MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, April 30, 2007

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flickr by two ton shoe.

MOG Little Phatty Tribute Edition.

Click here shots via this auction.

Details:
"2 VERY RARE ANALOG + CV synth + 2 apple2 computers the kit includes:
- 2 x cmu-800r de roland compu music for apple
- 2 x apple2 with disk drive
- 1 x cart midi interface for apple2 de Passport Designs
- 1 x operation manual for cmu-800 original
- shématics (copy)
- no software"

You *might* be able to track the software down. See this post. via JB

ARP Odyssey III Slider Caps

via this auction.
Funny, I never really thought about the Mk III slider caps being different than the earlier revs. I don't think I've ever seen a shot of them on their own like this before. It's interesting that most Odysseys on ebay are the earlier Mk I and Mk II editions. Anyone know how many Mk IIIs were made in comparison to the earlier ones? I'm curious if it's a matter of the number of units made and/or if it has to do with people just wanting to hold onto their Mk IIIs. BTW, the is the last of a slew of auctions from the same seller. You can find the rest of the sellers items here. via Ethan

MOOG Rogue

via this auction.

via Ethan

Oberheim OB-8

via this auction.

via Ethan

ARP Odyssey III

via this auction.

via Ethan

MOOG Sonic Six

via this auction.

via Ethan

Nick's World Of Synthesizers

Title link takes you to Nick's World of Synthesizers where you will find a flash based version of the DIY synth you seen in this picture. Pretty cool. Have fun. : )

via -=-A:

Update: You can find more images of the actual synth here.

JUNO VOICE CHIP 80017A CLONE UPDATED

Remember this post? If you have a Juno-106 with the faulty voice problem there is still hope. Latest update dated April 16, 2007: "I completely overhauled my 80017A clone: Smaller, even higher quality and easier to install." Title link takes you there. BTW, in case you missed this post, the site is also home to the Analog Renaissance TS-303 MK2 ACID SCREAMER.

Via Dennis

Quasimidi Polymorph Signed by Klaus Schulze

flickr by DeadZone. Title link takes you to more shots.

Crumar Spirit

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via this auction

Details:

"Only about 100 of these made which makes this a very rare find. This keyboard have been compared to the top analog keyboards on the market. The Crumar Spirit was originally designed by Bob Moog (himself), Jim Scott & Tom Rhea and released back in 1983. It is a full featured analog monophonic synthesizer with 2 VCO's so it's got a pretty fat tone, but not as much as the classic 3-VCO Minimoog. However it is considerably more flexible than the latter. It has a basic 37-note keyboard without velocity or aftertouch. The two oscillators feature basic sawtooth, triangle and square waves and can be synced together. The filter section is very nice featuring low-, high- and band-pass filters and switchable 12dB or 24dB slopes. Other features of the filter include an independent envelope with inverted and normal ADSR, key tracking and single or multiple triggering of the filter. Some other features of the Spirit include a built-in ring-modulator, an Arpeggiator with 3 different patterns and that can be linked to the LFO, and there's an external audio input for running external sounds through its filters, LFOs or Ring Mod. For the hands-on approach, the Spirit is sure to please. There are 24 knobs, 10 switches and 15 sliders to start. There are 3 performance wheels for controlling the Pitch, Mod-X and Shaper-Y modulation effects (see LFO specs below). Using those with the Arpeggiator can get pretty wild. The Arpeggiator features 3 modes: Ripple (Up/Down), Arpeggio (Up several octaves) and Leap (Goes up 1 and then 4 octaves). There are also Auto and preset Glide modes for getting some elasticity or bending effects. Since all the LFOs, envelopes and filters are quite flexible you are sure to get some weird noises, fat basses, synths, etc. with the Spirit."

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