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Yamaha CS-60 Polyphonic Synthesiser

"There is lots of information on the internet about the exact specification but the CS-60 essentially is an 8-voice polyphonic synth with probably the finest ring modulator available and one programmable preset via little version of the sliders under a small cover on the top left. It has after-touch (routed to vibrato, brilliance etc.) and the wonderful ribbon controller also featured on the larger CS-80. It is a real ‘players’ synth and capable of some extraordinary sounds. This is one of the big-league poly-synths and provides about 50% of the functions of the much larger and heavier CS-80 (at a lot less than half of the price of the CS-80!)."

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ARP Axxe Vintage Analog Synthesizer with Case

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Crumar Bit One SSM Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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"crumar Bit one with the SSM2044 vcf's. I compared the two (other version more common has CEM3328 vcf's) with the same patches loaded and on most sounds it's fairly hard to tell much difference. But I think overall these are a little more punchy and the others maybe more excelling on ethereal kinds of sounds. Or maybe it's the way the controls are tweaked :-). Hard to tell since I can't find tune up procedure. You just kind of adjust these to sound the way you like. I found some solder issues and a couple bad resistors in this one and got it working swell again.

I really like the Bit One but I feel like a selfish pig keeping both of them..and I have a lot of machines with SSM2044 filters but none with CEM3328 so I decided to keep the more common version and maybe some collector will appreciate having number 27 I believe it is? See photo... Anyway to me these are the most oberheim sounding of the digital controlled oscillator analogs. The dynamic lfo rate control is kind of a cool feature too. The layering is weird, the MIDI early and crude. BEWARE..when you boot keep your fingers off keys for 6 seconds or so. It goes through a calibration thing and if you touch stuff you will think it's broken :-) Kind of quirky in that way. ALso if you plug in a midi cable it defeats the output til you reboot on mine. Different. But anyway it's an awesome dual oscillator/voice 6 voice analog. Like the Chroma Polaris the keyboard sounds are pretty excellent I think."

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RSF Kobol

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 14, 2010 — "Petit démonstration du séquenceur d'un magnifique RSF Kobol !
Pour en savoir plus consulter le site :
pagesperso-orange fr / rsf synth official / cadre.html"

Fairlight C.M.I. IIx séquence page R

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 14, 2010 — "Exemple d'un séquence lancée via la page R, surement l'un des premier séquenceur logiciel conviviale."
Googlish:
"jbfairlight - May 14, 2010 - Example of a sequence initiated via Page R, probably one of the first software sequencer friendly."

Materialize

YouTube via graphipub — May 14, 2010 —

Joseph Arthur :: Live at Moog

YouTube via MoogMusicInc — May 14, 2010 — "Joseph Arthur stopped by the Moog Factory in Asheville, NC on his worldwide solo tour and played three heart achingly beautiful songs. Mr. Arthur was the first to use the Taurus 3 pedals in his live set at the fcatory while creating looped soundscapes with the Moog Guitar. Catch the full three song set playing now at www.liveatmoog.com"

Hartmann NEURON Synthesizer

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"This is about a rare and amazing digital synthesizer called Neuron. Everything works as it should altho a few things have to be noted:

a) The internal synth's power supply is dead but it has been replaced by a high quality, Thermaltake TWV 500W power supply, that is now located outside of the synthesizer's case connected with a standard power supply cable, to the Neuron's internal motherboard.

b) Two keys have very small cracks as seen in the photos. The cracks are very small and have not affected any of the synthesizer's functions or feel. Of course they can easily be replaced if one aims towards perfection.

Everything else is in MINT condition and works perfectly! Along with the synth, come the manual and presentation DVD,Original box, DVD with extra sounds from Hartmann and the ethernet to USB plug that you will need in order to connect the Neuron with your Mac or Pc."

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