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"unified creamware minimax and pro 12 VA synths"

Update via pac in the comments: "Hey this is actually "official", not a DIY thing. It was on sale for a short time before and while creamware went bust. I reassembled it cause I sold my minimax (by mistake) and just got one back. Hence the 2 different 'creamware' logo prints on the machines."

Geoff Downes 1987

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"One half of the Buggles, showing off one or two casiotones!.. no really, he is a big fan of American Synthesizers. He is not a fan of the Yam DX7 or TX816."

Realistic (Moog) MG-1 re-assembled

flickr by Avery James Brooks
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"After removing most of that awful melting foam"

turntable wah

YouTube via puffhandy. via this auction.
"this is a custom, one of a kind, home altered califone record player from the 60's maybe? it's been made into a filter effect that is controled by a light sensor under the platter that spins. you can take that part off and drill more holes, you can add your own disks for different patterns, there are a lot of possibillities for simple mods. i didn't mess around with the ac circuit too much because i don't want to die from electrical shock and i recomend the same for anybody that buys this and doesn't know much about AC. i added a power light and there is also a ring mod oscillator built in that has two modes: high and low. high puts the carrier freq. in the foreground and low just takes it back behind whatever your's running through it. it has in and out so you can use this like a regular effects pedal without even plugging in the amp. the effect takes a nine volt battery that is mounted an the top for easy access. it comes complete with the latch on cover. feel free to ask any questions and please write me for a price quote on international shipping. the synth in the video is an atari punk console"

puffhandy on eBay

light sensitive turntable filter wah


filter turntable, altoids atari punk consoleX2

Roland TB-303

via this auction

One Synthesizer Makes More Music

EML Synthesizer Primer booklet via this auction.

"EML, Electronic Music Laboratories, Inc Synthesizer Primer booklet. One Synthesizer Makes More Music! Nine pages with earth brown covers. This is an original and somewhat rare. Not really a book, just a marketing booklet for the EML 101 synthesizer and is somewhat rare. In new, excellent collector condition. 8.5 inches X 5.5 inches."

Update: pics of in the inside here.

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PAIA GNOME MICRO SYNTH

via this auction

Not the best pics but the following from the description is interesting: "[from an interview with John Simonton, PAiA Electronics, Inc.]
'While it started out as purely an electronic instrument to make wind sounds, the Gnome turned into one of the smallest, most portable analog synthesizers ever manufactured." [It was also battery powered.] "'The Gnome started out as an instrument that wasn't going to do anything more than make the sound of wind - not like a flute, but real wind. Ssssshhhhew. That kind of wind, which could be played with a little vinyl controller strip that was part of it. The Gnome was one of those things that just grew. After the instrument that did the wind sound was done, it became pretty apparent that you could stick other components in there and essentially come up with a small synthesizer, a thing that captured the central ideas of voltage-controlled synthesis at the time - Oscillators, filters, transient generators, and so on - but stripped down to the essentials or the core. It was an attempt to get rid of that keyboard that was always by far the single most expensive part of anything we made, by order of magnitude or more.'" Includes assembly and users manual.

The Webcor Music Machine

via The Sasquatch Singers MySpace pics. Also check them out on MATRIXSYNTH-C.

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Roland D-550 + JD-800 + TR-808 "COSMOS"

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

'COSMOS theme'

Inspired by the cosmos tv series by C.Sagan

pads, sweeps, chimes and other sounds: Roland D-550 and JD-800
drums: Roland TR-808"

Surfin Step Sequencer

The Surfin Kangaroo Step Sequencer has been out for a bit. It recently popped up on an email list I'm on, and I realized I haven't posted on it for a while. I took a look at the Surfin Kangaroo website and found these shots and the following info. See the site for more.

stores up to 100 Sequences
8 / 16 Midi and Analog Step Sequencer
Return / Stop / Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 8 Step Mode )
Return / Stop or Pause / Skip Function per Step ( 16 Step Mode )
9 Midi Tracks parallel
1 Midi Track up to 4 Voice polyphonic
Trigger/Gate Output
Trigger Start
Trigger Stop
Keyboard Remote Control
4 Gate/Trigger Outputs
8 Analog Outputs 0 - 10V ( 4 Outputs switch to additional Gates/Trigger )
1 to 250 BPM
Midi Clock
MTC Start/Stop
Transpose Function
Programmable during Sequencer Running
Master / Slave Function by using more than one sequencer
Software update via Midi & USB
for the US market please contact „analogheaven“ Hmm... I'm guessing that's Analogue Haven.