Offward Bound Remastered

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MacBeth Elements V1 under the Minimoog.

"Latest project (remastered 1-21-2025) entailing a 1 pass performance, i.e. no overdubbed tracks. However, significant timing and note corrections/enhancements were made to midi tracks prior to generating some of the audio stems; especially the foot pedal bass notes - uggh! Extensive use of Reaper automation envelopes were used to control the sounds in real time.

Additional Synths Used: Cwejman S1 MKII/Voyager (funk bass & more);

Soft-Synths Used: Native Instruments The Giant/Scarbee Classic EP-88s, Sonic Projects OPX Pro-3 (arpegiated sounds), UHe Diva (lead), Arturia Mellotron V, UHe Repro 5, TAL Vocoder, Orange Tree Samples EAG Steel Strings (NI Kontact);

Offward Bound is my little play on words pertaining to major life transitions such as retirement (a popular topic in my sphere these days). It seems to be all about the moving on, i.e. what are you going to do now? But there’s also the lingering moving off components. Bla bla bla. Anyway, moving on…

The intro melody is from my last composition Sploot’n. If I was putting together an album/cd it might be more obvious."

Roland TR-909 W/ M-64C SN 404508 with Original Box

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"You are bidding on a 9 out of 10 cosmetic 10 of 10 functionality tr-909. It looks like it was kept in the box for 25 years and never used. The protection plastic is still on the serial number plates on the bottom. I managed to find one extremely small mark on the gray plastic side on the bottom shown in the picture. There are also a couple small marks on the bottom(pictured) that could probably be removed with a little tlc.

I've handled many TR-909's and I've never had one this clean before. Bid with confidence. There's no discoloration, no paint ware or anything of that sort.
This is one of those pieces I'd recommend for people looking for collector pieces. That being said, it should also be used in the studio because it sounds fantastic!
All buttons and pots work with no scratching.

The PSU has been recapped and the firmware has been upgraded to the newest (Ver 4). It includes an M-64C memory cart in the box with like new sticker labels. A brand new custom TR-909 dust cover and the original box/foam/plastic bag. The manual is a very nice printed/bound version (An original could be had pretty easily on eBay)!"

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57 258v Dual Oscillator Scoped

YouTube Uploaded by 7thDanSound on Mar 28, 2011

"I just borrowed a Mark Verbos Buchla format 258v Dual Oscillator module. I put it in my boat and this is my very first encounter with it. I have no idea what to expect or how it is supposed to work apart from the obvious. That's why I mistake the gray jack for a voltage output and try to drive the waveform input with it. This little thing sounds absolutely lovely and I'm sure it would complement the current Buchla 200e offerings very nicely. Definitely a more classic analog tone to it which I presume is due to the fact that it actually is very much analog."

1980s Peterson Bottom Line Pedal

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"1984 Peterson Bottom Line bass synth pedal. Similar idea to something like a Moog Taurus, but with less control. There are 3 levels of decay, on/off for attack, and sliders for volume, sustain and voicing. On the back is a fine tune adjustment and there is an internal coarse adjustment. It all folds up into a slick little road case. I currently have 2 - this one has a lower serial number but the cables seem to be a newer style (black instead of gray) so they may have been replaced. The other one works fine but the tolex is in rough shape. According to Peterson's website, these were manufactured starting in the mid 70s. The 1984 date is an educated guess based on similar serial numbers produced that year."