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Thursday, May 09, 2019

Hitachi Lo-D HMS-30 Fully Polyphonic Analogue Synthesizer 1978

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This appears to be the one featured in this video.

"The synth is in a good to fair state. Cosmetically the metal panels are in good shape, but the "wood" side panels have suffered a little.

The synth sounds good, and all knobs are functional. The two filter cutoff pots are a little dirty, so that's why I don't move them at all in the video. The sound is good, though there is a very very faint high pitch sound. It might sound in the video, but if you're old enough (like almost myself), you might not even hear at all."

Wednesday, May 08, 2019

Hitachi 'Lo-D' HMS-30 Fully Polyphonic Analogue Synthesizer Demo


Published on May 8, 2019 Pat McM.

Built-in rhythm machine.

Update: currently for sale here. See this post for pics.

Hitachi 'Lo-D' HMS-30

Friday, April 12, 2019

RARE Hitachi HMS-30 Lo-D

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"Japanese synthesizer from Hitachi
Model HMS-30 Lo-D
It has been built in 300 units only !
This is one of the rarest synthesizerfrom the 70's in the world.
It has two VCO, and a lot of modulation possibilities.
It also has a built-in Analog drum machinethathas a really beautiful timber and grain.
It also has a sequencer to record your pattern.
The is the synthesizer you need to complete your collection.
This might be the only time you will see this synthesizer on sale.
take your chance and get this one !"

Thursday, June 21, 2018

(Hitachi) Lo-D HMS-30 Rare Analogue Synth with Manual SN 9000154C

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You can find video of one posted here.

"One of the rarest synth ever. As Internet says, only 300 was made. This one have a serial number 9000154C.

There is a full (all keys at same time) polyphony, two stage tone modificator, multilayered LFOs, 8-pattern rhythm generator, and programmable sequencer. Also, it have a stereo output, so it is possible to play with pan for some features.

Original user manual (Japanese) included.

Capacitors in power supply was replaced for prophylactic reasons, and output voltage precisely adjusted.

Pots and switches moves without any cracks or noises. The tune is fine.

Machine looks like a fully working, but I can not test all features of programmable sequencer (LEDs response correctly then I pressing buttons on it - thats all I'v figured out) because I can't read Japanese.

Thursday, March 24, 2016

(Hitachi) Lo-D HMS-30 Rare Analogue Synth with Manual

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See the Hitachi label at the bottom of this post for previous posts include a video demo of the HMS-30.

"One of the rarest synth ever. As Internet says, only 300 was made. This one have a serial number 9000154C.

There is a full (all keys at same time) polyphony, two stage tone modificator, multilayered LFOs, 8-pattern rhythm generator, and programmable sequencer. Also, it have a stereo output, so it is possible to play with pan for some features.

Original user manual (Japanese) included.

Capacitors in power supply was replaced for prophylactic reasons, and output voltage precisely adjusted.

Pots and switches moves without any cracks or noises. The tune is fine.

Machine looks like a fully working, but I can not test all features of programmable sequencer (LEDs response correctly then I pressing buttons on it - thats all I'v figured out) because I can't read Japanese.

Cosmetically it looks great, but have few unperfections. Please see photos.

Please note:

The synthesizer is made for japanese market and work only at ~100-110v. If you living in countries, where voltage 220-240v, you need a step-down transformer."

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Hitachi Lo-D HMS-30 Memory Synthesizer (1978)


Published on Jul 21, 2015 Patrick McMaster

"I've been trying to track one of these rare units down since I joined the Hitachi family in September 2013. I finally got an alert that one was available on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. I was the one and only bidder, and for ¥20,000 it was mine! The size and weight made regular shipping uneconomical, so I opted for SeaMail. That was just under two months ago, and now here it is being played for the first time!

It's a two oscillator, fully polyphonic synth independent filter cutoff modulation w/LFO (warble) and amplitude modulation w/LFO (tremolo) per oscillator. It has global pitch modulation with a third independent LFO (vibrato), resonance and cutoff frequency knobs per oscillator, limited envelope control on osc 2...nothing terribly crazy in terms of modulation, but fun and more capable of sound shaping then I expected.

The built in preset-only drum machine sounds as cheesy as you would expect for late 70s analog, but the star of the show in terms of extras is a built in sequencer. Now I only need to figure out how the heck it works...

In this video I'm running it through a Moog Minifooger Drive into a Roland keyboard amp."

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Hitachi Lo-D Hitachi HMS-30 Vintage Analog Memory Synthesizer Sequencer

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"Up for sale is rare Lo-D HMS-30 Vintage Analog Polyphonic Memory Synthesizer made in Japan by Hitachi electronics in 1978..." SN 9000091C

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

Piacera EMIX EV-06

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"Electronic Piano Keyboard / Does not include stand
aka Hitachi HMO-5
1970 Japan
Extremely RARE
a synthesizer collector's Dream
Modified and biased by bentMONKEYcage electronics / California

EMIX PIACERA EV-06 is an extremely rare compact electronic piano/organ
manufactured by HITACHI in Japan era--1970's

The EMIX was also sold as HITACHI HMO-5

This little beast is very hard to find, even in Japan where they were manufactured.
....definitely a mini-organ and synth collectors gem!

.......cool design with full sized, 32keys
small and light weight and '70s warm but full analog sounds

3 sounds (organ, piano, mandolin),
metronome ( clicking sound),
vibrato (only effective for organ),
volume
on/off
it has line out, mic in modded 1/4" Jacks added by Bentmonkeycage electronics/California

good for live performances (small and light weight and looks cool!)
works with 8 size D batteries and/or 12V Neg Tip Casio type Wall adapter"

Tuesday, June 01, 2010

Lo-d (Hitachi) Vintage Analogue Synthesizer HMS-30


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"I have never seen one of these synths before, and there is very little info on the internet about it. Seems to be a rarity. Made sometime around the start of the 80's by Lo-D, which seems to be an offshoot of Hitachi in Japan. Reasonably large and well built machine, with classic wooden panels from the vintage era.

Here's what i have observed:
it is FULLY POLYPHONIC. not 4 or 6 or 8 voice polyphonic, but 100% polyphonic. Every key produces a note.

Each voice consists of 2 layers:
a sustained wave for the body of the sound, and an enveloped wave for the dynamic attack of the sound. each of these layers has the following 8 controls:
filter cutoff, filter resonance, pan, volume, warble speed and depth, tremolo speed and depth.
('warble' is an LFO which modulates the filter cutoff.)

so, basically, you build the sound from 2 layers, which are mixed together. each layer has its own filter and modulation options, and can be panned, so you can make nice stereo by putting one part to the left and the other to the right.

There is a global LFO for vibrato on the pitch. Rate and Depth can be altered with knobs. Total pitch can also be quite significantly altered using a knob which sweeps from bass right up to very high tones.

As if that's not enough, there is also a built-in rhythm machine, which consists of various simple drum patterns and a simple analogue drum engine which makes some simple bass, kick, hihat sounds. Certainly not going to replace you

So, a quick roundup so far of what this baby contains:

5 LFO's (global pitch, plus tremolo and warble for each of the 2 layers), 2 VCF's, One VCA, and a drum machine.

For an early 80's machine, that stuff by itself is pretty cool, but it seems to have gone a fair bit further than that with a whole section of buttons for controlling and editing an inbuilt sequencer. The LED's on that section are sadly not lighting up anymore, so one can only wonder to the full capabilities of this synth. I'm guessing it would have been quite expensive with all these options. The build is also very nice. The keyboard volume seems to change at a point 2 octaves up the keyboard. I assume this is to keep the volume of bass a bit lower than the melody when playing."

Thursday, February 12, 2009

HITACHI HMO-5 compact electronic organ


via this auction

Not a synth, but unique and very cool looking, and it's from Hitachi! Click the label below for more from them.

Auctions details:
"HITACHI HMO-5 is extremely rare compact electronic piano/organ
manufactured by HITACHI in 1970's Japan

HITACHI HMO-5 was also sold as EMIX PIACERA EV-06

i'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays
difinitely mini-organ and synth collectors gem!

cool futuristic design in silver and black plastic body with full sized 32keys
small and light weight
3 sounds(organ, piano, mandolin),metronome(cute sound),vibrate,volume,on/off
'70s warm analog sounds
it has line out,mic in
good for live performance(small and light weight and looks cool!)
works with 8 size D batteries"

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

HITACHI Lo-D HMS-30


via Yahoo! auctions Japan

"希少品の”HITACHI Lo-D HMS-30 メモリーシンセサイザー” 1980年頃のアナログシンセサイザーです。作曲したものをデータで記録したり、呼び出したりすることが出来ます。動作確認済の完動品の美品です。取扱説明書が付いてます。付属品として別売品のスタンド”LA-30MS”と”ダストカバー”とデータレコーダー接続コードが付きます。
ノークレーム、ノーリターンでお願いします。発送は、クロネコヤマト宅急便着払いになります。"

Googlish:
"Scarcity of goods "HITACHI Lo-D HMS-30 synthesizer Memory" circa 1980 analog synthesizer. Composed and recorded the data, or you can call. End kind of dynamic behavior of beauty products product. With an instruction manual. Accessories sold separately as a stand-"LA-30MS" and "dust cover" data recorder and connect it to code."

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