Access Virus Classic

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Oberheim FVS-1 Synth Programmer Panel

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Details:
"This is the front panel from an Oberheim FVS-1 or EVS-1 Polyphonic Synth Programmer. This is one of the very rare ones with reversed graphics, and is black with white lettering. Completely original and very rare Oberheim part. I have been told that they only built 2 of each model in black to take to the trade shows, and made 1 small batch of these blackface panels. This one appears to have been installed in a Programmer, but is in excellent condition and is a really neat piece of Oberheim history."

Roland SH-3

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ARP Odyssey and Patch Book

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Doepfer A-100

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2x Standard VCO A-110
1x Ring Modulator A-114
1x Noise/Random A-118
1x VCF1 A-120 (24dB low pass 1)
1 x logarithmic VCA A-131
1 x logarithmi Mixer A-138b
1 x ADSR A-140
1 x LFO A-145
1 x MIDI-to-CV/Gate/Sync Interface A-190

Roland GR-33B Bass Guitar Synthesizer and G-88 Bass

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Poly Evolver Keyboard!!

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Anyone know of any other synths with an "!?"

WHAT THE FUTURE SOUNDED LIKE

YouTube via VCS3DOCO.
"Film teaser for the documentary What The Future Sounded Like - the story of the Electronic Music Studios and their impact on music history." More info and shots
Upate: link to the official site.

The Qasar II

This is actually part two of the article posted below on the EMS VCS1. I'm putting up a separate post so there is not confusion with EMS.

"The Qasar II & M8 - towards the Fairlight CMI
Around 1965, Tony Furse became interested in the digital synthesis of sound. His early experiments in this field were small flip-flop circuits. These experiments soon advanced and by the early 1970s Tony had completed a prototype digital/analog hybrid synthesiser - the Qasar. Unfortunately the completion of this prototype coincided with the release of the minimoog synthesiser, a cheaper analog synthesiser. Because the Qasar relied upon expensive microprocessor technology, any ideas for a production model of the Qasar were effectively squashed."

The EMS VCS1

"In 1983 the Powerhouse museum purchased the music and recording instruments that comprised the Australian composer Don Banks' electronic music studio. The contents of this studio include the EMS VCS 1 (Electronic Music Studios Voltage Controlled Synthesiser attempt #1), a prototype for the VCS 3 - the first portable synthesiser."

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