2008 JACKSON Pro DXMG Dinky MIDI SYNTH GUITAR

via this auction

"The pickup is Rolands best designed pickup. It also has a light showing that it's active. You can assign control messages to the volume nob to control other controllers such as modulation, after touch, basic midi data, etc...

A totally tricked out custom new paint job."

Vintage Kramer PitchRider 7000 MIDI guitar synthesizer

via this auction

"The PitchRider 7000 developed by IVL Technologies enables you to use your own guitar with any MIDI synthesizer. Simply connect the guitar to the PitchRider 7000 And then to any MIDI capable synthesizer and your journey will begin.

The PitchRider 7000 Features:
* MIDI Channel Selector
* Mode Selector Display
* String Selector Channeling Option
* Pitch Bend Sensitivity
* Transposition

* Volume Dynamic Setting Capabilities * Input Sensitivity (Touch) The Pitchrider is a pitch to midi GUITAR interface. The 7000 is designed to be used with any 6 string guitar and gives 6 voice polyphonic transmit of data to a midi destination. The special pickup mounts in 5 minutes with no holes and has string bends can be transmitted and Midi channels can be separated for each string. This unit has input for 6 channels of guitar level audio signals and then converts the information gained from the audio signals to MIDI. Sing you synthesizer, Dance your drums, whatever you can imagine - this unit may be the answer! This box just begs the creative experimenter to get his hands on this!"

Korg OASYS 88 Workstation

via this auction

"88-Key Workstation with 3 Synth Engines, 16-Track Audio Recording, MIDI Sequencer & Effects

OASYS brings together over 40 years of refined expertise in making the finest and most intuitive and musical instruments in the world.

Korg designed OASYS to provide a full set of audio production tools to the demanding musician, and to reflect the changing nature of today’s music making process. OASYS brings together the world’s most powerful synthesizer, studio quality effects processing, second-generation KARMA technology, advanced MIDI sequencing, 16-track audio HD recording with CD burning, plus a flexible MIDI control surface all into one elegant instrument.

OASYS is not only an entirely new instrument, but a completely new platform to support Korg innovation for years to come. Powered by an ultra fast computer processor, and running newly-developed proprietary software atop Linux underpinnings, OASYS offers all the benefits of a variable software system, backed by the hardware integrity that can only come from a fully-integrated instrument design.

New synthesis methods for creating sound (EXi Expansion Instruments), new effects (EXf Expansion Effects), and additional PCM libraries (EXs Expansion Sample Libraries) can be added, ensuring that OASYS will remain the centerpiece of your musical world well into the future.

For new technology to be beneficial, it must remain accessible. Highlighted by a 10.4” color TouchView display, the front panel features a vast array of assignable control elements – pads, sliders, joysticks, knobs, ribbon, etc… all designed to provide effortless fingertip control. And while OASYS is a world unto itself, it can still play nice with others. The back panel offers a wealth of analog and digital inputs and outputs, including USB 2.0."

Yamaha SS-30

via this auction

You can see some videos of the SS30 here. Remember to use the search box on the top left corner of the site. For vids search for the synth and YouTube and or Vimeo. Search by the YouTube alias, etc. To compare auction prices, or to see what your synth is going for, search on the synth and auction.

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Novation A-Station

via this auction

Big Briar Moog Theremin Serial Number 0001

via this auction

Note Big Briar was Bob Moog's company after he left the original Moog Music and of course, before he started the new current Moog Music.

The Axolotl

"The axolotl is an analog synth noisebox made for demanding sound-designers and noise musicians. A dove with epilepsy? A woodpecker under acids? 56 kbps modem connected to an owl? Passing through the underground tunnel crammed with frogs? All of this is in the axolotl! And more... based on an innovating synthesis made from logical circuits, the Axolotl gets 6 controls: Low Freq osc 1 High Freq Osc 2 Intermodulating Low Freq / High Freq Modulating AM/FM amplitude Modulating AM/FM freq And a unique global Hysteresis control! The sound character of the synth will change drastically by turning a simple pot!"

Available at the Stupid Design Stupid Shop

via NE232323:
"The [above] performance has been transmited live on a radio (KKWNE) few days ago. For the people interested by a good sound, there's a nice record of the show:
http://pilami.fr/audio/axolotl_orchestra.mp3

some users did some records:
http://www.cannibalcaniche.com/forum/download.php?id=6923
http://www.cannibalcaniche.com/forum/download.php?id=6921
http://www.cannibalcaniche.com/forum/download.php?id=6919
http://www.cannibalcaniche.com/forum/download.php?id=6920

There was also a workshop where 20 people built the machine."

Paper Minimoog Cutout

You can find the PDF here
[mirrored here]

paper mini via Aniat on the Lords of the Mini list

CLP on Ableton Live

YouTube via AbletonInc. Note the MPC keytar shirt.
"CLP is Chris de Luca and Phon.o. The sound they make is a funky hybrid of intergalactic hip hop, ghetto beats, sexy booty IDM and dirty techno that takes musical genres, chews them up and turns them into good-natured grooviness.

CLP is currently getting kudos on both sides of the Atlantic for their LP 'Supercontinental', released at the end of 2008 on Shitkatapult records.

In this movie, they open up their Live Sets and talk about making music with Live, effect chains, performance and triggering video with Live. The guys also share their thoughts on Live 8, which they've been Beta testing."

Musikmesse: Roland C-230 Demonstration (1/2)

YouTube via rolandtelevision
"An in-depth demonstration of the Roland C-230 at the Frankfurt Musikmesse 2009. Part 1 of 2."

Roland C-230 Demonstration (2/2)