Akai AX80

Click here for shots via this auction. "This is a vintage AKAI AX80 programmable polyphonic (analog) synthesizer, the first keyboard manufactured by AKAI (1984-87). It has a 5-octave, 61 note velocity- sensitive keyboard; 8 voice with 2 DCO per voice, 96 memory locations (32 pre-set, 64 user-writable). Other features include pitch bend, modulation, hold and chord memory."

Check out the OSC graph. Click the image for a bigger shot.

Sound Destruction Unit Videos

first sample


second sample

YouTubes via farnea. Via maxfarnea in the comments of this post.

Modular synth PCBs

flickr by Equaliser.

"Oakley PSU and Dizzy, a couple of Ray Wilson VCOs, a VC-LFO, a ADSR, the Dual-VCA, and Marc Bareille's Polivoks filter clone."

Cirocco Modular Synthesizers

Modular system by Phil Cirocco. Title link takes you there. These are available now. Be sure to check out these previous CMS posts. CMS specializes in ARP repair and restoration and Phil fully restored a Hammond Novachord, a polyphonic synthesizer by Hammond from 1939. There are samples on the Novachord Restoration Project site.

Access Virus TI Polar Demo

Title link takes you to the demo on Gearwire. This one is all demo, no talking.

Delayed Korg MS-20

YouTube via Newueel.

The Ultimate Keytar

Who needs a Syntar when you can have this! Click here for more shots via this auction.

Details:
"This is a vintage 80's toy called Hit Guitar. The neck piece straps to your hand allowing you to play a twelve note scale! The guitar part straps to your belt. This strange devise is hard to find and should be circuit bent with a pitch pot so you can tune it fat and low! However it does have a tone knob on it which is actually a tune knob. You can bend the pitch up or down and when you let go of it the note you're playing will snap back to it's original pitch. This has an analog chip in it and will make an excellent stage instrument if it falls in the right hands...I'm only selling this cause I'm swimming in heaps of gear I've collected and something must go! It works well (I played a few farewell solos today) but the battery cover is missing. Snap this gem to bend up if you like it!"

BTW, if you know anything about the "analog chip" feel free to comment. I'm guessing it's not actually analog, but who knows...

Studio Electronics SE-1

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Inside an Oberheim OB-Mx

"This Oberheim OB-Mx rackmount analog synth was purchased new in 1995 and was played by Rick Wakeman on the YES album "Keys to Ascension" (I was a recording engineer on the project). It has three (3) voice expansion cards, and has been in a controlled storage environment since 1996. Front panel, knobs, LCD, output jacks, etc. are in excellent condition. The memory backup battery expired some time ago, and as a result, all internal presets are lost/scrambled. I do not have a users manual or any documentation. ROM version is 1.04."

Title link takes you to shots of the inside via this auction.

Roland System 100m

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-112 2 VCO’S (SERIAL No. 102075)
-121 2 VCF’S (SERIAL No 941053)
-130 2 VCA’S (SERIAL No 790378)
-140 ENV AND LFO (SERIAL No 364316)
-150 LFO. (SERIAL No 102075)
-181 MODULAR KEYBOARD