History of the Klee

via this electro-music.com thread where you will find the rest of the story:
"[9:21:26 PM] robsol: hello
[9:21:33 PM] Inventor: hey rob
[9:21:35 PM] Inventor: good news
[9:21:42 PM] robsol: great!
[9:21:56 PM] robsol: bring on the good news
[9:22:13 PM] Inventor: in a few minutes, scott is gonna tell us the story of the birth of the Klee sequencer
[9:22:29 PM] robsol: cool!
[9:22:35 PM] Scott_Stites: Okay...I'll go back to the beginning.....
[9:22:40 PM] Inventor: so yer here for the moment
[9:22:43 PM] Inventor: ok
[9:22:58 PM] Scott_Stites: Thousands of years ago, when the earth was still young, there lived a race of beings....
[9:23:04 PM] robsol: lol
[9:23:04 PM] Scott_Stites: I'll fast forward a bit here...
[9:23:07 PM] Inventor: ahahhahahhaha
[9:23:26 PM] robsol: Very Happy
[9:23:28 PM] Scott_Stites: Actually, it started around 2004 when Jeff Pontius and I were getting into Buchla circuits.
[9:23:34 PM] robsol: great beginning"

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Moog Lights & Nova Musik Gear

flickr set by genuine_youth
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Roland CR-8000 MODIFIED

via this auction
"The three knobs on the top panel are tonal modifications I have added. These include a tune offset control for the Cowbell, a Snare SNAPPY control, and a Clap DECAY. The Snare can be made into a TR 808 snare with this modification or closed off and removed of the noise source which isolates the tone component of the snare (very very cool for tonal melodic sequences when used in conjunction with the cowbell and the congas!). Finally, the Clap decay can turn the CR 8000 clap into everything from a hyper-compressed 909 sounding clap to a non-stop wall of Clap NOISE! This mod is excellent and the three controls add a whole new dimension to the CR 8000.

What's really cool about the CR is the fact that you can PROGRAM your own patterns and fills and use it's wonderful sequencer to regulate how often the fill occurs automatically. Because the unit has Din Sync, you can externally clock it to all modern day MIDI to Din Sync converters and have it running in time with your favorite software or MIDI hardware! Just like the TR 808 there is something really magical about the timing of the CR 8000 sequencer (I know I have an 808). And the fact that you can at any time trigger a fill to occur, or add SHUFFLE with the press of a button will open your rhythms up to a new dimension. Tonally, the CR 8000 sits between a TR 606 and a TR 808 and because of the MODS I've added, leans more on the 808 side."

Korg FK-4 Polyphonic Ensemble Pedal

via this auction via the comments of this post.

Roland svc-350 Vocoder

via this auction

Roland tr-808 vintage analog drum machine

via this auction

909techno's webcam recorded Video - September 11, 2009, 10:30 PM

YouTube via 909techno
"909techno's webcam recorded Video - September 11, 2009, 10:30 PM"

Ensoniq SQ-80 Demo Song: "Sunset Blue"

YouTube via derekaggs11
"An ambient track created entirely on the SQ-80 with only the Alesis MIDIVERB III adding some reverb."

Castlevania_8bit KORG DS

flickr by Javarnanda

Orgatron I

via John:

"I've had this thing for several years-- found it at a pawn shop-- but never thought to look it up. It's an old monophonic electronic organ. It says "Orgatron I" on the front. There are four switches: 1. Power 2. Vibrato (On/Off) 3. Volume (Slider) 4. Voice (Flute, Reed, Brass, Horn). The last switch appears to be some sort of preset variable filter. It would be awesome to mod it to be continuous, but that's beyond me, and I wouldn't want to open it up. It will run on 6 C batteries, but also has a standard AC power adapter plug similar to the Casio SK-1. Anyone know more info on this? All I could find was this:" "Here is a vintage Orgatron I which is a battery operated organ or you can use an AC adapter for electricity instead of batteries. It takes 6 “C” batteries which are not included. This organ comes in the original box and there are 5 music folio’s included. They have 8 sheets of music with a song on each side and there is quite a large variety of music. The first folio also has the instruction sheet and it is dated ©1973 GTR Products, Inc.

Here is a list of some of the songs available to play on this organ. Little Brown Jug, Pop Goes the Weasel, Old Dan Tucker, Ten Little Indians, Skip to My Lou, Red Roses For a Blue Lady, A Hot Time in the Old Town, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Greensleeves, Fascination, Animal Fair, This Old Man, with some religious songs along with a few Christmas and so many more... It measures 15 ½” long x 8” wide x 2” tall."

Update via pea in the comments: "this is the same thing as a GE Tote-a-Tune"

and video via JohnnyJohny:

General Electric's Tote-A-Tune (1971)

YouTube via matiaslaporte