The CASIO VL-1 "VL-Tone" pocket calculator mini synth

YouTube via retrosound72.
"The Vl-1 plays the preset sounds (fantasy, violin, piano, flute, guitar) and the preset rhythm tones (rock 1, rock2, bossanova, samba, rhumba, beguine, swing, 4-beat, waltz, march). Used by Trio (Da, Da, Da) , Human League (Dare album). recorded with a simple web-cam. more info: www.retrosound.de"

The Moog Taurus Mk1 bass pedals (part4)

YouTube via retrosound72.
""The fattest bass ever..."
used by Rush, Genesis, Asia, The Police, J.-M. Jarre, Marillion, U2, Saga, Steve Hackett, Yes, Led Zeppelin and many more more pics and info: www.retrosound.de

The vibrations from the Taurus in the room let the flap fall down ever ;-) recorded with a simple web-cam."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5

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Details:
"Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, serial 0074 (Rev 1). There were only 182 Rev 1's made, many of which were returned to Sequential when the Rev 2 came out. Nowadays, there are probably less than a couple dozen working Rev 1 Prophet 5 keyboards in the world.

It's a fantastic sounding synthesizer - I've compared it directly with the Rev 3 (the majority of the Prophet 5's) and it's distinctly warmer and the resonance is more musical. It instantly recalls the classic soundtracks that the Rev 1 and Rev 2 keyboards were responsible for during the late 70's. It's a classy looking synthesizer as well. While there are a few scratches and marks, it's in remarkable condition considering it's 30 years old.

I had it serviced in August 2006: the battery was replaced, it was recapped, and had general maintenance performed. It's been solid ever since - I've kept it in a clean studio environment and have not gigged it. All 5 voices work, all knobs and buttons function, and all keys are responsive and extremely playable.

A previous owner modded it with 5 switches. These switches, along with the sequencer interface jacks, were disconnected at the recommendation of the service technician (they were interfering with the stability). The previous owner also added a cassette interface from a Rev 2, and it's working properly."

If anyone knows what the switches did, please comment.

Update on the mods:
"the CV/gate only control's voice 5. With this mod you can have each voice control (by the same CV/gate) .. so instead of getting a 2 OSC mono sound, you could get a 4 oscillator mono sound."

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS

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Buchla 191 Sharp Cutoff Filter

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Boadicea Enya

YouTube via farnellraptor. Sent my way via Stephen. Roland Juno-60

MOOG Prodigy

Shot of the inside of a MOOG Prodigy sent my way via Jason.

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Museum Technicians - The Underground Series 11/14

YouTube via museumoftechno.
"Well, you can jolly well smack my bitch up, because we've reached episode 11 at long last, wherein we, Mssrs Cornwell and Braidy, bring the elements of our track together into a storming mix which will act as a proper narnie magnet and generally win us ultimate producer propz."

Octave Plateau Vids

Octave Plateau Cat Family -5

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Depech Mode's Puppets by Micah

"In my attempt to get somewhat closer to the arp 2600 sound, I layered the Juno and the Jupiter together for this version of Depeche Mode's Puppets. The juno in my opinion sounds way closer to an american synth then the the Jupiter, but put together you have a synth of a different sort. The drums were done using the juno for the bass drum, and and old korg drum machine sample for the snare. I love that low big sound. This sounds nothing like the orignial puppets but I was just messing around."

Pretty cool. Title link takes you to more by Micah.