MATRIXSYNTH

One Hell of a Knob

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Roland TR-707

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Roland SH-7

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5

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Title link takes you to a couple of shots pulled via this auction. The auction states it's an FM synth, but my understanding is it is a Wavetable, vector synth like the Sequential Circuits Prophet VS and Korg Wavestation line of synths. I believe the people that worked on the Prophet VS spent a short time at Yamaha after SCI went under, followed by Korg. If you know more, feel free to comment. It's been a while since I read the full story. The Yamaha TG33 is fully digital.

Update via the world of next tuesday in the comments:
"It's a vector synth but the twist is two of the four waves are ROM and the other two are 2 Operator FM, so while it's arguably one of Yamaha's most minimal FM implementations, it does contain FM sounds. It has preset envelopes going on the FM if I recall. There isn't even a digital filter (like the Wavestation), so the FM capability helps fill the void a bit in terms of controlling brightness in timbre. Anyway, as with most Yamaha gear you can download a PDF manual to see what it has in terms of features."

ARP Quartet

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Details:
"The Quartet is a 49 note polyphony keyboard with 4 main oscillators (Brass, Strings, Organ, Piano). Each sound can be played individually or grouped in pairs for different sounds. The String sounds are similar to the other ARP models, with this model being more affordable then the rest. One LFO is included, a low pass filter and attack / sustain control. All sounds are controlled by color coded switches (all present and accounted for)."

Crumar Symphonizer

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Tara Busch - 'Over The Radio' home rehearsal

"On Rhodes piano with Moogerfooger 12 stage phaser"

YouTube via tarabusch. Sent my way via frederic.

The Kawai XC1 and Other Odd Modules

Title link takes you to a post on Shipitology where Grondo lists a number of the lesser known synth modules. More car stereos...

New MPC3000 OS by Rohan Mansell

Includes the following plus bug fixes:
"ADDED FEATURES:

1: MIDI CLOCK can be sent to ALL 4 MIDI output ports simultaneously. ( See photo above )
2: MIDI TIME CODE can be sent to ALL 4 MIDI output ports simultaneously. ( See photo above )
3: SAMPLE EDIT screen now features a TRUNC SFT ST+END function. ( See photo above )
4: Samples can now be real-time edited and/or processed while the sequencer is Playing or Recording.
5: New "Timing Correct / Step Size" options.
6: New BOOT SCREEN shows Software Version and License status then after approximately five seconds; SEQUENCE MEMORY, SAMPLE MEMORY and SMPTE I0055 option IC status.
7: Disk menu now features a robust sector at a time disk copier. "

Title link takes you there. via DVDBorn.