Roland MC-909 Groovebox SN ZQ40866

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"This MC-909 is an excellent daw alternative with Roland's XV synth engine ready to go. This particular unit shows some signs of wear but overall it's in very good condition for it's age."

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Suzuki OM-27 Omnichord SN 036014 w/ Original Box

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Ableton Push 2

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Synthstrom Deluge + Gig Bag

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Waldorf Iridium Desktop MKI w/ Rack Ears

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Moog Moogerfooger MF-101 Lowpass Filter

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They changed their mind (CHOMPI)

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"We're no longer pursuing what we've been calling "CHOMPI 1.5" at this time.

You may remember we made an announcement last year that we would be starting to manufacture CHOMPI ourselves going forward. The plan was to make a backwards-compatible CHOMPI that would have slightly different hardware from the original but the same processor, so that no matter what CHOMPI you bought you would have access to the same firmware.

Well, that turned out to be a pretty bad idea.

The main reason is that we started to bump into the limits of what that processor was capable of while making the new TEMPO firmware. The manufacturing process was also turning into a bit of a puzzle, and so we found ourselves in the position of essentially recreating an existing product that was already maxed out. It would have been time-consuming, expensive, and limiting for future ideas. It just didn’t make sense.

So that leaves us in the awkward spot we’re in now. Sorry.

Chelsea and Tobias are still working here and we’ll be continuing to support CHOMPI – we’re leaving the door open for what’s next – but at this specific moment we are not working on or planning any new CHOMPI products."

Bad Gear - How to become a WEIRDO

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"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. It is completely natural behavior for electronic musicians to obsess about oddly specific genres of which the undisputed final boss is - of course - ambient. For three reasons.

One, you can produce ambient on any piece of gear with a reverb, two, there are basically no limits to the size of your setup even if you have no idea what you’re doing and three, when your music sounds like a knot of psychotic toads on horse tranquilizers you can still pretend that it was an artistic decision.

Today we are going to talk about Sonicware Liven Ambient 0. This grooveless groovebox was brought to the market last year and puts you in the fast lane to becoming an ambient weirdo."

Crunchy Repeats: Time Shadows + Three Stems (w/ Model:Cycles)

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"In this Layers video, I pair up the Time Shadows and the Three Stems, two mysterious pedals that pair up to bring some of the crunchiest repeats I've ever heard."

Korg Opsix: Beyond FM with Wave Shaping

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"In this Korg Opsix tutorial, I dive deep into the Wave Shaper effect—a feature inspired by the classic Korg 01/W. Discover how to move beyond standard FM synthesis to create complex, harmonically rich textures, including PPG-style vocal pads and D-50-inspired bell tones.

I explore how to use parallel routing and internal filters to tame these aggressive waveforms, turning digital noise into playable, lush patches. Whether you're looking for gritty bass or shimmering pads, the wave-folding capabilities of the Opsix open up a whole new world of sound design."

Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction: Creating PPG-style vocal sounds
00:57 – Setting up a Stacked Algorithm for parallel routing
01:20 – What is Wave Shaping? (Origins from the Korg 01/W)
02:05 – Analyzing different Wave Shaper types and harmonics
03:45 – Designing D-50 style bell pads with high harmonics
05:30 – Using Operator Filters to shape complex waves
07:30 – Starting with Sawtooth waves for digital overtones
09:55 – Creating a vocal wavetable sound with Band Pass filters
10:45 – Detuning operators for a thicker, layered sound
12:00 – Adding high-pitched bell overtones with additional operators
14:35 – Final thoughts and experimentation tips

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Can the Korg Opsix Recreate the Roland D-50?

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"Can the Korg Opsix recreate the sound of the legendary Roland D-50 without using samples? In this video I build a D-50-inspired patch from scratch, using nothing but FM synthesis, wave shaping, layering and effects to see just how close the Opsix can get to Roland's classic LA synthesis sound.

Along the way I break down the patch step by step, recreating the D-50's signature combination of organ, bell tones and bright "spectrum" textures. Rather than copying a preset, this is a practical sound design walkthrough that explains why these layers work and how you can apply the same techniques to your own patches."

⏱️ Timestamps

0:00 – Intro — Can the Opsix recreate a Roland D-50?
0:18 – What makes the D-50 sound? LA synthesis explained
0:33 – Breaking down the layers: organ, bells and spectrum fizz
0:50 – Choosing the algorithm: why Algorithm 24 gives flexibility
1:33 – Building the organ layer with additive waves
2:26 – Detuning for classic D-50-style width
3:12 – Shaping the organ envelope
4:35 – Creating the bell layer with FM ring modulation
5:18 – Bell envelope programming
6:07 – Listening to the original Roland D-50 bell
6:59 – Building the spectrum-style layer
7:42 – Wave shaping and filtering
8:51 – High-pass filtering to recreate the D-50 texture
9:33 – Balancing the layers
10:12 – Master filtering
11:10 – Experimenting with a noise-based layer
12:37 – Refining the bell envelopes
13:07 – Adding chorus, delay and reverb 14:00 – Soloing each layer
15:01 – Final thoughts — Did we get close?