Maplin 3800 Vintage Analogue Synthesiser

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"used but excellent condition Maplin 3800 analogue synthesizer, these are now incredibly rare. This machine has just come out of service with a full bill of health after being fully calibrated and checked over by one of the best synth engineers in the UK. Physical condition is excellent aside from a few marks from use. As pictured some of the knob caps are missing, they will be replaced by the time the auction ends with a similar alternative, please not the colour may differ slightly from the originals, its pretty cheap to replace them all if you want a more universal finish. This machine wipes the floor sonically with similar sized machines from Roland/Moog/ARP partly due to the Transient Generator which are normally only found on modular synths The 3800 has some useful unique features including an external input which allows you to put other instruments through the synth and a multi-stage Transient Generator which is far more flexible than a standard ADSR type Envelope generator fitted on most other analogue synths. The Transient Generator has 7 controls; Start Level (+ & -), Delay 1, Slope 1, Hold Level (+ & -), Hold Delay, Slope 2, and Final Level (+ & -). This means that you can, for example, control the Filter to close off and then open up and close off again in one envelope cycle! I don't know of many other analogue synths that can do that other than the ETI and Maplin ones. The Filter is a 24dB per octave type, just like the Minimoog, so you can get all the classic Bass and Lead sounds from this synth. Features: •48 note monophonic keyboard •Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) •2 Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCOs) with Sine, Triangle, Sawtooth, Inverted Sawtooth, and Square Wave output. Square wave can be adjusted or controlled from the LFO or Transient Generator. •Pseudo random Noise generator controllable between white and pink noise. •Sample and Hold •24dB Voltage Controlled Filter (VCF) with variious control input capabilities. •Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA) which allows Ring Modulation. •1 Envelope Generator with 5 controls •1 Transient Generator with 7 controls •External input which allows external signals to be matched to the synth and also generate a Trigger pulse •5 Stage Graphic Equaliser •Built in Spring reverb..."