VINTAGE NDK SYNTHESISER

"MEASUREMENTS:

LENGTH of the unit is approx. 96.5 cm Long
DEPTH when packed up is approx. 19 cm deep.
HEIGHT of the synthesiser is approx. 42 cm. wide
HEIGHT of the unit when standing on legs is approx. 90.5 cm tall.

Each of the 4 corners of the lid & the base of the unit have a silver metal protector cap (I think it may be chrome). There are also 4 metal silver chrome protections on the inside of the lid corners & on the inside of the base corners for protection.

There is a metal music stand which clips into the top of the unit to stand sheet/book music on. This unclips when finished & is stored inside the unit also.

There are colour coded button choices BLACK - BASS; RED - ACCOMPANIMENT; WHITE- SOLO. Each section has own volume / fine tune turn dial knob from soft to loud.
BASS BUTTONS: are Wood 16' ; Brass 16' ; String 16' ; Wood 8'.
ACCOMPANIMENT BUTTONS are: Wood 16' ; Wood 8' ; Brass 8' ; String 8' ; Wood 4' ; String 4'.
SOLO BUTTONS are: Bass Cla. 16' ; Trombone 16'; Flute 8'; Trumpet 8' ; Piccalo 4' ; Violin 4' .

There is a speed (slow & fast) fine tuning knob / dial and there are Vibrato & Vibrato Full - knobs. Another knob you can use for Bass solo, Acc. Solo or Solo. The keys on the left at the base end are black (to use for Bass) then going up change to grey in colour then White in colour. The top keys are White in colour, then change to black in colour. On the panel above the keys, is a black line whith the word Bass - this shows which keys you can use for the bass. Then there is a red line which shows all the keys you can use for accompaniment with accompan. word on the panel & all other keys can be used for whatever.

The whole unit can be packed up & sits in a sturdy solid wood case, covered in black vinyl. It forms a nice rectangular shape which is easy to transport. There are 2 silver metal locks / clips which close the unit up (& 2 metal hinges at the back that the lid sits in to close it up)."

Simmons SDS 400

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"The unit uses CEM (Curtis Electro-Music) IC’s from the mid-80’s. These chips contain VCO’s, VCF’s, etc, that synthesize sounds and alter them with highly controllable subtractive sythesis techniques.

Trigger sensitivity is high and works with several different brands the unit was tested with. Pads, peizo, some mics, etc. will work. The modules are called “toms” and it is possible to simulate tom drums with the unit, but that would be a sad use of the unit. It’s beauty is the ability to add highly distinctive envelope control over the filter, an odd ring-modulation-like device called “second skin”, and perhaps most interestingly, the “Run Generator” modulation, which can control pitch and other factors in a number of novel ways. You can think of it as a quasi-controllable arpegiattor, in that it can cascade up/down, and other permutations, all with an unusual amount of control."

Simmons SDS 800

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"The unit uses CEM (Curtis Electro-Music) IC’s from the mid-80’s. These chips contain VCO’s, VCF’s, etc, that synthesize sounds and alter them with highly controllable subtractive sythesis techniques.

Trigger sensitivity is high and works with several different brands the unit was tested with. Pads, peizo, some mics, etc. will work. The modules are called “toms” “bass” and “snare”. It is possible to simulate specific drums with the unit, but that would be a sad use of the unit. It’s beauty is the ability to add highly distinctive envelope control over the filter, an odd ring-modulation-like device called “second skin”, and perhaps most interestingly, the “Run Generator” modulation, which can control pitch and other factors in a number of novel ways. You can think of it as a quasi-controllable arpegiattor, in that it can cascade up/down, and other permutations, all with an unusual amount of control."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev. 2.0

flickr by JoelKiel82
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1972 Ideal "Bing Bang Boing" Commercial

YouTube via daftmahatma

"I believe the Moog synthesized music to this Bing Bang Boing commercial to be "Chicken On The Rocks" from Jean-Jacques Perrey."

Chicken On The Rocks

YouTube via doctorpopular.

Jean Jacques Perrey is actually playing the Ondioline.
"Footage from Jean Jacques Perrey's August 27th show at Recombinant Labs in San Francisco. JJP is on the left, Dana Countryman is on the right. More info on my blog www.DrownRadio.com"
http://www.jeanjacquesperrey.com/

Philadelphia 2006 Boredoms and their "Eye Ball" MIDI Controller

YouTube via shagasss. "eYe's Balls" via Alex:
"The two light bulbs have each a chip with a few sensors; the sensors detect movement, XYZ, shaking, velocity and proximity from each other. All these senses transmit this data as control messages to a laptop running unknown software. As the control messages trigger different sounds and events, it also sends corresponding electrical voltages back to the light bulbs, making the light bulbs react to the different movements. Really cool stuff!! I heard that a guy in Japan makes these, they're custom and only a few exist. As far as I know, there is no website for these things."

Jarre's Oxygene in Birmingham

see the write-up on Sonic State.

YAZOO RECONNECTED

flickr by Neil Vance

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Old machines meet new

YouTube via Thirstmonkey. via Nusonica.
"Dubstep-esque techno jam with Vermona DRM-1 MK2, Futureretro FR-777, Roland TR-909, System100, TR-606, Ensoniq KT-88,Roland JX-8P DIN SYNC & Midi to synths via ableton live 6. Some sources are warped courtesy of the Schippmann Ebbe & Flut or passed through the effects channel of the ASR-10 sampler."

Technosaurus Microcon II analog synthesizer

YouTube via halmcgeevideo.

via Nusonica.
"This is my Technosaurus Microcon II analog synthesizer. Check it out as I take you on a tour of its features."