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Mego Muson Synthesizer toy art NEUTRA

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"Hi there. My name is Max Neutra. I am an artist in Los Angeles. Thanks for checking out the shop.

What we have here is a 10"x10" painting of a Mego Muson Synthesizer. In my opinion, this is the holy grail of vintage music toys. I was lucky enough to find one years ago before the ebay market seized up on these. You can physically rearrange the colored block in what I would call a sequencer, creating what the box says are "the strangest sounds in the galaxy".

This painting was originally created for a solo show / record release party in Hollywood. It sold, but in the end the buyer traded it back towards more expensive work. Now I offer it to you!

Before I started painting, I made electronic music for eight years. I was obsessed with obscure noise making devices and put together a hearty collection through ebay. Some of my pieces have even made it into the quintessential collection at miniorgan.com! I used these toys as well as other more professional devices to put together music that I considered funky electro ( Think Kraftwerk, Devo, Thomas Dolby, Yello, etc.). Suddenly painting took over about 5 years ago and the music making was put aside, but I recently made a final push and released my first album. Ten years in the making! The album is called Automation Addiction and can be purchased through itunes, amazon, beatport, etc.

Here is a list of equipment I used on the album:
Muson Synthesizer
Remco Sound fx machine
Bee Gees Rhythm Machine
General Electric Tote-a-tune
Texas Instruments Speak & Music
Mattel Electronic Connection
Panasonic r-1088
Tyco Hotkeyz
Waddingtons Compute-A-Tune
Science Fair Electronic Organ Kit
Synsonics drums

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M-Z3R0 - circuit bent Casio PT-87 synthesizer

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"Based on [the seller's] popular casio pt82/87 configuration this new machine has been taken to a new level.

Fitted with resonant drone distortion, drum booster, lead booster, lo-fi toggle, extreme pitch,

LFO with rate and depth which can be routed to the pitch and drone distortion controls.

The rom cartridge has been removed and replaced with my modified delay circuit tailored to creating

anything from shifting ambience - glitches and noise,

right through to extreme and harsh death industial atmospheres.

This delay will also function as an ordinary delay effect if required.

The machine is fitted with a line input so external equipment can also be processed with the delay."

M-Z3R0 - circuit bent yamaha pss30

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"modified delay circuit which is tailored to creating

drifting abience, glitch and abstract sounds and harsh industrial noise.

The delay circuit has a 1/4 inch line input allowing you to process external equipment through it.

Extreme pitch control and a pitch LFO with adjustable rate and depth are fitted allowing this

machine to create tones similar to those of the commodore 64 and a number of other

8bit consoles and computers."

YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0 | March 11, 2010 previously posted

Sequential Circuits Pro-One & Vesta Kaza MIDI to CV

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1963 Bell System Analog SPEECH SYNTHESIZER Kit

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"This is a very cool vintage 1963 Bell & Howell Speech Synthesis Science Experiment kit. It's NOS, totally unused, and even comes in its original shipping box. Everything is in NM condition. This is an analog electronics kit that makes a simple vowel synthesizer. Could be a great platform for circuit benders or other DIY'ers to make a cool and unique sound generator of some sort. Please see pics for further details.

Please see my other auctions for more interesting items, and save on shipping if you win multiple lots."

via Pea Hicks of optigan.com

Update: New title and listing. This is actually from Bell Systems, not Bell & Howell as originally listed.

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International Karate (Chipophone)

YouTube via lftkryo | February 20, 2011 |

"International Karate, composed by Rob Hubbard in 1986. This one turned out to be incredibly fun to play! Hope you'll enjoy listening as well. Watch out for the two places where new loops are recorded on the fly.

Requested by jonblast."

Octatrack meets Tenori-On

YouTube via erasemusic | February 20, 2011 |

"a simple jam using the Octatrack and the Yamaha Tenori-On, no additional mixer or effects used."

Demo Matrix 1000 custom Programer device

YouTube via BIM0X | February 20, 2011 |

"a prototype of hardware controller for Oberheim Matrix 1000 (the blue & black stuff).
This is a demo of its integrated arpegiator : testing arp speed (from 1/16 of BPM to 2 bars of BPM). The device sends Midi clock et start message in order to stay synced with the drummachine"