Friday, October 11, 2024
Bad Gear - The Beginner
video upload by AudioPilz
"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. People go DAWless for a reason: swap out the mind-numbing computer screens for the luxury of a pocket calculator display, embrace the limitations of whatever crappy CPU was cheapest during the kickstarter campaign and never get ripped off by Spotify because nobody will listen to your bleeps and bloops anyway.
Today we are going to talk about Circuit Tracks. This 2021 groovebox and barely upgraded successor to the OG Novation Circuit took this philosophy to the extremes: gateway drug price tag, completely screenless UI and a workflow so minimalist it perfectly fits the lifestyle of a generation that will never be able to afford a home."
ROLAND JUPITER 6 DEMO
video upload by Synth Tailor Electronics
"Here is a full demo on the Roland Jupiter 6 Polyphonic synthesizer. This unit belongs to Thane Evans, and it over-went a pretty major surgery to get it back to good health. History on the Jupiter 6:
Work done on this Jupiter 6:
-Main issues found were CPU locking up/causing intermittent failures when doing normal operations (moving sliders/random glitchy lights)
-Unit wouldn't accept the Cassette factory presets wav file upload, and would cause unit to crash/freeze.
-Battery Replacement + Socket
-Replaced Corrupt RAM chip (TC5517APL)
-Replaced heavily corroded/faulty Slide Potentiometers/Pots on both Panel boards. Unit feels great now and doesn't jump around the values causing lockups on the CPU.
-Replaced electrolytic capacitors that were out of spec/leaking on both voice boards. (x71 total throughout entire synth)
-Rebuilt Power Supply, hit cold solder joints on connectors and voltage regulators, through out entire synth
-Full Calibration to factory specs, tuning and D/A calibrations
-Upgraded Firmware to latest V6 firmware (previous firmware/eprom was V2)
-Burned 2732A Eprom and installed factory presets
-Hit cold/cracked solder joints throughout all connectors for better reliability in future
-Burned in unit for 48 hours, tested all functions-sounds great now!"
SCJS #28 PLAITS:CHAOS V [crazy stereo]
video upload by FL3SHB4CK
"Small Case Jam Sessions #28
Chaotic system based on four lfo + S&H driving mad Plaits!
Crazy stereo effect using NLC 1U diff rect
4U 50hp recorded live into Syntakt reverb and delay
00:00 000
03:13 001
05:14 010
06:58 011"
Sequential Prophet-5 rev 3.3 (MIDI) s/n 5278
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"Very nice late model original Prophet-5 rev 3.3 serial number 5278, with what looks like factory MIDI. Checked out at VEMIA in March 2024 and it played well without any work needed. Looking very good, and comes with a Stardust soft cover. UK/Euro voltage. Packing 24GBP."
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"Very nice late model original Prophet-5 rev 3.3 serial number 5278, with what looks like factory MIDI. Checked out at VEMIA in March 2024 and it played well without any work needed. Looking very good, and comes with a Stardust soft cover. UK/Euro voltage. Packing 24GBP."
Modal Electronics 008 analogue poly
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"??CHECK: individual outs now?**** Destined to be an absolute classic of analogue polysynths - in fact probably there already. This was sold at VEMIA four years ago, and has now returned to the auction looking identical - very little used, probably always stored in its original very well designed carton. Back in 2020 it had the latest software - not sure if there have been any revisions since. We've only tested a tiny part of the abilities of this synth, but everything we tried was perfect (once we realised that you need both outputs connected because the eight-voice structure is always split 4 + 4.....).
This really is a gorgeous design, sounding great, and visually one of the most beautiful synths ever made. MODAL made the probably wise decision to start with no-expense-spared real analogue design before branching out into much lower-cost spinoffs - which are all successful, but in a completely lower league than this and their 002 - also long-since discontinued (and nowhere near as pretty as the 008). We'll cover the carton in card to keep it looking great (6GBP)."
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"??CHECK: individual outs now?**** Destined to be an absolute classic of analogue polysynths - in fact probably there already. This was sold at VEMIA four years ago, and has now returned to the auction looking identical - very little used, probably always stored in its original very well designed carton. Back in 2020 it had the latest software - not sure if there have been any revisions since. We've only tested a tiny part of the abilities of this synth, but everything we tried was perfect (once we realised that you need both outputs connected because the eight-voice structure is always split 4 + 4.....).
This really is a gorgeous design, sounding great, and visually one of the most beautiful synths ever made. MODAL made the probably wise decision to start with no-expense-spared real analogue design before branching out into much lower-cost spinoffs - which are all successful, but in a completely lower league than this and their 002 - also long-since discontinued (and nowhere near as pretty as the 008). We'll cover the carton in card to keep it looking great (6GBP)."
Rhodes Chroma to Computer Interface PCBrd
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"Here is an extremely rare 'Chroma to Computer Interface PCBoard'. I believe it needs the 'Chroma to Computer Interface' to work which I am also selling in this Vemia. Not tested so no idea if it works or not but it's like new and in case there are issues they should be minimal. More details here : https://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=computerinterfacehardware Rhodes Chroma rarities I am selling in Vemia : - Chroma to Computer Interface - Chroma tapper - Roland MIF-APL 291-894 board."
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"Here is an extremely rare 'Chroma to Computer Interface PCBoard'. I believe it needs the 'Chroma to Computer Interface' to work which I am also selling in this Vemia. Not tested so no idea if it works or not but it's like new and in case there are issues they should be minimal. More details here : https://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=computerinterfacehardware Rhodes Chroma rarities I am selling in Vemia : - Chroma to Computer Interface - Chroma tapper - Roland MIF-APL 291-894 board."
Rhodes Chroma to Computer Interface
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"Here is an extremely rare 'Chroma to Computer Interface'. I believe it needs the 'Chroma to Computer Interface PCBoard' to work which I am also selling here. Not tested so no idea if it works or not but it's like new and in case there are issues they should be minimal. Rhodes Chroma rarities I am selling in this Vemia : - Chroma to Computer Interface PCBoard - Roland MIF-APL 291-894 board."
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"Here is an extremely rare 'Chroma to Computer Interface'. I believe it needs the 'Chroma to Computer Interface PCBoard' to work which I am also selling here. Not tested so no idea if it works or not but it's like new and in case there are issues they should be minimal. Rhodes Chroma rarities I am selling in this Vemia : - Chroma to Computer Interface PCBoard - Roland MIF-APL 291-894 board."
Yamaha GS2 SN 1774
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Pic of the inside below.
"I offer from my collection a very nice example of rare Yamaha GS2. The first commercially available FM synthesizer of the brand, a bit differently built synthesis than its successors (for example, separate parameter settings for each 4 adjacent keys, so splits are possible, etc.). Very analogue, distinctive sound, a joy to play. This is also helped by the perfect wooden keyboard with relatively fast response. The instrument is fully functional with all accessories - pedals, cover/legs, original sound bank on magnetic labels (22 labels). GS2 is fitted with Synthark's sound ROM, it has 128 sounds from Yamaha Library 1 and 2, the individual banks are switched by a rotary switch instead of the Store button next to the label reader (which is internally disconnected, either the ROM or the reader can work, not at the same time) so access to the sounds is instantaneous. But can be switched back to the reader at any time. The instrument is really heavy (~80kg), it is located in Prague, but I can personally deliver upon agreement within DE, NL, BE, A, or we can work out some shipping."
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Pic of the inside below.
"I offer from my collection a very nice example of rare Yamaha GS2. The first commercially available FM synthesizer of the brand, a bit differently built synthesis than its successors (for example, separate parameter settings for each 4 adjacent keys, so splits are possible, etc.). Very analogue, distinctive sound, a joy to play. This is also helped by the perfect wooden keyboard with relatively fast response. The instrument is fully functional with all accessories - pedals, cover/legs, original sound bank on magnetic labels (22 labels). GS2 is fitted with Synthark's sound ROM, it has 128 sounds from Yamaha Library 1 and 2, the individual banks are switched by a rotary switch instead of the Store button next to the label reader (which is internally disconnected, either the ROM or the reader can work, not at the same time) so access to the sounds is instantaneous. But can be switched back to the reader at any time. The instrument is really heavy (~80kg), it is located in Prague, but I can personally deliver upon agreement within DE, NL, BE, A, or we can work out some shipping."
ARP Pro/DGX Analog Keyboard Synthesizer
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Manifold Research Centre - The Map is not the Territoire
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Additional NOISEBUG Listings
You can find a demo of one here.
"TMINTT is an active Routing and summing Matrix that works with voltages up to the eurorack modular format.
Its principle is quite simple:
Inspired on Meng Qi’s magnetic matrix design, has a patching system that lets you use magnetic pins on a 7 x 11 game board-like grid to route and sum (at unity gain) your signals.
via this listing
Additional NOISEBUG Listings
You can find a demo of one here.
"TMINTT is an active Routing and summing Matrix that works with voltages up to the eurorack modular format.
Its principle is quite simple:
Inspired on Meng Qi’s magnetic matrix design, has a patching system that lets you use magnetic pins on a 7 x 11 game board-like grid to route and sum (at unity gain) your signals.
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