AKAI S5000 Sampler with SCSI Drives & USB

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"The USB allows for no hassle drag and drop of files and folders and easy backup while the 16 analogue outs combined with the FX board make for a very very powerful unit. Also if you want the older gritty sound just simply reduce the sampling rate and/or the bit quality of the samples, easy as and it processes things very quickly. You can use the filters and envelopes to create extra punch on kick and snare attacks and the modulation and routing options are very synth like. A few patches I set up were like an additive synth with something like 8x oscillators. It also has a unique sound and has a very easy to use interface...

This S5000 has the following options:
USB board.
FX board.
Extra 8x analogue out for 16x analogue out total.
256mb RAM all tested.
240 volt version.

Other items included:
Original User Manual with all amendments.
2x 64mb RAM sticks for spares all tested.
2x external fan cooled SCSI hard drive enclosures with hard drives installed. One is a 68pin Seagate 40gig, the other is a 50pin Quantum 9.1gig. Pleasse refer to the pics to see the formatted space.
1x spare 68pin SCSI Hard Drive Quantum 9.1gb.
2x 50pin SCSI external cables.
2x 50pin SCSI internal cables
1x 50pin SCSI external terminator.
2x 68-50pin SCSI internal passive adapter.
1x 68-50pin SCSI internal active adatper.

Other points:

No power leads are included.

50pin SCSI hard drives are getting hard to find but plenty of 68pin drives are around. Use the included adapters as needed if you ever need to replace a hard drive, easy as!"

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EMS Synthi 100

flickr By rick403

"1974 EMS Synthi100 Pre-Restoration"

Buchla Music Easel - Restoration 2011

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Susan Rom - Moog Together ( The Art Of Let Go )

YouTube via susarom | February 22, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikes

"Vide: Youtube

Music: Susan Rom"

via Marko of Retrosound.de
"Easy Muug 3.4 (Minimoog) plug in and the Easy Tauros (Taurus) plug In."

CS-15D Demonstration Part Two.

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | February 22, 2011 |

"Here is part two of a two-part demonstration of the sound and functionality of the Yamaha CS-15D."

CS-15D Demonstration.

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | November 19, 2010 - previously posted

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the Yamaha CS-15D."

The Wacky Ol Blues

YouTube via JCRUDESS | February 22, 2011 |

"Getting wacky with SynthX for the IPad (unreleased to date) and the piano, with some old blues man singing his heart out."

iPads on eBay

Rare Triadex Muse Sequencer-Synthesizer-Instrument

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"rare Muse synthesizer-sequencer-instrument made by Triadex of USA. This device was designed by two MIT professors (Marvin Minsky and Edward Fredkin) and first marketed in 1972. The best information I could find is that less than 300 of there devices were made and that they were primarily sold in high-end audio stores. As I recall, they were sold for about $350 in the 1970s (which would be about $1844.00 in 2011 dollars). The Muse is a music composer computer that is both a synthesizer and a melody composer. With the user-operated controls, it allows the possibility of over 14 trillion note combinations. The device has a built-in speaker. The controls are as follows: The four sliders in the lower left control volume, tempo, pitch, and fine-pitch. The switches on either side of the four sliders are used to start and stop the sequence or to step through the sequence note-by-note. There are eight longer sliders on the right. Four of those sliders control the musical intervals (labeled A, B, C, and D), and four control the theme (labeled W, X, Y, and Z). In the lower right corner are two switches. One allows the user to substitute a rest for the lowest note and the other switch provides for using an external amplified speaker. The tempo clock can be slaved to that of another muse which would allow for multi-part compositions. The Muse I am selling is working well in all functions. The Muse is in excellent cosmetic condition with only very minor signs of use. The serial number of this muse is 00285-106. This is a great device for the music tinkerer and also a fine and rare early electronic music collectible."

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Roland MKS-80 Super Jupiter Synthesizer with MPG-80

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MKS-80 SAMPLE SOUND
M-64C cart.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 REV.2 Synthesizer

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"This is the rare and better sounding Revision 2 with SSM2040 filters, which are regarded by many as the best sounding analog filters ever built. It sounds beautiful."

Note the Fairlight in the background.

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[cubisteffects] TECHNO-TARI 2600 "VADER"

"The Techno-tari 2600 is an analog synthesizer that replicates a basic square wave synthesizer . It is a synth in its most basic form – but with a handful of controls, can provide anything from squelching Techno bass lines to glitchy arpeggios and droning bass notes. The Techno-tari 2600 provides thick analog synth sounds in a rehoused Atari 2600 console.

The core of the synth is from Forrest MimsStepped Tone Generator (STG), also known as an Atari Punk Console. I used this circuit to produce the square wave sound. The circuit has two PITCH knobs that control the frequency of each step in the waveform. So by having the VCO at its core, I added a circuit that emulated three more elements of an analog synth; a voltage controlled filter (VCF), a low frequency oscillator (LFO) and a voltage controlled amplifier (VCA).

The RATE knob is used to control the speed and can give anything to a throb to fast Techno-speed beating to a drone. Setting the control at maximum is like having the original sounds of the STG.

The FILTER knob acts a tone control or VCF. Swept to its minimum, it acts like a high pass filter i.e. all high frequencies above a fixed point are passed through, cutting out the lower frequencies below the threshold. At its maximum, it acts like a low pass filter. This is subtractive synthesis at its most simplest – subtracting frequencies away from the whole (VCO) to provide a synthesised sound.

A FREQ switch allows a shift in octave of the oscilltor so you can go from chirpy, glitchy sounds to rumbling deep drones with one switch. Due to the change in frequency, the PITCH knobs act in a different relationship than before so experimenting here will give you a different low end result. Switch to the left is low frequency, to the right is high frequency.

Finally, I added a bit of a fuzz boost to beef up the filtered pulse wave, The stock sound was thin but by adding this VCA-esque stage, a thick squelchy sound is sent from the Techno-tari straight to the mixer/amplifier. The LEVEL control is the large knob and controls the final output of the signal.

The Techno-tari 2600 operates off 9V DC using a standard 2.5mm negative tip power supply commonly used to power effects pedals. It has an on/off power switch and OUTPUT jack for plugging into headphones, mixer, amplifier or effects pedals...

This one is an older "Vader" case and is larger than my standard 2600 Jr. case as shown below, and in the demo. Based in Sydney, Australia, I repair, mod and circuit bend guitar pedals and this is one example. Check out my website for examples of my work."

video at auction and previously posted here.