Synthwood Pro One Modwheels

Remember the Synthwood clear modwheels from DSI? Here's an image of one lit. They come as part of the Sequential Circuits Pro One Wood case. Note these are the same modwheels used in the DSI MEK and PEK as well as the MOOG Voyager. Title link takes you to a few more shots of the Synthwood Pro One Case extras.

# Each custom Pro-One wood case includes: A Dave Smith Wheel box with new acrylic wheels
# Two New Pro-One spec pitch/mod potentiometers
# Pro-One, Sequential Circuits and Synthwood.com nameplates
# LED backlit (red, blue, yellow, orange, white .. et cetera) in the works

Sequential Circuits Nameplates Via Synthwood

You might remember Synthwood from previous posts. They specialize in custom wood cases for the Pro One and wood panels for various synths. They take custom orders and they now make nameplates for the Sequential Circuits Pro One, Prophet 5, and Sequential Circuits line of analog synths. You can find more images of the nameplates here. Title link takes you to Synthwood.

"We used a satin brushed stainless plate that is just a bit thicker than the originals. The result is it won't curly up or crimp as easily. I found this out by plopping down one a PRO-ONE and noticing it was slightly crooked, I was able to pull it off and re-set it without the folding. One other thing that is really noticeable is that the original PRO-ONE/SEQUENTIAL circuits (at least the rev1) isn't brushed, but a plain bright aluminum. I find the satin brushed aluminum to be closer to what the Prophet-5 has and much better looking.

We've also made our own little badge which we are shipping with our Pro-One, Prophet 5 and Mini-Moog cases. We don't install the badge, but we do write the completed date and a 3 digit serial number (do you think we could break 999?). Oh! And we *ARE* shipping all our wood Pro-One and Prophet-5 cases with the new nameplates.

We're asking $18 shipped for each nameplate (Add $3 if you're outside of the USA). They're currently listed on ebay, but we actually have a revamp, customer gallery and shopping cart in testing for our website that should show up next month."

You can find Synthwood on Ebay.

Sequential Circuits Pro-One with Synthwood Case

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"Sequential Circuits Pro One, serial number 6247. This is the superior and reliable J-wire keyboard model with the chassis mounted power supply. As the photos show, the control panel is immaculate. All knobs are original and just a couple have some slight fading of the white indicator line. As shown in the photos, there is some tape residue around the serial number sticker - mentioned for complete accuracy sake. Please be aware that there are some photos with camera flash wash-out/glare that just prove I'm a lousy photographer!

During the process of transplanting this into the new case, ALL rubber key bushings were replaced, so the keyboard plays like a dream. Additionally, all pots and switches were triple-flushed with Caig CaiLube MCL (Moving Contact Lubricant) 5% spray to fully clean all dust and old lube out. After that, every pot and switch was then lubed with Caig CaiLube MCL 100% spray to assure smooth, noise-free operation - and that they do!

The solid cherry case was made by Synthwood, who sells here on eBay, and includes the custom Dave Smith wheel box with clear pitch and mod wheels. Not only are the wheels nice and chunky, but the pitch wheel has spring return to center, which the originals did not have (they had a center detent). Not to disparage Synthwood in any way, but the beautiful finish you see here was done by me - I felt the synth deserved nothing less than a "furniture-like" finish. I painstakingly progressively sanded the case, ending at 400 grit, then hand applied a light cherry tinted Tung oil finish (two coats of color, one of clear). It turned out stunning, if I do say so myself. I also replaced the case screws with longer, proper wood screws for strength and aesthetics. The case alone, without MY beautiful finish job, will cost you $325.00 + $25.00 shipping, and a degree of custom fitting is required.

A custom made LeCover dust cover is included; the Pro One has ALWAYS been covered when not in use.

If you're looking at a Pro One of this caliber, you already know all the technical details of the synth itself, so I won't drone on with those. Suffice it to say, this Pro One is an amazing synth - sounds amazing, works perfectly and looks phenomenal. The investment I have in this in both time and money is staggering, any buyer will certainly get a bargain at any price. The cost to build one like this today, in materials alone, would be around $1,200.00 if you had to buy the donor Pro One as well."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Case by Synthwood

via this auction

"This is a new custom wood case for the Sequential Circuits Pro-One analogue synthesizer. The case is complete with screws, mounting hardware and a newly designed pitch / mod wheel box. It is designed to replace the flimsy original plastic case with very little or no alteration to the original sheet metal bottom case or control panel.
Dave Smith Instruments has designed a brand new pitch / mod wheel box which we are including with the kit. It is fully assembled and tested.
This case was designed and created by SYNTHWOOD.COM in the USA.

What is included:
# A complete finished wood case for your Pro-One
# Black Walnut (shown), Maple or Mahogany - Your Choice
# Brand new wheel box designed by Dave Smith Instruments
# A new Sequential Circuits and Pro-One nameplate
# Four black head machine screws to replace your old ones
# 6 T-Nuts to mount your control panel
# 8 black wood screws
# 4 machine screws for mounting your new wheel box
# Online installation guide with a step by step process with pictures What is pictured and is optional:
# Installation by SYNTHWOOD.COM (contact us)
# Newly made Prophet-5 style knobs (add $44)
# RGB Backlit kit for pitch/mod wheels installed (add $30) (Colors are user selectable - Red, Green, Blue, Violet, Aqua and White) What is NOT included in this auction:
# A Sequential Circuits Pro-One synthesizer"

The infamous white faced Pro One

The infamous white faced Pro One from Logan Mannstrane on Vimeo.

"Mods, wood, and electronic restoration by Synthwood.com. Custom paint and printing by Customsynth.uk

High-Res pictures of the synth located here:

matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/12/customsynth-white-pro-one.html

Signal chain:

Pro-One --> Siemens 295b EQ --> Eventide 2016 reverb --> Prism Sound Orpheus

This Pro One is tuned 1 octave lower than stock. Bill Leeb used to own this Pro One. He is "kinda famous". Google his name. :P"

Synthwood Pro One Prototype #3

"So basically the two prototypes #1 and #2 were scrapped. The third one which was supposed to be production #1 has now been corrected and renumbered as prototype #3 and was fitted onto Mike McKnight's rev 1.2 Pro-One. This synth will also be featured in the September article. The rev 1.2 required a bit of restoral work on the PCB to get it functioning again.

We do the conversion (you send us your donor Pro-One) now for anyone who wants it $385 shipping included in the USA."

Title link takes you to more shots. via Synthwood

Sequential Circuits Pro-One SN 5131 w/ Prophet-5 Style Knobs

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via this auction

"Sequential Circuits Pro One, no modifications. Serial 5131. Looks almost new and has been fully serviced and tuned.

New bushings, J-Wire cleaned, all pots and switches cleaned. All pots changed to Prophet knobs. White noise fixed, external audio input fixed so that it does not distort at normal levels.

Sounds VERY Pro-One!"

Love the look of the metal Prophet-5 knobs over the original plastic. It gives the synth a more robust look. Made me think of Synthwood's wooden case for the Pro-One. JJ Abrams had his done. :) You'll also find a white one in the archives.

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Sequential Circuits Pro One Wood Case

More pics here via this auction.

Note the auction is not for an actual Pro One, but the custom wood case built by Synthwood, along with a new mod and pitch wheel case from Dave Smith Instruments.

Details:
"This is a custom ALL NEW WOOD CASE for the Sequential Circuits Pro-One analogue synthesizer. The case is complete with screws, mounting hardware and a newly designed pitch / mod wheel box. It is designed to replace the flimsy original plastic case with very little or no alteration to the original sheet metal bottom case. You will need to align your keyboard tray to accommodate the new wheel box. This can be done by either machining or drilling new holes in the keyboard tray about 1/2" offset from the originals.

Dave Smith Instruments has designed a brand new pitch / mod wheel box which we are including with the kit. The new wheel box allows you to use your existing Pro-One pitch / mod pots and wiring harness with a brand new set of acrylic wheels.

Its important to note that the images below are of our second PROTOTYPE and while it does have a couple of noticable blemishes they WILL NOT show up on yours. Yours will be even more beautiful and unique.

When you are doing the installation you will also need to replace your old plastic SwitchCraft jacks with more durable metal switched jacks that can be mounted to the back of the case. Typically these jacks will be broken anyway, so the conversion is a great opportunity to wire in replacements. We can include these 7 pre-wired jacks if needed for $15, or you can just make them yourself by following our installation guide.

What is included:

# A completely finished and assembled wood case
# Black Walnut (shown), Cherry or Mahogany - Your Choice
# Brand new wheel box designed by Dave Smith Instruments
# Two new clear acrylic pitch / mod wheels
# Pitch / Mod pot brackets (You use your existing pots)
# Four black head machine screws to replace your old ones
# 6 T-Nuts with 6 washers to mount your control panel
# 8 black wood screws (installed)
# Installation guide with a step by step process with pictures Nameplates will be available very soon. Shipping is $25 in the USA, $55 via airmail elsewhere"

Previous posts on Synthwood

Sequential Circuits Pro One in Custom Synthwood Case

via this auction

"For sale is a very special Sequential Circuits Pro One. It has a new custom wood casing made by Synthwood, including a blue illumination wheel mod and prophet 5 knob kit. The original knobs are also included. Mint condition and fully functional. Comes with original manual. The more sought after J-Wire version. Serviced last year and is fully operating at factory specs. New key bushings, calibrated, tuned, the works. See pictures below for more details. If there is one Pro One out there to get, this is the one."

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PNW2008: Stephen Jones Shows the Synthwood Pro-One and MMM

YouTube via matrixsynth

"Stephen Jones shows the custom Synthwood Pro-One and Mattson Mini Modular at the Pacific Northwest Synth Gathering 2008."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Analog Synthesizer SN 9270

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via this auction

"Everything seems to work well: I checked out the all of the potentiometers and the switches and all are functional. Only the Noise/Ext pot in the mixer is a bit scratchy near the lower end – very likely some cleaning spray would help that. I also checked out all the external connections and they both send and receive CV/trig as they should; the Filter In and Audio In both work appropriately.

The cosmetics overall are good (see the pics). There are two basic cosmetic flaws:

There is a drilled hole in the upper right panel, where someone might have had a switch or wanted to put an 'ON' indicator LED? I don't know, I received it this way. You could install a switch there (it would be a good place for a 'Invert Filter Envelope' toggle switch), or you could use a hole plug, or just some electrician's tape to cover it up.

The pitch wheel has an internal crack. However, this seems purely cosmetic: the wheel itself is in solid shape.

Now, on the chassis is a high serial number (9270), which would usually indicate that this has one of the dreaded 'membrane' keyboards. However, this keyboard does NOT have the membrane keyboard, it has the superior J-wire design. I know because I installed the J-wire keyboard here. It was from my other Pro One with an earlier serial number (I put that Pro One into a Synthwood case and used instead the keys from a dead Juno-106). To reiterate, the synthesizer in this auction has the J-wire keyboard, (see the pics) and I just replaced the bushings and cleaned up the wires and buss bar, so it's working nicely.

I also recapped the unit, removing all old electrolytics and tantalum caps, and replacing with new electrolytics.

Everything is working, but due to this being vintage analog electronics, all sales are final. I do guarantee that it won't arrive DOA."

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Smoov-E's Synthwood Pro-One

more images on synthwood.com

# Pacific Northwest Walnut
# RGB LED backlit wheels (set to Aqua)
# Synhouse midijack
# Lighted power switch

smoovbasket




YouTube via smoovbasket. The Pro-One before synthwood. Also a VL-tone.

"Clips from Smoov-E's live album "Simply Suggestive". Go to www.longduck.com for more information."

Clear DSI Modwheels for your Pro One

If you remember this post, Stephen of Synthwood mentioned that Dave Smith would be providing clear Modwheel and case enclosures for Synthwood to use in their custom Pro One wood cases. Well, it looks like they are in! Here's a link to one up for auction.

Previous Synthwood posts

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Custom Wood Case

Another synthwood Pro-One born

I've seen these in person.
They are very, very nice.

Note the Moog/DSI style clear mod wheels. Synthwood.com offers a mod to add RGB leds.

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JJ Abrams On His Synthwood Pro-One

via http://synthwood.com/pro-one/

"I am suddenly the owner of MY FAVORITE SYNTH .. I am blown away .. THIS THING IS GORGEOUS." - JJ Abrams, Bad Robot

follow-up to this post.

Custom Sequential Circuits Pro-One Black & White Case

more images at synthwood

via Scott Metzger:

"CustomSynth supplied the front and back decals. This Pro One used to be owned by Bill Leebs of Front Line Assembly. It was in horrible cosmetic condition, but sounded great. Stephen of Synthwood spent a ton of extra time getting this looking pretty for me. One of my favorite Mono synths!"

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The #0010 Pro-One via Synthwood

Click here for shots of Pro One #0010 redone by Synthwood with Prophet 5 style knobs and Synthwood custom case. Very nice.

JJ Abrams Synthwood Sequential Circuits Pro-One

Yes, this JJ Abrams

THE JJ Abrams of Bad Robot that brought us Alias, Lost, Fringe and is about to bring us the new Star Trek film. If you were a fan of Music Thing you might remember that JJ Abrams is actually a synth aficionado from this post.

THIS IS his Pro-One redone by Synthwood. You can find more images of it here.

So... My question is... When are we going to see an obscure synth on Lost! Come on JJ, it would fit right in, you can do it! :)

Labeling this one as "Featured." If it's not worthy of the label, I don't know what is... Think about it, the guy behind Bad Robot is into synths! [Lost is my favorite show on TV BTW]

Note the inscription on the modwheel casing in the bottom shot.

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synthwood.com pitch/mod wheel colorizer

# Available for the synthwood Pro-One wood case conversion kit
# Comptabile with the DSI Prophet '08 (shown), DSI Poly Evolver, Moog Voyager
# User selectable colors: Red, Green, Blue, White, Violet, Yellow, Turquoise and off
# Colors can be independently set
# synthwood figured maple wood sides shown

on synthwood

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Sequential Circuits Pro One with Synthwood Case & Clear Mod Wheels

via this auction

"This is a rare opportunity to buy a Pro One already fitted with a Synthwood case! This is the J-wire version with the power supply mounted directly to the chassis."

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