MATRIXSYNTH

Yamaha DX7II FD TX802 SYNTHESIZER

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note the pull out. I know the TX81Z has one as well. I'm curious how many other Yamaha racks had them.

Details:
"The TX-802 is the rack mount version of the DX-7II with a few added touches. It is an FM synth, so it excellent at re-creating Hammond organ, electric pianos, brass, analog sounds, and bells. It is in a whole new class for percussive sounds and ethnic sounds as you can change the tuning and get out of the 12 tone box. It is not too good when it comes to, acoustic pianos, and saxophones, but that's why the gods made samplers. A required piece of gear in my opinion since the DX7 is such a legendary synth. There are thousands of patches available online for this synth (can take DX7 and DX7II patches).

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Crumar Bit One Analog Synthesizer w/SSM Filters

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"This auction is for a Crumar Bit One. It's a rare analog synthesizer, particularly as this is an early SSM filter model."

Anyone confirm this? According to MOTM's excellent CEM synth list, the bit 01 had:
Bit 01
# 6 CEM3328 VCF Late Models
# 6 SSM2044 VCF Early Models

CHEETAH MASTER SERIES KEYBOARDS MANUAL

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"A original owner's manual for a RARE Cheetah Master Series synth from the 1980's. This manual is made from folded 8.5x11 paper, 54 pages long and punched with 3 ring binder along the bottom edge."

Roland JD-800

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"Today, fewer and fewer people actually create their own sounds, and simply play presets or sounds created by programmers.

However, the original purpose of the synthesizer was to "create sound". It's easy to simply select a preset you like, but that sound will always be "someone else's sound". We at Roland asked, "Why don't we return to the roots of synthesis; the enjoyment of creating original sounds?" We considered many different ways in which we could bring back the fun of creating sounds, and the result is the JD-800 before you.

"Creating sounds" may seem like a highly technical process, but it's actually just a matter of moving a slider to make the sound change! This is easy for anyone, and the sounds that you get will always be your very own.

The JD-800 is designed to make it fun to create sounds. So please go ahead and move those sliders! We hope you will make lots of different sounds; original sounds with which to play your original music.

—From the introduction to the JD-800 manual"