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Rare Red Face Alesis A6 Andromeda SN (21)A50800005

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"Alesis Andromeda Used Rare 1 of 20 with this panel! Notice the different color panel. This is serial number 5. Comes w/original box and manual and memory card. It's missing one cap on one knob which we are trying to locate. Otherwise it's absolutely mint and has latest firmware available and sounds fantastic."

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MOOG Memorymoog Plus Keyboard Synthesizer SN 1230

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"Moog MemoryMoog Plus. Instrument is 100% functional in Like New Mint Condition. Unit was Upgraded, Restored, Calibrated, and Tuned, by 'Wes Taggart of Analogics' and 'PatchWork NYC' formally, 'The Analog Lab'. This is The Plus Model with Sequencer, Arpeggiator, and Auto Tune. All 6 Voices Tune. Original Moog Factory Patches are loaded except for 1, 18 Voice Custom Monophonic Lead Sound I Programmed that sounds incredible. "Original Owners Manual is included also". Item is owned by professional musician and only used in my climate controlled home studio which is professionally wired and was always played connected to a power conditioner and surge/RF strip."

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Tom Oberheim Two Voice Pro Dual Analog Synthesizer With Sequencer SN 0216

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Macbeth M3X SN 1100

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Waldorf Microwave XTk Synthesizer Keyboard

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Analogue Solutions Polymath and Generator - Building An Epic Arp in B Minor

Published on Nov 14, 2018 Sounds From The Shed

DSI Prophet Rev 2 & Boss DD500 Digital Delay

Published on Nov 14, 2018 3rdStoreyChemist

New Shapeshifter DIY Open Source Drummachine by Faselunare

Published on Nov 14, 2018 Faselunare

"Shapeshifter is an Open Source Drummachine by Faselunare.com. At his core there is the powerful Teensy 3.6 board.

"SHAPESHIFTER is a mouldable DIY Drum Machine with the powerful Teensy development board at his CORE. The name SHAPESHIFTER was given for its open source nature that is always evolving and changing.

With the basic firmware, the drum feature 4 drum voices with sixteen different samples for each voice, independent pattern length, each drum voice can change pattern between four patterns, low pass filter knob, BPM knob and bitcrusher knob.

EXPANDABLE, OPEN SOURCE AND OPEN HARDWARE
As it is an Open Source and Open Hardware project, everyone can edit the code, experimenting with the onboard breadboard and build their own expansion boards.

COMING SOON - SHAPESHIFTER will be sold in kit, with all the components necessary for its assembly (excluding the Teensy 3.6 which must be purchased separately). A support forum will be launched to encourage users to develop new features, new expansions and share them with the community.

HARDWARE SPECS
Through Hole Technology
32 bit 180 MHz ARM Cortex-M4 processor with floating point unit
16 steps keys
4 tracks keys
1 function key
1 play/stop key
16 step leds
4 track leds
1 function led
1 play/stop led
3 assignable knobs
1 170 points breadboard
1 slot for custom expansion boards"

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Silicon Labs MusicKeyboard-EK

Here's an odd find sent in via MATRIXSYNTH reader Kaden who had the following to say about it:

"This isn't really a synth... more of a controller development toolkit apparently, but by far, it's weird. It's a Silicon Labs QuickSense Music Keyboard with accompanying Toolstick [USB] dongle. Aside from the descriptive PDF I've attached, there's no information whatsoever available about it; the silab.com site has been wiped clean of all mention, and there's no sign of the requisite software package *anywhere*.

Capacitive keyboard, and the graphics seem to indicate 12 buttons, a slider, and a rotary controller, all capacitive, with a few position indicator leds scattered about, all in a USB powered package about 1/8" thick. I plugged it in and it lights up, but I can't be arsed figuring out how to access it without the dedicated software.

I pulled this out of a gaylord full of scrap salvaged from a company that manufactures radar detectors; I guess one of the R&D grunts there dabbled in music software development."

You can find screenshots of the complete PDF here in this post. The following is from page 4:

"The Music Keyboard application plays musical notes and other sounds whenever a user presses a capacitive sensing key on the Music Keyboard. Figure 4 shows an example of the Music Keyboard application when connected to a Music Keyboard EK. To connect the Music Keyboard to the application, follow these instructions.

1. Run the Music Keyboard application, which is found by clicking StartSilicon LaboratoriesMusic Keyboard App.
2. Click OptionsKeyboard Input... and select the connected Toolstick Base Adapter from the list. The ToolStick Base Adapter will be a device on the list that begins with the letters “TS”.

For detailed instructions describing how to use Music Keyboard Application, see the application’s Help documentation
Note: The Music Keyboard Application uses MIDI sound information that is included with a PC’s sound card. To hear notes when keys are pressed, the PC being used must have the capability of playing MIDI sounds, and the audio must be enabled and audible."