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flickr by Chris_Carter_ where you'll find a description of the studio. Be sure to click on the All Sizes link when you get there for the full size shot. This is also Chris Carter's MySpace page. Note the Gristleizer.
flickr by Neil Vance
"This is my original Digisound 80 synth. I bought all the kits from Charles Blakey's company in the early 80's. It comprises 2 VCOs, VCLFO, 2 x EGs, Dual VCA, Dual Ring Mod, LP VCF, VCM, Lag Processor, S&H/Noise module and a DAC unit. All the modules except the DAC are calibrated and trimmed and in excellent condition. I modified the DAC by adding a simple MIDI/CV circuit (Penfold's design). It works but it is not up to the standard of a Kenton unit! I also have the parts for the Octave/Shift XY controller which is mounted in an ABS case at present. The PSU is the original Digisound unit. The modules are mounted in a wooden case with a black wood grain finish. I have a complete set of documentation including construction notes, user manual, introduction to synthesis and foil patterns if you want to make your own boards. To look at more pictures and listen to audio clips go to www.vcf.talktalk.net and click on Digisound."
"A very interesting collection of Digisound modules, loose, but generally looking in very good condition. The lot includes: Noise/Sample & Hold; D:A Converter; External Input; Power Amplifier; Dual VCA; VCLFO; VCO; VCO; State Variable Filter; Dual ADSR; VCF (lowpass); and PSU. All chips including the rare and valuable ones (CEM3340s and SSM2040, for instance) seem to be present. Everything seems in good overall condition except that the two connectors which hold the power amplifier circuit board in place are broken, and the board is loose. Sold as seen, untested, with no guarantee of working order, and recommended for someone with good technical skills; but with no reason to believe there is a lot wrong with the modules. A spring reverb tank and what seems to be a spare psu are also included, and a non-matching multiples panel. Packing at VEMIA (a difficult job to do well) will be £10; some literature copies may also be available on request for a small fee."
"Somewhere in proffessor Elektrovolt's studio,in the vruchtenbuurt,the Hague we can find a huge, rare british modular synthesizer from the early 80s, the Digisound 80 modular. Invented and designed by Charles Blackley who would print the designs in the Electronics Today International and Electronics & Music Maker (E&MM) magazines. As obscure and extrentic as the EMS synthesizers the company from Blackpool faded away in the early 1990s."
