Original Grey Face ARP 2600

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"I purchased this 23 years ago as an investment.When I received it was fully functional and I was able to nail a bass patch that sounded every bit as powerful as any Moog I've ever heard.After a year it stopped functioning and I Opened it up and noticed the filter was potted with epoxy to safeguard anyone copying the circuit but also prevents service.I packed it back up and it has been in storage until now.I was considering sending it to discrete synthesizers (CMS) for service but there are quite a few options that would improve upon the existing instrument but I should leave that up to the end user how it should be hot-rodded..."

Update: See the comments below for some debate over why the filter was encapsulated.

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Moog Liberation Keytar Synthesizer

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Note the listing states the Liberation was the original keytar. The first keytar with built-in synthesizer was actually the Syntar.

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Yamaha SK15 Analog Symphonic Ensamble Synthesizer SN 4122

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"Mint condition. 100% working condition."

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SEQUENTIAL Pro-3 // Factory Presets F001-009

LESINDES

"A lot of fun playing and tweaking Factory Presets of SEQUENTIAL PRO-3. Presets F001-009. This video is featuring only the Pro-3."

Tutorial: Funky Keys Pt 2 (Playing Lead Sounds)

Matt Johnson Jamiroquai

"Want to rock out on a lead sound?
Here's a few tips on how to make your synth talk!"

With the Sequential Prophet-6

Polyphonic Buchla 100!?!

zack dagoba

"I managed to get a Buchla 114 touch plate module from La67. To be honest I didn't really know what exactly this module would do functionally, as there are not many videos up featuring its, especially for what I wanted it to be able to do - namely trigger multiple VCOs and VCAs to turn the Buchla 100 into a fully polyphonic instrument - but to my immense joy it actually did what I had hoped for = HAPPY

So this patch uses 4 x 144 VCOs (8 oscillators in total), and 8 VCAs (4 x 110 gates and - CHEAT ALLERT - 4 x Roland 100M VCAs). I'm waiting on a replica 107 module that was made to compliment the 114 (10 x VCAs)

The cool thing is that the 114 has 10 CV outs that can be used as 10 envelopes, and then the touch-controls can also help articulate the notes. It seems a very clever design (as always from The Don) and I wonder why I have never seen anyone else use the Buchla 100 as a supremely flexible 10-note polyphonic synth (not bad for 1960s technology - as far as I know, the 1974 Oberheim 4-Voice is known as the first commercially available polysynth, but this is clearly not the case!)"

Reflections

Martin Peters

"This music is somewhat inspired by the beautiful music accompanying the slide show of the Node Live Blu-Ray. You hear the Sequentix Cirklon sequencing 2 voices of the Synthesizers.com Modular, the Oberheim SEM and the Mutable Instruments Stages which is configured as a Harmonic Oscillator. The NDLR is sequencing the Korg Odyssey and the DSI Mopho. The VCF of the Moog Polymoog is triggered by the gates of a separate Cirklon sequence. The solo is on the Moog Minimoog.

The title refers to questions spinning around in my head for which no one knows the answers to.

The track was recorded live to multi-track on the Behringer X32 Compact and mixed in Studio One afterwards. I hope you will enjoy it.

The track can be downloaded from Bandcamp."

Techno sketch // 0-Coast

Stefano Mattia

"0-Coast showing some seriously biting character in this short techno jam.

Not the kind of music I usually make, but it was Friday night and I somehow came up with this monster patch and played along.

The slope with both Rise and Fall set to 12 0'clock, and with Vari-Response set to linear, generates a very sweet sounding triangle-like wave, which is the one you hear in the beginning. Blending overtones from the main oscillator, and playing with the Multiply and Overtone knobs results in a whole range of abrasive tones, which I reckon might come in handy in some situations. The Contour EOC feeds the clock, while a mix of random signal, slope and "MIDI B" triangle LFO modulates overtones and gate, resulting in variable note lengths. Finally, the square "MIDI B" square LFO hits the Linear FM once in a while, generating interesting periodic glitches.
I added drums and reverb (a Bricasti M7 IR in Logic's Space Designer) and a bass line in Logic.
Enjoy!"

Orba BT MIDI Synth One basic demo

"Just a few demo clips, and MIDI CC notes shown on some clips.
Complete set was played into the Loopy iOS app.
See the Soundcloud link here:"

Aquifex03 · Orba & Synth One - simple Loopy demo

Choosing a MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROLLER, NOVATION SL MK3 Unboxing, And MORE!

Woody Piano Shack

"Advice and guidance on choosing a MIDI KEYBOARD CONTROLLER. We discuss the pros and cons of the different sizes available, features, functions and software bundles. Then we'll unbox and give first impressions on latest NOVATION SL61 MKIII KEYBOARD.

We'll also check out and compare NATIVE INSTRUMENTS KOMPLETE KONTROL A49, ROLAND A49 and NOVATION LAUNCHKEY MK3."