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Monday, April 24, 2023

Sequential Circuits Multi-Trak - recently serviced with battery leak fix installed

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"Check out the MATRIXSYNTH article on the battery leak fix mod and how it's done. If it's not my Multi-Trak you end up with, you'll want to inspect yours to make sure that's taken care of.

The Multi-Trak has a character that is particularly unique, especially when compared to other polysynths of the mid 80's. Some will immediately think of the matrix editor, a somewhat trendy synth interface at the time. If you can come around to matrix patching, I've found 3 things that mostly distinguish the Multi-Trak: its precocious and self-contained sequencer, the oscillator envelope, and the somewhat snarly Curtis CEM3394 voice chip.

The sound is a bit brash and brassy, sweet, snappy, something like sour candy, but it can be sculpted into lush and hazy sounds, just like any subtractive synth. The Multi-Trak fits naturally in many styles of music; techno, disco, dance rock, hip hop. It's sibling, the Six-Trak, was used on the 2017 album GT Ultra by Guerilla Toss. This classic Sequential Circuits synth certainly boasts an intimidating feature set, but it is fairly easy to get used to. With a bit of patience, you'll find plenty of play and ideas."

GRP A4 2019 analog semi-modular synthesizer

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Andromeda A6 Analog Synthesizer W/FootSwitch + Ram Card + Original Box

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Ensoniq SQ-80 Cross Wave Synthesizer

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"Fully cleaned and tested, recapped main board, recapped power supply, restored keybed assembly, latest os 1.83 eprom installed, fdd emulator drive installed (easy to load new banks and fast to save sequences)"

Yamaha TX802 + Eurorack modular + Pure Data jam


video upload by Ariel Raguet

"Flores_20230423_PD_TX_EURO_01

Ariel Raguet 23-04-2023

Several technologies living together: digital wavetable (Plaits), analog subtractive (Pittsburgh Synthesizer Box) and digital FM (Yamaha TX802)

Yamaha TX802 FM Tone Generator and eurorack modular both controlled by a Pure Data patch sending random MIDI values.

These values can be notes or cv controls.

Eurorack stereo output to Kawai MX-8SR mixer channel 1.
TX all outputs to Kawai MX-8SR mixer channels 4 to 8
Kawai MX-8SR mixer stereo outputs to iPad Pro in an Alesis iODock II running Roughrider compressor, Bleas Delay and EOS 2 reverb over AUM.

Modular:
Mutable Instruments Yarns.
Mutable Instruments Plaits.
Make Noise Maths.
Agustin Aguirre RNDM
Pittsburgh Synthesizer Box.
Rebel Technology Mix 02

Recorded with Goldwave 6.72."

Suiko VS-1 Koto Synthesizer | How Does it Sound?


video upload by JAde Wii

"Support my work and look fly while you're at it: https://www.dawlessjammin.com/"

Polystepper - electroacoustic synthesizer


video upload by Love Hultén

"Polyphonic electroacoustic synthesizer based on 4 stepper motors, Teensy and a MIDI keyboard. MIDI controls frequency(tuned vibrations) and turns the 4 motors into mechanical oscillators. Code created by Koka Nikoladze."

Intellijel Cascadia - Percussion Synthesis


video upload by Intellijel

"Fundamental percussion synthesis patches such as KICK, CLAP, SNARE, CYMBALS and FM are demonstrated using only the Intellijel Cascadia.

00:00 KICK DRUM
04:09 CLAPS
06:51 SNARE
09:49 CYMBALS
12:56 FM PERCUSSION"

Polivoks Pro Sequenced (Porter Ricks style techno)


video upload by alternatingbitmusic

"Good techno times with the Polivoks Pro + AVP Ritmobox, sequenced by Doepfer Dark Time."

YAMAHA CS60 / CRB COMPUTER DRUMS


video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"In this video we’re show casing our effects a bit further.
Starting off with room effects:
The Binson Echorec 2 is going strong and feedbacking all over the place.
The Roland Space Eco RE-301 as well.
The red box is an odd one, the Davoli 2K Echo : it’s a mega rare, Italian echo housing a German Schaller Magnetic disc Echo - the same used in Lombardi mixers.
It’s similar to the Binson Echorec 2 in structure, fixed speed 4 punch-in, playback heads but it’s a bit more reliable in sound.

On phasers we’re using the Mooger Fooger MF-103 12 stage phaser on the drums, for a bit of crunch as well.
The Mu-tron phasor II on the clavinet style chords.
And lastly another oddball, the Rotor Monster Compact Phasing - most likely a Vermona prototype of their Vermona phaser, with a few added controls - quite obviously an attempt to esthetically copy the Gerd Schulte Compact Phasing - they’re almost the same size (huge) but sound completely different."
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