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micro synth art on tumbler:

http://microsynths.tumblr.com/

via üav

"The main idea is to symplify the design a maximum with keeping the visual identity of the synth. I will try to give a flow of one day per synth/other gears that makes sounds, during this month or more."

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Vocoder Experiment #2

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Mt. Olivet - Hello Honey

YouTube via thublihnk | December 12, 2010 |
Some synth spotting. Yep, Metasonix yellow sticks out like a ....
"Directed&Edited by Erik Parker. Help by Ryan Tourville and Zack Hazlett"

"MPC 500 sequencing
DSI Tetra
And Moog LP
plus a little background from a dopefr and a maestro tape delay."

1976 EML ELECTRONIC MUSIC SYNTHESIZER PRINT AD

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"Ad measures approx. 5"X 5" inches."

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1977 OBERHEIM JOSEF ZAWINUL JAN HAMMER SYNTHESIZER AD

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"1977 Oberheim Josef Zawinul, Jan Hammer, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock & George Duke Synthesizer Magazine Ad.

Ad measures approx. 8"X 10.5" inches."

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ARP Synthesizer Collection: Odyssey, Omni, & Sequencer

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via the seller:
"The service performed on these units was done as follows: All switches, jacks, etc., were all cleaned and tested. All electrolytic and tantalum capacitors have been replaced with high quality components on all three units. All of the sliders were replaced on the Odyssey with upgraded parts from Synthrestore.uk. There were about 10 sliders that were open circuit so I replaced them all. The Omni had the early design problematic CMOS chips replaced with modern chips. These were located in the phaser and the bass key circuits. The 4072 Filter Modules in the Odyssey and Omni were upgraded for extended frequency. All power supplies were calibrated. All internal calibration adjustments were tested and adjusted where needed."

KORG Z1 SYNTHESIZER

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Elektor Formant Modular Synthesizer

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"Elektor Formant Modular Synthesizer System very rare
Unique Opportunity
Early German 1970s

great condition custom/built Formant Modular System with keyboard it apparently came also from the very respected "martin Newcomb Synth collection " and is pictured in the Peter Forrest A to Z books

there is a fair amount of historical information on the Formant Modular on the internet a useful link is...

It has been fully restored by the synth guru at KSR ( kent spong ) each and every function configuration is

4 x VCO
2 x VCF 12db
1 X VCF 24db
1 x RFM (Resonance Filter)
2 x COM (Control and Output)
2 x LFO (Triple/Multi LFO Module) 6 LFOs in total
4 x ADSR
1 x ADSR Controller
2 x Dual VCA
1 x Noise
1 x Anlogue controller Keyboard and inter-connect cable

The specification is high and powerfull

This particular example has been very well constructed and as you can see from the pictures is in very good condition and being pure"old" analouge sounds extraordinary

Following the standard form-factor of most 1V/Oct analogue systems this Formant system would fit nicely into any existing analogues setup and being of 1970s German design offers the purist something really very special and different from the more contemporary modulars on offer these days

the recently full service by KSR is still under warranty aswell

Runs on EU voltage 220V"

HOHNER HS-2/E Phase Distortion (iPD) Synthesizer

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"2U rack mount design
Interactive Phase Distortion (IPD) synthesis
16 notes
8 part
64 Normal Voices (single sounds), 64 Combination Voices (up to 4 single
sounds layered or positionally cross-faded) in RAM
ROM/RAM Card with double the capicity of internal RAM
Volume Slider, Value Slider
LCD: backlit 64 x 96 dot
Phones, Card slot
Mix Output x 2 (Line out, XLR) Line Out Jacks 1 and 2, Midi: In/Out/Thru"

Update: this appears to be the same synth as the Casio VZ-10M (see this post) VZ-1 Module/Rack. Thanks to suitandtieguy in the comments for catching this.

Cheetah MS-6 Polyphonic Analogue Synth with MAAD Upgrade

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"This unit has been fitted with the MAAD firmware upgrade which gives the MS-6 the following features:

* MIDI bank select (CC #0), globally and per-part.
* Program change per-part.
* Remote control of all tone edit parameters using CC messages, both in tone and performance mode.
* No more partial drop-outs at bottom C (130.8Hz).
* Three more DCO shape settings, both for DCO A and B: off, pulse + triangle and pulse + sawtooth. The new pulse shapes can use PWM as well.
* Extended SysEx support: single patch and edit buffer dumps + requests, full dump and status requests.
* Mono mode, per-part, with a choice of always retriggering the envelopes or to not retrigger when playing legato (i.e. pressing a new key before releasing the current one).
* Portamento, per-part, constant-time (0.015 - 18.3 s) or constant-rate (400 - 0.44 semitones/s). Full-time or fingered (i.e., only in mono mode when playing legato).
* Support for bank 7 tones in performances

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