V.A.I. 69 : CRB Oberon / Elka Drummer One

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"The CRB Oberon is a dual oscillator monophonic synth made in a very limited production run in Italy in the late 70s by CRB, at the time mainly makers of consumer transistor organs. The synthesizer is equipped with a third limited oscillator and it has a wide range of sound capabilities: it can produce huge lush leads - like in this video here - but also the very opposite : harsh and oddly thin textures and sound effects.
It’s fairly stable in pitch and performance and has lots on board, 2 noise generators, a switchable low and high pass filter but also sporting a third filter type, that we need more time to explore, plus interesting LFO possibilities.
We want to give a massive thanks to Marco Molendi and Mirco Trentin for repairing this unit - reverse engineering it to create the schematics from scratch - literally saving a machine that was in bad shape on arrival. Also big shout out to Riccardo at Museo del synth Marchigiano who helped out by cross referencing his machine to this one, and lastly Marcello Colò, who developed the CRB Oberon in the 70s, while working at the CRB plant.

These are immensely rare and there aren’t many recordings or videos of the Oberon out there so we hope you enjoy, all in all we need more time with this machine since it’s a bit more complex than the other monophonic Italian synths of the era - but they'll be more videos coming - so please stay tuned."

CRB Oberon posts. Be sure to see The Forgotten Synthesizers Of Marche Region.

Vermona DRM1 played in a Jeff Mills Style! Live Programming and dirty Techno Jam with Stefan Braatz!

video upload by Wine&Synths

"Stefan quickly discovered the new old suitcase in the studio I unboxed last week. And he was not to stop! Here are his first steps with the legendary Vermona DRM1 vintage drum machine made in GDR in 1987! In order to have some extra fun, he hooked it up with an Electro Harmonix "Big Muff Bass Pi". Bam!

TR-909 or TR-808 may be cool, but this is a unicorn! :-)

In this video again, I welcome my old friend Stefan Braatz, who is widely renowned for being highly addicted to all those machines with a *0* in the middle. This made him produce a multitude of records and remixes all along through the world of 'traditional' house music between Berlin and Chicago. Back in the late nineties he established his emblematic imprint 'Adapter-Records' which soon became cult on vinyl. Nowadays, Stefan is releasing on labels like Pokerflat, Robsoul, Exploited, Kingstreet, Nite Grooves and SoulDeep and remixing and producing with artists like Tyree Cooper, Oliver Dollar, Lady B, Eric D. Clark, Merwyn Sanders from Chicagos’ Virgo Four amongst many others!"

Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard Synthesizer SN 140006000384

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Baloran The River w/ Custom Flight Case

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"8 recreated Moog THE SOURCE sound cards form (along with a few extras) the fundament of THE RIVER.

Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with 8 Voices, multi-timbral – 4 Layers, Analog FX, Sequencer, Arpeggiator, MIDI + comprehensive CV/Gate Outputs"

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Oberheim OB-8 w/MIDI

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3.3 SN 2677

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Roland Jupiter-8 SN 120962

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This is a legendary Jupiter 8, 12 bit early model (1981) with the newest OS chips(34) and the DCB option. It has been almost fully recapped and has had extensive service by synth techs, Rick Smith and also David at Nitelife electronics in Vancouver. All the rainbow button switches have been replaced. Perfectly tuned and calibrated with zero issues and it sounds incredible.

There are obviously some small cosmetic knicks here and there and some dents near the power switch but otherwise this synth is in excellent shape and very clean with no corrosion and minimal wear. Keys are in great condition.

Includes the Roland MD8 DCB-Midi interface pictured + custom dust cover"

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Roland SH-1000 Vintage Synthesizer Keyboard

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"Roland's very first musical instrument from way back in 1973. This one is in good shape, fully functional, in tune and scaling properly. A few of the pots are scratchy. Has presets like the ARP Pro Soloist, but also has a full featured synthesizer section. The SH-1000 is one of the best values in Vintage Synthesizers out there today."

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Doepfer MS-404 Monophonic Analog Synthesizer

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Korg miniKORG 700FS Review - A Sound Designers Thoughts.

video upload by GEOSynths

"Originally issued in 1974, the 700S was the 2nd in Family, with the 700 being released the year prior. The 700S had an extra Oscillator and an added Ring Modulator with a variety of settings.

Korg have painstakingly crafted the limited edition re-issue, however they've added some great new features, such as Patch Storage, Spring Reverb and the ability to record all the Knobs, Sliders and Switches over USB Midi.

It also comes in a beautiful styled Case and lets face it, you've never going to get a Vintage in this condition and with a warranty."

Also see Korg miniKORG 700FS - One Synth, One Track