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"A chance to own a complete ADD One set which is rare. I have had two half of these units (last sold for £2750/19) as it proved very difficult to obtain a complete set; here is your chance to bypass all of that. |///
Very esoteric piece of kit, 8 channels of audio, 8x analog CEM 3389 Filters - quicksilver sound. 50khz sampling rate, de-emphasis and it has 4x 'smash' gain compressor on input too.
Each voice has separate pitch, LFO, filter, env control and the separate pitch, very tape like (8x separate DACs/clocking), in particular opens up lots of possibilities
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Designed by the team that made the Oberheim Xpander (& Matrix 12) so it has a very modular structure, lfos, envelope, modifiers etc - unique.... far more than a drum machine. USA design teamed with West German engineering!
Calibrated (see photos of tests completed, satisfactorily), latest firmware installed, buttons tact switches (soldering req'd) replaced and VFD screen installed. New battery, in a battery pack (so you can change it yourself) installed too. Interface cable is new also, i made one up with new connectors - the cable is not cheap.
Replacing the tact buttons is not easy either - before someone says this is listed for too much. Nor is placing a VFD screen, or cleaning out the disk drive, upgrading the firmware etc. Ensuring it works all the time and every time.
Panning function, per voice, has been fixed too, most units people have will not have correct Pan it requires repair to the voice-card.
VFD is expensive, from Japan, no longer made and this is a new VFD last of a line.
Arrives with factory samples on disk, other samples I have made, and programs loaded into the memory - the programs are lost from most units on sale as internal battery has died.
Used by JMJ and others - he refers to it as 'Dynacord Addi' on listings to CD. Some of the drums on Zoolook are dynacord the ones that ripple (repeat very fast) and change in pitch. Also Prince.
Pricing (past sales) : £4114, LA, June '24, £5,000, Germany 2023 - that was one of my former units, sold on by the buyer. Open to offers, exchanges as ever."
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