via Richard Devine on Facebook
Friday, April 20, 2012
Vintage 70's Moog Minimoog SN 9772
Vako Orchestron, Model C
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via this auction
"Designed as a superior alternative to the Mellotron, the Orchestron is fully polyphonic and operates on principle of modulated light measured by photoelectric cells... The Vako Orchestron elevated the concept of the Optigan into the professional musical instrument market with higher quality, more reliable parts and construction. Similarly, the Orchestron uses optical disks loaded with waveforms that are read by a light bar reader and turned into sound. The result of higher-quality parts and better build is a unique mix of really nice lo-fi sounding orchestral strings, chorus, brass, and other sonic possibilities with much better playability. It can be heard on the Yes album "Relayer" and the Foreigner hit song "Cold As Ice"... and has also been used by Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, Michael Penn, Semisonic and other recording artists over the years. Less than 100 Orchestrons were produced and it is estimated that less than forty remain in existence today. 
The Orchestron is revered and very sought after by vintage keyboard enthusiasts for the murky atmospheric sounds it produces and is very inspiring to play and improvise on.
It comes with 6 valuable, original disks easily worth $100-200 each: Vocal Choir (2 discs), Flute, Violin, Cello and Pipe Organ [note: most of the pictures shows only five of the discs, but the gallery photo shows all six discs]. This vintage Orchestron is currently UNTESTED, DOES NOT TURN ON, AND IS SOLD AS-IS WITH NO RETURNS NOR WARRANTEE. It might have incurred water damage in the past, as I see mildew on the back of the case, so that's likely related to why it doesn't turn on, and so it is probably a parts machine."
via this auction
"Designed as a superior alternative to the Mellotron, the Orchestron is fully polyphonic and operates on principle of modulated light measured by photoelectric cells... The Vako Orchestron elevated the concept of the Optigan into the professional musical instrument market with higher quality, more reliable parts and construction. Similarly, the Orchestron uses optical disks loaded with waveforms that are read by a light bar reader and turned into sound. The result of higher-quality parts and better build is a unique mix of really nice lo-fi sounding orchestral strings, chorus, brass, and other sonic possibilities with much better playability. It can be heard on the Yes album "Relayer" and the Foreigner hit song "Cold As Ice"... and has also been used by Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Richie Blackmore's Rainbow, Michael Penn, Semisonic and other recording artists over the years. Less than 100 Orchestrons were produced and it is estimated that less than forty remain in existence today. 
The Orchestron is revered and very sought after by vintage keyboard enthusiasts for the murky atmospheric sounds it produces and is very inspiring to play and improvise on.It comes with 6 valuable, original disks easily worth $100-200 each: Vocal Choir (2 discs), Flute, Violin, Cello and Pipe Organ [note: most of the pictures shows only five of the discs, but the gallery photo shows all six discs]. This vintage Orchestron is currently UNTESTED, DOES NOT TURN ON, AND IS SOLD AS-IS WITH NO RETURNS NOR WARRANTEE. It might have incurred water damage in the past, as I see mildew on the back of the case, so that's likely related to why it doesn't turn on, and so it is probably a parts machine."
Roland Jupiter 6 with Europa
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"Jupiter 6 Europa polyphonic analog synthesizer. It has the Europa midi and os upgrade that extends the midi and arpeggiator\sequencer along with a lot more. It also has custom made mahogany wood ends for an even better look."
via this auction
"Jupiter 6 Europa polyphonic analog synthesizer. It has the Europa midi and os upgrade that extends the midi and arpeggiator\sequencer along with a lot more. It also has custom made mahogany wood ends for an even better look."
Moog Rogue Vintage Analog Synth SN 8541
Pyramid 7/4 two
YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by Ebotronix
"Arp Odyssey 2811 & 2821
Buchla System # 1
Kenton Pro 2000
Moog BMurf & Phaser
Roland EF303
Logic Ultrabeat 7/4"
MorphWiz-Play For Android
YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by JCRUDESS
"MorphWiz-Play for Android is now available for your device. The requests were numerous and we are very happy to deliver this super fun and musical app to everyone. Here is the direct link to get it! http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wizdommusic.morphwiz"
JP80 + JP8 + JP6 + Ion "3 Jupiters"
YouTube Published on Apr 20, 2012 by synthartist69
The three Roland Jupiters together.
"Here we have a Jupiter 80, Jupiter 8, Jupiter 6 and Alesis Ion. The Ion is being used for the Arpeggiator. The patch on the Ion is called "Infrastructure". The patch on the Jupiter 80 is called "Big Mouth Pad" which is the first patch of the new 2.0 version."
Terrible Purpose = NanoStudio for iOS Track
Terrible Purpose by discchord
"Played, composed, mixed all in NanoStudio for iOS. Read a full review here"
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay
Oberheim Ob-Mx analog synth
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via this auction
"Oberheim OB-MX 2 voice card installed
Has some corrupted ram.
presets 1-21 are fine and can be written.
presets 22-128 are corrupt jibberish
Rom presets 129-256 are fine.
2 voice card is working fine."
via this auction
"Oberheim OB-MX 2 voice card installed
Has some corrupted ram.
presets 1-21 are fine and can be written.
presets 22-128 are corrupt jibberish
Rom presets 129-256 are fine.
2 voice card is working fine."
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