Buchla 700 Rare Synthesizer

via this auction

"It has been rumored that there are 12. I have heard that number a bit higher and a bit lower depending on who you ask. There is a Buchla 700 Yahoo group for enthusiasts so there has to be at least a few of them. It is an awesome and truly unique piece of synthesizer gear.

The condition is good. There is a tiny bit of tape residue from the time it spent at JL's repair shop many years ago on the black top and a few of the screws holding down the top panel are missing but easily replaced. The external video monitor output does not work (like about 99% of Buchla 700s). You do not need the monitor to make it work - just touch the panels and off you go. It makes amazing sounds - spatially rich and unlike anything you've heard before. You can hear a LIVE sampling on my myspace site - mainstreetelectricalparade. All the blinking lights work on the bottom and the sensors appear to work well - although it is such a bizarre instrument I am never sure what I am triggering and what is automatic.

It is being sold as a rare vintage instrument. 'As is' condition with no refunds. This is your chance to own an extremely rare experimental instrument. Please do not bid on it if you have no idea what it is.

There is a ton of info on the Buchla here:

Buchla
VSE

Included in the auction: The Buchla 700, a power cable, whatever 3.5" disks I got when I bought it many years ago...a working system 3.5" disk is in the drive currently. "
More via echo7even on AH: "a 700 in this particular condition is a very crippled instrument. The 700 is based around a Graphical User Interface which requires the VSDD chip be operational and a compatable monitor be connected. Otherwise you only get access to the single basic preset and a few of the parameters for the Osc Freq, Index and Filter...the strength of the 700 are the various Osc routings, 12+ X 96 Breakpoint Envelopes (per voice (12)) and user "Timbre Table" generation and the sequencers. other 700 woes are the *sealed membrane*, CEM chips, powersupply, disk drive & backlight. if it works tho it is one of the craziest FM synths ever developed... even has its own phase shifter."

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Trevor Studio

click here for some studio shots sent my way via trevor. Click here for the music made with it.

The list:

"Synths - Roland V Synth, MEK, OB-12, Roland JV 1080 w/ vintage keys and orchestral expansion cards, Roland XV 5050, Waldorf Pulse Plus, Kurzweil K2000 (one of the blue ones), Sequential Six Trak w/ self styled spalted maple custom end panels.

Software Synths - NI Komplete 4 (Absynth 4, Kontakt, FM8, Battery 3, Guitar Rig 2, Reaktor 5, Pro-53), FL Studio, Cubase Studio 4 synths (Prologue, HALion)

Analog Filters - Ebbe und Flut, Akai MFC 42, Jomox M-Resonator, MAM RS3, Sherman Filterbank 2, Moog MF 101 lowpass and 105 Murf, two Peavey Spectrums, Studio Electronics Modmax Phaser (I'm including this here because my unit acts far more like a weird filter than the phaser of it's namesake . . . not sure if it's because the used one I bought was modified or if they're all that way)

Hardware Effects and Signal Processors - Metasonix TM-1, Digitech Talker, TC Electronics Fireworx, Ibanez AD202 analog effects, Korg KP3, Boss DD-20 delay pedal, Mackie 400F audio interface, MOTU Midi Express 128 midi patchbay, Bellari 282a and 583 stereo tube compressors, Aphex 106, Art Pro Channel preamp

Studio Essentials and Other Instruments - Mackie Onyx 24.4 console, Parker Fly Guitar, Korg Padkontrol, Warwick Thumb 5 bass, Mandala electronic drum, Mackie HR 824 monitors, Dusty Strings hammered dulcimer, Cort fretless bass"

Navs Goes Metal

eruption.mp3
"The details: the Model 15, which has been modded for 'harder sync' as per Peter Grenader's suggestion at the Plan B Yahoo Group, was slaved to the Cwejman VCO. The Model 12 SVVF was modulated by an EG + LFO. The solo was double tracked with some manual filter + LFO tweaking." Navs on canecutters.co.uk

Access Virus TI Polar Song Demo #3 By TONY ((Stereo))

YouTube via acaruso36
"My new Video with Stereo Audio and a new song I created with Access Virus TI Polar called 'Loving & Growing each Day'"

Secuenciador TCS Parts 1-4

YouTube via kapiza. Follow-up to this post.

SCI Prophet-600 + Pro-One + TR-707 by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

bassline: SCI Pro-One triggered by the TR-707
all other self-made sounds: SCI Prophet-600
drums: Roland TR-707

live played, no overdubbing, no sequencer software used"

enapa mixing analogue-style

YouTube via enapa1apa
"Fostex E-16 and soundcraft 400b fx: boss re-1000 boss dd-3 fostex 3180 soundsource: monomachine / MD finished song"

Squarecave: a DIY analog/digital synthesizer

"The Squarecave is a hybrid digital and analog music synthesizer. It uses digital CMOS ICs to generate a sequence of oscillations of varying pitch and volume, and then pipes the result through analog filters (lo-pass, hi-pass, band-pass)."

More info here.

Lucky and Chewie at the Casio MT-65

The top two shots are Lucky and the bottom Chewie, both of course Cockatiels. flickrs by Loscha.

Casper Electronics C1 Series Speak & Spells

More info on Casper Electronics
"This piece is brand new and there are tons of details to follow including pics, videos, online manual and add on features…such as the LFO module pictured on the Speak&Read in my last post.
Below is a picture showing some of the standard features:
-atari controller port
-guitar strap pegs
-locking 1/4″ audio jack
-pitch adjustment body contacts
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-sound activated LED
-3 glitch switches
-LOOP switch and adjustment
-HOLD switch and adjustment
-pitch adjustment
-industrial reset button"