max monomusic

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"All synthsounds except drums in these song comes from a yamaha cs 10 monophonic analog synthesizer."

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2008 A100 New Photos #09

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One of NightBirds in studio (2008).

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Tom - An Oberheim Two Voice System

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"An Oberheim Two-voice (TVS-1) SEM synthesizer, built sometime in the 1977-1979 time frame. The serial number is #224, visible in the pic showing the AC plug-in. I have been the proud owner of "Tom" for 20 years now, ever since I found him as a tot abandoned in a music store during the digital blitzkrieg of the '80's.

I have kept him in my home all of this time; no gigging whatsoever. The unit is perfect, as if placed in a time capsule in 1977, and just now re-opened. All knobs, switches and other sundry controls function as new. The sequencer works, as does the portamento, unison/voice selection switch, transposition switch, tuning, etc. All LED's work correctly, as do all Vernier pots. The keyboard works completely, just a little noisy (typical Pratt-Read !!!). The SEM's are things of beauty, and, just thinking about the rich, astounding sounds they produce, it is difficult to continue typing this; I have loved "Tom" as a son. But, some things are just more important, and, as a good friend of mine keeps reminding me, we are but stewards of these items, keeping them as new, enjoying them, and then passing them on. The original power cord is included, just not in the pics. Neither the Fender Rhodes 73-key suitcase electric piano nor Tango the Bengal cat are for sale, nor should they be deemed to be included (!:P) Nevertheless, due to his age, "Tom" must be sold AS-IS, and with no return, as he works just fine. You will not be disappointed in his condition or operation.

"Tom" is not inexpensive. A similar Two-voice, once belonging to Billy Cobham, sold here on Ebay last year for a substantial amount of money. While not owned by a famous drummer, "Tom" is in much nicer condition. It breaks my heart to offer him for sale, but that, as they say, is that. Please do not bid on him if you do not intend to pay within 24 hours of winning (PayPal or by Cashier's Check overnighted to me; no other arrangements will be accepted). "Tom" weighs 45 lbs., and probably will tip the scales at around 50 lbs."

Yamaha SK50D

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"Enormous analog synthesizer featuring two keyboards, a string section, two FM organ sections, a bass section, a polyphonic synthesizer section and a lead synth section. All the parts can be layered and played at the same time using the mixer section. This thing sounds great. It has built in tremolo and ensemble (chorus) effects. The organ is great. It can go from a B3 to the most haunting organ sounds ever made. The strings are very nice, and the synth parts need no introduction if you're familiar with the CS range of synthesizers. There is a lot of control over all the different sections. All the parameters you would expect to find on a synthesizer are there for the synth parts. Both organ sections have sliders that work as drawbars."

MOOG Minimoog

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Zerosum Inertia 2 - DSI Evolver Tracks

click here for tracks featuring the DSI Evolver via Zerosum Inertia.
"I made a (rough under construction) page for Evolver sounds. Of course it would be better if I would finish stuff and only post songs but these live jams were really exciting that I decided to share them in there live form, the way they were created. Its a little overwhelming, 30 tracks, but some are real short. I recommend the guitar tracks with the evolver processing my guitar and Truly Beautiful Disaster."

AX80

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PTheremin demo

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"This is a software audio synthesizer that mimics a Theremin that I wrote. It also let's you lock the output to particular notes in a scale so that you can play it as if it has "frets". You can't make it out in the video but first it is played "fretless", then the chromatic (equal tempered) scale, then diatonic, and finally a "blues" pentatonic scale.

The setup is a Linux PC with a normal sound card run into a digital reverb pedal and then into a guitar amplifier. The reverb really helps get that 50's sci-fi sound.

The program was written in Python and will be released as open source as soon as SourceForge approves my application."

Nick's LA Adventures (Moog)

"JJ Blair , Lisa Harriton keys (Smashing Pumpkins), Nick Maybury LEad guitarist (MINK), Rod Stewart, Moog synth Happy New year, dog, Selmer, Gibson Les Paul special"