MOOG Minimoog

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"Mike at ModuSonics totally cleaned her up, replaced all jacks, added an oscillator buffer board(an original Moog upgrade) for better tuning, CV/Gate In's and Out's, cleaned up the cabinet, etc... etc... I added a picture of the invoice to this auction. Total cost of clean up and upgrades were $1620 USD. Mike worked for the Original Moog Music in the 70's and 80's and used original parts that he had from the old company and had acquired over time.

This Minimoog is in incredible condition for it's age and stays in tune better than some of my newer analog synths!! Everything functions 100% and looks great!!

Serial # 2960 means it has the oscillators that are the most sought after for their sound. Newer Model D's had more stable oscillators, but lacked a little in fatness. Having had the Oscillator buffer board added, these super-fat Oscillators are extremely stable, even right after you power it on.

The CV/Gate jacks let you send and receive CV and Gate signals. You can use it to play your modular synth or use a sequencer that sends CV/Gate signals to play it!! Mike also added a on/off switch for the Glide, so that if you are using it with a sequencer you can turn the glide fully off!!

This is an excellent example of a 100% functional Minimoog that should last someone forever with low maintainance every few years.

Auction Includes: The Minimoog Model D Serial # 2960 in said condition and a copy of the ModuSonics repair invoice.

More info on Modusonics: http://www.moogce.com/."

Akai AX60

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"The Akai AX60 is a 6-voice polyphonic programmable analog synthesizer with a 5-octave, 61-note (C-C) keyboard. Each voice consists of only one VCO (switchable between sawtooth, triangle, pulse, or noise waves), however, the filter section features a VCF (Low Pass) with an additional high-pass filter. Fortunately Akai included an Autotune button to tune all of its VCO's and VCF's. There is a single Envelope Generator, an ADSR with additional controls for amount ("depth level") and delay (delay before the attack begins). The "depth level" controls the maximum level of the envelope as well as the sustain level. The AX60 was one of the last analog synths to have knobs and sliders. There are a total of 25 sliders and two knobs. All controls, including split points and effects, are stored in one of its 64 memory locations. There is a handy Edit Recall button to reset the parameters for a patch. Also included is an effects section featuring digital delay and chorus.

The AX60 came with very limited MIDI implementation and no velocity sensitivity. However, it does feature a MIDI THRU plug. It is bi-timbral using the keyboard split points as well as through MIDI. It also features a unison mode making it a 6-VCO mono-synth. The AX60 has a good arpeggiator with an external sync socket.

The keyboard can be split in two at any key with each controller or effect applied to either of both halves of the split. There are 8 memory locations to store programmable split points. The voices can be split in one of the following configurations (left-right) 6-0, 4-2, 2-4, or 0-6 (unfortunately not 3-3). The reason for including splits that have no oscillators on one side is for when the AX60 is used in conjunction with an Akai sampler as explained below.

One of the nice features about this synthesizer is that it has a 13-pin input that alows you to hook it up to an Akai sampler (S612/700, X7000) and input the samples to be processed with the AX60's internal synth engine (VCF's, VCA's, effects, etc...). Combined with the keyboard splitting capabilities, this alows you to play the sampler via one of the split sides. The sampler/AX60 combination is unique in that it is one of the few ways that samples can be treated with real analog filters."

Ron Boots

image via Ron Boots' website via this Matrixsynth forum post. You can find more images as well as a discography of Ron's music on his site.

Roland Juno-106
Oberheim/Viscount OB12
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Sequential Circuits Prophet-VS
Korg MicroKorg
Waldorf XT
and...?

TB-303 horror

flickr by Boneless one (click for a few more).

click here for the full size shot.

Flying Flanger Sequenz

YouTube via technics1000. via Nusonica. "roland mc 909 synth-sampler"

Synthekicks

flickr by Synth... (click for more)

"My bro got a new pair of chuck t's, so he gave em to me and I went to town on em..."

Converse, shoes.

MMM Demo via Inside Synthesis

click here for the demo. It's a good one.

The Orchestra Of The Damned

via Richard Lainhart of O-Town Media:

"Friends: just in time for Halloween, a new piece for Buchla 200e and Continuum - The Orchestra Of The Damned. Go here and scroll down to the Audio section for the MP3. I played this live entirely with the Continuum - no sequencing or multitracking involved. I hope you enjoy it."

RSF kobol synthesizer

YouTube via practicalsampling. via Nusonica.
Update via yusynth in the comments:
"These videos are now available in a larger format on the RSF site. Click on the Kobol jack socket, then scroll down to the bottom of the page, or use this direct link "

XL-7 "Alleviation"

YouTube via nem221.
"E-MU XL-7 Synth Multi Track Sequencer Command Station.Live in the studio performance of "Alleviation"(first person viewpoint)by the artist/producer NewManiac.Check out the interview at http://www.vivianlsharpcommunications..."