VTG Kimball Challenger P5 Synthesizer Keyboard MusicPro Program Card Packs

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Extend the sonic palette and functionality of a Kimball Challenger P5 Synthesizer with these hard to find Challenger MusicPro program cards! Simply swipe a card through the MusicPro reader on a P5 synth & open the door to new possibilities. This auction includes 5 MusicPro card packets (17 cards total) that span 4 program categories. 2 Rhythm section packs that contain a total of 8, 2-sided cards (1 side for the drum pattern, the other for bass & chord accompaniment), 1 pack of 4 Effects section cards, 1 pack of Synthesizer section cards containing 4, 2-sided cards (1 side for the oscillator, the other for the filter settings), & 1 Special Features "Magic Preset" card which automatically selects a solo voice for each rhythm. Also with a little experimentation, you can coax even more sonic variety from the 2 sided cards by selecting the VCO from one synth card & the VCF from another or by trying the bass & chord accompaniment from one with a different drum pattern from another of the rhythm cards. Cards have been tested and work with a fully functional Kimball Challenger P5 keyboard."

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Kimball Challenger P5 w/ MusicPro Program Cards

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"Kimball Challenger P5 Programmable Synthesizer Electronic Keyboard. Excellent cosmetic and working condition. Comes with manual, programming cards, and original purchase receipt from 1985."

You can find demos of one in previous posts here.

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Kimball Challenger P5

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RARE Vintage Kimball Challenger P5

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Kimball W-3 VOYAGER SN 417462

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"A 49-key organ synth released in the 1980s with 8 presets, 8 rhythm patterns and speakers."

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Kimball Challenger for that Beach House Sound

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"Here's a rare vintage keyboard/synth/drum machine/noise machine/chord arranger from the 1980s that looks as rad as it sounds! This machine will nail that Beach House sound, has a great organ and celeste preset, a flute patch that's not far off from a Mellotron, a primitive arpeggiator-type of setting for the banjo sound that is a blast to use, weird brass sounds as well some great weird synth-y tones, hilarious sound effects, great drum patterns with a fill button that adds nice variation and more. If you're looking for some serious vintage vibe to add to your studio and performances you just found it."

Did Beach House use one?

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Kimball Challenger vintage analog keyboard/drum machine

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You can find a demo of one previously posted here.

"Here's a rare vintage keyboard/synth/drum machine/noise machine/chord arranger from the 1980s that looks as rad as it sounds! This machine will nail that Beach House/"chill wave" sound, has a great organ and celeste sound, a flute patch that's not far off from a Mellotron as well some great weird synth-y tones, hilarious sound effects, great drum patterns with a fill button that adds nice variation and more. If you're looking for some serious vintage vibe to add to your studio and performances you just found it."

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Vintage KIMBALL CHALLENGER P5 VINTAGE MONO SYNTHESIZER ORGAN

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KIMBALL Challenger P5 Vintage Digital Synthesizer SFX Drum Machine

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"In excellent condition. Only missing one white plastic, screw cap.
Looks like a part of the NASA Space Shuttle Challenger. It is built very solidly and is fairly heavy for a keyboard of this type.

Features:
- Built-in speaker.
- All note polyphony.
- 6 polyphonic sounds: Program, Piano, Banjo, Violin, Brass, Organ.
- 6 monophonic voices (top note priority): Program, Brazz, Bells, Trombone, Trumpet, Jazz Flutes. Some have built-in portamento effect.
- 5 sound effects: Program, Crash, Birds, Arcade (sounds like Pac-Man dying), Whistle.
- 6 rhythms: Program (march), Waltz, Country, Swing, Rock, Latin. There is a different Drum Break fill for each pattern.
- Separate volume controls for accompaniment chords, bass and rhythm.
- Auto-accompaniment with several variations: Chord Rhythm (chops up the chord depending on the pattern selected), Swinger Bass (adds a bass note), Magic Chord (plays left hand chords with one finger), Solo Chord (plays right hand chords with one finger based on what chord is chosen with left hand), Magic Memory (sustains the chords until another key is pressed).
- Vibrato (on/off) with delay (on/off).
- Sustain: long, medium, off.
- Default "Program" sounds are overwritten with use of MusicPro Reader cards (not included).
- Jacks/controls on the back: 1/4" headphone out, 1/4" line out, pitch (tuning), 1/4" expression (volume) pedal, 1/4" sustain pedal, 1/8" test (?)."

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KIMBALL CHALLENGER P5 Vintage Electronic Synthesizer Keyboard SN 432552

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Kimball Challenger Mono Synth Organ Keyboard SN 47546 with MusicPro Card Reader

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"Awesome kimball keyboard synthesizer. This thing is perfect with only a few minor blemishes. Mechanically it is solid."

Comes with original dust cover pictured below.

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KIMBALL CHALLENGER P5 VINTAGE MONO SYNTHESIZER ORGAN +MANY EXTRAS SN 439003

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"KIMBALL CHALLENGER P5 MONO-SYNTHESIZER
Mono or polyphonic with rhythm, split keyboard, sound-effects generator, optical-card-programmable.
Serial number: 438003
Auction includes: Kimball Challenger P5 synthesizer, 2 complete sets of optical reader cards, 2 Sight & Sound International instruction manuals, 1 Kimball owners manual, attached power cord, vinyl cover and original stand.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
FLAWS: A few keys in the upper register work intermittently. There is some discoloration from age, but zero damage. The Kimball owners manual has writing in pencil on the cover - but that's it.
POSITIVES: It's clean, its unscratched, all the buttons and lights work, the optical card reader works. The stand is solid, the cover is in good shape. This was a home used keyboard...never left the house.
WORKING CONDITION: Works as described guaranteed.

This has a real mono synthesizer with really cool sounds, as well as the standard organ sounds and drum machine. The card reader thing is really cool and unique..one of the sounds on the cards is a lead mono synth with portamento...sounds rad. The few keys on the high octave work intemittently, I suppose because they did not get played as much..they probably need contact cleaning, but work."

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Kimball Voyager 3 SN 435743

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See the Kimball label below for more.  You can see the preset names in the images below.  It also has a rhythm accompaniment section.  Curious if these were digital, analog, or both.

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JUPITER T 3.0 + KIMBALL PT2

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"In this video i'm running the Kimball Challenger drums into the Jupiter T from one output and into another amp from the second output. This way you can hear both the dry & effected sounds. Go freakin' space crazy with your own Jupiter, only from chamberofsounds.com"

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JUPITER T 3.0 + Kimball Challenger

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"Here's the brand new Jupiter T 3.0 with a Kimball Challenger's drum machine plugged into it. It's going through a Memory Man and an old Jordan amp. New additions on the JT3 include an LED power indicator and a 9V battery compartment. Now you could make transmissions anywhere. Only from chamberofsounds.com"

Voyager Kimball W-3 Organ Keyboard Synthesizer SN 417940

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Synthesize this!

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Kimball synthesizer. Anyone know more about the Kimball?

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