Yamaha SK-15

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"This Yamaha SK-15 is fully functional and in excellent condition. This model has been fully serviced. The Yamaha SK15 is a 49 key, 7 voice analog ensemble synthesizer, featuring organ, string, and poly-synth sections, brilliance (organ and string sections), release, tremolo, sustain and volume pedal inputs, and vibrato. The synth section also features a slow attack button and a resonant low pass filter with dedicated ADSR envelope. The organ section features 7 stops. This unit is missing the "Volume" fader cap for the Polyphonic section. Unit is fully functional and has been serviced."

Demo in the listing previously posted here.

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Vintage soviet synth OPUS (ОПУС) video-test

video upload by Allan Smithee

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http://vk.com/gomonkey

USSR (Riga - Latvia) electro-organ-synth with a lot of filters and amazing sound!
http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/opus.php"

Электроорган Лель-22. Electric organ Lell-22

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SN 03024 04 85 via this auction

Lell Lel' 22 Rare Analog Piano Strings Electro Organ Synthesizer

"Pro serviced, tuned & tested. Excellent working condition, 1/4TRS "Jacks" installed.

Lel' - 22 is a small-sized electronic musical instrument that can play soundings of the other instruments: electric piano, clavesin, classical and pop organs, banjo. This portable, simple in control, inexpensive instrument has great musical possibilities. It can be successfully used in professional and amateur ensembles, at schools or at home.

Very good mechanics of keyboard like for soviet synth.

Keyboard's volume - 4 octaves
Adjusted registers - 8', 4', 2'(1), 2'(2).
Adjusted effects - phase vibrato, attack, sustain, glissando.
Glissando shifts musical range on an octave down. Registers become: 16',8',4'(1), 4'(2). Variants of attack, sustain is used to get some interesting sounds such as electric piano, organ, clavecin, banjo, celesta.

Specifications:

The accuracy of temperament, % - 0,04
Mains voltage, V - 220
Dimensions, mm - 970x300x100
Weight, kg - 10
Manufacturer - The Kalmykov Moscow SAM factory.

MADE IN USSR"

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Korg VC-10 Vocoder SN 162414

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"Korg VC10, Classic 20 bands vocoder from Korg from the seventies MS era."

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EML ElectroComp EML-200 1970s Analog Modular Synthesizer

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Vintage Moog Organ - White Elephant - CDX-0652 Cordovox

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video upload by Nate

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"This is an extremely rare Moog collaboration with Cordovox. When I purchased this beast it was in rough shape so I restored most of the outer shell and got most of the internals working the way they should. This includes

1. Exterior UV treated to restore the original "white" appearance.
2. Fixed various wiring miss connections within the circuitry.
3. Reconnected trouble spots that needed to be resoldered.
4. Repaired sliders that were no longer operational.

This is about as far as I got on the restoration. There are however some issues with the Moog side of things. These include.

1. Pitch on particular keys don't always work perfectly. (I speculate that this is due to bad key contacts, which should be an easy fix)
2. Some presets are not fully operational.
3. In manual mode not all parameters work perfectly.
4. Some Moog sliders don't have caps

This was a really fun restoration project, the Moog side has a few issues as noted above but the organ side of things is truly amazing! All together this Synth/Organ sounds great and is a true one of a kind.

I had to part with this because its taking up too much space and I would like my living room back ;)"

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Logan String Melody II (1976) SN 4946

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"Logan String Melody II by Ing. Giuliano Costantini. Amazing analogue string machine. It seems that the old owner couldn't stop playing it, so it has some wear around the case, but is still perfectly working, despite the 45 years of age. It was sold under both the Logan brand name and re-badged as both a Hohner and Vox product. The Vox version was called The String Thing but still featured the Logan brand name on the back of the case."

Pics of the inside below.

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Yamaha DD-10 Vintage Drum Machine (Japan,1988) SN 014712

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You can find demos of the DD10 including some X1L3 circuit bent models in previous posts here.

"The Yamaha DD-10 is a great stereo digital drum machine with 8 touch sensitive drum pads, 98 preset rhythms played on some 26 or so drums. It comes with one demo pattern and the ability to store 2 user patterns.

It responds to MIDI and the channel for MIDI can be set. It runs on 9-12 volts and can be powered by C batteries (power supply or batteries not included!). We recommend using it with batteries because all compatible power supplies are always a bit noisy.

• TEMPO: The Tempo can be generated from a manual entry system where you merely tap a button and the unit plays at the tempo you are hitting the button.

• PADS: The pads are assignable from the kits available. All the pads can sound at the same time. The green purple and white buttons choose from the 3 sets of instruments available for each pad!

• MIDI: The Channel for the DD10 can be set by pressing the MIDI MODE button and the numeric buttons for the channel. Entering 00 means the DD10 will respond to each drum note sent to it individually - entering 99 means it will respond to a MIDI clock signal and program numbers will change which rhythm is playing. MIDI channel response is good and ability to swap to note mode or clock mode makes it easy to configure to any setup!

• RHYTHMS: The rhythms cover all the usual patterns. There are 100 patterns, two of which (98 and 99) are user programmable by using the pads! There is also a built in metronome.

• USER PATTERNS: The user patterns are selected using number 98 and 99 for the rhythm number and can be overdubbed as the sequence loops."

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Elgam Match 15 C (1971) vintage analog drum machine! The First Elgam Rhythm Box!

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"Extremely rare analog drum machine Elgam Match 15 C! This gorgeous analog rhythm box - made in Italy in 1971 – is the first electronic drum machine produced by Elgam, the italian brand that also invented the legendary Elgam Carousel in the same years! This gem is the same rhythm section that was then assembled on the Elgam Carousel! Extremely rare and highly collectable! It’s born in 1971, so this year this little gem turns 50 years old! The item is fully working and in very good cosmetical conditions for its age: the drum machine sounds great and works perfectly! The rhythms are mixable and very cool. It has a characteristic fat warm sound especially with a nice tape delay and reverb added. The tempo slows things right down and you can get some unintential sounds out of this piece of kit. For example, you could use it running through distortion pedals to get some interesting riff style sounds! On YouTube you can find a video of the smallest model of the same serie: the Elgam Match 7C!" [demos in previous posts here]

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Eko Rhythm Box (Italy, 1972) - vintage drum machine + original start stop pedal!

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"vintage italian drum machine EKO Rhythm Box, made in Recanati in the early 1970's. Silver face edition with the original Eko Start-Stop pedal! Front panel includes two controls: volume and speed of the tempo."

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