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hertz donut screaming

YouTube via DrOctave1 | July 20, 2010

"hertz donut screaming with a 4/4 and some hh"

PNW Synth Gathering this Saturday

Just a reminder. See this post for details. See the PNW Synth Gathering label below for videos and pics from previous years' events.

CRUMAR BIT-01 Rack Expander Model

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"sx1000 synthetone from italian synth manufacturers jen

it's a single dco monosynth with three waves: saw, square and pwm. it has a 12db resonant analog filter with it's own dedicated envelope, an adsr volume control envelope, a single lfo, vibrato, glide, and white and pink noise

it's capable of a range of sounds from bright moog-esque leads, to very thick, dirty and dark basses. you can get some pretty cool squealing filter sweep effects. this was made pre-midi, but there are midi retrokits available online"

Synclavier 6400 Sampling PCI System VPK

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"Synclavier 6400 System with Keyboard, tons of Sounds + PCI cards

Synclavier PCI system configuration:
32 Poly Voices (PSV Cards)
32 Megabytes of Poly Memory (2 of 16 meg cards)
8 Multichannel outputs
Midi 1 in by 4 outs
SMPTE
Digital STM Sampling input
Velocity Pressure Keyboard
Mac G4 computer
Elco cable with multichannel output XLR's
PCI cards and cable
Cables are 25 feet

We will include tons of sounds on a 1 Terabyte drive!"

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Oberheim Xpander w/MIDI

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The CV and Gate Ins give the Xpander an advantage over the Matrix-12 if you can use them.

"Serial Number 700XXX. The machine is 6 voices and come equipped with full MIDI capabilities. It can function in Mono, Stereo, or even as a 6 voice multi-timbral monosynth. It also has CV/Gate capabilities and can be used as C/V to MIDI converter for up to 6 channels of your old gear. The modulation and routing capabilities on this thing are incredible. The XPander is a highly sought after classic for good reason. Not many people are willing to part with them! "

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OBERHEIM STRUMMER

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"Keyboard to guitar chord converter."

Plug your controller of choice in the MIDI in and plug the MIDI out into the MIDI in of your synth. The Stummer has a number of guitar-like playing styles that will take whatever you play in and play that out it's MIDI out jack. There are classic guitar strums and some other techniques as well. It's an interesting utility module from the Oberheim Perf series.

Oberheim DX Drum Machine Vintage Extra E-Proms

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"The sound chips currently contained in this unit consist of the following:
1. Kick position: TR-808 Kick
2. Snare position: Original DX Snare
3. Hi-Hat position: Original DX Hi-hat
4. Toms position: DX Electric Snare (purchased through Electrongate)
5. Cymbals position: DX Handclaps (purchased through Electrongate) (Note: Three blank chips are inserted so that all three triggers for claps give a sound, each with a different clap “pitch.” This is what Electrongate told me I needed to do and it worked perfectly).
6. Perc. Position: Cowbell/Rimshot/Percussion hit

In addition to these chips, the following five extra chips are also included with this DX:
-DX IF0 CRASH
-CRASH DX IF1
-CRASH DX IF2
-CRASH DX IF3
-ELECTRIC GUITAR

This is a non-midi unit but a new midi add-on kit is now available for about $100 through a company called Electrongate. Two GREAT things about this drum machine are the individual output for EACH drum position (see back photo) and the external tuning pots for each drum (they are internal on the DMX if I am not mistaken). I used the individual outputs to great advantage, running each through a separate input on a multi channel effects process (also for sale in a separate auction). This way I could add reverb to the snare, compress the hi-hat, delay the percussion hits, etc., etc"

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oberheim ob-12

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"Made by Viscount. 12 voices, 4 part multitimbral. built-in arpeggiator and phrase sequencer. built-in effects. 4-octave keyboard with aftertouch. ribbon controller."

Vintage Synthesizer Yamaha CS-50

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"The Yamaha CS-50, a vintage synthesizer from 1976, is a scaled down version of the classic Yamaha CS-80 and CS-60 synths. It offers 4-voice polyphony, with 1 oscillator per voice."