MATRIXSYNTH

Crumar Spirit

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"The Crumar Spirit was originally designed by Bob Moog (himself), Jim Scott & Tom Rhea and released back around 1982-83. These are the three people behind the Minimoog.

This is said to be the most flexible monophonic synth ever. It has a 37-note keyboard with 2 VCO's. There are saw, triangle, and several square waveforms on both oscillators.The oscillators have an octave range from 32' to 4'. Ring Modulation, low and high pass filters, 12 DB & 24DB slope, single & multiple triggering, keyboard filter tracking, band pass filtering, loudness envelope, filter envelope, arpeggiator linked to LFO (mod-X) with 4 different arpeggiations, LFO 1 modulated 6 different ways, a second waveshapable LFO called (shaper-y) with 4 fixed waveforms and shape control adjustable from saw to reverse-sawtooth, performance panel to include Auto & preset glide, and 3 performance wheels, pitch, Mod-x, and Shaper -Y. with the latter 2 having 5 different destinations. An audio mixer with ability to mix OSC A & B with Ring Modulator, and Noise. LFO 1 also has a red noise generator as well as a brightness control for overall boost of the high frequencies. A filter envelope with inverted and normal ADSR & a loudness envelope which can be bypassed.

Output Jacks: External Gate in, External Pitch in, Keyboard Pitch out, Keyboard Gate out, OSC B Pedal, Filter Pedal, Shaper Audio Out, ADSR Mix Out, External Audio In.

The Spirit is a treasure trove of desirable synth chips, with a pair of CEM3340 oscillators, a pair of CEM3350 Dual VCFs, and no fewer than six CEM3360 Dual VCAs. If this means little to you, I should point out that the 3340 provided the voicing for the Moog Memorymoog, the Oberheim OBXa, OBSX and OB8, the Roland SH101, MC202 and Jupiter 6, early revisions of the Roland MKS80 Super Jupiter, the Rev.3.x Prophet 5s, all Prophet 10s, the T8, the Pro One and the Prophet 600. 3360 VCAs were used in a huge range of instruments, including the Ensoniq ESQ1 and SQ80, the Linndrum, the Memorymoog, numerous Oberheims, the PPG Wave 2.2 and 2.3, the Chroma, the Jupiter 6 and MKS80, and some of the Prophets. The Spirit shares its architecture with the very best. GOOD LUCK!

SoundOnSound
Gordon Reid"

ElectroKraft.com Super Synth Drums

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"This is a genuine cartridge for use in the old original or new clone NES systems. Create true 8 bit percussion synth from the real Nintendo NES using the controllers.

You can use the original NES gamepad controllers, as well as the new 3rd party controllers made for NES, or the Yobo and Generation Nex clones.

Each button on controller #1 produces a different 8 bit percussion sound. It's like having an 8 piece synth drum kit that you play with the NES controller.

Controller #1 produces percussion sounds when each button is pressed, controller #2 creates a pulsing/loop effect which can be applied to any of the percussion sounds produced by controller #1.

Just pop in the cart and plug into an amp using an RCA to 1/4" audio jack adapter, or just plug right into your TV's RCA audio input for sound.

(I can also offer modified original (or clone systems; Yobo) NES systems which have an added 1/4" audio output jack and volume control knob.)"

ElectroKraft.com Sonic DrumAxe NES Instrument

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"The Sonic DrumAxe is a controller that connects to the Nintendo NES video game system. Used with the "Super Synth Drums" cartridge you use the DrumAxe to create true 8 bit NES percussion/drum sounds.

You wear it like a guitar. There are 7 touch sensors which you tap to produce sound."
Note this one is also listed for sale; details in the YouTube comments.

Circuit Bent SK-1 with "Glitchstation" Patchbay

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"circuit bent Casio SK-1 keyboard that I've set up to be controlled by an extensive patchbay built into an old Playstation 2 case... The Casio is setup with a few additional controls. I added a drum kill switch that shuts off the "Blip blop" drums, a pitch control that raises the pitch, a pitch warble body contact, and a 1/4 inch output.There is also an RCA plug that gives power to the LFO on the patchbay. The patch bay connects to the Casio using a 25 pin d-sub cable. The main bending patch bay consists of 26 points, 2 points go to ground, and ever other goes to individual points in the keyboard.That is over 600 different combinations in the patch bay alone. There is an 8 point patch bay that is wired to seven switches. This allows you to take points from the main bay, plug them in, and use the switches to turn them on and off. If you turn all of the switches on then it functions as a common connecting all of the points together. There are 3 joysticks wired to 9 patch points (3 per stick). These work by find a bend, plug it into the middle of the 3, plug something into the outer points, and then going between the two using the stick (left goes to left point, center off,right goes to right etc..)

There are 3 knobs with to patch points going to each. These knobs are 3 different values allowing to to add some resistance to your bend if needed. This works well with the LFO section.

There is a sample and hold section with 2 patch points, a momentary push button switch, and lock switch. This allows you to find a good crash bend, test it with the push button, and lock it in with the lock switch.

Last, and definitely not least is the LFO section. There is a power switch, power patch point (connects to the Casio) Rate knob, Rate indicating LED, and a patch point. This allows you to modulate your bends using the LFO. Works great with the switching patch bay, and the knobs.

Sound Samples Here.

Make sure to check my other auctions for more Video Games, Musical Equipment, and accessories."

Glitchstation Demo

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Glitchstation Demo 2

Glitchstation with SK-1 main patchbay demo

MS-20 + Cables Cables Cables

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The Screamers - 122 Hours of Fear, Vertigo - Live 1979

YouTube via Sockies25.

All synth punk. Well, kind of - they used an ARP Odyssey and Fender Rhodes.

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You can find some previous posts scattered here.

"arget Video: The Screamers

Songs: 122 Hours of Fear, Vertigo - Live 1979 at the Mab

The Screamers were pure genius and this live video is a work of art. Unfortunatley they never recorded an album and only some poor quality demo and live recordings exist. This video however is a clip from a Target DVD released in 2004. Hope you like it"