Sherman Filterbank 2

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Roland D110 Multi Timbral Rackmount Synth w/ Original Box & Docs

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"Roland D110 Multi Timbral Sound Module boxed with manuals and original packaging. Comes complete with all original manuals/guides including Owner's Manual, Patch Setting Booklet, and the soundbank/presets and programming charts."

This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

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Original White ARP Odyssey MKI 2800 - w/ CMS LED Sliders & Patch Template Overlays

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"Original Arp Odyssey

Works perfectly. Last serviced by C.M.S. and has led's installed on sliders.

Comes with original templates (very rare)."

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BugBrand 2-Panel with Rare ScrotumLabs Modules

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module list:
Dual Envelope
Compact VCO
2130 VCO
Dual Filter
Dual Amplifier
Dual Mixing
Le Seq
Le Seq expander
Radio Music with card
Grilles (Mutable Grids)
Binary Block Voltage
Penrose quantizer
Logic
Dual Preamp

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Roland MSL-15 Music Style Supercard Expansion SN ZC01949

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"The MSL-15 can be used with - Intelligent Synthesizer E/5E-20/E30, Intelligent Arranger Pro-E, Real Time Arranger RA-50, Intelligent Arranger CA-30, and Digital Keyboard KR-100/KR-500/KR-3. The MSL-15 comes with a 9V adapter and owner's manual. The MSL-15 is a superb Music Style expander that includes all the Music Styles ( 60 different styles) of the 14 Music Style Cards which have been released by Roland. This means that you can access any Music Style by just connecting the MSL-15 to a compatible device."

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Yamaha AN1x Analog Physical Modeling Control Synthesizer

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NOS Kawai K5M Digital Multi-Demensional Synthesizer Module w/ Original Box & Docs

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Akai AX73 Analog Synthesizer

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Roland VP-03 vs. Behringer VP340 - Vocoder Comparison

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"Since I happened to have these two vocoders with me at the same time I thought I'd do a little comparison.

I go over what all the controls on these devices do. I then compare the sound of the two units briefly and in the end I'll perform a track switching back and forth between the two units.

If you're mainly interested in the comparison of how they sound go straight to about the12:00 mark."

Spectralis 2 Tutorial: Turn any digital poly synth into a paraphonic hybrid analog synth.

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"Do you have a Spectralis 1 or 2 (they are identical for this tutorial)?
Do you have a polyphonic synth that you'd like to do something new with?
With a Spectralis, you can use it's internal filters to create a paraphonic hybrid synthesizer by sending the external audio inputs into the Spectralis. Here I'm bringing the Access Virus TI Polar into the Spectralis 2 and processing it with the analog (and digital) filters. The Virus is using a very basic initialized patch that you will hear at one point during the video.

Now, WHY would you want to do this? Simple. Let's say you have a digital synth with no analog filters and want to give it new punch. What if you WANT to have a 'paraphonic-like' sound? This is one way to achieve that. Perhaps, for no other reason than to do it, because it sounds good. Mixed with the internal oscillators, it sounds a lot like my Yamaha SK30. You can do so many things - why would you not want to try this if you have a Spectralis?

I say that this is creating a paraphonic 'hybrid' analog synth - but if you use an analog synthesizer going into this, I guess it would no longer be hybrid, it would be a fully analog paraphonic synth. I don't think it matters either way.

Is it paraphonic in the first place? I don't want to get into this debate. Frankly because I don't care about full or partial articulations. To me, it just means multiple voices that go through a single filter and VCA. That's all I mean.

This requires you to have your synthesizer with Local ON, on the same MIDI channel (1) as the internal part you are using.

I think you could do something similar with the Elektron Analog Heat. BUT - I think the Spectralis does a lot more, because you can sequence the sounds you are creating, you can add internal oscillators, you can FM the filters using the oscillators, and a LOT more. It may seem complex, but it's feasible to do and hopefully this video helps guide you on how to approach that.

Given that the Spectralis 1 and 2 seem to go for around $800-$1200 (in 2022), and all that it does - it's really worth it's price. This does mean it's twice as much money as an Analog Heat (which probably does other things really well - I've never used it and fully understand why you'd go for that instead of the Spectralis - BUT if you already have a Spectralis, this is a great way to experiment with it. Furthermore, I found using this setup to sound VERY similar to my Moog Matriarch. You've got multiple filters, that can be panned and modulated in a ton of ways. I'm not saying Spectralis + another synth = Moog Matriarch, they're different. BUT the sound seemed very similar to me, with the paraphonic aspects.

I fumbled around a bit - because I had to learn things on the way as well, which goes to show that even after owning this thing, I'm still not a true master of using it."