Roland XV-5080 128-Voice Synthesizer Module SN ZN40745

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"For sale is a Roland XV-5080 128-Voice Rackmount Synthesizer module. This unit includes 8 voice cards listed below, as well as 128mb expansion ram installed. Also includes manual and power cable. Tested and fully functional. It's in great shape with some minor signs of wear from being in a rack.

Roland Expansion Board cards included:
SR-JV80-08 Keyboards of the '60s & '70s
SR-JV80-11 Techno Collection
SR-JV80-10 Bass & Drums
SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synthesizer
SRX-11 Complete Piano
SRX-03 Studio
SRX-09 World Collection
SRX-06 Complete Orchestra"

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Kawai K5000R Rackmount Digital Synth + K5000 Macro Controller SN 599956

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"Everything is tested and fully functional. Screen is bright and easy to read and shows OS V4.04 on power up. Enhanced memory card upgrade is not included. The Macro Controller requires 3 AA batteries (not included). Includes pictured original paperwork/manuals and four floppy disks, as well as IEC power cord. Overall in great shape with minor signs of wear for its age. Very nice complete set if you have been looking for a good example of a K5000R with accompanying controller. This is a great sounding digital rack synth."

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Roland JX-8P 61-Key Polyphonic Synthesizer

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"This JX-8P is far from good condition. Aside from the aftertouch being a little stiff, the synth is fully functional with no other issues we could find. It's definitely seen a fair amount of use and abuse in its time. This isn't for no reason however, as this synth has some really neat sounds and features in its back pocket. Some of this wear on the synth includes: minor cosmetic play wear, worn away faceplate labels, scratches along the perimeter of the synth, some deeper scratches that are pictured and side panels that are just about ready to another dimension. The plastic on the sidepanels went a little brittle and the bushings gave way. It's a fairly easy repair if you have the time and patience, but as of now we do not."

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EMS (Cornwall) Ltd VCS3 mk2 2017 SN 1527

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"This particular VCS3 was built by RObin Wood, who fitted most if not all of the recommended modifications.

On the back there's an extra gate input (1/4 jack) and next to the patch matrix there are 6 mini jack inputs (6 patch pin to mini jack cables come with the synth) for:

- glissando

- envelope follower

- pwm osc 2

- pwm osc 3

- signal invert

- resonance

So these can be modulated/ modified from the patch panel or external signal.

Other mods include:

Switch for hi / lo frequency on all 3 vco's

Oscillator sync (with potmeter to determine amount up to hard sync) for osc 1 and 2

Filter slew switch

Filter 18/24dB octave switch

Potmeters for the already mentioned glissando and envelope follower

Trapezoid invert (0 at 12 o' clock)

Trapezoid time x 10 switch

The VCS3 is in perfect condition, works like a charm and it 's such a pleasure to handle a 'vintage' synth with new controls. Don't let the year fool you, the sound is everything you can expect from an EMS Synthi. (I have owned several over the years and to my ears there is no difference between a vintage mk2 or this EMS Cornwall VCS3. An original Putney, mk1 power supply, from the early years is a different story ofcourse. By now I tend to prefer the fuller sound of the re-issues or newly built synths over the sharper sounding originals.... but ofcourse, that's a matter of personal taste. And it's a real EMS synth!"

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Clavia Ddrum 2 Model 4 with Expansions

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"Rare vintage Clavia Ddrum 2 with five expansions."

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e-mu analog synth jam improv

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Beta Firmware: Play and Play+ MIDI Perform Mode

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"Now control your MIDI Devices or built-in Synths with Perform mode.

This open beta firmware is avaialble to install now here - https://backstage.polyend.com/t/beta-..."

Ambient pads using FM on the Waldorf Iridium

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"In this video I create a pad sound with the Waldorf Iridum using the Kernel engine. I allows to use FM synthesis, like in the classic Yamaha synths, but also goes beyond the original design by involving Wavetables and other fun stuff. Sounds complicated? Then watch this one!"

Bad Gear - P-6

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New intro music.

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Roland is the ACME corporation of music technology: no day passes without me finding out about yet another strange product from the colossal portfolio they built up over the last 5 decades.

Today we are going to talk about P-6 and it seems like Roland took every single bit of sampling technology from this poison cabinet of intellectual property and put it in this LoFi sampler for ants.


Bad Gear - P-6
Roland P-6
LoFi for Ants

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:49 Overview Roland Aira Compact P-6
01:12 Sampling Process
01:19 SP-404 Style FX Section
01:30 Other Similarities to Boss SP-303 , SP-202 ,...
01:52 Pads, Midi, Sequencer
02:35 Internal Microphone , other Sampling Sources
02:47 Sample Playback, Filter, Reverb / Delay , FX
03:25 Chromatic Sample Playback, Granular Synth Engine
03:50 Sample Chopping
04:06 Limitations, Pricing
04:55 Hate
05:19 Jam 1 ( House )
06:17 Jam 2 ( Drum'n'Bass )
07:23 Finale ( Abstract Downtempo )
07:57 Verdict"

Pairing the Metal Fetishist with Make Noise Maths

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"I've been using modular synths for years and somehow I've never tried Maths before so it was about time to give it a shot. It makes a pretty good pairing with the Metal Fetishist, don't you think?"