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CASIO VZ-10M

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"CLASSIC CASIO VZ-10M VZ-1 VZ1 Digital Synthesizer COMPLETE with Manuals, & Sound Source Unlimited MasterRam 64 Collection, Volume 1"

ARP Odyssey

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"has factory CV/GATE mods that will allow you to use this with your modular/sequencer"

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"EMS Synthi AKS w/blue touch sensitive keyboard with integrated sequencer, fully functional, no issues, and in excellent condition. This Synthi AKS has a few modifications which were completed before i purchased the instrument, these mods do not affect the sound/sonic properties of the instrument."

No details on the specific mods aside from what you see in the images.

Wiard Joystick 1200 Series

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"This unit was designed to be inexpensive and handy.
Add to this a simple but effective debounced pushbutton manual gate and you have a versatile and compact controller. An LED illuminates to show that the gate is active. The debounced gate signal can also be used to advance sequencers or as a simple on-off control for a VCA. The most common use, of course, is to trigger envelope generators. This also follows the ARP/Blacet/PAIA/Wiard 10 volt standard. The Gate pushbutton is conveniently offset for one or two handed operation."

midipad Multitouch Midi Controller für Apple iPad

YouTube via musotalk — May 03, 2010 — "Mit dem Mackie Control Protokoll steuert das midipad gängige Musikprogramme wie LIVE, Logic oder Cubase fern."

search on midipad for more.

As When The Dove / Handel / Theremin

YouTube via copperleaves — May 03, 2010 — "This piece is called AS WHEN THE DOVE LAMENTS HER LOVE and it is from the oratorio ACIS AND GALATEA (1720) by George Frideric Handel. I first recorded this piece, or maybe I should say my own arrangement of it transcribed for theremin, several years ago before YouTube existed. It is wonderful fun to play so I decided to do a whole new version of it on HD video and post it.

There is a lot of very fast fingering and some extended baroque trills in this piece which are hard to see because they tend to become a blur on a video screen. I tried to get camera angles that would show as much as possible of the technique involved in case there are some theremin enthusiasts out there who are interested in this kind of music.

The theremin I am playing is a Moog Etherwave Pro which has been modified with an EPVM1345 module created by French engineer, Thierry Frenkel. I have to say that I got as much of a kick out of playing the harpsichord on this piece as I did out of playing the theremin!"

Adaptation of the voltage controlled filter from the Memorymoog

YouTube via abovenyquist — May 03, 2010 — "Project for Spring 2010 "Electronics for Music Synthesis" class at Georgia Tech. See here for more info:

http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~lanterma..."

Vactrol-based voltage controlled amplifiers, in the styles of Buchla and Korg

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Sonar

Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.

"Rhythmic cycle w/ abstract animation. 2009
Basic keyframe animation using flash, without scripting.

Official selection - Annecy International Animation Film Festival - Out of competition"

parc and slide

parc and slide from tehn on Vimeo.

"monome grayscale one twenty eight and sixty four controlled by parc and slide (maxmsp by tehn) who control a bunch of instances of automat (softsynth by alphakanal).

docs.monome.org/doku.php?id=app:parc
blog.alphakanal.de/category/automat

parc is a probabalistic arpeggiator. it's not terribly easy to follow. mostly what's happening here is arp speed changes, adding possible notes, and changing the segment of the sequence to be played.

monome.org"

Fairlight Series III rackmount

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"Offered for sale is a very rare, fully functional, vintage classic Fairlight CMI III computer musical instrument workstation in excellent condition. The system is a late model, in a rack case and as such has the latest and best in technical innovations, whilst still retaining the classic legendary sound of the CMI.

The system has the latest 9.34 software, has 16 voices, colour graphics card, and 24 output router. It also comes with the later MFX alpha-numeric keyboard, a beautiful golden mouse, and a 15” LCD screen is included (not the one shown in the pictures). Instead of the usual 14 Mbytes RAM memory fitted as standard from the factory, this unit has a brand new 32 Mbyte card, which is the maximum possible in these systems. There is no music keyboard, however any MIDI keyboard or external computer/sequencer will work brilliantly. The only 'non-standard' aspect of this system is the MIDI module, which is from a later MFX3, and has 2 ports in, and 2 out. However, since all the cards and modules of a series III are plug-in, it would only take two minutes to retro-fit an original module, should one become available. This aspect of the design also makes servicing a breeze. In the unlikely event of a board failure, this can simply be swapped out for a replacement from me. I have a huge amount of other systems and spares, since I bought most of the factories old stock and spare parts. I have been supporting these incredible systems for many years, and hope to continue this for many more…

The libraries supplied with this system are as follows:
Complete Fairlight library, Prosonus Strings, Brass, Percussion, Sound
Genesis strings, plus many libraries collected over the last 20 years
dealing with top producers and musicians. These include libraries from: Pet
Shop Boys, Trevor Horn, Hans Zimmer, Frankie goes to Hollywood, Art of Noise and many, many others. The complete Fairlight IIX library is also included.

An external empty 4 Gbyte hard disc, with spare system softwares can also be supplied for a minimal additional cost.

The system will be serviced, have a full set of manuals, all leads, latest firmware, and come with 3 months warranty.

Please note you’ll see other Fairlight systems advertised, and some might be less expensive. However, do some research before you buy. What may look like a bargain might not look so appealing when its obsolete parts finally give up. This applies specially to earlier systems. This system is complete, fully functional, and will work straight out of the box. I worked as product specialist and studio manager at Fairlight in Sydney during most of the 1980s, and have been involved in re-building Fairlight CMIs for over 25 years. I have sold and supported well over 35 of these classic samplers. If you are in any doubt, please type “Peter Wielk Fairlight” into the worlds favourite search engine and see what comes out.

I have tried to describe this system as accurately as possible. However, please feel free to ask any questions, or if you’re passing through Sydney, you would be very welcome to have an extensive demonstration. Lastly, these systems were designed and built with no compromises, reflected by their US$75,000 price tag when new. The sound is completely awesome. You might buy a sample CD of the Fairlight sounds, it will sound NOTHING like the real thing.

Also, only about 200 systems were built, and they were sold to the most influental musicians and producers in the world. The sounds of the Fairlight CMI formed the soundtrack of the 1980s. So, if you’ve always lusted after one, here’s your chance to own a part of music history!

The pictures in the sequence were taken in my demo studio, which includes an old sign from the factory.

Please note price is in US dollars, and excludes freight. I have an account with TNT couriers here in Sydney and ship many systems every year. I will ship for my cost. Please mail for more exact figures to your location. All shipments can be tracked through TNTs own site."

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