"This is the Oscillator annd Nosie section from the *final* prototype #10 of the micromac. The pervious design was excellent but I had to cut one or two track and hand wire them. Now it is perfect and ready for test/production.
Also to be noted here- for the Desktop unit- the supply is now on board with an AC/AC adaptor firing power up. Ultimately- I considered the idea of using a switched mose supply- but the supply it's self was over half the size of the mac! So I designed the linear supply that you can see on the rear view, bottom right. Plenty of trim pots too as you can see. By tommorow- the VCF, VCA, Envelope Generators and the hands on control board will be built and match up to this circuit!"
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via the listing: "I had the synth serviced by an expert professional musical instrument repair company, serving the Pro Audio and Keyboard community - EPR Electronics in Florida in 2007. Here is a rundown of the work I had performed
Complete thorough cleaning of the interior and all boards.
Complete replacement of ALL Sliders with factory replacements.
Complete replacement of ALL Knobs/Potentiometers with factory replacements.
Replacement of the power capacitors.
Replacement of several resistors.
Replacement of main output jack.
Replacement of VCA IC Chip - Curtis 3360
Replacement of VCF - Roland IR3109
Replacement of internal memory battery
Replacement of many of the red LEDs on the control surface with blue, green, and yellow LEDs ( I got tired of the plain red). Now it looks as if you're at the helm of the Starship Enterprise."
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"This one is in beautiful cosmetic condition and working 100%. It has just come back from being serviced/restored and needs nothing. The original case was pretty thrashed so I had a new, custom cherry wood cabinet built by Analogics. As you can see, this cabinet/case looks beautiful and in my opinion much better than the original...
Cosmetically- Nothing is ever mint in my opinion, but this EML looks awesome. There will be some imperfections here and there, but they will be hard to see. As mentioned, the original enclosure was replaced with real wood as it was in terrible shape. It has news latches, new black anodized/stainless steel screws, new Switchcraft washers/nuts, new rubber feet, and a new Arp 2600 style handle.
Internally- Apart from any repairs, this one was fully disassembled, cleaned, all electrolytic capacitors replaced (all boards + power supply), many new Op-amps, has a new power cord, the keyboard disassembled and cleaned/lubed, new key bushings and the synth has been completely calibrated..."
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"Rebadged Keio Donca Matic Rock Mate, Keio being the name of the company before it became korg. This was made in the mid to late 1960's and is possibly the first portable drum machine manufactured.
It is a preset drum machine which runs off wither a 9v battery or 9v ac adapter. It has 6 basic rhythms A- F and an interesting "solo" button. This solo button seems to have 3 function but actually the way it works is (as it is a momentary type of switch) when you hold it down you get repeating 32nd notes - but if you manually press momentarily you can get 16th or quarter notes.
In any case this solo function enables you to varie the limited presets by a fair amount… its a wonder why this function didnt appear much on later units as it transforms a rather boring preset drum machine into something much more useful."
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via this auction "It has had the elby designs midi retrofit installed - this has no impact on how the synth looks - the wasp interface simply becomes a midi input socket ! Elby designs are still operational and continue to provide really good support for upgrades to the midi interface O/S Correct power adaptor supplied (it has a strange 'mini jack' type socket) The synth itself is in great condition - the membrane keyboard works as well as I can imagine it ever has done! Some of the pots need a few crackly twists to clean the signal if they haven't been used for a few days but this would be very easy to fix. Also, the battery compartment cover is missing...
The sound itself is the real deal. The filter is exceptional. The LFO is unique - fastest speed really is FAST! All together this is a great sounding synth and can go from cutting solo lines to squelchy 303'esque basslines to full on SFX. I've written in the title 'analogue' - it's actually digital VCO with analogue filter."
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"original Taurus pedals. It is used and is missing one key (low D) that was broken before I got it. It was previosly owned by Lynda Millard of "DreamTrybe" from Austin TX. She did the artwork seen on the instrument. It is acrylic paint and will peel off easily. It functions at all levels but has some intermittant indicator LEDs on a button or two."
"In the spirit of letting the world play MorphWiz, we are very proud to announce the availability of MorphWiz-Play on the BlackBerry PlayBook. It plays fast and clean and sounds awesome!! ENJOY! Here it is on the BlackBerry App Store: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/105787/?lang=en"
"A friend of mine has asked me to compare the two modules. So here goes.
Are they just noise machines.? Are these musical? Who cares?? They are handmade beasts. If you like britney spears (no offence to B) this module is not for you.
I found that Both are really Really hard to tame. But possibly the makers dont intend that they "behave". In the 1st demo of the 676 Ive got a single CV signal from the Autobot (Miami acid) , duplicated and then plugged into the OCS1 & OSC2 inputs on the 676. I don't think its meant to track Hz/v or 1v/oct.
The other modulation inputs respond to LFOs and envelopes. It has 5 CV inputs
Maybe a gate triggering an envelope might produce interesting results. The 3 switches are described as normal (up) and mayhem (down). I think this says it it all. :-)
Its Worth future experimentation if you like stepping outside the comfort zone
Beware ..the sound may be harsh for some.
I'll compare the trog 666 next
Thanks to Matt of Rhythmactive for the Trogotronic modules"
Trogotronic M666 demo
ublished on Apr 23, 2012 by DJjondent
"Ok now the 666... the number of the beast. Im expecting the apocalypse now.
Its got 9 CV inputs. Ive got the same single CV signal that I used with the 676. Its from the Autobot (Miami acid) , duplicated and then plugged into the OCS1 & OSC2 inputs.
Ive added 2 extra Cv signals from the snazzy FX. OMG.,,, there are still 5 left unused
Lots of burp, fart and swarms of locust noises.
Thanks to Matt of Rhythmactive for the Trogotronic modules"
