via the seller: "I recently had Paul White "electrongate" do a restoration and servicing which included replacing two cards with his new reproductions and install midi, check over everything and it has a clean bill of health(wasn't cheap) but most dmx need a TON of work. Most DMX being sold on ebay have bad buttons, weird glitches and battery issues so even if you get one for $700-800 it's gonna either not have midi or need a bunch of repairs and these are really hard to use without midi. This one is studio ready for your next project! Use the multiple outs with effects along with it's super funky sequencer to get that true 80's sound which is still relevant today and can't be replicated in software."
via the seller: "At the risk of sounding like a used car salesman, this Jupiter-8 is the equivalent of a car owned by a little old lady and only driven on Sundays. Ok, we've all heard these stories, but the truth is, I bought this Jupiter brand new in the 80's used it on a few gigs and in my home studio, then it went into storage. It has been recently serviced (new battery, etc.) and is fully working. I took the original anvil case back to the factory where they did an absolutely brilliant job of replacing the cases' foam lining and removing stencils. As you'll see from the photos, this Jupiter and its case are in near-mint condition. This is one of THE great synths of all time and you will not find a better example."
"Early this morning I built a new module: a CMOS-based metallic noise generator. Inspired by this awesome Hackaday post by Elliot Williams: http://hackaday.com/2015/04/10/logic-...
A series of 6 40106 square wave oscillators get mashed up with each other through a 4070 quad XOR, and what comes out sounds metallic and noisy and great! I don't really understand what the XOR is doing, but it sounds a lot like ring modulation.
From what I gather this is similar to the analog cymbals on the famous TR-808 drum machine. It even uses the same chip for the oscillators! Who knew you could build it yourself for about $2?
I tweaked the circuit a bit: Instead of a pot for each oscillator, 3 pots control 3 oscillators, 3 oscillators have a fixed frequency, and I added an external input to add additional cacophony (with a switch to go back to 3 oscillators). Soon after installing the module in my synth I realized a running a melodic sequence into that input makes it sound like pitched metallic drums. Cool! Depending on 3 knobs that control the oscillators it can sound like a single tone, cowbell, toms, noise, cymbals, and even dialup-style sounds.
Here is a quick iPhone (and iPhone mic) video of the module in action. I'm running the noise through a low pass gate that is controlled by audio clicks coming out of my computer– a super lo-fi synchronization, but it works. The bass drum and snare are TR-808 samples playing in Ableton Live, everything else is my new CMOS Noise module. This could go great with a bass drum and snare drum module.. Guess I better get back to soldering.
Thanks Elliot Williams @ Hackaday!! What a great circuit."
"another tweak&joy on the elements @ SchneidersLaden
the audio quality is not the best as the mic settings were not optimal an there was quite a bit of bg-noise
next time i try to get a line-recording"
"Only 1 oscillator, only 1 envelope and LFO, only 1 voice...
This little beast is one of the most clever, powerful and best sounding synthesizer in a tiny package! I love it!"
via the seller: "I recently had Paul White "electrongate" do a restoration and servicing which included replacing two cards with his new reproductions and install midi, check over everything and it has a clean bill of health(wasn't cheap) but most dmx need a TON of work. Most DMX being sold on ebay have bad buttons, weird glitches and battery issues so even if you get one for $700-800 it's gonna either not have midi or need a bunch of repairs and these are really hard to use without midi. This one is studio ready for your next project! Use the multiple outs with effects along with it's super funky sequencer to get that true 80's sound which is still relevant today and can't be replicated in software."
