Freeman String Symphonizer walkthrough

video upload by Eric Frampton

"This is a brief demonstration of a recently serviced Freeman String Symphonizer, one of the first "string machine" keyboards from the 1970's.

I probably could've explained the "animation" better. Basically it's six non-sync'ed low frequency oscillators, mapped chromatically on one rank and non-harmonically on the other, such that you're not likely to hit two notes next to each other with the same LFO, and making each note wobble ever-so-slightly differently.

Folks will gripe about the microphone audio; if you've got a solution for how to make Pro Tools-created WAV files sync to iPhone video within iMovie (it always drifts on me right out of the gate), please let me know."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 10 Midi Analog Synth

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"It would be difficult to find a better sounding or functioning Prophet 10 than this one. I have gone to great lengths over the years to make sure this machine was functioning optimally. It has NEVER been shipped the entire time I have owned it. I have always driven it to the synth doctor even if that means being in the car for 12+ hours. Whoever the new owner of this analog monster synth is, will receive it via freight. Professionally over-packed and strapped to a pallet with NO overhang of the box. This way no human can pick it up and drop it or stack anything on top of it.

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3

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"This Pristine Mint condition prophet has been stored for 25 years. It was recently refurbished by legendary keyboard tech Eric Frampton. Its is in perfect flawless condition."

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Rhodes Chroma Overview by Eric Frampton

Published on Jan 3, 2015 The Keyboardist Blog

"Atlanta-based keyboard player and tech Eric Frampton gives a detailed explanation of how he restored his classic Rhodes Chroma.

thekeyboardistblog.wordpress.com"

Playlist:
Rhodes Chroma: Part 1
Rhodes Chroma: Part 2
Rhodes Chroma Preset Demos
Rhodes Chroma/Memorymoog Shootout

Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour

Published on Jul 4, 2014 The Keyboardist Blog

Playlist:
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 1 - Fender Rhodes Mark III
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 2 - Prophet 10
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 3 - MemoryMoog (pt 1)
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 4 - MemoryMoog (pt 2)
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 5 - Oberheim 4-Voice (pt 1)
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 6 - Oberheim 4-Voice (pt 2)
Eric Frampton Vintage Keys Tour: Part 7 - Rhodes Chroma

LaGrange College Moog Poster & Bob Moog's Sense of Humor

via Eric Frampton:

"Bob had a good sense of humor.

He and I were on the same lecture schedule together at an electronic music festival at LaGrange College down in middle Georgia. We got to spend a fair amount of time just hangin' out, so I brought him a printed copy of the 12 Steps of Syntheholics Anonymous, a posting on Analogue Heaven from back in 1995, which I thought he'd enjoy. He indeed thought it was funny, enough that when I asked him to sign my poster, he signed it thusly.

I brought a bunch of my vintage keyboards down there as as show-and-tell sort of thing. I had the Memorymoog, the Mini, a Source, and I forget what all else (this was in 1998, at the height of my G.A.S.), and I remember him saying, 'I see you don't have a Polymoog here.' To which I replied something along the lines of, good lord those things are awful, what a maintenance nightmare, not worth the trouble, etc. He simply gave me a knowing smirk, and a nod of agreement. Nothing more needed to be said.

Also, I asked him what was the last product he directly worked on at the old Moog. Turns out it was the Micromoog.

I've copied the original 12-step email here for reference. And sorry about the fuzzy poster shots…I hope they still get the message across.

From: SuperBad MoFo
Subject: Syntheholics Anonymous
Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1995 10:08:39 -0700

–

Hello, my name is Mr-808. I am a syntheholic.

I bought my last synth 5 days ago. I was talking to a friend, and he said he was selling his Polaris for US$300, and I just couldn't resist.

I would like to review the 12 steps of SA now:

1. We admitted we were powerless over analogue synths at good prices and that our lives had become unmanageable.

2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.

3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of Bob Moog, as we understood Him.

4. Made a searching and fearless inventory of our gear collection.

5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the number of times we used each synth in a piece of recorded music in the past year.

6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these synths from our studio.

7. Humbly asked Him to give them back if we promise not to buy any more until we master what we have.

8. Made a list of all persons we had sold gear to at too high a price, and became willing to make amends to them all.

9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others, or embroil us in a flamewar.

10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it on both Analogue Heaven and rec.music.maker.synth.

11. Sought, through patch editing and sequencing, to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of Control Voltages and DIN Sync conversion, and the power to carry that out.

12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to syntheholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs."

LM-2 Trio

via Joe Kearney

"A.H. luminary Eric Frampton working on 3 Linndrums. We thought it was cool to see 3 together, and we did try to sync them all, but it didn't work (you cant sync a 3rd to the 2nd via the sync ports)."

Baxter on the OB-8

via Eric Frampton

pile o' keys

via Eric Frampton

"Andromeda, JD-800, Memorymoog Plus, OB-8, String Ensemble, CX-3, Clavinet D6"

Clavia ddrum Racks

Title link takes you to a few shots sent my way via Eric Frampton. You can read more on the ddrum and other earlier products here.

5 MOOGs and a Wannabe

No title link. Eric Frampton sent this shot in along with the title.

That's one hell of a Wannabe. : )

A Little Phatty Christmas Card via Eric Frampton

Title link takes you to Eric Frampton's cover of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" performed with a Little Phatty.

"Merry Christmas and happy holidays, y'all!

Remember the piece that Steve Porcaro did back in the early 80's for
a Keyboard Magazine soundsheet, the one that was nothing but
Minimoog? I thought that might be fun to do with a newer instrument...

This is all Little Phatty except for the Hammond (CX-3), piano (S90),
and drums (Stylus RMX). No MIDI anywhere.

Cheers,
Eric"

Moog Little Phatty Samples by Eric Frampton

Title link takes you to a 1.4M mp3 of Eric Frampton strolling through the Little Phatty presets.

"This is me very quickly going through some of the presets. No sequencers, no production, just a line out of the LP into ProTools, editing for time, normalized, and nuttin' else."

Thanks Eric!

Eric Frampton Studio Shots

Click here for more. This one's for the dogs. ; )

Dogs: 3, Cats: I'm not even going to try and count.

That's a MOTM BTW.