Moog Music on the Creation of the One of a Kind Watercut Aluminum Voyager

"Hand-crafted in Asheville, NC, the Water Cut Aluminum Voyager is a testament to American craftsmanship. We visited with Andrew Hayes, the Asheville artisan responsible for creating this one-of-a-kind Moog synthesizer, and took the opportunity to talk with him about his trade..."

http://www.moogmusic.com/news/creating-water-cut-aluminum-voyager

MIDI Turned 30 This Month - Featured in The Register

Great MIDI Birthday cake synth art by Dennis Irwin via this article on The Register.  See if you can spot the synths.  It appears the Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 & Roland JX-3P, the first synths to have MIDI and hooked up for the first time at Winter NAMM 1983 didn't get invited.  Or maybe they are passed out in the other room.  Regardless, it's a great picture.  Dave Smith & Ikutaro Kakehashi received a 2013 Technical GRAMMY for MIDI as posted here.   Click through for a pic from the 1983 NAMM floor.

via The Register: "The interface started off just living up to expectations and connecting devices together but later it became an enduring ecosystem. Not only did this network protocol deliver both real-time and non-real-time data transfers, it even notched up a platform-neutral file format.

Moreover, this 31.25kbd 10-bit, 16-channel network is still very much in use today, 30 years after its official 1.0 specification release in August 1983. They’ve been saying it all year and let’s say it again: Happy Birthday MIDI..."

The Register is running a massive feature on MIDI this month. The following links to each article.

Happy birthday MIDI 1.0: Getting pop stars wired for 30 years
Happy birthday MIDI 1.0: Slave to the rhythm
MIDI daddy Dave Smith: '30 years of version 1.0 shows we got it right'

MIDI was also celebrated at this year's NAMM in January as featured here with a panel discussion including Alan Parsons, Tom Oberheim, Dave Smith, Jordan Rudess, George Duke and Craig Anderton.

Rare Musonics Moog Minimoog D Synthesizer SN 1194

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"this is a very rare musonics minimoog in mint condition fully working , perfectly tuned. no issues at all. it will be shipped with an original moog norlin case."

Regarding Musonics:

via Wikipedia on Moog: "In November 1971, the company moved to Williamsville, New York. An old factory at the north end of Academy Street was purchased. The company was renamed Moog Musonics, then Moog Music. In 1976 the company moved to much better facility on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga..."

via Wikipedia on the Moog Sonic Six: "The Sonic Six is the result of Bill Waytena, then the owner of synthesizer manufacturer Musonics, acquiring R.A. Moog Inc. Interested in the marketing opportunity afforded by the Moog name, Waytena acquired R.A. Moog Inc., moved the company to Buffalo, New York, and renamed it Moog/Musonics (which eventually was shortened to simply Moog Music). It was under this new brand that a new version of the Musonics Sonic V was released as the Moog Music Sonic Six..."

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ORIGINAL Minimoog MODEL D Analog Synthesizer SN 6311

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"Original Moog Minimoog Model D - Serial # 6311 (mid 1970's)"

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Roland SN-R8-04 TR-808 Sample Expansion Card for Roland R-8

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Roland SN-R8-04 Electronic Expansion Card for Roland R-8 R-8M
with original box and inlay leaflet, fully working, it features the great TR-808 sounds!!!

SN-R8-04 Electronic

No. Instrument Name R8 Display Name Nuance
1 Electronic Kick ELEC_K Y
2 Control Kick CTRL_K Y
3 Flanging Kick FLANG_K Y
4 808 Kick 808_K Y
5 Electronic Snare ELEC_S Y
6 Reverb Snare 2 RVB_S2 Y
7 Flanging Snare FLANG_S Y
8 808 Snare 808_S Y
9 808 Side Stick 808SIDE
10 Bend Tom BEND_T Y
11 Electronic Tom ELEC_T Y
12 808 Tom 808_T Y
13 808 Closed Hi hat 808CHH Y
14 808 Open Hi hat 808OHH Y
15 Electronic Crash Cymbal EL_CRSH
16 808 Ride Cymbal 808RIDE Y
17 Electronic Ride Bell EL_BELL Y
18 808 Conga 808CNG
19 808 Maracas 808MARC
20 808 Clave 808CLAV
21 808 Cowbell 808COW
22 Slap 2 SLAP2
23 High Q HIGH_Q
24 Rap Noise RAPNOIS
25 Wood Box WOODBOX
26 Synthesizer Bass SY_BASS

ROLAND Saturn SA-09 Vintage Analog Synthesizer Organ SN 992720

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ROLAND Juno-60 Vintage Analog Synthesizer w/ Hard Case SN 230934

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KORG Σ SIGMA Analogue Synthesizer SN 243443

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Boss Dr.Rhythm DR-55 Vintage Analog Drum Machine with Original Box SN 958500

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"The DR-55 introduced the world to affordable, step-write-style drum programming. With ultra-simple controls and a variety of usable drum sounds, this table-top unit quickly became a favorite among guitarists and other home recordists. It was also the first rhythm machine in BOSS' hugely successful Dr. Rhythm Series..."

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BOSS DR-110 DR. RHYTHM GRAPHIC DRUM MACHINE WITH CASE SN 625800

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"Boss 'New Scene' 1986:
The DR-110's memory can store up to 32 different rythm patterns, letting the user program 2 complete songs, each up to 128 measures in length. LCD for displaying rhythm pattern."

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