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Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard
Yamaha DX21
KORG Electribe ESX
Roland MC-303

Moog Taurus Synthesizer Bass Pedals

via this auction

Some shots of the inside and underside. Note the filter pedal / switch.

Yamaha PSS-100

via this auction

"find out more here"
excerpt:
"This multipulse squarewave synth keyboard from 1989 has wonderful C64 homecomputer sounds, including some of the famous arpeggiator timbres those are missing on most other squarewave keyboards. Although this is not a SID Station and has no filter, it is one of the most versatile and interesting sounding squarewave instruments and (like MC-3) basically a 'must have' for a real squarewave lover."

Sequential Circuits 610 Six-Trak

via this auction

DIAMOND - Uranus

via Suno Elettronico, an Italian synth site. via Francis in the comments of this post. Check out Suno Elettronico for more.

"Tipo: sintetizzatore
Tastiera: 73 note (Do-Do).
Oscillatori: 4 VCO indipendenti (32', 16', 8', 4', 2'); generatore di rumore bianco e rosa.
Forme d'onda: 3.
Filtri: 4 VCF indipendenti.
Effetti: glide; batteria elettronica con 12 ritmi
Accessori: 2 pedali di espressione."

rs 290 + rs 200 AS

YouTube via vectorass
"it`s not the music but some strange weird sounds from Analogue Systems rs 290 Sampler\Delay + rs 200 StepSeq."

The easiest way to play the X-Files theme

YouTube via cmatsuoka
"... (or something closely resembling it) is using a delay effect. I noticed that most X-Files theme tutorials out there either skip the signature echoing entirely, making the tune much less recognizable, or play it by hand, adding complexity to the performance. This short howto illustrates how easy it is to play the piece using the appropriate effect."

x0xb0x+miami

YouTube via pac209
"Available in 2009: a good 808 clone and a good 303 clone, both with shuffle and good sequencers. Makes me wonder why it took this long to happen...."

RIP Maurice Jarre

Sad news sent my way via George Mattson

"Jean-Michel’s dad died yesterday.

He had quite a composing career winning Academy awards for his scores from Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan’s Daughter.

He also composed his first electronic score for “The year of Living Dangerously.

RIP Maurice. My condolences to Jean-Michel."

Condolences indeed. Such a great loss.

Maurice Jarre on Wikipedia
Maurice Jarre on IMDB
Jean Michel Jarre on Wikipedia

A couple of videos in his memory:

Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia

YouTube via freeasabirdd
"Maurice Jarre conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on "Lawrence Of Arabia" - A musical tribute to Sir David Lean, 1992"

Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago

"Maurice Jarre conducts in tribute of David Lean, 1992. (Sound track of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO writen and conducted by Maurice Jarre,1965)"

MFOS 10 Step Sequencer (CV control demo)

YouTube via tylersplan
"10 step sequencer controlling an MFOS VCO sine wave."

MFOS 10 Step Sequencer (Gate/Ext Start Demo)

"Showing the gate function on a sine VCO being run through a VCA, with a gate controlling an AR gate for the VCA."