"Up for sale is a beautiful Korg PE-1000 — a.k.a. Polyphonic Ensemble P — synthesizer from 1976. This one is in excellent condition and comes with the original lid and — a rarity! — the key for the lock. PLEASE NOTE: The stand shown here is not included. It's for display only.
Everything is working properly on this, and it sounds great. Note that the Glide feature — essentially note bend up or down — is activated by a foot switch plugged into the back of the synth. This is by design per the PE1000 owner’s manual on the Korg site. No pedal is provided, but any switching or damper pedal (which I’ve used) will work fine.
"Here is episode 5 of my series 80's in 80 seconds where I create an 80's synth themed track bed layering each part progressively in 80 seconds and then do a little improv jam along with it. I was able to integrate a few new pieces of gear on this one some of which I have been restoring and bringing back to life over the last few months including the Linndrum, Roland TR-727, Lexicon Model 200 reverb, and the Klark-Teknik DN780 reverb that is in the same vane as the AMS RMX16. I finish the jam with the Roland MKS-10 which was the first rackmount MIDI sound module released by Roland in 1984 that eventually led to the more infamous MKS-30, MKS-70 and, MKS-80. It is a 16 voice velocity sensitive EP/Clav/harpsichord type module with chorus, flanger, tremolo and a brilliance slider to control the tone of the 16 iconic Roland IR3109 filters it has on board. Sounded so good after I got it that I bought a second. Hopefully I can do a more in depth video on this in the future. For now enjoy episode 5!"
"A few months ago I got GS-e7 synth (7-voice analog poly) and finally managed to give it some good demo with BlueARP.
Playing various BlueARP-driven patterns, starting from barebone mono pattern to rich polyphonic pattern.
All sounds recorded directly from GS-e7, no other FX except its onboard delay (chorus was not used)."
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A live synthesizer jam performed entirely on hardware, with the Fourm at the centre.
The amazing Devin Belanger (@devinbelangermusic) aka Miles Away (@thisismilesaway) was kind enough to lend me his Sequential Fourm. Thank you, Devin! If you haven't checked out Devin's amazing channel or his music, please do so!
The Fourm is Sequential's entry-level analog polysynth, as far as I can tell. It has four voices, which is somewhat limited but OK for many circumstances, and sounds (to my ears) as good or better than any other Sequential synth I've personally owned. (Note: I haven't had a Prophet 5/10 and Devin swears by that thing.) So if the sound and a decent workflow are all that matters for you, and four voices is enough, then this thing is a no-brainer.
That said, its main feature is its poly-aftertouch keybed, which allows for you to modulate sounds by pressing into each of the keys. I love polyAT, and the Hydrasynth's polyAT keybed was tremendously inspiring to me. That said, I really struggled to get the polyAT to feel right for my playing. The biggest issue was a discrepancy between how the black keys responded versus the white keys. For the white keys, I could get a great linear aftertouch response, but with the black keys, it would often quickly ramp from 0 to 100 in a way I couldn't control. This could be something I get better at, or maybe it's this particular unit, or maybe it's just an issue with my skills. But ultimately, I found that the polyAT wasn't for me.
The sound, however, most certainly was. This thing sounds amazing. Here, I ran it through the Walrus M1 Mk2 (for auto-panning) and the Empress Reverb (for reverb), and then into the Soma Cosmos for looping. The first half was the more traditional "song" aspect, but truthfully, the second half wandering was my favourite. I could listen to a synth like this all day.
Thanks for listening.
Recorded live to a stereo output, with EQ, compression, and limiting on the master.
"We say... A pre-owned Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 in very good condition. It has no original packaging but comes with a power supply.
Manufacturer's description From basslines and rave sounds to massive drones and drums - the Erica Synths Bassline DB-01 synthesizer lets you explore new territories of sound and performance techniques and go from a melody to noise and back in no time. The DB-01 packs an analogue Erica Synths signature sound engine with an advanced sequencer on top of it.
"Meet Jynth, the new synth by Fingerlab for iPhone, iPad and Mac — the warm, analog soul of the iconic Roland Juno-106, reimagined with a groundbreaking Physics Engine for organic, living sound.
Designed for leads, basses, keys & pads, Jynth delivers that classic vintage character you love — housed in a meticulously crafted, photo-realistic interface that looks as good as it sounds.
Get it now for free on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jynth-p...
Jynth v2.0 update introduces two unique new feature: Preset Per Note & Preset Ribbon, inspired by the music of Aphex Twin.
Preset Per Note allows you to assign a different preset to each key of the piano keyboard, so that every note you play triggers not only a different pitch, but an entirely different sound — a new timbre, a new texture, a new character.
Preset Ribbon allows you to select a collection of presets and glide between them in real time, simply by sliding your finger across the ribbon.
Shape your sound with a full analog-style signal chain:
From the dual oscillators and resonant VCF filter to the ADSR envelope, LFO and built-in arpeggiator — every parameter has been carefully tuned to feel as musical as it sounds.
Go further with 5 studio-grade effects:
Tremolo, Flanger, Chorus, Delay & Reverb — stack them to build rich, evolving textures and cinematic soundscapes.
"In this Signal Colors Source video, I'm taking a look and listen to the Oberheim TEO-5 - a five voice analog synthesizer with onboard effects. This thing has crazy range and sounds really good all the while."
00:00 Intro
03:21 Sound Examples
15:14 Walkthrough
37:39 Final Thoughts
"It all works, all sliders, jacks, keys etc and sounds amazingly wicked. BUT there are a couple of sliders that have sputtered signal when moved at some point along the throw of the fader / knob… that said all sounds good without sputtered noise when set and left. This is pretty typical of a synth this age. Could use a detailed pot / slider cleaning / deoxit.
Also, while the keys trigger.. they could also benefit from a detailed contact cleaning. Again, this is a VERY common thing with roland synths of this era as we've had several SH5, SH3, SH7's etc… all had that issue. When we triggered this synth via external CV it played, responded and handled perfectly via another keyboard. BUT the keys do work."
"Novation X Station 61 Synth in good condition. Check out the video attached of this actual X Station.
This synth in my opinion, was one of novations strongest synth engines of the 2000s. Great pads, basses, leads, arpeggiated synths and so much more. Great sound! It works good, but has wear from being used over the years. Lots of scuffs, scratches, faders are a little stiff but still work good. I am pricing this well lower than usual. All said, it still works good and delivers some wicked sounds!"
"In this short video series, our Education Associate Mike Kiker will be exploring the ARP Odyssey and the collectible "Instant Odyssey" preset overlay set.
Created by David Frederick, former vice president of ARP, as a means of selling the instrument and giving the player some familiar sounds to get started and learn to program the synth along the way.
This patch sounds like a good way to give a player who is new to synths a chance to hear the differences between square and sawtooth waves."
0:00 Quick Overview 1:43 Afterlife Lead 2:28 Dark Wave Bass 3:17 IDM Triangled Lead 4:18 Noisy Arp Cross Mod 5:51 Electro Pulse (short envelopes) 6:51 EBM Bass 7:46 Console Pulse Lead 8:05 Paraphonic Magic 9:34 Killah Bass 9:48 Indie-Cade 10:39 7th Pad 11:36 Psy Alert (FX) 12:06 Kick Bass 12:19 Sonar Noise 13:12 Bubbles 14:20 Paraphonic Outro
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"Behringer JT-2: My 2 Cents With all the available 'heavily-inspired-but-not-clones' from Behringer, I’m starting to wonder when the company will introduce original synths again. Anyhow... This time, I’m taking a closer look at the Behringer JT-2, a paraphonic synth inspired by Roland’s Jupiter-8. It comes in similar colours but certainly doesn’t carry over the visual aesthetics of the '80s flagship synth. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as Behringer can keep costs down by using one chassis for a plethora of different models. At a budget-friendly price point, you get a lot of synth in a unit that doesn’t take up too much valuable studio real estate, either. But first things first...
I built the TRACKER that I've always wanted to use: TRX-12 💙
A fast, hands-on, tracker-style desktop DAW for Windows & macOS — loaded with 4,000+ original samples, three custom synth engines, 450+ Presets, 850+ MIDI files and a creative Step-FX workflow you won't find anywhere else! 😁🙏👊
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Whatever kind of music you are making - KEEP IT UP, Friends!
Don't stop making *YOUR MUSIC*!!
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"TRX-12 isn't just another sample player on a grid.
It's built around ideas you won't find in other trackers:
31 creative Step-FX commands — stack up to four per step for chords, strums, ratchets, probability, evolving pitch, glides, reverses, random slices and more. This is the secret weapon.
Polyphonic chords on a single track — real chords, right on the grid.
Multiple drum sounds on ONE track — sequence a whole kit on a single lane with no sample choking.
Multi-sample playback instrument with built-in trance gate
Round-robin playback — instant realism on drums and one-shots.
Melodies that evolve and mutate — scale-aware "evolve" and probability-based pitch let your sequences grow and change as they play.
Randomize everything — samples, synth sounds, sequences, even slicer slices — endless inspiration on tap.
Resample on the fly — bounce any pattern to a new sample and reload it instantly."
"The Viscount PCM R64s is a 80s italian rhythm machines, combining 8 bit PCM samples (10 sounds) and analog sound (both TOMs and the Cymbal). Actually the 'bongo' sound is made of both a sample and an analog sound, so that's 4 analog sounds on board.
Bad news is that it is not a drum machine but a rhythm machine, indeed you cannot program anything onto it, it's purely a presets unit !
Good news is that it sounds great and thanx to some mute switches and several instruments group volume knobs you can get make the 64 onboard patterns sound like more. It also features 'break', 'handclap solo' and the ability to be synced and/or sync to/from other gear.
Overall sound is fat and punchy, with the analog Cymbal sound bringing some "air" to the sound. Stereo image is quite wide.
I modified this unit by adding a global "pitch" control that act on the 10 PCM sounds (basically changing the clock speed of the sample playback, just like on the MXR 185 for instance) and a Cymbal tune pot. These are simply trimmers that are on the PCB that I externalized. There are also 2 more trimmers to tune the 2 TOMs analog sounds, but since they are not used on many patterns, mainly for breaks, I didn't feel it would add a lot to the sound.
These modifications do however transform this unit and make it more versatile.
In this video I first play with the "samba" differrent patterns and in the second part I demo some more patterns.
When you only hear the Handclap sound this means I'm pressing on a footswitch (off screen) plugged to the unit to that intent.
The R64s is plugged into the Tapco 4400A dual spring reverb and then recorded straight with no further editing nor treatment.
Sorry for having my right arm in front of the camera and for the focusing issue."
"The 2xDFAM sample library consists of sounds from two Moog DFAM synthesizers modulating each other and producing complex percussion layers from four oscillators
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Five chip tunes made with the limitations of the original NES.
00:00 - Stage 1
02:41 - Underworld
05:07 - Cutscene into battle
08:07 - Peace and war
09:55 - Overworld
I grew up on video game music, and it's probably a large part of why I love synthesizers today. What impresses me most about those old soundtracks is how much they can achieve with such a limited voice count and, to a lesser extent, sound palette. (I actually adore the sounds, so I don't see them as limiting.) The Nintendo Entertainment System had two mono synth square waves, one extremely chunky triangle wave mono for bass, and then a noise oscillator for percussion. There was also an extremely low-resolution sampler ("Blades of Steel!") but I chose not to reproduce that here.
For a while, I had been thinking about working within the limitations of the original NES. I could do that on any modern groovebox or synth, of course, but I wanted the limitations forced on me, and I wanted something that got me close to the original sound without a lot of work. Thanks to my Patreon community, I was able to pick up the Twisted Electrons hapiNES L, which emulates the old NES chip sounds, right down to the mono (not stereo!) out.
Once I had the sounds in place, I wanted a way to quickly write and structure songs. The Teenage Engineering OP-XY proved a good choice, because it's quick, has two octaves to play on, has a smart and creative transposition tool, and has an excellent song mode for structuring longer compositions. I also wanted to use some other sequencing tools, so I pulled out the Oxi One Mk2 for the final song. I didn't find it was quite as effective for the song-mode sequencing, but its new Chord Palettes mode led me in some extremely interesting musical directions.
I could have kept going, but five days seemed like a good haul of NES music for now, and proof to myself that I could do it again in the future. I know the music here might not be to everyone's tastes, but it satisfies the kid in me and makes me wish I had an 8-bit game to write a soundtrack for.
"A brassy melody on the lovely Dreadbox Artemis synthesizer.
When I make a simple patch like the one here, I can really hear if I like a synth or not, and oh boy do I like the Artemis. For this patch I've made use of the lovely internal large reverb and BBD delay algorithms by Sinevibes, and towards the end the piece I slowly fade in the detuned second oscillator. I noticed I really love detuning the oscillators from each other on Artemis, which is not something I like doing on every synth, but on Artemis it just sounds sooo good!"
"We say...
A pre-owned Novation Bass Station 2 in good condition. It has fairly yellowed keys and no original packaging but comes with a power supply
Manufacturer's description
Bass Station II is a paraphonic analogue synthesiser that comes packed with two flexible oscillators, an extra sub-oscillator, two filters, two LFOS, sequencing and arpeggiation, and more. You'll find it all wrapped in a compact, portable design, complete with 25 great-feeling, full-size keys with aftertouch.
KEY FEATURES
Two analogue oscillators plus sub-oscillator
Two gritty-sounding filters
Overdrive, distortion, and more
Flexible modulation
Built-in sequencing and arpeggiator
Incudes AFX and Paraphonic modes"
"We say...
A pre-owned Dave Smith Mopho SE in good condition. It has fairly yellowed keys and no original packaging but comes with a power supply
Manufacturer's description
It’s a Bigger Badder Mopho!
Mopho SE builds upon the same award-winning analog, subtractive synth voice architecture of the Mopho and packages it in an ideally sized, three-and-a-half-octave, portable package. Use it to create the same huge basses, creamy leads, and percolating sequences that made the original Mopho everyone’s favorite micro mono synth.
The Mopho Sings!
The Mopho SE voice is composed of two analog oscillators, two sub octave generators, selectable 2- or 4-pole famed Curtis low-pass filter, three 5-stage envelope generators, four LFOs, a re-latchable arpeggiator, and a 16 x 4 step sequencer. Its voice also comes packed with 20 modulation sources and almost 50 destinations!
"We say...
A pre-owned Roland MKS-50 in good condition. It has a few blemishes on the top and bottom as is typical for a rack mount unit.
Manufacturer's description
The MKS-50 is a rack-mount version of the Alpha Juno. It has the same synth engine and architecture, with some added features like 16 programmable chord memories, the ability to store velocity, volume, panning, de-tune, portamento and other similar parameters within each patch you create. The optional and highly recommended PG-300 will give you traditional slider type control of all editable tone parameters which include DCO (digitally controlled oscillators) LFO, bend, ENV, pulse, waveforms, noise, PW/PWM, high pass filter, VCF (filter) with freq/env/res/LFO/kybd, VCA envelope, chorus, and more."
"This was an instagram post that turned out to be a pretty darn good exploration of Chromaplane through Sparks and Big Time, so I'm tossing it on Youtube for those of you who are on the hunt for more Big Time audio examples. It’s admittedly busy sonically, but sometimes I just love making a big pot of sonic gumbo.
The modular stuff is a series of homegrown samples being processed by Multigrain, Arbhar, and Morphagene.
If you like these kinds of sounds, grab a copy of my sample pack Bokeh-- it's loaded with sounds from this universe that you can use in your music.
