ARP PRO/DGX

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Details:
"The Pro/DGX is a thirty preset monophonic analog synth based on the Pro-Soloist of the 1970's. The main difference is that the Pro/DGX had electronic switching (touch buttons) between its preset sounds whereas the older Pro-Soloist had circuit-based switching (rocker switches). It has 30 preset sounds to choose from, including Flute, Bassoon, Brass, Fuzz Guitar etc. Other features included pitch, portamento, vibrato, growl and wow effects. The keyboard has 37 keys with aftertouch sensitivity for volume, brilliance, vibrato, wow, growl, and even bend effects..." And, you can find the rest on VSE, where the details appear to have been pulled.

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Modulus Electronics Monowave

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Via the official MonoWave site:

"The Monowave was the brainchild of UK electronics designer, Paul Maddox. Paul has been designing and building synths for years as well as releasing his own unique music realised on his impressive modular creations. Paul wanted to build a synth the roots of which lay in the PPG. Originally intended as a monophonic bass synth, the Monowave has uses beyond that. The Monowave is a wavetable synthesiser with 256 waves available for each of the two oscillators. Each oscillator also has a sub-oscillator. The filter is a copy of the Moog filter, there are separate envelope generators for the filter and amplifier, and a simple LFO. The panel is very 'retro' and 'traditional' with knobs for every function and a simple display. Internally, the circuitry is all analogue (except for the digital circuitry used in the oscillators)... no wimpy DSP thank you very much - this is a 'real' synth!!

Paul has now released the MonoWave as GPL and has given me permission to release the PCB and a Component Kit for those that unfortunately missed the first, limited run. I have decided to upgrade the main microcontroller to the newer ATMEGA32 which will allow developers to further extend the capabilitites of the design should they wish."

You can also find a write up on Vaco Loco.

Oberheim Eight Voice System

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Some Details:
"This is not a single synthesizer, it is eight mono synths under the control of one keyboard. The keyboard can be split into 2+6, 4+4, or 6+2 voice combinations. You just can’t buy something like this anymore, at any price. It deserves to be brought back to life. Complete schematics and manuals (copies) are included. Synthesizers of this era are not full of custom IC’s, but stacks (and stacks) of good old fashioned circuit boards filled with off the shelf diodes and resistors. Please don’t cannibalize something this majestic and rare for parts. This Keyboard cost $10,200.00 new. A new Corvette of the same era was about $7500.00. Only the elite could afford such a monster. This particular Obie has a pedigree of its own, which will be made known to the buyer, but due to lack of documentation is not part of the listing."

If anyone finds out what that is, please post back.

ARP Odyssey III

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Cool case.

MOOG Micromoog

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FEATURES:
* OSCILLATOR - Octave, Frequency, Wave shape, Doubling
* NOISE - Level
* FILTER – Cutoff, Emphasis, Contour Amount
* FILTER CONTOUR – Attack, Release
* LOUDNESS CONTOUR – Attack, Release
* MODULATION – Rate, Source, Routing
* GLIDE & VOLUME
* SWITCHES – Release, Oscillator, Filter Mod By OSC, Filter Mode, Filter Sustain, Loudness Sustain, Bypass
* PITCH W/ MOD Amount
* REAR INPUTS, OUTPUTS, & CONTROLS:
* OUTPUTS – LO AUDIO (-10dBm) , HI AUDIO (+12dBm), S-TRIG, KEYB’RD, ACCESORY PWR
* INPUTS – FILTER, OSCILLATOR, S-TRIG, AUDIO
* MODULATION
* Filter OSC High Range
* Fine Tune"

Cats at Rest

Because two, two synths are better than one.

Alesis ION
Ensoniq ESQ-1

via CatSynth.com

TB-303 Birthday Cake

Another via Dan.

"When I turned 30 one of my friends gave me this utterly nerdy cake. The colours look a bit funny but it really was gray at first. The knobs were ewatable too!"

Nice.

Casio AT-40 in Iraq with Arabic Writing

via Daniel:

"A casio AT-40 with arabic lettering that I spotted in Hewler/Arbil in northern Iraq in december last year. I should have bought it!"

WOW!

My Big Fat Drum Machine

YouTube via shagghie.

"beta testing proof of concept...not a performance, just sequence, filter, and knob twiddling. Sounds incredible in real life... need to find a better camera mic."

Update: And an image via Shaggie:


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kluster 1971

YouTube freeartslab. Indirectly via Ron. We were talking about music and he mentioned Kluster, spelled Cluster in the US. I decided to see if there was anything on YouTube and I found this.

"Kluster 1971. After his departure from TD Schnitzler, Moebius and Rodelius formed Kluster (when Conrad Schnitzler left renamed as Cluster). No film footage exists from the early days. This scene from a tv documentary was done with the few photographs that survived and shots from record sleeves (more information: www.myspace.com/spacemechanic and www.myspace.com/freearstlab for more music)"