Pigface Pollard Industries Syndrum Twin Synthesizer SN 1215

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"This is a "multifamily yard sale auction" the proceeds of which go to benefit Jolly Roger, Jim Sochaki (drum tech), Martin Atkins, and the launch of a new museum

Recently refurbished 2 channel drum synth through Alchemy Audio (details below) -- Used in Pigface A New High In Low, Pictured in the booklet with the juxtaposition of the roses in the studio, also used in the poster for the Lowest of the Low Tour

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Details:
Replaced--
6.8μF 35v Tantalums caps
1000 35v Panasonic radial capacitor
Stereo 1/4” jack
CST side\toggle switch
1000uF + 100uF electrolytic capacitors
4 x 1N4001 diodes"

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Pollard Syndrum Quad - Analog Drum Synthesizer

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"This one is in excellent cosmetic condition and working 100%. It has just been serviced and has had some restoration. It is ready to be used and needs nothing! It will come with all four pads (with the cable) and the sustain pedal."

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Pollard Industries Syndrum Twin Drum Synthesizer

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"The synthesizer section was fully serviced and is working perfectly.

The 2 drum pads work fine and will be included in this sale if requested (please remember to request them!). They were built with a layer of foam inside. As with nearly if not all vintage foam of this age that we've seen, this foam is crumbling. The crumbs are coming out the holes in the pads. We would normally want to replace this foam, but there doesn't seem to be an easy way to disassemble the pads and we don't want to risk breaking them, so we're selling them the way they are. As noted above, the pads aren't even needed to use this piece - we've got a Syn Drum Twin in our studio and always use it without them - we trigger it via a Roland TR-808 (which we also have one of we plan to list shortly)."

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Vintage 1970’s Pollard Syndrum Twin Electronic Drum Synthesizer

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Aphex Twin's Old Synth

Alex Ball

"A brief look at an early Theis Modular Synthesizer (TMSS) from around 2002. This particular unit was originally owned by Richard D James / Aphex Twin.

0:00 Intro
0:23 Aphex Twin
1:09 What is the Theis Synthesizer?
2:06 Raw Demo Sequence
3:52 Summary
4:28 Contextual Demo

Other gear used in this video:
Roland System 100m
Roland System 500
Ryk 185 Sequencer
Roland Juno-6
Roland TR-707
Roland TR-606
Roland CR-8000 (samples)
Korg KR-55B
Yamaha DX7
Simmons SDS-3
Pollard Syndrum Twin
Fairlight CMI Drum Samples
Ibanez RM-80 Mixer"

Alex Ball synth vids

See the Theis label for more.

Syndrum: The Electronic Drum

Cherry Audio

"A short documentary about the history of the Syndrum, the world's first commercially produced electronic drum, commemorating the release the release of the MRB Syndrum and poly Syndrum modules for the Cherry Audio Voltage Modular platform"

Noystoise Synare/Syndrum Clone

Published on May 27, 2020 Kory Westerhold

"Just a poor, brief walk through of just a handful of the percussive noises the Noystoise clone of the Synare can make. Apologies for the poorly scripted, off the cuff demo."

Syndrum Pollard Industries Quad Electronic Synth Drum Model SN 227

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Pollard Syndrum Quad - Analog Drum Synthesizer - Pro-Service w/Restoration

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"This one is in good cosmetic condition and working 100%. It has just been serviced and has had some restoration. It is ready to be used and needs nothing! It will come with the cable and two original Syndrum drum pads."

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SYNDRUM For Parts

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Some pics of the inside.

"Very rare. Not misused. It stopped working while in use and it was working fine. It has since had a diode replaced by a qualified tech. There is a short on the board. It has not been fully investigated due to time restraints so it's been returned and left as it was. 2 switches are broken/ missing, Pedal and Tune. No slider tips. There is a spare transformer and all of the dismantled parts are present including the wooden end blocks which are in good condition. It's assumed it will work again."

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Pollard Syndrum CM 8” Electronic Drum Synth w/ Original Box

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Pollard Syndrum Model 278 Analog Drum Synth & Pad SN 1065

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"Rae two channel Pollard Syndrum Analog Drum Synth, Drum Pad SOLD AS IS. Shipped with Fedex ground, very limited testing ,the drum set and peddle works there is output, no other test was conducted. As you can see in the pictures, knobs are missing and one drum lid has lifted up, please check all pictures provided for cosmetic shape. Will be sold as is no returns."

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Pollard Syndrum 477 Quad Drum Synth Trigger Kit w/ Stand & Road Case SN 525

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"SPECS:

1 - 477 sound modal
4 - 8" triggers
10' Ft 4-pin XLR to 4 - 1/4" TS snake
1 - control foot pedal
10' Ft 1/4" TRS cable

ACCESSORIES INCLUDED: This item comes as seen in photos, and does not include any accessories.

1 - double braced stand with 4-trigger mounts
1 - tool (To remove rear panel of triggers.)
1 - instructional cassette

EXTRAS INCLUDED:

1 - Trunk ATA Road Case with wheels
36" x 19.5" x 22", 58 lbs.
1 - plastic cooking spoon (While this is a very silly use for a plastic cooking spoon it seems it makes a good connection as a stick for the drums)
PHYSICAL CONDITION: Excellent - The stand is sturdy and holds all 4 triggers securely. The sound modal's side wood panels have a few dings and scratches, but its face plate is super clean. The previous owner put "Sweet Wheats" stickers on the bottom of each trigger and on the road case. The controls and connections are all in great shape, overall, it's in excellent condition.

WORKING CONDITION: Excellent - All drum pads are working great, the main unit is also in perfect working order. All toggle switches, control knobs, and sliders are working great. Pedal and footswitch are also in perfect working order. Overall working condition is excellent."

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Pollard Syndrum Model 178 Analog Drum Synth, Drum Pad, and CV Pedal

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This is the one featured in the demos posted here.

"The "Snare 1" preset setting in the "Snare" section does not seem to work. This is not a problem as you can create the same "Snare 1" preset sound with a low Snare "Sustain" setting. The "Snare 1" setting is a preset short sustain, whereas the "Snare 2" setting allows you to set a custom snare/noise length. Please see the YouTube links to see how the Snare section and Snare Sustain control work.

The Syndrum Model 178 is a single voice analog drum synth that is triggered by hitting the Syndrum mesh drumhead trigger. The drum synth sound/tone and modulation is adjusted manually to create different types of drum synth sounds. The Syndrum is capable of creating kick, tom, special effects, and best known for its decending “Dooooooooooo” sound (think disco toms or space drums). The Vibrato/Modulation section can be used to created vibrato effects as well as ring-modulation when the rate is set to higher values.

Here is what is included with this auction:

Syndrum Model 178 Drum Synth
8” Mesh Syndrum Drum Head Trigger
Syndrum Drum Head Trigger Key (plastic padel)
Syndrum CV & On/Off Footswitch
22VDC Power Adapter (included)
1/4" Output Cable
1/4" CV Footswitch Cable"

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Retro Drum - Vintage Drum Synth Demos

Published on Aug 16, 2019 Retro Drum

"Audio output recorded directly to an audio interface without the use of EQ or Dynamics processing. Audio uploaded to YouTube 24-bit/96kHz uncompressed."

Simmons SDS, Dyncacord Percutter Crum Computer, Syndrum Model 178, Syndrum CM Analog Drum Synth & Electro Harmonix Space Drum.

EMEAPP SONIC TEST DRIVE: VINTAGE ANALOG ELECTRONIC DRUMS

Published on Aug 2, 2019 EMEAPP

"EMEAPP SONIC TEST DRIVE: Simmons SDSV, Ult-Sound DS-4 and Pollard Syndrum from your good friends at the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project. More information at emeapp.org, please join us as a member!"

Great and rare demo of the rare Ultimate Sound DS-4 drum synth.

The Division Department 01/IV ANALOG DRUM SYNTH

The first batch of the new 01/IV ANALOG DRUM SYNTH will be limited to a run of 50.

"01/IV by The Division Department is a 4-channel analog drum synthesizer capable of synthesizing a wide palette of sounds. From usual drum hits like kicks, toms, snares, claps, hi-hats and cymbals to unusual and complex sounds like drones and weird modulated creations. The provided MIDI implementation lets the 01/IV be triggered via MIDI, which makes it a powerful piece of equipment in a setup.
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The concept of 01/IV is unique as it has four identical voice channels with all the power of synthesizing various type of drum sounds. Any channel can play a kick, a cymbal, toms and congas, or even a bassline. Channels can even be combined, can modulate each others in pairs (FM) or can be layered to form complex sounds. All these achieved with a flexible routing system composed of slide switches and carefully calibrated synthesizer elements.
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01/IV inherited genes from legendary drum machines and drum synthesizers like the Pollard Syndrum, the Roland 808 & 909, and Pearl Syncussion SY-1. It has a true analog audio path, but also added a very flexible digital modulation system of a multi-function LFO, ramp and retrigger generator.
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Key Features:

60 panel controls: Knobs - Switches - Triggers Buttons
4 Voices - Chromatic via midi
Drone Mode
Midi note triggers and partial Midi CC controls
Mix / Individual outputs
Compact size / Light weight

Some details captured from The Division Department website for the archives follow. See The Division Dapartment label for additional posts.

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Synth Quest Episode 4 | Pollard Syndrum

Published on Jan 25, 2019 madFame

"In this episode of Synth Quest we take a look at the Pollard Syndrum. This video is the most in-depth, high-quality demo of the Pollard Syndrum on the internet, I hope you enjoy it!

I rescue and repair unwanted synths and drum machines and put them back into service, making music as they were intended. In this video series I present some of the history and sounds of the various synths and drum machines here in my studio.

If you have any unwanted synths and drum machines that you would like to contribute to Synth Quest, you can email me at madfame@madfame.com

If you would like to support this channel and the production of future episodes you can consider joining my other patrons at: https://www.patreon.com/madfame"

Pollard Syndrum Model 178 Drum Pad Foot Pedal Synth

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"Pollard Syndrum model 178 comes with extra wires foot pedal drum pad and synth. all items are in very good working order please note last picture drum pad show a small hair line crack drum .This is a vintage lot and you will receive everything in picture overall a great collectors item at a great price."

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Pollard Syndrum Quad Drum Synthesizer Synth Trigger Sound Module

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"PHYSICAL CONDITION: Fair - The "Tone" toggle switch is missing, but the internal switch function works by using a pen-like object. The unit is missing 3 of it's 16 screws and 1 of it's rubber feet. It's also missing 4 of it's 28 colored tips for the sliders. Someone has used a black Sharpie to mark their settings. Both of the side wood panels are slightly loose and have a few dings, chips and scratches, overall, it's in fair condition and worthy of restoration. All internal components are intact."

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