Mark Isham's Favorite Synths

What's my favorite synthesizer??? Oh boy... That's a tough one...
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About Mark via Wikipedia:

"Mark Ware Isham (born September 7, 1951) is an American musician and composer. A trumpeter and keyboardist, Isham works in a variety of genres, including jazz and electronic. He is also a prolific and acclaimed composer of film scores,[1][2] and has scored over 200 film and television productions since his debut in 1983.

Isham is a nine-time Grammy Award nominee, winning Best New Age Album for his 1990 self-titled album. He was nominated for an Academy Award for A River Runs Through It (1992), and a Golden Globe Award for Nell (1994). He has also been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards, winning Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music for EZ Streets."

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Pearl Pk-701 Ultrarare Polyphonic Keyboard Synth

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This appears to be the first post to feature the Pearl Pk-701.

"Extremely rare synth by Pearl, produced in very limited numbers with very little documentation available online.

It resembles an Italian-style string machine with piano, string, and brass sounds, featuring a beautiful chorus and vibrato. In reality, it’s a true 8-voice polyphonic synthesizer with an absolutely beautiful sound.

Cosmetically is in great condition, unfortunately, there are no schematics available, and I haven’t been able to tune the individual voices. Each voice has 4 potentiometers, but without documentation, it’s difficult to tune everything properly.

All the voice boards work perfectly, although the slot for board 2 doesn’t output piano sounds on the assigned note."

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Waldorf Pulse 2 w/ Original Box

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Audiothingies Micromonsta Micromonsta 8 voice Polyphonic Desktop Synthesizer

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Modor NF-1 Digital DSP Synthesizer

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Korg Minilogue XD Module w/ Original Box

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Modded Akai AX60 Minus Keyboard

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No mention on what the extra Moog style knobs do.

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KAWAI 100F Synthesizer SN K-3059

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"The Kawai 100F (also known as the Teisco 100F) is a 1977 Japanese monophonic analogue synthesizer prized for its rich sound and versatile modulation despite a single VCO design. It features saw and square waveforms, a resonant 24dB/oct low-pass filter, non-resonant high-pass filter, noise generator, external input, dual envelope generators, flexible LFO, and three-mode portamento. The VCO’s unique "Low" mode enables sub-audio modulation. Its expressive filter and modulation options made it a creative tool in early electronic music, notably used by Vince Clarke on Depeche Mode’s Photographic."

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1974 Moog Synthesizer 55 Brochure

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"Moog Modular Synthesizer 55, Synthesizer BROCHURE ONLY, partial color, 1974 vintage original, 6 pages. Very Good Condition, vintage original, no punch holes, no stains, no tears. Overall looks nice. See pics. Time keeps on slipping into the future."

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1973 Moog Minimoog Brochure

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"Moog Minimoog synthesizer BROCHURE ONLY. Color, 4 page, 1972. Very Good Condition, vintage original, no punch holes, no writing, no highlights, no stains, no tears. Overall looks nice. See pics."

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