Blue Display Kit for the KORG Poly-800

via this auction

"BLUE Display DIY Mod Kit

fits the Korg Poly-800 synth

Includes: 3 Blue display modules

This is a component mod kit which consists of 3 electronic display components which fit the Korg Poly-800 synth. This kit requires desoldering and soldering to install. The Korg Poly-800 synthesizer and/or the switch/display circuit board is not included in this sale."

See the seller's other items for others including the Roland MC-505, and Juno-106.

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YAMAHA TX81Z FM TONE GENERATOR SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

The parameter sheet actually pulls out of the bottom of the module and is permanently attached. The audio path / architecture is printed on the top surface of the unit.

Rare Vintage dd-System (Doepfer) String Phaser

via this auction

"This amazing unit is one of Doepfer's earliest synth modules. It uses a 3 phase LFO which drives 3 separate phase shift cards (see pictures). The module has separate 'fb.' and 'mod' controls and 'control' and 'ext. ust' sockets for each of the 3 phasers, and has controls for 'f1', 'f2', 'mixt' and 'ampl'. There are also 5 LEDs and sockets for output and input signals. Finally there are two switches which are labelled 'ser.' and 'parallel'. The module was designed as part of the "Formant Modular" format and is labelled on the front panel 'dd-system'."


One was listed in 2010

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Benge Abstraxa - All Buchla Release

"Abstraxa - exploring the outer reaches, using the Buchla Electronic Music Box

The six compositions featured on Abstraxa were realised on a Buchla modular synthesiser. Donald Buchla began makng electronic musical instruments in 1963, developing the first Buchla 100 series systems in conjunction with the San Francisco Tape Music Center. These first inventions coincided with the development of Robert Moog's 900 Series modular systems over on the west coast of america, and as such belong to the very first generation of commercially available synthesisers. One intersting aspect is that Don Buchla is still developing and manufacturing his modular systems, using the same module format (now 200e series) that he introduced 50 years ago. The current 200e modules utilise a combination of analogue and digital components

The Buchla has a very unique way of producing sound, using electronic voltages to control the sound sources (oscillators and noise generators), sound modifiers (gates, filters, phase shifters, modulators, etc) and event timing generators (sequencers, random sources, pulse generators, etc). Systems can be built up from the available modules to suit the needs of the composer. The power of the system lies in the inter-modulation capabilities. This means that extremely deep patches can be set up with a myriad of connections interacting together in complex ways to produce evolving and self-generating soundscapes. It is anagolous to working with a living organism as opposed to a static machine, a brain rather than a computer

The pieces presented here were recorded to tape using overdubbing in places. Additional reverberation and delay lines were also incorporated into the system. See below for a full module list

Buchla 200e Electronic Music Box:
225e Midi Decoder (digital interface and preset manager)
227e System Interface (various audio mixing and panning functions)
251e Quad Sequential Voltage Source
255 CV Processor (octal slew and voltage source)
261e Complex Waveform Generator (dual digital VCO)
266e Source of Uncertainty (complex random and noise functions)
281e Quad Function Generator (quad LFO / envelope)
291e Triple Morphing Filter (three bandpass filters / VCAs plus sequencer)
292e Quad Dynamics Manager (four Vactrol lowpass gates)
077 (Eardrill) Pendulum / Ratchet (complex triggers and clock dividers)
254v (Verbos) Quad Voltage Processor
258v (Verbos) Dual Oscillator (clone of the 1970s Buchla analog VCO)
Boss DD3 Delay Unit (mono)
Ace Tone MP4 Spring Reverb (mono)

Track Listing:
1 - Alpha (4.55)
2 - Beta (4.22)
3 - Gamma (5.04)
4 - Delta (4.20)
5 - Epsilon (5.19)
6 - Zeta (Abstraxa) (6.21)
Total Duration (30.19)

Recorded at Benge Studios, London, February 2012
All Music and Design by Benge (c)2012 Ben Edwards (Benge)
All Rights Reserved
Cover picture adapted from NASA Images lunar photograph
www.bengestudios.com
www.expandingrecords.com
credits
released 29 February 2012
(c)2012 Benge"

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Trogotronic m666

via this auction

"this thing is wild an unpredictable in glorious ways. The best way I've heard this described is a "a sound artifact generator.

essentially, it mangles and spit out chunks of crazy noise, by way of a collection of 2 inter-modulating oscillators, a pre-amp, envelope follower, filter and distortion circuits.
it sounds like nothing else out there!

plus there's 3 nifty bright LEDs showing the output level of the 2 oscillators and the 3rd being the drive level.

comes with 4 mounting screws, and its standard eurorack (doepfer type) power cable.
new it cost £335!!!

technical details are:

the plug and perform simplicity of our stand-alone triple six synth has been carefully distilled into eurorack format by hirsute hands.

we designed a single module as powerful as an expensive array of traditional vco/vcf/vca modules patched together. while no compromise to the true spirit of the original circuit was afforded we worked especially hard to make this one of the most compatible eurorack instruments available with a generous array of 9 distinct control voltage inputs:

- two cv ins = frequencies of twin oscillators
- one cv in = threshold (osc. variant/gate/selection/etc.)
- four cv ins = twin amplifiers (distortion/secondary osc.)
- one cv in = new signal shape parameter (filter function)
- one cv in = for output drive parameter
- plus audio input (for unique modulation and triggering).

into the bargain are an additional three new controls, shape-knob & patch-knob / threeway switch, which make our most flexible circuit even more so.

in essence it is quite possible that this one module alone, placed under the control of up to 9 separate sequenced cv channels, could sound like someone slipped a c4 charge into tonto's "expanding headband".

specifications:
eurorack format 14 hp
module depth ~2 inches
peak current draw at 125ma"

Modded Blue Roland SH-101 with Audio In

via this auction

"We have added an audio input to the filter, through the phone jack on the right end panel (see photo 3); this allows you to send any line-level audio through the SH-101's filter, using it as an external signal processor. You can 'play' the audio signal with the keys (to trigger it), modulate it with the LFO-driven filter, etc."

New DoubleDeka Demos 3 & 4

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Jean-Michel Jarre Megamix Arte Digisequencer in Berlin

YouTube Uploaded by adnmusic on Feb 29, 2012

"Jean-Michel Jarre
interviewé à Berlin par Arte pendant la tournée Europe en Concert - Chronologie
démonstration du Digisequencer, Roland JD800, DJ70, Synthi AKS, Rack Mini-Moog et démonstration du bouton on-off de l'AX1
clip Chronologie 5
avec Patrick Rondat, Guy Delacroix, Dominique Mahut, Laurent Faucheux, Francis Rimbert, Sylvain Durand et Dominique Perrier
24 11 1993"

Googlish:
"Jean-Michel Jarre
interviewed in Berlin by Arte on tour in Europe Concert - Chronology
demonstration Digisequencer, Roland JD800, DJ70, Synthi AKS, Mini-Moog Rack and demonstration of on-off button of AX1
Chronology clip 5
Patrick Rondat, Guy Delacroix, Mahut Dominique, Laurent Faucheux, Francis Rimbert, Sylvain Durand and Dominique Perrier
24 November 1993 "

RIP Davy Jones

Davy Jones passed away this morning from a heart attack. The Monkees were one of the first groups to use a Moog modular. They are credited as the first pop band to use one in their 1967 release "Daily Nightly" below. Although the system was purchased by Mickey Dolenz, you can see Davy spent some time with it. That's him to the left of Mickey. See Moog - Early Days in Rock for reference. via Micke (different Mickey, no y) in that post: "Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees bought one of the very first IIIP's (oak cabinets) in sep '67 so he might have used that system on The Notorious Byrd Brothers.I reckon this is the synth he plays in the Daily Nightly video"

Image via sunshine factory.


YouTube Uploaded by Gowansgroupie on Feb 14, 2008

"Micky Dolenz singing Daily Nightly"

From the same year:

The Monkees - Daydream Believer Music Video (HQ)

Uploaded by ewtyhsry7j on Jan 23, 2011

"'Daydream Believer' is a song composed by John Stewart shortly before he left the Kingston Trio. The song was originally recorded by The Monkees, with Davy Jones singing lead vocals. The single hit the number one spot on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1967, remaining there for four weeks, and peaked at number five in the UK Singles Chart. It was The Monkees' last number one hit in the U.S. It was also recorded by Anne Murray in 1979, whose version reached #3 on the U.S. country singles chart and #12 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Oh I could hide 'neath the wings of the bluebird as she sings
The six o'clock alarm would never ring
But it rings and I rise, wipe the sleep out of my eyes
My shaving razor's cold and it stings

Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?

You once thought of me as a white knight on his
steed
Now you know how happy I can be
Oh, and our good time starts and ends
With a dollar one to spend
But how much baby do we really need?

Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?

Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?
Cheer up, sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean
To a daydream believer and a homecoming queen?"

And a more recent video of Davy Jones covering the track.

Davy Jones - Daydream Believer-LIVE

Uploaded by 123MrsBoo on Feb 15, 2010

We'll miss you Davy.