"Refurbished and purchased from Syntaur only a few years ago. All sounds are strong, faders and buttons work properly and the onboard analog spring reverb has a sweet vintage tone which adds to the old hollywood black & white cinematic sound of this synth. There is some natural oscillator aliasing (aka slop or smear) but this is part of the thick chorusing sound. Key bed feels great and the lamp in the power switch is solid."
"Bought brand new from Syntaur a couple of years ago to use in a restoration project which never won up happening; it has sat new in the box since it arrived at my house."
"I decided to help a friend and replaced all of his Roland Juno 60 sliders. I figured I’d done a lot of similar work for myself, and I’ve had a lot of people help me out so I wanted to pass it forward. Well, after spending 3 hours replacing the sliders, it was 12:30AM and I turned on the unit to test it out. But it went horribly wrong. Nothing sounded right. Noise was always present, the Attack slider didn’t work, Sub was always on, you get the picture. By this point, I was totally stressed out. I had destroyed a $3000 synth!
I tried going to sleep, but it was around 3AM before I could. I woke up the next day, stressed. I ran downstairs to see if it was just something simple I missed, but nothing seemed wrong. All the pins had continuity to the traces they were going towards.
By 5PM that day, I finally wrote on a facebook group. Someone mentioned something regarding the new sliders from Syntaur. He said they’re chassis legs are too short. Specifically, the Attack slider chassis provides ground to IC5, pin 8. But when I checked, there was continuity from the pad to IC5 pin 8. HOWEVER, the pad was NOT connected to the chassis. I quickly threw the old slider in, and magically… it all worked. I couldn’t believe it. That was about 24 hours of terror as I tried to figure out what went wrong.
However, it is now going strong, perfectly. I’m very thankful to that facebook group!
"1981 Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer - Serial No. 124650
Here it is! What many would call the most famous drum machine of all time. The TR-808 is well known for being the driving force of the hip hop genre and many other electronic genres. It's wonderful set of analog sounds can be heard on countless records and are as popular in today's contemporary culture as ever.
This unit was just serviced and is in perfect working order. The drums all sound incredible, in particular the snare and clap on this model. Unit has a new start/stop and tap switch along with a replaced sequencer board from Syntaur.
Cosmetically it looks perfectly vintage in our opinion. The only real blemish is the white cap on the snare's 'snappy' knob is missing. Fantastic piece of gear all in all!"
Includes real-time programmer. Yes, you can edit the analog filter and more in REALTIME! Makes programming it a breeze. Note: Programmer is USB powered, does not provide any computer USB functions.
Floppy drive has been replaced with a USB floppy emulator from Sampler Zone so it's set up correctly and has the larger face plate that fills the entire opening. Includes entire Syntaur sample library, SoundProcess OS & Library, and full factory library on the USB drive.
Also includes factory original 50k sample input filter, a must-have if you do your own sampling, it's the key to getting cleaner samples.
Recently serviced with full power supply rebuild and all button tacs replaced along with a new volume slider."
"Roland MSQ-700 in excellent cosmetic condition and working as expected. Original lithium battery just replaced with a new 3.6v battery and receptacle put in its place. Rubber stick-on feet that the previous owner had used have been replaced with proper Roland-style rubber feet from Syntaur."
"Red Sh101 with power supply, keytar and strap not included. This unit was refurbed with all new sliders from Dinsync.info, dust guards from Syntaur and power switch. Key contacts were cleaned and the case went for a bubble bath. Clean unit. There are scratches on the case, see photos. The keys also have a bit of scruffs. Plays great and 100% functioning. Sliders were $100, dust guards $37, and power switch $20. 4 hours of labor."
"Red Sh101 with keytar and power supply, strap not included. This unit was refurbed with all new sliders from Dinsync.info, dust guards from Syntaur and power switch. Key contacts were cleaned and the case went for a bubble bath. Clean unit."
"Professionally serviced to replace a faulty ram chip, and was also checked over during servicing. Plays really nice! Slight curve in the body on the disk drive side (see photo). Does not impact functionality. Please see the photos for cosmetics of the item. This is the Mirage keyboard with the Fatar keyboard.
Comes with a bunch of original Ensoniq disks. I will include the Soundprocess operating system disk purchased from Syntaur, which turns this keyboard into a synth monster. A couple screws missing. Original manuals included. Nice keyboard stand included (~$80 value) and a dust cover included.
I also have very, very rare 3rd Party disks (MUG, K-Muse, and others) and an original Sequencer Expander dongle available for an extra cost (none of which are included in this auction). Inquire if interested."
"Legendary Oberheim Matrix-12 synthesizer in excellent condition and future-proofed
New universal input (85 to 265V AC) switch mode power supply; completely silent, no heat All new 6 rotary encoders from Syntaur (originals will invariably fail and stop working with time) New front panel decal/overlay from Craig Aspin/Sweet Discrete (identical to the original) Perfect working order, just pro-serviced, all contacts checked and cleaned All tunings pass (VCO, PW, RES, VCF, VCA) Preferred USA model Original manual Sturdy flight case"
"It's a holiday double-header, with two Fairlight episodes back-to-back!
Cris Blyth is a brave man. He has a dream of taking a Fairlight MFX and upgrading it to a Fairlight CMI Series III. In this episode, Cris gives the Fairlight a bit of a shower, then comes to his senses (sort-of) and learns to do screen printing with hopes of completing the front panel. A sneaky cheat brings on a momentary sense of elation - is the end in sight?"
"Cris Blyth is a brave man. He has a dream of taking a Fairlight MFX and upgrading it to a Fairlight CMI Series III. In this episode, Cris gets the newly-made front panel painted, in an epic battle between off-white and beige, and satin and gloss. And he makes an interesting discovery about replicating the panel graphics."
Cris Blyth is a brave man. He has a dream of taking a Fairlight MFX and upgrading it to a Fairlight CMI Series III. In this episode, Cris explores his graphic design skills, and gets the Fairlight front panel ready for screen printing."
"Cris Blyth is a brave man. He has a dream of taking a Fairlight MFX and upgrading it to a Fairlight CMI Series III. In this episode, Cris is making faces - taking a blank aluminum face plate from his donor machine, and cutting and drilling and painting to make a CMI face plate."
Playlist:
Ian Martinez with Arturia talks what's in store for Arturia at Synthplex 2022
Artesia Pro talks the rise of their EFNOTE Drums and other gear showing at Synthplex
Platinum Producer Jeff Weber talks Synthplex and the state of the music recording industry
Roger Linn Interview live from Synthplex 2022 Expo Floor
Jordan Rudess Interview at Synthplex 2022
Interview with Emu Systems Legend, Dave Rossum at Synthplex 2022
Alan Howarth, horror movie composing legend, talks danceable Halloween soundtrack and more!
Sam Mims of Synth Wizards & Syntaur talk Synthplex and Modding Synths
