Rhodes Chroma Polaris II with BCR2000 Controller

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"The Problems with the Polaris are:

The problems with the Polaris are membrane related which are very common for this particular synth. They are repairable or they can be bypassed by using the BCR2000 controller (included in the auction) or any other MIDI Sysex controller

The membrane issues are:
1. Osc 2 ENV 2 PMW membrane button
2. Osc 2 SAW pulse membrane button
3. Noise Membrane button

The headphone input is inside the synth"

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The Art of Sound Smoke Rings - Live Jam #1

via MATRIXSYNTH supporter, The Art of Sound.

"Live Jam performed using the following gear;

Prophet 12 + Big Sky - Chords Via Octatrack Seqs
Moog Sub 37 + H9 + Timeline - Leads
Ultranova - Arps
Virus C - Special Audio FX
DSI Tetra - Basses
Analog Keys + Big Sky - Pads
Novation Circuit - Drums
Octatrack - Sequencing + Clock
Waldorf Pulse 2 - Arps driven by BCR2000
Pigtronix Infinity - Looping
BCR2000 + Custom Firmware - Sequencing
FutureRetro Orb - Sequencing
FCB1010 - Triggering loopers and sequencers

Recorded to Logic Pro X for Mastering only

ElectronicaProphet 12Analog SynthsLive JamBig SkyMoog"

Chirp Patches Select

Published on Dec 5, 2017 Konarie Music LLC

"AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD SOON

The Konarie Chirp is a sample based Rack Extension synthesizer instrument made exclusively for the Propellerhead Reason rack. It is the first RE synthesizer designed specifically for optional hardware control - the first RE synthesizer you can actually touch.

The layout of the Chirp matches the open source Behringer BCR2000 midi hardware to give the user a true physical
experience. For an authentic experience, you can purchase the sticker kit for the BCR 2000 from the Konarie Etsy store. The Sticker kit is sold separately and the Behringer BCR2000 is available from various retailers and on-line stores. Konarie is not affiliated with Behringer and only leverages the open source hardware as an option. All hardware support is obtained exclusively through the manufacturer and it’s affiliates.

Trademark disclaimer
All trademarks referred to within the Konarie Chirp advertisement are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademarks holders are affiliated with Konarie Music LLC or its products. The referrals to these trademarks do not in any way constitute trademark use.

For more information, please visit www.konarie.com"

Siel Opera 6 SN 292/316

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"Opera 6,super technischer und optischer Zustand, kleine Kratzer, siehe Fotos
Tastatur komplett zerlegt u gereinigt, neue Batterie, factory sounds, frisch kalibriert,

mit neuester Firmware, Version 10 von Tauntek, siehe Video (ich bin Vertrieb für Deutschland):
alle Controller lassen sich über midi steuern (ausser den 2 wheels)
alle Sounds lassen sich in 1 Take über Midi laden und speichern
mitgeliefert werden Editoren für Logic, Reaktor, Max4live, und ein Patch für die BCR2000"

Googlish:

"Opera 6, great technical and optical condition, small scratches, see photos
Keyboard completely disassembled and cleaned, new battery, factory sounds, freshly calibrated,

with the latest firmware, version 10 from Tauntek, see video (I am a distributor for Germany):
all controllers can be controlled via midi (except the 2 wheels)
all sounds can be loaded and saved in 1 take via midi
Included are editors for Logic, Reaktor, Max4live, and a patch for the BCR2000"

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Behringer BCR2000 controlling Nord Modular

YouTube via lesingemonotone.
"Using the BCR2000 midicontroller to sequence step sequencers within the Nord Modular."

Rhodes Chroma CC MIDI SPSU Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer SN 30472

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"RC w/ SPSU & CC MIDI Upgrades, Factory Pedals + Polyphonic Aftetouch kit!
S/N #21034105 Made in Fullerton, CA, USA, Pro-Serviced

In 2017, this Chroma was repaired, calibrated, tuned by Greg Montalbano, a world-class synth tech.

This is the ONLY Chroma you will see listed with the following features & benefits:
includes resurfaced top/back cover (bead-blasted, powder-coated)
includes pedals, fully renovated
CC MIDI, with breakout box, & SPSU Power Supply Upgrades --> 100% DAW-ready!
Aftertouch kit included (not installed)
Free Anvil case OR hand delivery to CA/OR/WA/NV/AZ
Exterior: Chassis/Cabinet/Panels:
Membrane panels are working perfectly, all LEDs are bright, all sliders function, and are original.
Renovated original cherry cabinet: dark walnut w/ semi-gloss finish (see pics).
No rust/corrosion present in the chassis of the synth itself.
Some light oxidation on some contacts (see pics), they all function 100%
Interior
CCMIDI+ CPU Board (with the MIDI Breakout Box):
Channel motherboard, I/O Board, EQ Boards all in Excellent shape
All 8 Voice Cards (0-7) look great and tune PERFECTLY.

CC+ Midi Upgrade and Breakout box (pictured)
This CC Midi Upgrade offer CC+ parameter control from BCR2000 or other common MIDI control surfaces.

SPSU
The SPSU power supply greatly reduces emitted heat, and reduces the transformer weight of this unit. See rhodeschroma-dot-com for more details."

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Roland MKS 7 Demo. Juno 106 - TR707. With BCR2000

Published on Sep 20, 2015 JimBobJrJackson Earmonkey

"Playing with this underrated and somewhat rare machine."

Good overview of the Roland MKS-7 Super Quartet.

SynthGraphics CHROMATROL Rhodes Chroma Overlay Panel for Behringer BCR2000 Programmer

via SynthGraphics

"SynthGraphics was recently contacted by the Rhodes Chroma Group about creating programmer overlay for the Chroma. Based on the groups existing overlay we have expanded it to control all the parameters. Below is the prototype."

Be sure to see SynthGraphics for other overlays.

Curtains (A Remix Jam)

Published on Jan 28, 2016 Jeremy Leaird-Koch

"Ableton (clock, vocals, additional loops, effects)
BCR2000 : sequencing (as Zaquencer)
Sonic Potions LXR : drums
OP-1 : loops and additional drums, live pads
Access Virus A : top melodic line
Meeblip 1 : bass
Meeblip 2: arpeggio
Behringer pedals : reverb and delay

Mixed and mastered in Ableton with Izotope Ozone.
Shot with Canon 60d, 5d mkii, phone.

Contains samples from Peter Gabriel's 'Curtains'."

Rhodes Chroma 64-Key 16-Voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer SN 21030247 w/ Enable & Extras

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"A rare opportunity to own a Rhodes Chroma + Enabler!!!

All voice cards recapped, new PSU, CC+, Original re-foamed road case for the Chroma and a Brand new Orange Calzone for the Enabler (will add photos of cases soon just need to pull them out) Programming manual, Performance manual, Interface Manual, Dual Foot switch, Volume Pedal, sequence Pedal, CC+ Midi break out box, Behringer BCR2000 with the special Chroma overlay plus other misc collectable stuff like the OG brochure, parameter chart and print ads as pictured.

Chroma is perfect working order, i spent a fortune having it refurbished, all voices pass tune on start up no issues sounds amazing not to mention the Enabler which is brand new, I waited for 5 years for my number to come up but selling a couple of big items to make my escape into the wilderness as easy as possible, things change. Physically it's in great shape for it's age not perfect but still lovely.

Pick up from LA is much preferred but can ship as they come in cases just wont be cheap, if you're serious it's an option we can discuss no problem."

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TicTac

Published on Feb 12, 2013 millolab·23 videos

"Headphones highly recomended.
A morning improvisation. I used MPC500 and Machinedrum as sequencer. The firs is running on a 4bar loop, the second on a 3bar loop. I also used Blofeld, Tetra, M2000, G2 and 2 hardwired pedals (reverb&delay). All sounds are programmed by me."

Behringer BCR2000 on the left.

Siel DK-80 with filter mod and knobbified with BCR-2000

YouTube Uploaded by taigkyo on Aug 17, 2011

"Simple goof-off demo of a knobby solution for the DK-80 using BCR2000 while playing back a MIDI file. There are no effects on the DK-80; this is recorded straight in one pass with a faint loop in the background from the CD (Fade to Grey) :-) The DK80 is an 80's splittable/stackable analog polysynth with patch memory and MIDI. It has a very unique sound due to two 4-pole (24dB/octave) SSM filters (like Emu Emulator II, early Prophet 5, Fairlight CMI II, Korg Poly-6/Monopoly, PPG Wave 2.2/2.3, Kawai K3/SC240, Simmons SDS5 etc), four LFO's, and two 6-point EG's (normal ADSR is 4-point. . . this adds a couple more points for more complex/evolving sounds). Perhaps the DK80 is deservedly underrated for being a PITA to program, but with knobs a whole new world opens up."

Rhodes Chroma CC+ Upgrade Turns Six

CC+ firmware release 215 offers Random Patch Generator, Support for Parameter feedback for ‘knob boxes’ and more.

via David Clarke on the Rhodes Chroma list. If you are interested in the Rhodes Chroma, be sure to check out the excellent http://rhodeschroma.com/

"Happy Birthday to the CC+.

The first CC+ orders were placed in June, 2006. Now five years later, these boards are still being produced and we’re still adding features suggested by CC+ users.

The newly released version of firmware (215) adds the following items:

* Support for transmission of Monophonic (Channel) Pressure via MIDI
* Program 0 SYSEX dump via [Set Split 20]
* Random Patch Generation with [Set Split 38]
* 'MIDI CC Data Request' SYSEX command

As well, operation has been updated such that a Program 0 SYSEX receive will automatically redefine the main and link instruments according to the new program.

Mono Pressure
-------------

[Set Split 36] + P16 (MIDI Pressure Mode) now gives users a choice as to whether they would like to transmit MIDI pressure as Polyphonic/Key pressure messages or Monophonic/Channel Pressure messages.

Setting P16 to "Pol" selects Polyphonic/Key pressure messages.
Setting P16 to "Chnl" selects Monophonic/Channel Pressure messages.


Program 0 SYSEX Dump/Receive
----------------------------

Pressing [Set Split 20] sends the current program over MIDI as a single program 0 SYSEX message.

Sending the 'program 0' SYSEX message back to the Chroma will make that patch the currently sounding one.

Together, these features can be used to allow a user to create a specific patch they like, send it to a sequencer for storage - and then to have the sequencer download just that the patch to the Chroma, so that you can always ensure that a sequence is playing exactly the patch of interest.


Random Patch Generator
----------------------

Pressing [Set Split 38] creates a random patch. A new random patch is created each time that key combination is pressed.


CC Parameter Dump Request
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Sending the following SYSEX string to the Chroma will prompt the Chroma to dump all parameters of its current program via MIDI.

F0 08 00 4B 59 00 38 F7

This command is provided to allow parameter feedback for such editors as the BCR2000. Specifically - by programming this string into the 'Data Request' feature of the box, the current parameter state can be echoed back to the encoder rings.

Such a feature could also be used with other editors that support similar functionality.


Further information on these features is available on-line via the CC+ User's Manual (http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=cpuplusmanual) and in the CC+'s Firmware page (http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=cpuplusfirmware).

Please continue to raise new feature ideas here for discussion - and if there are items that users agree would be good to add, we'll certainly consider adding them.

Thank you for your continued interest.

(NOTE: CC+ units currently being built will ship with firmware version 215 pre-installed)."

The CC+ upgrade made these iPad editor possible:
New Rhodes Chroma TouchOSC Templates Complete
iChromaCC+

Drone With deMOON

YouTube via anotherbbs. via Resonant Filter
"How to use Gotharman deMOON synth for droning."

How To Control Gotharman deMOON With BCR2000

"More info here:
http://mengqimusic.blogspot.com/2009/...

The deMOON synthesizer is a very unique digital polysynth made by Gotharman from denmark. I love its sound very much, the sound engine is also deep.

But as you can see, the 4 knobs are far from enough for a synth like this. IMO it's the biggest barrier between my mind and its sound engine. After I made this template, I am surprised at how much more possibilities I can get from the little box.

Sorry for bad english."

Morgan Orange: pimps on a short bus

YouTube via pmanderson70 | September 25, 2010

"Yamaha RS7000: sequencing, rhythm and voices
Yamaha AN200: sound fx
Yamaha TX81Z: FM Brass
Yamaha MO6: electric piano
Akai Miniak: lead voice
Behringer BCR2000: Sysex Controller for AN200"

Daft Punk

Music Thing found this shot of the inside of Daft Punks pyramid. "It looks like: 4 x Moog Voyager racks, 2 x Behringer BCR2000 controllers, and possibly 2 x Lemur controllers in the middle (presumably there's also some computers involved). There don't seem to be any keyboards involved at all." There are some more links and info after the hop. Tom of Music Thing also put the following video together.




Where Daft Punk got their samples from

YouTube via tombola2004.
"Here's where the samples on some of my favourite Daft Punk tracks came from. It's all legit, paid in full, above board. Still strange to hear, though.
The samples were spotted by http://www.ishkur.com/samples/ and the music was collected by http://palmsout.blogspot.com/2007/02/...
I just did the video editing. http://www.musicthing.co.uk"

Cheetah MS6 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer SN 16914

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"The Cheetah MS6 is six-voice polyphonic analog synthesizer in a 1u 19” rack. It was launched in 1988 by Welsh company Cheetah who blazed a brief but glorious trail through the world of music tech in the mid to late 80s before imploding in 1993. The MS6 is based around a fairly conventional two oscillator > low pass filter > dual ADSR envelope architecture implemented on six Curtis CEM3396 chips, one per voice, which were also used in the Oberheim Matrix 6, 6R and 1000.

The MS6 is often compared to the Matrix 1000 because of its similar form factor and circuitry. I can’t comment on how valid that is sonically because I’ve never used a Matrix 1000, but it should be noted that, unlike the Matrix 1000, sounds on the MS6 can be created and edited from the front panel without an external programmer. Although you may wish to add one, for reasons I’ll go into further down.

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Cheetah MS6 Analogue DCO Rack Synthesiser

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"Works great with something like a Behringer BCR2000 [or iPad]. New memory back-up battery. Some power supply improvements that are detailed in the schematic, but missing from this example when I got it. 2 New Voice IC's(£15 each)"

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Small Live extract... Elektron MDUW / Korg Esx1 / Waldorf Blofeld / Ableton Live

YouTube via acidroll
"Ableton live is Master Sync, and send midi notes to Blofeld. Playing around with Machine drum UW & Esx1. Using BCR2000 to controll live..."

Roland MKS-70 + Vecoven OS 4.09 + PWM Upgrade

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"Released in 1986, it was Roland's last analog synth and boy it is a monster with 12 voices and 24 oscillators! The MKS70 is the rack version of the JX10 and is essentially 2x JX8P engines in a box with a nice VFD display.

This is no vanilla MKS70, it comes loaded with the latest Vecoven OS version 4.09 which completely overhauls the synth to allow proper modern MIDI control along with A LOT of extra features. This unit also has the PWM upgrade which unlocks Roland's unimplemented PWM in the synth, further extending its power. I'm also including a Behringer BCR2000 with a template that is already mapped to the MKS70 which you will need to have knob per function control over all the new features added in the OS upgrade.

You can read about the upgrades here"

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