Rare Zen-on EK200B MARCHING BASS KEYBOARD EK-2008 - 70s Japan

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This is the first one to be featured on the site. Just when you think you've seen it all, some never before piece of gear from synth history crops up. I capture them in the "New Old" label if you want to check some out. There are 101 posts over the last 13 years of running the site. Cool little bits of synth history.

"Very rare monophonic bass synthesizer keyboard ZENON EK200B made in Japan '70s
made as a student's marching band musical insturmnents.
looks very cool! mint-green panel with white wood side panel.
I'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays...


main panel has power,volume,sustain, tone selecter ( TUBA1,TUBA2,Electric BASS)
left side has internal speaker
back side has OUTPUT,Pitch,AC adaptor Inputs (for power & charge)

ZENON EK200B sound is very fat and warm analog Bass sound!"

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ARP Odyssey mk2 model 2813 with unique mods by Dave Simmons

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"Arp Odyssey model mk2 with modified spring return variable pitch wheel and delayed lfo amount pot and switch which were added many years ago by Dave Simmons of Simmons drums. This has the 4075 filter. Although this has cosmetic signs of wear it is good working condition - one pro owner before me. When used with an external Kenton midi box you have to set the aux out to provide a trigger as this synth requires gate, trigger and pitch CV one volt per octave"

Korg Monologue: Sequencing Part One

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Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2.5 Now Available

Introducing Omnisphere 2.5 Published on Aug 28, 2018 SpectrasonicsVIDEO

"At our Special Event at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles, Spectrasonics Founder Eric Persing demonstrates the amazing new 2.5 update to Omnisphere - featuring the ground-breaking new Hardware Synth Integration capabilities and much more!"

Plugin Focus - Omnisphere 2.5

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"In this video i walkthrough the New Omnisphere 2.5 update looking at the Hardware Synth waves and the New Granular feature."

Casio SK1 into the Mattoverse Swell Echo Desktop

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Endorphin.es BLCK_NOIR Sounds & Walkthrough

Published on Aug 29, 2018 SUTURE SOUND

"In this video all sounds come from BLCK_NOIR with no post processing. Sequencing from Winter Modular's excellent Eloquencer.

Disclaimer: Endorphin.es sent me a pre-release Blck_Noir unit, because we are friends. They didn't pay me or ask me to do anything specific with it."

Live Jam #145 Electro / Downtempo / Triphop – Eurorack, Basimilus Iteritas Alter, The Prophet delay

Published on Aug 29, 2018 Monotrail

"Sometimes a session writes itself. I was experimenting with the Basimilus Iteritas Alter and Doepfer a119 distortion. A simple melody generated by two crosmodulating lfo’s and a quantizer did the rest. I like this one."

Polyend Dreadbox Medusa Overview by AutomaticGainsay aka Marc Doty

Published on Aug 29, 2018 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is part one of a two-part introduction to the sound and functionality of the three analog oscillators on the Polyend Dreadbox Medusa.

This video was funded by the Patreon supporters of Automatic Gainsay. Support the creation of this video and all of the Automatic Gainsay videos that have helped you by becoming an Automatic Gainsay supporter on Patreon!
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YAMAHA AN1x Virtual Analog Synthesizer (1997) Ten Sounds Demo

Published on Aug 29, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 synthesizer demo by RetroSound

No vintage synth but a synthesizer with vintage sound.
For me is the Yamaha AN1x virtual analog synthesizer the best example for very high quality analog like sound in a cheap and ugly hardware. I ever wantend an AN2x with the same synth engine but with better hardware, more real-time knobs and more nice looking design. A very underrated synth.
In my opinion is the sound quality way better as from modern analog and virtual analog synths.

In the demo can your hear a few sounds from the Yamaha AN1x. Enjoy.

Yamaha AN1x spec.
- 10 Voices
- 2 Oscillators per voice
- FM, Ringmodulator, Sync, Edge
- resonant 12/18/24dB/ low/band/hi pass filter + hi pass
- Arpeggiator , Step-Sequencer
- digital FX"