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ROLAND TR-55 VINTAGE DRUMBOX 1973 Also called RHYTHM 55

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"The Roland TR-55 was one of the first Roland products - it is a compact rhythm box with excellent analog drum sounds - in fact, the typical Roland analog sound. A great feature is the BALANCE knob, which allow you to cancel the hihat sounds on every pattern - or to mix them to the pattern as loud as you want.
Patterns can be combined - so let's be creative! ;-)"

KOrg DS 8

YouTube via zibbybone

Magic Voice Speech Synthesizer Demo on the Commodore 64 C64

YouTube via KilrPilr
"The magic voice cartridge from Commodore is a speech synthesis device that allows the Commodore 64 C64 computer to talk. This is a demo program I have and so I hooked up my magic voice and set the output to my PC and recorded the demo for others to see. I dont believe this demo exists anywhere in the world, either on disk or tape except for my copy. If you have one thats different, please email me."

Dewanatron at Carousel

YouTube via rastro2
"Leon and Brian Dewan playing their Dewanatron Dual Primate Console at Carousel Recording Studios, Brooklyn, NY"

Dewanatron at Carousel #1

"The Dewans are playing their Dewanatron Dual Primate Console, and McGinty is playing a RMI Keyboard Computer and an Oberheim Xpander (controlled by a Casio keyboard)."

roland sh 1

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Arturia Origin Review on Synth.nl

"What I loved instantly about the concept of this synthesizer is that it is completely modular. It is a virtual analog synthesizer. So emulating analog synthesizers. Arturia put in all the components that they developed in their software the last years and you can combine them as you please. So you can take a Minimoog oscilator and run it through a CS80 filter, but you can add and hookup modules however you want. So you can create very complex sounds with it. And does it sound like a real CS80, Minimoog, Prophet5, ARP2600 or Jupiter 8? No of course not! Nothing beats the real thing but they come pretty close. And it is not emulating these machines that I want to do with it. I want to create unique new sounds. The hands on controls make it very easy to work with." Read the full review on Synth.nl

Juno-60 - Gypsy Synth Resurrected

flickr set by fibra
"This is my Juno-60 bought from a Gypsy at local flea market in not so perfect physical condition. Some keys are not working and are burned by cigarette, some pots and buttons are busted too. To restore it it would take pretty much time and money so I decided to resurrect it. In order to be born again one should die. So I started to dismantle it. I will mount it in completely new case with new buttons, LEDs and roto pots and most important for me, I`ll MIDIfy it! : )

It will take alot of work but I it will worth it."

Another synth saved.

Alert The Media

flickr by Matt Troxell

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KORG R3

"Eric Mazz, January 2009"

EMIS synth museum

flickr by bean butler

"this place is great - dude called dave collects vintage synths and accesories and keeps them in an attic above his music store. he was kind enough to shows us a couple!
ben is checking out the korg poly 61, which he later bought!"