Introducing Voltergeist Synthesizer Modules

We have a new modular manufacturer in town. Pictured are Voltergeist's synthesizers.com power supplies. They also have a dotcom to MOTM harness and MOTM power cable available, and more will follow.

"We will soon be announcing some unique modules we’ve been working on for 5U and Eurorack formats."

http://voltergeist.org/

Klaus Wunderlich live on the wersi helios 1984

YouTube Uploaded by organaut on Jan 29, 2011

"Here is at last some rare footage i have decided to share of Klaus Wunderlich. Due to much demand from friends and the many worldwide fans of Klaus. I hope you all enjoy this, This is Klaus filmed during his 1984 UK tour playing his own Wersi helios. There are 2 medleys in total and both were highlights from his latest album release at the time "on the sunny side of the street".
The first ones are star wars & flashdance theme, the second medley is aint she sweet and putting on the ritz."

via Greg Cole on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

orangePeels : Beatsurfing / Teenage Engingeering op1 / Machinedrum

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by Axiomatick

"Little less 'surfing' than the last one, more mpc like. Great app! Super fast to set the midi commands. Although it seems more geared toward a PC and software, it still works great directly with hardware. Looking forward to some updates to help address this and get the full functionality with a 'hardware only' setup."

iTunes:
Beatsurfing - DRUW
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Serge: "a range of experiments"

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by djangosfire

"Video of the patch used for a recent Serge improv: "A Range of Wonders", found here: http://soundcloud.com/djangosfire/such-a-range-of-wonders

The SSG, DTG & TKB are working together to create little pockets of rhythmic variation. The main sound is from a NTO sine & PCO sine into the center section of the Wave Multipliers . . then out to the Variable Q VCF."

Ghandai Heights Medley Pt.1 - Erstwhile records

YouTube Uploaded by olivieromaesano on Oct 24, 2008

"Performed by: Thomas Lehn, Toshimaru Nakamura, Taku Sugimoto.
Ghendai Heights,
Ikenoue/Shimokitazawa
Setagaya-Ku,
Tokyo, 16-10-2002

Taken from DVD "amplify 2002" - Erstwhile records"

Ghandai Heights Medley Pt.2 - Erstwhile records

Pan Sonic plays Kurenniemi

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RE-Uploaded on Jun 14, 2009

"Pan Sonic + Carl Michael von Hausswolff + Erkki Kurenniemi -- live @ Kiasma theatre, Helsinki, Finland 21-10-2002.

The concert features the Finnish electronica formation, Pan Sonic [aka Panasonic], playing on original DIMI instruments. The nucleus of the Sähkö label in the 1990s [the mother of all Scandinavian techno outprints], but robbed of a letter in their name since 1997 as a result of legal action taken by a Japanese electronics group, Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen, who make up Pan Sonic, exemplify better than anyone else the raw and very individual style of electronica made in Finland. Having recently performed with artists such as Peaches and Chicks On Speed, the Pan Sonics are supported at this concert by the Swedish sound artist, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, and Erkki Kurenniemi himself as they play instruments such as the DIMI saxophone."

The Keytar Master

Dave, author of The Packrat and master of umop.com gets dethroned by the mother-in-law. With the Tron keytar no less.


YouTubeUploaded by MotherInLOL on Sep 15, 2011

2:15
"Mary Jane lives very much up to her name this time around. Watch what happens when she eats a forbidden, pharmaceutically enhanced brownie! It's mind-expanding goodness (with the return of the keytar!) in this diagonally time-traveling episode."

Elektron Octatrack

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"The latest OS 1.2 is installed and you will be ready to use the new "Pickup" machine right out of the box."

New Blue Lantern Purple ZTVCO Audio Demos

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Be sure to see this post on the controversy behind the Blue Lantern ZTVCO. I haven't heard anything since that post. You can hear a demo of the Ian Fritz Through Zero VCO in this post.

New Purple ZTVCO by Blue Lantern

Roland SH-101 Vintage Monophonic Analog Synthesizer

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RARE VNTG BALDWIN "FUN MACHINE" SN 06244-B

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"HERE'S A SUPER NEAT VNTG BALDWIN EARLY MODEL ""FUN MACHINE"" SYNTHESIZER OR ELECTRIC KEYBOARD/ORGAN. IT HAS A LIGHT UP DISPLAY THAT ALL WORKS GREAT, AS WELL AS MANY DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR SOUNDS AND TONES. IT ALSO HAS A VIBRATO AND BUILT IN DRUM MACHINE. IT HAS SOME REALY FUNKY WAVEY SOUNDS AND EFFECTS. I TRIED IT OUT AND ITS WORKING WELL. THERE IS SOME CLOTH COVER WEAR AND TEAR PROBABLY FROM A CAT BUT THAT COULD BE EASILY REPLACED. THIS MACHINE IS ALL ORIGINAL AS FAR AS I CAN TELL BUT I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON ELECTRONICS OR KEYBOARDS SO PLEASE SEE ALL PHOTOS BEFORE BIDDING I TRIED TO DO SOME RESEARCH BUT FOUND NONE ON THE WEB. THIS COULD BE RARE. LOCAL PICK UP ONLY, CAN DELIVER WITHIN 50 MILES. NO RESERVE."

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Roland Jupiter 6 "Synthbrass 6"

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by synthartist69

"This Jupiter 6 does not toy around!"

devi ever MEGA BIT prototype

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by devieverfx

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Bit reducer demoed with guitar.

Monome 128 Walnut

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Uniton Swissecho 2000 Update

Swissdoc updated his page on the Uniton Swissecho 2000

"I updated the page with some statements from Mr. Garcia about the AKG relationship and Uniton History. In addition I added some more sound samples from guitar amps with spring reverbs. Great how muffled they sound in comparision with the high-end tank of the Swissecho 2000."

Do a find for "comparison to guitar amps' for the demos when you get there, and Mr. Garcia of course for Mr.Garcia's comments.

Moog Guitar and Ableton Live Effects Examples

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by experimentalsynth

"My main camera is out of order so the droid will have to do for now. This is a selections of hand-held videos I created while experimenting with Ableton Live Suite effects and The Moog Guitar. Learn more at www.experimentalsynth.com"

Update:

Improvisation for Moog Guitar and Ableton Live

Published on Jul 1, 2012 by experimentalsynth

"Moog Guitar run through Ableton Live Suite effects and (last half) playing over drones and drums created with Ableton. Visit www.experimentalsynth.com to learn more."

Acid Lab Bombass

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"Midi controlled analog synthesizer based on the circuits of the 303 with a lot of modulation and sound extensions."

YAMAHA CS-10 Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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"A very cool but underrated analogue synth. Built in 1978, before the age of the New Romantics, this synth had Gary Numan written all over it. Since this CS-10 is 100v we will be including a step down transformer free of charge.

Sonics: positive points - synthesis on the CS10 is really straightforward and within about 10 minutes of playing it I had bass leads in the same league as the SH101. The low and high band VCFs sound really great and allow you to cut and drop the bass whenever you want. The external input also allows you to add the Yamaha CS10 sound to ANY of your favourite synths, samples etc. This is probably the winning feature for me."

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ROLAND JP-8000 Virtual Analog Synthesizer

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"The Roland JP8000 - made in 1996 but travelling back to 1980s courtesy of analogue modelling. Analogue purists will probably look the other way, however synth lovers that want great analogue sounds with the ability to tweak away using features found on many of Roland classic synths (Juno 106, SH101 etc) will love this 49 key blue metallic plastic box of fun.

It’s a great keyboard for live sessions and studio sessions. Live musicians can easily find their desired sounds by tweaking away at the vast array of oscillators, filters and effects – as was the case with all of Roland classic Juno and SH range. The only time you need to access the LCD backlight screen menu is when you want to select one of the 128 preset patches, or one of your own programmed sounds (up to 128). There are a range of bass, lead and “atmospheric” sounds. The leads sound sharp and bass sounds range between deep down, dirty and squelchy. In addition, there is also Midi In and Out, but strangely enough no Midi Thru

There are 2 main oscillators, each offering a range of waveforms (e.g saw, square, triangle etc). There is also a 4 stage ADSR. However my favourite effect is the chorus as it reminds me of the Juno 106 chorus sound. The JP also has an arp and it is easy to set up and use, but the only negative point is that there is no “tap” feature for you to sync up to beats.

Overall it is a great synth doing what it says on the tin “analogue modelling”. The JP8000 could be put in the same league as other analogue modelling synths such as Korg’s MS2000, Radias and R3. However, the JP8000 will not steal the Juno and the SH's god-like legendary name status, but it will allow mere mortals to experience these sounds at an affordable price."

ROLAND SH-101 Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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"For the few that may not be familiar with the the unit, the SH-101 is a monophonic analog synthesizer famous for being a monster of a bass machine. Equipped with 3 separate wave forms, the square, the sawtooth and a dedicated sub-oscillator, the SH-101's mixer section allows you to mix in as much or as little of each wave to satisfy your inner basshead. The 101 is just as happy pushing out deep bowel disrupting sub bass as it is doing snappy funky rubbery acid type bass.

Or, silence all the oscillators and make the filter self-oscillate to create that subby 808 kick and then tweak all of its parameters to make it sit in your mix. Samples simply cant touch it.

You would, however, be making a mistake only thinking of the 101 as a bass machine. It is a full-on synth and as such can be made to produce deep evolving soundscapes, leads or bleeps and bloops (as they are technically known) and synthesised percussion, as well as the hardcore electronic sounds that will freak your cat out.

Within the manual, which is downloadable online, is a section with suggested settings for coaxing a wide variety of sounds out of the SH-101,... these include some of the usual things you'd expect to see such as electric piano, clarinet ,tuba, violin and vibraphone. The settings for making it self-oscillate are also there, but there are some odd sounds as well such as Machine Gun, Space Sound, and my personal favorite Funny Cat."

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Roland SH-2 Vintage Analog Monophonic Synthesizer

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Tons more pics at the auction while up. Note the mini tune knobs.
"The Roland SH-2 is a monophonic analog synthesizer that comes with two individual voltage controlled oscillators and a third sub-bass oscillator, making the SH-2 sound very warm, fat and gritty, especially when the oscillators are detuned. Unlike the SH-101 and its singular oscillator, the SH-2 can sound both "vintage" and modern depending on how the knobs and faders are set, while the SH-101 has a distinctly clean sound in comparison. The SH-2 excels at bass in an organic way that the SH-101 could never compete with, and it performs brilliantly on leads, being upfront and in your face without being harsh.

However, if you're into that vintage 70's sound, and love the sound of raw, dirty bass on vinyl or tape, but the classic Moog sound is a bit too tame for you, then the SH-2 is probably what you're looking for. The SH-2 is capable of being deep and subby, warm and airy, or raw and dirty all at the twist of a knob or a flick of a fader.

The SH-2's filter can also be made to self oscillate, just like the SH-101, which gives you that deep hard hitting subby kick, but of the two, I personally prefer the self-oscillation of the SH-2, its dirtier, slightly sweeter and has more chunk, while the SH-101's is more straightforward and to the point. Both will give you a thunderous bowel moving bass kick, but which you prefer ill have more to do with your personal musical inclinations.

For those of you who may be trying to decide between the SH-2 or the SH-101, the sound you're after is more important than the differences in their features. While the SH-101's sequencer and arppegiator is incredibly useful and just stupid amounts of fun both live and in studio, the SH-2 simply sounds fatter, like you've lifted a sample off of a 70's record, warm and raw and full of character. In comparison, the SH-101 can sound plastic and "digital". They both do things that the other cant, but despite being part of the same line, and despite what certain websites may say, their sounds are very different."

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JOMOX XBASE 999 - ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

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"The XBase 999 is a fantastic drum machine. Although based on the TR-909, it absolutely stands up in its own right as a unique instrument with a phenomenal sound and features. Here are some of its features:

- Massive kick drum!!
- Super-fast attack
- Stereo 2-pole multimode filter
- Storage for up to 64 patterns
- Patterns can be up to 32 steps in length using the A/B feature
- Individual parameter control per step
- Different time signatures can be used
- External MIDI tracks to sequence other hardware or software synths
- Can act as MIDI master or slave (syncing to MIDI beat clock)
- Individual outputs for all 10 voices plus main stereo (or mono) outs
- Stereo input for processing of external signal"

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Quad Nand Mood Cube Oscillator synth CIRCUIT BENT

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YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by TheZombiest


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"An ambient light source and square-wave nosie maker.

The synth is based around a 4093 quad nand gate CMOS chip.
Capable of hideously beautiful beepy noise.
The 4 cascaded oscillators interact with each other to create a relentless range of synth tones.
The power starve dial adds further modulation and manipulation of the oscillations.

The noise-making circuit is built into a Mood Cube I got from RED5.
The Mood Cube lights up using 3 LEDs. I hacked the circuit to affect the rate of the light cycle.
I also added a voltage starve for this circuit too. The reason being this; when the LEDs are on full power,
they drain power from the 4093. This in turn adds further lovely modulation to the tones.

The controls are as follows:

4 dials on top to control the rate and tone of the oscillations.
1 dial on the left side for the 4093 power starve.
2 dials on the right side. 1 for LED rate and 1 for LED intensity.
2 switches on the front. 1 momentary push button and 1 toggle switch.
1 output jack located on the back side.
1 on/off switch and 9v battery holder on the underside of the cube.


The cube fits well into the palm and can be enjoyed by anyone with a passion for harsh, grinding noise terrorism and pretty colours.
It's powered by a single 9v battery which is housed in the bottom of the cube.
There's a 6.35mm jack socket for hooking up to your amp/mixer/effects.
There's no internal speaker!"

ROLAND MC-202 MicroComposer with Original Box

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EML 101 Synthesizer

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Cyndustries Zeroscillator Version 1 Eurorack Module

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You can find full details on the Zerosicillator on Cynthia's website here. According to this thread on Muff's quite a few people are still waiting for their modules.

Vintage MTI Auto Orchestra Analog Drum Machine SN 01248

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"It is being listed for parts or repair, please read the auction fully before bidding. No returns on this item. The major issue is that does power on, but I am unable to get any sounds out of it but some noise. I tried all the different outputs and nothing. So without getting any sound I am unable to test the unit any further...
Right above that tempo knob you can see a little jack for plugging in a rhythm module. I've seen a few different versions of this machine, and this is the one with that module jack so if you have or can find any of those rare rhythm cartridges, you can plug it in and access additional rhythms! I do not have any rhythm cartridges, but they do occasionally pop up here on eBay.

There is a sheet stapled to the inside that has some schematics and diagrams on how to calibrate the sounds on the boards. It will certainly come in handy for anyone who picks this up to restore."

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Rheyne - 7/1/12 - Live Looping with a MIDI Fighter 3D and Ableton Live

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YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by RheyneMusic

"Download or stream the audio at SoundCloud: http://snd.sc/OSt4ph

A live looping improv jam performed on a DJ TechTools "MIDI Fighter 3D." No phrases or pre-reocrded loops were used. Only single notes are being triggered from an instance of NI's Kontakt for drums, and three separate instances of NI's Massive for the bass, lead, and polyphonic synth. The bank-select buttons at the top of the unit selects the proper instrument in Ableton Live.

Tilting the unit to the right controls a low-pass filter on the synths. A backward tilt controls the resonance on those filters, and tilting the unit forward controls modulation/vibrato. The side buttons are controlling Ableton's loopers, and are also used to engage the master filter at the end of the song.

Lemur on the iPad is being used to clear loops and control reverb and delay on all four instruments.

More info on the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter 3D can found on DJTT's site: http://store.djtechtools.com/midi-fighter-3d.html"

step poly arp

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YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by sewa01

"This is a quick demo of an iPad app 'step poly arp'. It sends midi via wifi to a DAW running Logic. The sound is generated by Arturia's Jupiter 8V. The combination isn't quite stable yet, even with an 'ad hoc' connection between the iPad and Mac. I haven't yet figured why...still, the app looks very promising."

iTunes:
StepPolyArp - Midi Step Polyphonic Arpeggiator - Laurent Colson
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Roland Jupiter 8 "Voices of Jupiter"

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by synthartist69

"In this video I have combined a Jupiter Voice patch with a Reso Sweep patch using Dual mode."

Roland Jupiter 8 "That 80's Sound"

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I love my Machinedrum

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by NetPierreTV

"NetPierre live Techno doodle - Unscripted and unedited
Machinedrum only - no external effects - please play on some decent audio-equipment
Check out my blog at http://patchpierre.blogspot.nl/"

PolyDROID

'PolyDROID' - "Recification/Not too Neat" - live at 'Night of the Machines' (720p HD) from Brian O'Malley on Vimeo.

"PolyDROID performs 'Rectification/Not too Neat' - the opening 2 tracks of his debut live gig at 'Night of the Machines 1' in the National Concert Hall, Dublin.

'Rectification' - 0.00 - 2.07
'Not too Neat' - 2.08 - 5.20

www.polydroid.com
www.soundcloud.com/polydroid
www.facebook.com/polydroid
www.twitter.com/polydroidmusic
www.breakingtunes.com/polydroid

The set was performed using Logic for drums/sequences. Roland Jupiter 4, Korg Monopoly, Korg MS-20 and Sequential Pro One were played live. Accompanying PolyDROID on keys was producer and remixer 'Mistereric'.

'Night of the Machine's is an electronic live collective promoting pure electronic music in Dublin. This was the first of these live events, which took place in the National Concert Hall, Kevin Barry Room, Dublin Ireland on September 1st 2011.

www.facebook.com/nightofthemachines"

NI Absynth - Frère Jacques

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by ANTsynth

"My Absynth version of Frère Jacques. This was all done using Absynth's envelopes."

MOCM Live @ Knot gallery Athens.mp4

YouTube Published on Jun 18, 2012 by TheMOCM

"Snapshot of MOCM Live @ Knot gallery.
Athens 29/03/2012"

DSI MEK / Mono Evolver - demo by syntezatory.prv.pl

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by Jexus

"Demo of Dave Smith Mono Evolver Keyboard. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb"

Live Electro Sequencing: "Electro Summer"; Nord Rack 2x, Tetra and Octatrack

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by thomaskressmusic

"Live electro sequencing. Testing the Nord Rack 2x for my live-set. Eight midi tracks - four separate voices on the Nord and four separate voices on the Dave Smith Tetra; Six audio tracks with 808 and vocoder samples on the Octatrack."

Voice Sweeps

YouTube Published on Jul 1, 2012 by synthartist69

Emu Sp1200 Sampler Drum Machine

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"This one is the black reissue model 7030 but same exact sound as the grey model excel you won't have to worry about the power supply overheating, so it's a bit more desirable and stable. Really great sound that I'd take over any of the Akai MPC series, even the 60. It's fully functional and was always kept in a smoke free home studio. Even the original seal is still in tact on the back meaning it's never had to get serviced or been tampered with. The screen is bright though to read it you have to be standing over the machine. OS 1.2 on the discs is included. Includes a copy of the original manual, power cable (not pictured) and 11 discs to get you started. 9 of these discs contain direct copies of the sounds from the original Emu Sp1200 library! They sound great. Also included is a pro made hip hop kit and my own made TR909 sample kit...

Discs included:
Real Hip Hop Drumz Vol1
TR909

original Sp1200 library sound:
Rock Party
Techno Drums Vol2
Time Bom Set
Timbales & Percussion
Bongo Fury
Turbo Kit
Steel Drum & Percussion
Latino II
Percotron"

White ARP Odyssey SN 28899

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Roland TB-303 Devil Fish

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Roland Jupiter 6 Synthesizer With Original Box & Wood Side Panels

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Roland SH-101 & We Design the Future Sticker

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MFB Nanozwerg - Analog Synthesizer

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* analoger VCO mit vier Wellenformen
* Suboszillator mit zwei Oktavlagen
* analoges 12 dB Multimodefilter
* LFO mit „One Shot“-Funktion
* Audio-Eingang
* MIDI- und CV/Gate-steuerbar

*inkl. original Netzteil

Roland SH-1 vintage analogue synthesizer

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"This is a Japanese 100v model, I'll supply a basic converter for it to run in the UK but there are better, more versatile converters on the market. 100% functional, even comes with the plastic protective shield that originally lay over the face of the synth underneath the sliders (this was fitted when I bought it but thought it was a bit like sex with a condom so I removed it). Contrary to what I've seen elsewhere this isn't better than a sh-2, 09 or 101, just different, they all have their strong points, compared to the 101 I used to have I much prefer the controls/sliders on this, but I really miss the sequencer on the former. Also the trigger in is +15v as opposed to +5v like the 101, which I found to be a pain as most other gear is +5v compatible. Key action is clunky and horrible in my opinion, just like the other 70's Rolands I've tried/used, but it's down to taste I guess. Anyone interested should come view this first to see for themselves how shockingly good the condition is and to assure themselves of it's working condition too."

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Eric Archer Handmade Custom Grendel Drone Commander

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"custom finished (natural panel, black text, natural aluminum knobs) unique analog drone synth
two oscillator (triangle/square wave)
synchronized LFO
strangely sweet growling voltage-controlled resonant filter
clock output (+8V) and VCF CV input (0-10V)
housed in a tough steel ammunition case with removable lid
can be powered by battery
manual & power adapter included

get more info here: ericarcher.net/devices/drone-commander/"

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