Roger O'Donnell Interview on Amateur Chemist

Andrew of Amateur Chemist wrote in letting me know he has an ichat session coming up with Roger O'Donnell. He thought it might be interesting to see if any readers of Matrixsynth had any questions for him as well. If you do feel free to comment. Do check out Amateur Chemist, it's a great blog on bands with tons of pics and reviews of various shows.

EMS Synthi A

Title link takes you to more shots of this Synthi A up for auction, including shots of the inside. These are hi-res shots sent directly my way via Johan.

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS with Flourescent Display

Remember the Sequential Circuits Studio 440 with Vacuum Florescent Display? Here's another by Mark. Title link takes you to more shots.

"Here's my Prophet VS keyboard, which I have just retrofitted with a
vacuum fluorescent display by Noritake. Because the VFD is thicker
than the stock LCD by almost 3/8", the lengths of all the standoffs
between the front panel, the front panel PCB, and the switch PCBs
have to be increased. The pots and LED display have to be stood off
as well. Other important details: a blue filter for the VFD, a
neutral density filter for the alpha numeric LED display, double
stick tape to secure the filters, extra long pins to connect the
switch PCBs at their new mounting height. The most time consuming
part was selecting and ordering all these parts, installation was
done in a couple of evenings.

I'm not generally a fan of putting blue LEDs in old synths, but the
Prophet VS did come from the factory with a blue backlit LCD, and has
blue front panel graphics, so what the heck. The trick to installing
blue LEDs is choosing the right resistor value. If you just do the
math and install the recommended value, they can be almost blindingly
bright. Right now they are at a very comfortable brightness, though
I may change the resistors one more time to match the LED brightness
a little more closely to the VFD.

I hope you like it!"

Indeed. Wow!

Electro Harmonix Vocoder

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

via Johan

KORG Mono/Poly

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

via Johan

Yamaha SHS-10

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

via Simon

How To Install New Bushings on the Pro One

Title link takes you there.

Stomu Yamashta's KORG VC10

Click here for shots via this auction.

Details:
"We have just acquired several original electronic instruments used by the International famous musician and composer Stomu Yamashta this instrument has been used on several records and concert tours . The VC -10 is in used but perfectly working condition. It will come with the original signature and the latest CD which was also signed by the artist. This is a chance to get a very rare vintage Korg musical instrument by one of the greatest living Japanese musicians. Stomu Yamashta is still touring and recording worldwide.

Also available from this rare collection are
KORG MS-10
KORG SQ-10
KORG DW-8000
KORG 800DV
Yamaha DX-7
and much more"

via Johan

Stomu Yamashta's KORG SQ-10

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"We have just acquired several original electronic instruments used by the International famous musician and composer Stomu Yamashta this instrument has been used on several records and concert tours . The SQ-10 is in used but perfectly working condition. It will come with the original signature and the latest CD which was also signed by the artist. This is a chance to get a very rare vintage Korg musical instrument by one of the greatest living Japanese musicians. Stomu Yamashta is still touring and recording worldwide."

via Johan

Stomu Yamashta's KORG MS-10

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Details:
"We have just acquired several original electronic instruments used by the International famous musician and composer Stomu Yamashta this instrument has been used on several records and concert tours . The VC -10 is in used but perfectly working condition. It will come with the original signature and the latest CD which was also signed by the artist. This is a chance to get a very rare vintage Korg musical instrument by one of the greatest living Japanese musicians. Stomu Yamashta is still touring and recording worldwide."

via Johan