Uber Rare SMS Analog Modular Synth Sequencer & Voltage Memory Unit

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[don't miss the Asphodel and Recombinant Media Labs video below]

"SMS Modular 252 Sequencer//Program Memory Programmable Control Voltage Sequencer and Memory System Beyond Rare

Up for auction is a non functioning Salamander Modular synthesizer 252 sequencer and control voltage memorizer! For those in the know, SMS modules are beyond rare as very few systems were built in the late 70's/early 80's due to the overbuilt and expensive nature of SMS modules!

This 252 sequencer/memory unit is in non working condition. It was part of one of the larges SMS systems put together in San Francisco in the early 1980's. From what I've been told this sequencer developed some problems and was pulled from the main modular frame only to never be repaired. I do not at this time have the means to fully test out what exactly is wrong with it and would love to pass on this gem to someone who is interested in devoting some serious service time to get it going. I believe all parts are present on the unit itself except for four 1/8 audio connectors at the very top of the module. These are available almost anywhere for thirty cents to a dollar! Once working though, the SMS operated on standard One Volt Per Octave configuration and as such this unit can be used with a vast assortment of modular synthesizers. I can cycle through 16 different memory locations via an advance and reset inputs. This means it can be used as a programmable voltage sequencer clocked by a standard +5 volt trigger pulse. See the video below for more information regarding where this system comes from. The big black modular is the SMS.

A bit about the studio from which this comes from ... Asphodel Records/Studios and Recombinant Media Labs was San Francisco's cutting edge and award winning production, recording, and performance/research facility. We worked both with artists internal and external to the record label. Some of the clientele has included Academy and Grammy Award nominated M.I.A., members of Nine Inch Nails, Lou Reed, Kode 9, Speedy J, Blixa Bargeld, and many many others. The facility was home to many talented professionals who were the users of the equipment we are selling. Below is a little video profile of Asphodel and RML to give you a better idea about what the facility looked like and did."

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Stevie Wonder & Robert Margouleff Moog 3 Programming

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"Stevie Wonder and legendary music producer Robert Margouleff reunite for this historic performance of Live for the City. After 40 years Robert Margouleff programed Stevie's Moog 3 Synth for performance."

Access Virus C Virtual Analog Synthesizer SN VCAyTrDD7Lf

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Perfect Circuit Audio (RSS)

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Yamaha CS10 SN 10009

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EML Electrocomp 100 Semi Modular Analog Synthesizer

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"According to legend, this was the first synthesizer produced by EML in the early 1970's, and I've also heard that only 200 were made.. This particular one has a serial number of 199. At least, that's what we think is the serial number. It's marked on board three (internally) as such. The circuit board also reads "11/71" as the manufacture date."

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Multivox Electro-Snare MX-57

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"Serial number 017758.

Includes, from left: VCO 1 (frequency knob; square wave/noise/ring switch), VCF (freq knob; LPF/BPF/HPF knob/resonance knob), VCO 2 (freq knob; LFO/off/saw wave switch), SWEEP (VCO 2/VCO 1 switch; VCO attack knob; VCF attack knob; decay knob) VCA (decay knob; volume knob), 1/4" output. Three small rubber feet on bottom, as well as two screw heads (for accessing battery compartment).

Also includes original instruction manual, four pages of "suggested" settings for sounds like chimes, big ben,wind, disco sound 1-4, etc., plus another stack of empty schematic sheets to record your favorite settings."

Moog Micromoog SN 2801

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"The micrmoog is a one oscillator mono synth, considered a poor man's minimoog, same filter design and fat sounding. A cool keyboard for bass, leads and effects. The ribbon controller is working great and very cool feature! The best is the external audio input so you can process sounds through the Moog filter."

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Sample, Hold, Sludge, Haze

Sample, Hold, Sludge, Haze by starvelab
"Made with modules from Make Noise, Pittsburgh Modular, Dewanatron, Wiard, Intellijel, Doepfer, Division 6, Moog, and Analog Systems. Fuzz is a US Big Muff Pi."

TipTop Audio BD808 Thru A-136 Distortion sequenced by Intellijel ustpe

"Little patch to show my new BD808 kick drum module by TipTop Audio.
Everything you want if you love the Roland TR-808 and modular synths.
Mini Kaoss Pad for the reverb."

Untitled [Radio Tuner Module by Tom Whitwell?]

No description for this one. Curious if it's FM, AM, or both.

Update via Tom in the comments: "Hi Matrix, it's a simple FM radio with voltage controlled tuning, based on a very old idea from Don Buchla (and his amazing $1,250 Quad Polyphonic Tuner). Thanks for the link!"  Also see this previous post.