Oberheim OB-1 Brochure

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Sound Charts Minimoog Synthesizer by Tom Rhea

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Roland The Synthesizer - 1st Edition w/ Original Box Cover

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"The Synthesizer 4 book collection Roland 1978

The books are in excellent condition, as you can see, the outer slip cover has obvious discoloration and some damage"

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Roland The Synthesizer - 2nd Edition

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"Classic lit made by Roland back in the day.. very informative on analog synthesis and recording process. Great condition and rare!"

It appears to be missing Practical Synthesis For Electronic Music Volume One.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Technical Manual Rev3.0,3.1,3.2.

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Explore the ARP Synthesizer Exhibition at the Museum of Making Music

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"Guest curator Brian Kehew gives as a tour of the new ARP Exhbition at the NAMM Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. Titled 'ARP: The Innovator, The Instruments, The Impact', the exhibition includes details about Alan R. Pearlman on his centennial, a large collection of ARP instruments, and a bit about the legacy and new re-creations.

To find out more about the museum and the exhibit, please visit
https://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/e...

Both the exhibition and opening events were done in collaboration with the Alan R. Pearlman Foundation. To find out more about the foundation, including how to support their work, please visit:
https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/

The background music for this tour was created using Cherry Audio's re-creations of classic ARP instruments, including the CA2600, ODC 2800, Chroma, Quadra, and Pro Soloist.

00:00 Introduction
00:26 Overview of the exhibit
01:37 The ARP 2500
02:00 The ARP 2600
02:30 The 1972 NAMM show
03:02 The ARP Odyssey
03:36 The Pro Soloist and OMNI 2
04:58 The Avatar
05:46 The 1978 NAMM show
06:05 The Rhodes Electronic Piano and Chroma
08:08 The Impact: Korg Odyssey & Cherry Audio
09:16 The early ARP Soloist
09:46 Don Lewis and the LEO
10:44 Albums and advertisements
11:44 Conclusion

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E-MU Systems Virtuoso 2000 w/ Original Box

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"E-MU Virtuoso 2000. It’s in MINT condition. It comes with Orchestral Sessions Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 expansion 32MB ROM (**2 cards**) And is in 100% working order. It‘s so MINT, that it even still has the protection film on the screen. Comes with its original box and power cable. This unit has seen very minimal use over the years."

Two ad scans below.

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Jugg Box DPM-48 1983 Manual

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"Brand New copy of the operating manual for the Jugg Box DPM-48 (also branded as Hammond DPM-48 and Sakata DPM-48). English language version, along with German language supplement. 86 pages, 6 inches by 9 inches in dimension, printed in black and white.

This book is also available from most Amazon online sites [https://amzn.to/3HsiZSw]

The DPM-48 programmable digital drum machine was first released in late-1983, and was available for sale in many countries under the brand names Nihon-Hammond, Sakata, Jugg Box, and Multivox.

Like several other drum machines that were available on the market at that time, the DPM-48 used digitally sampled sounds stored onto EPROMs. DPM stood for 'Digital Percussion Machine', and the '48' related to the 48 patterns that could be stored on the unit. Unusually, the DPM-48 used a special type of RAM cartridge for the storage of the patterns.

In mid-1984 an 'Electronic Drums' sound set of alternative EPROM chips featured on the DPM-48E model. The Electronic Set, along with Rock and Latin Percussion alternative sound sets became available for use with the DPM-48, along with a trigger interface that enabled electronic drum pads to use the Trigger Input located at the rear of the DPM-48 chassis. A MIDI-retrofit was also later made available, with the DPM-48 unit being discontinued in 1987 or so.

This Owner's Manual is an English-language limited edition publication, including a section on the MIDI capability for the DPM-48, info on the rare alternative sound sets, and a separate section at the rear with the original German language operating instructions for the DPM-48. (86 pages in total)."

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Octave Plateau Sequencer Plus Ad

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"Octave Plateau Sequencer Plus advertisement from page 17 in the February 1986 issue of Keyboards, Computers and Software (KCS) magazine."

"State of the art shouldn't create a state of confusion"

Yamaha CS50 & CS60 Polyphonic Synthesizer Brochures

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CS50 via this eBay listing

"Yamaha CS50 Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer Brochure. BROCHURE ONLY. 8 glossy pages, full color, fold out. Very Good to Excellent condition. Vintage original, no punch holes, no writing, no highlights, no stains, does have music store stamps, USED. Time keeps on slipping into the future."

CS60 via this eBay listing

"Yamaha CS60 Analog Polyphonic Synthesizer brochure. BROCHURE ONLY. 8 glossy pages, full color, fold out. Very Good to Excellent condition. Vintage original, no punch holes, no writing, no highlights, no stains, no stamps, USED. Time keeps on slipping into the future."

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Fully Serviced 1974 Moog White Elephant CDX-0652 Vintage Cordovox Combo Organ & Synthesizer

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Moog CDX 0652 video upload by tiff sea



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"This synthesizer/organ was nicknamed the 'White Elephant'. It was built in Italy in 1974 by Cordovox. It combines a Thomas organ with a Moog Satellite shared on the upper manual.

The synthesizer voices play only on the upper manual, while the organ voices play on both, with organ and synth sections simultaneously available on the upper manual. The CDX-0652 also includes a batch of 9 preset synthesizer voices which don't appear on a Moog Satellite. The sonic options available are vast, with banks of switches, buttons, and sliders to shape both the combo organ and Moog circuitry. The Moog bass signal can also be accessed on the lower manual and blended with the organ, and the combo organ even has a full percussion bank.

CDX-0652

A dual-manual combo organ with a Moog Satellite grafted onto it. I understand that the Satellite had a very thin sound, nothing like the MiniMoog. It had only a single oscillator and several preset sounds, similar to other semi-preset synths like the Arp Pro Soloist and the Roland SH-2000.

Thomas bought the rights to the Satellite from Moog. The CDX-0652 was designed by Thomas in cooperation with Cordovox. A Thomas version of the Satellite (the "Synthi 1055) and the CDX-0652 were both manufactured by EME, the same outfit that made most Italian Vox organs. Thomas also marketed the Satellite under the "Orbit" name on some of their home organs.

The synthesizer voices play only on the upper manual, organ voices play on both. Organ and synth voices may be played simultaneously on the upper manual. It includes a batch of 9 preset synthesizer voices that don't appear on a Satellite. Unlike the 0642, this one seems to have all of the organ features (many of which seem identical to the 0642) available on both keyboards.

Controls:

Top Panel:

Tab: Moog On/Off
Buttons: Piano, Sax, Guitar, Flute, Banjo, Clarinet, String, Trumpet, Horn, Preset
*Tabs 1: Octaves: 1 & 2 Modulation: Rep, Sine/Square, Vib, Trem
*Tabs 2: Glide, Sust
*Tabs 3: Brass: Mute, Open Reed: Thin, Hollow, Full, Bright
*Tabs 4: String: Bow, Pluck Strike, Pick Bell, Lunar
Left of Upper Keyboard:

Knob: Tuning
Black Sliders: Flute Voices: 16', 8', 5-1'3, 4', 2-2'3, 2' Mixture, Volume Lower, Volume Upper
*White Sliders: Filter: Contour, Color, Emphasis Modulation: Rate, Depth Glide, Volume
Left of Lower Keyboard:

Buttons: Coupler, Sustain, Bass
Sliders: Bass Min/Max, Guitar Bass, Vibrato Depth
Right of Lower Keyboard:

Buttons: Percuss, Repeat, Mono
Sliders: 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', Decay Short/Long, Repeat Rate Slow/Fast

Work done: fabricated new key actuators for synth section. Fixed divider causing top synth note not to work, repaired synth signal to main output, LFO on synth, replaced TDA-470 transistor array that was causing missing footage on organ's G notes, replaced filter supply capacitors on synth and organ, cleaned all controls and key contacts, replaced missing white fader caps on synth section with Vestax caps."

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Vintage Yamaha DX100 Take The Studio Home With You 100 Year Anniversary Ad

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Oberheim The System Ad

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MPC Electronics "The Kit" Ad

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"The Kit, including the Synkit, The Tymp and the Clap, from page 29 in the October 1983 issue of Keyboard Magazine."

The Original DX7 Patch Fake Book Vol 1

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"'Original DX7 Patch Fake Book', 1986, by Lorenz Rychner"

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Vintage ARP User Manuals

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The ARP String Ensemble, Pro-DGX, and Omni all feature the same images on both the cover and the back. The ARP Odyssey further below, however looks older, and is different.

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Ensoniq Fizmo Users Guide / Owners Manual

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1980 Yamaha SY-22 "Vector Synthesis" Ad

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"Yamaha SY-22 "Vector Synthesis" advertisement from page 39 in the September 1990 issue of Keyboard Magazine.

In a crowded world of 90s synths, the SY-22 vector synthesizer dared to be different. With FM, sample playback and joy-stick driven sound design, its still loved by a small group of fanatics. I've never owned one... and I still consider myself one of those fanatics."

Kawai K3 Original Owners / User Manual

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"Kawai K3 Original Owners Manual
50 Pages
Manual has some wear and discoloration but is in overall good condition."

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1973 Electronic Music Laboratories EML-500 & EML-101 Synthesizer Advertisements

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"This listing is for a vintage paper advertisement. This is a 1973 ad for a Electronic Music Laboratories EML-101 Portable Synthesizer! The size of the ad is approximately 6.5x8inches. The caption for this ad is 'The best Portable synthesizer in the world' The ad is in good overall condition, with some light wear. This vintage ad would look great framed and displayed! Add it to your collection today!"

EML-500 below via this eBay listing

"This listing is for a vintage paper advertisement. This is a 1974 ad for a Electronic Music Laboratories EML 500 Synthesizer! The size of the ad is approximately 6x6.5inches. The caption for this ad is 'The fastest real synthesizer you can buy' The ad is in good overall condition, with some light wear. This vintage ad would look great framed and displayed! Add it to your collection today!"