Howard Jones' Trio of Custom KX5's

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"A Trio of KX5's ...chrome, matt white, and one ready for a new lease of life! ...thanks to @customsynth Jeff Toman pic.twitter.com/TFSs4tyRPp"

RETRO SYNTH 1" 25MM BUTTONS

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The Chrome Synths of Chromeo - Mystery Clavia Nord Synth?

See the update in this post for more pics and the video. via Kurt Stenzel on Facebook.

Anyone place what looks like a Clavia / Nord synth with two mod wheels? Not the leads, wave, modular, stage or electro. What's left?

It looks like a Nord Modular G2 with the four screens, but with an extra octave and horizontal pitch and mod wheels.

Update: the answer is in the comments below.  They might be the ones in this post back in 2011.  Funny how you forget things...

Update2: and the full flickr set from CustomSynth here.

Synth Spotting with Chromeo Coachella 2014

Published on Apr 11, 2014 buriedvoid·22 videos

Update: video is gone but screen grabs are below.

"Full performance from Chromeo at the 2014 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, enjoy!"

This one in via Simo. Cool to see a fully patched synthesizers.com format modular on stage. White Moog Voyager as well.

Update: some screen grabs via Kurt Stenzel on Facebook. Lots of custom chrome synths including a KORG MS20, Roland SH-101, I believe a Nord Electro and another Nord with two pitch wheels which I can't place at the moment. Not the leads, modular, stage or electro. What's left?

It looks like a Nord Modular G2 with the four screens, but with an extra octave and horizontal pitch and mod wheels.

Update2: the answer is in the comments of this post. They might be the ones in this post from back in 2011. Funny how you forget things...

Update3: and the full flickr set from CustomSynth here.

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Yamaha DX100 & DX7 Synth Ts

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I love the look of these. They are from CustomSynth and available on eBay here. Be sure to see the other synth Ts as well. The Roland ones are equally nice.

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 REV 2 with MIDI SN 747

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"Condition: Very good and fully functional. All knobs, switches and keys are working. MIDI IN configured to channel 14. The left wood end bell has a 1” crack due to aging. One of the best REV 2 encountered in years according to The Analog Lab.

Service History: Serviced and calibrated on 12/23/2013 by The Analog Lab, NYC http://www.theanaloglab.com/ (See enclosed pictures for details).

Upgrades / Modifications:

- Power supply re-capped and separated from the frame
- Kenton MIDI
- Tape Interface
- New 61 bushings
- Control Panel and Wheel Box re-painted and re-sprayed by CustomSynth.

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Parallax - Emulation (legendary unicorn synthesizer blastacular electronic bullcraparoni!)

Published on Feb 6, 2014

"More music over at umop.com/parallax.htm

Hey pants plunderers! Here we go with another late-nite synth spectacle from the mighty unicornical sequencers of Sir David C. Lovelace of Thunderdump, Connecticut. Sequenced on a Korg 01/W and performed on a Roland JD-800 (customsynth.uk white) and Nord Lead 2X Anniversary Edition (oh, the opulence!), with other keyboards just kind of sitting there wondering why they too cannot share in the majesty of this singularly original asshole fingerplay. OH WELL KEYBOARDS you must wait until the next video, or until more people purchase delicious Parallax albums and merit your infernal usage, bitchmeisters!

HOORAY FOR YOUTUBE DESCRIPTIONS! They are both educational and mentally black-holey. Stick a fork in your ear for even better aural clarity. Just kidding, forks do not go in ears. DISCLAIMER: NO EAR FORKING! Lawsuits are not in the Parallax budget. Just be cool and don't do anything dangerous after watching this video or reading these word-texts. P.S. Unicorn Masks only cost $20 at Amazon but you cannot purchase the attitude needed to actually wear them. You must live a hard life of not giving a single crap when your parents tell you that everything you are doing is wrong and you'll never give them grandchildren acting like this. Um, what else? DON'T DO DRUGS! As in, don't have sex with drugs. Don't "do" them, right? Because that's not what they're designed for. Stupid ear-forking drug sexers. Sheesh."

CustomSynth Yellow Roland SH-201

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CustomSynth Rolands

Black & Orange 808 style Roland SH-101, Funkagenda white & blue TB-303, silver chrome SH-101.

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CustomSynth Roland Modules

SH-5, SH-3A & SH-3 filters.

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CustomSynth Black Roland TR-909

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"Professional custom paint and screen finish by Jeff at www.customsynth.co.uk.

Serviced by James Walker at Synth Repair Services in January 2014.

New power regulators, rubber feet and V4 operating system EPROM."

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CustomSynth Black Nord Lead & White Arp Sequencer

Two more custom works via CustomSynth.

Moog Little Phatty MATRIXSYNTH Patch

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The patch is real and actually came with the Little Phatty.  See this post for details.  It was a tribute from Amos Gaynes of Moog Music.  There's also a Suit & Tie Guy patch.  Note my patch was originally preset 95 on Amos' Little Phatty, but ended in slot 70.  Pretty cool.

Note the silver on black reverse keys.

CustomSynth White KORG Mono/Poly

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Custom Synth Roland Jupiter-8 Skinned JP-8080

flickr by CustomSynth.

SIMMONS Bubble Bath

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Sexy, slippery fun.  You SNOWWIS you want to jump in.

CustomSynth Nord Lead 2 in Black

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CustomSynth Roland JD-800s

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The top JD-800 reminds me of the Sequential Circuits Prophet-VS. Orange stripe with white outlines & all yellow below.

CustomSynth Orange Roland SH09

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ARP 2600 Santa Hat T-Shirt

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Just in time for Christmas.

You can find CustomSynth Ts and more on eBay here.