MATRIXSYNTH

ELECTRO HARMONIX - SUPER REPLAY w/Trigger Pad

via this auction
"One of the most collectible Electro Harmonix instruments, the SUPER REPLAY is offered here by the original owner, complete with DRUM TRIGGER PAD, original boxes and documentation... Briefly manufactured in the 1980s, the SUPER REPLAY remains one of the rarest and most unique digital samplers ever made. The user can sample sounds and music, replay, change pitch, mix, overdub, and loop. Replay with the External Drum Pad or use MIDI to trigger sounds."

via Jason: "The EH Super Replay responds to CV control through a DIN socket on the side. Everyone assumes it is MIDI, but I've done some incredible things with one of these coupled to an MC-202. They are well worth the money, and are terribly unique. They do have a lot grit, but you can sample, then drive the pitch around using a CV which can result in some very heavy lo-bit grit. If I remember correctly, the bit rate changes with the sampling speed, and short samples actually sound pretty clean.

The pinout for the connector is listed in the manual, and provides +5V CV control over Pitch (2 octave range), trigger+dynamics (vca), or gate."

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SSM2164 TH_VCF CLONE with MODULATION EXTRA's

SSM2164 TH_VCF CLONE with MODULATION EXTRA's from BLCLONES on Vimeo.
"This shows the quality of the self-osc feature of the SSM2164 based filter."

SSM2164_TH_CLONE WITH MODULATOR SECTION

SSM2164_TH_CLONE WITH MODULATOR SECTION from BLCLONES on href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo.
"This shows you the actual filter sound. The vco's are from anther synth."

SSM2164 TH_VCF CLONE with MODULATION EXTRA's from BLCLONES on Vimeo.
"This shows the quality of the self-osc feature of the SSM2164 based filter."

via this pulled this auction via this electro-music.com thread. It looks like bluelantern is being a bad boy again. Hopefully he'll work out a licensing deal to make these. Note this is the Mankato Filter available via both Suit & Tie Guy and Bridechamber.

"SSM2164 BASED THOMAS HENRY DESIGN CLONE ALL-IN-ONE VCF. IT SOUNDS VERY HIGH-FI. IT CAN SELF REZONATE AND DO A VERY CLEAN SINE WAVE. THIS HAS a 24db, 18db, and 12db filter out.

OUTPUTS:
(1) FILTER OUT
(1) LFO OUT
(1) AR ENV out
(1)EXTREME FM out

INPUTS:
(2) BOOSTER GAIN AUDIO INPUTS (PRE-AMPS)
(1) CV INPUT
(1) FM BI-POLAR INPUT
(1) GATE input for ENV

SECTIONS:
(1) LFO -RAMP-TRIANGLE-SAW SHAPES, WITH TIMING HACK FOR 2 SPEED RATES.
(1) ATTACK, RELEASE ENVELOPE GENERATOR.
(1) SSM2164 based VCF with cutoff, rez, fine controls.

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Verbos Voltage Processor

via Reed: "I thought I'd post a picture of my favorite module lately, Mark Verbos' Model 254 Quad Voltage Processor (far right). It is basically 2 Buchla Model 257's (center) with an extra voltage input, in the tradition of the 256 (far left). The processor is clocked at a much higher rate than the 257, which gives it an advantage in certain situations dealing with pulses and older modules. Sadly, it doesn't have the stenciled-on math equation that makes the Buchla 257 so enticing yet intimidating."

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Update: I added a Verbos label for the site. Click on it for more by Mark Verbos.