... choose between ATC-X amp or classic Moog amp. New look and as always, same Studo Electronics audio quality."
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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Roland CSQ-600
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"In 1980 Roland released a new Digital Sequencer called the CSQ-600. It was an expanded version of the CSQ-100 which had been released the year before, with improved sync facilities and more memory. However it still fell short of the powerful MC-4 Micro-composer that Roland had launched 2 years earlier, but the CSQ-600 was considerably cheaper, at under £1000. It was frequently paired with Roland's analog monosynths like the SH-2, and it sold in higher volumes than the expensive MC-4. The CSQ-600 is strictly CV/gate, as it pre-dates MIDI by four years. It can store up to 150 notes into each of 4 separate tracks or parts, making for a total memory of 600 notes. Unlike the MC-4, it can only replay one track at once and there is no way of backing the sequences up to cassette. It does have a battery backed memory though, unlike the CSQ-100, so at least your 4 sequences are retained!"
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Roland JX-3P
images via this auction"The Roland JX-3P emerged in 1983 as the first MIDI-capable synth produced by Roland. Its architecture is more advanced than the Juno series synths produced around the same time. Both machines use the same interval-timer DCO technology and use the Roland IR3109 lowpass filter. It is a polyphonic, 61 key synthesizer with sawtooth, 50 and 10% pulse waveforms, and a noise generator. It performs as a nice inexpensive vintage synth that produces some great sounds, especially strings and brass. It has 32 factory programs and user memory for 32 programs, and a 128-step, six-part built-in sequencer that can be triggered by sync voltage from external devices such as the Roland TR-707 drum machine. Instead of analog sliders and knobs, the JX-3P used a series of buttons and a single data slider for selecting parameters."
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