ROLAND JP-8000 Virtual Analog Synthesizer

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"The Roland JP8000 - made in 1996 but travelling back to 1980s courtesy of analogue modelling. Analogue purists will probably look the other way, however synth lovers that want great analogue sounds with the ability to tweak away using features found on many of Roland classic synths (Juno 106, SH101 etc) will love this 49 key blue metallic plastic box of fun.

It’s a great keyboard for live sessions and studio sessions. Live musicians can easily find their desired sounds by tweaking away at the vast array of oscillators, filters and effects – as was the case with all of Roland classic Juno and SH range. The only time you need to access the LCD backlight screen menu is when you want to select one of the 128 preset patches, or one of your own programmed sounds (up to 128). There are a range of bass, lead and “atmospheric” sounds. The leads sound sharp and bass sounds range between deep down, dirty and squelchy. In addition, there is also Midi In and Out, but strangely enough no Midi Thru

There are 2 main oscillators, each offering a range of waveforms (e.g saw, square, triangle etc). There is also a 4 stage ADSR. However my favourite effect is the chorus as it reminds me of the Juno 106 chorus sound. The JP also has an arp and it is easy to set up and use, but the only negative point is that there is no “tap” feature for you to sync up to beats.

Overall it is a great synth doing what it says on the tin “analogue modelling”. The JP8000 could be put in the same league as other analogue modelling synths such as Korg’s MS2000, Radias and R3. However, the JP8000 will not steal the Juno and the SH's god-like legendary name status, but it will allow mere mortals to experience these sounds at an affordable price."

ROLAND SH-101 Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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"For the few that may not be familiar with the the unit, the SH-101 is a monophonic analog synthesizer famous for being a monster of a bass machine. Equipped with 3 separate wave forms, the square, the sawtooth and a dedicated sub-oscillator, the SH-101's mixer section allows you to mix in as much or as little of each wave to satisfy your inner basshead. The 101 is just as happy pushing out deep bowel disrupting sub bass as it is doing snappy funky rubbery acid type bass.

Or, silence all the oscillators and make the filter self-oscillate to create that subby 808 kick and then tweak all of its parameters to make it sit in your mix. Samples simply cant touch it.

You would, however, be making a mistake only thinking of the 101 as a bass machine. It is a full-on synth and as such can be made to produce deep evolving soundscapes, leads or bleeps and bloops (as they are technically known) and synthesised percussion, as well as the hardcore electronic sounds that will freak your cat out.

Within the manual, which is downloadable online, is a section with suggested settings for coaxing a wide variety of sounds out of the SH-101,... these include some of the usual things you'd expect to see such as electric piano, clarinet ,tuba, violin and vibraphone. The settings for making it self-oscillate are also there, but there are some odd sounds as well such as Machine Gun, Space Sound, and my personal favorite Funny Cat."

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Roland SH-2 Vintage Analog Monophonic Synthesizer

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"The Roland SH-2 is a monophonic analog synthesizer that comes with two individual voltage controlled oscillators and a third sub-bass oscillator, making the SH-2 sound very warm, fat and gritty, especially when the oscillators are detuned. Unlike the SH-101 and its singular oscillator, the SH-2 can sound both "vintage" and modern depending on how the knobs and faders are set, while the SH-101 has a distinctly clean sound in comparison. The SH-2 excels at bass in an organic way that the SH-101 could never compete with, and it performs brilliantly on leads, being upfront and in your face without being harsh.

However, if you're into that vintage 70's sound, and love the sound of raw, dirty bass on vinyl or tape, but the classic Moog sound is a bit too tame for you, then the SH-2 is probably what you're looking for. The SH-2 is capable of being deep and subby, warm and airy, or raw and dirty all at the twist of a knob or a flick of a fader.

The SH-2's filter can also be made to self oscillate, just like the SH-101, which gives you that deep hard hitting subby kick, but of the two, I personally prefer the self-oscillation of the SH-2, its dirtier, slightly sweeter and has more chunk, while the SH-101's is more straightforward and to the point. Both will give you a thunderous bowel moving bass kick, but which you prefer ill have more to do with your personal musical inclinations.

For those of you who may be trying to decide between the SH-2 or the SH-101, the sound you're after is more important than the differences in their features. While the SH-101's sequencer and arppegiator is incredibly useful and just stupid amounts of fun both live and in studio, the SH-2 simply sounds fatter, like you've lifted a sample off of a 70's record, warm and raw and full of character. In comparison, the SH-101 can sound plastic and "digital". They both do things that the other cant, but despite being part of the same line, and despite what certain websites may say, their sounds are very different."

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JOMOX XBASE 999 - ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

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"The XBase 999 is a fantastic drum machine. Although based on the TR-909, it absolutely stands up in its own right as a unique instrument with a phenomenal sound and features. Here are some of its features:

- Massive kick drum!!
- Super-fast attack
- Stereo 2-pole multimode filter
- Storage for up to 64 patterns
- Patterns can be up to 32 steps in length using the A/B feature
- Individual parameter control per step
- Different time signatures can be used
- External MIDI tracks to sequence other hardware or software synths
- Can act as MIDI master or slave (syncing to MIDI beat clock)
- Individual outputs for all 10 voices plus main stereo (or mono) outs
- Stereo input for processing of external signal"

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Quad Nand Mood Cube Oscillator synth CIRCUIT BENT

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"An ambient light source and square-wave nosie maker.

The synth is based around a 4093 quad nand gate CMOS chip.
Capable of hideously beautiful beepy noise.
The 4 cascaded oscillators interact with each other to create a relentless range of synth tones.
The power starve dial adds further modulation and manipulation of the oscillations.

The noise-making circuit is built into a Mood Cube I got from RED5.
The Mood Cube lights up using 3 LEDs. I hacked the circuit to affect the rate of the light cycle.
I also added a voltage starve for this circuit too. The reason being this; when the LEDs are on full power,
they drain power from the 4093. This in turn adds further lovely modulation to the tones.

The controls are as follows:

4 dials on top to control the rate and tone of the oscillations.
1 dial on the left side for the 4093 power starve.
2 dials on the right side. 1 for LED rate and 1 for LED intensity.
2 switches on the front. 1 momentary push button and 1 toggle switch.
1 output jack located on the back side.
1 on/off switch and 9v battery holder on the underside of the cube.


The cube fits well into the palm and can be enjoyed by anyone with a passion for harsh, grinding noise terrorism and pretty colours.
It's powered by a single 9v battery which is housed in the bottom of the cube.
There's a 6.35mm jack socket for hooking up to your amp/mixer/effects.
There's no internal speaker!"

ROLAND MC-202 MicroComposer with Original Box

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EML 101 Synthesizer

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Cyndustries Zeroscillator Version 1 Eurorack Module

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You can find full details on the Zerosicillator on Cynthia's website here. According to this thread on Muff's quite a few people are still waiting for their modules.

Vintage MTI Auto Orchestra Analog Drum Machine SN 01248

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"It is being listed for parts or repair, please read the auction fully before bidding. No returns on this item. The major issue is that does power on, but I am unable to get any sounds out of it but some noise. I tried all the different outputs and nothing. So without getting any sound I am unable to test the unit any further...
Right above that tempo knob you can see a little jack for plugging in a rhythm module. I've seen a few different versions of this machine, and this is the one with that module jack so if you have or can find any of those rare rhythm cartridges, you can plug it in and access additional rhythms! I do not have any rhythm cartridges, but they do occasionally pop up here on eBay.

There is a sheet stapled to the inside that has some schematics and diagrams on how to calibrate the sounds on the boards. It will certainly come in handy for anyone who picks this up to restore."

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Rheyne - 7/1/12 - Live Looping with a MIDI Fighter 3D and Ableton Live

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A live looping improv jam performed on a DJ TechTools "MIDI Fighter 3D." No phrases or pre-reocrded loops were used. Only single notes are being triggered from an instance of NI's Kontakt for drums, and three separate instances of NI's Massive for the bass, lead, and polyphonic synth. The bank-select buttons at the top of the unit selects the proper instrument in Ableton Live.

Tilting the unit to the right controls a low-pass filter on the synths. A backward tilt controls the resonance on those filters, and tilting the unit forward controls modulation/vibrato. The side buttons are controlling Ableton's loopers, and are also used to engage the master filter at the end of the song.

Lemur on the iPad is being used to clear loops and control reverb and delay on all four instruments.

More info on the DJ TechTools MIDI Fighter 3D can found on DJTT's site: http://store.djtechtools.com/midi-fighter-3d.html"