"Rare old Thomas organ "Band Master" polyphonic synthesizer kit in its original box. I assume this was something that could be added to a Thomas organ? Might be a fun project."
WBRA Television - Wayne Joness - December 1987 - Festival Fillers - Voyetra Sequencer Plus Mark III
Published on Mar 31, 2018 WayneJoness
"Video recorded in December of 1987, live at WBRA Television Studios in Roanoke, Virginia. Many thanks to Maureen Eiger who made this video possible. I used Voyetra Sequencer Plus Mark III, with a Kawai R50 drum machine, Roland JX-10 (synth brass), Yamaha TX-81Z (bass and other parts), and a humble Casio CZ-101 as my solo synth. More info: http://www.joness.com/gr300/voyetra_e..."
On the Octave-Plateau Voyetra MIDI Guitar pictured below:
"The Octave-Plateau Voyetra MIDI Guitar (about $2,000.00) is a polyphonic synthesizer controller. It has no sound generating circuitry, but it can link directly to any MIDI-equipped synthesizer. Programs can be recalled via the numerical keypad on its upper bout, and such parameters as vibrato and pitch bending can be programmed into the touch plate/pickguards. Besides putting out a MIDI signal, it has a standard guitar pickup output."
"The successful hardware and software company Octave-Plateau Voyetra showed up to the 1985 Summer NAMM show with what may be the rarest MIDI guitar of all time, the Octave-Plateau Voyetra MIDI Guitar.
As a software company producing the acclaimed Sequencer Plus sequencing software, Octave-Plateau Voyetra had plenty of programming chops.
But the company was also responsible for the Voyetra Eight, a cutting edge polyphonic analog synthesier using a serial interface that predated MIDI.
Unlike the Roland 24-pin compatible guitars, Voyetra did not use pitch-to-MIDI processing, but instead used a microprocessor to scan the guitar for activity generated by the contact strings to the frets. This is approach is clearly faster and more accurate than the pitch-to-MIDI approach. In addition, the guitar had no less than 8 programmable knobs and switches for real-time control of various MIDI parameters. Notice in the photo the two rack-mount Voyetra Eight synths, presumably being controlled by the Octave-Plateau Voyetra MIDI Guitar
Little is known about this MIDI guitar. I have only found two references to the guitar, in the issue of Guitar Player Magazine, from September 1985, and in the English music technology magazine, Electronic Soundmaker & Computer Music, also from September of 1985."
Just when you thought you've seen everything... This is the first Roland REVO-30 to be featured on the site. It appears to be a leslie rotary speaker effect.
From the listing:
"ROLAND Brand REVO-30 Model CHORUS ECHO EFFECT UNIT
reportedly makes speakers sound like Leslie Brand rotating speakers
REVO-30 UNIT ONLY / DOES NOT INCLUDE SPEAKER SYSTEM"
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The NISSIN C-16 CUP NOODLE Digital Synth Keytar!
A special novelty model of CASIO SK-1 via this auction
Can be yours for only $249!
Bet you never thought you'd see a cup of noodles keytar. One was actually listed back in 2011 here. If anyone knows of any other odd brand pairings, feel free to leave a comment.
"This is an interview with Synthesizer invented Robert Moog, the interview is in two parts, part 1 is an is an introduction to the synthesizer with demonstrations of creating sounds. Part 2 is information on to the types of music made with the Moog Synthesizer including examples.
The interview was conducted in the spring of 1970 in the studio inside the R.A. Moog Turmansburg NY facility. The interviewer is Gene Enders conducting the interview for Pacifica radio. The interview was produced by Gene Enders at station WBAI New York City.
The audio is structured so Dr. Robert Moog’s voice is on the Left Channel and interviewer Gene Enders voice is on the right. There is some distorted bleed through audio on the left channel at times when Enders is speaking, this distorted audio is on the original edited master tape of the interview."
This is the first one in white to be featured on the site. You can see pics of it in black in the archives here.
via the listing: "Wow, this is that super rare Synton that is never seen or heard. Sounds like a version of the Fenix 1. The rarest synth from Synton, as there were only a handful ever made! In this pristine condition, it is impossible to find. Regretfully giving it up to the next synthesist! Every feature works great!"
EMS SYNTHI 100 in the background. There's also an EMS Vocoder, a 16 Channel Quadraphonic Effects Generator by QUEG, a rare Jellinghaus DX-Programmer, and more. See the link in the descriptions below for more pics.
"Besuch des Studios für Elektronische Musik - 2018, Köln
Dokumentation dazu www.sequencer.de Suchbegriff WDR Studio reicht - dies sind zufällige Ausschnitte vom Besuch, vor allem für die Anwesenden, die Themen sind auf Sequencer.de gelistet. Das Video ist für mich selbst gedacht und für die, die da waren und erfüllt daher keine Gedanken an Qualität und Co. - Es ist nur da - bitte also das zu beachten - https://www.sequencer.de/blog/wdr-stu..."
Googlish:
"Visit to the electronic music studio - 2018, Cologne
Documentation on www.sequencer.de Search term WDR Studio is sufficient - these are random excerpts from the visit, especially for those present, the topics are listed on Sequencer.de. The video is for myself and for those who were there and therefore does not think about quality and co. - It's just there - so please keep this in mind - https: //www.sequencer.de/blog/wdr-stu ... "
Never seen one of these before. This is also the first time I've heard of CONG. Hopefully he keeps this one up after it sells.
"Hello guys & girls, I made a special video because I am selling my ultimate rare Cong rhythmbox, made in Taïwan. It has 32 rhythm patterns( 4 banks ).It has also an input for a guitar on the back. I want to sell this rhythmbox to the highest bidder ( if that bid is high enough! of course ). If you want this, send me certainly your bid: jasonbasson@hotmail.com. Thank you! And good luck! The buyer must also pay the costs of transport. I am located in Gent, East-Flanders, Belgium.greetz Jason"
"Resurrecting my old E&MM Spectrum synthesizer I built as a teenager back in the early 80's. The VCOs, VCF and VCAs are CEM-based chips and, with that sub osc on VCO1, have a pretty nice amount of grit - perhaps not surprising given the Pro-One pedigree. Did a little mod inside to bypass the not-really-worth-servicing keyboard - so now I no longer have to worry about it drifting sharp when controlling it purely through its CV/GATE in. In addition to pitch, the second CV channel from the nifty little SQ-1 feeds into the controller input which can be routed to VCF, PW, and even VCO-2 for some paraphonic fun."
"40 years old Made in Italy Analog Machines... Godwin DrumMaker 32 P groove presets machine with trigger out in Crumar DS1 mono synth gate in. DM32 Chord section thru DS1 Ext-Input filter controlled. Montarbo DRev128 echo/reverb only. Morning Live Session as is... ;)"
This is the first Godwin DrumMaker 32 P to be featured on the site. Never seen one before now.
"Some old pics on demo played in 20 Jenuary 2009 of one of the most big italian monophonic synthesizer... Oberon by CRB Elettronica! That's all that I find it in my old archives!!"
In the following video Vladimir Kuzmin goes over the Polivoks based modules by Industrial Music Electronics (formerly the Harvestman). It's in Russian, however you can enabled CC for your language via the player controls for the video.
