MATRIXSYNTH

Vintage Red Synare S3X Analog Drum Synth

via this auction
"Looking more like a flying saucer than a percussion synthesizer, the Synare S3X, made between 1977-82, was the first affordable model for mostly anyone, and could run on batteries! It had 2 oscillators with no variable waveforms, a white noise generator, and a sweep function, ie. up, or down to get that descending "booooooooooooh" sound used ever so endlessly in disco records of the era. To get an idea of what these are capable of listen to the famous drum solo in Edgar Winter’s “Frankenstein”. Oscillator 1 was the noise generator with a "tune" function. The Amplifier section had volume, attack, and decay controls. Also had a low-pass filter with cutoff, resonance, and decay controls. This one was professionally rebuilt and powdercoated in bright red to match the rest of the Tama drum kit that it once was a part of."

Update via brian in the comments: "Edgar Winter's Frankenstein has nothing to do with this. Nor is it similar - that's an ARP2600 played by hand while moving sliders on the Filter. There ARE many good examples of these drums on record though."

Wiard Borg and Boogie Filter

via these auctions

Circuit Bent CASIO DH-100, Alien synth sax

via this auction

if you can't afford the eigenharp, there is this...

"circuit bent CASIO DH-100 MIDI SAX.

Here is a list of the circuit bent features:

1. Super bright power ``on`` LED

2. 2 body contacts that change the tone and pitch and loudness of the sound when you touch them.

3. Envelope control knob for control over the attack of the sound.

4. Pitch range switch,switch down for low pitch mode,extends the lower sound limit of the sound.

5. 5 bend switches with range control add overtones and distortion and stuttering of the sounds."

Bulgarian Danze : Industrial drumKat music

YouTube via OrbVroomer
"This file is cursed or something. Every time I upload it the audio & video go out of sync. All live playing. No tracks or sequences are used here. I will upload a new version with dialog. Stay tuned to OrbVroomer."

High Roller, Crystal Method : OrbVroomer drumKat live

"Only two little synth notes not triggered live here. The L.I.S.A trigger plays those. Everything else is live playing.I start with a mono drone synth note,then fill in the rest of the notes in that driving pattern.That pattern is then layered under the drum line.All it needs now is for the real CM's sounds on top to conquer my sonic lameness."

Mission: Impossible orb vroomer drumKat

"This super cool song was composed by Lalo Schifrin in 1966 for the TV series.I like to perform a bit fast.Intro notes triggered by the W.E.E.L are the only notes not played live. After that,the solo riff is re-triggered by a linked pad. The rest is all live playing."

You can find more at OrbVroomer's YouTube Channel

sk1

YouTube via etonepan "new mods in casio sk1."

Zion Turbo Synth Guitar Synth with Roland GI-20 and Soft Synths Reaktor 5.0

YouTube via WayneJoness

"Super rare, American-made Zion Turbo Guitar Synth Controller, designed for the vintage 24-pin Roland Guitar synthesizer series, and build in the mid-nineteen eighties. This clip shows the Zion Turbo synth guitar used with the Roland GI-20 to drive Native Instruments Reaktor 5.0 and Arturia V2600. A BX-13-VX is used to interface between the 24-pin and 13-pin interface."

Zion Turbo Synth Guitar Synth with Roland GR-300 GR-700 GM-70

"This clip shows the Zion Turbo synth guitar with 24-pin vintage gear: the Roland GR-300, then GR-700, and finally a GM-70 driving a Roland XV-5080 with MIDI."

Zion Turbo Synth Guitar Synth with Roland VG-99

"This clip shows the Zion Turbo synth guitar used with the Roland VG-99. Check out the awesome bass demo at the beginning! A BX-13-VX is used to interface between the 24-pin and 13-pin interface."