MATRIXSYNTH

Roland MC505 Groovebox

via this auction

Key takeaway: Roland owns the term "Groovebox"

"MC-505: Groovebox
Features
The MC-505 Groovebox® builds upon the successful MC-303 as a self-contained, retro-styled dance music sequencer and sound module with powerful new sounds and realtime controls. New features include the revolutionary D-Beam light-sensing controller and a MEGAMix function for intuitive realtime pattern mixing.

* Professional Groovebox featuring high-performance sound engine: 64-voice polyphony, steeper multi-mode resonant filters, front-panel ADSR envelope controls
* Revolutionary D-Beam controller allows for effects and sound/note control via hand movement over infrared light beam
* 714 onboard dance music patterns developed by cutting-edge sound designers worldwide

* 512 built-in sounds and 26 rhythm sets, including the latest dance, hip-hop and techno music sounds and classic drum and synth sounds (TB-303, TR-808, JUNO, Jupiter, etc.)
* Three independent, synchronizable effects processors with powerful new effects
* Onboard arpeggiator
* MEGAMix function allows for intuitive pattern creation by combining rhythms and parts of one pattern with another
* Enhanced MIDI implementation, powerful sequencer section with increased note storage, multiple outputs (3 stereo/6 mono), new assignable part Mixer sliders
* SmartMedia slot accepts external 2MB and 4MB SmartMedia cards for unlimited pattern and patch storage and direct pattern playback"

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

via this auction

Magneticring (synthi AKS) & Osama "Sam" Shalabi

via echo7even

"Feed&Seed Records just released 2 CDrs featuring some music made by humans with rare synths.

Magneticring (synthi AKS) & Osama "Sam" Shalabi

also a rare live recording of Shasta Cults an elusive modular synth duo who use Buchla and Serge performance instruments.

info here"

Moog Prodigy Patch Sheets and Documentation

via echo7even on the AH list:
1 - original owners manual (some spine wear and highlighter inside)
1 - original service docs
1 - Norlin service center list (march 1979)
15 - photocopied blank patchsheets
8 - original sound overlays (synthdrum, heavy hammer, bass, elephant and flea, thin reeds (sync), bowed strings, ring mod effects: gong/chime, sample and gold)
Note these are for sale, if interested contact rick @ echo7even @yahoo.com

ElectroHarmonix Mini-Synthesizer Sample Track

You can find the track on David Kronemyer's blog. Be sure to see the rest of the site for other synth related posts including some words and another image of the ARP String Ensemble, Logan String Melody, and Freeman String Symphonizer below.

Club Of The Knobs Bode Frequency Shifter C1630

via this auction

click the image for the full size shot.

COTK

New Serge M-odule released: the 'Stereo Mixer' M-odule

via Bakis of Parallel Worlds

"a new Serge M-odule has been released: the 'Stereo Mixer' M-odule.

it contains (from left to right):
Quadrature Oscillator module, Dual Transient Generator module, Dual VCA (ac-coupled), Dual Channel Stereo Mixer module (with level and panning voltage controlled).

with this M-odule, the user is presented with a bank of six VCA's (two in the stereo mixer module, two in the Dual VCA, two hardwired in the two outs of the Quad Osc) and two transient generators plus a quadrature sinewave Osc.

so, he has plenty of cv sources to use for modulating volume (or AM synthesis) and for modulating Pan Position, etc...

the Quad Osc goes into well into Audio range, so it can be used as Audio source as well.

Price is 1700 USD."

Memories of green (Vangelis cover)

YouTube via mik300z
"short excerpt from bladerunners atmospheric piece. I used a little flange effect on the Juno g's piano as Vangelis did for the original.(I think he used a guitar flange pedal) As usual excuse the bad playing, oh, and turn the volume down, I had the levels up way too high for the recording.oops!

Roland Juno G-piano
Roland juno 6- whoopy sound
Roland Juno 106- beeps
Korg X5- random computer sound"

Note the Ensoniq ESQ-1 appears to only be used as a MIDI controller.