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Right on Target (Patrick Cowley tribute) - Harlem Nights

YouTube via harlemnightsmusic — April 04, 2010 — "Tributing Patrick Cowley.. Recreating this classic early 80s club track, some variations later on. You may recognize some elements of Menergy and Megatron Man. Patrick Cowley is one of my ATF artists. It's great to see his genious work being rediscovered by many nowadays.

Recreated by ear (loosely). No sampling of the original track was involved. Check out my other vids for more 80s recreations.

Synths used:
- Korg Electribe SX (Oberheim DMX drums, Linn cowbell)
- Korg Minikorg 700S (bass, rhythm accent)
- Creamware Pro12 (Prophet 5 brass)
- Crumar Performer (strings)
- Korg MS2000R (arpeggio fx, noise fx)
- No Juno this time :-)

Best
Harlem Nights"

Shadows - part 1 /// A-100 Analog Modular System

YouTube via beckhusen — April 04, 2010 — "It's the A-100 System and nothing else, got 2 new modules which i included in my system.
Btw i'm not really sure in the moment if i make video for my music, or if i make music for my videos.
The actual clip presents only the beginning of a 45 min session. Maybe i'll prepare a further video with a later part of the sound session."

Mk1 VCO Test 2.mpg

YouTube via macbethsynthesizers — April 04, 2010 — "More test/demo of the MacBeth Mk1 Oscillator in 5U format....shown here- working with the multiturn potentiometers- also 'glide' switches in and out. Both oscillator outputs are Sawtooths....! Towards the end of this video- watch as I use the 'stability' control..."

Vtol Vasarely Video Synth

Vasarely Video Synth

"Custom video/audio synth based on 16-bit video game console and analog circuits.

was made special for Pavel and Elvira Zhagun

specification:
- audio in
- audio out
- video out
- main game console based digital generator

- 3 analog video-noise oscillators
- light dependent sensor for screen to synth feedback
- LFO modulator
- 18 buttons for live performing"

See Vtol for video links.

Roland Sh-101 with Brochure

via this auction

synth babe on a skateboard.

ARP 2500 modular synthesizer for auction

via this auction
"Rare, early ARP 2500 modular synthesizer in very good cosmetic condition and working 100%. A friend of mine bought this one from Phil Cirocco of CMS/Discrete Synthesizers in late 2007 and it's still working solid. As you can see, this is an earlier 2002 cabinet with a 3000 series four voice keyboard.

It includes the following modules-
1002 Power Control
1003 Dual Envelope Generator
1004T VCO
1005 Ring Mod / VCA
1006 Lowpass filter / VCA
1016 Noise / Random Voltage
1023 Dual VCO (rare prototype)
1027 3 x 10 Sequencer
1033 Dual EG with delay
1036 Dual S/H, Clock
1047 Multimode Filter

Cosmetically- The veneer on the cabinet does have some chipping here and there, but overall it still looks very good. Some of the modules have a former owners name and the serial # etched in on the corners.

Internally- According to Phil's description when he sold it, the power supply had been upgraded about 2 years prior to my friend buying it to a 1.5 Amp, low noise high performance unit. The separate 12v lamp power supply had also been rebuilt around that time.
The keyboard works great as well as all of the knobs, switches, matrix sliders, etc. No scratchy pots whatsoever! Phil obviously took care of this thing. I did notice that one of the LEDs on the sequencer has since burned out, but if this is an issue I can have it replaced.

This is not a plug in and play unit like an Arp 2600. Patching is required if you want sound. Please be aware of this."

Guild Melodic Rhythmer Vintage Analog Drum Machine

via this auction

"The Melodic Rhythmer features 16 different drum patterns, including: March, Shuffle, Rhumba, Tango, Fox Trot, Western and more. For further control of patterns, this unit enables the user to toggle Cymbal, Claves, Cowbell and Bass Drum, as well as, Tempo and Volume. Judging by the complete lack of any information on the Melodic Rhythmer, it seems to be quite a rare bird!"

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