Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3 SN 1940

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Original 1970s ARP 2600 Semi-Modular Analogue Synth + Keyboard SN 360 0054

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"ARP2600 Case has been re-wrapped and restored, and the unit serviced by Kent Spong.
In very good condition.
All working, though some sliders have a little crackle.

Comes with lids and the keyboard 3620.

IEC mains socket installed."

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Black Corporation Deckard's Dream Rev 1 with Expander

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1. Rev 1 significant difference is in the power supply board. The earlier revisions have very large heat sinks and add to the weight a little of the unit. It is my understanding that any sound difference is negligible, but feel free to google it and discover for yourself it has never really been a concern of mine because this thing sounds awesome.

2. The orange led backlights cannot be turned off with a switch. If you want me to pull this mod before shipping I am fine to do it. If you wanted to pull it yourself later it is as simple as opening up the front panel and snipping a wire.

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Roland Juno-60 w/ 10th Anniversary Leather Name Tag & Extras

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"A Roland Juno-60, fully original in amazing condition, almost free of blamishes !
It has been fully serviced and is ready to get a new home.
It is sold with all the original documents, the preset tape and the preset sheets.
And a very rare Name holder for the 10 years of roland."

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ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough by Red Means Recording

Red Means Recording

"The Ashun Sounds Machine Hydrasynth is an 8 voice digital wave morphing synthesizer with polyphonic aftertouch. This is a series of videos going over its features and what makes it special."

Playlist:

ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 1 (Overview, Oscillators, Filters)
ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 2 (Mutants)
ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 3 (Ribbon and Mixer)
ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 4 (Envelopes and LFOs)
ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 5 (Mod Matrix and Macros)
ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 6 (Effects)
ASM Hydrasynth Walkthrough: Part 7 (Arpeggiator, Randomizer, Browser)

Note Part 1 & 2 were previously posted, so skip them if need be.

Yamaha CS 60 - Improvisation 2020-06-24

Rainer Keizer

"In this video I'm improvising on my Yamaha CS 60 synthesizer.
More improvisations featuring the Yamaha CS 60 on my SoundCloud: [below]

This fully analog instrument came on the market in 1977 and is 8 voice polyphonic. Many people know the sound of the CS, because Vangelis used its bigger brother, the CS 80, on many of his tracks, including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire."

Planeshifter · Yamaha CS 60 Improvisations

Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygène 4 | The story behind the song | Top 2000 a gogo

Top 2000 a gogo

"Electronica pioneer Jean Michel Jarre tells the story behind the song 'Oxygène, Part 4). A short documentary by Top 2000 a gogo (Dutch Public TV) from 2016."

This one is in via @deejayiwan

Also see Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV with an ARP 2500 for the video of the clip featured in the above.

Transfusion Machine

Joel Braverman

"Performed live using Moog and Behringer synths. Vocals using VC-340 and Spectravox"

4 Track Tapes 85​-​86 by Runningonair

A new collection from supporting member Runningonair. Check out the 4 Track Tape Restoration videos below!

"The title, “4 track tapes 85-86”, might suggest a direct lift, clean up and remaster, but this is far from the truth. Comprising of a selection of musical sketches and demos, the material on the tapes was never intended for release.

Instead, the tapes have been languishing in storage for around 30 years. However in 2017, concerns about the
longevity of the originals lead to transferring to digital. This was the first time I had heard the material for many years; I was surprised by how many of the tracks I remembered and by how much I liked them. It really felt like discovering a treasure trove. Yes, it’s all early stuff, poorly performed and lo-fi sound but without pretention. Naïve really. At the time I wasn’t really listening to much pop music and so there was minimal influences from that area. Although the
tapes were littered with performance mistakes the sound has an almost clinical quality at times, typical of early digital synths.

When I considered turning the material into a functioning album, I wanted to find a balance between the authenticity of the original and potential gains of current music technology. I did this by setting certain boundaries, the most important being only material from the original tapes could be used.

While performance mistakes could be fixed relatively easily, the lack of drum tracks was a bigger problem. At the time I didn’t have a drum machine and would instead resort to banging a few tin cans to try to get some form of percussion part. This rarely worked. Of course, true authenticity would demand I didn’t add anything new, but I felt it really needed the lift drums could bring. Fortunately, I did occasionally get brief drum machine loans from various sources and recordings of these were on the same tapes in the form of unfinished tracks. From these sound sources I constructed sympathetic drum parts, attempting to create something that I could have done at the time.

Additionally, I allowed myself the luxury of enhancing the sound quality within certain limits, essentially sticking to basic EQ, reverb and stereo widening.

Although the enhancements have changed the character of the tracks greatly, certain key ingredients remain; the
wonky ever-changing tempos and improvisational playing remain intact, and they still feel like the original tracks, although they do sound richer. I’m sure the younger me would have wanted to go much further."

4 Track Tape Restoration


"In this series I look at some of the issues I had while I was working on the album "4 track tapes 85 - 86". More information about the album itself can be found here:

https://runningonair.bandcamp.com/alb..."

Daft Punk "Da Funk" on modular synth & Bass Station II

Extralife

"The eurorack sequencer used in this video is now on Kickstarter! Click below for more info:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

After many years of listening and contemplating it, I finally decided to dive in recreate Daft Punk's classic acid house burner with my modular synth setup. Every sound you hear was created on the gear you see! The drums are hexinverter 909 modules (the sub bass comes from the kick), and some samples on the Squarp Rample (hi hats, drum break, horn stab). The first bassline is on the Novation Bass Station II using some external feedback looping for more growl. The classic 303 line is recreated using my open-source Super Sixteen sequencer, MFOS VCO as an oscillator, Yusynth Moog Ladder Filter, and a SansAmp Para Driver. Some EQ and buss compression was added to the recording.

Sorry that 25% of the video ended up being the top of my head! Still working on a proper overhead camera setup. Will fix that for the next jam."