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JHS Pro Rhythm Analogue Drum Synth

YouTube via virtuaswindon.

via this auction

"JHS Pro Rhythm Drum Synth Analogue Drum Pad, as used on countless 1970s disco tracks, DUB reggae beats etc. Now on Ebay!"

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Vanderson Plays Some Tangerine Dream Sequences on the MC-909

YouTube via grooveproject
"This video shows two patterns like Tangerine Dream style, plays on the Roland MC-909 groovebox.
All sounds coming from MC-909 (except An1x solo lead)"

Casper Electronics Custom VL-Tone and Schematics

via Casper Electronics where you'll find more details and schematics for the Casio VL-Tone.

"In the picture above you can see my custom faceplate. I etched the design in copper clad board (PCB material) and then dipped the etched plate in a nasty chemical called Liquid Tin that tins the copper and keeps it from tarnishing."

Analogue Solutions Telemark Review and Samples

"The Telemark is meant to be a patchable clone of the Oberheim SEM... Here is a little demo showing the different waveforms, filter modes and some modulation. "

Telemark Test by isotopeofme

You can find the full review with more pics and samples on isotopics.

Analogue Solutions

KORG MicroKORG

flckr by msanches

Eric Archer Interview on GetLoFi

You can find the full interview on GetLoFi here.

"EA: I’m not formally trained in electronics; I studied organic chemistry in college. But I was interested in music and electricity before that. As a kid, my folks encouraged me to tinker with electronics. My mom took me to thrift stores and we’d pick out old radios and gizmos for me to take apart. One of my first memories is my mom giving me a clock and a screwdriver when I was four years old. Later on, friends of the family began donating all kinds of old broken stuff for me to mess around with – photocopiers, teletypes, a 1970’s minicomputer…"

http://ericarcher.net/

Electro Harmonix Round Up

You can find reviews and samples of the following pedals on Khoral's Cafe 80:

Small Clone (analog chorus)
Memory Boy (analog delay)
Big Muff (fuzz)
Small Stone (analog phaser)
Stereo Pulsar (stereo tremolo)
Electric Mistress (stereo flanger and chorus)

KORG PolySix Keyboard Repair

via Russ
"Yesterday, I finally got around to repairing the keyboard on a friend's PolySix. It had 3 completely dead keys, and a half dozen other keys that had to be pressed pretty hard to get to register.

Via the miracle of Caig CaiKote (no, I'm not affiliated in any way; I've just used it several times and it works well), the keyboard is 100% functional again.

Step 1: Remove keyboard from PolySix:

Step 2: Remove PCB from keyboard:

Step 3: Remove conductive rubber switches from PCB by carefully poking the rubber barbs back thru the PCB:

Step 4: Clean the rubber contacts with alcohol, then apply CaiKote to the black conductive rubber:

Finally, wait a couple hours for the CaiKote to dry, then reassemble.

Step 6: Jam out!"

inside a KORG Polysix