PPG EVU

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"The EVU is an 8 voice synth with 2 wavetable oscillators per voice. They also have the great SSM filters on the voice boards. You have 2 envelopes, an LFO and a third AD envelope available. There are additional jacks on the back for VCF Filter control, trigger input, and more. The EVU can be edited from your favorite sysex librarian/editor. Sonically, the EVU matches up with the Wave 2.3. It has the newer voice cards and 12 bit processing like the 2.3."

Sequential Circuits Pro-fx

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MODEL 500 SYSTEM CONTROLLER (3U RACK SPACE)
MODEL 501 EXPANSION CAGE (3U RACK SPACE)
SCI 518 REVERB UNIT (1U RACK SPACE)
THE MODULES ARE:
SCI 512 DISTORTION
SCI 520 TRANSPOSE/SYNC
SCI 518 REVERB
SCI 524 DIGITAL DELAY
SCI 514 4X2 MIXER
SCI 522 FLANGER CHORUS

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Casio SK-1

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"Dual Mounted Modified Devices Offer a Fully Modular Independently Arrayed Open Patch System With Momentary Engage Buttons, Selectable Engagable Step Busses, & a Versatile Variable Speed / Length / Step / Patch Sequencer System with Unusual Timing Features like the Chaos Modifier, Freeze, & Freeze & Step Settings. Simply Put This Crazy Thing Will Generate All Manner of Unique Raymond Scott Karloff & Electronium Or Krell Musical Effects that Will Blow You Mind ! Patch Your other gear Right in with Ease and Use Any Part Of the Sequencer System to Glitch or Cross Glitch Any Number Of Bent Devices in Tru e modern Modular Synth Style. 1950's Retro Sci-Fi Modern."

Oberheim OB-Xa

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"Oberheim OBXA 8-voice vintage analog synthesizer with 120 programs upgrade and full midi kit"

Synthesizers.com State Variable Filter

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"Synthesizers dotcom Q107 filter module in PRISTINE condition. I think this module has more sonic presence than the Moog ladder filter which is quite evident as you turn up the resonance - there's still a lot of bottom end. In addition to Low Pass, you get High Pass, Band Pass, and Notch. All outputs can be used simulatenously."

Godin LGXT Guitar Synth

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"Godin LGXT with a very nice Godin hardshell case. Cosmetically this guitar has a couple of minor dings, and some typical light pick marks, but I would rate it at least a 9/10. It has been professionally setup and plays like a dream! You will not find a better synth guitar, but this is also a monster when played as a normal electric guitar. This combination of fast synth tracking and a tremolo system makes for incredible sonic power and delivers it in a very user-friendly, eye-pleasing package. Exquisitely playable with surprising resonance and a vibrant natural tone, the LGXT pairs an ergocut mahogany neck with a sleek and smooth ebony fingerboard and a silverleaf maple body topped by figured maple. The LGXT has dual Seymour Duncan humbuckers a Jazz II in the neck position and a Duncan-modified Custom Custom in the bridge position; a Godin exclusive. The custom RMC X-Bridge fires the piezo transducer output and the excellent synth-tracking system. You can find even more specs on this guitar at Godin's website." Anyone know what the sliders do?

Korg X-911 and a Poll

The following is via Sir Ruff on VSE:

"well, I don't normally write about anything new I get, but this this just showed up today and kind of blew me away. I really didn't expect it to sound so damn raw and vintage, but I guess it is essentially components of a ms-20 in a pseudo-preset box. I frankly can't ever see this being used as a guitar synth-the bass is so massive, even with just one oscillator preset on, it would be silly not to use it for this. there is just enough resonance on the filter to achieve the perfect "phwoah" sound... very rude! Twisted Evil totally unlike any filter I have used before-again I assume this is part of the ms-20 legacy... Actually this would be a perfect addition to a ms-10/20 setup due to all the inputs for pitch/filter/lfo/portamento... I guess there were special pedals you could buy for this, but surely other connections would work as well? Failing this, I will at least be able to connect it to my cs15 for some 3 osc madness.

Unfortunately, I don't have a manual, and there's none on the net, so if anyone happens to know the inner workings of the "touch sense" parameter, and others, I'd like to hear!"

And the Poll... I frequently come across mini reviews like this on various forums and... I find them interesting. On the one hand it could just be a reflection of someone's joy in picking up a new synth, but on the other it is a perspective on the new synth. And... I have seen dissapointment as well. The poll, or rather my question to you is, should I put this stuff up when I come across it? It is fascinating in that you get to see one person's reaction to a given synth, but would you consider it worth posting here? On a forum, of course it makes sense. The comment in this mini review that stood out as interesting to me was the following: "I guess it is essentially components of a ms-20 in a pseudo-preset box." The X-911, guitar synth, consisting of MS20 components. Is this correct? Of course if you know it not to be, you are free to correct this statement in the comments here and/or on the thread as well. The thing with the VSE thread is that it will eventually disappear - inactive threads there will eventually expire. Let me know if you think I should post these one of mini reviews via the poll below. Note that I am completely on the fence on this one and normally I would not put this up unless someone sent it in for a post. So if you vote no, I will not take offense to it.

SAW Synth

For the ultimate sawtooth wave.

Actually it's a theremin. Title link takes you to more info on fotosis.

Porting the XT Waves to Zebra

via suthnear via this KVR post.

"Since it looks as if Urs has fixed the 16 slot oscillator loading bug I'm now going to convert all the microwave xt wavetables to z2 oscillators. However, I can't just convert the wavetables themselves - they often have more than 16 waves. I'll definitely convert all the individual waveshapes from the xt's wavebank and bang them into z2 tables 16 at a time. There are 100s of them so this will mean many, many new oscillators. This is how I converted the prophet vs waveshapes to z2. However, there is not necessarily a relationship between contiguous waves in the wavebank. Relationships are handled by the wavetables which group individual waveshapes (wavetables are just a set of pointers into the wavebank) . So sweeping z2's table may lead to discontinuities. Also, since there's no way to copy individual waves between oscillators, it'll be tricky to build up your own wavetables using the sounds.

I'll try and create z2 versions of the wavetables themselves - i.e. pick the most characteristic waves in a wavetable and rebuild the wavetable itself as a z2 oscillator (using z2's interpolation where necessary). For the wavetables with 16 waves or fewer this will be trivial. However, for the tables with more than 16 waves, this will be manual and therefore will take some time. Any other suggestions for this?

Also, I don't have any web space - can anyone recommend a decent hassle free hosting service. As noted, I also have the prophet vs waves..."

You can find the waves at the post.
More info on Zebra here. This one sent my way via Greg 'Bug' Strutton.

Vermona vs. Analog Solutions Demo

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"Red Square, DRM1mkii, and Perfourmer wired up together in a way I'm sure I'll never be able to reproduce... i.e., all sound sources are realtime analog. Recorded in one take with a bunch of frantic knob traffic.

Vermona DRM1mkii, Vermona Perfourmer, Analogue Solutions Red Square, Lexicon MPX-550 (verb and trem), Akai MPC1000 (sequencing), MAM SLE 82, Echo AudioFire 2"