MATRIXSYNTH: Circuit bent Casio SK-1 SK1 housed in antique suitcase


Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Circuit bent Casio SK-1 SK1 housed in antique suitcase

via this auction
"Looking to enter the world of high end circuit bending with a bang? You need not look any further than this handcrafted Umbrella Company beauty. With its laser engraved legend, and its rich, santos rosewood control panel, this is a piece of gear not likely to be overlooked by your eager public. The Rambler is comfortably housed in a hand selected antique suitcase, complete with luxurious interior storage pouch and road worn leather exterior. The suitcase's original latch and locking mechanism are fully intact, couple this with the rock solid SK-1 mounting system and you have a portable wonder worthy of its namesake. The integrated midi system supported by Highly Liquid's UMR retrofit provides access to a delicious world of tweakable possibilities, all with clear with LED indication! Max/Msp and physical input sensor junkies rejoice! All patch points remain, as always, nut and bolt pairs for maximum flexibility. Just break out a few alligator clip leads and your on your way to connecting with footswitches, expression pedals, external sequencers, circles of bodies holding hands, you name it! The optical and touch control over screaming distortions and filter effects is fine tuned for more precision control and musicality than ever before. Take a look at the full feature list below and let the drooling/dreaming begin!

Rambler Features
* Optional heavy duty aluminum or custom wood knobs (pictured above).
* 72 point patch bay with X/Y legend (0,A) for notation and documentation of bend patterns.
* 1 easy access touch converter contact in main bay (I,8)
* 6 user assignable, daisy-chainable bend controls, including two 100k pots for variable chaos.
* 8 pre-wired on/off/on switches for a total of 16 preset bends.
* switchable optical control over distortion and filters.
* tri-color main unit activity indicator LED
* muti-point access to touch control over distortion and filters.
* independent melody, bass, and percussion control.
* pitch control.
* quick access soft reset.
* quick access hard reset.
* heavy duty main power switch w/ indicator to prevent LED power consumption while unit is powered off.
* switchable midi retrofit integration with front panel power and activity indicators.
* switchable front panel mounted speaker for monitoring options and remote practice.
* 3 bussed 1/4" outputs for multiple processing destinations.
* 2 bussed 1/4" inputs for external sample sources.
* front panel standard midi port.
* original Umbrella Company cabin style hinged battery door and compartment.
* 8 included alligator clip leads to get started in patching.
* thorough documentation (instruction manual).
* laser engraved/signed seal of authenticity on base of battery box.
* unbeatable Umbrella Company craftsmanship.

Click the link below to downlad a sample piece created by a previous UmbrellaCo model (The Backpacker) that is electronically identical (two tracks, no effects)
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ynuzymxjkae/Backpacker.mp3"

Sold For: $795







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