"This is a brilliant 303 killing Future Retro 777 - very rare. Excellent condition with power supply as originally purchased from another owner many years ago.
The Future Retro 777 is a monophonic analog synthesizer with a digital sequencer. It employs analog circuitry and has a lot of hands-on knobs for instant sound tweaking. Please look online for further descriptions of this now classic legendary unit.
Only single blemish is one of the feet is missing - refer picture."
"Spare shell in excellent condition with no cosmetic damage (faceplate and backplate that cover all six sides),
Tested and Working. This was pulled from a working environment."
Update: SN FR3D7V1980003 w/ SKYLAB2000.COM sticker on the back.
According to FR in the comments: "That would have been the first or second 777 ever sold.
That belonged to Dennis Barton (RIP) of Skylab2000."
"exceptional analog mono synthesizer. inspired by the icons of synth history: Moog CP3 Type Mixer, Roland TB-303 distortion, Sequential Circuits Pro One modulations. Two different envelope curves can be selected via Velocity for accents.
The device is not new, there is some slight bleed in the mix section, and sometimes the MIDI pitch tracking is lost, then it needs a restart. no big deal, I'll mention it here that there are no disappointments.
Product information "Future Retro - XS"
The Future Retro XS offers charming, yet hefty sound with remarkable expressiveness. It is perfect for creating meaty basses, soft to aggressive leads and powerful drums. Thanks to its thought-through routing system, that incorporates audio signals as well as control voltages, the monophonic desktop synthesizer is also capable of creating a wide range of experimental audio effects. MIDI connectors plus Audio and CV jacks allow easy integration in any studio or live setup."
"Hello Dear Friends - I recently watched an interesting talk here on YouTube by musicologist Ted Gioia, where he posits that when music is at least ten minutes long, the listener's brainwaves sync up with the rhythm of the music, and can create a trance state. So with this idea in mind, I decided to record a longer piece to attempt to produce this trance state. The tools I used are the Future Retro Zillion to generate the notes into the ASM Hydrasynth. No other treatments or external devices were used to create this piece. Every sound is made by the Hydrasynth in one take.
A tip of the hat to Jeffery Beach of Beachfront Productions, for providing free use video clips on his website.
Does it work? You tell me. This sort of thing isn’t for everyone, but if you enjoy lying back, closing your eyes and meditating to pseudo-random generative style music, this just might be your cup of bananas.
"Playing around with sounds from Plonk and my Braids into Belgrad filter and then through my Z-DSP Reverb. Then we have some drums from Blck_Noir going into my Plasma Drive, with some gates coming coming from 4 Bricks Rook."
"Manis Itertitas controlled by Rene with reverb from Z-DSP. Some drums coming from Mutant Bassdrum, and FutureRetro Transient. Another drum sample coming from STS getting some CV for the sample slot going into the Z-DSP as well."
"All sounds in this video were recorded directly from the Future Retro Vectra Synthesizer. No additional EQ, Compression, or Effects were used. These sounds contain low frequency content, listen with a subwoofer to appreciate.
It's interesting to note that while the Vectra does not have a built in distortion stage as many of our other products are well known for, the Vectra's oscillators are powerful enough to synthesize many different forms of distortion all by themselves using our one-of-a-kind Phase-Slice modes.
This video highlights quite a few of these more aggressive sounds, most of which will use only one or two oscillators.
Some of the new complex vector synthesis patches sound amazing.
"Talking Synths is a weekly podcast where Syntaur's crew chats about all manner of synthology. In this special episode of Talking Synths, Syntaur's Carlos Morales sits down with Jered Flickinger of Future Retro and takes a sneak peek at the soon-to-be-released Vectra synthesizer. Future Retro was founded by Jered in 1997, and has released a host of unique products like the 777, Revolution, XS, Mobius, 512, and now the Vectra."
"All sounds you hear are the Future Retro Vectra synthesizer. All sounds were recorded dry. I would recommend listening to this demo though a good audio system, preferably one that includes a subwoofer"
"In 2019, Jered from Future Retro opened his vault and sold some incredibly rare synths from his collection. I was lucky enough to buy this ultra rare brushed silver model from the buyer of this sale, one out of only 7 ever produced, with just 4 ever released to the public. It has the more controlled overdrive output level, V3 OS, and has been serviced with updated temperature compensation mod for the oscillators, a new backup battery and complete calibration. It is essentially a brand new, mint condition 777. It includes an original US power supply purchased from Future Retro. Since buying this, I have spent no more than a few hours playing with it in total. It is the best sounding synth I have ever heard and I wish I had more time to spend with it. Unfortunately for me (and fortunately for you!), I have other life priorities at the moment and need to let this beauty go. This will come packaged with multiple layers of bubble wrap/protection and insured as well, hence the shipping cost. If you would like to forego this expense please reach out before purchasing."
"exceptional analog mono synthesizer. inspired by the icons of synth history: Moog CP3 Type Mixer, Roland TB-303 distortion, Sequential Circuits Pro One modulations. Two different envelope curves can be selected via Velocity for accents.
"In 2019, Jered from Future Retro opened his vault and sold some incredibly rare synths from his collection. I was lucky enough to buy this ultra rare brushed silver model from the buyer of this sale, one out of only 7 ever produced, with just 4 ever released to the public. It has the more controlled overdrive output level, V3 OS, and has been serviced with updated temperature compensation mod for the oscillators, a new backup battery and complete calibration. It is essentially a brand new, mint condition 777. It includes an original US power supply purchased from Future Retro. Since buying this, I have spent no more than a few hours playing with it in total. It is the best sounding synth I have ever heard and I wish I had more time to spend with it. Unfortunately for me (and fortunately for you!), I have other life priorities at the moment and need to let this beauty go. This will come packaged with multiple layers of bubble wrap/protection and insured as well, hence the shipping cost. If you would like to forego this expense please reach out before purchasing."
