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" Rhodes Chroma in excellent condition! The Chroma includes the Enabler contoller(and power cord/midi connector) , brand new flight case for Chroma, original pedals. the Enabler wood is cherry with a finish to match the Chroma cherry wood and finish. Reworked by New England Analog(NEA) who performed the following service.If you go to NEA's website and gallery,you can see photos of this exact Chroma.
removed all wood surfaces, stripped and resanded the cherry wood and finished in cherry finish with three coats of PUall electrolytic capacitors replaced.
replaced PSU with Luca Sasdelli's switching power supply kit which was the Chroma's weakest point. Chroma now generates no heat upon touch and is incredibly stable.
Added Chris Borman's, After touch Pressure Sensor Kit. Chroma now has aftertouch which can easily be adjusted with the Enabler.
Added the CPU Plus CC+ software PCB which adds further operating stability and better midi control.This feature increases the standard 50 patches to 200 patches and allows the Chroma to be controlled by Randall Osborne's Enabler which is now marketed by NEA.
For those unfamiliar with the Chroma, you can find basic info on Vintage Synth Explorer or Soundonsound, but the primary source of information in on the Rhodes Chroma website which contains significant information about the Chroma and all the upgrades performed on this unit.Here are the basics:
Polyphony-16 voices with 1 OSC per voice or 8 voice with 2 Osc per voice
64 note velocity sensitive full size keys including polyphonic aftertouch
Oscillators -mix of saw and variable pulse waveforms
Filters- switchable low and high pass .16 different configurations including parallel, in series,variable mix, ring mod, FM mod, band pass, notch filtering.
VCA- ADSR type
Transpose, split, and two patch link capability
Autotune
Memory-200 patches
LFO- 16 different waveforms
Midi controllable"
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