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The Pragmatic - Circles

some live synth shots of The Pragmatic

They have a free release "Circles" available here on Optimus Discos.

"Live we use a Moog MG-1, Moog Little Phatty Tribute Edition, Korg MS-10, Korg Polysix, Microkorg, Roland Juno-60."

Rhodes Chroma Product Brochure

You can find the full scanned brochure here on the Rhodes Chroma site.

Mike Oldfield's Fairlight CMI-I and CMI-IIx

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"Original Fairlight CMI-I and Fairlight CMI-IIx, two units, status report and parts list - see below. These are the original machines from Mike Oldfield's live setup in the mid-80's. Both machines are NOT working, issues and parts are listed below. All parts have been in the laboratory of Virtual Music, Vienna - Worlds best service center for Fairlight CMI's, most of the parts have a clear diagnose from the test CMI system here in Vienna, although some of the parts could not be tested due to hardware failure."

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Jomox Xbase 888 Analogue drum synthesizer

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Type-N37 Synthesizer: Sequencer Analog VCO Noise FM PWM

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"The Type-N37 Synthesizer is a unique device for increasing the sonic dimensionality of your musical project. The simple, yet effective combination of a four step sequencer with the Type-U73 voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) produces amazing results. The operation of the device goes as follows: the sequencer counts from 1 to 4, sending a user defined voltage to the VCO on each count (or step), which is in turn converted to musical tone. The output is high impedance designed for a guitar amp for easy integration into your existing setup. The operation is simple and straight forward requiring no complicated patches or prior knowledge of analog synthesizer architecture. Yet it is capable of creating lush sonic textures comparable to esoteric synthesizers that cost many times more. It is a complete musical instrument with a compact foot print that can literally fit in your pocket.
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1950 TUBE Synthesizer/Electronic Musical Novelty

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"1950's USA tube electronics/radio/hi-fi magazine, fully 154 pages of great projects and brilliant ads. You will love this vintage magazine IF you love tube electronics...audio, radio, test gear etc."

"An Electronic Musical Novelty: Individual Oscillator for each key permits any number of notes up to a full 66-note keyboard." by Jim Kirk.

This LOOKS like a 1950 synthesizer, it uses tubes, I'm sure it will be of interest to all early synth and electronic keyboard folks, and it gives the circuit and power supply circuit you'll need to do the job. Uses a 6SN7 tube, and 5Y3 and VR150 in the power supply."

Update via metasonix in the comments: "I've seen that article. It's an organ, and a very primitive one at that. (Electronic organs were very rare and costly at that time so it had novelty value.)"

Akai AX-60

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"Offered from 1985-86, this is a 6-voice polyphonic programmable analog synthesizer with a 5-octave, 61-note (C-C) keyboard and was one of the last analog synths to have knobs and sliders. There are a total of 25 sliders and two knobs."

Moog MiniMoog Model D

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Laurie Spiegel plays Alles synth - temporary replacement

video upload by Laurie Spiegel

YouTube via MusicMouse
"Concerto for Self-Accompanying Digital Synthesizer. The instrument is possibly the first realtime digital synthesizer, built at Bell Telephone Labs, NJ by Hal Alles and team, with C language software written by Laurie that processes the player's live input into an ongoing accompaniment that will continue to be played live against.

This is a legal copy uploaded by the owner of the original tape. The OHM DVD's video was taken from this.

For more info on see http://retiary.org/ls/obsolete_systems

For tech info on the synth see:
http://www.matrixsynth.com/blog/media..." [mirrored here]

You might remember the video from this previous post. The original video was suffering from data corruption so Laurie Spiegel uploaded the video again. Be sure to see the comments on YouTube here for more.