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"Up for sale is a piece of Tom Oberheim history! rarer than chicken lips!! Oberheim Digital Sequencer model DS-2A... Perfect for your SEM Two/Four/Eight Voice, MOOG, ARP synths! About 1975, Oberheim electronics introduced the DS-2a, a "Digital" sequencer capable of remembering one-hundred and fourty-four notes. Although it was only a monophonic device, the attraction to this type of sequencer was that notes could be entere in both "real time" or "step time" from the synthesizer keyboard. This was of great interest to composers who would prefer to play notes in from the piano keyboard, rather than having to painstakingly "tune in" one note at a time with a potentiometer. This unit had the capacity for three sequences that could either be played back independently or chained together to play in turn, but there was no means of permanent storage for anything loaded into the device. Since all information was stored in a "volatile" RAM memory, everything was erased when the power was removed. Simply a great instrument for creative use."
via Steve: "This is a once in a lifetime chance to own an Arp 2500 without breaking the bank to do it. The eBay listing tells the whole story- this Arp 2500 was purchased during ARP's bankruptcy auction, on site at ARP, by my friend Larry O. The modules were, and remained, in plastic wrap with tags right off the QA line. He recently assembled them into a 'mini' Arp 2500 system built into a cabinet from the QA dept of ARP.
It was fully serviced by Phil at CMS just now and is on eBay.
You will probably never, ever, see such a pristine and AFFORDABLE Arp 2500 for sale... Get it before its gone!"
via this auction:
"The Who’s Pete Townshend and Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page were only two of the devotees of this legendary instrument. Hell, it was the ARP 2500 that was used to call to the aliens in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”!
The History
This extremely rare and primo system is the last of more than 100 modules and eight cabinets I personally purchased from the auction at the ARP factory when the company went out of business back in 1981. These modules were still wrapped in plastic with QA tags attached when I got them. (See recent photo of QA tags below.) They have seen very little use over the last 30 years (the QA tags are stamped with 1975 dates).
The cabinet resided in ARP’s Engineering Department, where it was used for prototyping new modules. The original serial number tag identifies it as being the 45th cabinet made in 1970 (70-045). Five of the modules and the cabinet sport ARP’s earliest logo (the “squishy lines”), while the rest have the “treble clef” logo.
Vintage? Oh yeah.
Needless to say, I cherry-picked a beautiful configuration to keep as my final remnant: four VCOs, two VCFs, two VCAs, four envelope generators, sample/hold, noise generators.
For the full auction story and a listening tour of this instrument, copy and paste these links to see my YouTube videos [below]
The Modules
This is one sweeeeet system, the likes of which you are not likely to see again. It’s the real deal:
1004-T Oscillator (mixable waveform)
1023 Dual Oscillator
1045 Voltage-Controlled Voice (this thing is The S**t)
1036 Dual Sample & Hold/Random Voltage
1003 Dual EG
1006 Filtamp
1016 Dual Noise
Click “Buy It Now” and get an additional 1006 Filtamp, also just back from service by CMS!
The Icing on the Cake
Included are an original, print Owner’s Manual, a CD containing PDFs of all the circuits and parts (though you really should have Phil do any work on it), and a cabinet extension cable.
On request I can provide an Excel doc containing The Gory Details: serial numbers, CMS service specifics, patching details for the outer slots."
Sold For: US $12,000.00
ARP2500 KingoftheModulars
YouTube via theonlylarrytheo
"Larry the O gives a tour of his ARP2500, including how he purchased it at the ARP auction."
ARP2500 mod improv1
"Part 1 of 2 of Larry the O improvising on an ARP 2500 modulation patch. A sound design session from the boop-squawk school."
ARP2500 mod improv2
"Part 2 of 2 of Larry the O improvising on an ARP 2500 modulation patch. Are you experienced? Have you ever been experienced? Well, I have."
ARP2500 S&H improv
"Larry the O improvising on an ARP 2500 sample-and-hold patch. Boop-squawk sound design, old-school style."
via Analog Industries "The whole concept is based upon an idea I had to generate odd rhythms a while ago, and which I've now ported to the iPhone/Touch. Basically, you give the little plankton a shove, and it bounces about. When it hits a wall or runs over one of the smaller planktons it makes a noise.
There is also a background loop running, and you can choose from four sample sets for the walls and interceptions, and three different background loops. It also sends OSC messages for the wall hits, interceptions, and the X/Y position of the plankton. (That, of course, is the real usefulness of the app, as a mod and note generator, but it is kind of fun as a noise maker too, in my opinion.)"
"A work by Ben Houston and Arius Blaze combining the synthesis from the subharmonic field by Arius Blaze, the hand plate of the electric hands by Ben Houston and a nice analog delay with slide controls."
YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan "Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau and you are listening to "Smiling at clouds", a track i have made entirely with Plogue Bidule. It's only one complex sequence and a melody on the top of it. I hope you like that track. Tell me..."
1. Change Input Gain for 10Vpp Signals 2. Add Three Input Mixer 3. Change Output Driver 4. Add Reversing Attenuator for FM1 Input 5. Add LED Driver for LFO Output 6. Change AUX Input Gain for 10Vpp Signals
"The Museum will be hosting an opportunity drawing to win one of several great prizes donated by Moog Music, Inc., The Bob Moog Foundation, the Museum of Making Music, George Duke and others:
* A private look at The Bob Moog Archives in Asheville, North Carolina with The Bob Moog Foundation Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa and Mike Adams, President/CEO of Moog Music Inc.
* A VIP tour and luncheon at the Museum of Making Music on January 18, 2010 with Moog exhibition advisor Brian Kehew, Moog Foundation Executive Director Michelle Moog-Koussa, Moog Music Inc. President/CEO Mike Adams, Museum Executive Director Carolyn Grant and Curator Tatiana Sizonenko.
* Moog Little Phatty Synthesizer autographed by George Duke and Moog luminaries (including Brian Kehew, Michelle Moog-Koussa and others).
* Two (2) tickets to the George Duke & Anita Baker concert at the Nokia Theatre on November 7, 2009.
Starting October 15, 2009 the Museum will offer opportunity drawing tickets for $1 per ticket. Additionally, for every 25 entries purchased, the Museum will provide 2 complimentary entries."
"It's in excellent physical condition and it works just fine, except for one major thing, which is an intriguingly distorted output when more than one key is pressed.
via this auction
"perfect condition Sequential Circuits Pro One synthesizer, the superior j-wire keyboard version. This synth is in absolutely mint cosmetic condition. I've never seen another one in nicer condition since I've been collecting synths. All keys are level, with zero yellowing, and the original wood panels are perfect with no scratches whatsoever. No scratches, chipping or fading on any of the white lettering or logos. It was never gigged and spent most of it's time stored in it's original box for almost two decades in a smoke-free home. Functionally it works perfectly, all knobs work as expected and keys trigger perfectly with no double triggering. The j-wires have been professionally cleaned recently and brand new rubber bushings from winecountry installed, so the action feels brand new."
"This demonstration uses my crude DIY flux capacitor for the Livewire AFG, basically 5 switches and 10 jacks corresponding to the flux cap pins. Two pin pairs are attenuated by two VCA's controlled by the makenoise/wiard wogglebug, crosspatched with the malekko/wiard noisering, which drives the melodic noodling, via a A-189-1 used as a bitcrusher, to perform cheap quantizing."
YouTube via AncienneBelgique "SUNN O))) at the dominofestval 06 brussels @ AB. watch more docu's, vids and free concerts @ abconcerts.be/abtv" http://www.ideologic.org/
via Edwin: "just a cool video i thought I would share, of the progressive metal band, Sunn O))) (pronounced: Sun)"
http://www.tubeohm.com/ "TubeOhm Pure-D16/24B is the second SYNTH of the PURE-SYNTH triology.
It comes with 128 factory sound . Phantastic ambient sounds, organ, bass, arp sounds strings...
The user can load own samples in three SAMPLE OSCILLATORS and design new sounds with VCF, VCA, ADSR. A complete effect section with DELAY, LESLIE, PHASER, CHORUS, REVERB gives the last punch. One additional soundbank with 100 new sound from Peter Schelfhout for free!!
To much to explain, download the Pure-D16/24B demo and test it out! In the end it's only the sound that counts!
Technical infos: -LFO 1 monophon /polyphon -2 modulations busses with 6 sources, 9 destinations , 5 controller -velo DCA/DCF -3 Sampler with 16/24bit mono/stereo -loop on/off/in/os and reverse function. -mixer with routing -distortion for each Sampler -ringmodulation -12/24dB HP/TP BP filter -6 dB filter ' smooth ' Filter -DCA lin/log , timestretch and volumen dump function -soft distortion -Arpeggiator -MIDI LEARN for all parameters - multistage envelope, with loop function - effectsection mit delay, leslie, phaser, chorus, reverb." "PURE-Pten 1.5 Synthesizer NEW FEATURES: - Chorus - Enhanced waveforms with PW - fixed some small bugs - 10 voices - 3 Oscillator per Voice / Oscillator 3 with super Wave function - 1 Multi-mode Filter 12/24dB, -TP/HP-BP"
TubeOhm PURE-Pten YouTube via tubeohmsound "Pure-Pten virtueller VST Synthesizer"
YouTube via zebranalogiczetangas "Dual Vcf The dual VCF is a unit that includes two VCF modules that can be controlled via Midi, with the option to selects channels from 1 to 16. The dual VCF can also be controlled in PWM and AD mode, Attack, Decay and you also have the option of controlling it with a separate Lfo, with four types of waves, square, triangle, Sawtooth, Disphased Sawtooth. The Dual VCF can be used in parallel mode using the filters as alternative for stereo simulation, or in serial mode on monaural alternative. The Dual VCF includes a completely analog filter mode selector so that you can select the following three positions: Low Pass, High Pass and Band Pass. The Dual VCF has a true bypass connection and works directly connected to 220ac or 110ac depending on your country of residence."
YouTube via EA78751
"Some video from Handmade Music Austin #1, Oct 18 2009. Twenty people learned about soldering and built Mini Space Rockers and Andromeda MK-1 analog drum machines. Everybody got a different Mini Space Rockers sound effect (like Skrew Bass, El Grito, Mouse, and Space Hawk!) Thats what you're hearing here... I didnt get a good recording of the Andromeda MK-1 jam though. Next month, November, we'll build the Autonomous Bassline Generator from 4ms Pedals. After that, the Nebulophone from Bleep Labs."
also see Mini Space RockersUpdate:
YouTube via horchacha. unicorn chaser. "like a rainbow in the dark mc202 plus target bought distortion/chorus paia fatman through tc fireworx kick through noise swash
"Up for sale is a piece of Tom Oberheim history! rarer than chicken lips!! Oberheim Digital Sequencer model DS-2A... Perfect for your SEM Two/Four/Eight Voice, MOOG, ARP synths! About 1975, Oberheim electronics introduced the DS-2a, a "Digital" sequencer capable of remembering one-hundred and fourty-four notes. Although it was only a monophonic device, the attraction to this type of sequencer was that notes could be entere in both "real time" or "step time" from the synthesizer keyboard. This was of great interest to composers who would prefer to play notes in from the piano keyboard, rather than having to painstakingly "tune in" one note at a time with a potentiometer. This unit had the capacity for three sequences that could either be played back independently or chained together to play in turn, but there was no means of permanent storage for anything loaded into the device. Since all information was stored in a "volatile" RAM memory, everything was erased when the power was removed. Simply a great instrument for creative use."
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