Inside a Nord Wave

flickr set by AndyFord69
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"By having two oscillators capable of producing a vast array of sounds from classic analog waveforms (with sync), via FM-synthesis, wavetables, sampled waves (single cycle waveforms with attack) as well as noise and other miscellaneous waveforms to - playback of sampled waveforms, the Nord Wave has an unprecedented pallet of sounds.

Need a rich and full string quartet? No problem - just bring up the samples. A highly resonant screaming lead? Sure - virtual analog is there, but why not combine them - not just mix them together - but create an analog sound with the harmonic content of the sampled string quartet!

With oscillator modulation you can transfer the character of one sound to the other - for instance a sampled string to a analog square - and by controlling the amount of modulation the effect can range from very subtle to heavily aggressive were the original sound is no longer recognized."

VTOL CRAMOLA

via etherra.blogspot.com

1st page of the manual

"in russian CRAMOLA means - sedition, something bad, mostly something anti-religion - sinful"

1981 Roland Jupiter-8 Two Page Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.

Encore Electronics Frequency Shifter Review

on Sequence 15

snip:
"A Frequency Shifter is Not the Same as a Pitch Shifter

So what's a frequency shifter? Well, I had a bunch of material that I wrote to address all that, but I've decided to save it for a follow-up post. To keep it short, a frequency shifter is sort of like a pitch shifter, but it does not maintain the harmonic or musical relationships between the various tones and sounds that make the input. What's that good for? Well, for one thing, it's great for bell and chime sounds, and it behaves a lot more predictably than a ring modulator in doing that job. It can do flanging-like effects that range from subtle to startling. It can do creation of sounds that play in unusual intervals and scales. But if you want to completely brutalize a sound, rip it apart and then glue the pieces back together like a ransom note, a frequency shifter is what you want."

Meow

flickr by goto10

E-MU Command Station XL7 Monster

flickr by Hotelsinus

Alien

Roland SH1000

via this auction

"Here's a piece of synth history. Its a Roland SH1000 manufactured in Japan in the early 70s. The SH1000 was the first synth produced by Roland and some sources credit it as the first commercially available Japanese synth. The synth has some interesting features including white/pink noise, random note generator, ADSR, portamento, filter growl and wah, plus hold function and lots of prestets that are all mixable!"

Modded Roland SH-101 with Black and Grey Reverse Keys

via this auction

Curious if this is this one.

Analogue Solutions Leipzig Rack Mono-Synthesizer

via Noisebug on Ebay
"KEY FEATURES OF LEIPZIG
* Pure analogue voice circuitry.
* Fat Moog style filter.
* 2 VCOs with Glide and Sub-VCOs.
* Plenty of modulation routing possibilities.
* Extra tone controls and circuits for more sound variety e.g. LFO, CrossMod.
* Rugged steel construction and 'vintage' wood design.
* 'Real' printed front panel. Quality silk screen printing. We do not use big stickers like M**g.
* MIDI In for software sequencer control.

Sounds:
Demo 1
Demo 2
Demo 3"

BugBrand BugCrusher Micro Sample Rate Reducer Pedal

via this auction

"BugBrand BugCrusherMicro Pedal
The diminutive uCrusher for compact sample-rate-reduction. Read the original description here. There are also some sound examples given there. I kept this one at the end of the production run of these Crushers and it is used, but in good condition. It runs off an internal 9v battery (new one supplied inside - you must remove the base to change!) or standard 2.1mm centre-negative power (boss-style) Shipping Weight: 0.50kg"