Buchla 288 Xtreme

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"And the explorations with the 288 Time Domain Processor continue . . ."

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Pachinko Patch? A Modular Sequencer Experiment

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"Modules from Moon Modular, Synthetic Sound Labs, Corsynth, Modcan with Strymon effects."

Roland JP-8000 SN ZJ32449

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"SN: ZJ32449-H (DEC 1996)

A classic synth from Roland. This synth had its audio restored to factory quality and sounds great. This is a used piece of gear with a few small cosmetic scuffs, but the overall condition is very good. The keybed feels and plays great, the ribbon controller is responsive, the joystick has a good feeling with a nice spring back. No issues with buttons, knobs, sliders, or LCD."

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Studio Electronics Boomstar 4075 Analog Synthesizer ARP Filter SN 100097

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Roland Jupiter 6 With Tauntek Mod SN 280707

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"- Outstanding cosmetic condition

- All functions work ( see embedded YouTube video for a quick playthrough )

- Includes Tauntek Mod, which offers loads of new features:

1) MIDI Sysex patch and patch preset save and restore - saves or restores entire tone RAM (all 48 patches and 31 patch presets) in one operation (tape save/load works as before)

2) MIDI CC parameter changes are now supported. Separate control of upper and lower voices in split mode for most parameters. (No CC's are transmitted)

Maximum rate for CC reception is two per 19 mSec period, which is approximately 105 CC's per second. If CC's are sent faster than this, some will be dropped.

3) Non-volatile storage of MIDI channel and user settings

4) User settings for the following:

a) Mod wheel CC destination can be any one of the following:

VCO mod by LFO1 amount
VCF cutoff mod by LFO1 amount
VCA mod by LFO1 amount
LFO1 rate
XMOD manual amount
Pulse width
VCF cutoff
VCF resonance
b) Arp can be clocked by MIDI instead of internal clock, with five divider settings

Can be configured to require Start/Stop, or just free-run

c) Factory patches and patch presets can be read from the EPROM instead of user patches in RAM.

(User patches are not changed)

d) "All notes off" MIDI messages sent by original code every time the last key was released can be disabled.

5) Arpeggiator "Down then up" mode has been changed to a random arpeggiator mode.

6) VCO waveform buttons now toggle, making it easier to enable multiple ones. They can all be turned off.

7) VCO sync can now be set to "both ways" although this doesn't seem particularly useful

As noted above, MIDI CC reception is now supported for controlling patch parameters."

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Access Virus B Rackmount Virtual Analog Digital Synthesizer

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"Following up on the success of the popular Virus, Access unleashed an upgraded model in 1999, the Virus B. The original Virus A had 12-voice polyphony, but the new OS in the Virus B doubles the polyphony from 12- to 24-voices and the oscillators, from 2 to 3 per voice. The new OS also added an enhanced programmable 32-band vocoder. There are now up to 82 simultaneous effects, a retro-phaser (6-stage stereo phaser with 24 filter-poles), chorus/flanger, ring modulator, multiple forms of distortion, an analog boost algorithm, and an envelope follower. Up to five FM (Frequency Modulation) modes are also on-board now and many new sounds have been created for this bigger and better version of the Virus.

OS 4.0 was released in late 2000 with even more amazing features! The update is downloadable from Access (free of charge!) and comes installed in all new Virus synths to ship after its release. OS 4.0 adds a reverb with advanced features such as pre-delay sync-able to Midi clock. There's also a groove delay, surround sound capability, external effect sends using the individual outputs, an Intelligent Random Patch Generator, sound categories to sort all your patches in a logical order, Direct FX to use your Virus as an effects-processor while maintaining full polyphony, 16 independent arpeggiators with numerous patterns and realtime parameter access, and an advanced distortion module with lo-fi and filter dsp-effects. OS 4.0 makes the Virus one of the best analog modeling synthesizers to date! Complete control of parameters is available via MIDI. "Adaptive Control Smoothing" ensures ultra smooth parameter changes. There's also a free Emagic sound-driver based Editor/Librarian for Windows and MacOS."

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Access Virus Classic Desktop Virtual Analog Digital Synthesizer

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"The screaming red color scheme was adopted from the Virus Classic Line you know from the Virus rack Classic. In addition the factory presets have been revamped and come as a hand optimized best of collection chosen from the extensive archive of Virus sounds available."

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Analogue Solutions Oberkorn 3x CV - 2X Gate Analog Sequencer SN 10418

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"3 channel CV sequencer with 2 Gate channels. All analog with some interesting features when self patching the positioning. Internal or external clock with CV over tempo. This is a very solid and flexible piece of gear for any eurorack or synth studio. Comes with original power supply. Works perfectly."

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Kodamo EssenceFM Mk2

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Bll instruments Elyra w/ KODAMO Based Synth Engine

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From the makers of the BLL SHORT - Controller Box for Novation Circuit

"Elyra is a new instrument, a crossover between a Synth and a Guitar or a Bass."

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"A MODERN SYNTH PLAYED LIKE A GUITAR OR A BASS

Elyra is played with the typical gestures of playing guitar and bass and all the energy that comes from it. You play with your whole body.

There are two strumming aera for strings, one dedicated to back and forth and another dedicated to bass and arpeggios.

Elyra is designed to be played by both righ-handed and left-handed people.

You can also play it placed on a table or on your knees like a groove box.

A POWERFUL AND UNIQUE COMPOSITION TOOL

With up to 16 voices polyphony, spread across 16 instruments/layers and with is powerful sequencer , Elyra is more than a groovebox, it is a composition tool.

You can have one instrument with 16 voices or 16 instruments with one voice and everything in between.

Because Elyra is battery powered, you can carry it anywhere with you and play for several hours.

You can play and sequence all your other instruments via MIDI port.

A SOUND ENGINE MADE FOR US BY KODAMO

At the core of Elyra there is a powerful and beautiful sound engine created for us by Kodamo.

It is a virtual analog engine based on substractive synthesis with just enough FM synthesis to offer a vast sound territory.

It has many parameters to sculpt and create a unique sound.




RAISED TOUCH BUTTONS

All Elyra buttons are touch sensitive pads made up of a slightly raised area allowing the user to feel physical feedback.

This is capacitive sensor technology which offers an extremely fast response time of 2 ms.

There are 5 distinct areas on the main panel:

the fretboard composed of 4 * 12 pads

the strumming area separated into two type, A and B

two assignable slider

an OLED screen with its wheel and its 8 contextual buttons"

Note Elyra supports both Guitar and Key modes. See https://bllinstruments.com for additional info.

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