MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Jupiter 6 Sweep Bass

YouTube via neutronemission.
"2 OSC using square and saw waves with filter modulated by LFO. There might be some sync going on in there as well."

Jupiter 4 Solo

YouTube via maisonvague.

"the roland jupiter-4 running through an electro-harmonix memory man delay"

Bob, Moog Little Phatty and Alesis Micron

flickr by Maggie Osterberg.

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via this auction.

Details:
"This is a homemade noise synth built by the seller. This monster features 4 oscillators with an oscillator mix knob for blending waves in and out of phase, 1 wave inverter/sync switch for the LFO, low pass filter, 1/4" output on the backside,

and finally a labeled on/off toggle on top. This is built into a very cool retro "Caveman" video game case made by Tandy in the late 70's. It operates on 9 volt battery which is housed in the original battery compartment. Don't miss out on this one of a kind instrument, you'll never see one like this again. The sounds this unit puts out are perfect for noise, experimental, acid, gabber & glitch music. It's sounds can range from pounding rhythms, juicy wet bass tones, synthy LFO sweeps, and all sorts of bleeps, bloops, klangs, warbles etc. If you are using software or a sampler/sequencer this is a great source for building 8 - bit leads, acidy bass lines, hard kick drum sounds and other hit samples."

Sequential Circuits Prophet T8

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Note that in the last shot below those are not separate voice boards. That's one giant board. you can see the traces go through each voice section.

Details:
"This rare 8 voice (16 oscillator) synth has the latest 3.8 eprom update, as well as midi, polysequencer, polymod section, 76 note weighted action keyboard with attrack and release velocity, and aftertouch (polyphonic pressure). Same keyboard as used on

the Synclavier. The T8 holds 120 patch/programs. It will split or layer programs or play all 16 oscillators in unison. This T8 was hard calibrated several years ago and autotunes perfectly in tune across the whole keyboard. Every key is pearly white (or black), sits even and works correctly with exception of one key which only needs counter weight adjustment. This one key does work completely with respect to all functions like velocity, AT, RV. There are slight variations in response between keys which is typical for the T8."

Doepfer Cwejman Livewire Plan B

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Details:
"-Doepfer A-100P(1200mA) Grey Portable Case with 115v power supply and power boards.
-Cwejman VCO-2RM Dual Oscillator --- 2 VCOs, Ring Mod, FM etc... Great sound Oscillators and ringmod!!
-Plan B Model 12 MK1 State Variable Vactrol Filter---gritty sound!!
-Livewire Dual Cyclotron --- Multiple uses, but I used it as an LFO where I could make my own waveforms!!
-Livewire Frequen Steiner---- One of my favorite filters of all time!!! can be gritty and laserific!!
-Doepfer A-105 VCF SSM 24dB Low Pass Filter---- think Prophet 5 Rev.2!!
-Doepfer A-106-1 Xtreme Filter VCF Lowpass/Highpass---- the MS-20 clone!!!
-Doepfer A-111 VCO 2 High End VCO---- Uses a CEM 3340 Curtis chip!!!
-Doepfer A-112 Sampler VC Sampler/Wavetable Osc.---- save samples via midi, great digital Osc.!!!
-Doepfer A-188-1 BBD Module 4096 stages---- great delays, chorus and Karplus synthesis possibilities!!!
-Doepfer A-131 Exponential VCA
-Doepfer A-138 B Exponential Mixer
-Doepfer A-180 Multiple
-Doepfer A-140 ADSR Envelope Generator"

Waldorf Micro Q Phoenix Edition

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

I believe this is the first used one to show up on the bay.

MOTM 940 Patch Panel

via this auction

Details
"The MOTM-940 is used to interface between the MOTM system and other synthesizers or audio equipment that uses 3.5mm or banana jacks, so you can integrate voltage and audio signals from modular synths(such as Buchla, Serge, Modcan, and Wiard) or other instruments that don’t use 1/4-inch cords. Although in a 2U x 5U sized panel, the MOTM-940 can be integrated into any studio to patch between synthesizers without costly custom cables.

The top portion of the MOTM-940 consists of 6 sets of 1/4", 3.5mm (also referred to as 1/8") and banana jacks. Each jack is connected to the others, as are all grounds. The banana jack has an associated grounding jack spaced 3/4" away so that standard dual banana plugs can easily be used. Each banana signal jack is a different color.

Across the bottom of the panel are 2 4-way multiples using 1/4" jacks. Each mult group gives you as many as three output signals from one input.

The MOTM-940 uses Switchcraft 1/4" and 3.5mm jacks and heavy-duty E.F. Johnson banana jacks to provide years of reliable service. The front panel (like all MOTM products) is 1/8" aircraft aluminum, precision milled to 0.003" tolerance. The word "flimsy" does not apply."

Linn LM-1

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Details:
"I'll try and be as detailed as possible about this very rare drum machine. This Linn LM 1 is one of only 500 ever made worldwide. This is THE classic drum machine of the 80's - it launched the drum machine revolution! The Linn LM-1 Drum Computer was created by guitarist Roger Linn and he used samples of acoustic drum sounds. At the time, they sounded great and much more realistic and they were a fresh alternative to the analog drum sounds of the '80's drum machines. About 500 LM-1's were made before the LinnDrum model appeared in 1982. There are twelve 28kHz samples including: snare, kick, three toms, hi-hat's, tambourine, congas, claps, cowbell, and rimshot, but no ride or crash. There are also 100 memory patches! Patterns can be created in real or step time. An innovations of the time was the swing and quantize functions that appeared on the LM-1. The LM-1 is an historical synth that has a place in the sound of music from the heart of the '80's. Only 500 of these things are out there so don't count on finding one easily. It has been used by Phil Collins, Thompson Twins, Stevie Wonder, Gary Numan, Depeche Mode, The Human League, Jean-Michel Jarre, John Carpenter, Todd Rundgren, Prince, and The Art of Noise. (OK, that part was copied from www.vintagesynth.com)."

Linn LM 1 drum machine

YouTube via canuckcurt.