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Oberheim OB-12

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Roland The Synthesizer 2nd Edition

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Macbeth Micromac-D X-Series Analog Voltage Controlled Desktop Synth

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"This Macbeth X-Series Micromac D synth is in excellent cosmetic condition, and it works as it should, no functionality issues. Made in the UK. As you may know, this is a rare synth, out of production, and hard to come by. Built like a tank. Solid enclosure and solid controls."

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YAMAHA EW20 Wind Jammer Electronic Woodwind Synthesizer SN 03442

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Crumar DS2 SN 820

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Arturia Polybrute is AMAZING - listen to the brilliant polyphonic, analog, morphing synthesizer!

video by Joel Negus

"This is my first patch on the Polybrute. It's a magical instrument!"

UNIVOX Crumar Multiman MM2000 Vintage Italian Analog String Synthesizer 1975

video by keyboard resource

Vintage Jen SX1000 synthesizer clean up and demo

video by Ian Dixon

"After cleaning up old computers I thought I would get my old synthesizer out of the loft and give it a bit of love. The Jen SX1000 is an Italian monosyth manufactured around 1978 which I paid £40 sometime in the late 80s just before analogue became in vouge again. It has a single oscillator, no memories and no midi but is sounds great and the simple layout makes it easy to understand and a great way of leaning subtractive synthesis.
I had not used the synth for some time and while it worked, the controls (potentiometer) crackled when turning them and some controls like the LFO speed didn’t work at all. So armed with a can of Servisol Super 10 contact cleaner I cleaned the potentiometers which after a bit of persistence cleaned nicely.

The controls are nice and clean and there is no noise or crackles when turning them, the LFO works correctly and everything on the synth is working well. I still have a broken top C key which is missing a spring which I am still trying to track down but after a good clean the machine looks and sounds great.
In this video go through the restoration process and then give a quick demo of the sound of the Jen SX1000."

5 Ways to Use Beads From Mutable Instruments

video by Reverb

"Mutable Instruments' Beads is a granular texture synthesizer and a successor to the company's ever-popular Clouds Eurorack module. What's that mean in practice? Beads is an audio playground, letting you sample and transform audio in real time in endlessly creative ways. Fess Grandiose is here to show just five of the approaches he likes to take with the instrument: using Beads as a delay, reverb, and pitch-shifting effect; using it to repeat or splice beats; and using it as an oscillator.

Timecodes

0:00 - Features Overview
4:52 - Using Beads as a delay effect
7:09 - Using Beads as a reverb effect
8:08 - Using Beads as a shimmer reverb
9:24 - Using Beads as a pitch shifter effect
10:55 - Using Beads as a beat repeater
12:39 - Using Beads as a beat splicer
14:00 - Using Beads as an oscillator"