Asama DS-3 Drum Synth

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Another clone of the Coron DS7.

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Asama DS-30 Vintage Analog Drum Synthesizer

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Just when you think you've seen them all...

This is yet another branded mini synth like the Coron, JSH, Bias, Cortez, etc. Curious how many of them there are and which was first. Kind of like the Atari Punk Consoles of the past.

"Vintage Asama DS-30 Drum synthesiser - rare vintage 80s (maybe 70s?) analog drum synth, designed to
Mount on the rim of a drum and is triggered when you hit said drum. Has an oscillator, pitch and volume envelope, multi mode lfo and 2 mode noise generator, with blend control. Very cool retro sounding synth, can make some really crazy sounds! Would make a great dub siren as well. I usually just trigger it by tapping on the case, otherwise you could mount it on something and hit that instead. These usually go for about $300. Has a few marks on it, is missing a couple of screws (no big deal) and has a few replacement knobs, otherwise works 100%"

BIAS BS-2 Vintage Synth Drum Percussion

Published on Oct 1, 2012 by LutetianDesert

"Bias BS-2 Drum Percussion: Bias (Ishibashi Japan) Drum Analog Synth Module."

Appears to be another Coron DS-8, JSH DX-5, Asama Drum Sync, Storm Drum Sync, Grant PS-7 Percussion Synth, KMD Drum Exciter clone. :)

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Cortez D-2 MINI Synth with Box - "Disco's Signature Sound"

"Cortez "MINI-SYNTH"DISCO's 'SignatureSound' Stupid RARE Mint W Box Instruc WOW""

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These actually come up fairly often under various brand names including the Coron DS8, Asama Drum Sync, Storm Drum Sync, Grant PS-7 Percussion Synth, KMD Drum Exciter, and possibly more. What's really odd is there appears to be a Cortez D-3 with the same controls. See the labels below for other branding.

"Made in "JAPAN" The 'Cortez D-2 "MINI-SYNTH"'1976-7' Was Born The "Puuuu, Puuuuuu" "Sound" that became the signature sound of 1970s 'DISCO' with notable 'Music artists' such as with "Donna Summers" "Last Dance", The Gap Band's 'You Dropped a Bomb On Me', And just about everyone used this "Cortez 'Mini-Synth' What a cool little synth it really is ! ! !

The 'Cortez-"MINI SYNTH" clamps on to your 'Tom Drum or a Cymbal stand/ Snare stand or any stand will doooo You just "HIT THE Surrounding area of the mounted "Cortez" and it triggers the 'Synth' ...''that's how it works'''...! I have used this synth and found it does "Way-More" than Just manually selected "Puuuuu, Puuuu's ...The synth will allow you to 'Create many "Way-Cool" Perc, and Low Frq 'PHAT" Moog-Like "Boom Tricks, and Very 'Metallic resonator sound Frequencies ...An Excessively & Musically-''cool-and-unique'' sounds and EFFECTS" Left only to the imagination ! You can spend hours messing with this Synth...A true Piece Of the "70's" "Thing" 'If ever you could find'.!...As a collectors, or a serious Recording Project to add a "Totally unique effect or 'Dub/Groove' "thing" this is the "MAN" !!!"

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RARE VINTAGE JSH DX-5 PRO-RHYTHM MINI SYNTH

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Also known as the Coron DS8, Asama Drum Sync, Storm Drum Sync, Grant PS-7 Percussion Synth, KMD Drum Exciter, Cortez D-2 Mini Synth, BIAS BS-2, and possibly more. See the Coron label below. Anyone know why there were so many branding for this? I think this holds the record.

via the listing: "The Mini Synth, when connected to my headphones, covered a massive range of synthesised sounds and this is an incredibly flexible unit for its mini size and I would, I guess, sound fabulous in the right hands and with the right input and amplification (I haven't got the means to really put it through its paces). Please feel free to ask as many questions as you wish - I am not familiar with synthesisers (I obtained this in a job-lot including vintage microphones and headphones)"

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ASAMA DS-3 DRUM SYNCE Synthesizer

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Another branding of the Coron Storm DS-3. Curious how many there were. See the labels at the bottom of this post for more.

"Attaches to any drum and is programmable to produce a range of classic 80s sounds. No PSU required, as it uses a PP3 battery. Fine condition - see photos.

Controls and functions:

Volume
controls the output volume

Sensitivity
controls the sensitivity of the module (the threshold at which it is triggered)

Rate
controls the speed/rate of the LFO wave that controls the pitch

Decay
controls the length of the sound

Mode
controls the depth of the LFO wave that controls the pitch

VCO
controls the pitch of the Oscillator

Sweep
controls the range in which the oscillator sweeps


FT/SW
input for footswitch

FT/SW
input for footswitch

Out
audio output"