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Octave Plateau's Carmine Bonanno Selling Remaining Stock of Octave Gear?

flickr by RAMCUR

"They are brand new ! NEW OLD STOCK ! from his vault . HE got 10 of each to sell . HIS EMAIL ADRESS IF YOU ARE INTERESTED : carmine.bonanno*@*verizon.net ( remove asterix ) . price asking ( brand new !!!) 2000$ for the srm 2 , and 500$ for the Catstick . . AT 2500$ you get the combo and maybe he can sign them for you . He told me that he will personally test them and calibrate them before shipping ! MAN ! cool as can be ... Like a pumped SH-2 ( 2 eg ) ssm filter , and that crazy CATstick ,,,"

This one in via JB.

Update: some additional details on what's for sale:

"I have some inventory left over from when we shut down production in the early-1980’s. These units have been sitting in storage untouched for more than 30 years:
VPK-5 keyboards: Most of these are test units used on the production floor. They have some minor marks and scratches but they’re in very good shape. I am selling these for $400 each.

Cat SRM II and CatSticks: These are essentially new and I check each one before shipping to make sure they work and are calibrated. I am selling the Cats for $2,000 each and the CatSticks for $500 each.

Cat Clocks: These were produced in the late 70s for music stores and are very rare. They have a fluorescent light inside and a section on the bottom to put a message with snap in letters. I’m selling these for $100 each.

Keyboards: I have some 3 octave keyboards that were used on the Cat synthesizers. These can be used to repair similar keyboards, or for building a synthesizer. I'm selling these for $100 each.
If you know of anyone that might be interested in this gear, please forward this information to them. Attached are some photos and literature.

Regards
Carmine"

The Very First Exclusively Analogue Aviator

via Exclusively Analogue where you'll find the full post.

"Digging around the other day we came across a set of photographs of the very first Aviator, the 'First of the Few'. This first unit was very much a prototype and although it had a full front panel initially it was mounted into a rack case with all the additional electronics circuitry bolted on. Later the unit was modified, put into a proper case and the additional circuitry tidied up. On the very early Aviators the 3 Voltage Controlled Oscillators and the Voltage Controlled Low Frequency Oscillator were built on individual circuit boards that were stacked. The 24dB Low Pass Filter, the Range Switch and Ring Modulator Circuitry were also on individual circuit boards..."

Not seeing the year for it in the post.

STG Soundlabs Digital Attenuators

via Suit Et Tie Guy on Facebook

"Well now that the front panels are on the way and WMD has the PCBs and will be able to manufacture these for me after Knobcon, I think it's safe to throw up the sales page.

http://stgsoundlabs.com/products/digital_attenuators_mu.htm"

"The Digital Attenuators module is 3 digitally-controlled analogue attenuators (use them as VCAs) with a multipurpose sidechain input and switchable AC/DC coupling in 1MU. Each cell is built around a microcontroller and a digital potentiometer (an IC which functions as a digitally-controlled resistor pair, essentially), because only the digital potentiometer and unity i/o buffers are in the signal chain this is an extremely clean VCA.

A benefit of this arrangement is being able to read the audio input into the microprocessor and only update the digital potentiometer at the zero crossings of the input signal. no more irritating clicks on sine wave bass! in addition, the sidechain input can be used to send a different signal for reference to the zero crossing detector, which can also be switched to look for triggers or switched off completely so the digital potentiometer is updated constantly..."

Video overview previously posted here.

Malekko Richter MEGAWAVE GIVEAWAY!

via Malekko Heavy Industry on Facebook

"The ultimate voltage controlled wavetable device! 2,560 waveforms! Sheer processing mayhem! The Richter MEGAWAVE has complete CV control over waveform selection!

Our MEGAWAVE link:
http://malekkoheavyindustry.com/product/richter-mega-wave-voltage-controlled-wavetable-device/

We will give a Richter MEGAWAVE to a randomly selected entrant based on drawing entry, which is as simple as sharing this post with your Facebook friends on your timeline and liking this page. The drawing will happen on Friday, August 30th, and the winner will be announced on this Facebook page!"

Game Show Revolution by Milkrota 2013

"More fun with the Minibrute, all monophonic parts are the Brute, the polyphonic stuff is a Novation KS5. The drums are a Roland MC307. The samples I rediscovered whilst listening to some old tapes, they must be taken off the radio probably back in the very early 80's."

via Paul Williams on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Modulations by Doug Lynner, aka Synthesizerman

The third and final part to Doug Lynner's first set on the mystery Serge & Cyndustries modules have been added to this post. Set two will follow.

Theremin - PETITE VALSE FOLLE

Published on Aug 26, 2013 Peter Pringle·62 videos

"Here is an original new composition called PETITE VALSE FOLLE ('Crazy Little Waltz') written for theremin. This is played on the Moog Etherwave Pro theremin, which has been modified with the addition of the EPVM1345 module, designed by French 'thérémingénieur' Thierry Frenkel."

E-Mu Vintage Keys with Original Box

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via this auction - learn how to sell on eBay here

"Vintage Keys is a musical instrument whose sounds are based on digital recordings of the classic keyboards of yesteryear. But despite the name, Vintage Keys is not strictly limited to vintage sounds. The vintage keyboard samples are simply the starting point for you to take off in any direction.

To begin with, Vintage Keys contains eight megabytes (internally expandable to 16 megabytes) of the highest quality 16 bit samples selected from the Emulator III sound library and stored in ROMs for instant access. You now have virtually every major keyboard ever made beneath your fingers. These sounds have been used on literally thousands of hit recordings over the years. They're all here, without recording problems, unreliability and the hassles of moving heavy equipment.

Vintage Keys gives you the ability to literally take the sounds apart and reassemble them into a limitless number of entirely new sounds, combining parts of one sound with another or with any of a selection of digital waveforms also stored in ROM. For example, the attack of a flute can be faded out as a vocal pad is faded in, giving you a completely new sound! The dynamic 2 and 4 pole filters allow you to shape and mold your sound in order to exactly duplicate classic synthesizer sounds. The 16 bit samples are arranged into 512 preset locations, 256 of which are user-programmable.

Vintage Keys also features 32 voice polyphony allowing you to take full advantage of its layering capabilities (up to 8 sounds on each key) and its ability to respond multi-timbrally to all 16 MIDI channels makes it ideally suited for multitrack sequencing and composing using a MIDI sequencer.

Other features include 3 stereo outputs for individually processing sounds (also configurable as 6 polyphonic submixes with fully programmable panning), integral sends and returns to allow the addition of external effects units without the need for a separate mixer, user definable alternate tuning, and of course, an extensive MIDI implementation..."