Arp Avatar - Modularized by CMS

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"Letting go of this Arp Avatar which was “modularized” by Phil Cirocco at CMS in 1995. Only 300 of the original units were produced, so I’m assuming the number of “modular” Avatars is less than that, although they they pop-up occasionally. I’m trying to scale down my studio and this synth is literally the biggest obstacle in this goal.

This is what it has:
It has many features of the Arp Odyssey: Two oscillators, and features such as oscillator sync, ring modulator, sample and hold, portamento, envelope follower and more. It is almost identical programming and interface. I read somewhere that the added patch points supposedly give the modded Avatar approximately 75% of the functionality of an Arp2600, but I really can’t say for sure.

Polyphony - Monophonic
Oscillators - 2 VCOs: Sawtooth, Square, Pulse
LFO - Sine, Square
Filter - Model 4075 4-pole, 24dB Low Pass Filter
VCA - Env 1: ADSR, Env 2: AR
Keyboard - None
Memory - None
Control - CV / Gate
Date Produced - 1977 - 78

This is what it doesn’t have:
- The top of the slider for String CV. It got broken off. The slider works but it’s tricky to move. See photos. It could be hacked with a fader cap or something. The ideal would be to replace the fader and those can be found fairly easily.
- The guitar synth functionality. The work done by CMS neutralized the Avatar’s guitar synth circuits. If this feature is important to you, this is not the Avatar you want.
- It does not have MIDI. The Avatar was produced in 1977/78 and MIDI didn’t come around until 1983, so you’ll need an MIDI to CV converter or a MIDI synth that has CV/Gate outputs. I triggered it via Doepfer MAQ 16/3 or a Roland MPU-101."

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Pasco Scientific 9307/9302 w/ banana cables

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"Pasco Scientific 9307 Fourier Synthesizer and 9302 Waveform Analyzer (multi-mode filter)

Incredibly rare alone, much less as a duo. It’s all in great shape and working condition, only known issue is the band reject setting on the 9302 doesn’t appear to work. Will include banana cables in picture.

Original all-analog versions and I’ve been told these can be modded, including CV over the filter. I have used these units in conjunction with Ciat Lonbarde, Flower Electronics, and Serge modular with great results.

These items are a little heavy and being sold as a combo, so buyer will need to cover all shipping expenses. I will be sure to pack these very well."

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Lamond Designs Eurorack Travel Case

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That first pic looks like it's in Switzerland.

"6u travel case for Eurorack by Lamond Design.

I got this from Ross Lamond in 2017. The case itself is one of the kits Ross did, which he assembled, finished in an attractive black stain and added an upgraded TipTop Zeus Studio power supply.

In terms of condition, the case is in excellent shape, showing only superficial signs of wear and tear, which I have attempted to display in photos...

The case features sliding nuts, reinforced metal corners, Penn & Elcom hardware the aforementioned Zeus power supply by TipTop, which cost £310 alone and enables you to connect up to 4 Analogue Solutions modules, without modification.

A very lovely case, made by a very lovely man, yours to own and cherish should you want it."

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GRP A2 Analog Monosynth w/ VU Meters

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"IMHO, this is the best bits of the larger A4 with some changes to the oscillators to give them a better, less static sounding core. I always felt the A4 oscillators were a bit stiff and lifeless whereas the A2 oscillators sing and bounce more. The oscillators have a lot of Frequency Modulation (FM) sources and you can put Oscillator 2 in drone mode (disconnected from the pitch/MIDI info) and then modulate it to create some other-worldly soundscapes.

Add in the awesome State Variable Filter with overdrive/distortion, LFOs, envelopes, and Arpeggiator and you have a machine that gives you a lot of possibilities.

The main/filter envelope can loop and the second envelope can be set to Hold, which opens it up for drones or when you're doing initial tuning.

The Ring Mod and Sample and Hold sections are a nice addition and of course you can use MIDI or cv/gate to control it.

Plus, who doesn't love watching a pair of lighted VU meters dancing around to the music?

If you're looking for a beefy monosynth with some surprises, the A2 is worth checking out."

Moog One 16 Voice Synthesizer w/ Dust Cover

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DOEPFER MS-404 ANALOGUE MONOPHONIC SYNTH

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Sequential Circuits Poly Sequencer Model 1005

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"The POLY SEQUENCER (Model 1005) for the PROPHET 5 is self contained with a built in digital cassette deck and connection cable which interfaces with the PROPHET-5 via the 4-prong DIGITAL Jack on the synthesizer's back panel. This unit is remarkable for its ease of operation and outstanding features:

over 10,000 note storage
up to six separate sequences
sequence grouping
instant transposition
real time or single step recording
variable playback speed
overdubbing
external clock input for synchronized playback with other instruments (electric drummer, etc)

This sequencer is very easy to use To record a sequence. simply press the RECORD Switch then the desired SEQUENCE Switch The recording will automatically begin when you play your first note. When you've finished playing, hit the STOP,CONTINUE Switch (or the STOP Footswitch) to end the recording and the sequence will start playing back"

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Casio HT-6000 Digital Synthesizer

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Interesting that this one had some programmability.

"It has a velocity-sensitive keyboard with 61 keys, an LCD display, a pitch bender and a modulation wheel plus 2 programming spinners and a gazillion buttons to press

Powered by mains or batteries it features 2 built-in speakers and a headphone jack socket

This synth may not be well known but it has a multitude of features for hours upon hours of fun
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Moog Matriarch: Unboxing - Trial and Error

Published on Feb 6, 2020 studentsmusic

"Playing your new synth without manual studies"

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Light Splitting | minimal ambient with test equipment, pedals and four track cassette

Published on Feb 6, 2020 HAINBACH

"In which I perform a composition on battery powered test equipment, pedals and a four track cassette recorder.

This track stems from many ideas - the first inspiration was my visit to Willem Twee studios and their beautiful setup of sine wave oscillators, with which its possible to create all kinds of amazing tone clusters. It gave me the idea of trying a minimal take on that technique. I did not feel like engaging the test equipment wall, I wanted something small, maybe even portable.

I started with he Brüel & Kjaer 1621 bandpass filter I got as a gift from Felix of the fabolous @Fewjar , as its small and runs on batteries. It takes a saw from the @KOMA Elektronik RH301 and filters it, creating pulses as it jumps from high-low setting. The TouelSkouarn Ar Merc'het Brao is a dual filter but I love it as an oscillator, controlled by the infra-red sensor of the RH301. One out goes into the Cooper FX Outward MK2, which creates more brassy pulses and new harmonies. I then realized that I could power this all from the Koma Elektronik Strom Mobile, which lasts for about 5-6 hours on a single 6000ma USB power bank with this setup. So I set that up instead of crawling under the desk for a free power slot.

Because the setup is small I thought of ways to get more voices, so I did what Stockhausen did - record the sounds to tape. The Fostex X28H to the top right has a cassette loop running. I recorded different pitches on three tracks and play them into the Alesis Wedge reverb to the top left.

When composing and playing it I recalled Silences by John Cage, and tried to think of leaving a broad empty canvas, with music only filling up small parts of it. I hope you enjoy it!

get this track and support what I do on http://patreon.com/hainbach"